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@RandPaul ICYMI: I join @tiktok_us today as a form of civil disobedience. To the 170 million Americans using @tiktok_us: Don’t give in and don’t give up. Resist.

For Ivanka Trump’s entire adult life, she worked for her father.When Donald Trump was a real estate mogul, she was designing his next hotel. When he was on a reality TV show, she was in his television boardroom. When he was running for office, she was on the campaign trail. When he was president, she had an office in the West Wing. But in January of 2021, for the first time since she was 23 years old, she left Washington – and his employ.That statement remains true after Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, sources close to Ivanka Trump said, as she...

Some of this blog's posts are reposted to Free Republic and FR is conducting its quarterly fundraising. Join me in supporting FR through these links... Welcome to another your host a "Recovering Politician" that's what... The Drama Over Tiananmen Square This Coming Week... An in Israel the much hyped Nikki Haley tour a politician on the take of the "Military Industrial Complex" if ever there was one... And self-righteously moralizing about "Democracy" being "our side" and then talking "Tyranny" in reference to China or Russia belies what our Western society is becoming... "How long till we can order death pills?"...

AG Letitia James has warned she will start confiscating his wealth and property and selling it off. AG Letitia James told ABC. “If he does not have funds to pay off the judgement, then we will seek judgement enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets,” James told ABC, according to the Daily Express and other outlets. “We are prepared to make sure that the judgment is paid to New Yorkers,” James said, “and yes, I look at 40 Wall Street each and every day,” she added, referring to a Trump-owned property near her...

Davidson College — a private institution in North Carolina — required its athletes to watch a video that teaches that all white people are racist and that racial minorities can't be racist, the College Fix reported. The Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse — an alumni-run free-speech organization — exposed and denounced the “I’m Not Racist … Am I?” video, the outlet said. "In one clip of the film that we uncovered is the unequivocal repetition that all white people are racist, and people of color cannot be racist,” the group said, according to the College Fix. Here's one...

The Biden administration will likely complete regulations this week designed to punish gas-powered vehicles and pave the way for electric vehicles, whose average cost is roughly more than twice as expensive as average subcompact car. In its proposed rules published in May 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency wrote that it wanted to target vehicles that would phase-in over model years 2027 through 2032, stating, “EPA finds it appropriate to set new standards for model years after 2026 for both criteria pollutants and GHG at this time, rather than continuing its prior approach of coordinating the standards but setting them in...

During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel on Tuesday that was aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “America Reports,” Steve Nikoui, the father of Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, who was killed during the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing, stated that the charges against him for interrupting President Joe Biden’s State of the Union haven’t been dropped and no one from the Biden administration has tried to help him, which he isn’t surprised by, because Biden won’t recognize his own grandchild and “it’s nothing new. It’s been this way for the last two-and-a-half years.” Fox News Congressional Correspondent Aishah...

Some 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 days of rituals. Nowruz (alternatively spelled Nauruz, Nauryz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nooruz, Norooz, Norouz, or Novruz), also known as Persian New Year (Nowruz means “new day” in Persian), is celebrated across ethnic groups with a common Silk Roads heritage, including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkey, as well as their diaspora in other countries. Watch more from TIME Click to Learn More AD pause volume_off...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago announced a first-of-its-kind lawsuit Tuesday against Glock, the manufacturer of some of the most popular handguns in the U.S., alleging Glock is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns in the city, a news release from the mayor's office said. "The lawsuit alleges that Glock unreasonably endangers Chicagoans by manufacturing and selling in the Chicago civilian market semiautomatic pistols that can easily be converted to illegal machine guns with an auto sear - a cheap, small device commonly known as a 'Glock switch,'" the release said. The suit is the first to use Illinois' new Firearms...

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out. The Biden administration is suing to strike down the measure, arguing it’s a clear violation of federal authority that would hurt international relations and create chaos in administering immigration law. Texas has argued it has a right to take action over what Gov. Greg Abbott has described as an “invasion” of migrants on the border. Opponents have called the law, known as Senate Bill...

Kanye West wore a black Ku Klux Klan type hood in his latest attempt to shock just weeks after being slammed for antisemitic lyrics during a listening event where 10-year-old daughter North joined him on stage. The 46-year-old artist put on a fabric head covering featuring a point at the top at an overnight listening event with collaborator Ty Dolla Sign in Miami early Tuesday morning as they performed their controversial track Vultures which features vile lyrics about a Jewish woman. Vultures features the 'offensive' lyrics: 'How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****.' This is not the...

Sun’s out, guns out. Chris Cuomo must have left his shame on the shore when he decided to post this burning-hot thirst trap. The NewsNation anchor, 52, shared on Instagram a shirtless photo of himself showing off his massive fishing catch and wrote, “Gone fishing but back for the show tonight at 8pmET – first person to guess the fish gets a mug sent to them.” Fans quickly moved past the caption and straight to the comments section where they drooled over his buff — and burnt — physique. “At this point no one is looking at the fish!👀🤣,” commented...

American singer, songwriter, and rapper Kid Rock posted a video Monday night of him shooting cases of Bud Light in response to Anheuser-Busch featuring trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney as the spokesperson for the beer. In the video, Rock faces the camera and says, “Grandpa is feeling a little frisky today. Let me say something to all of you and be as clear and concise as possible.” The rapper then turns and opens fire on several cases of Bud Light set up as targets at a distance, pulverizing them.

A career-driven feminist determined to 'never depend on a man' has frozen some of her eggs so she can start a family by herself whenever she pleases. Amela Smailbegovic from Orlando, Florida, is a real estate magnate and entrepreneur who operates across the US, and has 'never depended on a man for anything'. Now 37, she fled the former Yugoslavia in 1994. 'I guess my main mantra has always been female empowerment and women succeeding in business,' 'I'm one of the few women in my position because it's always been led by men. 'All of my houses are paid off....

Tensions in the Balkan territory of Kosovo tonight with the majority Muslim administration sending police into the Serbian populated northern regions... Protest in Odessa, Ukraine where residents of one neighborhood have been without electricity for five days... President Trump dropping a lawsuit... The US House passing that "Respect for Marriage Act" creating a legal framework for same-sex marriage... Israel's COVID czar recommending wearing masks indoors... French President Emmanuel Macron appearing masked in public today... In the UK an American woman linked to the US intelligence community sentenced in the vehicular death of Harry Dunn... The Prisoner Swap Between Russia And...

As the title suggests, something's been bothering me about the photo of "classified documents" released by the DOJ in their response filing for the special master request by Trump's legal team. The cover sheets are all wrong. I've had access to Top Secret/SCI material for over 40 years, working with it on a daily basis. I have never seen cover sheets with a solid color border that say "SECRET/SCI" or "TOP SECRET/SCI." Those would be OK if they were just SECRET or TOP SECRET collateral information (not sensitive compartmented information - SCI). The cover sheets for SCI documents have striped...

Since JokeBiden enjoys unity among Americans in face of Putin's invasion, overshadowing domestic burning issues where we are heaven and earth. Such as regarding increasing oil production, inflation, etc.

This is an excursion into media excellence a place where we gave up being dogs for the Pavlov's of the mainstream media a long time ago. "mind numbed robots" El Rushbo spoke those words and I noticed something that links up with those words. Back in the 1960's the "Peace Sign" was next to the Vietcong Communist flag during the Vietnam War. Now yesterday I see it the "Peace Sign" next to the Ukrainian flag... And as those who tortured us with the COVID message now torture us with drama over Ukraine heck let's be honest there COVID restrictions and...

What a great day of news! I've never had so many posts selected for the Main page (Breaking / Front Page News). Manchin really sent the Left into meltdown. I appreciate the work of the Mods and wish to donate but noticed the Feeepathon ended today. Can you still donate when it's closed? Or should I just wait? Merry Christmas.