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There aren't a lot of people who tell the truth about voting rules. As the Senate takes up the bill the House just passed to drastically amend the rules that govern our elections, it seems like a good time to step back and examine what's really going on. For some reason, the truth is missing from almost all the reporting, both in the liberal press and in conservative media. Both Republicans and Democrats approach debates over the rules and systems for our elections with the same fundamental belief: Making voting easy helps Democrats, and making voting harder helps Republicans. This...

The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden is under investigation for unspecified allegations and is on leave from his position as president of Santa Clara University in Northern California, according to a statement from the college's board of trustees. Rev. Kevin O'Brien allegedly “exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,” according to the statement by John M. Sobrato, the board chairman. O'Brien gave the service at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, one of the most prominent Catholic churches in Washington, in...

Asian Americans are flocking to gun stores to arm themselves for self-defense amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Forbes spoke to Jimmy Gong, owner of Jimmy’s Sport Shop in Mineola, New York, and he said, “There are more Asians being introduced to firearms. Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves.” Gong noted his business doubled during the era of coronavirus, and half of his customer base is comprised of Asian Americans. Forbes points to findings from...

Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce the the 80 million vote man! Oh yes, by all means, let’s have Joey, the most dubiously elected man in U.S. Presidential history debate Vladimir Putin live. That should be…classic.Why is it this presidency seems more like an old SNL skit than history in the making?Ask President Carter: "Just remember you are a living organism on planet Earth…"Tom Brokaw Pre-tapes:"Gerald Ford shot dead today at the senseless age of 83."Or, closer to the truth, Super Bass-O-Matic:“Mmmm - That’s Good Bass!”Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

He simply acknowledged a fact A strange characteristic of progressive cancel culture is that, quite often, those targeted by outrage mobs are not especially conservative. Rather, they are liberals who buck the trend of uniformity by expressing an opinion that doesn't fall completely in line with the progressive orthodoxy. Such is the case with Jesse Singal, a freelance journalist whose work has been featured in left-of-center publications such as New York Magazine and The Atlantic. In recent years, Singal has faced numerous and visceral attacks on his character and reputation from a cacophony of liberal, pro-transgender voices. His crime: Daring...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3943379/posts Fauci wants to vaccinate babies with the coronavirus vaccine. - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3943387/posts Fauci warns a fourth surge in cases could undermine progress. - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/18/nation/heated-exchange-senator-paul-accuses-dr-fauci-wearing-masks-after-being-vaccinated-show/ Rand Paul says Fauci wears two masks as a type of “theater”. - Fauci is an idiot. He only thinks about the Coronavirus. This is sort of like a politician saying they are going to let the generals in the field make the decisions. Nonsense! Immunologists need political guidance just like generals need to get their strategy from the top. Every expert is an idiot, without an elected politician to put...

The political class, the big players in the entertainment industry and the media are all engaged in a massive, collaborative effort to destroy America. And they're doing it with sex and lies.First, the sex.Last September, I wrote a critique of those in the media defending “Cuties,” an award-winning film on Netflix that featured prepubescent girls twerking in tight, revealing costumes. The defense, we were told, was that this film was intended to start a “conversation” about the “sexualization” of girls in contemporary society. Criticism of the film was hypocritical and specious, the argument went, because adult women -- like Cardi...

Before the pandemic, Circus Harmony in St. Louis performed about 700 shows a year, mostly in an indoor ring in the City Museum, a civic institution that can perhaps best (though still inaccurately) be described as an interactive art installation. The fact that the Circus Harmony performers are between eight and 18 years old does not diminish their amazing feats in the slightest. They turn backflips across the ring. They contort themselves into impossible positions. They do stunts on unicycles. They walk across high wires. They juggle balls and clubs. They hang by their toes from aerial silks and rings....

Fred Wellman, whose previous workplace was described as 'definition of a toxic work environment,' tasked with getting 'house in order' at scandal-plagued PAC In January, the political consultant Fred Wellman parachuted in to save the scandal-plagued Lincoln Project, taking over as executive director. He had filed for bankruptcy just five months earlier, citing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid liabilities, according to records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. A longtime associate of Lincoln Project cofounder Steve Schmidt, Wellman joined the Lincoln Project in July 2020 as a senior adviser for veterans affairs and was promoted to executive director...

...Arguably the most interesting part of today’s proceedings happened in the last seven minutes or so before the court recessed for the day. That’s when the prosecution complained about some informal conduct by the defense counsel, only to find itself scolded by Judge Cahill, who then fairly stormed out of the court room. I’ll come back to that in just a moment, along with video of the event. As a brief summary of the substantive parts of the day, however, the afternoon saw four prospective jurors subject to voir dire. The first of the afternoon’s prospective jurors, #90, was rather...

resident Joe Biden's handlers are still shielding him from full-blown news conferences with reporters, but they let him talk directly with Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping? Ye gods! What were they thinking, letting Biden talk to Xi Jinping? Xi Jinping wants to eat our lunch, the president said after talking to the communist leader in February. "If we don't get moving, they are going to eat our lunch," Biden said. Yet a couple of years ago, Biden insisted that China would never be able to eat our lunch. "China is going to eat our lunch? Come...

March 19 (UPI) -- Amazon Prime Video became the exclusive provider of Thursday Night Football in one of several new broadcast deals announced by the NFL. Sources told CNBC, the New York Times and the New York Post that the 11-year media rights agreement -- announced Thursday -- is worth more than $100 billion. The contract starts in 2023 and runs through 2033. The NFL also signed deals with CBS, ESPN/ABC and Fox. CBS, Fox and NBC each will televise three upcoming Super Bowls as part of the agreement. ESPN/ABC will televise the Super Bowl in 2026 and 2030. "These...

The Feds attempt to take over the states' tax policies. Hidden away in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the horribly misnamed “COVID relief” giveaway law signed by President Biden, is a curious provision that prohibits states from using any of the federal funds allocated to provide tax reductions to individuals or businesses. This provision, according to the New York Times, was slipped into the legislation at the last minute. It reads, in pertinent part, “A State or territory shall not use the funds provided… to either directly or indirectly offset a reduction in the net tax revenue of...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is being sued by one of the nation's only black-owned investment firms, which alleges he has failed to address years of racist proprietary theft that began before Murphy took office. Murphy is named in an amended lawsuit filed by Blueprint Capital Advisers that levels broad charges of "blatant, aggressive, and unapologetic racist abuse" from New Jersey state government. Blueprint Capital claims that New Jersey "fraudulently misappropriated a proprietary investment program BCA had developed" and delivered it to another investment firm, BlackRock Alternative Advisers. The suit alleges that Blueprint developed an investment model it called "FAIR...

Bruce Starr spotted the problem right away: The hydrogen-powered cars General Motors was showing off on the Oregon Capitol grounds wouldn’t need gas. And if they didn’t need gas, drivers wouldn’t be paying gas taxes that fund the state’s roads. It was 2001, and the problem seemed urgent. GM predicted the cars would be on the market in a few years. Starr, then a Republican state representative, created a task force to figure out the future of transportation funding. “There’s no asphalt fairy out there that sprinkles asphalt in the night on our roadways,” he said recently. Widespread production of...

In the last week, we watched Joe Biden box check the loony feminist faction of his party. Why, the military is stepping up, droned Biden in a televised appearance. Flight suits will better accommodate pregnant female air personnel. Newer hairstyles will be permitted, lest hipper gal soldiers decide to leave the military in a snit. Nothing frivolous here. Meanwhile, woke Pentagon desk jockeys (doubtless, Obama’s handpicked finest) slammed Tucker Carlson for daring to be intrepidly unwoke. Carlson wondered about the absurdity of pregnant warrior pilots and hairdos when the U.S. faces a growing menace from unfree China. Because there’s nothing...

My question to the federal government in these troubled times is simple: who stands for me? The Congress doesn't, the president and his administration don't, and the Supreme Court doesn't. The FBI, DOJ, CIA, and Armed Forces don't! Who represents me? The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are under constant assault by the current congressional leadership. Some may suggest that many in our current government do not give a wit about the rights and protections afforded to the American people by our founding documents. This great Republic was founded on the principle of the consent of the governed. Millions...

Ok, so, it’s a crisis, right? – The completely inept dog and pony show artist Jen Psaki admitted that the Biden/Harris-created crisis at the border with Mexico is indeed a crisis at her daily media lapdog training session on Thursday. Panicked, she then walked it all back, saying she meant to use the word “challenges” instead: Those Democrat-funded and created “challenges” include border detention facilities – that stood near-empty six months ago when we had a real President in office – now so overcrowded that the administration has now sent thousands of “juvenile” aliens – many of whom appear to...

On Thursday’s “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon said that if he was fully vaccinated, he’s not going to get rid of his mask “Because I care about other people. I care about something more than myself” such as people who have chosen not to get vaccinated, and asked, “Why don’t you be a patriot, why don’t you just be a decent human being and stop trying to be so negative and get Dr. Fauci or Joe Biden?” And stated that “Biden is doing a fantastic job when it comes to the pandemic. He’s saying all the right things. He’s doing...