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From media claims that we are a hopelessly divided country to ceaseless personal attacks on the presidential candidates’ characters and track records, it’s not surprising that most folks believe the American electorate is more polarized than ever. A closer look at the two parties’ respective platforms, however, reveals a story of a homogeneous citizenry, and a nation unified in its temperament and values. Political polarization oscillates back and forth depending on various social and political factors, both domestic and international. Since the mid-2000s, the Democratic and Republican parties have tended in opposite directions along the political spectrum on a variety...

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he’s not a huge fan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “over the last month, he’s gone against world opinion and American opinion on a whole range of issues, and he’s been absolutely right” in a way that has “served world peace” by weakening terrorist groups, and so those calling for him to declare victory in the wake of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should accept they don’t have the same intelligence as Israel and Netanyahu has “been making some right calls over the last...

If you want a good laugh, CNN, a far-left propaganda outlet that spreads conspiracy theories and political violence, had an “opinion” section at CNN-dot-com (I don’t link fake news). Can you believe that? Yes, CNNLOL was so wedded to the ludicrous fantasy there was a separation between its “””””news””””” and “opinion,” that it wasted money creating this opinion section. CNN’s ratings sinking like a stone. https://t.co/WySz4DbcJK — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) June 5, 2021 Well, the delusion is over. CNN has announced an end to the ludicrous fantasy. CNN Opinion is no more. And I mean “CNN Opinion” is no more....

As a political observer and sometimes activist, I am accustomed to others' efforts to label their opponents. This is standard practice for politicians and the media, who know that disparaging the proponents of ideas they do not like is a way to avoid debate. A recent disparagement is a claim that I support and am a leader in something called “Christian Nationalism,” a made-up label that conflicts with biblical teaching. Our primary identity as believers is as a member in the Body of Christ. This is an expression of plurality, with each person being a unique part of the Body,...

@tsarnick Elon Musk says there is no evidence of aliens and we are probably alone

The editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland told readers that critical coverage of Donald Trump was necessary despite their objections. “The north star here is truth,” Chris Quinn wrote in a letter from the editor on Saturday. “We tell the truth, even when it offends some of the people who pay us for information.” “The truth is that Donald Trump undermined faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency,” he continued. “He sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. No president in our history has done worse. This is...

It is often brushed aside as conspiracy theory. But call it Deep State, reincarnated Illuminati, or the New World Order, it is becoming increasingly evident that extremely powerful and invisible networks are trying to influence how global events unfold. Whether it is a farmers’ protest in India’s Punjab or defending the police and pushing underage gender surgeries in the US to opposing narcotics control legislations in Uganda, there is always shadowy funding and publicity through NGOs, academia and chosen media outlets. The Narendra Modi government has banned more than 20,000 NGOs. These were siphoning off money, dodging foreign currency regulations,...

I'm beginning to wonder if the story of the Iranian Hitman going after Trump cabinet members is not just front running a CIA/FBI setup. The FBI tracked down grandma from a 5 second video shot but can't find a hitman with a picture and history. Are they just setting up a story or an excuse when something happens later? I believe Hoover had the lead in the Kennedy assassination with CIA and Mob support. Hoover was going to get fired by Robert and John was going to dash the CIA into a thousand pieces. The Mob was still smarting from...

Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel Robert K. Hur’s classified documents report, the rest of us have a different problem: the “elderly.” Older people themselves aren’t the issue, but the way we talk about them is. We must change the language our society uses to describe older adults. Read more: Calmes: Will that special counsel report light a fire under Biden the Elderly? Among the ageist stereotypes in Hur’s characterization of Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a...

Joe Biden is incapable of assuring voters he can handle another presidential term, his team has 'no plan' on how to deal with his senile behavior, and he should simply 'not be running for re-election,' according to New York Times authors. Anxieties from the liberal Times' Editorial Board and opinion writers show how worried they are that ailing Biden may not be able to beat 'bad man' Donald Trump this year. The back-to-back opinion pieces knifing the elderly president, 81, over the weekend comes after a Justice Department report ripped into his handling of classified documents and portrayed him as...

Never in my adulthood have I witnessed a more dire prognosis for a presidential election. I’m watching with abject horror as former president and sentient pumpkin-colored boat shoe Donald Trump clears the path to coast back into the White House — and it doesn’t feel like there’s a thing we can do about it. Mirroring his unlikely victory in 2016, Trump is toppling his field of competitors one by one. Tim Scott bounced in November and channeled his inner Stephen from “Django Unchained” to endorse him a couple weeks ago and Vivek Ramaswamy got out of his way in the...

Carbon dioxide does not cause climate change No gas causes warming COMMENTARY By James T. Moodey Wednesday, July 12, 2023 OPINION: The green movement’s climate-change scheme is based upon the false notion that carbon dioxide and other gases cause global warming. They do not. We don’t have to guess about this. We have empirical and scientific proof. I owned a Weights and Measures gas-physics test-and-repair facility and conducted tests. We learned gas physics from engineers at factories that manufacture gas-physics instruments. A card so good, our experts signed up personally A card so good, our experts signed up personally Paid...

Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed before Wednesday’s Judiciary Committee hearing that allegations leveled by IRS whistleblowers against the Justice Department’s investigation into Hunter Biden are only “opinion” and not fact. “Whistleblowers are lying to us under oath — those whistleblowers are lying?” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) questioned Garland. “Their description of the process, Congressman, is an opinion, not a fact question,” he replied.

The late Great Walter Williams makes it quite clear that he believed the South had a right to secede.

In the days ahead, it should be borne in mind that in 1923 the federal government, with the exception of war widows, did not pay the personal living expenses of non-federal persons and their families. People back then worked to get the things and services they desired, and America was the greatest nation on Earth thanks to their efforts. WHY WE MUST FIGHT I believe the Democrats did not raise the maximum debt authorization amount when they controlled the House, Senate and White House (and had the absolute ability to do so) because they wanted to play their previously succcessful...

Journalist Glenn Greenwald has highlighted how a new Harris-Harvard poll, which has been covered practically nowhere in the mainstream media, displays how Americans hold almost wholly opposite opinions to liberal corporate media narratives.A newly released Harris-Harvard poll conclusively demonstrates how radically out of touch is liberal corporate media with the views of Americans. It's not just that corporate media rejects Americans' views. They don't permit those views to be heard.https://t.co/Lor6QSUnl6 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 21, 2023Greenwald noted that majorities of Americans consider ‘Russian collusion’ as a false story, and believe the Hunter Biden laptop story was never ‘misinformation’, despite...

That day started out like any other. The morning hustle and bustle of modern people living in a modern age began as they boarded their motorized chariots and underwent the hellish voyage into the urban sprawl amidst a sea of red lights. Tens of thousands of their fellow citizens made their way to each of their respective livelihoods, all thinking today was likely to be identical to the day before. The normalcy bias of the modern era was not so much indicative of the lack of perspective this generation held too, but that the overload of daily information made it...

The Kremlin and its agents have many explanations and justifications for the invasion of Ukraine. Those depend on the target audience: when they address the far-left, they swear by anti-colonialism. When they talk to the far-right, they speak about “wokeism” and traditional values. When they turn to Europeans, they claim the US is exploiting the continent and that Washington provoked the war. When they move to the Middle East, they speak about the invasion of Iraq and the “Western Crusades”. When they look at Africa, they pretend that Russia did not colonise swaths of the Asian continent. The list goes...

Looking at the bloodbath Budweiser has recently taken, I believe boycotts could be weaponized by the American people to effectively influence and alter the direction were heading. We've got the power. Just ask Budweiser. Being creative and focusing on specific targets, I believe boycotts could be a very effective powerful political tool. And we all hold the power to enforce these actions.