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The governor of California, whose dad was the attorney for the billionaire Getty family, went full Hillary-Clinton-and-hot-sauce in his interview with the "All the Smoke" podcast: Yes, Gavin Newsom is just like your average rags to riches NBA story of a poor kid, shootin' hoops in the backyard, and who never would have made it out of the neighborhood if it wasn't for ballin'. Is anyone, other than that podcast host, buying this from Newsom? Anyone? SNIP

The Democrat Sheriff of Charlotte NC, Gary McFadden, was just completely unable to answer: a) What the 3 branches of government are. b) Which branch he serves under. This is genuinely painful to watch... completely shocking. Representative Chesser: What branch of government do you operate under? Sheriff McFadden: Mecklenburg County. Chesser: What branch of government do you operate under as sheriff? McFadden: Constitution of the United States. The elected Democrat sheriff of the county containing one of the largest cities in the southeast - the city where Iryna Zarutska was murdered - doesn't know what a branch of government even...

This story is found at the nexus of two competing leftist voting blocs. A Bill Clinton appointed district court judge has sided with the Detroit-area suburb Hamtramck after the all-Muslim city council banned the flying of LGBT flags in the city. Yes, in this case the left-wing Muslims who make up a large Detroit voting bloc, won out over the gays. Here's more from the AP: U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit against Hamtramck, two years after the city council voted to allow only five flags, including the American flag, the Michigan flag and flags that 'represent the...

Over 50,000 Americans died at Gettysburg, making it the bloodiest battle of the bloodiest war in our nation's history. And if you'd stepped on this sucker, you might have been the last casualty of the Civil War. From The Hill: According to the park, the shell was found within the Little Round Top rehabilitation project area in the southwest corner of Little Round Top, the site of a Union victory over the Confederacy on July 2, 1863, amid the Battle of Gettysburg. Officials with the park say the device dates to 1863. It weighs about 10 pounds, and measures about...

This summer as Las Vegas deals with a continuing drought, Lake Mead continues to recede. As the lake recedes 5 different sets of human remains have been found in the dried-up lake and now one of the sets of remains has been identified. From NBC News: Skeletal remains found in drought-stricken Lake Mead in May have been identified as those of a 42-year-old man who was reported to have drowned two decades ago, a coroner has found. The remains found May 7 at Callville Bay are one of several discoveries made since May 1 as the water level of the...