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Although more deeply at odds than at any time since the Civil War, both sides of our fractious nation’s political divide seem to agree on this: the 2020 federal elections are the most consequential of our lifetimes. Voters are being asked to decide nothing less than whether they want to “fundamentally change” America, or to keep America fundamentally American. If the franchise is so very precious, if voting is a “sacred” right, then government must do everything it can to protect the integrity of our elections. But government has been failing in that solemn duty. Yes, the states spend a...

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey helped donate $11 million to organisations that included the Bail Project, linked to the U-Haul in Louisville earlier today. National File reported today that an employee of the Bail Project, Holly Zoller, was caught handing out shields and other equipment to potential rioters from a U-Haul truck in Louisville, Kentucky. Unloading the riot shields from the Uhaul #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor pic.twitter.com/F9KqzRB5lM— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) September 23, 2020 A group of concerned citizens managed to track down and identify Zoller: One member of the anonymous group called Zoller, posing as a U-Haul employee, noting that the company had seen “hundreds...

A whale has stunned scientists by staying submerged underwater for almost four hours. The mammal belongs to the species Curvier's beaked whale, which is known for their diving prowess. But researchers were amazed by the 222 minute dive time because it is more than seven times longer than the believed maximum duration of the animal's oxygen reserves, just 33 minutes.

Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson called out the media and Democrats threatening violence as a means to stop President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee. burn the thing down While most were calling to honor and revere Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the occasion of her passing, Carlson notes that the left was not. “Prominent progressives immediately descended into hysteria and rage – unbridled rage,” he said during Monday’s monologue. Carlson insists the commentary coming from the left shows they truly believe that RBG’s death has “imperiled this country’s freedoms.” That she had “single-handedly kept America from descending into fascism and...

BLM-Antifa rioters in Louisville attack officers putting out the fires on the Hall of Justice. Rioters throw projectiles at them. One officer is hit in the head and knocked to the ground. Andy Ngo is on the ground with his camera crew recording the riot in Louisville and has several clips up at Whatfinger News you need to see for yourself. Who wants a job as a Police? If you the job correctly you will be prosecuted or pummeled.

Years ago, a survey was done in Japan, where people were asked how many people were there in Israel. The top of the bell curve answer came back with 125 million people, about the same population as Japan itself. Clearly, the people in Japan were impressed by Israel’s ubiquitous presence in the news and in the halls of power. The evident conclusion: this must be a significant and important nation. It appears that these Japanese survey takers were on to something. While Israel, for better or worse, is often at the center of international attention, the recent normalization agreements reached...

Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned the indictment against an ex-Kentucky cop for shooting into Breonna Taylor’s adjoining apartment, saying the call for equal justice was “not answered.” The Democratic presidential nominee said Taylor, who was killed in a botched police drug raid in March, was “shot in her own home by the police.” “In the wake of her tragic death, we mourn with her mother, family, and community and ask ourselves whether justice could be equally applied in America,” Biden said in a statement. “I know for so many people today’s decision does not answer that call.” Biden’s statement...

In the Old Testament book of Esther, King Xerxes of Persia was manipulated by his most trusted advisor, Haman, to grant him permission to exterminate the Jews in his kingdom. Esther, a Jewish woman, was a queen in his harem, presumably with the influence to get the king to change his mind and save the Jews. However, she could not go before the king unless she was summoned, and the king had not summoned her. If she went to him without a summons, it was likely the king would have her executed. But her uncle, Mordecai, pushed her to present...

The United States Constitution, at Article II, Section 2, Clause 3, provides that [t]he President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session." In other words, the Constitution allows the president to make recess appointments, which are temporary, but effective, while the Senate is in recess. This includes the power to make recess appointments to the Supreme Court. Why is there a need to do this? Because this presidential election is a litigation fiasco waiting to happen, creating...

SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday, Sept. 1, 1860. The last Pony Express brought the rumor, and the denial of it, that BRECKINRIDGE had withdrawn. It scarcely produced a ripple in political circles, for nobody believed the rumor true. Senator GWIN has spoken. At Stockton, on the 29th, the venerable "Daily Mail Killer," gave account of his stewardship. His reception was without enthusiasm. The town was full of strangers, and a Breckinridge ratification meeting being called, some 350 or 400 persons turned out to hear GWIN's apology. He let general politics slide, and came early down to the catalogue of his own misdeeds....

NEW YORK, NY—A crowd of liberals gathered at a special event held in New York cheered loudly as the official COVID death counter hit 200,000 today. They counted down the numbers, with wild cheering going up as soon as the counter hit 200,000. "Woohoo! We did it -- we owned Trump!" shouted one progressive New Yorker at the event as the number ticked from 199,999 to 200,000. "More deaths! More deaths! More deaths!"

Two years ago, Mark Judge was nearly crushed when the tumbril carrying high school pal Brett Kavanaugh to his intended execution ran him over. I caught up with Mark this week, and I am happy to report he has recovered from his unhappy stint as Democratic roadkill. Over the years, I have gotten to meet any number of other truth-tellers crushed by a media that Judge calls "cancerous with dishonor." I tell many of their stories in my new book, Unmasking Obama. An excellent writer, Mark Judge tells his own story and does so eloquently. Judge is the first to...

We applied on-line in early February for an absentee ballot based on our last address in Savannah. My wife got an e-mail linking her to a site where she was supposed to be able to download and print a ballot, but no link was found in the e-mail. So I called up the Chatham County Voter Registration office, and spoke with a most gracious lady of the South, who was very helpful and re-sent the e-mail to my wife, this time with the link, and a new postcard application which I filled out, scanned in and sent back, and a...

The signs really began to become visible at the end of January, 2020; there was an exodus of people brewing, and it was galvanizing fears on both sides of the political spectrum. The pandemic situation is cited by the mainstream media as the primary cause, but in reality the migration had started at least 3 years earlier. Americans were leaving certain states and cities behind by the tens of thousands, and these places were predominantly leftist in their policies and population. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, etc.; all of these progressive states were bleeding residents since...

Despite pundits’ reactions to the contrary, the new Supreme Court vacancy will improve Republican odds keeping the Senate and the presidency. The Democrats are showing voters, like never before, what is at stake in this election. Conservatives will be driven to vote for Trump if they fear giving Joe Biden the chance to appoint Ginsburg’s successor. And if Trump successfully appoints her replacement before the election, that specific reason for voting will does indeed vanish.But now, Democrats have made a new threat that is sure to get Republicans to the polls. Some are openly pledging that, if the vacancy is filled,...

[Note: this piece is heavy on video content] I have been warning you for months now that this was coming, and now the long-planned Democrat pre-election riots have begun in earnest. If you somehow think you are safe from becoming a part of this Democrat Party-sponsored insurrection, you are wrong. I could have posted 50 more of these video clips from other cities like Dallas and Atlanta and Philly and Chicago this morning. As I have repeatedly written over the course of this year, this rioting has long been planned by the Democrat Party, whose leaders truly do consider this...

President Trump had a press conference late Wednesday afternoon, and boy did it produce some fun. Let’s start with the funniest part, where the President offered his condolences to Prince Harry: Question: Prince Harry and Megan Markle chimed in on the U.S. election, and essentially encouraged people to vote for Joe Biden. I want to get your reaction to that. Trump: I’m not a fan of her. And, I would say this – and she’s probably heard that – but, I wish a lot of luck to Harry, because he’s gonna need it. [End] C’mon, now, that’s funny. As if...

Palin, who was the first woman named to a Republican presidential ticket when John McCain chose her as his running mate in 2008, spoke with Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Wednesday night about the difference in media coverage that her vice presidential nomination received compared to the positive coverage of Harris’. “Looking back, is there anything you could have done to get the kind of coverage that Kamala Harris is getting now?” Carlson asked Palin. “Like you care about equality deep within your soul, that you’re a rockstar, a celebrity, you’re the Dalai Lama reincarnated. Could you have done anything...

Meteorological fall started on September 1, astronomical fall arrived on Tuesday, September 22, 9:31 A.M. EDT. So no matter how you count, or what your temperature, it is time we bid adieu to summer, 2020. With all of summer’s oppressive heat, cootie masks, closed businesses, wildfires and riots it’s hard to believe it will be missed but I will. Still, I’ll welcome fall and all it’s blazing glory for what it is - one more marker in time’s relentless cycle of death and rebirth.  “And all at once summer collapsed into fall.” – Oscar Wilde Summer temps have returned to...

In June and July, it was still news (kind of) whenever we read that leftist mobs, inspired by anti-white racism and anti-American hatred, ran riot in the streets, screaming, destroying people’s businesses, and attacking anyone who got in their way, especially police officers. By now, it’s predictable and, while disturbing, it’s also dull. It’s become a dog bites man story. It was to be expected that the mobs would start to riot in Louisville. Indeed, practically within minutes of Daniel Cameron announcing that none of the police involved in Breonna Taylor’s death would be charged for her death and that...