Russian President Vladimir Putin lampooned the Justice Department's malicious prosecution of former President Donald Trump as a political persecution, spotlighting the hypocritical corruption of the U.S. government under the current regime. Putin made the pointed remarks Tuesday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. "As for the Trump persecution,...

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Conservative firebrand Candace Owens has never been afraid to take a hatchet to the most sacred totems in culture -- left- or right-leaning. Her latest stab at this is coming in the form of a 10-part docuseries aiming to deconstruct and debunk the wildly popular Netflix series "Making a Murderer."...

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The Chief Twit versus Global Gates! Sounds like a ’60s monster movie, or an ’80s pro-wrestling promo, doesn't it? Unfortunately, nothing quite that entertaining is going on here, though it is a sign of the amusing times that mega-billionaire Elon Musk might actually crawl into the ring to fight a...

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a CNN reporter traded words during an exchange on Wednesday over the former’s decision to unilaterally launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. McCarthy announced Tuesday that such an inquiry is the “logical” step after investigations from House Republicans had allegedly unearthed evidence Biden...

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When someone asks me if I believe in climate change, I say, "Sure I do. Isn't the climate always changing? Here's another question: What do you call someone who perpetuates fraud, but doesn't have a clue that it's fraud? Answer: Pete Buttigieg. Biden's Transportation Secretary is a true believer in...

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It's like the chicken or the egg question. Do you become a Democrat because you're obsessed with abnormal sexual behavior, or do you become obsessed with abnormal sexual behavior because you're a Democrat? I'm not saying Republicans are perfect -- far from it -- but with Democrats, perversion almost seems...

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Explosive Drug Enforcement Administration documents are dredging up old skeletons in the closet of former New York Yankees superstar slugger Alex Rodriguez. DEA documents obtained by ESPN have fleshed out what exactly was going in Rodriguez's personal and professional life when his reputation was at an utter nadir. A quick...

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Former NBA player Brandon Hunter died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 42. Hunter collapsed while doing hot yoga in Orlando, Florida. No cause of death was immediately released, NBC News reported. "It was hot yoga, and he did it regularly," Hunter's mother-in-law Carolyn Cliett told NBC. "He was...

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Joe Biden’s official presidential social media account scrambled to delete a Monday postweet in which the president embraced his recent meeting with Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng. Biden’s post showed the two men together, but there was a major issue with the post, which Townhall’s John Hasson pointed out. The...

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced Wednesday that he will not be seeking a second term next year. "I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-eighties. Frankly, it’s time for a...

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Corporate bigwigs in the hunt for high ESG -- Environment, Social and Governance -- investment scores are casting nature in their own image. They have either forgotten or are choosing to ignore that men and women are created in the image of God. In other words, they've got it all...

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A 175-year-old tradition is swiftly coming to an end for the royal family -- but there doesn't appear to be a ton of bad blood over it. A new report from The Telegraph claims that a "catering mogul" is ending a nearly two-century tradition that the royal family has enjoyed...

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Pennsylvanians woke up to the welcome news Wednesday morning that escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante was in custody. An elite team from the Border Patrol Tactical Unit -- known as BORTAC -- played a central role in apprehending the illegal immigrant. On Aug. 31, Cavalcante, a 34-year-old Brazilian national in the...

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Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado continues to antagonize the GOP's anti-establishment base. On Monday, Buck slammed Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia for her overzealous and "absurd" quest to impeach President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, Buck's attack on Greene and especially his broader anti-impeachment stance have some Republicans contemplating...

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Jussie Smollett, the actor convicted of orchestrating a "hate crime" against himself in 2019, appeared in an Illinois appellate court on Tuesday, seeking to have his convictions overturned. Smollett's lawyers argued that anger over the case led to the reinstatement of charges that had been properly dismissed, USA Today reported....

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has put another pin in the White House's "Bidenomics" balloon. President Joe Biden is desperately trying to sell the American people on the supposed success of "Bidenomics" as the 2024 campaign season heats up, but the numbers seem to show that his economic policies are a...

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California's descent into an authoritarian dystopia has left its citizens defenseless. According to KTLA in Los Angeles, four armed robbers invaded an Orange County home on Monday evening and tied up four victims, including a 7-year-old girl. The robbers then held the family at gunpoint and demanded valuables. Notwithstanding California's...

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It’s another day. So let’s see what’s on ABC-TV. “Our former, twice-impeached, disgraced former president …” is what we find coming from disdain-expressing lips of Sunny Hostin. Oh, we must have tuned in to “The View.” That’s the program where the sun shines liberal and all that’s bad and nasty...

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Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on carrying guns was shot down Wednesday by a federal judge, who issued a temporary restraining order to prevent it from taking effect. U.S. District Court Judge David Urias said the order banning concealed and open carry rights in and around Albuquerque...

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Although the office of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she is not married, that’s not the story told by her official filings. A March 2023 filing lists fiance Riley Roberts as her spouse, as does a January 2023 form she filed. An August financial disclosure filing lists...

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