Hulk Hogan recounted a near-death experience in which he overdosed on fentanyl. The professional wrestling legend shared the dark tale in an appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" last week. Hogan's introduction to opioids came after several back surgeries left him with debilitating chronic pain. "The thing that shut me...

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They say in politics, there are no "do-overs," but if anyone ever needed one, it would be President Joe Biden. Although the president tried to stay out of the public eye for the most part, vacationing on the beach or up in the mountains, he might have had a better...

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Late-night TV "comedian" Jimmy Kimmel is taking major ridicule for his latest venture in cooperation with TV rivals including Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, after they launched a new podcast in a desperate attempt to stay relevant that detractors are jokingly calling "group therapy for liberals." With the actors and...

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Singer Oliver Anthony appeared on "The Joe Rogan Experience" on Wednesday and brought some things that are not often a part of the hugely popular podcast -- a Bible and faith. Speaking of the man he used to be, Anthony referred to the Bible when he said, “That guy found...

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President Joe Biden is once again bringing up a story he told in Hawaii that resulted in a barrage of criticism. Last week, the president and the first lady visited the wildfire-ravaged island of Maui, where the president tried to move past days' worth of criticism for taking so long...

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A 12-year-old suspended from school for wearing a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack says students need to fight for their rights or see them fade away. Jaiden Rodriguez -- a seventh-grader at The Vanguard School, a Colorado Springs charter school -- was suspended for one day before the school...

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People who have been in politics -- or any profession -- for 50-plus years tend to show it in their faces with wrinkles, thinning hair and sagging skin. Not so much President Joe Biden. Pictures of Biden from the early 1970s show him almost completely bald on top, but now...

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President Joe Biden may not have the time of day to give to families who lost loved ones in the botched withdrawal of Afghanistan -- but count on GOP front-runner Donald Trump to pay them the attention and respect they're due. According to Breitbart, the former president and GOP Rep....

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Is this why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is freezing up in the middle of public appearances? Two different doctors advanced a similar theory as to why McConnell has suddenly become silent and unresponsive during two different news conferences. Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician affiliated with New York University's Langone...

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For decades, Democrats have taken for granted that black votes belong to them. Remember President Joe Biden's "You ain't black" comment? With systematic programming, they have convinced the black population that Republicans are racist white supremacists and that their only salvation comes from the Democratic Party. They build Planned Parenthoods...

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The consequences of an open border are once again on full display after yet another horrific incident. According to Breitbart, on Monday 35-year-old Hermanio Joseph appeared in court in Clark County, Ohio, where he was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of an 11-year-old boy. On Aug. 22,...

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With the current federal fiscal year ending in roughly a month and no budget in place to fund the federal government after Sept. 30, the possibility of a government shutdown is looming. Some House conservatives are just fine with that. “If a shutdown occurs, then so be it if they’re...

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The crime-infested blue state of California has devolved into a haven for law-breaking hoodlums, thanks to Democrats' soft-on-crime policies that have emboldened theft and thuggery. In the latest example, Kalimah Priforce, a Democratic council member in Emeryville, had his wallet and keys stolen from his bike bag on Monday, KPIX-TV...

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Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday issued a warning to looters who see the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia as an opportunity. The storm hit Florida’s Big Bend region on Wednesday, with 125 mph winds, downing trees and power lines, smashing homes and leaving floods in its...

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There has been no shortage of people calling on Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down since he froze up in public for a second time in as many months this week. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was among those who commented. The second-term firebrand called...

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The mother of a special-needs boy shared a heartwarming story last week about her son's encounter with a college football team. "I don’t even know where to begin, my heart is so full," Mandy Moore Cosper wrote in an Friday Facebook post. "I’m still in awe over so many things...

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fall in March that required a five-day stay in the hospital, then froze at the podium during a news conference just over a month ago in what may or may not have been an unrelated incident. But after a second freezing episode while...

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Employees and advocates of LeBron James’ I Promise School lashed out at members of the Akron Public Schools board at a meeting on Monday after the board pointed out that the school is not producing students who can pass math proficiency tests. The school has been put on an Ohio...

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A 12-year-old California boy died of cardiac arrest Tuesday after collapsing at his school. Yahshua Robinson was participating in a physical education activity when he collapsed at Canyon Lake Middle School, according to KTLA-TV. “It hits home knowing that a child was dropped off and didn’t get to come home...

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Jaiden Rodriguez, the 12-year-old who was kicked out of his seventh-grade class in Colorado Springs by a school administration made up of people who clearly need to go back to school themselves, is back with his fellow students after a quick win against ignorance. Rodriguez had been told he could...

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