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Governor Abbott hand-delivered a letter to Joe Biden when he landed in El Paso on Sunday. In the letter, Abbott included five steps for Biden to take to secure the US-Mexico border. All five of the demands are common sense steps to achieve the goal of drastically slowing the flood of illegal migrants into Texas. Will Biden even bother to look at the list? If Biden’s performance in office during his first two years is any indication, Biden will brush off the five steps, thinking his way is best. To admit that he must change course and implement different strategies...

The Justice Department is looking into classified documents from Joe Biden’s time as Vice President discovered at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in DC. According to CNN, Joe Biden’s attorneys discovered the classified documents in the private office which included top-secret files with the “sensitive compartmented information” (SCIF) designation LAST FALL just days before the midterm elections. According to CBS News, Attorney General Merrick Garland assigned US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch (a Trump appointee) to review the documents. “When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden,...

Hundreds of teachers in Chicago’s public school system raped, sexually assaulted, and groomed students last year. According to a report released by Chicago Public Schools’ Office of the Inspector General, the 2021-2022 school year saw 772 investigations into teachers for allegedly raping, sexually assaulting, or grooming students.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for a local girl recovering from a stroke she suffered last Thursday. Keyonna Garrison is a junior at Odessa-Montour High School and is starting goalie on the school’s soccer team. According to her family, Garrison’s stroke resulted from issues with her vertebral artery. The 16-year-old was initially treated at Corning Hospital before being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at Strong in Rochester. Garrison is still undergoing neurological tests and will soon begin physical therapy to recover her motor skills.

At the beginning of last week I referenced a Cleveland Clinic study that demonstrated that vaccinated employees of the institution contracted COVID at a substantially higher rate than those who chose not to get vaccinated, and that the relationship gets stronger the more doses of the vaccine the person got. The relationship was striking and worrisome, and even led the researchers–no slouches here, as the Cleveland Clinic rivals the Mayo Clinic as the most prestigious medical institution in the country–to suggest a reconsideration of current vaccine policies. They don’t exactly criticize current policy, but their analysis clearly implied that the...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Sheppard Air Force Base, TexasSheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command. The base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard, a supporter of military preparations before World War II. The host unit at Sheppard is the 82d Training Wing (82 TRW), which provides specialized technical training and field training for officers, airmen...

Roughly one month ago, the White House answered one question we’ve been hammering them about for more than a year. Joe Biden drained nearly 200 million barrels of oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a failed effort to keep gas prices low ahead of the midterm elections. Was he ever planning on replacing that oil? And how much would it cost if he does?At the time, Biden was saying that he would place the first order for three million barrels of oil for the SPR in February. That doesn’t happen overnight, so they opened up the process to...

The rules passed with an 220-213 vote that saw just one Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, vote against it. Passage of the blueprint for how the GOP will run the House is the first sign of success for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the fight of his life last week for the speaker's gavel.

Well, now. Isn’t this interesting? As we reported in August, the FBI seized the cellphone of Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry, a fierce Trump ally and head of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, the day after the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s personal residence at Mar-a-Lago.My how things change — when you regain the majority in the House of Representatives.Perry told ABC News “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that he might seek to participate on a new House committee to investigate the FBI and other federal agencies, including the same investigators who investigated him. Karma? What...

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.As I’ve said in the past, I’ve never been a fan of the silliness of labeling political opponents. This is not to be confused with humorous “nicknames” — the most clever of which I enjoy, and have coined a few — but rather attempting to paint an adversary into a particular corner defined by you. Third-party “you,” that is.And of course, the most popular label by far among certain factions of the Republican Party is “RINO.”The definition of “RINO” — Republican in Name Only...

In his first major scheduled vote since becoming Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy has gotten a major rules package through the chamber with only one dissent in the ranks.The comprehensive set of rules puts restrictions on how funding bills can be voted on, and puts restrictions on rushing legislation through the House. The final vote was 220-213, with Texas Republican, Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas, being the lone Republican to vote against it.More from Fox News:Changes to the rules package were negotiated up through the 11th hour as part of a deal to earn McCarthy the votes for the...

Millions of Americans may soon be entering “not stove season.“ The Biden administration is considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves — citing the harmful pollutants released by the appliances, according to a report. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is mulling the action after recent studies showed emissions from the devices can cause health and respiratory problems, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The latest incident involved a Venezuelan migrant who was attempting to sell cocaine to other border crossers Sunday, according to El Paso Police Department. The alleged dealer, Yovani Jose Sanchez, was turned in by other migrants who are camped out and sleeping near the city’s Sacred Heart Church. The 22-year-old was booked into the county jail, while four other migrants accused of being associated with his business were turned over to US Border Patrol. Separately, a Venezuelan man and woman were arrested by officers Wednesday when they were driving the wrong way down a street in a stolen car, the...

Barack Obama @BarackObama The entire world has a stake in the success of Brazil’s democracy. Together, we must reject any effort to overturn or disrupt the will of the Brazilian people and affirm the peaceful transfer of power as a cornerstone of democracy. 4:45 PM · Jan 9, 2023

Sophomore guard Imo Essien scarily collapsed during an Old Dominion game Old Dominion was playing against Georgia Southern in Hanner Fieldhouse, GA. Essien fell and could not get back up before trainers rushed to his aid on-court He remained conscious throughout and drove back with the team to Virginia

Democrat Stacey Abrams, the two-time failed candidate for governor in Georgia and a renowned voting rights activist, says she will “likely” run for office again but did not specify for which position. Abrams, who lost her second bid for Georgia governor in November to incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R), made the comment in an interview with actress Drew Barrymore on her daytime television show broadcast Monday. “I will likely run again,” Abrams said. “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. If it doesn’t work, you try again.”

Staff at the Hennepin County Medical Center delivered the baby later that night, according to police. The baby's condition is currently unknown, and the mother's identity has not yet been released. Donte Rapheal McCray has been identified as being allegedly involved in the incident, Lakeville police say. He's being held at Dakota County Jail on second-degree manslaughter charges. McCray "has employment affiliation with the Amazon facility where the incident occurred," a press release from police reads.

A suspected "porch pirate" was caught in a bind over the weekend when he was arrested for allegedly stealing someone else’s property. According to Tulsa Police, on Jan. 6, officers from the Riverside Division Street Crimes were informed about a porch pirate near 8100 S. Maybelle Ave. Police obtained surveillance footage and noticed the alleged porch pirate wearing a woman’s red thong as a mask. An officer from the Street Crimes division reportedly recognized the suspect from similar incidents also involving a man wearing underwear on his head. Tulsa Police called it an "unusual and questionably effective mask." After identifying...

Born in Germany, brought to America with the German immigrants, the bratwurst is more than just a sausage. In Wisconsin, they are never actually called bratwurst, although they certainly understand you if you call them that. In Wisconsin, they are just “brats” and they are everywhere in the badger state

Francis shocks Barcelona seminarians with sexual expletivesThe case of the Pope’s speech at the December 10 meeting with the Barcelona seminarians is snowballing. Instead of reading the prepared speech published on the Vatican website, Bergoglio allegedly spoke off the cuff, denying (again) the need for repentance in order to grant absolution. According to testimonies collected by Germinans Germinabit, he also used vulgar expressions. It necessitates urgent clarification from the Vatican Press Office.The first to break the news was the Catalan blog Germinans Germinabit, edited by a Barcelona lawyer, very attentive to the facts of the Church, especially the Catalan one,...