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Lefty California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday refused to chalk up the MAGA movement to just “racism and misogyny” — while hailing conservative kingpin Steve Bannon. Newsom, appearing on his podcast with former Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, listened as the Minnesota governor pondered whether MAGA figures are motivated by racism and sexism. “How do we put some of those guys back under a rock?” Walz asked during an episode of “This Is Gavin Newsom” while boasting about how “I could kick most of their ***.” The Democrat from California argued that it’s important “to first understand what their...

In his recent show, “The White House vs. Tucker Carlson,” Ben Shapiro worries that Republicans may be overplaying their hands by appearing to the media as in solidarity with January 6 defendants still imprisoned. To Shapiro, incentives among some Republicans threaten to become “misaligned” as a result of the footage Tucker Carlson released from January 6; the anger from many in the base who feel they’ve been directly and repeatedly lied to, which Shapiro empathizes with, is politically dangerous insofar as it risks making the 2024 election an referendum on January 6. He singles out, for example, Marjorie Taylor Greene,...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he was “sobbing” as he watched the Jan 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol happen, according to a new book. In Atlantic journalist’s Mark Leibovich’s new book, “Thank You For Your Servitude,” Ryan said he felt “disturbed” about what was taking place in a building in which he spend most of his political life, according to CNN. “I spent my whole adult life in that building,” Ryan told Leibovich in the book. “And I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail – I’m still friends with a...

Radical social justice activists have been successful in advancing social engineering in segments of our society that would comply with their unattainable pursuit of a societal Utopia.Gone from the college campus, late-night talk shows, and recent movies is humor based on the differences between communities, etc.NASCAR, The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is the most recent organization to bend its collective knees to the “woke”, antiracist mob.They have just ordered driver Denny Hamlin to attend sensitivity training after he posted a video on Twitter.In a now-deleted tweet, Hamlin posted a “Family Guy” clip, which depicts an Asian woman...

OTTAWA — Canada will unveil retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. goods on Tuesday after Washington moved to impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will make the formal announcement at 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT), her office said. Ottawa said last month it would impose sanctions on C$3.6 billion worth of U.S. aluminum and products containing aluminum. “We will be taking action to counter the unjust tariffs put on Canadian aluminum by the United States,” Trudeau told reporters before a Cabinet retreat in Ottawa. Canada, like Mexico, sends...