The atmosphere for restaurant chains across the country has been tough with the twin pressures of Bidenomics and COVID serving as a one-two punch to destroy so many companies. And this week, yet another chain is considering a filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. BurgerFi International has announced that it will...

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T.S. Eliot wrote in "The Waste Land" that April was the cruelest month. For the WNBA's Angel Reese, however, the month of June is turning out that way, instead. It's only four days into the sixth month of the year, but Reese -- the Chicago Sky's "Hey, I was picked...

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Thank goodness, after fumbling border security for almost his entire administration, President Joe Biden is finally ready to take control and protect Americans. Well, kind of. And only because he's desperately trying to improve his image before the November election. The Biden administration has had an infamously bad border, allowing...

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President Joe Biden's mental acuity has slipped so precipitously that pretty much everyone in the Beltway is sitting up and paying attention -- including the White House. That's at least one of the takeaways from a Tuesday report in The Wall Street Journal that used sources in Congress to catalogue the...

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In opening arguments Tuesday, Hunter Biden's legal team made it clear that they would be trying to pin the blame for their client's bad behavior on Biden -- Hallie Biden, that is. Axios reported early Wednesday that "Hunter's lead defense attorney Abbe Lowell repeatedly deflected blame toward Hallie." Hallie Biden,...

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With the backing of former President Donald Trump, former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy walked away with the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Montana currently held by Democrat Jon Tester. Sheehy received 73.6 percent of the vote with 86 percent of the results in, and won every county...

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Russia may be in the first stages of deploying satellites with a nuclear payload that could be detonated to neutralize large numbers of both military and civilian satellites orbiting the earth. Additionally, the Kremlin is deploying satellites near U.S. military ones that potentially have the capability to take them out....

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, is making progress in her fight against cancer, but her future as a working member of the royal family remains uncertain, according to new reports. The last official word on Kate’s condition came when the royal family announced that she would not be present at the...

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A gunman attacked the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday morning, injuring one security guard before he was shot Local media reported the shooting lasted for almost half an hour, according to the Associated Press. Joe Abdo, who works at a gas station near the American embassy compound, said he...

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The fact that we're talking about the WNBA for once is because of one person and one person only: Caitlin Clark. Usually, if someone else is in the equation, it's because of how they relate to the former University of Iowa star and Indiana Fever rookie. It's almost never in...

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Former first lady Melania Trump and the Trumps' son, Barron, stepped out for the first time Tuesday following last week's absurd conviction of former President Donald Trump in a New York City kangaroo court. Photos published by the New York Post showed Melania walking out of Trump Tower and getting...

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"Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals." File that phrase under "statements I never thought I'd hear about a U.S. president." Republican Sen. Joni Ernst may have just given her quick-witted colleague, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, a run for his money when it...

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Those long lines at the Chick-fil-A drive-thru may be about to get even longer. The beloved "home of the original chicken sandwich" is adding two items to its summer menu -- one new, and one returning summer favorite. The peach milkshake is back for its usual summer run, as it...

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The politically correct line from liberal sports pundits used to be that basketball fans needed to support the WNBA. Now, the line seems to be that we're supporting it for the wrong reason: namely, because of former University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is playing for the Indiana Fever. Take...

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Japanese government officials are combing the headquarters of Toyota after reports emerged that Toyota and other Japanese carmakers cut corners and submitted faulty safety data. Japan’s Ministry of Transport said its investigation at Toyota’s headquarters will last for several days, according to CNN. On Monday, Toyota's chairman said cars had...

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The late Democratic congressman Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey won his party’s nomination for another term in office on Tuesday, six weeks after he died in office at the age of 65. Payne, who originally replaced his late father representing the Garden State’s 10th Congressional District, had filed for...

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Is it darkness yet? I ask that seemingly ungrammatical question because, for years, The Washington Post has assured us that "Democracy Dies in Darkness." That slogan was adopted in February 2017, just one month after Donald Trump took office as America's 45th president. No coincidence or anything. Democracy has not...

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Does anything ever go well for Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on social media platform X? Not too far back, when asking for design submissions for a new coin on the site, he was flooded with troll submissions pointing at all the catastrophes that he and his fellow Democrats in...

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I remember during my undergrad, when I was considering a degree in Secondary Education, taking a class that went through the history of education. Largely, it was interesting. However, I admittedly struggled once we arrived at the late 1960s early 1970s time frame, when the issue of homosexuality took front...

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While 'pride month' is busy promoting homosexuality and gender confusion, a coalition of Christian men is proclaiming a doctrine of biblical masculinity. On Monday, the men’s chastity and marriage ministry Promise Keepers led a number of other Christian organizations and individuals in issuing “A Proclamation on Godly Masculinity,” which “seeks to establish...

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