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The old, crusty, grizzled, elitist political establishment is a thing of the past. Their days are numbered and dwindling fast. Even if they don’t yet realize it. The Saturday morning headline blared from FoxNews.com, “Bold Prediction: Paul Ryan weighs in on the likelihood Trump will win GOP nomination in 2024.” snip “We all know he’s much more likely to lose the White House than anybody else running for president on our side of the aisle,” Ryan said in the piece. “So why would we want to go with that?” as Ryan not seen the slate of Trump-backed candidates winning nominations...

“There’s just a lament for what’s happened to the party and a real sense of disgust at election denialism, the lies, and the extent to which these candidates ape Trump,” Longwell said. “As the party has changed, there’s a group of Republicans who feel alienated despite being Republican voters their whole lives.” Trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in GOP as a double-edged sword This group may be relatively small: Surveys show Trump continues to command overwhelming support among Republican voters. But in closely contested elections, even a small number of Republicans who cross over, split tickets or stay home...

Jill Biden made an appearance at tonight’s Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles game, and the first lady appeared on the field and on the sidelines with players and others: .@FLOTUS leads the crowd in #FlyEaglesFly ahead of kickoff. #DALvsPHI on NBC and @peacock. pic.twitter.com/MqE5cuIwVO — Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) October 17, 2022 After that Jill Biden talked to Philadelphia 76ers’ center Joel Embiid: First Lady Jill Biden and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid chat on the sidelines before the Eagles-Cowboys contest tonight. pic.twitter.com/E6aKgKmxRk — Peter Nicholas (@Petereporter) October 16, 2022 And that leads us to a meme that’s...

Durham has prove that the FBI and the DoJ turned a willfully blind eye to the dirtiest trick in the nation’s political history. In the larger drama we’ll call “Russiagate” Igor Danchenko gets nowhere near top billing. Even today, after his week-long trial, not one American out of ten could identify this FBI informant by name. Fewer still could tell you word one about the drama’s other walk-ons, Sergei Millian and Charles Dolan. Although the Democrats and major media are anxious to see all three of these minor players vanish into the ether, Special Counsel John Durham made future stars...

On June 22, 2022, the Supreme Court issued the long-awaited and anticipated decision in the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen case. The decision ended more than a decade of silence by the Court as lower courts eviscerated Second Amendment right restored by the Heller and McDonald decision in 2008 and 2011, respectively. Bruen decisively restored the right to carry portable arms outside the home and clearly ordered lower courts to abide by the standards of the Heller and McDonald decisions rather than use the “two-step” process the lower courts had established to evade the restoration of...

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Oct. 16, 1862. The following special dispatch for the TIMES is just received, dated. BEYOND HALLTOWN, Va., Thursday, Oct. 16, 1862. This morning, soon after 6 o'clock, a reconnoissance in force, under Gen. HANCOCK, and comprising the same General's entire Division, with Gen. DANA's Brigade from SEDGWICK's Division, and under command of Col. LEE, of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, together with four batteries, two regiments of cavalry and one battery of flying artillery, left Bolivar Heights and proceeded out on the Winchester and Harper's Ferry turnpike, toward Charlestown, in the following order: First, the Sixth New-York Cavalry, Col....

Jeremy Hunt took a wrecking ball to 'lame duck' Liz Truss's economic policies today in a desperate bid to calm the markets - as Tories warn she must be gone in days. The new Chancellor said he was propping up 'confidence' with an extraordinary dismantling of 'almost all' the disastrous mini-Budget, two weeks ahead of schedule and barely three days after he was parachuted into the job. He 'indefinitely' ditched plans to knock 1p off the basic rate of tax from April, one of the PM's flagship measures, as well as torching dividends cuts, the freeze on alcohol duty and...

KYIV – Russia launched its first-ever attack on the Ukrainian capital using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones early on Oct. 17, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Information on casualties is not yet available. A fire broke out in a non-residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district while several residential buildings were damaged, according to the mayor. According to the President's Office, three people were killed as a result of the attack on a residential building. “Enemies can attack our cities, but they won't break us,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address. The drone attack comes exactly a week after Russia’s...

On October 7, the US Department of Commerce expanded licensing requirements for exports of advanced semiconductors and the equipment that’s used to make them to cover all shipments to China and not just shipments to particular companies. The share prices of companies expected to be affected had already dropped, discounting previously announced sanctions and the downturn in the semiconductor cycle that was already underway. From their 52-week highs to recent 52-week lows: Intel (INTC) was down 56%; Micron (MU) was down 50%; Nvidia (NVDA) was down 69% (its products having been directly targeted by the Biden administration); and AMD (AMD)...

Rise of the Revisionists April 19, 2018 Gary J. Schmitt on The Challenge Ahead with Russia, China, and Iran. This excerpt is taken from the introduction of Gary J. Schmitt’s new book Rise of the Revisionists: Russia China and Iran. To buy the book, please click here. If the vast majority of foreign policy analysts and commentators agree on one thing, it is that "the unipolar moment" has passed. American dominance—be it political, economic, or military—is no longer so overwhelming that history can be said to have ended. To the contrary, the security challenges the US confronts are spread across...

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SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – Several voters in South Fulton, Georgia, refused to reject Stacey Abrams' claim that the 2018 gubernatorial election was stolen from her, while some outright supported the Democrat's assertion. "Based off of character, I’m gonna support her on it," one woman, Jasmine, said. "If she said that’s how it happened, if that’s how she really feels, I’m gonna have to support her on that." Another voter was more skeptical of the claim. "The way I see it is - to what degree?" he said. "There's always some type of tampering or something that people use, even if...

Russian troops shot and killed an orchestra conductor who refused to perform at a concert Russia allegedly staged in the occupied southern region of Kherson, according to Ukrainian officials. The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine said in a Facebook post that it confirmed Friday that Russian soldiers shot Yuri Kerpatenko in his own home. Kerpatenko, the main conductor of the Gileya Chamber Orchestra, refused a Russian invitation to perform a concert with the orchestra group “to demonstrate the so-called ‘improvement of peaceful life’ in Kherson,” according to the ministry. The late conductor was also affiliated with the...

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Hawaii Island police have identified the badly composed body discovered on Tuesday at a residence in Mountain View. Officials said identified the victim as 47-year-old James Paul Phelps of a Lehua Street address, in Mountain View. Authorities said they responded the scene shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday after police say a caller reported going to check on the welfare of an acquaintance and discovering a foul odor coming from within. Responding officers said they located the decomposing body on the floor of the residence. An autopsy was performed and the forensic pathologist concluded that the victim...

Jill Biden was loudly booed at the Eagles vs Cowboys game Sunday night at the Lincoln Financial Field in her home town of Philadelphia (she was born in Jersey and grew up in Philly). Dr. Jill attended the NFL game Sunday night to promote breast cancer awareness. Joe Biden’s nurse and handler Jill didn’t get a warm welcome. The crowd booed Jill Biden during the coin toss. Update: It appears video of Jill Biden getting booed has been scrubbed from the networks so we will keep looking!

Ninety-two migrants were found almost naked and bruised after allegedly being forced across the Evros river from Turkey into Greece, Athens said Sunday, a charge fiercely denied by Ankara. EU border agency Frontex confirmed the arrival of the group in circumstances which the Greek ministry for civil protection said sent out an 'inhuman image.' 'The Frontex officers reported that the migrants were found almost naked and some of them with visible injuries,' said Paulina Bakula, spokeswoman for the organisation. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said in a tweet that it was 'deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images of...

Inflation has taken an average of 25 percent - at least $2.1trillion - off the 401Ks of American workers, despite President Joe Biden's insistence Sunday that the 'economy is strong as hell.' The analysis was done by conservative economists Stephen Moore and EJ Antoni, who said that the balance of Americans' 401ks will 'ruin your whole day, week and month.' Moore and Antoni note that inflation has been going at 8 percent for the past seven months, despite the White House claiming things were temporary.

The man who murdered two cops after luring them to his home with a fake 911 call allegedly interacted with officers at a local bar earlier that night. Nicholas Brutcher and local cops crossed paths at Bleachers Bar in Bristol, Connecticut, though it is unclear what the interaction consisted of, according to CT Insider. Earlier reports suggested Brutcher had been kicked out of a bar before he carried out his rampage, though it is unclear whether that was Bleachers Bar. Bleachers declined to comment when contacted by DailyMail.com, with the revelation offering a possible motive for the ambush double-murder. The...