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It remains to be seen whether the coming wave of Black conservative candidates can spur legions of Black voters, the Democratic Party's most loyal constituency, to vote Republican. But judging by recent races featuring a Black GOP candidate—lieutenant governor races in Virginia and North Carolina, a Kentucky attorney general campaign and the last two U.S. Senate races in Michigan—the party has reason to be hopeful. Exit polls showed these Black Republican candidates drew slightly larger, potentially decisive shares of Black votes compared to the white Republicans running alongside them for other offices in their states. Indeed, North Carolina Lt. Governor...

I love my country. But I have a problem with the current occupants. Americans are fat, fatuous, failing and flailing. Let’s look at some evidence. A serious people: *Would not imagine for even a second that the way to reduce crime is to defund the police. *Would not seriously contend that the way to reduce inflation – a natural effect of too much money in circulation chasing too few goods – is to increase even further the amount of money in circulation. *Would not allow biological and even anatomical men to beat women in women’s athletics simply because those men...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to show his support for the people of Ukraine. "We stand with them, we stand with you, and we will prevail in this struggle," Blinken said in front of Ukrainian faith leaders and activists, according to ABC News. He added, "It's in the most difficult moments that our faith is tested." Blinken said that the people of Ukraine must believe in democracy and "in the conviction that good will prevail over evil." Blinken also addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday branded as “deeply offensive,” “ridiculous” and “wholly lacking in merit” the claim that she made an obscene and derogatory remark against Italian Americans during a call to discuss the statue of Christopher Columbus removed from Arrigo Park.(snip) The comment that incensed Ron Onesti, president of the civic committee, was allegedly made during a video call the mayor had the evening of Columbus Day with several people, including two park district attorneys, (snip) On the call, according to the lawsuit, Lightfoot berated Smyrniotis and Park District General Counsel Timothy King. “You d—ks, what the f—k were...

After (more than) the two years of what we've been subjected to, I can't say I'm not thinking in a similar fashion to the sentiments Mr. Kelly expresses.Up Yours

Update (1125ET): Following earlier news that Russia will criminalize “disinformation” about military in crackdown on “fake information”, not that different from the wholesale “canceling” and deplatforming of any western media outlets that do not parrot the official narrative, moments ago the BBC announced that it would “temporarily suspend the work of all BBC News journalists and their support staff within the Russian Federation” while the news agency assesses the full implications of this unwelcome development. Full Statement from Tim Davie, BBC Director-General: “This legislation appears to criminalise the process of independent journalism. It leaves us no other option than to...

CHICAGO — A former attorney for the City of Chicago is suing Mayor Lori Lightfoot for defamation after she allegedly berated a group of lawyers during a heated meeting over the removal of the Christopher Columbus Statue. The statue was removed in July 2020 following unrest over the murder of George Floyd. Under Lightfoot’s orders, crews used a large crane to remove the statue from its pedestal in Grant Park following a week after protesters trying to topple the monument clashed with police. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by former Chicago Park District counsel general George Smyrniotis, says Lightfoot blocked a...

Jefferson County Homeowner Shot At While Stopping 2 Suspects From Stealing Catalytic Converter By Jack LowensteinMarch 4, 2022 JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of an attempted theft that involved shots fired at a home Friday morning. According to Jeffco Sheriff, around 6:15 a.m. a homeowner in the 8300 block of S Allison Street confronted two suspects who were attempting to steal a catalytic converter on their property. The homeowner intervened, and a physical altercation took place, where the homeowner likely grabbed one of the suspects, and the second one pulled a gun...

A new COVID-19 vaccine has achieved 100 percent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalizations, announced manufacturers Sanofi and GSK on Wednesday. The companies are now set to apply for regulatory authorization from bodies like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) to release the vaccine as both a two-dose vaccine and booster shot. Unlike vaccines based on mRNA technology, the new Sanofi-GSK offering is a protein-based vaccine – a “well-established approach that has been applied widely to prevent infection with other viruses including pandemic flu,” said GSK President Roger Connor in a statement today. “We...

America’s in a civil war. Not a cocktail party war like Vietnam or Afghanistan where Americans stand around and talk about it but relatively few are personally impacted. No, this a WWII level existential threat war where the difference between victory and defeat is literally freedom or tyranny. One need look no farther than what Adolph Trudeau is doing in Canada right now to understand what the future holds. This war has been simmering for decades and most Americans didn’t even notice. Now it’s obvious. Virtually every element of traditional American culture is being destroyed. The left has decided that...

[H/T Grey_whiskers]An anonymous tip from December of 2020 aged exceptionally well, with bad repercussions for the female fertility in girls born to both Covid-19 vaccinee parents.Andreas OehlerMar 1 Although it has been reported on by Igor Chudov a few days ago, I would like to add a bit more beef to this uncorroborated (so far) information, as it is the news no one wants to believe, but it deserves further investigation for the reasons outlined below.The original Moderna insider tip from Dec. 2020, from two anonymous engineers working there, goes like this:I'm an industrial engineer at Moderna and the other...

Ramzen Kadyrov said on his telegram channel that one of his missions was to capture the Chechens fighting for Ukraine and called them "Shaitans". ?Satans) He also said that they are on a jihad mission. The source is his own channel https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/1327 so the knowledge is verified.

Lyn Bennett is going to be a grandmother in a few weeks. I love her beautiful courage in appealing to a corrupt police force to investigate their political masters who are ruling a sheepish, compliant Australian people by fear. If more people were like her, Australia would still be free.

States accuse Biden administration of concealing and downplaying its 'culpability' in school board memo.. Thirteen states have signed on to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Biden administration records on any FBI surveillance of parents protesting school boards. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a former member of Congress, has taken the lead in the lawsuit against President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, citing a failure of U.S. officials to honor FOIA requests. The Indiana attorney general previously demanded all communications and records relating to the FBI's decision to investigate violent threats against local education...

Vice President Kamala Harris was slammed by critics Thursday over a poorly timed tweet calling for Congress to pass the Equality Act amid the breakout of war and a possible nuclear disaster in Europe. "Let’s send the Equality Act to President Biden’s desk. We must increase protections for LGBTQ+ Americans across the country. The onslaught of state bills targeting transgender Americans and their families is wrong," Harris wrote, focusing on a separate issue than the then-ongoing attack of the largest nuclear facility in Europe by Russian forces.

For the crime of trying to protect young children from sexually explicit material in the classroom, Florida legislators are being crucified by the media. The Florida House recently passed the parental rights bill known as HB 1557, and it has cleared a final committee in the state Senate. Senators now have until March 11 to pass the legislation and put it on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. The media has wildly distorted the intent of the bill. Yes, I know, what’s new? But the sheer level of message discipline by a broad swath of media outlets to promote the message of...

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Should they rub their hands in glee and smile about it instead?. Nancy Pelosi has said that Republican representatives who have a problem with Biden’s failure in Afghanistan need to “shut up.” Pelosi was referring specifically to reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert who both heckled Joe Biden during his gaffe filled squinty eyed State of The Union address. Boebert couldn’t take any more of Biden talking about dead troops in a jingoistic fashion and when he said the “waste of war” put soldiers “in a flag draped coffin,” Boebert yelled out “THIRTEEN OF THEM,” referring to the troops...

By now you may have forgotten resident Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address last week. On Monday, Biden walked across the White House lawn alone and in a mask. On Tuesday, he walked into a crowd of House members rejoicing that no more masks were needed. It was the perfect metaphor for Biden at governance and Biden at speech. First, forgive Biden for his flubs and twisted words. He is almost 80 and has a stuttering problem. As someone who grew up with a stuttering problem, I'm sympathetic. He is neither Cicero nor Churchill, King nor Kennedy....

In early February, the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia, sent a letter to 4,594 veterans alerting them of possible exposure to infectious diseases including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C as a result of “discrepancies in reprocessing reusable equipment.” Since then, reports WALB.com, patients have tested positive for possible infection. The news station did not report how many veterans tested positive or whether the diagnoses have been confirmed and definitively linked to the Veterans Affairs facility. “So people have tested positive so far?” Manuel M. Davila, the medical center’s director and CEO, told the news station. “Well,...