The man behind the viral working-class anthem "Rich Men North of Richmond” is speaking out about his newfound fame. For starters, in a Thursday Facebook post, he said his real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford -- with Oliver Anthony actually being his grandfather. He picked the name as a "dedication...

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A Hawaii electric utility company is facing scrutiny after one of the most devastating wildfires in American history caused more than 100 fatalities on the island of Maui. Hawaiian Electric discussed wildfire mitigation efforts after an unusually severe fire season in 2019, but instead opted to focus its efforts on...

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President Joe Biden made a remark on Wednesday about kids and ice cream, but the comment gave many social media users the shivers -- and not in a good way. The occasion was a White House event marking the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. “I want to say...

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Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke for the first time Wednesday regarding former President Donald Trump's latest indictment in Georgia. While speaking at the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit in Indianapolis, Pence said the 2020 election "was not stolen" in the Peach State. “Despite what the former president...

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Multi-billionaires continue to fund the party of so-called "democracy." In fact, if "democracy" requires it, they might even try to sabotage the other party's primary. On Thursday, the New York Post reported that multi-billionaire Barry Diller, founder of Fox Broadcasting Group and USA Broadcasting and senior executive of IAC and...

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Things just keep getting worse for Bud Light. It has now been four months since the Anheuser-Busch InBev beer brand partnered with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney for a promo that generated a massive backlash from its existing customer base. The backlash resulted in the dismissal of the executives who were...

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If the state of Georgia wants to send former President Donald Trump to prison for, in part, telling his followers to watch a TV show, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff could be going to the slammer for a millennium. Hyperbole, sure --...

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Former President Donald Trump could request that his trial be transferred from Georgia to a federal court in a move just crazy enough to work. On Monday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicted the leading GOP candidate in the 2024 presidential race on 13 counts, including one charge of...

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Tax charges against Hunter Biden were dismissed on Thursday afternoon by a federal judge in Delaware. According to The Hill, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika dismissed the charges, which were part of a previous ill-fated plea bargain, after federal prosecutor David Weiss filed a motion to dismiss last week and...

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There's a reason former President Donald Trump's supporters love him so much. There's a reason thousands of them will brave the weather and stand in line for hours just to hear him speak. There's a reason Trump's poll numbers keep going up despite four criminal indictments and a possible prison...

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Someone really ought to tell members of President Joe Biden's administration that, when Harry Truman coined the phrase "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen," it was an exhortation for political functionaries to steel themselves -- not a piece of career advice. Apparently, that lesson was...

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The pilot of an airplane that took off from Miami and was bound for South America died on Monday after he collapsed following takeoff. According to the U.K.’s Independent, Captain Ivan Andaur began feeling unwell several hours into a flight from South Florida that was scheduled to land in Santiago,...

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A Nigerian athlete is playing American football at the highest level of the sport -- after discovering it just about five years ago. Denver Broncos defensive tackle Haggai Ndubuisi only put football on his radar at the age of 18. The resident of Lagos, Nigeria, became interested in the game...

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From the sound of things, "Rich Men North of Richmond" has a bevy of rich men north of Memphis lining up to get Oliver Anthony's name on a contract. According to country star John Rich, who's slated to produce the debut album from "Rich Men North of Richmond" singer Oliver...

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The ironically named Christianity Today has yet again proven that the once-revered outlet has dramatically strayed from the mission on which it was founded under the Rev. Billy Graham in 1956. "Christianity Today has its origin in a deep-felt desire to express historical Christianity to the present generation," the publication's...

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A former ESPN host is speaking out about the network's silence on men competing in women's sports. On Tuesday, Sage Steele announced that she was leaving ESPN after she and the network settled a lawsuit related to comments she had made in 2021 about ESPN's COVID vaccine mandate that upset...

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Pierre Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of Canada, was once credited with an insightful quote about his profession: “The essential ingredient of politics is timing.” The same wisdom about timing applies to political persecutions as well, such as the ongoing witch hunt against Donald Trump. As far as election impact...

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Auburn football head coach Hugh Freeze has weighed in the ongoing media feud between Michael Oher and the Tuohy family. This past week, the former NFL offensive lineman accused the family that took him into their home while he was a homeless teen of taking advantage of him, ESPN reported....

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the last several months, you are likely aware of the Dylan Mulvaney controversy and the great Bud Light boycott. The controversy began in April when Bud Light sent a commemorative can to transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who showed off...

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The story of last week's fatal wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui involves callousness, greed and corruption. These conditions and vices plague every society, but they manifest most often in large organizations such as governments. In an interview with CBS News that aired on Tuesday -- one full week...

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