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he unmarked security vehicles parked outside the Kroger signaled trouble. So, too, did the police tape blocking the store’s entrance at Metropolitan Parkway SW and Cleveland Avenue SW several days ago. A small sign taped to an overturned shopping cart flapped in the wind telling shoppers the power was out. Thieves had stolen critical electric wiring. A much larger sign said “Temporarily Closed” and identified two other store locations for shoppers in the area, neither of which was easily accessible without some form of transportation. After one Hapeville resident recently found Kroger’s doors locked, she lamented on social media that...

Working Americans got good news on Friday. They may not have to worry about getting laid off because of qualms about the COVID-19 vaccine. A federal appeals court suspended the Biden administration's attempt to mandate the shots at private sector workplaces with 100 or more employees. Under resident Joe Biden's order, which would go into effect Jan. 4, employees who refuse the shots have to submit to weekly testing at their own expense or lose their jobs. Vaccines are not required to collect welfare or food stamps, or to come across the southern border and apply for asylum. They're just...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The Dred Scott decision by the United States Supreme Court, delivered an opinion, written by Chief Justice Roger Taney, in 1857, that rocked the nation.Many claim the decision precipitated the secession of the southern states and the War Between the States, or the Civil War, as many prefer.One of the most famous passages in the decision is where Chief Justice Taney is explaining why black people cannot be allowed to be citizens:It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other...

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham questions DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about Afghan refugees and the border crisis during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

NYC mayor-elect Eric Adams promised to significantly reduce crime and bring the Big Apple back to its better days. Can he pull it off? When NYC mayor-elect Eric Adams ran for the job, his platform promised to significantly reduce crime and bring the Big Apple back to its better days — that is, the days before a left-wing nut named de Blasio got elected, presumably, if actions demonstrate intent, to destroy the residents, the businesses, and the tourist industry. I don't know if there's any logical thought still remaining in the minds of New Yorkers, but if there is, even...

Matías Romero (Mexico) (AFP) – Hungry and exhausted after three weeks walking across Mexico in a migrant caravan, Elsa Pineda implored US President Joe Biden to give her daughter a chance to escape the dangers of Honduras' gangs. "He has to help those of us who really need it," she said after a night on a concrete floor near the side of a road with hundreds of other migrants. Despite the perils of walking along busy highways through violence-plagued Mexico, sleeping outdoors at night, Honduras in comparison is "a thousand times" more dangerous, said Pineda, 35. "Although we've faced hunger,...

Source: Townhall Media/Julio RosasSince February, which was resident Joe Biden's first full month in office, 23 aliens who had previously been convicted of homicide in the United States were charged in Arizona with illegally reentering this country. We know this because the office of the U.S. attorney for Arizona regularly publishes these numbers. It puts out a monthly report on "immigration and border crimes" in its district, which encompasses all of Arizona. In February alone, for example, the office reported that 190 foreign nationals in Arizona had been charged with "illegal reentry" to this country. Among these, 151 had already...

Donald Trump was accurate all along when he called them the enemy of the truth. This guest essay on "The Steele Dossier," by Columbia Journalism School professor Bill Grueskin, constitutes, arguably, a new development in ostensible expressions of regret: the attack apology. Although Prof. Grueskin acknowledges that the Steele Dossier was largely "fictitious," the pain this admission causes him seems palpable. And due to his obvious discomfort, the words "false claim," "baseless allegations," "outright fraud" do not emerge from his computer. Here is one of the professor's acknowledgments: "Many of the dossier's allegation have turned out to be fictitious or,...

By the time you read this, the issue may be moot but, as matters stand, it’s definitely concerning. Anybody objectively watching the Kyle Rittenhouse trial could see that he should never have been charged. Witness testimony and video footage established clearly that Kyle acted in self-defense when he shot at three men, all of whom were vigorously engaged in trying to kill him. My worry from the beginning, though, has been that the jury will be so intimidated by the gathering mobs that it will affect their verdict. The facts seem to support my concern. Despite the clear evidence presented,...

As Democrats regroup to try to pass their $2 trillion Build Back Better Act, pressure grows for shining the light of fiscal responsibility on all this. Given resident Joe Biden's crashing approval ratings, there is some hint that the American people smell a rat. One sign of the smell of that rat is the alarming escalation of the rate of inflation to where it hasn't been in over 30 years. Let's start with the announcement from the Treasury Department a week ago that the revenue measures built in to finance the $2 trillion in spending will not only not add...

hat is an extremely serious allegation and one that seems, on its face, to justify the requested mistrial with prejudice. During the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the prosecution argued that Kyle provoked the men who attacked him by waving his gun. To prove this, during the trial, the prosecution gave the defense fuzzy drone footage. There was a great deal of argument about what could be extrapolated from that fuzzy view. It turns out that the prosecution had within its possession a high-quality video that it played for the judge after the trial ended. On this, and other evidentiary grounds, the...

@rachaelvenables Nine Insulate Britain activists are being jailed immediately for breach of an Injunction, barring them from protesting on the M25. Most are getting four months in prison. Ben Taylor gets six months for telling the Judge he would block the motorway again Family and friends wave and shout 'Love you' towards the the Insulate Britain Nine, as they are taken down to the cells to begin their jail term for blocking the M25. They chant "We are unstoppable. Another world is possible!" until stopped by the Judge. In total 2 x Insulate Britain activists jailed for three months 6...

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Remember when Playboy magazine reportedly offered Sarah Palin $4,000,000 to pose nude in an upcoming issue? Then, Michelle Obama was offered $50.00 by National Geographic? And remember when KFC offered a "Hillary" meal, consisting of two small breasts and two large thighs? Now KFC is offering the "Biden Cabinet Bucket." It consists of nothing but left wings and assholes.

As we get ever further from the Founders in time and values, it may be time for an oath that reminds our leaders of their true obligations to the People. “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. . .so help me God” Part of the Oath of Office for military officers, cabinet members, members of Congress, civilian appointees, other civil servants. Article VI, United States Constitution. “I will. . . to the best of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again outplaying Germany. The Kremlin sees clearly that Europe is on the verge of its worst energy crisis, largely because Germany has abandoned the goal of diversification. In the chaos, Putin is posturing to ensure his interests are secure, and at the heart of his strategy is Ukraine and Nord Stream 2. The response from the Biden Administration continues to be weak and slow.

One way to think of the national news is like a political weather forecast. Facts don't come first -- the emotional tone does. The Donald Trump project always sounded doomed, perpetually on the verge of dying in darkness. During the 2016 presidential campaign, one Time magazine cover had Trump's face melting, and another melted into an orange puddle. And then he won. During the Trump administration, Time offered a series of painted covers of Trump in a windstorm, Trump in a flood, and then "In Deep," with Trump nearly drowning in water (with his head above the cover line). It...

resident Joe Biden's plunging public approval rating isn't his problem. It is a reflection of his problem. Biden held a big ceremony this week to sign the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the $1.2 trillion measure passed after months of wrangling in Congress. The public is well aware of it. And yet, in a new Washington Post poll, taken after the bill's passage, Biden's job approval rating has hit a new low -- just 38% among registered voters, versus 57% who disapprove. So much for those Democrats who thought passing a big bill would boost Biden's numbers. Here's what's worse -- much...

A group of women subjected to invasive gynaecological searches at Doha airport will sue Qatari authorities, seeking redress for an ordeal that sparked global condemnation. Women on 10 Qatar Airways flights from Doha, including 13 Australians, were subjected to the examinations late last year as authorities searched for the mother of a newborn found abandoned in an airport bathroom. The incident caused outrage, and fuelled concerns about Qatar’s treatment of women. Damian Sturzaker, from Sydney-based firm Marque Lawyers, said seven affected passengers now plan legal action to “send a message to Qatari authorities that you can’t treat women … in...

"Why does Louisiana have the right to stop me from doing what I love to do?" asks Ursula Newell-Davis in my new video. Newell-Davis has helped people. She's a social worker who's worked with kids with special needs for 20 years. She's really good at it. "She helped teach me how to talk to people," says Kamal, who never had friends before. His mother adds, "She explained to me things that I didn't understand about my kids." Newell-Davis helped many families like hers. Her clients are ecstatic about her work. Now she wants to help more kids by starting her...