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John Bolton, during a recent appearance on CNN, argued that Republicans should not back former President Donald Trump in 2024, as he could be a “convicted felon” by the 2024 Republican primary convention, and it would look bad for the Republican Party. Bolton, who is anti-Trump but served as Trump’s national security adviser, said he would ask Republican voters, “Do you really want to vote for Donald Trump even if you don’t mind voting for a convicted felon for President?”

Following the suspension of Donald Trump, Twitter has taken its place as a dishonest publisher acting in the interests of establishment and media political figures. Enough whining- it’s time for conservatives and those who support democratic debate with integrity to build free speech platforms such as Gab, Parler and Minds.

Spoiler alert: If you’re a rich Miami parent and you just got a text message, it’s about where Ivanka Trump’s kids are going to go to school. We’re told that after Page Six revealed that Trump and husband Jared Kushner bought land on exclusive Indian Creek and plan to move their family there after they leave Washington, DC, locals are frantically working up Robert Mueller-esque theories about the subject.

After news came out about mass layoffs at HuffPost, Buzzfeed and Gannett -- in the midst of the media's relentless smear-job against the Covington Catholic students -- right-wing Twitter had a field day. Tons of leftist journalists announced they were laid off on Twitter and the top meme was telling them to "learn to code" -- which is the same advice the media gave middle Americans whose jobs are being taken in traditional industries. Talia Levin, who was hired by Media Matters last year after being fired by the New Yorker for smearing an ICE agent as a Nazi because...

Thomas Gibson has been fired from “Criminal Minds” following an on-set fight. “Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from ‘Criminal Minds,'” ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios said in a joint statement Friday. “Creative details for how the character’s exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date.” Gibson, 54, was initially suspended for two episodes of the CBS series after a physical altercation with co-executive producer and writer Virgil Williams two weeks ago. On Friday, Gibson told Page Six in a statement, “I love ‘Criminal Minds’ and have put my heart and soul into it...

We have surrendered our most primary weapon - our minds Back in ‘86 I saw Oliver Stone’s graphically intense ‘Platoon’. It was opening in a brand new theater with a screaming sound system that made you feel as though you were in the center of the battle. Sitting right across the aisle were two well-dressed, young, absolutely moronic parents who had their son sitting between them. He could not have been more than five. Stone’s ultra-intense Vietnam War masterpiece had the audience thoroughly keyed up. Roaring artillery and wholesale slaughter were coming from every direction without warning. The poor little...

Friday is poll day in Israel, and the polls show that Israelis are siding with their Prime Minister, and spitting in the face of President Obama. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party reached the top spot in a Panels Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post and its Hebrew sister newspaper, Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua, on Thursday for the first time since Labor and Hatnua joined forces on December 10 to create the Zionist Union. The poll found that the Likud would win 25 seats, the Zionist Union 24, Bayit Yehudi 14, the Joint Arab List 12, Yesh Atid 11,...

Is your man a RINO? Does he have that awful stench that says, “Open Borders?” Has he aspired to a higher public office, but has yet been able to get over the hump because of his nasty policies on illegal immigration? If you’re a woman that’s stuck with a man like that, then there’s only one thing you can do. You need a bottle of Deport, cologne by Adam LeDouche, designed specifically to cover up the awful odor of RINOs. “This is a one-of-a-kind cologne,” claims LeDouche. “Its musty, woody fragrance covers up the ‘I’m for open borders’ scent. Splash...

New state legislation that seeks to ensure the accomplishments of gays are accurately reflected in California’s classrooms is causing fresh controversy here in Alameda, where the school district’s efforts to put anti-gay bullying lessons in place at elementary schools pitted local religious conservatives against gay-led families and their allies. Last week, several Alameda residents told The Island they got an e-mail from a group called Committee to Change AUSD School District urging them to contact members of the state Senate’s Education Committee and request that they vote against SB 48, a bill from Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, that would...

(CNN) -- Niko Mushi hated rats, as did most people in his village near Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro -- until he learned the critters had a nose for land mines. Mushi, 32, has been working with giant African pouched rats for almost seven years. He now enjoys their company -- "They're just like my friend," he says -- but he concedes he was skeptical when the man who conceived the idea for HeroRats first told him they could sniff out live ordnance. "I thought maybe he was making some jokes," Mushi said. "I was amazed that rats could do such a...

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan – An updated Taliban code of conduct urges fighters to avoid killing civilians and forbids them from seizing weapons and money, a directive aimed at winning hearts and minds of Afghans also being courted by international forces. But the document declares that people working for international forces or the Afghan government are "supporters of the infidels" and can be killed. .. ... "All efforts must be made to avoid harming civilians in attacks," said the booklet, which the insurgent said began circulating in Afghanistan 10 days ago. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being...

Students at the Asya school in the Hurriyah neighborhood of northwest Baghdad wait in line to receive school supplies from Iraq Army Soldiers, Jan 14. (U.S. Department of Defense photo) BAGHDAD — Some consider building trust in a relationship to be a cornerstone for sustaining through tough times. Another part of a successful relationship is cooperation between both parties to achieve a common goal. For the Iraqi Army Soldiers of the 6th IA Division, Jan. 14 was a chance to lay the foundation for future success with local Iraqi citizens as the combined forces delivered school supplies to students at...

Statements made in the media can surreptitiously plant distortions in the minds of millions. Learning to recognize two commonly used fallacies can help you separate fact from fiction In 2003 nearly half of all Americans falsely assumed that the U.S. government had found solid evidence for a link between Iraq and al Qaeda. What is more, almost a quarter of us believed that investigators had all but confirmed the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a 2003 report by the University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes and Knowledge Networks, a polling and market research...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2008 – Folks in the Lone Star State are doing their part to help troops in Iraq and Afghanistan win hearts and minds with “Victory Boxes.” A U.S. servicemember helps a boy in Tikrit, Iraq, try on a new pair of shoes he received in a package from the Victory Box organization. Shoes are Victory Box's most requested item. Photo courtesy of Victory Box  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “Our mission is to actively engage the American people to assist our military by having them send a servicemember a Victory Box containing goods needed by...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2007 – A Maryland group is using its favorite game to positively affect combat-wounded veterans who served in Afghanistan or Iraq. Members of the Salute Military Golf Association believe the rehabilitative benefits of golf can improve the mental and physical condition of wounded servicemembers returning from combat, Jim Estes, the group’s founder, said on the organization’s Web site. “The SMGA believes that every (servicemember) matters and should be given the opportunity to learn and improve his or her golf knowledge and skill,” he said. “The SMGA will provide a venue and mentoring to this end.” Earlier...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2007 – The general in charge of detainee operations in Iraq is working to understand the mindset of extremist terrorist detainees and cultivate a different way of thinking in dealing with them in what he calls “the battlefield of the mind.” “I'm here to determine if a detainee is an imperative security risk,” Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone said today in an interview with online journalists and “bloggers.” “If he is a risk, then I'm going to reduce that risk, and I'm going to replace that destructive ideology. “Interrogation is absolutely vital,” he explained from Baghdad. “I’ve...

Britain losing 'hearts and minds' in Afghanistan By David Harrison, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:07am BST 22/07/2007 Britain faces a critical 18 months in Afghanistan and may need to send troops in US-style "surges" to defeat the Taliban, a senior Foreign Office official has warned. British troops are losing the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan He said that British troops were losing the battle for "hearts and minds" because of rising civilian casualties and war damage. The official, who has worked for a long time in Afghanistan, told The Sunday Telegraph: "The next 18 months will be crucial....

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2007 – “Operation Give” is working to help the military win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. “Our philosophy is that we want to be part of a solution, a solution of helping the soldiers build a bridge and build that bond with the people,” Paul Holton, the group’s founder, said. “Winning the hearts and minds is a difficult task.” Operation Give is a member of America Supports You, a Defense Department program that connects citizens and corporations with members of the military and their families at home and abroad. The group was founded...

HUSAYBA — Navy Seaman Samuel L. Blanco is a healer. The hospital corpsman, geared up in layers of body armor, has a bag of tricks he carries that heals not just bumps and bruises, scrapes and cuts, but also relations and trust between Americans and local Iraqis. During a Sept. 23 patrol with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Blanco provided health care for dozens of Iraqi villagers. “From an American view, it gives us a sense of pride to know that Iraqis would come to us,” said Blanco, a 26-year-old from Justin, Texas, assigned to Weapons Company. He said less...

U.S. Army Maj. Jeremy Beauchamp, battalion surgeon, 1st Battalion 68th Civil Affairs Regiment, holds up an x-ray of an Iraqi boy's head that shows a bullet lodged in his brain during a Medical Civil Action Project in Tahrir, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Paul J. Harris Winning Hearts, Minds With a Medical Project U.S. and Iraqi soldiers conduct a Medical Civil Action Project in the town of Tahrir, Iraq. By U.S. Army Pfc. Paul J. Harris TAHRIR, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2006 -- With tears welling up, a little Iraqi girl reacts to receiving a shot...