Recent comments from public officials in both Israel and the United States have compelled us to perform ghastly calculations. Last Monday, according to Newsweek, Israeli lawmaker Revital "Tally" Gotliv made astonishing headlines. She called for the use of a "Jericho Missile" and "Doomsday weapon" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....

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Arizona Republican Kari Lake, who is seeking election to the U.S. Senate, has received the endorsement of a top member of the GOP leadership team in the Senate. Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming endorsed Lake on Monday, days after the fiery conservative said she would seek the seat currently...

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Actor Ricky Schroder from "NYPD Blue" and "Silver Spoons" recently launched an initiative called the Council on Pornography Reform aimed at changing the nation's laws in regard to x-rated content. The group filed an amicus brief in the case Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero, which is currently on appeal at...

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There is more bad news for the electric vehicle industry. CNN reported Monday that automobile giant Ford will lay off about 700 employees responsible for assembling the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its highly popular pickup truck, at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, close to its...

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Two Swedish soccer fans were killed Monday in a terrorist attack in Belgium that rocked the city of Brussels. The suspected gunman was later killed by police. Video obtained by Belgian news outlet Het Laatste Nieuws reveals a man wearing a high visibility vest firing a weapon as he ran...

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It's dire times like these that led one of the NFL's biggest stars to turn to the most powerful weapon we have: prayer. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins has his team at 5-1 and first place in the AFC East division. On Sunday, he had 262 passing yards...

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If there's one thing Americans can usually agree on, politically, it's that we're divided. Radically divided. So divided, in fact, that every Thanksgiving there are countless articles giving us advice about how not to hit your hidebound, conservative uncle or purple-haired, they/them-pronouns-in-profile nephew over the head with an overcooked turkey...

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I subscribe to Politico's nightly email newsletter, in part because I'm a political junkie and in part because I love seeing how often the liberal political junkies' outlet of choice can get Republican politics so wrong so often. Thus, I had to have a good laugh at the email headline...

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Los Angeles Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick was arrested on a gun charge just hours after his team defeated the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The arrest followed a game in which the former college standout recorded two tackles while his team kept Arizona out of the end zone for four quarters....

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As the possibility of a refugee wave from Gaza looms, the issue is dividing Republican presidential candidates. On Saturday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a strong stand against allowing any Gaza refugees into America. Former President Donald Trump addressed the issue Monday, saying he would expand his travel ban to...

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Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris, who was carted off the field Sunday night in an ambulance, is improving, Bills coach Sean McDermott said Monday. In a Monday media availability, McDermott said Harris was doing “as well as can be expected.” "He is out of the hospital and resting at...

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Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan just gagged the entire nation by way of gagging former President Donald Trump. The degree of the gagging makes no difference. She gagged Trump’s application of words. At the same time, she gagged the public’s right to listen. She did so, apparently, for the sake of...

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When someone misses a scheduled meeting, Americans tend to take it in stride, but cultural norms in the Arab world emphasize a higher level of respect and adherence to specific etiquette. For example, checking one's watch during a conversation in a social setting is considered impolite, as is positioning one's...

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The king of Jordan on Tuesday said Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip should not be pawned off on Jordan or Egypt. Israel has indicated it plans to attack Gaza to eliminate the power base of Hamas, the terrorist group behind the Oct, 7 massacre of more than 1,400 people...

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The Democrats' many wealthy supporters deserve credit when they finally recognize their foolishness. Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire venture capitalist who voted Democrat in the last two presidential elections, has admitted his error and praised the work done by the administration of former President Donald Trump. "What those guys did was...

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There is a reason that every sitting United States president ages in dog years. Look at any president in recent memory and compare how they looked at the start of their term and the end of their term, and it's almost jarring seeing the toll that the presidency can take...

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In the middle of an interview with Sky News, spokesman for the Israeli government, Eylon Levy, suddenly disappeared. He did so as he received a sudden call to evacuate the premises through his earpiece. Notified that he and the rest of Israel was currently in the middle of a rocket...

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio failed to get enough votes to claim the speakership on Tuesday as 20 members of his own party refused to vote for him. Two weeks after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker in a historic vote, Jordan had emerged as the leading candidate to...

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Colleges and universities are on the frontlines of the culture wars. Conservatives have been losing ground on that front decade after decade. They have lost many battles, but the war is still up for grabs. According to a 2020 National Association of Scholars report, the vast majority of college professors...

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If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't fooling the liberal media, she isn't fooling anybody. The leftist Democrat paid a visit Monday night to the normally friendly confines of "CNN NewsNight" to defend a call for a "ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war before Israel even gets started on the goal of wiping...

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