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As Major League Baseball grows increasingly optimistic there will be a 2020 season in some capacity, more and more ideas of what exactly a campaign would look like appear to be taking shape. For well over a month now, the league reportedly has been kicking around all sorts of ideas — from playing all games in Arizona to hosting seasons at spring training facilities. And that’s just a sampling of the reported ideas from recent weeks. But in a story published Saturday by the Tampa Bay Times’ Marc Topkin, MLB does have a “preferred plan” in mind. The preferred plan...

Major League Baseball and its players’ union are reportedly considering a highly complex and unorthodox plan to be able to restart the sport as early as next month — which would involve radical changes to the game and could end up sequestering players and coaches for the entire season if the coronavirus outbreak stretches throughout the summer. According to ESPN, the league’s unusual proposal for jump-starting the 2020 season next month has gained the blessing of high-ranking public health officials. But to comply with online social distancing guidelines and anticipated lockdowns in many states where teams play, MLB would attempt...

America's Voice News Signs Dr. Gina Loudon as Host and Anchor, Continues to Ramp Up Rapidly Growing News Service. DENVER (PRWEB) MARCH 03, 2020 America's Voice News Network, the nation's up and coming conservative news outlet, is proud to announce that it has signed Dr. Gina Loudon as an AVN host and anchor. This comes as AVN has been undergoing a serious effort to swiftly expand its outreach, and widen its lineup of shows with major political and media figures. America’s Voice News Network will be the only media entity that will exclusively air her new program, featuring one of...

Fox News commentator Britt McHenry announced via Twitter on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is undergoing treatment. “I’m with an amazing medical team and surgery is imminent. Thank you for continued support and understanding at this time,” she wrote.

The annual conservative conference CPAC is slated to take place later this week outside of Washington, D.C. at the Gaylord Hotel overlooking the National Harbor from Wednesday, Feb. 26th through Saturday, Feb. 29th. President Donald Trump’s closest and most loyal allies will be in attendance, and the commander in chief himself will deliver the keynote address. After his acquittal by the Senate on impeachment charges, Trump gave high praise to CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp; a former President Bush official turned Trump loyalist. On Wednesday, a panel on connecting to GOP voters to messaging will take place with three senior Trump...

Naomi Seibt, a blonde German teenager, has become a U.S. think tank’s weapon of choice when it comes to combatting climate activist and global phenomenon Greta Thunberg. The Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, labeled Seibt as “a fantastic voice for free markets and for climate realism” and has booked her to speak at CPAC later this week. Seibt has already headlined at the UN climate conference in Madrid this past December, and CPAC will be her American debut. Although the German 19-year-old rejects “climate alarmism,” she mimics Thunberg in several ways,...

President Donald Trump is enjoying a positive approval rating for the first time since his inauguration, according to a poll released Thursday. 49% of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing, compared to 48% who disapprove of Trump’s performance, according to a Gallup poll published Thursday. The poll also found that the president is enjoying his highest approval ratings among Independents since taking office at 43%. The poll suggests that the current state of the economy could help the president’s re-election efforts this Fall, finding that 61% of Americans believe the economy is getting better compared to 33% of...

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Television personality Miranda Khan — seen regularly on Boca-based Newsmax — is suing the conservative channel for back pay. She claims, in a suit just filed in Palm Beach County, that Newsmax did not appropriately compensate her for her work as a commentator and host. The suit includes this language: “While employed by Newsmax, Plaintiff customarily and regularly worked over forty (40) hours a week. Plaintiff worked particularly long hours during the 2016 presidential election period. Newsmax, however, never compensated Plaintiff for time-and-a-half her regularly (sic) rate of pay for all hours worked over forty...

Jason Villar has joined the channel as VP or research and analysis, in charge of data and ratings analysis. Villar had been VP of media and market research for conservative cable news powerhouse Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and Fox Digital, coordinating ad sales and marketing initiatives and audience targeting. “I’ve been watching Newsmax’s tremendous growth as it gives Americans the opportunity to get accurate news,” Villar said in a statement. “I’m proud to be part of Newsmax’s continuing success story.”

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump’s allies are trying to acquire the conservative-leaning privately owned One America News Network and to potentially take on Fox News Channel directly. The Journal said that investment firm Hicks Equity Partners—which is owned by the family of Thomas Hicks Jr., co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and a close friend of Donald Trump Jr. is looking to acquire the company with the help of other wealthy GOP donors for roughly $250 million from San Diego based Herring Networks. Even though Fox News dominates cable news and conservative cable...

Love 24-hour news without an agenda? NewsNet is a 100% free with an antenna news network in 18 markets and streaming free online around the nation. Now you can also watch the 24/7 news network for free on Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TVs. When NewsNet first launched, the team behind the service said, “After its launch in early 2019, NewsNet will be available over-the-air on affiliates across the country. If you live in a community with a NewsNet affiliate, all you’ll need to receive our 24/7 news programming for free is a TV antenna!” NewsNet is also available live...

The First, a new premier network featuring bold and unfiltered news for free-thinkers and conservatives, announced today the addition of the top nationally-syndicated female talk radio host Dana Loesch. Loesch's program, "The Dana Show," will air daily on the network. In addition to Loesch, prominent conservative talk show host Mike Slater has begun hosting "True Story with Mike Slater" on weekdays at 12pm ET. Commentary writer Tiana Lowe, former spokesperson for President Donald Trump's Inauguration Madison Gesiotto and decorated military veteran Rob Smith have also joined the network as regular contributors. "The Dana Show" joins a growing list of content...

The White House announced this week that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will attend the Daytona 500 this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway. Not only that but— President Trump will be the Grand Marshal of the Daytona 500 on Sunday. And not only that but— President Trump will reportedly take a lap around the track in the “Beast” presidential limo! What’s not to love? The Daytona Speedway President released a statement on Friday. Daytona International Speedway President Chip Wile released a statement confirming Trump will attend the race that read, “Daytona International Speedway has been privileged...

Megan Youngren will become the first openly transgender female athlete to compete at the United States Olympic marathon trials. The 29-year-old will make history on February 29 in Atlanta, where she will compete against 63 women for a spot on the Olympic team to compete at the Summer Games in Tokyo later this year. Youngren began her transition from a male to a female when she was a college student in 2011, according to Sports Illustrated. She also started taking hormone medication that year, and in 2012, she came out publicly as transgender. She officially finalized her transition last year,...

The HGTV show House Hunters featured its first “Throuple”, or polyamorous couple, on its show Wednesday night. A “Throuple” is a relationship made up of three people. In this case, two women and a man named Lori, Geli, and Brian. The couple has two children, who are biologically related to Brian and Lori. In the episode, the trio describes their ideal home as one that has a three-car garage, a master bedroom that fits three people, and room for the two children. While looking at a house’s kitchen, Lori remarked on its size as a “couple’s kitchen, not a throuple’s...

He’s addressed the nation as White House Press Secretary and made to the quarterfinals on “Dancing With the Stars.’’ Now Sean Spicer will be hosting his own show – “Spicer & Co.” – on Newsmax TV. “Spicer & Co,’’ a cable news program, debuts Tuesday, March 3, at 6 p.m. ET and will air daily Monday through Friday on Newsmax TV, America’s fastest-growing cable news network. The Washington-based “Spicer & Co’’ will broadcast from studios near the White House, where Spicer will lead an ensemble of Washington insiders, experts, journalists, and power brokers to analyze the day’s top headlines from...

McClatchy Co. filed for bankruptcy Thursday, a move that will end family control of America’s second largest local news company and hand it to creditors who have expressed support for independent journalism. The Chapter 11 filing will allow McClatchy to restructure its debts and, it hopes, shed much of its pension obligations. Under a plan outlined in its filing to a federal bankruptcy court, about 55 percent of its debt would be eliminated as the news organization tries to reposition for a digital future. The likely new owners, if the court accepts the plan, would be led by hedge fund...

A violent leftist was arrested on Thursday for physically assaulting a 15-year-old Trump supporter and two adults volunteering at a New Hampshire polling site at Windham High School. Read more 6/6 Patrick Bradley, 34, was arrested and charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct for slapping a high school student in the face because he was wearing a red MAGA hat. The teenage boy’s mother told Fox News that Patrick Bradley screamed, “F*ck you!” to her son as he slapped the child in the face. Another man wearing a MAGA hat came in to intervene when Patrick Bradley assaulted him...

Unhinged leftist activist Michael Vall was arrested in Eureka, California after vandalizing and apparently trying to burn down the Humboldt County Republican party office. To no one’s surprise, it turns out dude is a Bernie supporter. KIEM reports: It happened around 5 am Saturday morning at their office on 5th Street in Eureka. The front windows and glass door of the office were smashed, and an unknown liquid was poured in the entryway. The group posted photos of the damage to their Facebook page. According to Eureka Police, a suspect was located shortly after the incident and is in custody....

In his essay Pete Buttigieg in 2000 praises Bernie Sanders and his unapologetic stand for socialism. You just can’t make this stuff up. From the essay. Fortunately for the political process, there remain a number of committed individuals who are steadfast enough in their beliefs to run for office to benefit their fellow Americans. Such people are willing to eschew political and personal comfort and convenience because they believe they can make a difference. One outstanding and inspiring example of such integrity is the country’s only Independent Congressman, Vermont’s Bernie Sanders. Sanders’ courage is evident in the first word he...