It may or may not be true that if wishes were fishes we'd all drown in riches, but it's more likely that if ignorance is bliss, Whoopi Goldberg may be the happiest woman on the planet. You probably know that already -- if you're a regular reader of The Western...

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Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky dueled with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Thursday as Paul pressed his opposition to legislation that could lead to a ban on the social media platform TikTok. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill requiring TikTok to overhaul its ownership structure amid fears...

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The baying pack of media hounds sniffing for scandal in a photo of Kate, Princess of Wales, has been rebuked by evangelist Franklin Graham. On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a photo of Princess Kate and her children. Because it was the first photo released since abdominal surgery in January has...

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It's hard to believe it's already been six years since psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford tried to thwart Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation with a series of easily disprovable sexual assault claims. Ford herself must have missed the notoriety that circus bestowed upon her, because now she's releasing...

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In its never-ending battle against the truth, progressives have grown accustomed to launching smear campaigns against those who champion reality. The latest example stems from the death of a 16-year-old Oklahoma transgender teenager who attended Owasso High School. The student -- who went by the name Nex Benedict -- died...

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When the commissar visits, the peasants shall show respect. No offense, no matter how small, shall go unpunished. But the offended commissar, in a strategic act of power masquerading as generosity, may disclaim interest in punishing the offenders. According to Fox News, the New York Fire Department has backtracked on...

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Approximately 100 pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed the headquarters of The New York Times in Times Square at roughly 10:00 Thursday morning, leading to an unknown number of arrests. That protest followed one a few hours earlier at a printing facility in Queens that was also operated by the Times. The protests...

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In 2018, in response to a tweet that suggested Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell "wants a war" over the Second Amendment, Swalwell posted, "And it would be a short war, my friend." "The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they're legit," he added. "I'm sure if we talked...

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MSNBC guest commentator Caroline Polisi threw a monkey wrench in the left's desperate hopes for sending former President Donald Trump to jail over the Fani Willis case in Georgia. Polisi, a defense attorney, was invited onto the left-wing "news" network after Georgia Judge Scott McAfee threw out some of the...

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Who would have thought shutting down oil drilling in the U.S. would end up having negative consequences in an election year? It seems that President Joe Biden and his administration failed to consider those consequences, at any rate, seeing as experts are predicting a surge in gas prices in the...

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While focusing on foreign over domestic concerns has become commonplace among our Democratic lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer may have just crossed one line too many. In a Thursday speech from the Senate floor, Schumer tried to persuade Israel to hold new elections. Why? Well, because "Prime Minister [Benjamin]...

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Is there anything more satisfying than when lies begin to crumble? On Tuesday, former Special Counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee, where he elaborated on his report about the investigation of Joe Biden's handling of classified documents he had access to while serving as vice president in...

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Courtney Fannon was weeks away from giving birth to her first child, but the world will never see little Hadley Jaye. Fannon, a special education teacher at Kendall Central School near Rochester, died Friday along with her unborn child, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The school was closed...

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A common theme of environmental fear-mongering is an insistence that the ordinary functions of nature are somehow a marker of the end of the world thanks to human activity. Granted, humans have done damage to God's creation, especially at the zenith of the Industrial Revolution, but nothing close to the...

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"Dungeons & Dragons" is the most popular tabletop role-playing game in the world, and for good reason. Few games -- even video games -- do a better job of placing you into the thick of an "adventure" or "campaign" (which are D&D parlance for a single session of play and...

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You know the economy's bad when even dollar stores are going out of business. Well, they're not going out of business exactly -- not yet, anyway. A couple of them, however, are at least undergoing a radical shift in their business models. According to a recent CNN report, popular dollar...

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At the Oscars this past Sunday, one winner likely embarrassed many of Hollywood's largest motion picture studios. That winner, the Japanese-produced "Godzilla: Minus One," went home with the award for "Best Visual Effects," despite boasting a much, much, much smaller budget than its more well-known competition. Toho Studios made the...

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One of the most-visited pornographic websites on the internet has restricted its content in the state of Texas following a new age verification law, a lawsuit from an ally of former President Donald Trump, and a ruling by a state court. Pornhub was no longer accessible in the country’s second...

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Lawmakers in Florida are finally addressing the problem of squatting, one of the most egregious property rights violations going on in America today. This month, both chambers of the state Legislature unanimously passed a bill allowing law enforcement to immediately remove squatters without waiting weeks or months for a case...

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Former Trump administration Transportation Secretary Steven Mnuchin is reportedly pooling together an investment group that intends to purchase TikTok if the app is ultimately sold by its Chinese Communist Party-affiliated owner. The news follows the Wednesday passage of a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to force...

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A recently resurfaced, now-viral clip is causing headaches for the woman working on a video game adaptation of Marvel's incredibly popular African superhero Black Panther. In the clip, Dani Lalonders, an associate narrative designer at Cliffhanger Games, makes it clear that, in the past, she has intentionally avoided hiring any...

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