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The latest virus scare attempt is falling flat on most of America, and it should. It was only on December 18th that California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency over the Bird Flu.

Gutfeld argues that a greater menace lies in “the media’s lockstep anti-Trumpism.” .. the media’s unwavering opposition to President Donald Trump has had far-reaching and devastating consequences, shaping public discourse and policy in ways that have deeply harmed the country. ... anti-Trumpism .. created a climate of mass delusion, where critical issues were downplayed, ignored, twisted to avoid aligning with Trump’s views. He contends that this media-driven narrative led to some of the nation’s most damaging decisions during pivotal moments. He gives four examples to prove his point. The first is the rise in crime. ... unfettered illegal immigration stressed...

Democratic strategist James Carville, who coined the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid,” admitted his predictions for the 2024 race were wrong and that Democrats lost because of the economy. Carville, in an opinion piece for The New York Times, noted that while he truly believed Harris would win the election, he is reviewing what went wrong for Democrats since President-elect Trump’s decisive victory in November. “I’ve been going over this in my head for the past two months, all the variables, all the what-ifs, all the questions about Joe Biden’s re-election decisions and what kind of Democrat or message might...

Imagine how much worse Wednesday’s deadly event would have been had the FBI not taken dangerous grandmother’s off the street?Early Wednesday morning, a radical Islamic terrorist drove his truck through a crowd of people celebrating the start of the New Year in New Orleans. Fifteen people were murdered and more than 35 injured. But maybe this tragedy could have been avoided if the FBI spent less time targeting parents, Catholics, and countless other dissidents and instead focused its resources on catching actual terrorists.Shamsud-Din Jabbar plowed through a crowd in his Ford F-150 Lightning EV truck draped with an ISIS flag...

It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the man who made it — Jimmy Carter. Carter's passing Sunday has unearthed memories from his 1977-1981 presidency. Somewhere between his greatest foreign-policy success (the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt) and his greatest failure (the Iran hostage crisis) sits the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

In my January 1, 2024, column entitled “Top Twenty Terrible Predictions for 2024,” I noted that, “Every year, I offer you my predictions for the coming trip around the Sun, and every year, I’m mostly wrong.” Back then, I predicted that “I think [2024] will be a disaster.” Shows what I know. Personally, I had two houses flood from broken plumbing and practically became a general contractor. That sucked. But in the macro, it was a pretty good year for America.I predicted that “Trump is not going to be subject to any federal trials this year…. The state cases might,...

As America heads into the final days of the lame duck administration under President Joe Biden, there are still clueless members of the media trying to sell the clownish concept of Bidenomics to the public as if the 2024 elections were still in full swing. The Washington Post leadership, unsurprisingly, is no exception. Post editorial board member Eduardo Porter is spinning his wheels trying to determine why Bidenomics wasn’t a winning message in a Dec. 26 op-ed. After all, wrote Porter in his, er, infinite wisdom: “So many things about the strategy made so much sense.” In Porter’s distorted worldview,...

The U.S. rang in the new year to a tragic act of terrorism that killed at least 15 people and injured more than 30 others in New Orleans. In Las Vegas, investigators are still trying to determine if the man who killed himself by intentionally setting off explosives in a Cybertruck parked outside Trump Hotel was also an act of terrorism, and whether the two events are related in any way. One thing is certain, however, the Cybertruck driver, who has now been identified, chose the wrong vehicle. As Tesla founder Elon Musk shared on X, though seven were injured...

Jimmy Carter’s passing, the left has gone to absurd and Orwellian lengths to rewrite his legacy, attempting to transform him into a mythical great president. However, those who lived through his presidency know better. ... It really is up to us to cut through all the noise of the obligatory tributes that are pouring in to make sure that his failings aren’t forgotten. Among those who aren’t using Carter’s death as an excuse to forget those failings is CNN commentator Scott Jennings, who minced no words in labeling Carter a “terrible president” with a “big ego.” Jennings argued that Carter’s...

Pastor JD addresses the perception on the part of many, particularly here in America, that we have a reprieve, when it’s all actually meant to deceive.

RUSH: You may remember — it seems like a long time now, maybe a year or more, maybe even longer than that. Every day, ladies and gentlemen — there were headlines in the newspapers all over the country about runaway SUVs doing this, driving themselves off of the sixth floor of parking garages, running off of interstate bridges, all kinds of things. They were running into each other, running over people. Of course, the point of the headline: ‘Runaway SUV!’ SUV this, SUV that, was part of the environmentalist wacko movement. They were furthering the agenda of the Sierra Club...

President Joe Biden will award former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and 19 others with the Presidential Citizens Medal. Biden leaves office later this month. The Presidential Citizens Medal is awarded to individuals who display "Exemplary deeds or services, for his or her country or fellow citizens." It is the second-highest civilian award in the United States, second to the Presidential Medal of Freedom. According to The Washington Post, Cheney’s anti-Donald Trump stance is what contributed to Biden giving her the medal (via the Post):Biden will bestow the honor on Cheney — one of the GOP’s most outspoken critics of President-elect...

A new survey reveals that most white Christians and Hispanic Protestants supported President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election as discussions continue about the influence of voters’ religious beliefs on their political affiliation. The Public Religion Research Institute released a report examining the results of the 2024 presidential election broken down by religious affiliation. The report is based on responses collected from 5,772 adults and a subsample of 4,757 adults who voted in the 2024 presidential election between Nov. 8 and Dec. 2. The respective samples have margins of error of +/-1.7 percentage points and +/-1.9 percentage points. Trump,...

The bill would ‘[p]rohibit any mandatory programs or training courses regarding DEI,’ among other anti-DEI measures. It would also have stopped schools from forcing students and professors to support 'a given ideology, political stance, or view of a social policy.' An anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bill that failed to pass the Ohio legislature in 2024 could be debated again and potentially passed next year. Senate Bill 83, also known as the Enact Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act, passed the Ohio Senate but was not passed by the House in this legislative session. The bill, sponsored by Republican State Sen....

Mozzy Clark, a former inmate who was jailed in a Washington state facility, recently filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections, accusing state employees and officials of ignoring her pleas for safety after they allowed a violent, six-foot-four-inch man to be her cellmate all because he said he was a woman; they also reportedly tried to silence Clark by threatening that if she were to press on or go public with her ordeal, she may be guilty of a “hate crime.”Here’s the story, from a report at Fox News:The 35-year-old Christopher Scott Williams, who has not changed his...

The Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion on January 1, 2025, outside President-elect Trump’s hotel has sparked a fervent investigation into the motives of the deceased driver, identified as 37-year-old former army veteran Matthew Livelsberger. Seven individuals were injured in the blast, which occurred in the valet area of the Trump Hotel. Authorities are exploring the possibility of political motivation and are also examining any potential links to a separate incident in New Orleans on the same day, where a truck plowed into a crowd, resulting in 15 fatalities. The New Orleans incident is under investigation as a terrorist attack, with authorities...

NATIONAL CREAM PUFF DAY | January 2 National Cream Puff Day on January 2 is for dessert and pastry lovers alike to celebrate this delicious French creation all day long. #NationalCreamPuffDay Originating in France, cream puffs are also known as profiterole and choux a la creme. Cream puffs are a French dessert pastry filled with whipped cream, pastry cream, ice cream or custard. They may be served plain or can be decorated with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, or dusted with powdered sugar. Borrowed from the French, the word “profiterole” has existed in English since 1604. The “cream puff” has been...

President Biden and Jill Biden's relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emoff has been rocky after the vice president lost the election to President-elect Donald Trump, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the "postelection rapport" between the Bidens and the Harris family has sometimes been "frosty," in private, citing people familiar with the relationship. Harris took the president's place at the top of the Democratic ticket after a weeks-long pressure campaign forced Biden to drop out of the race in July. The president was lauded as a hero and a patriot for...

The owner of a popular waffle shop in West Seattle said she had no choice but to shut down her business after the city’s new minimum wage law went into effect on New Year’s Day — hiking hourly pay to $20.76. Bebop Waffle Shop, which was founded by a former New York City resident more than a decade ago, closed its doors for good on Monday. “I’ve cried every day,” Corina Luckenbach, the waffle shop owner, told Fox 13 TV. Luckenbach, who founded Bebop more than 10 years ago after relocating from New York to the Emerald City, said that...

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