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In case you were wondering how our pals on the Left are mentally doing these days, allow us to introduce you to Katia, who recorded herself talking about poisoning people she disagrees with politically. No, really. She didn't just think this, or write it down ... no, no, she recorded it.

The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be a good one for the Democratic Party. They are overperforming in special elections and off-year contests up and down the ballot. Their lead in the generic ballot poll is growing, albeit marginally, and they may even be winning the gerrymandering battle. But they have a tougher task ahead as they try to win back the U.S. Senate, an institution that has long had a pro-rural bias and where Republicans have increasingly built an edge. For Democrats to flip the chamber, they’ll not only have to defend all of their current seats and...

Earlier this month, this racist tirade went viral: [Warning: F-bomb at the end] VIDEO AT LINK.......... As it turns out, this racist woman who wants segregation where Republicans are poisoned is Katia Gardner, daughter of Virginia House Delegate Debra Gardner. Update: The full name of the woman who said that she'd poison "white MAGA families" if she owned a Soul Food place and they came to eat there is Katia Gardner, and she is the daughter of Virginia House of Delegates member Debra Gardner (@Gardner4Del). https://t.co/GN5NXQ2ACx pic.twitter.com/2vmHC0ZRcy— Leftism (@LeftismForU) December 16, 2025Del. Gardner, a Democrat representing the 76th state district...

Here’s what we know so far: Rob Reiner’s son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents. Nick, 32, cycled in and out of rehab centers, blaming his drug use on the fame surrounding his father and his grandfather, the comedian Carl Reiner. Nick got into a fight with his parents during a holiday party hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien on Saturday night. Family friends told The Times that Nick had been living in a guesthouse on his parents’ property and that his mother had become increasingly concerned about his mental health in recent weeks. The medical examiner...

Before handing Gavin Newsom the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, Democrats may want to pause and consider his long record of failure in California. From his mishandling of the January wildfires to his coddling of illegal immigrants, his poor governance has led to a collapse of public confidence and a mass exodus from the Golden State. But buried beneath the broader criticism is an often overlooked central failure: Newsom’s policy decisions have made California an increasingly hostile state in which to conduct business. And few industries have suffered more under California’s regulatory assault than fossil fuels, where relentless overreach...

Megyn Kelly is joined by Emily Jashinsky, host of “After Party,” to discuss Rob Reiner's son's mental health and drug abuse struggles, his uncomfortable interviews about his family in the past, the family's efforts to help him but also the struggles of growing up in a famous family, and more.

Rob and Michele Reiner were 'scared' by their son's erratic behaviour at a 'ritzy' party in the hours before he allegedly murdered his parents in their $13.5 million mansion, it emerged today. Nick Reiner was said to be 'acting crazy' and 'running around' Conan O'Brien's Christmas bash 'asking people if they're famous' on Saturday night. [SNIP] 'Nick was acting crazy. He kept asking people if they were famous,' a source told PEOPLE about the event. Nick reportedly ended up in a 'very loud argument' with his worried parents in front of guests, apparently over his refusal to go back into...

The question is not whether the EU collapses but whenIf I were a bookie, I would be making odds now about when the European Union will finally unravel and die. Unless there is an imminent and drastic course correction, the blessed event cannot be far off. I might need a Doomsday Clock akin to the one publicized by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Their clock hovers near midnight, which signifies nuclear Armageddon, the minute hand pushed closer or farther away from the blast depending on minatory world events. My clock would measure the EU’s proximity to implosion. Its recent...

The U.S. economy added jobs in November as economic uncertainty continued to dampen activity in the labor market. The Labor Department on Tuesday reported that employers added 64,000 jobs in November, a figure that was above the 50,000 estimate of economists polled by LSEG. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% for November, which was higher than the 4.4% rate expected by economists. The 4.6% unemployment rate is the highest since September 2021. Job gains in the two prior months in which the employment report was released were both revised lower. Employment in August was revised down by 22,000 from...

Washington — President Trump said he will deliver a prime-time address to the nation live from the White House on Wednesday night. The president did not say what the topic of his address will be. It's also not yet clear if the address will be from the Oval Office. "My Fellow Americans: I will be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow night, LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST.," he wrote on Truth Social Tuesday afternoon. "I look forward to 'seeing' you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET...

Donald Trump has very high "strongly disapprove" ratings. And it seems like conservative social-media users and on-air personalities seem to be presuming this will translate into a bloodbath on Election Day 2026. But polling data doesn't bear this out. First, things WILL get better, as far as polls go. Trump's low ratings are a result of disastrously low approval on the economy. This is probably because voters are just now registering the unofficial recession of 2024-25, which saw a worse decline in GDP than any recession between 1983 and 2008. Even though it was unofficial, there has never been such...

@BasilTheGreat 🚨🚨 🇦🇺This is the most complete footage of the entire Islamic terrorist attack in Bondi Beach, Australia today It's absolutely awful to watch but the world needs to see how barbaric these people truly are https://x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2000177346725458118 **** The police come and kill the terrorist shotting from the bridge

A new review of more than 120 studies concluded that there is little evidence supporting the use of medical cannabis for a variety of conditions, including insomnia.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved cannabinoids, a chemical compound extracted from cannabis, for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and seizures, among other conditions. Many patients use cannabinoids or other medical cannabis for other conditions, such as anorexia, insomnia, and chronic pain, either through off-label prescriptions or through state availability. A look at research published from January 2010 through September, though, showed that for many conditions, “evidence is insufficient,” researchers with the University...

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was panned on Sunday for saying "go Bills" immediately after stating his intention to talk about the deadly shooting in Australia during a press conference. "So first, I’m going to, of course, talk about Instacart and their ripping off the consumer. And then, of course, I’m going to say a few words about the terrible shooting in Sydney, Australia. And first, of course, as I always say, no matter what — go Bills. They beat the Patriots today. It’s a big deal," Schumer said Sunday during a press conference on AI-driven price gouging. Police said Monday...

The New Year will be getting off to a better start than it might have otherwise, thanks to the good guys now running the FBI. Rather than persecuting Catholics and propping up Democrat smear campaigns, they have been foiling leftist terror plots. The Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), whose name implies the USA has no right to exist, joins many liberals in opposing ICE efforts to enforce immigration law and aggressively supporting the Palestinian cause. Via Fox News: According to the FBI, they were allegedly planning coordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve using improvised explosive devices, targeting five separate...

The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will make a series of changes to its line of vehicles and production facilities to focus on producing affordable vehicles that better align with customer desires ... The company will also scrap production of certain larger EVs—including the F-150 Lightning, which it will retool as an electric vehicle with a gas-powered generator—as well as redouble development of smaller, lower-cost cars, including a midsize pickup truck in 2027. ... “This is a customer-driven shift" ... Ford will redeploy one-third of that workforce to production on a gas and hybrid model of the F-150 ... As EV demand...

The most famous ‘tea party’ ever took place on the evening of December 16, 1773, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams, writes The History Channel, rallied “against British Parliament and protested the Griffin’s Wharf arrival of Dartmouth, a British East India Company ship carrying tea. By December 16, 1773, Dartmouth had been joined by her sister ships, Beaver and Eleanor; all three ships loaded with tea from China. That morning, as thousands of colonists convened at the wharf and its surrounding streets, a meeting was held at the Old South Meeting House where a...

President Donald Trump said filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner died from "Trump derangement syndrome." Reiner and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and police are investigating the circumstances as an apparent homicide, authorities said. "A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP...

This is the dramatic moment an 110ft replica of the Statue of Liberty came crashing down in Brazil after being struck by powerful winds. Footage shows how the statue started leaning to one side as a storm tore through the city of Guaiba on Monday before it toppled into a car park and smashed into pieces. Cars can be seen driving away from the statue as it began falling, but no injuries were reported, according to local authorities The incident took place at around 3pm yesterday at the height of the storm that ripped through the entire state of Rio...

Five months ago, in these pages I expressed concern that Congress was missing the opportunity to restore merit to the military personnel system. To accomplish that task I urged Congress to include a meritocracy provision in the 2026 NDAA that does four things: (1) require all military personnel actions to be based exclusively on merit; (2) forbid race and sex-based preferences; (3) provide for reasonable exceptions when mission success requires sex or race be considered; and (4) define key terms so idealogues in the Pentagon cannot manipulate the language to further their diversity agenda.When the House and Senate passed their...