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When President James Garfield was gunned down at the Washington, DC, train station in 1881, his assassination came at the hand of a man who was arguably one of history’s first incels: Charles Guiteau. Guiteau wasn’t unable to find love only in the real world — he also failed to find it at the Oneida Community, an upstate New York colony that practiced “regulated promiscuity.” Traditional marriage was banned there, but the male and female members were all considered man and wife, meaning anyone could sleep with anyone who agreed. The problem for Guiteau is that not one woman at...

The Washington Post reviewed “every possible regulatory change” that was made under the Trump administration and found that none of them contributed to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” read a review published Monday by Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post.“From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident,” Kessler added.The review of “every possible regulatory change” made...

Sen. Bob Casey’s campaigns have funneled more than half a million dollars to a printing company owned by his sister and brother-in-law, raising ethics questions about a family business arrangement spanning more than 20 years. Casey (D-Pa.), 62, has spent more than $500,000 on services from Universal Printing Company over the course of his nearly three-decade political career — more than $200,000 of which was paid between 2005 and 2022 by Bob Casey for Senate, Inc., according to Federal Election Commission filings. Universal Printing’s owner and CEO, Margi McGrath, is the oldest sister of the Democratic senator, has also donated...

Brian Kilmeade co-hosted Tuesday’s episode of Fox & Friends from a diner in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Just before going to break, he held an unscientific but still revealing poll of diners’ favorite candidates in 2024. “All right. 2024, who is pumped up for the election?” Kilmeade asked the attendees of the Metro Diner. “Rapid fire. Who is your man? Who is your woman?” The first six respondents ALL cited former President Donald Trump as their preferred candidate, though two added South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as a running mate to Trump, and two mentioned former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley...

The remains of an Argentinian man who vanished earlier this month have reportedly been found inside a shark, according to family members who allegedly identified his arm tattoo. Diego Alejandro Barría, 35, had reportedly last been seen alive on Feb. 18 driving his all-terrain vehicle along the coast in southern Chubut province, Jam Press reported. Two days later, the off-roader’s heavily damaged ride and helmet were discovered on a beach in Rocas Coloradas, however, there was reportedly no sign of the driver. Shortly thereafter, authorities launched an intensive search for the missing father of three. “Thanks to everyone who is...

ATLANTA – Legislation elevating the crime of rioting from a misdemeanor to a felony cleared the Republican-controlled Georgia House of Representatives Wednesday. House Bill 505 passed 98-73 along party lines and now moves to the state Senate. The bill’s supporters cited violent protests last month around Atlanta’s proposed Police Training Center – derided by critics as “Cop City” – in pushing for the measure’s passage. A young protester was shot and killed and a state trooper was shot and seriously wounded during a cleanup operation law enforcement officers conducted to break up a tent encampment at the site. “We should...

Perhaps Lauren Sforza of The Hill might consider obtaining a more comprehensive thesaurus. For years, the media overused the word "pounce" as in "Republicans pounced" when portraying the GOP as taking implied unfair advantage of a situation to the detriment of the Democrats. In fact, "pounce" had been hyped so often that it eventually became a laughable cliché which eventually became embarrassing to use especially due to outlets such as NewsBusters pointing out the absurd frequency of the term in the liberal media.As a result, synonyms were found to replace "pounce" of which "seize" and "jump" were among the favorites....

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for crashing a stolen SUV into a car and killing its driver as he sped through a stop sign in Eastside Tacoma in September. Tyler Townsend was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty Jan. 27 to vehicular homicide, failure to remain at an accident resulting in death and two counts related to motor vehicle theft, Pierce County court records show. Townsend, who has a lengthy criminal record, had been out of prison for less than a year when he stole a 2022 Kia Sportage in Puyallup and, a day later,...

Energy journalist Robert Bryce blasted the liberal media for bypassing the nefarious agenda of the “anti-industry” movement in a new report detailing the billions that go towards crushing American capitalism and success. Bryce unveiled in a Feb. 18 blog how “the revenue for the top 25 NGOs in the anti-industry industry was more than four times the amount collected by NGOs that support the traditional energy sector” in 2021 alone. “Those 25 anti-hydrocarbon/anti-nuclear NGOs had total revenue of about $4.5 billion which they used to fund campaigns on climate change,” prohibiting natural gas use and opposing nuclear energy, Bryce noted....

A counseling program for federal wildlife service employees supposedly suffering from “eco-grief” isn’t just a sham, it’s part of a wider campaign of “wokeism” bent on destroying the energy economy, Wyoming Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman claimed early Tuesday. During a speech in the U.S. House chamber, she called the counseling program available to some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) employees “another instance of the insanity of wokeism.” She said it’s being foisted by “an elitist cabal of eco-warriors who are paid to destroy the very standard of living that allows them to focus on made-up crises, rather than focus...

A homeless man in St. Louis, Missouri was shot in cold blood on Monday morning after an altercation between him and his assailant, the man has been identified as 23-year-old Deshawn Thomas and was arrested on Tuesday morning. Horrifying videos taken by onlookers who did not attempt to intervene show the homeless man being shot ‘execution style’ as his murderer takes roughly 30 seconds to load his firearm before killing the man. Social media users were quick to criticize people who filmed the incident for not even verbally attempting to intervene as the assailant took a long time to load...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A federal appeals court has ruled against backers of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, which would have become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had it been ratified before a Congressionally-mandated deadline ran out in the 1970s. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall hailed Tuesday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as “a significant victory for the rule of law” after Alabama and four other states sued to prevent the U.S. Archivist from certifying the ERA as a constitutional amendment. Tuesday’s ruling is decades in the making. Congress submitted the proposed...

When she ran for the presidency in 2020, Kamala Harris was viewed by many party insiders as the next Barack Obama. Young, fresh, and belonging to a popular demographic set, the San Francisco prosecutor-turned-senators’ rise to the top of the Democratic Party’s pile of presidential candidates appeared unstoppable…that is, until the actual voting began. Facing a crowded field, Kamala Harris failed to break through—despite having received support from powerful figures within the Democratic Party’s establishment, notably the former President Barack Obama and his wife, the former first lady, Michelle Obama. A Campaign of Errors for Kamala Harris In fact, Harris...

Former President Donald Trump leads Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a hypothetical head-to-head Republican primary match-up after a 12-point swing his way in only three weeks, according to a poll.The Yahoo/YouGov poll released Tuesday shows 47 percent of Republicans would vote for Trump in the head-to-head primary with DeSantis. The Florida governor sits eight points behind with 39 percent of support and 13 percent undecided.In a YouGov poll conducted between February 2-6, DeSantis led Trump at 45 percent to 41 percent, respectively. The change marks a net 12-point swing to Trump in 21 days, as the current survey is from...

“Hey, it wasn’t our fault! It was you!” “That’s what you guys always say. You just want us to pay the damages.” And around and around it goes. Even assuming the Ohio train disaster was a terrorist attack, lurking in the background is the day-in day-out transport of highly dangerous chemicals by rail crisscrossing the country. Who is responsible for THAT? Here’s an excerpt of a vital article from Doomberg: For its part, the freight rail companies are forced by the federal government to transport dangerous materials regardless of the peril such cargoes represent. In particular, they [the railroads] lament...

Eli Lilly is slashing the prices of its most-prescribed insulins amid pressure from consumers and the Biden administration. Driving the news: After years of price hikes on insulin, Lilly on Wednesday said people with diabetes would see 70% reductions on its most common versions. The prices of Humalog, the company's top insulin product, and Humulin will fall 70% in the fourth quarter, according to the company. The price of generic insulin lispro, which is the same product as Humalog, will drop to $25 a vial on May 1, which Lilly says is less than Humalog cost in 1999. Humalog and...

The Tabby's Star mystery just got 15 times bigger! A recent attempt to find similar phenomena turned up 15 new candidates. But it isn't the number of candidates that is so spooky. The location of these candidates, together with other bizarre data, suggests that there may be an interstellar civilization lurking nearby.

President Donald Trump is the unmistakable favorite for the 2024 Republican primary nomination among GOP voters, and there isn’t even a close second. A new poll from Emerson College found that among GOP primary voters, Trump netted 55 percent of support, while potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate, Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., scored 25 percent of support.DeSantis, who has been touted by some to be the “heir apparent” to Trump, has lost considerable traction in the polls over the last two months, ahead of what is speculated to be an upcoming announcement of his possible 2024 presidential candidacy.2024 National Republican Primary•...

KYIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian military might pull troops back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to Ukraine's president said Wednesday in remarks that suggested Russia could capture the city that has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance.

Supermarkets are limiting purchases of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and lettuce, as supply shortages lead to empty shelves. British farmers are struggling with higher energy costs, reducing their ability to grow certain fruits and vegetables under heat. Adverse weather in Northern Africa and Southern Europe has further led to a supply squeeze. Britain’s biggest supermarkets are limiting purchases of certain fruit and vegetables as supply shortages lead to empty shelves. Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco , has limited purchases of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to three items per customer. It said the move was due to poor weather conditions overseas and...