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The promised 2022 midterm "red wave" may never have properly or fully materialized, but the evidence for its potential remains as strong as ever. The latest proof of that comes from The Granite State as Republicans have secured a stunning mayoral victory in New Hampshire's largest city, Manchester, despite the...

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Mask mandates are back for the 2023 holiday season in some California counties, albeit in a more limited form than in previous years. Most of the counties near the liberal mecca of San Francisco are requiring health care workers to mask up "in healthcare settings," according to the L.A. Times....

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This is what desperate times look like to desperate House Democrats. Amid unmistakeable signs that its far-left is taking their party into dangerous places the war sparked by the Hamas terrorist group's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, a freshman Democratic representative on Tuesday went public with a proposal for...

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Once again, it’s America last. In a leaked draft letter to President Joe Biden provided by dimwitted, destructive Democrats, they are moving to provide extended relief and residency to Palestinian people here on temporary visas. The Daily Caller's Chief National Correspondent Henry Rodgers shared the news, which was leaked to...

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Former President Donald Trump shared a document on Truth Social Tuesday that a Manhattan Supreme Court judge had refused to let him share in court. Trump confirmed in the post that the paper he pulled from his jacket pocket during his court testimony Monday -- but was denied permission to...

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Here are two separate opinions that border on fact: Some people take Halloween way too seriously. Strange things happen in Florida. Of course, those two quasi-facts collided in a bizarre story that could only happen during Halloween time in Florida. According to WFLA-TV, an anthropologist was shopping in a Fort...

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Tuesday's special elections have come and largely gone -- and there is a growing contingency of Republicans who would like to see the head of the Republican National Committee go with them. While the GOP picked up wins here and there on Tuesday, most political observers considered it a good...

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Many Americans are so annoyed at the biannual practice of changing their clocks back and forth that they want to make daylight savings time permanent, although some experts think this is a bad idea. For years, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has led the charge to ratify year-round daylight...

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Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes. Apparently, bringing a knife to a mixed martial arts fight doesn't work out all that well, either. Javier Baez, who told WPLG that he'd been "training my whole life," demonstrated that point when he was approached in the wee hours...

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A massive explosion at a chemical plant just north of Houston had local authorities scrambling to evacuate people away from the area on Wednesday morning. Others in the general area of the facility in the city of Shepherd, Texas, were told to shelter in place or leave the area. Those...

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On Tuesday, the people of Ohio -- hardly a deep blue state -- voted overwhelmingly in favor of constitutional protection for abortion. Then, upon learning the result of the vote, a group of abortion advocates erupted in wild celebration. The Associated Press posted a short video of the celebration late...

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Electric vehicles sure do seem safe and effective. Or am I mixing my propaganda? According to social media user Xian Ke, a Google-operated electric bus suffered a power loss on Monday morning while attempting to scale one of San Francisco's many hills. The out-of-control bus then rolled down the hill...

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A controversial statewide legislative race in Virginia appears to be over -- and it looks like a rare win for Republicans. Tuesday's round of elections saw a number of competitive races for seats in the state's House of Delegates, but few have been as polarizing as the contest in suburban...

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Selena Gomez said this week that she was "done" with Instagram after backlash against what in less rancorous times might have been considered a rather benign post. The former Disney Channel actress and current star of Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building" posted on October 30 that she was planning...

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Plans announced by the Biden administration to import grizzly bears to an area in northern Washington state have alarmed residents who worry that Biden is putting them all in danger. The administration initially announced the plan in September with an eye toward reintroducing the apex predator into the federally-managed North...

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It was not all bad news for the GOP coming out of Tuesday's off-year elections. Republicans continued their winning ways on Long Island, New York, with a landslide victory for Suffolk County executive. The New York Post reported that Ed Romaine's win over Democrat David Calone means the GOP now...

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In a previous role as an editor, I used to give my writers and other editors one primary piece of advice: Don't be wrong. There were a lot of things I encouraged to avoid undermining our credibility with inaccuracy, but one of the most important was never to predict anything....

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Tucker Carlson gets it. In recent years, he always has gotten it, which explains why he no longer has a job at Fox News. Carlson recently interviewed independent journalist Glenn Greenwald. Near the end of the interview, the popular conservative host declared that if Donald Trump's enemies succeed in convicting...

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Former Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Matt Ulrich has died at the age of 41, team owner Jim Irsay announced on social media on Wednesday. Irsay posted on his X account on Wednesday morning that Ulrich had passed away. “I am heartbroken to hear of the passing of Matt Ulrich,” Irsay wrote....

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The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday issued subpoenas for multiple members of the Biden family to testify as part of its impeachment investigation that has delved into the Biden family’s finances. The subpoenas were announced in a pair of posts on X. In one post, subpoenas were announced for Hunter...

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