Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, has been sounding the alarm on the harmful effects of social media for some time now. Murthy, alongside other health professionals, has fought to shine a spotlight on the “mental health crisis” plaguing younger generations. And social media, they say, has only poured gasoline...

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Mark Twain was said to have written: “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Today, we look back a half-century to see what precedents exist for how Democratic power brokers just might address the problem of keeping their party in power, without relying on either a mentally challenged president...

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As the 2024 presidential election is now less than five months away, President Joe Biden's reelection prospects are in peril -- even with demographics Democrats do not usually worry about losing. Axios reported on an Equis Poll from Thursday showing Biden falling behind former President Donald Trump with Latino voters...

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A minor narrative in the Bible is rocketing to the forefront of the modern world's mind after a stunning discovery in the deserts of modern Israel. The narrative, chronicled across two chapters in 2 Kings, details the march of the Assyrians on Israel and Judah during the reign of Judah's...

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The most pitiable souls afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome crossed a dangerous Rubicon a long time ago. Having made former President Donald Trump the object of their hatred, having then subjected him to the longest and most merciless persecution campaign in American political history, and having nonetheless failed to prevent...

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Did you know there are Big Tech employees (or former employees) that won’t let their kids use social media? As technological insiders to how these platforms operate, some have gone as far as to say, “The foundation of what drives this industry is fundamentally against the safety of our children.” It’s...

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Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio ripped into the Biden administration for tunnel vision in terms of national security. In a Thursday post on X, Vance lashed out after learning the administration was putting Ukraine at the front of the line for all new Patriot missile deliveries. “At this point...

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A Juneteenth celebration in California turned into a chaotic scene on Wednesday when multiple people were shot and others were injured during fights. One person also was jailed for striking a police officer, according to KGO-TV in San Francisco. The city of Oakland was hosting a celebration of the relatively new...

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No American can truly share the grief of a woman who has lost her daughter to murder, but outrage at the government that allowed it is a different story. And when it comes to a political hack cosplaying as the secretary of homeland security treating the murdered woman with the...

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McDesperation after a McFrenzy over high fast-food prices has led to some new deals at McDonald’s restaurants. In February, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski promised that the focus of the year would be "affordability." At the time, he said low-income customers were finding other places to eat as consumer anger over...

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Thanks to the mainstream media, the only things most Americans know about Speaker Mike Johnson as a family man are a few contrived controversies. There's the one over a purity event he attended with his daughter. Then, there's his covenant marriage with wife Kelly, and, finally, the “creepy” anti-porn software...

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President Joe Biden's executive actions taken to cancel student loan debt are a primary cause of a $400 billion increase in the federal government's projected deficit for 2024. On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a revised estimate up from February, calculating the deficit will total $1.9 trillion. In its report, the...

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The Pacific appears increasingly nearer to war as Chinese vessels encircled and boarded military resupply boats belonging to a key American ally. Tensions erupted as the Chinese Coast Guard seized ships of a Philippine Navy resupply mission that was underway near the Second Thomas Shoal. The Armed Forces of the...

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Rarely have seven innocuous words, misinterpreted and then amplified, caused so much mischief. On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana ignited leftist outrage by signing a bill that requires all the state’s public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. Predictably, opponents of the bill cited a paraphrased version...

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Legislation passed in the Michigan House and Senate would upset ballot recount procedures in the state's elections, shifting the power from the Board of State Canvassers to "hyper-partisan" county prosecutors. Introduced in October of last year, Senate Bills 603 and 604 made their way through the Senate and House before...

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A disturbing new report is shedding some potentially damning light on one of the world's most popular social media platforms. In a joint effort with Laura Edelson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Meta-owned Instagram has an odd propensity to aggressively push...

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The mayor of a Florida community has resigned only months after he was elected, claiming there is more corruption than he can battle. Former Madeira Beach Mayor Jim Rostek threw in the towel on Friday, citing abruptly "corruptive behavior” and pointing fingers at City Manager Robin Ignacio Gomez, who denies...

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Given how large it is now, people tend to forget just how unimportant the NBA was in the '70s. Attendance was sagging, interest was dwindling, and things were bad enough that NBA playoff games -- ostensibly the most important games of the season -- were being put on tape delay....

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The worst place to commit a crime is next to a police station. The second worst place is next to a martial arts gym. KHOU-TV reported that a family of Tae Kwon Do instructors stopped a 19-year-old Alex Robinson -- who was later charged with attempted sexual assault -- when...

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A moment of triumph ended in agony for a 17-year-old French swimmer. Rafael Fente-Damers appeared to have made the French Olympic swimming team when he achieved a second-place finish Tuesday in the 100m freestyle final, according to the Telegraph. But the celebration could be the end of his dreams of...

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Considering that Boeing currently has a brand reputation somewhere between that of Yugo and Asbestos-Tasteez lollipops, you'd hope for some good news for the troubled plane-maker. Heck, at this point, you'd hope for more than a few weeks in between major incidents involving one of its aircraft. Well, we're talking...

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