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We were planning a spring break gathering and I wanted my husband to put up an wooden swing under the lovely shading oak trees in our front yard. As he set up the frame he asked me if I wanted it facing north or south? I said “I know where the sun comes up and goes down”? He said it is simple; “face this direction then turn left”, “I said do you mean your left or my left?” Finally I said just point me in the right direction! Recently I watched a segment on the NEWS where Mr. Biden said...

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and former congressman Trey Gowdy blasted MSNBC anchor Joy Reid after she suggested the former was simply a token Republican. Reid was riled up last week over Scott’s participation in a GOP press conference of senators opposing raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. ... Tim Scott responded to Joy Reid’s racist smear, appearing on “Fox News Primetime” with host Trey Gowdy. “Woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy. We need to take that seriously,” Scott said. Scott further eviscerated Reid on social media tweeting, “Unfortunately, I have become accustomed to hearing casual...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas under President Biden reportedly asked for volunteers to aid with an “overwhelming” number of migrants at the border, a crisis he said days ago did not exist. According to Fox News, Mayorkas sent an email to staff seeking help with the border crisis. ... “Please consider joining the Volunteer Force to again provide needed humanitarian support along the Southwest Border and relief for our CBP colleagues,” he requests. ... Last Monday, Biden’s DHS Secretary Mayorkas was asked by reporters if there is a crisis developing at the southern border, to which he...

Biden: “It’s my great honor to serve as your commander-in-chief, and I look forward to hearing your active duty and recommendations of how we can work together to keep the American people safe and meet every challenge in the 21st century. So I want to thank you both and I want to thank the former general, I keep calling him general, my — the guy who runs that outfit over there, I want to make sure we thank the Secretary for all he’s done to try to implement what we just talked about and for recommending these two women for...

A task force empowered by Nancy Pelosi to review security following the Capitol riot on January 6th has recommended the formation of a “quick reaction force” of federal officers to provide security at that location. The House Speaker announced in January that retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré would lead a team of experts in a security review of the Capitol following the riot. “We suffered a devastating attack on the Capitol that threatened the lives of and traumatized Members of Congress, staff and support workers,” she announced at the time. Fox News reports that Honoré’s task force made...

A group of migrants crossing the southern border were photographed wearing t-shirts in support of President Biden and holding signs which read: “Biden, please let us in!” The photographs were reportedly taken at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana as the migrants were requesting asylum in the United States. ... They also sought support from Biden to “ease former President Donald Trump’s law enforcement mechanisms.”

National Republican Congressional Committee Chair (NRCC) Tom Emmer warned former President Trump against backing primary challenges to Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach him. Emmer made the comments in an interview with Politico. “He can do whatever he wants,” said the Minnesota Republican. “But I would tell him that it’s probably better for us that we keep these people and we make sure that we have a majority that can be sustained going forward.” On Trump weighing into the primaries, Emmer said, “That’s not gonna be helpful.”

Thousands of paper ballots have been found shredded in a dumpster in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to reports. The troubling discovery has emerged just days before a Senate audit of the county's 2020 election results is due to begin.

Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan blasted DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for statements claiming the department is working to “replace the cruelty” of the Trump administration at the border with “an orderly humane and safe immigration process.” ... Homan fired back in an interview with Fox News, “Don’t tell me this is compassion!” “Putting your children in the hands of criminal cartels is inhumane, is dangerous, and it’s just bad,” he continued. “So, I’ve seen it and I just, I can’t believe that statement was even made.”

Fifty Michigan National Guard troops have complained of “gastrointestinal” issues after being served undercooked meals and food contaminated with metal shavings, Fox News reports. The tainted food complaints began in mid-February, were initially resolved, and resurfaced this past weekend. In a letter to the National Guard, the entire Michigan delegation in the House reported that “contracted meals” were being used “to support the entire federal response stationed at the Capitol.” “However, it is clear that these contracted meals are poorly prepared, oftentimes inedible, and highly inadequate to support our soldiers,” the letter states, urging them to switch contractors.

A third woman has come forward claiming she was the victim of unwanted sexual advances by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. This time, however, the alleged victim has a photo of the incident that may very well come back to haunt the Democrat leader. ... Ruch’s photos weren’t the only ones circulating regarding Andrew Cuomo and his sexual harassment scandal. The Daily Mail published photos of Cuomo allegedly “getting cozy” with Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa just days after she got married.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “… for so long, and we have already begun to implement. We are progressing every single day. I don’t have a particular timeline, but all I can do is communicate, both to the American public, and to the individuals seeking protection, that we are working around the clock seven days a week to make that time frame as short as possible, but they need to wait. But they need to wait with a particular goal in mind. We are not saying, don’t come, we are saying, don’t come now, because we will be able to...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, currently embroiled in multiple scandals, issued a statement apologizing for making two women who have accused him of sexual harassment “uncomfortable.” Cuomo apologized for his actions and said he simply felt he was “being playful” and that he was “joking.” ... “I acknowledge some of the things I have said have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation,” he added. “To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that.” Still, Cuomo insisted he never engaged in any inappropriate touching or inappropriate requests.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tore into the anti-Trump wing of the GOP, deriding them as the “failed Republican establishment” during a speech. His comments are further evidence that the possible 2024 contender for the Republican presidential nominee is firmly aligning himself with the former President in the party’s ongoing civil war. “We cannot, we will not, go back to the days of the failed Republican establishment of yesteryear,” DeSantis said. “We reject open borders and instead support American sovereignty and the American worker,” he continued in a speech practically ripped from the Trump playbook. “Building a movement on amnesty and...

Former President Barack Obama believes reparations are “justified” and suggests one of the reasons he couldn’t get it through during his tenure was due to “white resentment.” Obama made the racially divisive remarks during a podcast with musician Bruce Springsteen. ... “There’s not much question that the wealth of this country, the power of this country was built in significant part, not exclusively, maybe not even the majority of it, but a large portion of it was built on the backs of slaves,” he added.

A county in Missouri passed a bill that authorizes the arrest of any federal agents who try to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of its citizens. ... Section 4 of the bill is particularly interesting, as it states: “Any and all federal agents trying to enforce the regulations listed in Section 1 shall be subject to arrest by the Newton County Missouri Sheriff’s Department;” “(a) The Newton County Missouri Sheriff’s Department shall be given the full authority to make an arrest of any and all federal agents that violate state laws and enforce the regulations listed in Section (1).”...

Forbes is reporting that the House version of a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package contains “an extra perk for federal workers” that involves paid time off to stay at home with children not taking part in in-classroom instruction. The “perk” tucked inside a bill dubbed the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,” is defined by critics as “a personal bailout for bureaucrats.” While most of us wait for a one-time $1,400 stimulus payment as we struggle with employment and tending to kids which we now teach from home, federal workers dealing with the same conditions will be privy to a...

Dozens of House Democrats are calling on President Biden to relinquish sole control over the country’s nuclear arsenal and the ability to launch a strike using those weapons. Politico reports that the Democrats, led by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (CA), wrote a letter warning that “vesting one person” with the authority to initiate a nuclear war “entails real risks.” “While any president would presumably consult with advisors before ordering a nuclear attack, there is no requirement to do so,” the letter explains. ... Politico notes that the Democrats are attempting to curb the president’s power in...

Filmmaker and journalist Morgan Pehme published an op-ed accusing the Cuomo administration of terrorizing him for trying to run a story that exposed the New York governor for having distorted the truth. The accusations come as one state lawmaker has similarly accused the governor of making harassing phone calls threatening his career. Pehme’s column, published in the New York Post, accuses Cuomo’s secretary Melissa DeRosa of “threatening to destroy me” fur running a negative story back in 2014. The former editor of City & State, a New York politics magazine, charges that while DeRosa was the one making the call,...

Joe Biden is not well. That marks one of several dozen times I’ve opened an article in that fashion or similar, yet those words have become no less relevant with time. The former VP is only getting worse and that was on full display again yesterday. Biden made an embarrassing blunder during his first foreign meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau. Biden tried to send a warning to China on behalf of the Canadians, promising Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he would help get two imprisoned Canadians back from the Chinese. Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained by the...