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According to LA Key, who led President Trump’s campaign regionally in the must-win state of Florida, a staunch advocate of President Donald J. Trump paid off over a dozen layaway accounts at an Orlando branch of Burlington. “He is a humble and very private man. All I can say is that he is working hard to re-elect President Trump and felt like doing something kind in his honor this Christmas. Amid all of the negative impeachment craziness and attacks on the America First movement, it is nice to see some positivity during Christmastime.” Key told TGP that the man didn’t...

First of all, let me go on record as saying I’ve never thought Biden would win the nomination. Biden is this election’s Rudy Giuliani. Rudy was the big name in the 2008 GOP presidential primary. Everyone thought Giuliani was unbeatable. He never won a single state and quickly dropped out of the race. I’ve argued for many months, Biden will go nowhere in this Democrat primary. First and foremost, Democrats don’t want an old, white, straight male. Then there’s Biden’s mind- it’s clearly not functioning at top speed anymore. Biden is not just old, but slow and foggy. He can...

The nearly impossible has now become a near certainty. After weeks of choreographed indignation by Democratic leaders in Congress and “witnesses” offering no proof of impeachable wrongdoing; despite headlines and columnists screaming for his immediate ouster; and notwithstanding 24/7 attacks from media grumps still sore about 2016 President Trump is not only back in the game, but on his game. impeachment is starting to give the president’s poll numbers a shot of political adrenalin … and his detractors a fresh jolt of reality. Recent polling from Fox News confirms that the president’s job approval ratings (often a leading indicator of...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) made a glaring omission from its new ad campaign urging "unity" among 2020 candidates. A new fundraising effort launched on Monday for the DNC's "Democratic Unity Fund" features 10 presidential hopefuls taking turns reading the same message. "I'm running to be your nominee, but no matter who ends up on that stage as our nominee in the convention, we need the whole Democratic Party to unite if we want to take back the White House and win seats all across the country and deliver a presidency consistent with our Democratic values," the candidates told viewers....

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will return to Oklahoma City on Sunday, where she will meet with Native American groups as part of a reported effort to blunt continuing criticism over her past claims to have Native American heritage. The 2020 hopeful, who was born in the city, will meet privately with tribal leaders -- where representatives from all of the approximately 40 federally recognized tribes in the state have been invited for the Sunday morning meeting. Later in the day she will hold a town hall meeting. The meeting will reportedly focus on Warren’s agenda for the community and is...

Let’s examine the impact so far of what was widely touted as a historic impeachment of President Donald Trump: His job approval is back at its highest level since taking office 1,068 long days ago, up six points since the House began impeachment. Donations to help the billionaire’s reelection bid continue at a record pace. Polling support for impeachment and removal from office, which are wildly popular on the Democratic left, has slid to minority support nationally in most surveys. House support for impeaching the president remains

Watching A Charlie Brown Christmas has been a tradition for millions since it first aired on December 9, 1965. While many love the iconic Vince Guaraldi score, the humor and the animation, one part of the special has always stood out and made it unique: Linus’s recitation of the Gospel of Luke. Explaining the true meaning of Christmas in a network television special broadcast to millions was a controversial move, even 54 years ago. In 2015, a retrospective on A Charlie Brown Christmas. Michael Cavna explained Peanuts creator Charles Schulz’s mission in making the special: Charles Schulz insisted on one...

On Fox News tonight, Mark Levine — a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates — clashed with Raymond Arroyo — filling in for Laura Ingraham.— over the influence of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic party. Arroyo showed comments Ocasio-Cortez made at a rally for Bernie Sanders, in which she said, “We’re here to say that what we’re living in right now is not an advanced society.” When someone in the crowd remarked “Why aren’t we calling it fascism? That’s what it is!”, the congresswoman responded, “It is fascism what we’re evolving into as well.” Arroyo asked Levine,...

An MSNBC guest told Craig Melvin this morning that evangelical Christian supporters of President Donald Trump are often more faithful to the president than to religious teaching. Business Insider columnist Linette Lopez was speaking with Melvin on MSNBC Live on Monday morning, where they were discussing a Christianity Today editorial that called for the removal of Trump from office and the backlash it received from Trump supporters. “It’s taken three years for an evangelical magazine to distance itself from a president who has said some things that do not align with the teachings of Jesus Christ, who has done some...

Many on the left (as opposed to liberals) have been warring on Christmas for more than a generation. Leftists always deny there is a war on Christmas and mock those who claim there is. There is a mind-blowing chutzpah or lack of self-awareness when people do something and yet deny that they are actually doing it. But the evidence is overwhelming. The left has stopped schools from calling Christmas vacations by that name — the name schools called them throughout American history until the last couple of decades. Almost every non-Christian school in America now calls Christmas vacation “winter break.”...

President Donald Trump “is afraid of strong women,” and “of Latino women,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in a recent interview, according to The Hill. “If the President thinks I am crazy…It would actually be a problem if he would agree with my ideas,” Ocasio-Cortez told Noticias Telemundo in an interview that aired on Sunday. “He has a lot of problems: he is a racist, he is anti-immigrant and more than that… his administration is corrupt. He has a track record: he is afraid of strong women, of Latino women, he is unethical.” Ocasio-Cortez gave the interview while taking part...

Indications are that the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign may not have been what has been revealed to date. Two facts buried in the recently released DOJ IG Report have explosive implications and strongly suggest that the Crossfire Hurricane investigation was a joint CIA/FBI Operation. The IG Report reveals that Russian Oligarch 1 was the “subject of a Crossfire Hurricane case.” See page 194 of the FISA report: However, the IG Report states that the FBI only opened Crossfire Hurricane cases against four individuals, Page, Papadopoulos, Manafort and Flynn. This was noted in the first page of the...

Is Barack Obama part of Elizabeth Warren’s plan? The former president will not endorse anyone in the primary, but that doesn’t mean Obama will remain studiously non-interventionist either. While Warren tries to score populist points with her class-warfare schtick, Obama has been working the big-ticket donor rolls to ready them for a Warren nomination Sen. Elizabeth Warren has spent her campaign railing against the donor class, making it known she doesn’t want their help. She has publicly bashed millionaires, has sworn off high dollar fundraisers and has refused large checks from Democratic bundlers. But behind the scenes in recent months,...

Bernie Sanders may be putting a focus on winning over older voters but he won’t do that by campaigning with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in places like Venice, California. AOC was her usual overly-excited self as she warmed up the crowd for her “Tio Bernie”, as she calls him. (You can buy the t-shirt.) Like Bernie, she went after Mayor Pete and his line about Democrat candidates who demand a purity test of other candidates. Buttigieg accused Elizabeth Warren of that in the Democrat debate Thursday night in Los Angeles. She and Bernie rely heavily on class warfare rhetoric to sway their...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg is under fire again for his campaign's fundraising strategy. A top fundraiser to Buttigieg's campaign, Washington consultant H.K. Park, told a potential donor in an email that they should give money to the campaign in order to get on its "radar," appearing to sell access to the candidate. "If you want to get on the campaign's radar now before he is flooded with donations after winning Iowa and New Hampshire, you can use the link below for donations," Park wrote to an unnamed donor. The donor, who spoke with Axios and requested anonymity, characterized Park's offer as...

) – President Trump showed some props to, of all people, a Democrat—but one who didn't vote to impeach him. "I give her respect," Trump said of presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard at an event in West Palm Beach, Fla. "She didn't vote the other day. I give her a lot of respect. Because she knew it was wrong. She took a pass." Per Mediate, Trump also touched on recent remarks by Hillary Clinton about Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and a certain "somebody" in the Democratic primary. Now, it gets complicated: • More Trump: In Trump's words, "Crooked...

George Lucas “felt betrayed” by Disney‘s initial plans for the Star Wars sequel trilogy, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger. Iger has recalled the early meetings that Disney held with the creator of the acclaimed sci-fi franchise ahead of the making of The Force Awakens, which hit cinemas in 2015 as the first part of the sequel trilogy. •Read more: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – what we know so far about the final film in the trilogy In Iger’s new memoir The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company,...

Vogue editors were mocked this weekend for revealing the long list of elite and exotic holiday destinations they’ll be traveling to “detox” from Christmas. Though “How The Vogue Editors Are Spending Christmas This Year” was published on December 15, the article didn’t blow up on social media until this weekend, after one user earned nearly 40,000 Twitter likes for mocking the piece. Absolutely losing it at this incredibly relatable feature with the Vogue editors https://t.co/UVEVErKZGn pic.twitter.com/WnhkFAok0Z — Benjamin Tassie (@benjamintassie) December 21, 2019 In the article, deputy editor Sarah Harris revealed she would “be heading to the Cayman Islands to...

A spokesman for Billy Cosby, a 82-year-old convicted sexual abuser, took issue with Eddie Murphy, 58, making fun of the elder comedian during a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live. In a statement to CNN, the spox called Murphy a “Hollywood Slave,” and used terms like “Stepin Fetchit.” A spokesman for Bill Cosby has fired back at Eddie Murphy after the comedian made jokes at Cosby’s expense during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, @dakinandone reports. Full statement below.https://t.co/E5n8tM6SHF pic.twitter.com/Kssuh8PL66 — Amir Vera (@TheAmirVera) December 23, 2019 A spokesman for Billy Cosby, a 82-year-old convicted sexual abuser, took issue...

Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q is a weekly left-wing propaganda lecture with nudity thrown-in. It is the sort of show Shonda Rhimes would create if she did not have the restrictions of network television. This week, just in time for Christmas, the show threw in dialogue comparing a lesbian minister’s relationship with Jesus to an open sexual one. In the episode, “Lost Love,” on December 22, Hollywood personal assistant Finley (Jacqueline Toboni) gets deeper into a relationship with Rebecca (Olivia Thirlby), another woman she met at a bar. While in bed together, Rebecca tells Finley that her first “sexual...