The original larded-up continuing resolution died a well-deserved death, thanks in part to pressure from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. So now, as one would expect, the Democrats are complaining about what's been taken out of the slimmed-down package that's hit the...

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Joe Biden continues to make a mockery of the American presidency and the U.S. justice system by cavalierly handing out presidential pardons and commutations to heinous criminals on his way out. Two weeks ago, Biden commuted the sentence disgraced Pennsylvania judge Michael T. Conahan, who was convicted in 2008 of...

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A Sinaloa Cartel boss was shot and killed by police after he opened fire on attendees at a cockfight in Mexico, according to Excelsior, a Spanish-language news outlet. Law enforcement officers killed the infamous Jose "El Chabelo" Isabel after he fled the scene, which occurred near Manzanillo, Mexico. Isabel and...

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New York City Police Department officials arrested an illegal immigrant from Guatemala  Sunday in connection with the death of a homeless woman who was set on fire in a New York City subway car. The man taken into NYPD custody following the shocking incident is 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta, sources familiar...

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Reasonable people may disagree over whether or not capital punishment promotes justice and the public interest better than lifetime imprisonment. Nonetheless, one cannot dispute the fact that President Joe Biden lacks the moral and cognitive capacity to make such judgments. In a statement released Monday, the White House announced that...

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that his administration will be "fully operational" by 2:00 p.m. on Jan. 20. Trump made the pledge to a capacity crowd at the Phoenix Convention Center as the closing speaker at Turning Point USA's four-day annual America Fest event. TPUSA President Charlie Kirk posted on...

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The Democratic Party has long since degenerated into a cult united primarily by members' unhinged hatred of President-elect Donald Trump. Recently, however, a few signs have emerged suggesting that some Democrats have grown tired of their party's anti-Trump obsession. In a Sunday interview with ABC's Jonathan Karl on "This Week,"...

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The son of retiring Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger confirmed on Sunday that she has been experiencing some “dementia issues” over the past several months as she repeatedly missed work in Congress. The 81-year-old lawmaker has been residing in an assisted living facility, according to a report from The Dallas...

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President-elect Donald Trump issued a four-word response on Sunday after Panama's President Jose Raúl Mulino rejected his assertions that the United States should regain control of the Panama Canal. Mulino said that “every square meter of the Panama Canal” belongs to the Central American country “and will continue belonging to...

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Now and then, one needs the sobering reminder that Democrats and their establishment media minions have brainwashed millions of Americans. For instance, Sunday on the social media platform X, 32-year-old guard Natasha Cloud of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury dutifully regurgitated establishment propaganda with respect to X owner Elon Musk, whom...

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A 7-year-old boy underwent open heart surgery after a malfunctioning drone struck him in the chest Saturday night in Orlando, Florida. Adriana Edgerton was at Lake Eola watching a drone show with her children when the incident occurred, according to WESH in Florida. "Everyone’s natural instinct was to duck and...

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A jammed gun and a heroic classmate thwarted plans for an apparent attempted school massacre last week in a Brazilian school. Lyedja Yasmin Silva Santos, 19, was arrested last week after police said she tried to kill a teacher and classmates at Berilo Wanderley State School in Natal, the capital...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's slow walk and aged appearance recently sparked concern among fans, among a variety of other responses. The 77-year-old was seen earlier this month walking in New York City while surrounded by bodyguards. Schwarzenegger sported a Christmas sweater, silvery hair and a beard as he made his way into...

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Members of the House Ethics Committee released a report Monday on now-former Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, contending that he paid for sex with a minor and committed other ethics violations, some of which allegedly rise to the level of criminal activity. The report asserted that Gaetz “regularly paid women...

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New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that conservative journalist Nick Sortor touched her in the United States Capitol while he filmed a video confronting her over the illegal immigration crisis. The video, posted on the social media platform X on Sunday evening, showed Sortor questioning Ocasio-Cortez about the effects...

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Some thieves in California found out the hard way that crime never pays, especially after a new ballot measure went into effect. California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 during last month’s election, targeting -- among other offenses -- theft and shoplifting and “implementing harsher penalties for repeat offenders,” per a...

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If you're into reality TV schadenfreude and haven't been Keeping Up with the Kardashians™ lately, I bring glad tidings this Christmas season: Kim has somehow found a new way to debase herself  -- and our society's way of celebrating the Savior's birth along with it -- even more thoroughly than...

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Two American auto giants -- Ford and General Motors -- will each donate $1 million and provide a fleet of vehicles for President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration. The Michigan conglomerates join a growing list of mega-corporations that are pitching in for Trump's highly-anticipated second inauguration. Other corporate donors so...

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The leader of the Jewish state of Israel likely won't be attending the liberation anniversary of the concentration camp that makes one of the best arguments for the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel. Why? Because the International Criminal Court has contempt for the Jewish state of Israel. According...

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Even a few days before a Manhattan jury acquitted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who was on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, Andre Zachery, Neeley's father, was in a New York state court suing Penny. According to The New York Times, Neely's father accused Penny of "negligence, carelessness...

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