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It’s not a secret that many conservatives have qualms about Fox News. That’s not to say their primetime lineup isn’t still largely appealing, specifically Tucker Carlson’s top-rated show, but past editorial and hiring decisions have left some scratching their heads.In that current media environment, conservative alternatives like Newsmax and One American News Network have emerged, with the former gaining the most success recently. Meanwhile, OANN is battling behind the scenes to gain an advantage over Fox News, but they may have pushed things too far, if a new report is any indication.According to The Washington Free Beacon, OANN has been...

Back in June, media outlets looking to find racial bigotry in America promoted a story of a basketball game in Coronado, California. The media posted video of the incident, in which two students tossed tortillas into the air, which a local CBS outlet called a “disturbing moment.” The media presented the story as the tortillas being thrown by Coronado students at their Orange Glen opponents, described as “mostly Hispanic.” The video shows a tense situation even before the tortillas are thrown, yet it is explained that the tortillas sparked the outrage.

Fearful Americans and overconfident Chinese both believe that China is an unstoppable economic juggernaut “rising” across the Pacific—and poised to displace the U.S. The Chinese government’s willingness to court international condemnation over its violent subjugation of Hong Kong and the Trump administration’s efforts to limit Chinese access to U.S. technology and research universities can both be understood as consequences of this shared belief. Anything is possible. Yet the likelier outcome is that China’s relative economic power will soon hit its zenith before entering a sustained period of decline. American officials should be more sanguine about their global position, while their...

I've always thought the only way to get the Longhorns and Aggies on the football field again was through a bowl game. To the uninitiated, Texas and Texas A&M had a bitter rivalry for more than a century but A&M switched to the better-paying Southeastern Conference and Texas has refused to schedule a football game against them ever since. Accusations have been hurled in both directions but the most salient stems from the day ESPN showed up in Austin and asked the Longhorns if they wanted their own national sports channel. Well, who wouldn't? Texas gets paid zillions of Disney...

During his state visit to Russia earlier this month, President Xi Jinping of China effusively hailed President Vladimir Putin of Russia as his “best friend and colleague.” Putin, not to be outdone, replied by affirming his personal respect for Xi, and suggested that Sino-Russian relations have progressed not only to an “unprecedentedly high level” in recent years, but are now increasingly based on a “truly comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction.” But whatever Putin means by “strategic interaction,” and despite the undeniable progress in Sino-Russian relations over the past decade, it is easy to fall into the trap of exaggerating what...

Let's get ready to RUMBLE!118th Army-Navy Football Game from Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA. CBS, 3:00EST/12:00PST

Senator John McCain has fired another volley in his war of words with President Donald Trump, claiming that his fellow Republican lacks “principles and beliefs” and simply “takes advantage of situations.” McCain has not hidden his distaste for Trump since the businessman launched his campaign for the White House, and that has led to regular, often personal, attacks from the president. McCain’s latest shots took aim at Trump’s Republican credentials. ...

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Army will be looking to snap a 12-game losing streak to Navy when the two service academies meet for the 115th time Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. CBS will broadcast the game at 2 p.m. Central, with live streaming available at CBSSports.com. The Black Knights are 4-7 this season, while the Midshipmen are 6-5. Here are five things you might not know about the Army-Navy rivalry:1. Few major-college rivalries are older Among rivalries between FBS schools, only three are older than Army vs. Navy, which was first played on Nov. 29, 1890. Only North Carolina-Wake Forest (Oct. 18,...

The First Lady reportedly believed that Mr Emmanuel's willingness to cut backroom deals during the battle over health care reform was tainting Barack Obama's image as a new kind of American leader. The Obamas paints a picture of a presidential inner circle divided between Mrs Obama's idealistic belief in what the administration could achieve and the grittier pragmatism of Mr Emmanuel. The book, written by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, claims that the chief of staff refused to allow the president's wife into high-level morning meetings, leading a brooding Mrs Obama to berate other senior advisers by email. She...

Will Sarah Palin’s intensifying rivalry with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) cause the former Alaska governor to run for president? The first female Republican vice presidential nominee clearly believes she is the one who has paid the heavy dues by bearing the brunt of the “liberal elite” attacks to help build the tea party, social conservative wing of the GOP. Palin’s bus tour had some of the hallmarks of a primal scream: “I built this constituency, not Bachmann, not anyone else,” she said. Looking at it through her eyes, she has a point. But in 1932, former New York Gov. Al...

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Those words to the left were lifted straight from a journal entry written at 2 a.m. on the April night the good doctor broke the rules. He broke another one, too, a few hours before, admitting a critical patient at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital without first directing him through the emergency room at University Hospital, according to protocol. Steve Call, an attending physician at the Huntsman that night, received a phone message at 7 p.m. from another doctor about a cancer patient who was in dire condition. The doctor asked if his patient could come in directly. Call relented, although...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2009 – In a Soviet-era aircraft hangar here, a rivalry born during the Battle of the Red River is still alive and well. But now that energy is supporting the Afghan people. Air Force Maj. Tobin Griffeth, an avid University of Texas fan, and Air Force Capt. Katie Illingworth, a University of Oklahoma alum, created a personal game honoring the two schools' annual football rivalry, which every year is the talk of the two bordering states. Air Force Maj. Tobin Griffeth, left, and Air Force Capt. Katie Illingworth are using the hotly contested football rivalry...

Seriously, what is it with Republican daughters? If it's not Julie (Nixon) insisting that her father was not some weirdo liar and thief, then it's Meghan and Bristol gloriously re-enacting a kind of Montague v Capulet spat, even after the elders have long laid down their batons. Best of all, what are these lovely ladies actually fighting about? Sex! Never let it be said that the conservative right is as obsessed with women's sexuality as the Muslim fundamentalists, from whom they claim to be defending the rest of the world. Twenty-four year old Meghan McCain, who is everything that one...

Tribal rivalry 'limits al-Qa'eda terror plans' By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor Last Updated: 1:54am BST 23/04/2008 The mountainous region of Pakistan where al-Qa'eda's core leaders are believed to have regrouped is so riven by tribal conflict that it cannot be an effective base for waging global terrorism, according to a new study. Terrorism experts questioned the study's analysis, arguing that if Waziristan was such an unfavourable haven, then 'core al-Qa'eda' would not have chosen to remain there Al-Qa'eda's central figures, possibly including Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, his Egyptian deputy, are thought to have taken refuge in North and...

I've never posted a live thread before and I did put it in front page news since it was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal as well as the Kansas City Star and I'm sure papers around the midwest. The fun starts tonight at pep rallys. The gates of the parking lot at Arrowhead Stadium open at 9 a.m. tomorrow and as my nephew, who is a reporter for the Lawrence Journal World told us this morning at his grandpa's funeral, the drinking will start then. This is huge in this part of the country.

The talks are on Kashmir and security issues Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the peace process between his country and India could "change the destiny of South Asia". He was speaking after the first of two days of talks between the two countries in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Mr Aziz said that negotiations with India could result in the resolution of all outstanding disputes. The talks come days after the regional rivals held discussions for the first time on fighting terrorism together. The nations began peace moves in 2004 but progress has been slow. 'Right direction' "The...

'The Game' draws near one day away. Easton and Phillipsburg's football teams are more than ready to rumble in No. 100 at Fisher Stadium. Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By MICHAEL BLOUSE The Express-Times Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The countdown for the historic 100th football game between Easton Area and Phillipsburg high schools is at one day. "We've been waiting for so long for this game to get here," Easton senior captain Connor Moore said. "We've been waiting ever since the Thanksgiving Day game ended last year. It seemed like forever, but it's finally arrived." "At the start of the season,"...

Police Say Boy Poked Other Team With Thumbtack LAYTON, Utah -- A 15-year-old high school football player faces simple assault charges for putting a thumbtack in his glove before shaking hands and high-fiving players from a rival school, authorities said. The student was kicked off the team following the incident, which happened Thursday after a game against Davis High School. The student's name has not been released. "This was a young man who made a very immature decision," said Layton High School Assistant Principal Dee Burton. Several members of the Davis team were jabbed with the tack, said Layton Police...