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Every time Democrats use emergencies – real or imagined – as a pretext for political bedevilment, it reminds me of why tens of millions of Americans voted for Trump. Twice. It’s simple. Trump just wanted to get things done. So do we. That’s it. But Democrats want something else. If politics is the “crooked timber of our communal lives,” as Charles Krauthammer wrote, then pretext is the timber that crooked Democrats use to jerry-rig political power. They’re obsessed with doping up malcontents with Utopian promises that pretend to solve imaginary problems in a world that doesn’t exist. It’s political voodoo....

A whistleblower within a Philadelphia school has revealed that the school curriculum requires students to celebrate a radical, Black Power Communist charged with kidnapping and murder and act out a play which has them yelling “jail Trump!” This follows the trend of schools across the country to inject “anti-racist” training for students and staff. One example in New York, teachers demanded adding “anti-racist” training or they would refust to return to work.

U.S. prosecutors alleged Thursday that a former FBI official and Navy intelligence officer before the Jan. 6 Capitol breach organized a group of trained fighters and was in contact with self-styled militia groups including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters, making him a "key figure" in the federal probe into the incident. The revelations emerged as prosecutors asked a federal judge to detain Thomas Edward Caldwell, pending trial, according to The Washington Post. The allegations appear to provide further evidence that the deadly siege was coordinated and planned months in advance. A police officer and one person who...

The campaign to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom reportedly has enough signatures to prompt a recall vote on the unpopular governor. Rescue California, chaired by Tom Del Beccaro — the former chair of the California Republican Party — is leading the recall effort. The petition to recall Newsom requires 1,495,709 signatures, but the group contends it will need close to two million before the March 17 deadline to account for signatures that are likely to be deemed invalid. “EVERYONE: We have over 1.5 mill raw signatures but they are not all verified,” tweeted del Beccaro. “My message is that 1.5m...

The Learjet, which became synonymous with lifestyles of the rich and famous, is about to fade into aviation history. Canada’s Bombardier announced Thursday that it will stop production of the Learjet later this year to focus on more profitable planes. That means the elimination of 1,600 jobs in Canada and the United States, another blow to aircraft manufacturing, which has withered in the pandemic. The iconic jet was among the first private luxury planes. William Lear based his design in part on military jets. The first Learjet flew in 1963, and more than 3,000 had been built since. Most of...

From London to Vienna to Stockholm, young migrant men, mostly from Muslim-majority countries, are targeting white women for sexual violence and harassment. European governments are doing little to stop the attacks or punish the perpetrators for fear of being labeled racist. Now some are warning that immigration and Islam are endangering women's rights and security across Europe. For some forty years, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of young women have been drugged, raped, and beaten across dozens of UK cities by men belonging to so-called grooming gangs. "They are gangs of men who groom young teenage girls and abuse them for sex...

As the WallStreetBets saga that has so captivated both Wall Street and social media has come to its roller-coaster conclusion, brokerage platforms such as Robinhood and TD Ameritrade now have the legacy of restricting trading of high-volatility stocks. But while brokers are attempting to address the problem on their own platforms, it’s possible that pro-regulation advocates could see the fracas as a mere opportunity to advance the burdensome regulatory agenda they've wanted to advance for years.For the uninitiated, the current situation arose from a popular Reddit forum urging its users to target GameStop (GME), a stock heavily shorted by hedge...

COTTONWOOD, CALIFORNIA — In Woody Clendenen's barbershop, a standard haircut costs $15. Seniors get a discount for $12, and liberals are charged $40. At least that's what the sign at his local Cottonwood shop in Northern California's Shasta County says. His small business is donned with Trump 2020 gear, support to create the new state of Jefferson, and copies of the Constitution for customers to read or take. He's got regulars who stick around just to talk politics and feel a sense of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of them are maskless and aren't told to follow any health...

Russia said on Friday it would be ready to sever ties with the European Union if the bloc hit it with painful economic sanctions, a statement that Germany described as disconcerting and incomprehensible.Ties between Russia and the West, already at post-Cold War lows, have come under renewed pressure over the arrest and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. >>>“We don’t want to isolate ourselves from global life, but we have to be ready for that. If you want peace then prepare for war.”

A restaurant in California, that refused to allow one of its employees to wear a Black Lives Matter mask during working hours, is now receiving death threats. The Girl and the Fig in Sonoma, California, was forced to close after receiving a barrage of death threats after a former waitress, Kimi Stout, complained about being refused a request to wear a BLM mask.

Here is all the proof you should need to refute those, including Ted Cruz, that President Trump, and his team, did not prove Vote Fraud in court. Of 22 cases where the judge actually allowed evidence to be heard, he won 15 of those cases.

From Bumble Home Page: Why Bumble? Bumble was first founded to challenge the antiquated rules of dating. Now, Bumble empowers users to connect with confidence whether dating, networking, or meeting friends online. We’ve made it not only necessary but acceptable for women to make the first move, shaking up outdated gender norms. We prioritise kindness and respect, providing a safe online community for users to build new relationships.

Here’s the secret banks in Indiana don’t want Hoosiers to know. Big banks discriminate. They do it all the time and they’re fighting hard to make sure that doesn’t change. Banks have been openly discriminating against businesses they feel have fallen out of political favor. The firearm industry knows this all too well. This has been happening since the Obama administration, when then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder instituted Operation Choke Point. It was an illegal scheme contrived to use the muscle of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which backs banks’ assets with taxpayer funds, to force banks to deny banking...

Klete Keller, a two-time Olympics gold medallist swimmer, is facing new charges in connection with the 6 January riots at the US Capitol. The 6ft 6in (1.9m) tall swimmer was identified in photos of the riots because of his stature and the fact he was wearing a Team USA jacket. He was initially charged with three counts, but this was increased to seven by a grand jury earlier in the week. Mr Keller has not commented on the charges against him.

Cruise Ship COVID Outbreak Swiftly Dealt With A relatively small cluster of COVID-19 cases onboard Mein Schiff 2 was swiftly dealt with by both the vessel and the Spanish authorities. TUI-Cruises’ Mein Schiff 2 was sailing on its ongoing voyages to the Canary Islands when the cruise line identified four guests infected with the virus. Health Measures Work The cruise line has managed to keep the cluster contained to just four guests who tested positive by the end of the voyage, while the other 996 guests, and 800 crew members, all tested negative. TUI Cruises stated: The extensive health and...

New study suggests monetary reparations for Black descendants of people enslaved in the United States could have cut SARS-CoV-2 transmission and COVID-19 rates both among Black individuals and the population at large. Researchers modeled the impact of structural racism on viral transmission and disease impact in the state of Louisiana. The higher burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among Black people also amplified the virus's spread in the wider population. Reparations could have reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the overall population by as much as 68 percent.

Here is some election analysis about Colorado voter data which is stunning. Colorado was already a mail in vote state that mailed out ballots. COLORADO POPULATION AND VOTER FACT CHECK.. The population of Colorado in 2020 was 5,807,719, a 0.85% increase from 2019. The population of Colorado in 2019 was 5,758,486, a 1.08% increase from 2018. The population of Colorado in 2018 was 5,697,155, a 1.42% increase from 2017. The population of Colorado in 2017 was 5,617,421, a 1.33% increase from 2016. *Accordingly, the population of Colorado increases by roughly 1-1.5% per year.. ** Nationwide - Trump Boosted his Hispanic...

Dan Crenshaw does social media good. What he may lack in depth perception, he makes up for in a Don Henley-esque way of getting down the heart of the matter. This is no doubt to in response to the latest casualty of the culture wars, Gina Carano. In case you didn't know, the former Star Wars star is right-leaning. She was found guilty of the high crime of tweeting right-leaning opinions. Ironically, the same week we found out far-left director Joss Whedon may have allegedly been abusing his female stars for decades. But again, he was far left. So ......

President Joe Biden said that the United States is facing a “national emergency” in the coronavirus pandemic and his administration is working to supply enough COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate 300 million Americans. “We’re in a national emergency,” said Biden, wearing a mask during remarks to scientists at the National Institutes of Health just outside Washington, DC on Thursday. “This will be one of the most difficult operational challenges we have ever undertaken as a nation. It’s going to take time,” Biden said. He also used this opportunity to attack President Trump. Biden said the coronavirus vaccination program he inherited from...

First lady Jill Biden has a valentine for the American people: giant pink, white and red hearts bearing calls for “unity,” “hope” and “love” installed early Friday on the North Lawn of the White House. “I just wanted some joy,” the first lady told reporters during a surprise visit to the lawn with President Joe Biden and their two German shepherds, Champ and Major. “I think things have been so — with the pandemic — everybody’s feeling a little down, so it’s just a little joy, a little hope, that’s all.” The oversized hearts, also emblazoned with words like “kindness,”...