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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said former President Trump, who just announced his 2024 reelection bid, doesn’t offer “the best chance” for the GOP in the next presidential election cycle. “If we narrow our focus there, then we’re not talking to every single American. Our job is not just to talk to people who love Trump or hate Trump. Our job is to talk to every single American,” Noem, who herself has gotten nods as a potential GOP candidate for 2024, told The New York Times.

A Florida man has been arrested after deputies found him driving erratically and located a box of cookies that wasn’t what it seemed. 34-year-old Steven Robert Thomas was pulled over after a member of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Anti-Crime Team saw him driving erratically on Lakeview Drive in Sebring around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 10. Deputies say he drifted over the center line several times, and then almost clipped another car when he made a turn. Thomas claimed the car was having “steering issues,” which may have been true, but the bigger issue was that his license was...

Sad!Bloomberg TV@BloombergTVOfficial BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi says she'll step down as leader of House Democrats https://trib.al/WErlsK9Reminder: This is Nancy Pelosi as an adult hanging out with JFK decades before most of you were born.It's sad to see such a young, bright leader be forced into retirement so early....She's still in Congress, but we figured it would be fun to remember some of her best moments in recent years as Speaker.So long, Nance!

Zelensky is trying to put pressure on Poland to declare it was a Russian Missile because Ukraine is losing the war despite all the fake news he has been promoting. The Polish deputy foreign minister, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, said in an interview with Radio 24 that “there has been great pressure” and stressed that, if it were Russian, “this would have set in motion new dynamics in the country and around the world.” Meanwhile, Joe Biden has stated that the missile that landed in Poland was Ukrainian and that Zelensky’s comments did not amount to evidence as NATO and Poland concluded...

@RepMTG It is heartbreaking to see these disabled Ukrainian soldiers here in the halls of Congress being used as pawns to pressure our Congress to give American’s hard earned tax dollars to Zelensky. I’m calling for an audit of funds to Ukraine and to fund and secure our border.

Russia’s first mobilization since World War II may be complete, but the deployment of thousands of soldiers to the battlefields of Ukraine is generating dissent and protest on the front lines – and back home. With the Russian government touting that at least 50,000 of the recently drafted are now in Ukraine, a long list of complaints is emerging: Lack of leadership from mid-ranking officers, tactics that lead to heavy casualties, non-existent training, promised payments not received. There are also logistical difficulties, as reported by soldiers, their families and Russian military bloggers: Insufficient uniforms, poor food, a lack of medical...

As we previously reported, in the aftermath of Republicans being projected to retake control of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made it official Thursday in declaring she would “not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress.” “For me, the hour’s come for a new generation to lead the Democratic Caucus that I so deeply respect and I’m so grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility,” Pelosi, who is 82, stated as reports swirled that she was paving the way behind the scenes for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to be her successor....

“We fight the woke in the legislature. We fight the woke in the schools. We fight the woke in the corporations. We will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die.”With these fighting words, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed his sweeping re-election victory last week. DeSantis trounced his opponent, Democrat Charlie Crist, by 1.5 million votes. The blatant gerrymander he masterminded helped Republicans flip four House seats in the state. The results leave little doubt that Florida is now firmly a red state and that he is the non-Trump front-runner for the 2024 presidential...

by Becca London | RNNActress Candace Cameron Bure has issued a statement to people who have viciously attacked her online and attempted to smear her character.Bure recently came under fire after telling the Wall Street Journal that Great American Family, a media network she is involved with that produces family-friendly content, will focus on traditional marriage. When asked whether she anticipates the cable channel featuring homosexual couples as leads in holiday films, Bure said no, according to the outlet. "I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core," Bure said, according to the Journal, which reported...

Either way, they thought the Democrats were better. This is important to work out. Independent voters are not merely people refusing formal party alignment. They are that great globular middle of American politics – respectable white people, that is, white people who care about looking respectable to white people, who themselves care about looking respectable to other white people. I call this class of Americans “globular,” because they can be pushed and pulled, depending on the context at election time. They are fickle. They believe they are immune to the consequences of politics. But they can be shamed, as respectability...

Neither Trump nor McConnell looks triumphant after last week’s elections. Many of Trump’s top candidates lost key races while McConnell emerges as the culprit for losing the majority. McConnell’s PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), re-routed scarce resources from competitive pick-up opportunities to the Alaska Senate contest between two Republicans. But while several Trump-backed candidates never made it across the finish line, Trump did not deliberately sabotage the effort. McConnell did, and for it, he draw a last-minute leadership challenge from Florida Sen. Rick Scott. Scott, also a popular former two-term governor of Florida, chaired the National Republican Senate Committee...

Gisele Fetterman, the wife of Senator-elect John Fetterman of Pennsylvania (D), says Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is playing “political games” that are “cruel” by his sending the first busload of border crossers and illegal aliens to the sanctuary city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, as Breitbart News revealed in exclusive footage, a busload of border crossers and illegal aliens arrived in Philadelphia, where District Attorney Larry Krasner — backed by billionaire George Soros — says they will be “proudly” welcomed.

WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday refused to answer a question about whether he pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on fentanyl exports and the origins of COVID-19 when they met this week — as House Republicans prepare to investigate the Biden family’s extensive financial links to Beijing. The two issues claimed about as many American lives in recent years as all of the nation’s wars combined, but a White House readout didn’t mention either topic after Biden’s three-hour Monday meeting with Xi in Bali, Indonesia. “President Biden, is it true that you did not mention fentanyl or COVID origins to...

Washington Archbishop, Court Dwarf to Pro-Abort Democrats, Cancels Pro-Life MassAccording to Lifesitenews:The annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life in Washington, D.C. has been cancelled for 2023.The Archdiocese of Washington announced the decision to cancel the event in an undated notice. The Youth Rally and Mass for Life have attracted thousands of young people over the past 25 years; they gathered in Washington D.C. to celebrate life and pray for an end to abortion as well as taking part in the National March for Life to the Supreme Court.…[Gregory said that he] would not refuse Holy Communion to pro-abortion House...

"This evidence raises troubling questions about whether President Biden is a national security risk and about whether he is compromised by foreign government," Comer said. ADVERTISEMENT Representative James Comer announced Thursday that the Republican House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into Joe Biden’s dealings with his son Hunter to determine whether the president "is compromised or swayed by foreign dollars." "Whistleblowers described President Biden as chairman of the board. For these businesses. He personally participated in meetings and phone calls, documents show that he was a partner with access to an office. To be clear, Joe Biden is the...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the upper chamber’s second oldest member, has filed paperwork to run for reelection in 2028. Grassley, 89, won reelection last week to his eighth term, and he would be 95 years old at the time of the 2028 elections and a centenarian when that term ends. The Iowa Republican filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission on Wednesday. The filing does not necessarily mean Grassley will run for a ninth term. Political figures are required to file the paperwork in order to participate in certain campaigning activities, including if they want to raise...

Wow. I just watched the video again of the press conference and he came out swinging didn't he... Devastating. What do you make of him? I think he has a bright future. ANOTHER Kentuckian. There is something in the water in the Commonwealth...

California will likely have a $25 billion budget deficit next year, state officials announced Wednesday, ending a run of historic surpluses and acting as a warning to other states about a potential recession. Democratic-controlled California taxes rich people more than other states, meaning most of its drop in revenue is because the uber-wealthy aren’t making as much money as they used to. That’s why California is often one of the first states to have budget problems when the economy starts to falter.…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will reveal her future congressional career plans to her colleagues Thursday, her spokesperson said late Wednesday — as some speculate that her activist daughter could succeed the towering political figure. The announcement came hours after Republicans regained control of the House with incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s victory over Democrat Christy Smith in California’s 27th Congressional District. “Speaker Pelosi has been overwhelmed by calls from colleagues, friends and supporters,” Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said in a Wednesday night tweet. “This evening, the Speaker monitored returns in the three remaining critical states. The Speaker...

After shattering countless lives with heavy-handed and unscientific COVID responses, the Democrats are now asking America to "forget it and move on." Let's just pretend it never happened, shall we? Here are some other things Democrats want you to forget their responsibility for: Slavery Jim Crow laws Grooming children Ted Kennedy U2 Banning Dr. Seuss books Trying to shut down a local business by Oberlin College with false accusations of racism Trying to shut down a local business in Colorado with false accusations of homophobia The DMV Kale Dr. Fauci The Rings of Power Comedienne Amy Schumer The term "comedienne"...