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On the "Verdict" podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Ben Ferguson that Democrats are likely to make impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth their first order of business when the House returns, predicting that the votes are already there to impeach him. --------snip-------------- BEN FERGUSON: Now, Senator, let's talk about what impeachment looks like outside of the president. You can hear Jeffries there. He's making it clear this is their bullseye. They want him gone. You said it takes a simple majority. That happens in the House. Then, what would happen next? Is it the same procedures as when they go...

(Excerpted) What the polls told us going into the election was not that Americans were inalterably opposed to war with Iran; they were opposed to NOT WINNING a war with Iran. As General George S. Patton famously said in a speech to his troops during World War II, “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time.” Donald Trump’s entire public persona was built around winning: The Art of the Deal, The Art of the Comeback, and The Apprentice were all about Donald Trump the winner. And right now, despite all the...

Growing up behind the Iron Curtain, I learned that human history advances through freedom and innovation — not the forced collectivism promised by communist ideology. As a child in school, I discovered that communism is a dead end. In 1950s Romania, the propaganda was pasted and sung everywhere: “Communism is the ideal society.” “We are all devoted to constructing communism.” And then there was Lenin’s slogan: “Always forward!” The reality that bread was on rations and meat stores were empty was justified by the promise: “We are not there yet. We are still on the pre-communism step, called socialism.” Education...

NASA just wrapped up its Max Power event, the agency’s first-ever aerospace technology expo that took place Wednesday through Sunday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Featuring discussions, panels, announcements and technology demonstrations, the biggest part of the event was NASA’s update on the Ignition initiative, which promises to put a base on the moon by 2032. The Moon Base Program is an expensive endeavor that requires the help of various space companies to complete on time. Max Power discussed the various technologies and projects to make a base work, including the new CLPS 2 contract, a nuclear-powered moon...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/11/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel’s “Messiah”Isaiah 9:66 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Holy Bible, The King James Version________________________

What things can a man say to a woman at a formal ball to observe that she looks good without being offensive? Let’s look at the background of the question. I just attended a very nice formal ball where the men were in suits, black-tie tuxedos, and white-tie tailcoats. What’s fascinating about the protocols here is that the more men dress up, the less of a spectacle they become. Their individuality gradually dissipates into a blur of grayscale coloring. Stand them all in a line and they nearly look like they are all in uniforms. All of this is intentional...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has relocated with his family from his private residence to a military base after Iranian threats against his life escalated beyond an “advanced stage,” according to reports Tuesday. The threats come as President Donald Trump has chosen to intensify the sweeping economic offensive against Iran spearheaded by Bessent, rather than resume major military operations, placing the Treasury secretary at the center of Washington’s strategy to economically isolate the Islamic Republic. The New York Times first disclosed the relocation, citing three people familiar with the matter who said intelligence about threats against Bessent contributed to a broader...

The Democrats’ Blueprint for Permanent PowerThe Constitution supplies legitimate ways to change those rules via the constitutional amendment process and nearly every item on the Democrat agenda is designed to bypass it.Every generation of Americans is told that some emergency justifies setting the Constitution aside just this once. Today’s “emergency” comes with a slogan: saving democracy. Strip away the branding, and the Democrat Party’s structural agenda looks like something entirely different—and reminiscent of the old Bolsheviki power play 100 years ago but recast for gaining control of U.S. institutions. Two new states, a packed Supreme Court, the end of the...

When the Federal Aviation Administration reinforced cockpit doors after the 9/11 hijackings, it turned flight decks into fortresses to lock out terrorists. But what if a terrorist is already inside? That question has new urgency following the harrowing Sept. 30 attack aboard a FlyDubai flight in which a Muslim extremist (Islamist) pilot was forcefully stopped by a heroic pilot and brave passengers from crashing a plane bound for Israel. Former aviation security officials say the FAA needs to reassess threats inside cockpits and the measures intended to counter them. They say this review is especially urgent because the agency has...

The deranged passenger who claimed he had a bomb aboard a New Orleans-bound United Airlines flight and then tried to rush the cockpit, has been identified as a Honduran illegal migrant twice kicked out of the US, immigration officials told The Post. Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto, 34, was arrested on three separate occasions by Border Patrol for illegally entering the United States, years before he threatened to blow up the United flight 2174 plane out of New Jersey Monday night, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said. Immigration officials said that Gomez-Alberto, a Honduras native, was arrested twice in the US...

In 2008, Margaret Reichenbach and her husband bought oceanfront land to build a house, but neighbours repeatedly disrupted the construction; 18 years later, an appeals court upheld a $3.7 million verdict against them.

2026 Democrats: The “Big Tent”.1. Moderate Democrats. 2. Left-wing Democrats. The in-between, going wherever the wind blows. 3. Red-Green Alliance (DSA). Noisy and promoted by the MSM. 4. Islamists exploiting social issues and making promises as a backdoor strategy for Islamization. The first step is anti-Israelism, making sure to repeat the Pallyweid slogans - ritual, (whether DSA-affiliated or not). Sneaky and regressive, yet promoted by the MSM as supposedly just simply “progressives.”

In 2024, Kamala Harris won 4,835,250 votes in Texas. In 2026, Gina Hinojosa, the gubernatorial candidate from her party, picked up 5,230,929 votes and James Talarico, the Senate candidate, scored 5,445,156 votes. Where did Texas Democrats find 395,679 more voters than in a presidential election? In October, Texas Secretary of State Robert Howden announced the big news. Texas had hit a record 19 million registered voters or specifically, 19,041,684 voters. Not only was Texas up a whopping 17,119,632, nearly 2 million from its 2022 numbers, but there were now 418,000 more voters than there had been in 2024. That 418,000...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Contrary to popular belief, Republican lawmakers are reportedly glad that they lost the election because now they will have an excuse for not getting anything done. When the new Congress begins on January 3, Republicans will no longer be in charge, which means they can sit back and relax instead of pretending to work. Now, when the country plunges into an economic recession due to poor economic policies, and prices spiral further out of control, Republicans can just sort of shrug. "It's a huge relief," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune. "So glad I don't have to...

This is a fairly long video on YouTube, over an hour. Victor does a great job analyzing what happened in the election. Short synopsis: The media was effective in demonizing Trump. People wanted the border closed. Trump did it, so people did not see it as an issue in the election. It was done. People wanted deportation, but not in their face, on TV. The imaging from Minneapolis was very effective against Trump and the Republicans. The Media was effective at turning Homeland Security into the SS. The Trump administration did a bad job on explaining inflation. Inflation is down,...

An 11-month-old boy who officials said was taken by his father on Monday was found buried alive in a dog crate Tuesday, after being miraculously discovered, a South Carolina sheriff said. Baby Koah Sharpe was found alive in a dog crate that was wrapped in a towel, Lexington County Sheriff Bryan Koon told reporters. “That, by the grace of God, probably provided enough air for him to survive — our estimation is for the last 24 hours under that dirt,” he said. Koah, described as a 20-pound boy with reddish hair who had a pacifier, was taken by his father,...

Amazon’s Ring is best known for its doorbell and home security cameras, but now the company is rolling out cameras that can move around on their own. Ring announced Tuesday a new product category called Ring Robotics, starting with two devices, the Ring Drone Cam and Ring Rover Cam.

Ontario is moving forward with plans to introduce official digital identification stored on mobile devices, beginning with the Ontario Photo Card before eventually expanding to digital driver's licences and health cards.

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