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Conservatives should stop helping ultraconservative Democrats lie by agreeing with the Democrats' false claim that Democrats are liberals instead of ultraconservatives. Conservatives should also stop calling outdated Democratic ideas "progressive". Conservatives, like many Americans, falsely believe there are only two political "attitudes" in the United States. One attitude is called "liberal". The other is called "conservative". There is a third attitude called "ultraconservative" which has at times adversely affected American society. Real liberals are open-minded and sometimes overly optimistic about the positive impact of change. Democrats are closed-minded True Believers who tend to believe they are Right about everything and...

Tucker Carlson said rural America is being punished by coronavirus lockdowns, calling the restrictions in some states "mindless and cruel" in light of infection numbers. In a monologue on Thursday's edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the Fox News Host argued that COVID-19 posed a "miniscule" threat to people in rural states as he highlighted the dire state of unemployment across the country.

An NYPD cop is in hot water after the brand-new Cadillac she was driving ended up in the drink near Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, police and sources told The Post on Friday. Officer Halima Hadire, 39, is now on modified duty and had her gun and badge taken from her while the department probes the incident. The officer told cops she was with a 42-year-old man in his glitzy new ride near a boat ramp around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday when the vehicle had a mechanical issue, sources said. The policewoman was off-duty at the time. Hadire said she mistakenly...

On this date in 1683,* Yaoya Oshichi gave her life for her red-hot love … and the want of a little white lie. The greengrocer’s daughter Oshichi (English Wikipedia page | Japanese) legendarily fell in love with a priest of the nearby temple while taking refuge there during one of Edo’s many fires (Japanese link), and in a truly adolescent outburst proceeded to start another fire in the hopes of meeting him again. (Alternate version: it was Oshichi’s gesture that actually started the linked conflagration.) As a 16-year-old, Oshichi was just barely eligible to suffer the full weight of the...

Harold Reid, a member of the Statler Brothers, died on Friday (April 24) following a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80. A statement on the band’s website reads, “He is and will always be loved by his family, friends and millions of fans. His singing, his songwriting and his comedy made generations happy. He has taken a piece of our hearts with him.”

A very interesting development that could prove to be quite important. Today Michael Flynn’s counsel received a letter from the DOJ notifying his defense the Missouri U.S. Attorney, who was brought in to review all of the evidence in the case, has delivered new evidence and information on the case filed under seal. Here’s the letter: https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/flynn-case-april-24-2020.jpg Further reporting from Sean Davis at the Federalist gives some background on the sealed evidence that indicates the provided information is exculpatory. According to Davis’s sources the internal investigative documents “will reflect poorly on the FBI.” […] The new documents, which were filed...

In a profile about Abrams's quest to join the Democratic ticket, the Atlantic reported: "According to several people familiar with the campaign’s running-mate selection process, Abrams is not currently a likely choice." It is not clear whether Abrams meets what Biden is looking for in a nominee: someone who is capable of quickly assuming duties as president and someone who meshes with his policy priorities and style. When confronted with questions about her foreign policy experience, Abrams said that she has spent the last 20 years 'thinking about' international issues independently. Abrams has talked to Biden in a recent phone...

Ok, I get it. I'm at risk. If we open up the country I might die. You know, I'll miss my wife, my children, and my grandchildren. I'll miss my other family. They're called FReepers. BUT HELLS BELLS, I've had my time. I don't want the future ruined for my children and my grandchildren, as well as the families of multiple millions of my precious fellow citizens. So please, President Trump, and all Governors, open it back up as fast as you safely can. God Bless America and MAGA!!!!!

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Adult clubs in one Florida city are suing over a new law that raised the minimum age for strippers from 18 to 21. The law in Jacksonville was enacted March 5 in a bid to reduce human trafficking. But lawyers for the clubs, including the lead plaintiff Wacko’s, contend in a federal lawsuit that it violates the First Amendment by restricting the ability of performers to dance. “The Constitution does not permit the deprivation of First Amendment rights based on the age of … citizens who have attained the age of 18,” attorneys Gary Edinger and...

The report says Miller, who was a chief architect in drafting the immigration order, said Trump's immigration order is not intended to be a stopgap measure, but rather a long-term vision to shape immigration flow. "The most important thing is to turn off the faucet of new immigrant labor,” Miller said, ....As a numerical proposition, when you suspend the entry of a new immigrant from abroad, you’re also reducing immigration further because the chains of follow-on migration that are disrupted,” said Miller, one of the executive order’s main authors. “So the benefit to American workers compounds with time.”

A team of Chinese doctors sent to North Korea to help determine the status of ruler Kim Jong-un's health according to the Reuters News Agency. Also a report by Hong Kong Satellite Television stating that Kim was dead..... A police crackdown in Vienna, Austria today as hundreds protested against coronavirus house arrest restrictions.... You Tube censorship with word that "medically unsubstantiated" content will be banned..... President Trump signing the latest big spending bill..... Its beyond the statute of limitations, but the Metropolitan Police in Washington DC are investigating the sexual assault allegation of Tara Reade agains former Vice-President and presumptive...

China has reportedly dispatched a team of officials and medical experts to North Korea just days after reports emerged that leader Kim Jong Un might be having health issues. The team is led by a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party’s International Liaison Department, which deals with the hermit nation. The delegation left on Thursday, according to Reuters. It is unclear what the delegation’s visit means in terms of the dictator’s health. State Department spokesperson said at the time of the reports that the department is aware and “continuing to monitor the situation.” An official with the Office of...

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker weighs in on state's anti-lockdown protests.

America’s coronavirus lockdown is causing economic pain across the country like nothing this nation has seen since the Great Depression. In just the past five weeks, more than 26 million have lost their jobs, as US commerce has come to a virtual standstill while people stay home to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The grim unemployment numbers don’t even include the workers who have seen their hours slashed, salaries cut and sales commissions evaporate... The Post has talked to a group of hard-hit people, here are their stories:

Not dead, just at the beach: reports Kim Jong-un seen at tourist resort

In 1976, the artist Saul Steinberg drew a cover for The New Yorker — “View of the World from Ninth Avenue” — that became an instant classic. You know the one: Manhattan heavily in the foreground, the Hudson River, a brownish strip called “Jersey,” the rest of the America vaguely in the distance. It could almost be a map of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States. ***As of Friday, there have been more Covid-19 fatalities on Long Island’s Nassau County (population 1.4 million) than in all of California (population 40 million). There have been more fatalities in Westchester County...

As the nation's leader in COVID-19 fatalities, New York officials are searching for the factors that may have contributed to this negative outcome. One factor that may have played a role was Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) March 25th order requiring nursing homes to admit and readmit individuals who tested positive for the virus. While the Governor tried to profess ignorance of his order, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker confirmed it. "I know that in hindsight it looks stupid," Zucker admitted, "but no one stopped to think about what we were doing. We thought old people belong in nursing homes. It just...

Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray fought to prevent exculpatory evidence from surfacing in the case of President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, a source with direct knowledge of the situation tells Daily Caller. New court documents were filed in Flynn’s case Friday containing the aforementioned exculpatory evidence, commonly referred to as Brady Material. Flynn’s attorney, Sidney Powell, announced the new filing on Twitter. She has repeatedly accused the FBI and Justice Department of hiding evidence in the case. “This afternoon, the government produced to Mr. Flynn stunning Brady evidence that proves Mr. Flynn’s allegations of...

What did "Event 201" (held Friday, October 18, 2019, from 8:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Pierre hotel in New York, NY) have to do with how the media and the left reacted to COVID-19 ?About the Event 201 exercise

As coronavirus hysteria cripples society and destroys the global economy, a bizarre trend is emerging of “first responders” performing orchestrated dance routines on social media. There have been dozens of videos that have emerged of nurses and other medical personnel coordinating dance routines in hospitals while on the job, presumably neglecting COVID patients for likes on TikTok and Instagram.