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Let’s face it, the Democratic Party got off track. Back in the late ’90s, President Bill Clinton had approval ratings in the 70s as the party stood for a form of centrist progressivism. It meant finding a vital center in which the party looked to give people in need a helping hand but required people take responsibility for their own actions. That meant the adoption of policies like Pell Grants that required a B average or work requirements for welfare or a balanced budget. The economy soared. But the left fought these policies, and gradually they regained more and more...

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill claimed Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump couldn’t “put three sentences together about his policies.” McCaskill said, “Kamala Harris has been in public life for a long time. Kamala Harris has set out her positions on some very important issues like housing and affordability issues and food and groceries. She has certainly stated her policies on how important the climate change issue is. And, by the way, she has been very clear about what her position is in reproductive health freedom.”

A Texas Whataburger employee was fired Wednesday for refusing to serve two police officers in what the company is describing as an appalling incident. Officers Michael Magovern and Cameron Beckham were working off-duty security at a construction site on I-35 early Wednesday morning when they decided to stop at the restaurant in Lewisville, FOX 26 reports. Magovern said before he could even place his order, the man behind the counter told him “We don’t serve police officers.” The two officers decided to leave and went and got food at Dairy Queen instead. "We were appalled to hear of an employee...

Americans are bracing for a summer of racial disturbances around the country, such as those that have wracked Baltimore, with African Americans and whites deeply divided about why the urban violence has occurred, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found. A resounding 96% of adults surveyed said it was likely there would be additional racial disturbances this summer, a signal that Americans believe Baltimore’s recent problems aren’t a local phenomenon but instead are symptomatic of broader national problems. When asked to explain recent events in Baltimore and other cities that have seen confrontations between police and members of...

Chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust Lord Greville Janner has welcomed news at the weekend that British police have launched their biggest-ever investigation into Nazi war criminals who found refuge in Britain after World War Two. The breakthrough has come with the decision to allow officers from the anti-terrorist branch to examine patient records held by the National Health Service to determine how many of the 7,100 SS troops permitted to Britain after the war are still alive. According to the Sunday Telegraph here, all those identified - estimated to be about 1,200 people will be investigated, either as possible...