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The College Board has dumbed down its Advanced Placement (AP) examinations. That’s the message from Steven Mintz, professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, in a letter published by Rick Hess at the American Enterprise Institute. Mintz writes that entering college students who have taken AP courses come without real preparation. At the University of Texas at Austin, where I am a professor of history, we see the consequences of this trend firsthand. Students who pass the AP U.S. History exam receive credit only for the second half of our U.S. history survey course. To earn credit...

The numbers behind his loss add up only if one recognizes that a cryptographic algorithm manipulated the outcome. The Democrats may have made a significant mistake in their all-too-obvious attempt to steal a U.S. Senate seat from GOP candidate Eric Hovde. As Hovde explained in a November 12 video, in the early hours of November 6, 2024, he received congratulatory calls for his apparent win. Then, suddenly, by 4:00 am, “a staggering 108,000 absentee ballots were dumped from Milwaukee, with two-term incumbent Senator [and [Democrat candidate]Tammy Baldwin receiving nearly 90 percent of those votes.” Hovde objected: “Statistically, this outcome seemed...

“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise” (Ephesians 5:15). Walking wisely is a step in the right direction. Sometimes a soldier has the thankless task of clearing mine fields from enemy territory. If you’re aware of the procedure, you know the work is both dangerous and tedious. To proceed in an orderly fashion, a soldier marks areas that are considered dangerous and areas that have been cleared. Above all, he makes sure he is careful where he’s walking! In the spiritual realm, Paul is telling believers in Ephesians 5:15 to walk carefully. The Greek...

This election was remarkably free of fraud, it appears, although those that commit voter fraud certainly tried to set up situations where they could act. However, because of the efforts of Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, those attempts were largely quashed. For a very long time, over 35 years, Republicans found it hard to challenge increasingly-obvious Democrat voter fraud due to a Consent Decree entered in Federal Court which was created in 1982 due to allegations of 'voter caging'. However, in 2018, the Consent Decree expired, and Republicans slowly began ramping up efforts to detect and fight voter fraud. This...

Russia has provided North Korea with air defense missiles and military equipment in exchange for sending thousands of troops to fight in the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to South Korea's national security adviser. Shin Wonsik revealed on Friday during a broadcast on SBS TV that Russia has supplied North Korea with advanced military technologies to enhance the regime's defense capabilities, particularly around the capital, Pyongyang.

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Surprising moment reporter screams at President Biden and begs him to speak with the press: 'Please, we haven't heard from you all trip!' as he departs for a flight. Via YouTube Original video at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3316585/Moment-reporter-screams-Biden-begs-interview.html

Ukraine's parliament canceled a session on Friday as security was tightened after Russia deployed a new ballistic missile that threatens to escalate the nearly three-year war. Three Ukrainian lawmakers confirmed that the parliamentary session previously scheduled was canceled due to the ongoing threat of Russian missile attacks targeting government buildings in the city center. Not only is the parliament closed, “there was also recommendation to limit the work of all commercial offices and NGOs that remain in that perimeter, and local residents were warned of the increased threat,” said lawmaker Mykyta Poturaiev, who added this is not the first time...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward his country and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats, state media said Friday. According to North Korean state media, Kim said: "Never before have the warring parties on the Korean peninsula faced such a dangerous and acute confrontation that it could escalate into the most destructive thermonuclear war."

At about 1:30 PM on another Friday in November some 61 years ago, Mr. Lew Hitch announced to the biology class, that the President had been shot in Dallas. Within the hour we learned that John F. Kennedy had died from his wounds. I think that for most of us, it was the largest dose of bad news our country had ever experienced. 1200 or so high schoolers took the early dismissal announcement in quiet sadness and made our ways home where other shocking events would be learned over the next three days. The Nation wept. Our Camelot era was...

President Biden hosted the 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics at the White House Thursday, but he was either not completely sure of that or making a joke. While announcing the team's latest championship, Biden turned to the team to make sure they were called the Celtics. "You're the Celtics, right?" Biden asked the players during a moment in his address. The comment was met with light, but reserved chuckles from some in the crowd. Biden also joked that he didn't know where the players came from. "They just showed up. I don’t know where the hell they came from," Biden...

Daniel Penny’s chokehold of Jordan Neely isn’t what killed the homeless man — he died from the “combined effects” of synthetic marijuana, schizophrenia and other factors, the defense’s medical expert testified Thursday. Dr. Satish Chundru, a forensic pathologist based in Texas, told jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court that Neely’s autopsy records and video of the fatal F train altercation in May 2023 didn’t show signs typical of known chokehold deaths. “In your opinion, did Mr. Penny choke Mr. Neely to death?” Penny’s attorney Steven Raiser asked. “No,” replied Chundru, “the chokehold did not cause death.”

Self-described tech executive and network engineer Stephen Spoonamore asserted in a letter to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris his "near certainty" that she, not President-elect Donald Trump, won the 2024 presidential election. Spoonamore described a hacking and fraud scheme whereby fake "bullet vote" ballots marked only for Trump and no other races or issues were inserted into electronic voting systems. However, Snopes' research, in which we compared the vote tallies cited by Spoonamore with the latest official election results, found his figures to be incorrect and his assertions to make no mathematical sense....

The Washington Post abruptly removed its politics editor without giving him a reason for the decision, he claimed — the latest shakeup at the left-leaning paper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Dan Eggen, a veteran political writer who was named senior politics editor just two years ago, said he was “crushed” after being informed he will be “removed” from his role, according to an email he sent that was obtained by Lachlan Cartwright. “I struggled with how to write this message since there is an element of begging to it that is not particularly attractive. But what the hey:...

The famed British – though Indian-owned – luxury car company, Jaguar, recently caused a social media storm on X as it unveiled its latest ‘Copy nothing’ commercial. Many commentators, including billionaire Elon Musk, quickly mocked the firm over the ad’s strange and apparently disconnected nature. Musk, for example, simply asked if the company even sells cars in his comment.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is calling on Republicans to repeal a federal law that the pro-abortion Biden administration has used to put pro-life activists behind bars. Roy and Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill in September of 2023 to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, contending at the time that “Biden’s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life.” Roy further said he thinks the law is “an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers.” “Obviously, we need to move the bill...

Georgia's Republican attorney general, Chris Carr, said Thursday that he's running for governor in 2026, becoming the first major candidate from either party to announce a bid. Prominent Republicans and Democrats are eyeing the seat, which will be open in two years after term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Kemp leaves the office. Other potential Republican contenders include Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Carr is portraying himself as the best candidate to continue steady Republican leadership in the mold of the late U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, former Gov. Nathan Deal and Kemp. "I've seen what it takes...

Alleged killer Corey Burke was supported by her wife during her first court appearance for the murder of her ailing father on Election Night. Her wife, prominent trans writer Samantha Leigh Allen, attended the hearing and was pictured laughing with friends. Allen tried to hide her face with a notebook during the court proceedings. The couple did not seem to acknowledge each other, as the court was divided by glass, with the public gallery listening via speakers. Burke, an employee at Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company, was arrested for murder on Election Night after her neighbor called police and...

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A college basketball player at the University of Mobile suddenly died at the age of 18 this week. Kaiden Francis, a freshman, died Tuesday following a collapse on campus after working out in the university's gym. Francis was reportedly found unresponsive shortly after a weekly skills workout with the university's coaching staff and trainers, according to the Associated Press. Students and medical staff attempted to tend to the 6-foot-2 freshman guard but despite their valiant attempts, Francis passed away. A cause of death is not yet known. Francis recently passed 'a battery of health screenings, including heart and lung evaluations,'...