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Denver's far-left mayor has walked back his threat to use his city's police department to stop federal immigration law enforcement. As RedState previously reported, Mayor Mike Johnston told a local news outlet that there would be a "Tiananmen Square" moment if the incoming Trump administration moved into the city to deport illegal immigrants. He even went so far as to say he'd use Denver PD to set up checkpoints at "the county line," something I'm sure not too many officers were keen on being a part of. “More than us having DPD stationed at the county line to keep them...

In 2020, I began asking questions I was not supposed to ask and noticing things I wasn’t supposed to notice. I was an establishment liberal, a “good soldier” for the Left. Right about now, I’d be that person on X with the Ukraine flag, the mask, the vax, and the pronouns in my bio. But my problem is that I am an internet person. I got online in 1994 and never left. I have been running my own website since 1999. I remember when the internet was free and its objectives when it began. I also remember how things were...

“We must reclaim many more historic lands, restore historical equity... Finland, the Baltic States, everything's ours. Let's take Alaska too”. These are phrases thrown around by propagandist polemicists, but which we should nevertheless pay attention to. Russia 1 is considered the official voice of the Kremlin and its master. For her part, a few weeks ago Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Director and Spokeswoman for Information and Press, didn't hesitate to comment on the provocative statements made by Russia 1's propagandists: “So you haven't played Risk? People at Russia 1 certainly have, and they're keeping up the good humor...

President-elect Trump ran much of his campaign based on retribution and absolute loyalty. As he prepares for a second term in office, what might that mean for the future of U.S. democracy? Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Jason Stanley, a Yale philosophy professor and author of “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future.” William Brangham: President-elect Donald Trump ran a lot of his campaign promising retribution for his enemies and asking absolute loyalty from his supporters. Now, as he prepares for a second term in office, Laura Barron-Lopez has a look at what that might mean...

In a rather stern warning to the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—President-elect Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on their exports to the United States if they pursue efforts to replace the U.S. dollar in global trade. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Trump said that any attempt by BRICS to create a new currency or support alternatives to the dollar would lead to severe consequences. “The idea that the BRICS countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER,” Trump wrote. Trump’s warning comes on the heels...

The recently discovered shipwreck may have set sail as part of da Gama's final Indian Ocean voyage—a journey which he made a total of four times before his death 500 years ago. Researchers believe it may have been one of around 20 ships part of this excursion: the São Jorge, which was captained by Fernando de Monroy and sank in 1524, making it one of the earliest European shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean. Eight similar Portuguese shipwrecks of similar age have previously been discovered in the area.The discovery of the Portuguese shipwreck was made in Malindi, Kenya, in 2013 by...

Lame duck President Joe Biden concluded a five-day vacation break in Nantucket on Saturday night by returning to Washington, DC, before leaving for Angola within a matter of hours. Biden, who will stay in capital city Luanda from Monday to Wednesday, will be the first U.S. president to visit the oil-rich country since it won independence from Portugal in 1975. The trip comes 49 days before he hands the levers of power to Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign failed because her dismissive attitude toward religion alienated voters in a nation where faith still plays a crucial role in public life. Many pundits have compared Kamala Harris’s losing effort in 2024 to the 1988 Michael Dukakis campaign. In some respects, this is unfair: Michael Dukakis, who turned 91 on November 3, is a self-made man in public life, an Army veteran who served his country at the bleak post of 1950s Korea. As a three-term governor of Massachusetts, the longest serving in the history of the Commonwealth, Dukakis was a creative and thorough executor of...

College football was a combat sport on rivalry Saturday. Rivalry week matchups are always heated with tensions and resentments building. But four annual clashes ended with fights between opponents when the winning road team attempted to plant a flag on the home field of their adversary to punctuate a victory. Each scuffle was notable for different reasons. But they were all provoked by similar sentiments. The victors wanted to make a statement, while the defeated wanted to protect their home turf and prevent further indignity.

Abandon food production to globalist profiteers, and all is lost. No MAHA, no MAGA. The transition of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. from Democrat to independent to (gasp!) Republican was a popcorn-grabbing sideshow of the 2024 election season — until it became the main event. The defection of Bobby Kennedy to Team Trump was a seismic shift in an already bizarre presidential election, but it also formed a more perfect union — between MAGA and MAHA (Make America Healthy Again). And if President-Elect Donald Trump fails to deliver on his MAHA commitments, MAGA will collapse in the broken bargain. MAHA was...

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Many of us want to believe that, in the face of severe adversity and risk, we would try to prove worthy of a memorable legacy. Indeed, should circumstances ever turn sour, we hope to fancy ourselves as brave, courageous, and willing to stand firm no matter the cost. And yet, for the vast majority of those who have not been severely challenged in such ways, how could we know for sure the way we would react? This is why examples of people who did stand firm in the midst of trial are not just important, but necessary.

A member of Nancy Pelosi’s family, Alexis Pelosi, could lose her high-paying job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) after Elon Musk, who will be responsible for eliminating government waste under the incoming Trump administration, mocked her position on X. Alexis, who is married to the former speaker’s nephew, reportedly makes $181,648.00 annually as a climate advisor. After all, all great housing and urban development projects need a climate advisor! To complicate the family drama, Alexis’ father-in-law was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s aunt. Musk, who will lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency...

In a 1977 release, the Talking Heads included a lyric in one of their songs that somehow foresaw the approach to be employed by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (KJP): “You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything.” In the view of many observers, the daily double-talk from the White House podium by KJP came on like a come-on from a carnival barker: instead of presenting straightforward, unvarnished truths from the briefing room lectern, listeners were subjected to a daily diet of kaleidoscope logic. The main reason her versions of events worked for as long as they did...

One Key Undecided Race in California -- (vanity) There's an election every 4 months here, a Freepathon. Have you voted with your wallet this quarter? Let's turn the bar green TODAY, can you drop a discretionary -- or sacrificial -- $50 or $100 right now? By the grace of GOD, you now know this Country is going to be getting healthier--we look forward to stability and lower prices with Trump in office. Please join me in generosity, let's bless Jim with a December not having to plead for funds. Whatever you've given, how about doubling it? Jim's health does not...

Leftist talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been left distraught after her mansion in the Cotswolds, UK, was flooded just weeks after feeling the United States following President-elect Donald Trump‘s election victory. Degeneres and her wife, fellow actress Portia de Rossi, purchased the multi-million-pound property in the wealthy rural community in a bid to escape Trump’s incoming presidency.

The Talk Shows December 1st 2024 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas); Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.); American historian and University of Texas Professor H.W. Brands; Jill Schlesinger, Business Analyst for CBS News. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Special edition on the “State of A.I.”: Sen. Mark Warner (Deep State-Va.); Chief executive officer of OpenAI Sam Altman; former Bush Admin Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Panel: Richard Fowler and Katie Pavlich. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker:...

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won more than 500 games and led St. John's to three Big East titles and a 1985 Final Four appearance, died Saturday at the age of 99. The university said it was notified by a family member that Carnesecca died in a hospital surrounded by his family, just a handful of weeks shy of his 100th birthday. It said Carnesecca "endeared himself to generations of New Yorkers with his wit and warmth." Carnesecca was a treasured figure in New York sports in his day, affection for "Looie" never wavering in a...

The Democrat party has become nothing but a religious cult intent on punishing Americans for their heretical transgressions. Right now Democrats are publicly debating the reasons for their electoral implosion. I use the word “debating” rather loosely, since being a leftist requires a great deal of self-censorship. Democrats can discuss fellow cult members’ obsession with chemically castrating children only so much before the great priests of the party denounce them as “transphobic.” Only a few morsels of truth about the mass invasion of foreign nationals can be articulated out loud before a faithful adherent of the open borders liturgy rises...