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Moderate Democratic candidates outperformed their liberal counterparts in key 2020 U.S. House elections, according to a new analysis from a center-left think tank, coming closer to matching President Joe Biden’s performance in swing districts as many progressive favorites lagged much further behind. Officials from the think tank Third Way who analyzed the data said the findings should serve as a lesson for Democrats that strongly liberal candidates make for weaker nominees in the most important congressional races, and that the best option for the party in the 2022 midterm elections is to closely embrace Biden and his political agenda. “Republicans...

Dr. Anthony Fauci wants former President Donald Trump to tell his supporters to take the COVID-19 vaccine. It is true that a March 2021 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that 47% of Trump 2020 supporters said they would not get vaccinated. It is also true that Trump has urged Americans to take the vaccine. He called it safe and said that he and Melania have been vaccinated. But after attacking Trump as a lying incompetent who makes outlandish statements, why should anyone on the left be surprised by skepticism about the vaccine? On May 15, then-President Trump announced Operation Warp Speed,...

House Bill 175 is a deeply flawed bill that requires “ammunition vendors” to conduct a federal NICS background check on prospective recipients of ammunition. “Ammunition vendor” is vaguely defined in the legislation and could potentially mean that private individuals cannot sell or give ammunition to friends, family, fellow hunters, range buddies, etc. Federal law only allows Federal Firearms Licensees (FFL) and state authorities to run NICS checks, and they may do so only for firearms. Businesses selling ammunition are not required to hold an FFL. Many small businesses such as sporting goods stores, hardware stores, and antique shops sell ammunition...

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It’s hard to admit this. When mass shootings occur in our country, it’s difficult for me to even pause for a moment. There’s no time to reflect, feel sad, mourn, or be still. Because I know the inevitable is coming. Garbage American news media and their favorite officeholders – the Democrats – won’t wait an hour to take full advantage of a horror to advance their political agenda. This means the rest of us have to spring into a defensive posture to protect our liberties and simply correct the record before the victims’ bodies are removed from the scene. Like...

John Thune could eventually succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader. But first the second-ranked Senate Republican has to decide whether to run for reelection — with Donald Trump prepared to stand in his way. As fellow GOP senators like Jerry Moran of Kansas or John Boozman of Arkansas announce their 2022 campaigns, usually with the backing of the former president, Thune is taking his time. “In this day and age, these campaigns are so long. And I think they start way too early,” the South Dakota Republican said in an interview on Wednesday, noting he usually waits until the...

There’s a lot of room between sitting on your hands doing nothing and setting everything on fire. Things that used to get done used to get done in that space, and not much outside it. Outside it is apathy or insanity, which are not places you want to live. But life has gone from having a dimmer switch to two settings – off and blowing circuits. It’s fun to watch, I guess, but it’s not particularly helpful if you want to get things done. And I, for one, would like to get things done. I get how people are disappointed...

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Wildly unpopular in Massachusetts, Trump served as a foil for Baker, who was able to establish his own political independence — and win over Democratic constituents — by frequently criticizing his fellow Republican. Baker isn’t the only blue-state Republican governor who’s seen his popularity dented by coronavirus fatigue and Trump’s absence from the news cycle. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott — two other Trump critics who have long rated among the most popular governors in the nation — have also seen their numbers dip in the post-Trump era. "If you happen to be a Republican governor,...

You know who is laughing right now? Nikki! Haley is, because Kristi Noem may have derailed her own electoral freight train as it rolled down the conservative governortrix tracks toward the GOP nom in 2024. Now, Nikki! is a total non-starter, though she doesn’t seem to realize it. Her astonishingly weak submission to the forces that hate us – she was not to be seen at CPAC because she would have been booed – has totally killed her dreams, though the GOP establishment has this fantasy that she can cruise into the White House by pretending to be hardcore when...

Accused Boulder supermarket gunman Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is a "loner" who lives in his family’s basement and never had a girlfriend, according to a relative. Usame Almusa, Alissa’s brother-in-law, told the Sun that the alleged shooter lived in the basement of his family’s Arvada, Colo. home and never had many friends. "Every time I visited with my wife’s family he would always sit away from everyone else, not saying anything to anyone," Almusa, who is married to Alissa’s sister, Aicha, told the outlet. "It was strange." "He was a loner, just sitting to the side, not with us," he...

SNIPPeople in China are even gloating about how much they have infiltrated our ruling class. Di Dongsheng, the vice dean of the School of International Relations at Renmin University, boasted in a recent lecture that the Chinese Communist Party has people “at the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence,” and that “for the past 30 years, 40 years, we have been utilizing the core power of the United States.” Di also seemed to imply that Hunter Biden was compromised as well: “Trump has been saying that Biden’s son has some sort of global foundation. Have you...

Dr. Rand Paul Questions Planned Parenthood Access to PPP by SBA

Health officials are monitoring 44 Ohioans who may have had exposure to Ebola after returning from areas of Africa with active outbreaks. In a five-page statement explaining Tuesday why he vetoed Senate Bill 22, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said it is believed that all of those individuals are at a "very low risk" of having contracted the deadly virus.

Bear versus hog. It’s not something seen every day, but it leaves a big impression once viewed. The power of a wild black bear was witnessed Tuesday near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as it took down a wild hog for a meal right off of the highway where passers-by saw and heard the commotion. A man visiting the Smokies with his friend happened upon the scene just off of Highway 321 near the Pittman Center and knew they were seeing something worth stopping both lanes of traffic: A bear on the hunt with its prey. “It was really...

A leaked list of 1.95 million Chinese Communist Party members, containing apparently thousands of names of individuals living in the West and employed in government or top corporations, includes 123 names of individuals who work for pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Both companies are currently engaged in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination effort.As National File previously reported, a list of nearly 2 million CCP members was leaked to international media outlets in the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, and Sweden earlier this year. The list contains names of individuals currently living and working in the West, including in the British government, and...

Humans understood astronomy 40000 years ago, European caves provide proof According to a scientific study, 40,000-year-old cave paintings indicate the use of complex astronomy. According to experts, the ancient paintings that were believed to be symbols of prehistoric animals are actually ancient star maps. Early cave art reveals that people in the last ice age had a detailed knowledge of the night sky. They were hardly different from us today in terms of intellect. Animal symbols represent star constellations in the night sky. A new scientific study revealed that humans had a sophisticated knowledge of stars and constellations more than...

“Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness” (Proverbs 25:5 KJV).

Chinese fans are up in arms after Nike said it would not use cotton from China's disputed Xinjiang region, and they're burning their prized kicks. The sports company faced a massive backlash and boycott on Chinese social media platform Weibo after a statement that it released that highlighted the forced labor of Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR)... ...People began posting videos of themselves burning their Nike Air Jordans and Air Force 1s, with some of these videos being reposted over 100,000 times. "I burned all my Nikes. This is a matter of national pride. We will not...

A Pittsburgh man stands accused of tackling and stabbing a 12-year-old boy at a McDonald’s in an attack that police say was racially charged. Charles Edward Turner, a 51-year-old black man, reportedly called police and McDonald’s staff “white devils” and “white n------” as they tried to restrain him after he slashed a 12-year-old child with a box cutter, according to WPXI News. The child was reportedly waiting in line with three of his family members when Turner approached him from behind and stabbed him in the neck...