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Wherever we turn, race is the issue. Any problem that we face, race must be at the root of it. At least, that’s the way it feels in America these years. Any outcome that we do not like, any narrative that we reject, any person with whom we have a problem – all of it must be traced back to race. This is as dishonest as it is destructive, and if we really care about equality and justice, we had better reevaluate our strategy, and we had better do it quickly. I’m reminded of a humorous story my dad told...

"If the officers refuse, they will have to refuse a direct order, which then constitutes punishment ranging from suspension to…also no surprise, firing," said a source within the Seattle Police Department. =========================================================================== Six Seattle police officers are under an extreme investigation by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and Office of Police Accountability (OPA) Director Andrew Myerberg for being in DC on January 6, the same day of the riot at the US Capitol. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes is forcing the six Seattle police officers to "turn over phone data, personal documents, and bank statements in relation to the investigation,"...

The midterm elections are still 18 months away, but the fight for control of the Senate is already shaping what gets done in the nation's capital this year.In an evenly divided Senate, where Vice President Kamala Harris gives Democrats the tie-breaking vote, every vote matters.Republicans only need to flip one seat to take back the majority, while Democrats are eager to cushion their majority by picking off a few more seats currently held by GOP senators.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday he plans to propose sanctions on China unless and until it agrees to a transparent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. “I don’t think without sanctions, without international pressure, they’re ever going to help,” Graham told Fox News’ “America Reports”, adding “the only way China’s going to respond is when the world makes them respond. “So sanctions led by the United States, embraced by the world, I think would get us to where we need to go, and I intend to introduce those sanctions relatively soon,” Graham added.

IN THE SPRING of 2008, the NFL was in crisis. A hard-charging United States senator from Pennsylvania named Arlen Specter had launched an investigation into the Spygate scandal. He tried to determine how many games the New England Patriots' illegal videotaping operation of opposing coaches' signals had helped the team win and learn why the NFL, under the orders of commissioner Roger Goodell, had destroyed all evidence of the cheating. By May, Specter -- a former Philadelphia district attorney and a lifelong Eagles fan -- was so angry at the "stonewalling" of his inquiry by the league and the Patriots...

Marketing is everything in politics. It explains why a tax credit that benefits 90% of American families with kids -- some of them with income higher than $400,000 -- is marketed as an anti-poverty measure. But in politics, that marketing is often an illusion that hides the hard consequences of a preferred policy. With the latest COVID-19 relief package, Congress expanded the child tax credit, increasing the maximum amount a taxpayer could claim from $2,000 per child to $3,000 for those aged 6 to 17 and to $3,600 under age 6. The expanded part of the credit begins to decrease...

What is so terrifying to Republicans about the reassessment of American history known as critical race theory? Once an obscure academic theory, it has now taken its place alongside face masks and cancel culture as the bugaboo of conservatives who would rather do anything other than fix our broken immigration system, crumbling infrastructure and inadequate healthcare.

President Joe Biden is set to unveil a massive spending proposal that includes $6 trillion in government spending for the next fiscal year – an amount that would bring federal spending up to levels not seen since World War II. The budget would have the nation continue running deficits of more than $1 trillion, a level it already topped with the onset of the pandemic – with estimated annual deficits of $1.3 trillion amid enacted and proposed federal programs. The spending levels would continue on an upward trajectory, hitting $8.2 trillion at the end of a decade, according to detailed...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to condemn the populist appeal of former President Donald Trump during a Thursday evening speech at the Reagan library. “If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going anywhere,” Ryan plans to say according to speech excerpts released to Punchbowl News.

Researchers have noted a substantial decline in religious belief in the United States in recent years. By way of example, according to the Pew Research Center, the number of Americans who identified as Christian declined by 12% just between 2009 to 2019, and the number who identified as Protestant declined by 8%. Pew notes some similar trends playing out among American Jews. While large numbers identify with and/or participate in various aspects of Jewish culture, smaller numbers identify with Jewish religious belief. More than a quarter of adult Jews in the United States define their religious belief as “atheist, agnostic...

SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Sunday, May 26. For a wonder, we hare gone through twentyfour hours without any extraordinary excitement. Movements of troops are constantly going on, but it is only the details or filling in of the grind movement of Thursday night. Every non-resident of the city who could command a vehicle has visited the captured city of Alexandria. All concur in representing the inhabitants as sullen and disaffected -- the only smiling faces seen being those of the "peculiar institution." All along the river line or front, the troops are engaged in throwing up works. There are...

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- Police in Lake St. Louis are investigating a sign that was posted in the drive-thru lane of a Popeyes restaurant near Highway N and Highway 64/40. Lt. Pat Doering said investigators are pretty confident that someone other than a Popeyes' employee posted the sign. The sign said, "Effective 6-1-21 this restaurant is under new management and will reserve the right to refuse service to white people. We apologize for any inconvenience. Signed, general manager, Mason." Photos of the sign were spreading widely across social media in St. Charles County and beyond. The photos are...

When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. As to exactly when this occurred, that's more difficult to answer. But consider statements, made five years apart, from the Kennedy brothers, John F. and Robert F. Neither brother was asked about nor used the word "reparations." But during an August 1963 press conference, a reporter asked President John Kennedy about "special dispensation" for Blacks: "Mr. President, some Negro leaders are saying that, like the Jews persecuted by the Nazis, the Negro is entitled...

'American Friends for Hamas' asks Portland college students for donations to 'destroy Israel' — and the woke youngsters are only too happy to help May 26, 2021 Ami Horowitz — a creator of digital shorts that throw conservative light on sociopolitical issues — is at it again. What are the details? Horowitz decided to pay a visit recently to left-wing bastion Portland State University to pose as a worker for "American Friends for Hamas" — a made-up group — who asks students to pledge donations in order to assist the terrorism-loving organization to carry out its mission to "destroy Israel."...

Anybody care to guess what this week’s progressive talking point is? The Truth About Guns recaps:That’s right: Guns kill, ergo more guns kill more people as the Jr. Senator from Connecticut explains to us blockheads.Nope, not a coincidence: they’ll tell us when something is a coincidence. And since this is NOT a coincidence, it must be SCIENCE!See how simple that is? Or how simple it would be if mini-Marxist Hogg hadn’t confused the issue with a countervailing progressive doctrine:I think it’s about fear. I think it’s about the fact that as a country, oftentimes we would rather turn on each...

Scott Wolter gets a call from a man who has a mysterious stone on his property. He's convinced that it's the "Stone of Destiny"--the stone that Jacob from the Bible rested his head on, in Season 2, Episode 1, "Ark of the Covenant."In "America Unearthed," host Scott Wolter uses hard science and intuitive theories to explain the most mysterious artifacts and sites in America.HISTORY© is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network’s all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series,...

On a Southwest flight Sunday from Sacramento to San Diego, an unruly passenger attacked a flight attendant, knocking out two of her teeth and bloodying her face. Video below: Twitter LinkThe police arrested Vyvianna Quinonez, and charged her with battery causing serious bodily injury. San Diego authorities charged a 28-year-old woman with felony battery after an attack on a Southwest Airlines plane in which a flight attendant lost two teeth and suffered other injuries to her face. The incident marked an escalation in unruly behavior by airline passengers and led the president of the flight attendants’ union to ask for...

Facebook is lifting its ban on posts about COVID-19 potentially being manmade and will limit censorship of theories about the coronavirus possibly originating from a Chinese Communist Party laboratory. The move comes as support continues to mount for investigations into the theory that the virus leaked from a Wuhan lab.

It’s no secret that Dr. Fauci is a notorious liar, but his most recent lie in front of Congress might be his most detrimental. While being interviewed on Real America’s Voice, Paul was asked directly if Fauci perjured himself during his recent testimony on Capitol Hill, and here’s what he said. “Absolutely,” Paul responded. “He lied to the America people. There was gain of function research going on with Dr. Shi Zhengli at the Wuhan Institute,” “In her paper, she actually thanked Dr. Fauci and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is a part of National Institutes...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - When Samantha Maltais steps onto Harvard’s campus this fall, she’ll become the first member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to attend its prestigious law school. It’s a “full-circle moment” for the university and the Martha’s Vineyard tribe, she says. More than 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became the first Native American to graduate from the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university — the product of its 1650 charter calling for the education of “English and Indian youth of this country.” “Coming from a tribal community in its backyard, I’m hyper aware of Harvard’s impact,” said Maltais,...