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Karl Rove joined the chorus of voices impressed by former First Lady Michelle Obama for her performance at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday while also praising Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff for humanizing Vice President Kamala Harris in an appearance on Fox Business Network Wednesday.After playing a clip from Obama’s speech, host Stuart Varney noted that it was “very well-received” before turning to Rove and asking if it was also “very effective.” “Oh, absolutely — she was the star of the evening, outshone her husband,” replied the former advisor to George W. Bush. “In fact, I think Doug Emhoff outshone...

Since 2016, when Jordan Peterson criticized amendments to Canada’s Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include “gender identity and expression” as prohibited grounds for discrimination, he has been in the public eye. He argued that mandating the use preferred pronouns was a form of compelled speech and identity politics run amok.Peterson’s latest ordeal of having to undergo mandatory training by his regulatory college in order to keep his psychologist’s licence after the country’s highest court refused to hear his appeal, marking another pivotal moment for the free-speech advocate, has once again brought him into the national spotlight.The college...

The Democrat Party platform calls for the Department of Justice to intervene in elections across the country, supposedly in the interest of “voting rights.”The party released its platform Sunday, ahead of the already-contentious Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It boasts the Department of Justice has “more than doubled” staff to enforce so-called “voting rights laws.” The document also calls for passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, which, as Jonatahan Tobin previously explained in The Federalist, would “allow the federal government to intervene anywhere in the country to overrule local or state authorities” when the left claims election...

Georgia voters deserve to know whether Brad Raffensperger, the state election board, and county boards of election violated the law in the 2020 election.The people who called the 2020 election the “most secure” in history have spent the past several years slandering as “election deniers” anyone who questions that election’s administration. But others remain frustrated by the many last-minute changes to election laws and processes that occurred shortly before that presidential contest — changes that in some cases may have been illegal. In Georgia, the state election board unanimously adopted a rule change in May 2020, citing Covid-19. It allowed...

This is Kamala Harris’ ‘joyful’ vision for the future, and Americans can expect a sequel to 2020 if she’s elected this November. The biggest clue that Kamala Harris would be an authoritarian president is the senseless Covid shot mandate she’s forcing on her staff.One of the worst abuses of power in the general response to Covid-19 was forcing Americans to take the mRNA shot. Nearly every major employer, including the federal government, required that employees take an untested drug to “vaccinate” them from a virus that the majority had already had. Worse still, the shot did not prevent people from...

The television ratings of the first night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) sunk 22 percent from 2016, according to Nielsen. The ratings crash suggests that Vice President Kamala Harris is far less popular than the media purported. About 20 million people watched the first night of the DNC, up from 2020’s virtual convention but severely down from 2016, Axios reported:

Just like claims that he served in war, or retired as a command sergeant major, the story Walz tells about reenlisting is not true.When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was introduced as Kamala Harris’ running mate, the campaign presented him as a bonified patriot, a career National Guardsman who retired as a command sergeant major after 24 years of faithful service to his country, including a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Walz enlisted two days after his 17th birthday in April 1981. As Walz tells it, when the planes hit the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, the attack compelled...

Democratic congressman Bill Pascrell has died at the age of 87. The New Jersey lawmaker served 28 years for the state's 9th congressional district in the House of Representatives and was hospitalized after an incident last week. He recently spent 28 days in treatment and needed 'breathing assistance', but then suffered a setback which forced him back into a rehabilitation facility. 'It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,' his family said on X. 'As our United States Representative, Bill fought to his last breath to...

Four bodies brought to shore from boat wreckage published at 17:00 British Summer Time 17:00 BST Breaking Four bodies have now been brought to shore from the sunken yacht, the BBC has confirmed. The search continues for the two remaining passengers who are still unaccounted for. Italian authorities have not confirmed the identities of those recovered this afternoon. Search and rescue team return with another body bag published at 16:57 British Summer Time 16:57 BST Images are coming through of another body bag being brought to shore at the harbour in Porticello, Sicily where the search and rescue operation is...

FIRST ON FOX – A recent hire at the nuclear security wing of the Department of Energy has previously called for disarmament policies – which reduce or eliminate nuclear weapons – arguing that advancing "queer theory" was essential to that agenda as well as important to America's national security.

New footage has emerged showing former President Donald Trump's would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, wandering around the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, just two hours before carrying out his assassination attempt from a nearby rooftop.

Records Confirm USSS Deleted Text Messages of USSS Officials Including Kimberly Cheatle That sounds like a FELONY........... VIDEO AT LINK...................

Bud Light fell to third place in U.S. beer sales as Michelob Ultra took its place behind the top-selling Modelo, reinforcing the impact of the 2023 Bud Light boycott, which toppled the brand from its No. 1 spot. In the four weeks ending July 6, the U.S. beer market was led by Modelo—which overtook Bud Light last May—with 9.7%, followed by Michelob Ultra with 7.3%, Bud Light with 6.5% and Corona Extra sitting just below 6%. The crucial four-week period includes the July Fourth weekend, which can heavily impact a beer brand’s yearly performance, according to the Wall Street Journal....

Former President Trump offered rare praise of his White House predecessor Tuesday, calling former President Obama a “nice gentleman” before his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. CNN’s Kristen Holmes asked Trump for a “prebuttal” of Obama’s remarks to Democrats Tuesday before he was set to take the stage at his own rally in Michigan. Instead of hammering home his typical attacks of Obama, Trump told CNN that he liked and respected the 44th president, while also criticizing his trade policies. “I like him. I think he’s a nice gentleman, but he was very, very weak on trade,”...

CHICAGO, IL — According to reports, black people trying to attend the DNC were turned away in droves as Democrats required photo IDs to enter the convention. Despite knowing that black people are not capable of obtaining photo IDs, Democrats inexplicably chose to require everyone in attendance to show identification, leaving thousands of black people unable to enter. "I wanted to come, but everyone knows I can't get an ID," said one black man who was refused entry to the DNC. "You'd think the Democrats would be aware of this fact. This must be some type of big plan to...

It’s time to put to bed the debate over whether it was intention or incompetence that forced Joe Biden’s convention speech into a slot well past prime time. All the evidence points to intent. Organizers scheduled too many speakers and knew what they were going to say because it was all loaded into TelePrompters. No matter their lame defenses Tuesday, they had to assume there would be time spent on applause and transitions, so Biden’s finishing well after midnight on the East Coast could not be a surprise to them. Then again, who can fault the organizers for wanting to...

The comments came a few days after Senator JD Vance, the vice-presidential candidate from Ohio, rejected far-right white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who had recently targeted Vance's wife, Usha Vance, because of her Indian heritage. Vance stressed that the best way to handle such attacks was to "ignore" them. Jaden McNeil @JadenPMcNeil: Homosexual anti-Trumper Nick Fuentes praises Kamala Harris as a good candidate and says she's extremely likable. Aug 19, 2024

[Catholic Caucus] Image for Fr. James Martin’s LGBT event shows Pope Francis washing Christ’s feet, homosexual ‘couples’The artist, Fr. William Hart McNichols, wrote that ‘this painting is set in the cosmos, because the acceptance of LGBTQ people remains still in the present and into the future – something to come.’WASHINGTON D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — A homosexual priest designed a new image for Father James Martin’s LGBT conference featuring Jesus Christ with Pope Francis and two homosexual couples.As announced by Outreach, the pro-LGBT group formed by the Jesuit priest, a new image was produced by a priest friend of Martin’s in time...

Harley-Davidson said Monday that it’s ending diversity and other progressive initiatives at the company. Harley-Davidson faced pressure online from Robby Starbuck, a conservative activist who has successfully taken on DEI policies at several American companies.https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/business/harley-davidson-dei-john-deere-tractor-supply/index.html

Madonna looked exhausted as she was helped along the cobbled streets of Terracina by her new love Akeem Morris after a long day of Italian sightseeing on Tuesday. The singer, 66, appeared weary as she held hands with 28-year-old Akeem as they continued their romantic European adventure together. Madonna is in Italy, at the invitation of fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana and she is staying at their mansion. For her night out with Akeem, she wore a racy black lace ensemble by the fashion house as they visited Italy's masterpiece of pre-Roman and medieval architecture Terracina Alta at...