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Oscar Wilde wrote that “moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” Justice Arthur Engoron took that line to heart with his absurd imposition of $455 million in fines and interest against Donald Trump and his corporation. ... Engoron then combined that unprecedented application with an equally extraordinary penalty, which is greater than the gross national product of some countries. He disgorged hundreds of millions in a case where not one dollar was lost by anyone. Indeed, the “victims” wanted to get more business from Trump and are now being prevented from doing so by Engoron. ... Nothing succeeds...

If an administration deliberately wished to cause havoc on the border, to ensure fuel was nearly unaffordable, to create a crime wave, to spark 1970s hyperinflation, and to rekindle racial tensions, what would it have done differently than what President Joe Biden has done? So is Biden malicious, incompetent, or a wannabe left-wing ideologue? When pressed about inflation and fuel price hikes, Biden either blames someone or something else, gets mad at the questioner, or claims former President Donald Trump did it. His administration apparently believes things are going well and according to plan. When polls disagree, his team either...

Small-business owners have been hit particularly hard by additional security and repair costs SAN FRANCISCO—Terry Asten Bennett’s family has been running Cliff’s Variety Store since 1936. In all that time, they’ve never experienced the amount of burglaries and property damage that they have recently, Ms. Bennett said. Thieves smashed a display window and broke down a door to steal items as small as spray paint, and people shattered glass doors on two occasions for no apparent reason.

‘Oh my gosh! It’s so bad and they’re defunding police’ Ghoulish behavior from CNN's Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo laughing about and mocking the rising crime in major U.S. cities, defunding the police, taking down statues, and erasing the Founders from our history. https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1280685148611248128  

Victory! Court Orders Hillary Clinton Deposition on Emails and Benghazi Attack Documents Government’s Record-Keeping Failures Risks Lives, Costs Billions Chicago Leaders Defend Freeing Illegal Alien to Sexually Assault Toddler Progressive Policy Drives Rising Crime in New York Victory! Court Orders Hillary Clinton Deposition on Emails and Benghazi Attack Documents We’ve been in court for years over Hillary Clinton’s emails — as you know, we are persistent for justice. The great news is that U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth has granted our request to depose the former secretary of state about her emails and Benghazi attack documents. The...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 31 (Reuters) - South Africa has declared an amnesty on illegal guns in its latest drive to tackle the high level of violent crime, the South African Press Association reported on Friday. The three-month amnesty, due to start in October but delayed to allow more planning, will run from Jan. 1 to March 31. People may hand in unlicensed guns free from prosecution unless the gun is found to have been used to commit a crime, SAPA quoted a security ministry statement as saying. Since democratic elections in 1994 marked the end of apartheid, the high level of...