In a flaming letter replete with instances when the FBI let America down, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa called for FBI Director Christopher Wray to step down. Wray still has three years left in the 10-year term to which he was appointed, according to the New York Post. President-elect...

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Is The Gray Lady actually a "Karen"? That appears to be the consensus after the once-venerable New York Times was caught feeling a bit too ennoscriptd when it came to manipulating the narrative surrounding Marine veteran Daniel Penny. Penny, whose trial has captured the nation's attention, was defending his actions...

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Fixing the basics is the first step to fixing government, Elon Musk wrote Monday in announcing his preferred noscript as he begins his work to repair the federal government. Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are heading President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency. In a post on X, Musk said...

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President-elect Donald Trump slapped down contrived left-wing hysteria over Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence, underscoring she has his unwavering support. Trump made the declaration Sunday on "Meet the Press," during which NBC News' Kristen Welker asked about Gabbard's 2017 meetings with now-deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. "In...

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President-elect Donald Trump worked so hard to restore his own political fortunes that one could easily overlook his dynastic achievements. In fact, among the president-elect's most prominent allies and surrogates, only 70-year-old Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. belongs to the same generation as the...

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CNN's conservative commentator Scott Jennings had to spell it out. In a discussion that combined the big Monday news stories of Daniel Penny's acquittal in New York City and the arrest of a suspect in the assassination of a health insurance executive, Jennings created a small chart to illustrate a...

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A bomb threat against Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ended in an unintended death, thanks to a car accident on the way to respond to the incident. According to WAGA-TV, a Rome, Georgia, police officer got into an accident responding to the bomb threat on Monday afternoon, leaving one...

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The U.S. national debt constitutes a standing indictment of one of history's most corrupt ruling classes. By borrowing trillions of dollars and saddling posterity with the repayment obligation, our elected officials have covered themselves in disgrace. Fortunately, a 13-year-old clip showcasing the colorful personality of former Republican congressman Billy Long,...

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President-elect Donald Trump took his trolling of  Canadian Prine Minister Justin Trudeau to a new level Tuesday by suggesting his nation was an American fiefdom. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump posted Tuesday on Truth...

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President-elect Donald Trump's overwhelming victory in the 2024 election suggests that a dwindling number of Americans will tolerate woke nonsense. Thus, the combination of a liberal jurist and a feminist musical should turn the stomachs of everyone besides coastal elites. According to Entertainment Weekly, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson...

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Long-time CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota announced Sunday that she is leaving the network, but she indicated that she will be staying involved in the media in some other capacity "in the very near future." Camerota, who has been a Donald Trump critic, joins fellow CNN on-air personalities Chris Wallace and...

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Former GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz announced on Tuesday that he will be hosting a new program on One America News television network. In a news release, OAN said, "The Matt Gaetz Show" will air weekdays at 9 p.m. ET starting in January. "Matt Gaetz has earned a reputation as a...

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly fell and cut his face after the Republicans' weekly conference lunch at the Capitol on Tuesday. "McConnell, 82, was treated by EMTs in his Senate office after the scrape, but his successor calmed nerves minutes later to announce the GOP leader was on the...

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President Joe Biden has not exactly distinguished himself as a president who puts Americans' interests first. Thus, it comes as no surprise that a story of unfathomable debauchery should unfold inside Biden's Department of Veterans Affairs . Last week, Breitbart News reported that a congressional investigation into workplace behavior and...

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Connor Kasin took to the ice for a hockey game that was being held to raise money for a charity that helps parents cope with the loss of a child. Little did the New York teen know his parents would be in that tragic group before the night was out....

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A Washington, D.C., TV news anchor has been taken off the air after an episode on a recent broadcast. TheDesk.net reported that Leon Harris of WRC-TV “appeared to stumble over his words and looked confused.” The station later offered an explanation for Harris’s absence. “We have an update to share...

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The Biden administration's State Department feted former Secretary of State John Kerry with a portrait unveiling Tuesday. And both current Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Kerry took the opportunity to celebrate the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. What was omitted from their remarks is Kerry's multiple...

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President-elect Donald Trump is marketing the sweet smell of success, and like it or not, even outgoing first lady Jill Biden is part of the act. Trump posted a photo of himself with Jill Biden at Sunday's rededication of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Truth Social as he advertised...

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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who introduced a bill requiring members of Congress to use the bathroom that aligns with their assigned gender, was assaulted by a pro-transgender activist Tuesday evening, according to reports from ABC News and Mace's own social media accounts. Capitol Police arrested suspect James McIntyre, 33, after...

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Well, it was bound to happen. Caitlin Clark is Time Magazine's Athlete of the Year. I was unaware that Time Magazine was still around; I'm usually only reminded in December because they have a Person of the Year Award. That hasn't been announced yet, although the shortlist includes Donald Trump,...

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