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He’s not Hidin’ anymore! President Biden suggested Friday that next month’s election may not be peaceable, as he made his first White House briefing room appearance since taking office — and continued a lame-duck explosion in his press availability after years of shunning interviews and news conferences. “I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it will be peaceful,” the retiring 81-year-old president said during his surprise 15-minute appearance in response to a question from National Public Radio’s Tamara Keith. “The things that [former President Donald] Trump has said and the things that he said last...

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move that was seen as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin’s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible.

Liberals are actively undermining First Amendment rights to free speech by trying to crush opposing views. Growing ever bolder in their naked grab for power they are leaving scorched earth behind those who disagree with them. This is why Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman and Zell Miller no longer find themselves included in the modern Democratic Party. What is left over for the Democrats are wildly anti-American, anti-God and anti-biblical leftists who are now bragging about their use of brute force to crush the voices of those who disagree with them. Perhaps that's why this week in one of the boldest...

Posted on Tue, May. 20, 2003 OUR VIEW: MUZZLED?Stars' dissent isn't crushed; it makes news If celebrities are going to cast themselves as entertainers and activists, then they should accept that some people who don't support their political views and activities will decide they're not all that entertaining anymore. That's how the marketplace works.The U.S. Constitution guarantees -- even encourages -- our right to speak out, to criticize the government, to harangue elected officials, to denounce policy. It does not guarantee that anyone will agree with you, or take you seriously, or reward you for it. In fact, it...