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MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews said Tuesday on “Morning Joe” that debating rural voters over their support for former President Donald Trump was “like fighting terrorism.” Matthews said, “I tell you, it’s very tough, because people that didn’t go to college have a pretty good rage on their hands. That’s what you really want in an election, is a rage. It can be black rage, or white rage, or rural rage. In this case is rural rage. They are so angry at the liberal establishment, the coastal elite. They look at people on television, they say, ‘Oh, those people on...

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new Russian history book for 11th grade students claims former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election “as a result of obvious electoral fraud by the Democratic Party.” Even the Kremlin knows the 2020 elections were stolen! Images from the history book, which is reportedly used by students in the 11th (graduating) grade, have circulated on social media in recent days. Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times (U.K.), posted a page from the book on Monday onto his X (formerly Twitter) account, translating that the book said Trump lost the election “as a result of obvious electoral fraud...

One in five young Americans has a positive view of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, according to the latest J.L. Partners/Daily Mail survey. The survey asked respondents, “How would you describe your view of Osama Bin Laden?” Across the board, 81 percent say they have an at least somewhat negative view of the famed terrorist behind the September 11 terrorist attacks. Of those, 76 percent have a “completely negative view.” Just eight percent have an at least somewhat positive view, and of those, four percent have a “completely positive” view of Bin Laden. However, those results drastically shift when broken...

What is up with Brad Raffensperger? Now, Secretary Raffensperger refuses to testify before the court in January regarding the state’s voting machines. The James Magazine Online reported Last month U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ruled that a lawsuit against Georgia’s use of electronic voting machines must go to a non-jury trial in January. She ordered Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to defend the state’s utilization of electronic voting prior to the upcoming presidential primary election because the lawsuit questions whether Georgia’s current system of computerized voting is safe or whether it is vulnerable to potential hacking. However, the state (spending...

Fox News audio and sports reporter Matt Napolitano has died at the age of 33 after a long battle with an autoimmune disease. Napolitano died from an infection, his husband, Ricky Whitcomb announced on social media. “With a heavy heart I have to share that my husband @MattNapolitano passed away yesterday morning. He loved his job and he loved bringing the news to your radios and televisions.” “An honest journalist who truly cared about facts. You can thank him for the last minute Jets win today.” Napolitano worked as a writer for the SiriusXM channel Fox News Headlines 24/7 and...

Official data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed an alarming spike in fatal cancers among Americans who have received Covid mRNA injections. The data shows that cancer, the leading cause of death in the United States, has been soaring over the past two years. However, the data shows a correlation between the rise in cancer and the public rollout of Covid mRNA shots. The U.S. federal government’s own official data confirms that the risk of developing cancer following Covid vaccination increases by a staggering 143,233%. The CDC hosts a Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System...

oan Bennett, former wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, was born on September 9, 1936, in Manhattan. Bennett married Ted Kennedy on November 29, 1958. Her private struggle with miscarriages and alcoholism became public after she was arrested for drunk driving in 1974. For decades Bennett wrestled with sobriety. She is currently in treatment under her children's care.

Russia is heading towards victory in Ukraine with the initiative unequivocally transferring to Moscow, one of Britain’s most senior former officers has told The National. In a wide-ranging interview, Gen Sir Richard Barrons argued that Ukraine’s military “has got nothing left in the locker right now” after its gruelling summer counter-offensive. “The initiative in this war is unequivocally transferring to Russia and that is not the situation we expected at the start of this year but it’s an honest appraisal of where we are,” said Gen Barrons. “That's a combination of the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive to deliver even...

Dec 27 - Gaston Glock, the reclusive engineer and tycoon who developed one of the world's best-selling handguns, died on Wednesday aged 94, Austrian news agency APA said. The Austrian won loyal followings among police and military across the world with the weapons that bore his name. Forbes estimated his and his family's fortune at $1.1 billion in 2021. His rise began in the 1980s when the Austrian military was looking for a new, innovative weapon. Up until then, the Glock company had made military knives and consumer goods including curtain rods. But he assembled a team of firearms experts...

A very interesting space mission that is at the same time kind of frightening: A NASA spacecraft that recently returned from deep space has been relaunched for a mission to study the "God of Chaos" asteroid as it begins to near Earth's orbit. The agency's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx — now named the OSIRIS-APEX — has been sent off to study the asteroid Apophis' extremely close flyby of Earth in 2029, the likes of which "hasn't happened since the dawn of recorded history," NASA announced. Oh really, an asteroid is making an "extremely close flyby" of our fragile planet in 5ish years?...

In a shocking admission that underscores the challenges facing Russia, its own central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, said on Monday that the country should brace for more economic pain in the form of additional sanctions. This admission comes amidst growing concerns about the resilience of the Russian economy and the effectiveness of its leadership in the face of mounting global pressure. Nabiullina, speaking to the TASS state news agency, cautioned against optimism regarding Russia's economic standing, asserting that the nation is not as robust as some may believe.

One of Bill Clinton's closest aides is among the dozens of people whose links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are set to be exposed in the new year. Documents related to Doug Band, who helped rebuild Clinton's image in his post presidency following the Monica Lewinsky scandal, will be released in early January after a ruling by a judge in New York. Six files related to Band are among the hundreds ordered unsealed by Judge Loretta Preska, a tranche of information which could give fresh insight into the former president's dealings with Epstein.

Imagine if you will, a world in which businesses exist to make a profit, and free people consent to labor for these businesses in exchange for pay, and then a government comes in and legislates that these businesses pay their new employees a price they cannot (or do not want to) afford, so they eliminate the positions, fire the workers, and remove a service to paying customers they once provided—and certain people (read, average Democrat voters) still can’t figure out what factor in the equation caused the whole mess.

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The holidays are here, and while the decorations on Capitol Hill symbolize a season of giving, lawmakers seem more focused on getting what they want on immigration. Every member on Capitol Hill agrees the public health crisis at the southern border is untenable. Those truly committed to addressing the emergency know that it can’t be fixed overnight. They have the hard task of enacting laws to prevent migrants fleeing abhorrent conditions from entering America illegally, providing border support for their humane treatment while being processed and managing the needs of those granted temporary protected status now living in the U.S....

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched a massive barrage of drones and missiles at Israel, only to see their weapons intercepted and destroyed by the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon and F/A-18 fighters from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier battle group. CENTCOM said U.S. forces “shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles in the Southern Red Sea that were fired by the Houthis over a 10 hour period.”

Amid the bustling holiday travel season, as travelers navigate the shift from Christmas to New Year's, major airports are keeping pace. But the story doesn't always end at the baggage claim. For some, their belongings embark on an unexpected journey to a small Alabama town. At the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama, lost luggage finds a new lease on life. This unique store stretches over a city block, filled with items from unclaimed airline baggage. Visitors here can find anything from a glitzy Rolex and a 1980s-style keyboard guitar to rare movie props, ancient violins and designer clothes....

Arizona rancher says border crisis is 'still outrageous' as illegal migrant crossings surge ... A fifth-generation Arizona rancher said an influx of illegal migrants crossing his land in recent years has increased his fear that terrorists are successfully sneaking into America. ... The ongoing crisis at the southern border is breaking records as illegal migrant entries skyrocket, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The first week of December saw a record-setting 18,900 migrant apprehensions in Arizona's Tucson Sector alone, the section's Chief Border Patrol Agent John Modlin said. By comparison, that's about 2,000 more encounters than all of...

The explosion of anti-Semitism on Ivy League campuses has sparked serious backlash. Donors are holding on to their money, early applications are down, and Dave Portnoy has vowed not to hire anyone from Harvard, MIT or Penn. It also has shown the President Claudine Gay to be the classic DEI hire- a serial plagiarist protected by the Harvard Corporation. Gay survives what would get a Harvard student expelled promptly. The widespread Ivy League anti-Semitism begs a question-why the hell are taxpayers funding this? Why are taxpayers funding them at all?The Ivies are endowed with mind-boggling amounts of moneyHere are the...