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President Trump on Sunday said his deportation policies might have been “too tough” and contributed to the GOP’s historic losses in this year’s elections. CBS News’s Ross Douthat asked the president on “60 Minutes” if his immigration policy lost his party the midterms. “I think it both helped and hurt,” Trump responded. “I think I got an A-plus for closing up the border. I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out, but I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs that created one violation for breaking of the law, that was what they...

Texas Democrats are wasting no time pushing new gun restrictions following last week’s election sweep, filing legislation that would allow judges to order firearms confiscated without a prior hearing. House Bill 218, filed Monday by Democrat State Rep. Ann Johnson of Houston, would repeal Texas’ prohibition on red flag laws and establish a process for courts to issue extreme risk protective orders. Under the proposal, family members, household members, and law enforcement officers could petition a court to restrict an individual’s firearm rights if they believe the person poses an immediate danger because of alleged mental illness and access to...

Having mused upon it, now a week since the election, I think that there were three things involving President Donald Trump that impacted voting not going his way… First, there is Trump’s behavior. Since being inaugurated for his second term he hasn’t been acting as presidential as he did during his first. He’s been too determined to put his name on as much as he can this time around. Trump 1.0 wasn’t like that. Trump 2.0 is acting more like a pharaoh of old. Perhaps he’s fearful of the mortality that he is facing as much as any of us...

Joey Amor, whose wife, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, was among six American soldiers killed in the March 1 attack, demanded accountability during a CBS News town hall, prompting Vance to acknowledge that he was hearing about the alleged failures for the first time. “I am damn proud of my wife and the five soldiers that stood next to her and died alongside her,” Amor said. “They raised their right hand, and they gave an oath. They understood what they were doing. They understood the sacrifice that they were potentially giving.” Two days after the deadly attack, CBS News cited...

On Monday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal Primetime,” President Donald Trump said that he hasn’t launched further strikes on Iran because Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait don’t want to, and “I’d like to do it this way, too.” Trump said, “[N]ow it’s a question of, I could do it quickly or not. The reason I’m doing it this way is because, in speaking with Qatar — as you know, the prime minister was in the Oval Office today — in speaking to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, basically the neighbors — who were attacked pretty...

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A massive Bruce Springsteen fan club, with nearly 20,000 members on Facebook alone, has shut down as its members have been caught in constant cycle of bickering over Springsteen’s left-wing politics, especially since his endorsement of Michigan Democrat Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed. The Spring-Nuts fan club has announced that it is ending its operations and has told its more than 18,000 Facebook members that they will have to look elsewhere to indulge their support of the “Born in the USA” singer thanks to Springsteen’s constant political activism that has the fans at each other’s throats, according to reports. “As Bruce became...

you have never heard of the guy who does this youtube, but all the sources he shows are legit. If what he says hold true--then in about 30 days the director of Intelligence Ratcliff will release a report with all the details and the whole country will go into uproar on a scale that is larger than what has happened before. It could be nothing. But President Trump has already laid down the gauntlet.

Katie Miller, wife of incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, has severed her professional and financial ties with Elon Musk's SpaceX, selling her shares in the company and giving up unvested stock compensation, according to reports. The move reportedly clears the way for Stephen Miller to participate in White House policy discussions without the conflict-of-interest restrictions that had previously required him to recuse himself from certain matters involving his wife's business interests. A White House official told The Atlantic that Stephen Miller is "no longer subject to any recusals and may fully participate in all meetings and policy...

Whatever happened to the republic we knew growing up and well into our adult years? We had political disagreements, some of them quite heated. But what we’re living through today, thanks to deranged Democrats, is not only unfamiliar, it is catastrophic unless the left comes to its senses. We often see charges from the political right that Democrats, socialists, and progressives want those who refuse to surrender to their agenda dead. Maybe it’s an overstatement. But when we see survey results that clearly show there is an uncontrolled sickness, a pandemic of depravity, we think maybe it’s more truth...

"The Catholic University of Lublin has terminated the employment contract of Dr. Katarzyna Pejda with immediate effect."... "The matter was highlighted on social media by Confederation activist Rafał Mekler. Dr. Pejda, following the discovery of three bodies in the home of the perpetrator of the Krakow shooting, wrote on Facebook: "Three votes less for the Confederation." When two internet users criticized the comment, she replied: "Yes, seriously. The tragedy occurred in Krakow, not in the nest that raised this rat." The posts were later deleted."

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/10/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel's Messiah Isaiah 60:2-32 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Holy Bible, The King James Version _________________________________________

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has tied Berlin's approval of the 2028-2034 EU budget to a commitment from all member states to provide financial support to Ukraine in 2027 and beyond. Source: European Pravda, citing the Financial Times Details: In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz made Germany's support for the bloc's 2028-2034 budget conditional on all EU countries agreeing to fund Ukraine, which faces a €70 billion funding gap next year. Quote from Merz: "A collective commitment that all of us, without exception, will contribute fairly to closing [Ukraine's financing] gap is an essential prerequisite for resolving...

A new law went into effect in Virginia that makes it easier for accused criminals to seal their alleged crimes from public view. Supporters insist the idea behind the law was to help accused and convicted criminals get jobs and housing. But the new law also makes it more difficult for the public to find out if prosecutors botched or dropped cases and allowed criminals to walk free. There have been some cases where 7News has shown Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and his office making major mistakes or dropping charges in cases like Abdul Jalloh, who is now...

The 2026 midterm rout exposed Republican failures on the economy, Iran, and immigration. Trump can still recover, but Democrats risk overplaying their hand with a radical agenda.Midterm RealitiesIn the 126 years since 1900, nearly 90 percent of the midterm elections have led to the party in the Oval Office losing House seats, and two-thirds of those same elections have led to it losing Senate seats. Given this history, midterm losses of some sort in 2026 were almost a sure bet. But what ensued in November went well beyond all normal expectations. When all the votes are tabulated, the current...

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In an eerie retelling of the Arthurian legend of Excalibur, archaeologists have found a 3,300-year-old sword at the bottom of a lake. The weapon was found during an underwater excavation at Lake Mezzano, a small volcanic lake in central Italy, where it had been submerged for millennia with its blade still sharp. Experts believe the sword, which dates to around 1300 BC, may have been deliberately deposited as part of a ritual offering, a practice already linked to several Bronze Age European sites. The discovery was announced by Italy's Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Province of...

Gun rights groups and retailers are projecting a surge in firearm sales after Democrats won control of both chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in last week’s midterm elections. Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) Chairman Alan Gottlieb is warning that gun control groups are heralding the wins and will be seeking new gun control legislation and restrictions. Gottlieb said the threat of new gun control legislation isn’t limited to Congress and that Democrats also are set to push restrictions in states like Pennsylvania and Arizona. In an interview Thursday, Gottlieb...

There is a lot of misunderstanding out there about Ross Douthat who interviewed President Donald Trump Sunday on 60 Minutes. He is repeatedly described as a "conservative" without any reference to the fact that less than six months into Trump's first term in May 2017 he wrote in his New York Times column that although there were no grounds to impeach Trump, he still wanted him removed from office via the 25th Amendment because Douthat's sensibilities were somehow offended by the "childishness" of Trump's demeanor.One typical example of emphasizing Douthat as being "conservative" sans any mention of his history of...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign on Friday sued Alaska elections officials in an attempt to get access to records involving absentee ballots in Tuesday’s general election, asserting that the state is violating the Alaska Public Records Act. “The campaign is ensuring transparency, timeliness, and accuracy as the counting process continues and every Alaskans’ voice is heard,” the Peltola campaign said in statement about the lawsuit. The Alaska Department of Law has not filed a response to the lawsuit, but said in a statement Friday afternoon that state law does not require the release of the information and that...