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@RupertLowe10 Reform now in the clear, leading a national opinion poll. I am more confident than ever that we will outright win the next general election - it is going to happen. It cannot come soon enough. ---- Reform: 26% Conservatives: 23% Labour: 22%

President Trump’s long-promised ICE raids continued on Thursday — as the total number of illegal migrants nabbed by federal authorities reached 538, including new arrests of pedophiles, gang members, and a suspected terrorist in New York. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are scouring cities and states, trying to round up illegal aliens who are either wanted for crimes in their home country or who have committed crimes during their time in the US. A source told The Post that many of the migrants rounded up by agents were convicted in “some very heinous cases.” ICE’s crackdown spanned several states...

Russia "has never refused to communicate with the United States," but contacts have been interrupted by WashingtonMOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Moscow has never shied away from contacts with Washington, former US head of state Joe Biden interrupted them, Russian President Vladimir Putin told VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin at the end of his visit to Moscow State University, commenting on his US counterpart Donald Trump's statements. He also noted that the current Ukrainian leadership is illegitimate at the moment, which is dangerous because any result of negotiations with it may become null and void. TASS has compiled the key statements of...

In an ideal world, words have meaning. But if you’re CNN and others who are just mindlessly gnashing their teeth at President Donald Trump for leaving the Paris Climate Agreement, words and facts fly straight out the window because, muh, rage! Trump signed an executive order following his inauguration calling for “immediate” withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement “under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.” Now, terms matter. The agreement is NOT a “treaty,” regardless of whatever the dense climate dweebs at the UN choose to call it. Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution...

VIDEOWith the release of the last of the John F. Kennedy assassination files ordered by President Trump, perhaps we can have a final or at least a better resolution as to what happened on that fateful day of November 22, 1963. However, one thing we already know for sure is that just three days later on November 25, 1963 the modern era of FAKE NEWS was born when Dan Rather gave a completely FALSE account about the most significant section of the Zapruder film he was allowed to view. Just think of how history would have changed if Rather had...

DONALD J. TRUMP President, Commander-in-Chief J.D. VANCE Vice-President, President of the Senate SUZIE WILES Chief of Staff STEPHEN MILLER Deputy Chief of Staff HAYLEY HARRISON Chief of Staff to the First Lady ALINA HABBA Counselor to the President SERGIO GOR Dir. of Presidential Personnel STEVEN CHEUNG Communications Director KAROLINE LEAVITT Press Secretary MICHAEL WALTZ National Security Advisor DAVID A. WARRINGTON White House Counsel RUSSELL THURLOW VOUGHT Dir. of Ofc. of Mgt. & Bgt. PAM BONDI Attorney General HARMEET DHILLON Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div. KASHYAP “KASH” PATEL Dir. of Federal Bureau of Investigation JOHN SAUER Solicitor General BROOKE...

PRESIDENT Trump has ordered the release of the JFK, MLK, RFK investigation files. Why? Why now? For example, the Kennedy files were originally scheduled to be released in 75 years, as “soon” as in 2038. What’s the rush? Besides the fact that the JFK assassination was literally the birth of the conspiracy theory (The CIA term to disparage anyone who didn’t buy the holier than Swiss cheese Warren report), besides the fact that most Americans want to know, and deserve to know the actual facts of these murders, despite the fact that the loss of JFK was the turning point...

Senators are looking for excuses over reasons to refuse President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard — a combat veteran who previously served as a Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii and now faces character assassination.Gabbard, who is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon, committed two crimes that now threaten to derail her confirmation: leaving the Democrat party and campaigning against the interventionist impulses of the deep state war machine.After Democrats fought to delay her way forward, Semafor reported Wednesday that Gabbard’s nomination was “on shaky ground” within the GOP. According to the outlet, Republicans are...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday pushed Republican state lawmakers to take urgent action on illegal immigration, voting to fight like a "junkyard dog" and warning of political consequences for defiance. The governor leaned on the Florida legislature ahead of a special session next week, during which he wants legislators to pass new bills to crack down on illegal immigration in sync with President Donald Trump's administration at the federal level. But GOP leaders have called the session "premature" and signaled that they may gavel out without taking action on the governor's agenda items. DeSantis warned that would be a...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target to cut down costs: the US penny. DOGE said on X that the penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost US taxpayers over $179 million in the 2023 fiscal year. “The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced,” the post read in part. The US Mint in 2023 reported it circulated around 4.1 billion pennies. In fiscal year 2024, the US Mint said in its annual report that the US penny costs about 3.7 cents to produce...

WATCH LIVE: Trump suggests ending FEMA during North Carolina visit: 'A DISASTER'

Dr. Anthony Fauci had his taxpayer-funded security detail pulled, President Trump confirmed during a press conference Friday. -snip- “We took some off other people too,” he noted, apparently referring to former National Security Adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “They can hire their own security too. … I can give them some good numbers of very good security people,” Trump added. “Fauci made a lot of money. They all did.”

President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci's taxpayer-funded security detail less than a week after President Joe Biden have him a preemptive pardon. CNN reported Friday on the latest move by Trump to punish his political enemies. Fauci - the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - has since hired a private security firm, the network said. The longtime infectious disease expert has taken much of the blame for the unpopular lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, despite working under Trump at the time. During his trip to Asheville, North Carolina Friday, Trump shrugged off...

A student used imaging technology to peek inside without popping the cork. The bottle appears to have been made between 1790 and 1840. Image courtesy of Josephine McKenzie The mystery of a 200-year-old bottle has been solved. It turns out, it wasn’t a vessel for booze, but a “witch bottle” filled with pee and a bunch of botanicals to ward off malevolent spirits. The bottle, still intact with its original cork and filled with liquid, was unearthed at a building site in the seaside town of Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, UK. The owner of the property passed it on to the...

Retail store closures surged in 2024, reaching their highest levels since the start of the pandemic, a new study said.A total of 7,325 U.S. stores closed in 2024, driven by inflation and an increasing shift toward online shopping, according to retail data firm Coresight Research. The closings marked the steepest decline in brick-and-mortar retail since nearly 10,000 stores closed in 2020. While 5,970 stores opened—the highest yearly number since 2012—closures outpaced openings by a net loss of 1,355 stores. "Retailers that were unable to adapt supply chains and implement technology to cut costs were significantly impacted, and we continue to...

The data in the report — released as President Trump vows a crackdown on illegal immigration — revealed: An estimated 51,200 illegal migrants work in the personal care industry — with 20,900 maids and housekeepers, 16,800 home health aides, 7,000 child care workers and 6,500 personal care aides. Some 42,300 restaurant workers are believed to be undocumented — 7,000 chefs, 17,000 cooks, 9,100 food prep workers and 9,200 waiters. Another 48,500 undocumented workers are part of the construction industry — 29,500 laborers, 12,800 carpenters and 6,200 painters. Over half of all crop workers in the US are foreign-born, and the...

I only ask because he allowed several of his departments to proclaim June as "pride month" in his last administration, most notably the State Department. It will be a massive disappointment if he does. I'll trust that the principles of Project 2025 will be his guide. ;)

The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced the suspension of all poultry-related activities in the state after a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was detected in a commercial facility. The positive case of HPAI, found by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County, Georgia, was the first discovered in a commercial operation in the Peach State, according to a Jan. 17 notice from the Georgia Department of Agriculture. That means all “in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales are suspended until further notice.” “For the first time...

Images of “deportation flights” swept social media on Friday after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted striking pictures capturing illegal aliens waiting to leave the country. The images will please many Americans who want President Donald Trump to secure the southern border and prevent gang members, criminals, and migrants from entering the nation. “The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors,” Leavitt wrote on X. “The Trump Administration also deported hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals via military aircraft....

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader John Thune are set to headline the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., underscoring their support for the pro-life movement. The event, scheduled to take place near the National Mall, draws tens of thousands of participants each year to advocate for the protection of unborn life and celebrate the pro-life cause. Speaker Johnson, known for his strong pro-life stance, is expected to emphasize the importance of advancing legislation that protects life at all stages. His speech will likely highlight efforts in the House to strengthen federal restrictions on abortion and promote...