Former pro-football player Pat McAfee might have been butting heads with the higher-ups at ESPN, but no amount of office politics justified what ESPN did when airing McAfee's interview with WNBA star and guard for the Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark, on Wednesday. As shared on the social media platform X...

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Prius drivers who regularly have passengers in the rear seat might wish to pay special attention to a recall issued Wednesday that covers 211,000 vehicles worldwide. Toyota has announced a safety recall of some of its 2023-2024 Prius and Prius HEV (Prius Prime) models sold in North America, Europe, Japan...

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Even despite the stiff competition faced from her fellow anchors and competing establishment news networks, Joy Reid could easily take the crown for most race-obsessed media personality. From mocking ordinary Americans' concerns regarding illegal immigration as the unlettered racism of backward yokels, to deriding all her critics as racist misogynists...

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Residents of Butte, Montana, experienced something they probably never would have expected on Tuesday. An adult female elephant escaped from its holding area on the grounds of the traveling Jordan World Circus. The massive creature began walking through the community, leaving witnesses in disbelief. A handler attempted to corral the...

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Perhaps realizing his skills are beginning to diminish to the point of no return, Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end Travis Kelce is obviously looking at other career options. (And yes, this writer is a bitter New England Patriots fan who wants to see the budding Chiefs dynasty crumble.) All...

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For many television watchers, all things related to "The Bachelor" are appointment viewing. (For many others, it's a terrible show that commercializes and trivializes marriage, but that's a separate rant for a later time.) But one thing many fans of the show have a hard time explaining is why they...

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Former Attorney General Bill Barr called Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush-money case against former President Donald Trump an "abomination" on Wednesday. Additionally, Barr revealed, despite past differences and concerns about a Trump second term, that he plans to vote for the presumptive GOP nominee in November. Regarding Bragg's charges...

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Caitlin Clark and her fans got to experience some poetic justice Monday when the University of Iowa basketball phenom shattered WNBA star Diana Taurasi's draft viewership total. Taurasi appears to not be a Clark fan. USA Today reported that viewership for 2024 WNBA draft averaged 2.45 million and peaked at...

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President Joe Biden (or someone running his X account) complained women are not paid their “fair share” amid discussions on Tuesday about Caitlin Clark’s WNBA contract. Biden did not refer to Clark or the league directly, but at the time he demanded equality in outcome and not in opportunity, much...

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A fundamental part of enacting justice has always been to administer punishments to all convicted citizens -- left, right and center -- equally and in proportion to the crimes committed. But nowadays, under the Biden administration's system of criminal prosecution, punishments seem to be doled out more in accordance with...

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Even Democrats can be right sometimes. In 1992, while working as Bill Clinton's campaign manager, Democrat political strategist James Carville famously said, "It's the economy stupid!" when he got sick of being asked what the next presidential election was about. He was right then, and he's right now. That's why...

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A new report said the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Under Chapter 11, a business can remain open while it reorganizes to deal with expenses such as debt that are putting a strain on profitability. Red Lobster’s object would be to exit some...

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A Democratic tactic to force a vote repealing an 1864 abortion ban in Arizona went down to defeat Wednesday. The law -- dating back to the days Arizona was a territory -- became more than a historical curiosity recently when the Arizona supreme court ruled that it was now valid,...

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Christian parental rights organizations are hosting prayer rallies across the nation, in Washington, D.C. and each of the 50 state capitols. On Saturday, the Don’t Mess with Our Kids campaign organized a nationwide spate of prayer rallies to “turn America back to God,” with a particular emphasis on protecting children from gender...

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Look around at the world right now. There’s a war between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel and Iran stand at the edge of one. Currently, the U.S. is facing severe national security threats with the wide-open southern border. Millions of illegal immigrants are flooding in, and a surprising amount are...

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President Joe Biden's least-popular Cabinet secretary will skate free from a formal Senate impeachment trial. The Senate dismissed two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday. The move guarantees that Mayorkas won't stand trial in the upper chamber. The secretary faced charges of willful and systemic...

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Just over a week ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of possible cyber attacks against the Emergency Service Sector (think "911 call operations"). The April 10 DHS memo said that previous ransomware attacks had "disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations" because of their dependence...

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Many American citizens have run out of patience with an establishment-dominated U.S. government that enriches itself through endless foreign wars. But those same American citizens have also reached the limits of indulgence when it comes to tribalistic protesters who direct hatred and threats of violence toward America and then, when...

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A House Oversight Committee hearing on China erupted into chaos on Wednesday as Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the panel, and Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland traded insults and accused each other of needing "therapy." Tensions boiled over when Raskin attempted to undermine Republicans' investigation into...

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