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The MAGA rioter who put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk has been arrested along with a man who brought 11 Molotov cocktails, two handguns and an assault rifle to the Capitol on Wednesday. The DoJ announced on a call with reporters on Friday afternoon that 15 people had been charged including Richard Barnett, 60, who was seen putting his feet on Speaker Pelosi's desk and leaving a threatening note on it on Wednesday. Barnett, who proudly referred to himself as a white nationalist on social media, was charged with unlawful entry. He was taken into custody at his...

This week it was revealed that at least 40 veterans died while waiting to see doctors in the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system. The 40 were part of over 1,000 sick vets forced to wait months to get an appointment for treatment. This occurred despite rules setting 30 days as the maximum wait time. Newly appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell characterized the deaths as “unfortunate, but perhaps unavoidable. Let’s not forget that the vast majority of those who died were old men. Old men die. No matter what kind of medical treatment they might...

They wore the uniforms of the oil companies for whom they drove trucks or repaired our cars, their hands bore the stained callous of a lifetime's hard work. Their scent was that of grease, gasoline, paint and tobacco, either Lucky Strikes, Homemade cigars or Red Man chew; their faces were creased by a life outside, and they bore a variety of alterations to their stance, gait, stride or posture that declared a history familiar with hard work. Their smiles were quick but spare; the laugh was as unique as were their life stories, and when they spoke, the vocabulary was...

The Hillary Curse continues. Everyone knows of the Curse of the Bambino foisted on long suffering Boston Red Sox fans until finally vanquished in 2004. I've been tracking The Hillary Curse. What is that, you may ask? Well, ever since the voters of New York saw fit to alect Hillary Clinton as their Senator in 2000, no New York professional team has won any championship. Yep, go check for yourselves. Not the vaunted Yankees, Mets, Rangers, Knicks, Jets or Giants have won the ultimate prize; God's little payback for the b*itch. Tonight, 2 days after the Democratic convention in Buffalo,...

They wore the uniforms of the oil companies for whom they drove trucks or repaired our cars, their hands bore the stained callous of a lifetime's hard work. Their scent was that of grease, gasoline, paint and tobacco, either Lucky Strikes, Homemade cigars or Red Man chew; their faces were creased by a life outside, and they bore a variety of alterations to their stance, gait, stride or posture that declared a history familiar with hard work. Their smiles were quick but spare; the laugh was as unique as were their life stories, and when they spoke, the vocabulary was...

Narrow majority say no to EU membershipFor the first time since last fall there is now a narrow majority against Norwegian membership of the EU.A survey made by Sentio for the newspapers Nationen, Klassekampen and Dagen shows that 45.1 per cent would vote no, while 43.3 are in favour, and 11.6 per cent are undecided.It is the first time since last August that the survey shows a majority against EU membership for Norway, and it is the highest no-percentage in three years.Both among women and in the country districts there is a clear majority against membership, according to the poll.