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- Authorities in a Texas town are trying to determine the origins of a flock of sheep found wandering loose near an elementary school. The Leander Police Department shared photos on social media showing more than a dozen sheep loitering on a sidewalk and walking across a road. Police said the sheep were found unaccompanied near Tarvin Elementary School in Leander. "Do ewe know where your sheep are?" police quipped in the post. "We called Little Bo Peep, she said she found her sheep, and these are not part of her flock."

During a recent interview that aired on CSPAN, conservative commentator Ann Coulter applauded the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidency and contrasted it with his first term. According to the long-time conservative icon, Trump’s loss in 2020 may have been the inspiration for the improvements made since his first presidency. “I can’t believe how great Trump is,” Coulter declared. “If you’ve followed my work assiduously, you know I campaigned with Trump when he was running in 2016. He did ask for a copy of my book, ‘Adios America.’ A lot of the immigration stuff came from that. Huge fan....

...President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs have left Chinese Communists scrambling, markets in chaos, and Democrats feeling more isolated, irrelevant, and bent on revenge than ever before. The Left is so desperate to make sure President Trump’s tariffs don’t give U.S. workers more money that they’ve sunken into downright illegal actions to try to sabotage his agenda.... ...Obviously, the Democrats’ actions are completely illegal. The Constitution says states cannot opt out of trade agreements negotiated by the federal government. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 vests Congress with the power “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations....

Wildfires raging across parts of Los Angeles have destroyed several celebrities’ homes, including actors Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal. More than 1,000 structures have burned from the Palisades fire, leveling entire neighborhoods due to the uncontained flames fueled by hurricane-force winds. Anywhere from 200 and 500 structures have been damaged or destroyed from the Eaton fire on the other side of town. A new blaze, dubbed the Sunset fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills late Wednesday. At least five deaths have been confirmed from the fires. Mandatory evacuations have been underway for thousands of residents and many more are...

Former President Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Joe Biden nomination — and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years. As such, he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history. Recall earlier that after a flailing candidate Biden lost the first three 2020 primaries and caucuses, his inert campaign was headed nowhere. Obama and fellow Democratic insiders abruptly engineered the withdrawal of his rival 2020 presidential candidates: hard left but likely sure-loser candidates including...

A missing 20-year-old hiker has been found after he disappeared for over 50 days in the Rockies. Sam Benastick was reported missing on October 19 after he did not return from a 10-day fishing and hiking trip in Redfern-Keily Park in the northern Rocky Mountains, in Canada's British Columbia With temperatures in the mountain region dropping to a bitterly cold -20C, authorities were forced to call off their search in late October. But two workers who were heading down a trail on Tuesday spotted Benastick, recognising him as he walked towards them with two walking sticks and a cut-up sleeping...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday on “Morning Joe” that Democrats lost the election because of identity and cultural politics. Co-host Willie Geist said, “I live in a relatively rural area outside the city. There was a local race there, and the Republican changed her signs picking up on this. And every sign said ‘Save Girls Sports.'” Scarborough said, “Let’s dig a little deeper because you have that stacked on top of what happened on college campuses this fall, stacked on top of what’s been happening on college campuses over the past four or five years. I have said this...

The establishment media’s control over framing the election narrative is “shattered,” Axios’s Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen acknowledged Monday. The report confirms Gallup polling that shows Americans’ trust in the media is at an all-time low. For years, the media has pushed false narratives that involved Hunter Biden’s laptop story, Russian collusion, the source of the 2020 pandemic, the January 6 investigation, and numerous other hoaxes. Breitbart News’s John Nolte catalogued this list of media hoaxes:

Grand Rapids, Michigan, has lost a tray of absentee ballots, City Clerk Joel Hondorp told The Federalist. The city is investigating but does not yet know where the ballots went. “Voters were calling, saying, ‘Hey, we didn’t receive our ballots,’” Hondorp said. “There’s a tray of ballots that were set to be mailed out. Looks like it may have got to the post office, we’re trying to figure out where the disconnect is.” A tray holds close to 300 ballots, according to Hondorp. His office is working with the United States Postal Service to investigate at what point the tray...

Kamala Harris is so lost and confused that she needs help completing a simple briefing with the assistance of her handlers. Even worse, she cannot keep it a secret anymore. As NBC News reported, Harris and her boss Joe Biden took part in a briefing on Wednesday regarding preparations for Hurricane Milton as it bears down on Florida and updates on recovery efforts from the deleterious impacts of Hurricane Helene. As TGP readers know, Milton is expected to bring widespread destruction to the western side of Florida, particularly the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas. Those who do not flee these...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan slammed Kamala Harris' surprise move to skip the annual Al Smith dinner, while sending a warning about the last candidate who sat it out. The dinner benefitting Catholic Charities traditionally has been used to promote collegiality and good humor, with presidential candidates from both parties appearing on the same night and trading barbs. Donald Trump has attended the dinner in both 2016 and 2020, while Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden - albeit online - also attended when running for president. Dolan, the Archbishop of New York City, said he was 'disappointed' in Harris' decision to instead campaign...

Watch the handler in the striped shirt help senile Joe keep from getting lost. (I wonder if he was the guy in the bunny suit?)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) denied a report that claimed she said Michigan — a key swing state — was lost after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday. Whitmer posted on X, “Anyone who claims I would say that we can’t win Michigan is full of #$#_. Let’s go.” Politico’s Jonathan Martin reported Monday that Whitmer called Biden campaign chair Jennifer O’Malley Dillon on Friday to say she was not behind any chatter of her replacing Biden, but she also said that Michigan was no longer winnable for Biden.

Israel has lost effective sovereignty in the northern part of the country, thanks to constant Hezbollah projectile fire that has led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of Israelis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. The Times of Israel reported: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Israel “has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes.” In an on-stage interview at the Brookings Institution, Blinken reiterates his belief that Israel does not want a war in Lebanon, but admits that “they may well...

Chris Wallace, the moderator of the sole debate between President Biden and President Trump in 2020, said that lost the presidency due to his performance that night. Biden and Trump will face off against each other Thursday in a CNN-hosted debate in Atlanta. “I actually think it was one of the most consequential presidential debates in history,” Wallace said Wednesday on “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on CNN. “I actually think Donald Trump lost the presidency in that debate by his performance. He dropped about 4 or 5 points. He never regained it.” Wallace, who worked at Fox News in...

Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) division lost $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2024, which adds up to a $132,000 loss for each of the 10,000 EVs sold. Sales of Ford EVs also plunged by 20 percent compared to last year, and “its revenue plunged 84% to about $100 million, which Ford attributed mostly to price cuts for EVs across the industry.” Ford expects losses on its Model e to hit $5 billion by the end of the year. More: The losses go far beyond the cost of building and selling those 10,000 cars, according to Ford. Instead the losses...

As turmoil continues within the House Republican caucus, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” and weighed in on that turmoil and the decisions his successor, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), is facing. According to the former California lawmaker, the beginning of the end for Republicans came when Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) led his ouster last year.

Jenna Bush Hager is remembering an unexpected family vacation she took after her grandfather George H.W. Bush lost the 1992 presidential election. On Tuesday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, the hosts were joined by actor Joel McHale to play a game called “Hot Takes.” One topic, cruises, brought up some old memories for Bush Hager, 42. After McHale, 52, admitted to going on a themed cruise as a child, Bush Hager chimed in to share her own experience, saying, “I actually did go on the Disney Cruise with my grandparents" — although she added that they didn't realize...

Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report revealed President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information, indicating a pattern of carelessness dating back to at least 2010. The report highlighted a significant cognitive decline in Biden, making his handling of classified materials politically damaging. “Classified information of any kind may only be reviewed or discussed in secured locations, and never in a public place such as on a train,” Cynthia Hogan wrote. “The [classified briefing] books must remain in your custody, or that of your cleared staff, at all times unless they are in your safe. Classified material must be returned to your...

Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that his reelection shows the Republicans demonizing groups of people is not a winning strategy. Anchor Kate Bolduan said, “Governor, when you hear people say that your reelection and the way you ran your campaign provides a blueprint for how Democrats should being elsewhere and across the country. Do you agree?”