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Remember Obama’s fist bump, the tap—the bump—he’d give his followers? Remember how absurd and fake—and staged—the gesture was? Compare that to this: President Trump punching the air after being shot and shouting, “Fight, fight, fight.” No other image is as stark. No other comparison is as clear. No other contrast is as sharp. No other words are necessary either, because we have before us a real profile of courage. We have a spontaneous and remarkable act of presidential courage. We have President Trump standing taller and stronger than those who guard him; than all who failed to protect him; than...

Donald Trump, JD Vance, David Sachs, MTG, all very vocal opponents of the proxy war. All support an immediate end to funding. All of them are bad news for NATO after they end the Ukraine War.

A​ long-lived thunderstorm complex called a derecho raced across the Midwest Monday night, producing widespread damaging winds from Iowa to Illinois, including Chicago, Indiana and southwest Michigan. I​n Indiana, a 44-year-old woman was reportedly killed when a tree fell on her Cedar Lake home, according to ABC 7 Chicago. W​hile travelers inside Chicago's O'Hare International Airport were told to shelter in place during a tornado warning, dozens of planes sat on the taxiway with passengers inside.

President Trump’s words after being shot weren’t a call for violence, but an encouragement to remain resolute against wickedness. According to the left-wing media narrative, we conservatives are the violent ones. This despite the fact that a Bernie Bro shot up a congressional baseball game, targeting Republicans. Despite the fact that BLM and Antifa burned down multiple American cities during the “mostly peaceful” riots of 2020. Despite the fact that leftist celebrities and media figures have been LARP-ing their “kill Trump” fantasies for going on a decade. And now, shockingly, after years of urging, someone has finally tried to kill...

Freepers, I can't tell you how huge this is. Trump made the RIGHT CHOICE as far as I'm concerned and all common sense and for CONSERVATISM. Vance is NOT a Neocon. He's a foreign policy realist and shares the same views as Trump. The likes of Bill Kristol and the perpetual War Machine will not have slept well last night. It's superb. I'm sure Sen. Rand Paul although snubbed and skeptical of Trump 2.0 will be delighted that his friend from Ohio has got this. Please get behind J.D Vance not just as a potential VP but a future star...

Trump didn't pick a person of color. Trump didn't pick a woman. Trump didn't pick a minority. He picked another white man. (Read below for responses)

Over the past few decades, earth scientists have grappled with the concept of solar geoengineering: cooling the rapidly warming planet by injecting particles high into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, for example. Now, researchers are proposing a new way to battle the effects of climate change that could prove even more costly and controversial: glacial geoengineering, designed to slow sea level rise. A white paper, released on 11 July by glaciologists who conducted a series of workshops and town halls over the course of 10 months, calls for boosting research into daring plans that would protect vulnerable ice sheets by...

US President Joe Biden gave an interview to Speedy Morman of Complex in which he was asked why his support for Israel is so strong. “If there weren’t an Israel, every Jew in the world would be at risk,” the President replied. “And so, there is a need for it to be strong and the need for Israel to be able to have, after World War II, the ability for Jews to have a place that was their own.” “But you don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and a Zionist is about whether or not Israel...

Once upon a time, not too long ago, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was the darling of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Now, the firebrand socialist finds herself in a bit of a pickle with DSA leadership, who have determined she isn’t radical enough for their liking. On July 10, the DSA issued a press statement that they will only support AOC’s reelection campaign if she agrees to the following conditions: “Publicly opposes all funding to Israel, including the Iron Dome.” “Participates regularly in the DSA Federal Socialists in Office Committee.” “Publicly opposes all criminalization of Anti-Zionism, such as bills...

Just a week after gaining enough signatures, the Arkansas secretary of state has rejected a pro-abortion constitutional amendment initiative for November’s ballot. Earlier this month, Arkansans for Limited Government, the pro-abortion coalition behind the amendment, said it had gathered over 100,000 signatures supporting the amendment and submitted it to Secretary of State John Thurston to verify the signatures, and qualify it for the ballot. Thurston, however, rejected the petition, saying the group had not submitted required statements about the paid staffers who gathered signatures. Thurston said the group did not give statements confirming each staffer was given the required documentation,...

In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced firing, a law enforcement official told CNN. The next morning, Crooks went to a Home Depot, where he bought a five-foot ladder, and a gun store, where he purchased 50 rounds of ammunition, the official said. Then, Crooks drove his Hyundai Sonata about an hour north, joining thousands of people from around the region who flocked...

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After their years-long demonization of Trump supporters and conservatives, now they’re telling us to “cool” it down and be understanding. From Variety: President Joe Biden made an earnest plea for Americans to tone down the political rhetoric and pull together as a nation in the aftermath of Saturday’s shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican presidential rival in November. ‘We cannot, we must not go down this road in America. The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated,’ Biden said in a rare Oval Office address that aired live across multiple networks at 8 p.m....

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After years of pushback from parents, a Planned Parenthood facility located in a high school is being shut down. The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District (NLMUSD) in southern California, which serves mostly minority families, signed a three-year agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to have a “well-being center” at John Glenn High School; by 2022, parents discovered that it was being operated by Planned Parenthood, and were outraged. In addition to testing students for sexually transmitted infections, providing treatment for STIs, and providing contraception of various kinds (including birth control pills and even IUDs), the well-being...

MILWAUKEE — President Biden repeatedly scolded NBC anchor Lester Holt in an interview Monday — exclaiming at one point, “What’s with you guys? Come on, man!” — as he defended his criticism of Donald Trump despite calling on Americans to “lower the temperature” after the assassination attempt on the former president Saturday. The 81-year-old president lashed out when Holt pressed him on his disastrous June 27 debate performance and bristled when the journalist asked him about former Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance. “Are you seeing what [viewers] saw, which was moments of frankly, that appeared to be — you appeared...

The Republican Party’s recent pro-worker turn has too often amounted to little more than cultural posturing: going after “woke capital” but stopping well short of challenging corporate and Wall Street power as such. As Batya Ungar-Sargon has written in these pages, today’s GOP is a “working-class party without a working-class agenda.” But there are important exceptions to this trend, and few shine as brightly as Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) when it comes to standing up for wage-earners and forging alliances with organized labor. Over the past few months, these efforts have earned Hawley justified praise—and donation dollars—from the International Brotherhood of...

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With a weaker pro-life Republican platform than many pro-life Americans would have preferred, the Republican Party has come under some criticism for not having strong enough language condemning abortion. As a result, one pro-life group is heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin today to remind Republicans to “defend babies” from abortions and to support pregnant moms who need help. The Pro-Life Action League has a message for attendees of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee this week and pro-life advocates affiliated with the organization will take to a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 94/43 on Monday, July 15, the first day of...

I heard a Radio Report out from a PA Affiliate. Incredibly, they said the following came directly from sources inside the Investigation. There were 3 Secret Service Snipers positioned inside the Bldg that Crooks scaled and used as a platform. Secret Service Snipers inside the building first saw Crooks looking up at the roof and acting suspiciously. Crooks then left. Crooks returned and was looking at his phone. One Sniper (inside the Building) was observing Crooks looking at his phone and then he saw Crooks using a rangefinder. The Sniper took a picture of him at this point, and forwarded...