Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has backed off of the idea of a temporary promotion for Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, instead declaring that a third ballot for the speakership would be held, according to CSPAN video. Speaking very briefly to reporters, Jordan said, "We made the pitch to members on...

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The Biden administration shared an image on Instagram on Wednesday with President Joe Biden and Delta Force, a special missions unit of the U.S. military whose missions are highly classified and whose members are not made public. The problem being the faces of the military members were not blurred. The...

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Rep. Ilhan Omar was quick to heap scorn on Israel Tuesday, jumping onto social media to spread a false report that the Israeli Defense Forces were responsible for bombing a Gaza hospital, killing scores of people. Hamas immediately blamed the atrocity on an Israeli airstrike, and the Associated Press compounded...

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on social media Wednesday that she was writing a resolution to censure Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib for her support of Palestinian terror groups. "After what she did today, I expect even Democrats will join in," she wrote in a post to X, the social media...

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A U.S. Navy destroyer downed several missiles on Thursday as it was sailing off the coast of Yemen. The incident comes as U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria have been subjected to attacks and the Hamas-Israel war appears to be growing into a simmering regional conflict. According to CNN, Pentagon...

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A primary weapon of leftist radicals is to distort language by muddying up definitions to undermine cultural norms. In the West, Biblical norms are synonymous with Western norms -- or they used to be. Genesis 1:27 is as foundational to Western culture as Alexander Graham Bell was to the telephone....

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Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in multiple key swing states he lost to the Democrat in 2020, according to a new poll. The Bloomberg News/Morning Consult survey published Thursday showed Trump ahead of Biden in Arizona (47 to 43 percent), Georgia (48 to 43 percent), Pennsylvania...

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One of the country's most racist organizations has exploited a fatal traffic stop for the sinister purpose of sowing hatred. In response to Monday's shooting of Leonard Cure -- a black man -- by a sheriff's deputy in Camden County, Georgia, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) decried "anti-Blackness in...

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Leftist media outlets circle the Trump camp like starving dogs waiting for something to eat. If they find a scrap here or there, they gobble it up before regurgitating it to their late-night talk show allies. The journalists don't care if what they are spewing out is true or not....

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After his second straight day in court on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump deplored the trial that has been staged against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James as ridiculous. “The government through its witness just got caught in a big, fat lie,” the GOP presidential frontrunner said. “Frankly,...

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is speaking out regarding an alleged squabble between him and Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on Thursday. The incident occurred as House Republicans tried to agree on who should be the next speaker. While speaking with reporters, he was asked to comment on yelling at...

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As the leaderless House of Representatives drifts toward another vote in its quest to elect a speaker palatable to enough Republicans to win a majority of the House, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida showed that humor is not dead in Congress. Gaetz was among those members of the House...

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Three days after Hamas slaughtered families across southern Israel, a professor at the University of California at Davis issued a social media attack on what he called “Zionist journalists.” Jemma Decristo, identified by the Post Millennial as a “radical transgender professor” of American studies, made the comment in an Oct....

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A Maryland police sergeant has lost the use of his legs after being struck by a driver attempting to evade officers. The motorist, 19-year-old Raphael Mayorga, was taken into custody on charges of attempted murder and multiple traffic violations, The Washington Times reported. Police say Mayorga intentionally ran over 36-year-old...

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"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling stated she would "happily" go to jail for calling someone by the "wrong" pronouns. Rowling posted to X on Tuesday an image of a sign that said "Repeat after us: Trans women are women." She captioned it with a simple, "No." No. pic.twitter.com/YhoHfKdeat — J.K....

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Former President Donald Trump declared a "complete victory" after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that plaintiffs could not bring a class action lawsuit against him. Trump entered into an endorsement agreement with ACN Opportunity LLC in 2006 to promote its marketing training services for independent business owners, New York City-based...

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Late-night host Stephen Colbert had to halt filming of his CBS show this week because he has once again contracted COVID-19. Deadline reported Monday that he was going to record "The Late Show" from his home after contracting the virus. On Wednesday, however, Colbert announced a change of plans. "Sorry...

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How many people who call the unborn "just a clump of cells" are prepared to read Britney Spears' new memoir? Normally, a memoir from a troubled pop star wouldn't be anything of sociopolitical import. There are bound to be some "shocking revelations" that the denser portions of your social media...

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As a third vote loomed Friday morning on Rep. Jim Jordan’s hopes to become Speaker of the House, the Ohio Republican said he would not quit even as his opponents said he would not win. On Thursday, after Jordan first said he would drop his bid after losing two votes...

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The Air Force Academy’s football team will bring an undefeated record and a dash of controversy into Saturday’s game against Navy. The 6-0 team will debut its alternate uniform -- one that honors the Doolittle Raiders of World War II. "The Doolittle Raiders see the field Saturday," the Air Force...

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