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First lady Dr. Jill Biden joined up with Dr. Anthony Fauci to visit a pediatric hospital in Washington, D.C. to promote vaccinating young Americans as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic moves into a new stage. (May 20)

'The hips on the drag queen go swish, swish, swish. Swish, swish, swish.' A PBS station in New York is getting attention for airing a children's program that featured a singing and dancing drag queen. The skit was part of a "Let's Learn" television series that is produced in partnership with WNET and the New York City Department of Education. Footage surfaced on social media with the drag queen known as "Lil' Miss Hot Mess" promoting their book "The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish." The skit received a wave of backlash from social media users. It...

One of my favorite alt-rock bands from the 90s. Enjoy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday she believes the “honor system” is not sufficient to know if “someone is vaccinated.” While explaining the dangers of being unvaccinated while serving as a member in the House, despite her mask wearing rules and vaccination, Pelosi rhetorically asked, “What is this, the honor system?” She continued, “The honor system, as to whether someone has been vaccinated? Do you want them breathing in your face on the strength of their honor?”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday suggested using a truck-only vehicle miles traveled tax during the Senate Finance Committee's hearing on infrastructure funding. His suggested method would levy a tax of 25-cents for every mile driven. The mileage would be tracked via government-mandated devices that report the data back to the IRS. -snip- Texas Trucking Association President and CEO John D. Esparza noted taxing drivers a quarter for every mile equates to approximately $25,000 per truck that drives 100,000 miles a year – almost half the average salary for a truck driver. "Eighty-eight percent of trucking businesses in Texas are...

On Thursday night Greg Kelly released even more video of Capitol Police waving Trump supporters into the US Capitol. This is outrageous! The mainstream media and Democrats lied through their teeth about the Jan. 6 protests!

Having seized the reins of government in Washington, DC and achieved a near-lock on a corrupt press and major social media outlets, the totalitarian left has now set its sights on rural America and its conservative population.

Former FBI director gave 100 grand to Biden grandchildren amid bid to do business with Hunter and the Big Guy.

Migrants are being caught and released into the United States without court dates, the acting commissioner of the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency admitted Wednesday. His comments came during a hearing held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security. Migrants are supposed to get a “Notice to Appear” (NTA) in a U.S. court, Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) told the CBP chief. So “the Notice to Appear … [has become] a Notice to Disappear. Disappear into the interior of this country,” the Republican congressman added. Migrant families caught trying to cross illegally at the Rio Grande Valley (RGV)...

Joe Biden on Thursday delivered remarks at a bill signing ceremony for the Asian Hate Crimes bill.

nlike Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia, Russia, Russia, Biden’s is not imaginary but very real and in your face. Democrats could never say what exactly Trump did, what precise decision was made or what policy was changed. He “colluded”, don’t ya know,. With Biden, we can start with the Colonial pipeline hack by Russian conspirators and Biden’s non-reaction to it, Biden;s approval of a pipeline designed make our NATO allies dependent on energy from Moscow, and, of course, his day one cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. Trump promised Europe a share in our energy independence, to the oint of...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Heatherly Noble didn't have time to think. She felt pain, then spotted a large snake rising out of the bush in front of her. "In about two seconds I had to realize that one, you've been bitten by a snake, I don't know what kind it is. Secondly, it's there it's not going away because it's mad," she said. The Mooresville homeowner was trimming her hedges outside her front door when the snake bit her in the hand. Horrified by the sight of the creature rising up, Heatherly stepped back not realizing she was still on her...

President Joe Biden's new tax enforcement plan would add nearly 87,000 employees to the Internal Revenue Service, make banks report more information to the agency and require stricter cryptocurrency compliance, according to a new Treasury Department report released on Thursday. -snip- The second major component of Biden's plan would require financial institutions to report annual account inflows and outflows to the IRS. Treasury officials said the goal would be to highlight "red flags" and would not be burdensome to compliant taxpayers. -snip- Roughly 99% of taxes due on wages are paid to the IRS, but compliance on "less visible sources...

CNN indirectly admits Biden Admin so far is disaster. This is why they and their fellow State Run media clowns provide cover all day long. https://rumble.com/vhci7t-wow-cnn-basically-just-admitted-bidens-presidency-is-a-disaster.html?mref=i2svv&mc=36we8

"Bitcoin: Trendy is the last stage before tacky," quoting the late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. "Bitcoin: Trendy is the last stage before tacky," quoting the late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. “All it took for the cryptocurrency to fall out of style was one tweet and a Chinese government statement,” she wrote. This is why Labouré says “the value of bitcoin is entirely based on wishful thinking.” Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) price plunged 28% this week, this most recent meltdown spurred by an announcement from China and an Elon Musk tweet. The controversial crypto is now losing even more love on Wall Street...

Ready for Idaho to turn blue? If not, something has to change. Every red county in American will soon have zero say in who is to become president, simply because the urban population is officially overcoming the rural population in every state. Once this happens, it's blue forever.

On his first day in office, Joe Biden killed off 42,100 jobs by ending construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and the end of construction of the Trump border wall. But on Tuesday Joe Biden gave Vlad Putin a kiss and waived sanctions on Russia’s gas pipeline to Germany. That way Western Europe will become more reliable on Putin’s Russia and US energy companies lose more business with our allies in Western Europe. One day later Putin lashed out at the US and vowed to “knock the teeth out” of foreign enemies who confronted Russia on its arctic military base....

A federal judge seen as a possible future U.S. Supreme Court pick by President Joe Biden cleared a key hurdle on Thursday in her nomination to an influential appellate court, winning approval in a Senate committee despite Republican opposition. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Washington-based U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on a 13-9 vote. Biden has promised to name a black woman - an historic first - to the Supreme Court if a vacancy arises, and Jackson is widely seen as a potential pick down...

Jackie Norris will announce on Monday that she’s running for the DSM School Board, according to a weekly newsletter published by Polk County Democrats. Background: Norris was President Obama’s 2008 Iowa senior advisor and First Lady Michelle Obama’s chief of staff. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free. Last month she became owner and president of the SPPG consulting firm in West DSM. The big picture: About 40% of DSM property taxes go to the school district. And DMPS has lots of upcoming challenges. For one, superintendent Tom Ahart goes before a state board...

The Waco Police Department is joining a nationwide effort to try and diversify its police force by recruiting more women. Recently, the department signed "The 30x30 Pledge," which aims to have women make up 30 percent of its police force by 2030. So far, there are 37 women in the Waco PD, according to Officer Garen Bynum, the department's spokesperson. He said they make up 15% of its officers, which is 3% more than the national average of female officers (12%). Still, "to make the 30x30, we still have a lot of work to do," Bynum said. Before the pledge,...