Voters in Huntington Beach, California voted on Thursday to only allow a list of acceptable flags the city can fly, effectively banning the "pride" flag from being flown on government property. The proposal, called Charter Amendment No. 2, asked voters if they would support allowing only certain flags to be...

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If you've been following Madonna's career lately -- and I know this probably isn't all of you, given the fact she was last seen being musically relevant during the early years of the George W. Bush administration -- you'll know that the act she's built over more than four decades...

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One small act inspired the frontman and vocalist of the heavy metal group Disturbed to declare at a concert last month: “We celebrate life. Hamas celebrates death.” During a show in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 26, David Draiman invited a girl to the stage, who handed him a package with...

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Louisiana State University women's basketball forward Angel Reese contributed her own less-than-angelic antics to the building tensions that exploded at the end of the LSU-South Carolina noscript game on Sunday in Greenville, South Carolina. As noted by Charles Curtis at the sports website For the Win, Reese did her part...

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Apparently the Oscars occurred on Sunday night. And apparently Jimmy Kimmel, who gave up his comedy career to act as a late-night establishment shill, hosted the event. One suspects that tens of millions of people learned these things only after former President Donald Trump criticized Kimmel's performance in real time...

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Our left-wing elites should have probably recognized by now that, no matter their amount of public virtue-signaling, it's never going to be enough for true zealots. Despite the inordinate number of Oscar attendees donning Palestinian flag pins and other pro-Palestine paraphernalia, the ceremony was still beset by the same kind...

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What’s been called a “technical event” left about 50 people injured Monday as they flew from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, aboard a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner that was ultimately bound for Chile. South American airline LATAM said there was a “technical event during the flight which caused a strong...

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If Joe Biden still doesn't understand that other world leaders will never take him seriously or see him as a threat, then he's more hopeless than we thought. Unfortunately, ever the clueless senior citizen, Biden had the temerity to threaten Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend, first on...

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Each year the Academy Awards show debuts a video compilation of those members of the industry who passed away the previous year. And while these videos have often been the subject of complaints, this year's edition was particularly panned. https://youtu.be/oHVu-WIIhbY?si=7hb69-Y-74qyxb8G The problem was less with the presentation seen by those...

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A newly published study in which researchers reviewed nearly 20 years of previous scholarly work concluded there is no evidence that minorities are treated differently by the criminal justice system than white Americans. “In recent years it has become common belief within the scholarly community as well as the general...

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A recent announcement from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police department is providing yet another example of the disastrous consequences of 2020's "defund the police" movement. According to a report by local Pittsburgh news outlet WTAE-TV, staffing shortages in the police department are forcing the Pittsburgh Police Department to reduce the number...

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On Oct. 21, 2021, actor Alec Baldwin held a Colt .45 on the set of the movie "Rust" near Santa Fe, New Mexico. While still in Baldwin's hand, the gun discharged a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Last week, the New Mexico legal system...

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Most people aware of Jimmy Kimmel agree he's an unfunny, left-wing partisan hack. But, despite knowing that, most believe he went too far making fun of Robert Downey Jr. at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony. Christopher Nolan's magnum opus absolutely dominated, winning seven Oscars out of 13 nominations, with Downey winning...

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A photo that was designed to still wagging tongues obsessed with conspiracy theories about the health of Britain's Princess Kate has instead put rumor-mongering into overdrive. The Princess of Wales has been a focal point for gossip that she is seriously ill ever since a hospital stay in January for...

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The latest New York Times/Siena poll explains clearly why President Joe Biden is falling behind Donald Trump among young voters and Latinos and dropping behind his historic margins among blacks. In the survey, taken in February, the pollsters asked voters whether Biden’s and Trump’s policies have “helped you personally” or...

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, death was constantly in the news. It seemed like every day, a report would come out saying thousands of deaths occurred from the disease, justifying the continuation of the lockdown. Even now, four years after the coronavirus swept across the world, The New York Times still...

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With just under eight months to go before the presidential election, one member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet has resigned unexpectedly. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she is resigning, effective later this month, and going home to Ohio. “It's time to go home,’’ Fudge said,...

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One of the largest car meets in Houston, Texas, has extended a temporary ban on modern muscle cars into a permanent one due to the misbehavior of a few car owners. "Don't complain when we do invitationals from starting today," the group Coffee & Cars told its social media followers...

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Last summer’s smash box office hit “Oppenheimer” stole the show at Sunday evening’s annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, and no one appeared happier than Hollywood conservative James Woods. While the film's actors, director and technical staff were bringing home award after award and thanking those who got them there,...

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