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Long-time Donald Trump ally Corey Lewandowski has returned to the White House, working at the Department of Homeland Security under his one-time lover Kristi Noem. In 2023, DailyMail.com reported that married South Dakota governor Noem, 51 – who stresses adherence to 'family values' – and Trump advisor Lewandowski, who is also married, began carrying on an affair in 2019 or earlier. Noem has previously denied the relationship to DailyMail.com. Lewandowski has refused to comment. Both remain married to their respective partners. A reunion was rumored between Trump and Lewandowski during the campaign last year but now it appears the former...

<p>Sen. Chris Murphy thinks that Democrats have been too timid when it comes to shaming their political opponents.</p>

INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Braun has made tax relief a priority this legislative session. One way he wants to do that is by phasing out the tax on retirement income. Dr. Matthew Will, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Indianapolis, says Indiana has a good track record of low taxes. "You do pay an income tax, that's 3% plus your county tax, which is the normal rate in Indiana,” Will said. “So, retirees do have to pay that." Gov. Braun’s budget proposal would phase out the tax on retirement income over the next four years. "Sometimes it's a question...

Newly obtained emails reveal that former president Joe Biden's White House was involved from the beginning in the investigation into the classified documents found at Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago. Trump has been under intense investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The official narrative suggested that Trump had retained sensitive materials without authorization, which led to an FBI raid at his Mar-a-Lago residence in August 2022. However, these new revelations confirm coordination between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and senior officials before the official referral to the Department of...

MURFREESBORO, TN — According to sources, local husband Scott Limber rescued his wife from depression by helpfully explaining why she should be in a good mood. "Don't worry, sweetie, you have no reason to be sad," Limber reportedly said. "Please allow me to explain to you why your sadness is slightly irrational given the current circumstances." Limber's wife, Heather, had been feeling a little stressed and mopey, but after her husband sat her down and explained why she should be in a good mood, that all changed. "You know, you're right," she said. "Thank you for explaining to me...

Pope Francis criticized President Donald Trump and his administration on Tuesday in a letter to U.S. Catholic bishops about mass deportation.The pope wrote that while governments have a right to defend themselves, they should not turn a blind eye to men, women and families who need help.“The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment, damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness,” Francis wrote.His letter...

Activist judges across the nation have launched an all-out war against President Donald Trump’s constitutional authority, continuously blocking and interfering with his administration’s efforts to enhance national security and eliminate bureaucratic waste. These unelected leftist judges—many appointed by Obama, Biden and other radical Democrats—have weaponized the judiciary, twisting the Constitution to fit their anti-Trump agenda. Recently, over five federal judges issued temporary injunctions against President Trump’s executive orders, including measures to freeze government spending, dismiss ineffective civil servants, and restrict birthright citizenship. These activist judges are imposing their personal political biases over the clear mandate given to the President by...

It’s an old story: When people are allowed to get their way for too long, when they’re never told “No!” they may get too big for their britches. They may develop a sense of entitlement and even become narcissistic. And proving that judges are no exception to this reality are a number of recent court “opinions” designed to scuttle President Trump’s agenda. One disallows DOGE from scrutinizing Treasury Department data. Another states that the Trump administration must unfreeze funding on grants and loans. A different opinion puts a freeze on Trump’s buyout offer for federal employees. And yet another ordered...

Newly resurfaced footage from 2021 reveals controversial statements by U.S. District Judge John McConnell, who recently blocked President Donald Trump’s spending freeze. U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee who recently blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze federal spending, is facing renewed scrutiny following the resurfacing of a 2021 video interview where he described racism as a “white people problem” and called for diversity-focused reforms in the judiciary. In the interview, published on Helen Cooke’s YouTube channel and uncovered by Natalie Winters, co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room, McConnell advocated for identity-based sentencing considerations and criticized the lack...

Elon Musk has trolled everyone by changing his X account name to Harry Bōlz. The tech billionaire got a laugh out of his name change Tuesday, especially when CNN news anchor Dana Bash was forced to say the X-rated title on-air. Bash reluctantly looked at the camera and said: 'Disruptor-in-chief, Elon Musk, who apparently has adopted the alias - at least he changed his social media handle to Harry Bōlz - tweeted this morning "Democracy in America is being destroyed by judicial coup. An activist judge is not a real judge".' His tweet was in response to the halting of...

America cannot be relied upon to guarantee the security of Europe from Russia because it has to focus on its own borders and the threat of China, President Trump’s defence secretary told Nato leaders on Wednesday. In remarks that experts said would “rock” Nato, Pete Hegseth used his first speech on the world stage to rule out using US troops to uphold a peace deal in Ukraine. Speaking at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Hegseth said the US would block any Nato involvement in the conflict or resolution. Pressure will instead fall on Britain and France to lead any peacekeeping force,...

Yes, We’re In A Constitutional Crisis — And It’s Democrats’ FaultThe American people need more than just the elected executive to be engaged in this fight. We need Congress to wake up.Democrats claim we’re in a constitutional crisis because President Trump believes — and acts on the belief — that the executive should control the executive branch. It is a crisis their party has forced on Americans for the last 125 years.It was the Democrat Party of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson who designed an administrative state to be unaccountable to voters and to ultimately...

Apple is partnering with Alibaba to roll out artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in China, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing one person with direct knowledge of the decision.The development could clear months of uncertainty over Apple's AI strategy for China, where it has been losing market share to domestic rivals, including a resurgent Huawei whose smartphones have included AI tools since last year...Apple had selected Baidu as its main partner last year, but the Chinese company's progress in developing models for Apple Intelligence fell short of its standards, the report said.After that, Apple considered models developed by Tencent,...

Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, predicted that the crap would hit the fan after Donald Trump was sworn into office. He was correct. Now, Klayman says, “Just in the last few days, we have had Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters and Hakeem Jefferies, the Minority Leader in the House, threating to go into the streets for violence. We can expect violence, but right now, what they are testing are these federal judges. . . . The Democrats have gone forum shopping in leftist states, I don’t even call them liberal anymore . ....

“OCCRP’s Work is Not Political,” said the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project last week, apparently in response to our story about its involvement in the 2019 impeachment of President Donald Trump. “OCCRP has recently become the target of a conspiracy theory suggesting that we worked with one of our donors, USAID, to undermine President Donald Trump during his first administration. This is simply untrue, and it’s not how OCCRP operates.” But the allegations in our report, that USAID effectively created and oversees OCCRP, are true. Senior managers at USAID and the co-founder of OCCRP confirmed that USAID must sign...

Democratic Oregon Rep. Maxine Dexter screamed out during a rally Monday the party faithful need to “*&*&” President Donald Trump. The Daily Caller reports the obscenity came as the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) gathered on Capitol Hill and rallied “to save the civil service” and oppose Trump’s push to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Dexter was seen at the podium addressing protesters before calling out Trump and teasing her supporters to not “tell her children” before she spoke. “I’ve been told I have 30 seconds, so I am...

Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond. Any decision by the administration to defy federal courts would immediately implicate profound constitutional questions about separation of powers that have kept each branch of the government in check for centuries. That’s in large part because it would test the power of courts to enforce rulings that are supposed to be the final word. Legal experts say there are few options to force compliance with...

Started streaming 65 minutes ago The House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), holds its first hearing, entitled, "Hearing: The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud."

A furious woman showed up at a public meeting to read an obscene passage aloud from a book that she claimed is included in a Texas school curriculum. Bonnie Wallace has blasted the decision by Allen Independent School District to include sexually explicit books including a novel called Push by author Sapphire. Speaking at a Board of Trustees meeting last month, Wallace, who does not live in the Allen ISD area, claimed some of the books included in the school board's curriculum have been banned in Texas jails. he Texas Department of Criminal Justice has '10,800 books that they prohibit...

NATIONAL PLUM PUDDING DAY Also known as Christmas pudding, National Plum Pudding Day celebrates a traditional holiday dessert. On February 12th, learn about this tasty treat with an interesting history. #NationalPlumPuddingDay Plum pudding is made by steaming or boiling and the pudding is usually served during the holiday season. Interestingly, many of the recipes don't even contain any plums. One explanation given is that during the 17th century, plums were referred to as raisins or other fruits. The name Christmas pudding is first recorded in 1858 in a novel by Anthony Trollope. Plum pudding is usually made up of nutmeg,...