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Musician Queen Latifah said in a new interview that she still supports indicted felon Jussie Smollett because she hasn’t seen “definitive proof” that he staged an attack against himself, as Chicago police now believe. “The guy I’ve seen has always been someone who cares about people, who cares about others, and who’s very kind and who’s always been cool and sweet,” Queen Latifah said of Smollett in an interview with Yahoo News. “And that’s just the guy I know,” she added. “So until I can see some definitive proof–which I haven’t seen yet–then, you know, I gotta go with him...

Given the constantly reiterated left-wing charge that opposition to massive immigration is racist and xenophobic, it is important to restate the truth: The reason for opposition to mass immigration into the United States -- from almost anywhere in the world, whether legal or illegal -- has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. The issue is entirely one of values. Every immigrant, to anywhere, brings a set of social, moral, political and religious values. No one on earth is devoid of values, be they noble, ignoble or merely confused. Wishful-thinking conservatives and Republicans have long argued that Latinos are potential...

Full Title: 'Colorism matters': Will Smith faces backlash after being cast to play Serena Williams' father Richard in new biopic as Twitter users argue his skin 'isn't dark enough' for the role Will Smith has just been tapped to play the father of Serena and Venus Williams in a new biopic, but many say the casting is far from a Grand Slam. Critics were quick to take to social media to express their dismay after it was revealed Smith had been chosen to play Richard Williams in the biopic King Richard. The problem? Many on Twitter said that Smith's skin...

Washington — This week, House Democrats will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry. It's widely seen as a rebuke of one of their own, freshman Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. The latest comment to land Omar in hot water was one she made at a D.C. bookstore, where she slammed congressional support for Israel. "I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country," she said. In response, her own party drafted a four-page resolution "rejecting anti-Semitism." Without mentioning Omar by name, it...

New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving President Trump’s family business, according to the company and a person briefed on the matter. The subpoena was served late Monday on the company, Aon, one of the largest insurance brokerage firms in the world, as part of an inquiry by the New York State Department of Financial Services. It came just days after Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former fixer and lawyer, indicated in congressional testimony that the Trump Organization inflated...

Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer is setting his sights on two of President Donald Trump’s fiercest defenders in Congress: Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mark Meadows of North Carolina. Steyer’s Need to Impeach PAC is launching a week-long TV ad campaign in districts currently held by the two GOP members of the House oversight committee — one week after Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, presented evidence to the committee of alleged criminal conduct committed by the president. The ads are the first from Need to Impeach aimed at specific Republican members on the issue and will cost...

Thomas Sowell: Socialism is a wonderful sounding idea, it's only as a reality it is disastrous Economist Thomas Sowell on mounting concerns over the rising popularity of socialism. The surprising resurgence of socialism Opens a New Window. is putting America’s future at risk, according to legendary economist Opens a New Window. Thomas Sowell. “I do have a great fear that in the long run we may not make it,” he told FOX Business’ David Asman on “Cavuto: Coast-to-Coast Opens a New Window. ” on Tuesday. Sowell is putting the onus on the education system and the media for encouraging people...

"School of Rock" star Joey Gaydos Jr. is facing four felony charges for allegedly stealing guitars in Florida...Police claim Joey, 27, went into several music stores and asked to test out guitars. He would then leave with them and try to sell them off to area pawn shops, police claim...TMZ noted that Joey "confessed and blamed a drug problem."

The Finnish Police investigates a video published recently in social media by the vigilante group ‘Soldiers of Odin’ that announces a “hunt” for rapists and pedophiles. The video, which is subtitled in English and Arabic, and has since been deleted from both Facebook and Vimeo, shows a group of masked men dressed in dark, armed with bats and chains march onwards to the camera amid winter darkness, accompanied by heavy metal music. One of them, who acts as a spokesperson, announces that “The pedophile hunting season has been opened!”

Full headline: Freshmen Democrat Leftists already wearing thin on establishment as rebukes of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib increaseAs candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s star began to rise last summer thanks to wall-to-wall coverage from an adoring, enthused media, many of whom were claiming that she was going to be the new face of the Democratic Party (if not the Democratic Left), some older party hands were having none of it. Rank-and-file establishment Democrats and former Democrats lined up to oppose Ocasio-Cortez’s agenda and even her candidacy after she unexpectedly defeated 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, who was widely expected to step into...

VOLUSIA COUNTY (CBSMiami) — A Central Florida couple is crediting Bella for saving their lives. Bella is not their daughter or their dog, she is their cat. Paul and Leona Jones say when they got home from eating dinner on Feb. 27, they just wanted to get inside out of the rain. In their haste, they forgot to push the off button on their car. It sat in the garage all night emitting carbon monoxide, silently poisoning the entire house. At around 1:00 a.m., Bella started crying and woke them up. Weak from inhaling so much carbon monoxide, Leona was...

A popular online meme perfectly expresses where China’s economy is headed: “The year 2019 may be the worst year in this decade, but it will be the best year in the next decade.” China’s economy is decelerating so rapidly that the super-rich are getting out while the getting is good. One of them is Chen Tianyong, a real estate developer in Shanghai, who posted this on the Internet: “China’s economy is like a giant ship heading to the precipice. Without fundamental changes, it’s inevitable that the ship will be wrecked and the passengers will die. My friends, if you can...

Authorities in the Philippines were likely shell-shocked upon discovering more than 1,500 turtles stuffed inside four pieces of luggage at Manila’s airport. Officials confirmed Monday that the turtles and tortoises — which included at least one threatened species — were found abandoned in the arrivals area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday.

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will not run for president in 2020, the billionaire announced Tuesday. Bloomberg flirted with a presidential run before as an independent. He registered as a Democrat last fall and spent recent months courting primary voters as a political centrist. The 77-year-old is expected to play an active role in the 2020 election from the outside. His team has been preparing a massive data-driven effort to help defeat President Donald Trump. “I know what it takes to run a winning campaign, and every day when I read the news, I grow more frustrated by the...

President Donald J. Trump’s approval ratings continue to climb, as Tuesday he reached his highest average approval rating since the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in October. Trump’s RealClearPolitics average approval rating, which aggregates data from several well-known polls, has the 45th President at an average approval rating of 44.4 percent Tuesday. His highest average approval was 46 percent, just after his inauguration in January of 2017. The average rating has hovered between 44 and 46 percent for most of his presidency. According to an NBC poll, Democrats are also also having a crisis of character. When asked...

You all remember The Covington Crucifixion, and one of the insane takeaways was that wearing a MAGA hat made you a Nazi. And no, this isn't just coming from Hollywood jet fuel geniuses like Alyssa Milano, but from NBC News itself. Yes, really, I'm not making this up: I think people should be aware too that wearing a MAGA hat is aligning yourself with literal Nazis. It's a deliberate provocation, which is likely to spark and escalate conflict. That's what wearing them is meant to do. — Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) January 24, 2019 These are just two examples - I could go...

Brit Hume said Democrats are moving away from Russian collusion and are trying to "figure out" how to get Trump on obstruction of justice. "The search is on for something else really," Hume said on Monday's edition of 'Special Report' on FOX News. "They may try to figure out some kind of obstruction of justice charge but it appears they are moving away from collusion." "There's only so much oxygen in the atmosphere at any given moment in politics," Hume said. And the Democrats are going to be sucking it all up with an endless round of investigations and these...

Applicants for teaching positions at the University of California’s many campuses now have to prove their commitment to the institution’s various “diversity” initiatives. According to a report from Campus Reform, the University of California has instituted a policy that requires all applicants for teaching positions to commit to the institution’s “diversity” statement. Applicants are asked to write a statement in which they explain how they will advance the university’s diversity initiatives. A page on the UC San Diego website details the commitment that applicants must make to advancing the various diversity causes that the UC system has adopted: The Division...

It was my first CPAC meeting, and it was awesome! But it was more than that. It was informative, encouraging, engaging and sobering. So from a first-timer Here are some of the more prominent issues in the minds of conservatives this year. The State Of The Union Almost to a tee, conservatives were concerned about the state of the nation. They recognized that for far too long America has been headed in the wrong direction, and they were painfully aware of the difficulty and the effort required to turn such a large and massive ship around. Despite their optimism towards...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Tuesday denied allegations that two political action committees founded by her top aide funneled over $1 million in political donations into two of his own private companies. The New York Democrat, a Democratic Socialist, pushed back against a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday — first reported by the Washington Examiner — raising questions about cash transfers from the PACs, which are overseen by her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti. “There is no violation,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, when confronted by Fox News' Caroline McKee at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va....