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What was once controversial (when Rush Limbaugh said it) is now mainstream. On April 20 of this year, onetime liberal firebrand Alan Dershowitz announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he was officially leaving the Democrat party and registering as a Republican. Discussing his decision the next day with Newmax’s Greg Kelly, Dershowitz stated, “I cannot be associated with the Democrats in any way. I want to see them defeated.” A longtime listener of the late, great Rush Limbaugh, I had to smile. For thirty years, Limbaugh had said the same thing, and been vilified for it. The “reach...

Well, that headline isn’t exactly right. Stellantis – the parent company of Chrysler (as well as the Dodge, Jeep an Ram truck brands) – just killed Chrysler. As you probably already know, Chrysler has been dying for the past three years. The brand is down to just one model – the Pacifica minivan – because Stellantis decided to cancel the 300 sedan that arguably was the Chrysler brand for many years. It went away at the end of the 2023 model year – which was when Stellantis pulled the plug (so to speak) on the Dodge Charger sedan, which was...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is facing mounting backlash from some Black leaders over her decision to seek re-election in a majority-minority district, a move that appears to be costing her support from the highest-ranking Black Democrat in Congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz's re-election bid Tuesday after she entered the race for the plurality-Black district, where she faces four Black opponents in the Aug. 18 primary. "Haven't made a decision, as it relates to that particular race," the lead Democrat said at a news conference when asked if he supports Wasserman Schultz’s run...

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman ramped up criticism of embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner on Wednesday, calling out the Maine progressive over his history of inflammatory remarks while challenging him to release messages linked to a Kik account that has become a flashpoint in his campaign. “This is a guy that had a problem with me, how I dress, but he seemed to have no problem posing in a towel at a disgusting website that consistently had serious problems about that kinds of depravity,” Fetterman told Fox News host Sean Hannity. The Democrat later challenged Platner to make public messages he...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) Lebanon war powers resolution was shut down Thursday, with the majority of House Democrats rejecting the “Squad” rep’s effort. In the floor vote, 117 Democrats voted against her resolution, and 91 voted in favor, resulting in a 92-324 defeat of Tlaib’s attempt to limit potential Trump administration military options in Lebanon. Tlaib insisted Israel was carrying out an “ethnic cleansing campaign,” and Congress must intervene to stop the “war crime.” “The Trump administration is helping in greenlighting these attacks,” she said, as Israel seeks to root out the Hezbollah terror threat in Lebanon as a second...

The Senate passed legislation to fund President Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 for the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for the next three years, through the end of Trump’s term. The final vote came just before 5 a.m., after Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by Democrats and Republicans to add language to the bill that would permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund for political allies who believe they have...

James Handy, an actor with appearances in “Jumanji,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Taps” was brutally murdered by his girlfriend’s son, police said. Authorities raced to the 19200 block of Erwin Street in Tarzana Wednesday morning after a caller stated “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.” When they arrived, cops discovered 81-year-old Handy unconscious in the front yard of a home, suffering from stab wounds, police said. Handy was stabbed multiple times in the chest. Handy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. A short time later, the suspect, 44-year-old...

CHICAGO - About 100 people gathered at Horner Park Wednesday evening to protest a federal immigration arrest that took place a day earlier in Albany Park. The demonstration comes after witnesses reported seeing federal agents chase a man through traffic near Lawrence and Kedzie before taking him into custody. Witnesses also said agents used a Taser during the arrest and that one of the federal vehicles collided with a woman’s car while attempting to stop the man. The Department of Homeland Security identified the man as 26-year-old Domer Jesus Martinez-Sifontes, a Venezuelan national who allegedly entered the United States illegally...

Starlink V3 satellites Bandwidth per Satellite: • V2: 96 Gbps • V3: 1,024 Gbps Bandwidth per Launch: V2: 2,600 Gbps V3: 61,000 Gbps Deployment per Launch: • V2: 27 satellites (on Falcon 9) • V3: 60 (on Starship) Starlink V3 satellites will begin to be deployed in late 2026 on Starship.Starlink V3 satellites Bandwidth per Satellite: • V2: 96 Gbps • V3: 1,024 Gbps Bandwidth per Launch: V2: 2,600 Gbps V3: 61,000 Gbps Deployment per Launch: • V2: 27 satellites (on Falcon 9) • V3: 60 (on Starship) Starlink V3 satellites will begin to be deployed in late 2026 on...

HELENA — Tuesday’s primary election was the climax of a bitter battle between factions of the Republican Party in the Montana Legislature, which led to millions of dollars in spending. After the dust settled, the more moderate and more conservative sides could each claim some victories. Eight lawmakers, all Republicans, lost their primary races. It’s the most incumbent legislators to lose renomination in a single Montana election in at least 20 years. The overall picture remains mixed. Six of the defeated incumbents were supported by the committee Conservatives4MT, aligned with the more centrist faction. The other two were part of...

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A shifting economic landscape has culminated in Texas dethroning California as the nation’s premier hub for Fortune 500 companies. Data from the 2026 Fortune 500 list show Texas leading with 57 headquarters, compared with California’s 56, marking a reversal from two years ago, when California held the lead. Additionally, corporations in Texas generated $2.8 trillion in revenue, while those in California reported $2.7 trillion in revenue. “Texas is the undisputed headquarters of headquarters,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a press release reacting to the news. “The world’s leading businesses invest with confidence in Texas because of our welcoming business...

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Palestinianism recurring pattern is to accuse the victim of the very crime that the accuser attempted to commit but failed to carry out. The earliest known false accusation of so called "genocide" against Israel by a senior Palestinian leader appears to have come from Farouk Kaddoumi in May 1974—just days after the Ma'alot massacre, in which Palestinian terrorists murdered Israeli schoolchildren and other civilians. As Israel responded by striking terrorist targets in Lebanon, Kaddoumi accused the state of "genocide," [link] establishing a pattern that continues to this day: portraying Israel's defensive actions as atrocities while downplaying or obscuring the terrorism...

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Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and MartyrAs Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet.’ David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” The great crowd heard this with delight. Mark 12:35–37Today’s Gospel presents us with one of Jesus’ many teachings in the Temple area just days before His Passion. Just prior...

You might think that early Americans sounded like Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, and that the American accent developed after independence. It was probably the other way around. Up until the early 1800s, you couldn’t tell whether a person was British or American from their accents. When naval officers tried to free sailors who had been shanghaied into service in the War of 1812, they said they couldn’t tell for sure who was American or British by the way they spoke. The hallmark of the British accent — pronouncing words like “path” and “fast” as “pahth” and “fahst” or “fah”...

"Let everyone be . . . slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God" (James 1:19-20). If you resent God’s Word, you cannot grow in righteousness. Have you ever started reading your Bible, thinking everything was fine between you and the Lord, only to have the Word suddenly cut deep into your soul to expose some sin you had neglected or tried to hide? That commonly happens because God seeks to purge sin in His children. The Holy Spirit uses the Word to penetrate the hidden recesses of the heart to do His...

Less than two years after the "Champagne Problems" singer's estimated net worth was revealed to be $1.6 billion, Taylor's net worth jumped once again to a whopping $2 billion, according to Forbes. Per the business magazine's "Iconoclast 50" list, published June 3, the Grammy winner's net worth doubled since she first became a billionaire in 2023, due to her record-breaking Eras Tour...and the sales of multiple re-recorded albums. In addition, Taylor, 36, has also released two new albums...And not only that: she bought back the rights to her first six albums last year. The "Opalite" singer's financial value is made...