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At The Washington Post, when Democrats are kicked unceremoniously out of office, it can only mean one thing: Democracy died in darkness. Take Sen. Stephen Sweeney, the powerful Democrat leader of the state Senate in New Jersey. Absolutely no one thought he would lose to a Republican who was a trucker and had a tiny campaign treasury. Paul Farhi, a veteran media reporter at the Post, diagnosed the problem in a story headlined, "How the media missed a New Jersey senate candidate's racist social media posts -- until he'd already won." A more accurate headline would be, "How the media...

Peter Schiff discusses soaring producer prices and how that will have a compounding impact on consumer prices in 2022

It’s time for more Americans to celebrate a chant that cheerfully attacks the entire dour, joyless leftist infrastructure. On November 13, Vermonters will gather in the idyllic town of Brandon to rally around the “Let’s Go Brandon!” theme sweeping America. As this populist recoil against the arrogant tyranny of the Biden Administration gains momentum, it is clear the phrase conveys not mere irritation with a politician but also opposes the leftists’ and media’s (but I repeat myself) surreal dissembling, for they created this derisive mantra. “Let’s Go Brandon!” perpetually reminds us that the media will go to perverse extremes to...

While Google remembered to honor Veterans Day it managed to drag diversity into the mix in a way both irritating and eye-opening. For at least a decade, and probably longer, Google has brought a woke edge to the daily doodles it has on its search engine home page. Its 2021 Veterans Day doodle was no exception for it managed to slip a transgender Marine into the mix. Although silly, it’s a useful reminder about how terribly limiting it is to be defined by nothing more than sexuality. Steven Tette, the artist chosen to draw the doodle, is at least as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run for reelection. Trump, who has focused his political efforts on punishing his political opponents, endorsed a leading opponent of Murkowski in June. Kelly Tshibaka was commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Administration before resigning to run for the Senate. In July, the Alaska Republican State Central Committee endorsed Tshibaka after Murkowski’s impeachment vote. “My heart is, and always has been, in Alaska, and that’s why I am proud to...

Issac Bailey, a Black teacher at Davidson College in North Carolina, makes a good living telling White people why they should hate themselves. However, on Thursday, the day after Kyle Rittenhouse sobbed on the witness stand as he recalled ending two lives to save his own, Bailey announced to the world that those tears had elevated Kyle to the status of White Supremacist hero—never mind that Kyle has never said or done anything racist, while the men he shot were violent White felons criminals who were trying to kill him. The adults responsible for maintaining order in a civilized country...

Here’s a tip for Democrats going forward: Don’t poke mama and papa bears — especially when it comes to involvement in their kids’ education. If you provoke them, they’ll bite back. All in the name of protecting their cubs. After being gaslighted by bureaucrats this past year and deemed domestic terrorists by the Department of Justice, these folks have had enough. On Election Day, they—along with their allies — sent a powerful message to the nation: unaccountable politicians are being put on notice. Move over, teachers unions: parents are the new special interest group in town. Funding Students Instead of...

Pointing out the fraud of the Left against Americans of every color and position in life is of course put down as “conspiracy theory,” pretending that Marxists never engage in such devious activity. The history and consequences of the attempt to take down America and take charge of everybody’s life has been told (some of it here, here and here), but the damning evidence has been kept from the public. There is time here only for a peek at the big picture. And, by the way, seeking information and commentary on America’s take-down should not be regarded as an idle...

The Black ideologues whom I call “chocolate chip communists” use melanin to mask Marxism. They’re a fifth column in an ideological takeover of the Black narrative and institutions, a process that is effectively causing my community to be the electoral equivalent of an old Soviet client state. I oppose this process, not in favor of mainstream conservatism per se, but on behalf of Black autonomy; that is, the notion of community control that Black nationalists and others have promoted for generations. Alleged anti-racists get enraged by Black autonomy; they sic “afro apparatchiks” on Black dissidents; and they disrupt, discredit and...

Vermont has become the first state in the nation to mandate access to free condoms in public high schools and middle schools. Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill into law last year and the condoms are available now. It applies to grades 7-12.

Are Progressives purposely trying to drive America into a civil war? It is looking more and more like a serious and fair question. The Progressives are made up mostly of socialists, Deep State government, and globalists. They are not stupid, they are not dumb, and they are not irrational. The Progressives are smart, deceitful, treacherous, conniving, and strategic. So why does it seem that everything they are doing obviously drives us farther apart? Over the last twelve months, the Progressives have... - Committed election fraud and purposely violated numerous state election laws with regard to the 2020 election. - Kept...

Vermont has become the first state in the nation to mandate access to free condoms in public high schools and middle schools. Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill into law last year and the condoms are available now. It applies to grades 7-12.

Unconstitutional vax mandates have given Americans a glimpse into the control the government has—or thinks it has over our lives. But few have any idea how much the government is involved with their everyday lives. Most of us get up, go to work, and come home without the government ostensibly telling us when to do this or what we must feed our kids or when we must go to bed. We think we’re free, but we’re not. Just because stormtroopers aren’t standing in every doorway of your house doesn’t mean the government’s not there. It is in a million different...

The admonition “do no harm” neither explicitly nor implicitly compels a priority, which is commonly heard as “First, do no harm.” It would seem intuitive, however, that the doctor treating the patient would not want the medicine, or cure, to do greater harm than the injury or illness. When attempting to correct a problem, “First, do no harm” should be inherently obvious, whether one is an auto mechanic, aircraft technician, plumber, carpenter, highly skilled and specialized surgeon, or medical doctor. “Customer Satisfaction” and “Personalized Service” are typically how business owners view the same principle because that is how we stay...

Headlines that prove a point are not so common, but here’s one that proves two points and proclaims a third: “COP26 summit: Focus on how to hit 1.5° C target – and billions in funding.” The word panic means a “sudden overwhelming feeling of terror or anxiety, especially one affecting a whole group of people.” The word “panic” comes from the Greek god Pan, the source of irrational fear. The panic in that headline comes from the implied promise that we must either hit the 1.5° C temperature target or say goodbye to humanity. Many take it seriously enough to...

resident Biden plans to install a point-person in charge of infrastructure to ensure his administration properly implements its trillion-dollar legislation, two sources familiar with the plans tell Axios. Why it matters: Biden and his top aides know they need to flawlessly execute on their mammoth plan. It may be Biden's best - and, perhaps, only remaining - opportunity to show voters Democrats can deliver major changes to improve people's lives. The White House press office did not have an immediate comment. **SNIP** The goal is to streamline the grant-and-spending process and prevent fraud as the $1.2 trillion in funding is...

A family’s home was destroyed during a deadly 16-hour standoff between Michigan police and an armed suspect who barricaded himself inside, news outlets report. Police surrounded the home in Kalamazoo on the morning of Nov. 8, after a wanted man — 35-year-old Alex Rawls — made his way inside, according to Michigan State Police. Officers with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, and the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office were at the scene. Andrea Young, her fiance and her five children were home at the time, but quickly got out and made their way to safety, WOOD reported. “[Police] stepped us...

A school board president in Arizona has been accused of maintaining a secret online dossier containing personal details about parents who opposed mask mandates and Critical Race Theory. Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg's access to the Google Drive file was revealed after he accidentally displayed the link in a screenshot he sent to a parent in a heated email chain. The drive contained files labeled 'SUSD Wackos' and 'Anti Mask Lunatics' among others in a sprawling database tracking the online activities of parents in the district. The drive was set to public, allowing anyone with a...

Around 1,000 people crossed the Channel by boat to reach the UK on Thursday, a new record for migrant Channel crossings in a single day. ... A Whitehall source accused France of losing control of the situation.

China’s Communist Party officials called President Xi Jinping a “helmsman” and “people’s leader” on Friday, in a show of support for his continuing leadership. Xi is almost certain to secure a precedent-breaking third term as party leader next year. At the end of a four-day, closed-door meeting on Thursday, the party passed a “historical resolution” which highlighted its achievements under Xi’s leadership and amplified his authority. The full text of the resolution is yet to be released. “Helmsman” and “people’s leader” were descriptions used over 50 years ago during a personality cult of Mao Zedong, who led the party to...