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A Texas state representative in Houston has decided to leave the “almost unrecognizable” Democrat Party for the Republican Party. In her announcement on Friday, State Rep. Shawn Thierry explained she made the switch because the Democrat Party “has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support,” the Texas Tribune reported. In a social media post, Thierry said she had voted Democrat her entire life because her parents believed it was the “party of the people.” “But as the years have passed, I have watched with dismay...

President Joe Biden plans to leave Washington, DC, on Wednesday and travel to Delaware just as infrastructure talks heat up. The president will meet with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in the afternoon before leaving town for his retreat on Rehoboth Beach, according to his daily schedule. This will be Biden’s 12th trip to Delaware in the 132 days that he has been president. The trip back to Delaware coincides with First Lady Jill Biden’s 70th birthday on Thursday. The president and the first lady recently spent Memorial Day weekend at home in Delaware before returning back to D.C. on...

President Joe Biden on Thursday abandoned his precedent of wearing a mask in the Oval Office as he signed executive actions on health care. “Since we are socially distanced, I think I can take my mask off and make this very brief announcement,” Biden said after reporters entered the Oval Office.

THE THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE – SET TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY – WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO CENTER ON FOREIGN POLICY. BUT FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE HUNTER BIDEN E-MAILS/LAPTOP DETAILS IN THE NEW YORK POST, THE WILDLY PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE THE CASE, THE EFFECT BEING THE PROTECTION OF JOE AND HUNTER BIDEN. On Friday the Debate Commission announced their topics for Friday, which are bizarrely similar to the first debate topics. The second debate will feature: Fighting COVID-19; American Families; Race in America; Climate Change; National Security; and Leadership.  The first debate topics were: Covid-19; The Economy;...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement upon the 6th Circuit’s stay on the “Waters of the United States” rule, which allows litigation over the legality of the rule to proceed before implementation:“The 6th Circuit’s order to halt implementation of the EPA’s new ‘Waters of the United States’ rule is a win for all Americans, but especially for farmers, ranchers, and landowners in the state of Texas. Today’s order is also an important step toward curbing the federal government’s relentless intrusion on the states—power grabs that have become standard practice for President Obama’s EPA....