In a legal gambit, two death row inmates are trying to avoid the commutation of their sentences by President Joe Biden. Last month, Biden sprinkled commutations on a number of federal inmates who had been sentenced to death. The commutations did not mean that the inmates involved were free, only...

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Every story of this kind should begin with the same question. Otherwise, one misses the fundamental point. Specifically, if we could create a public education system from scratch, would it look anything like the one we have? If the answer is "no" -- and it should be "no" -- then...

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Trust is an incredibly fickle thing. When you have it, it's as good as an unlimited credit card with zero interest. You can rack up all sorts of societal debt on that sucker, should you truly have ironclad trust. But once you lose it? It's almost impossible to get it...

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There are few -- if any -- modern American politicians who are more contemptible than former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. The longtime (long time), 84-year-old California representative is perhaps the textbook example of what a slimy, meddlesome, corrupt, greedy, power-hungry despot masquerading as a career politician looks like. To...

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Under President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration, this legislation should prove redundant. Nonetheless, congressional Republicans must force their Democratic colleagues to vote on it. According to Fox News, on Tuesday the House of Representatives will make the Laken Riley Act its first legislative priority. On Feb. 22, 2024, Venezuelan illegal immigrant...

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President Joe Biden's pardons and commutations have already made his lame-duck transitional period notorious. Now, in what The New York Times described as a "secret operation" early Monday, he's nearly halved the population of the country's most notorious prison for terrorists and terrorism suspects. He sent Guantanamo Bay prisoners back...

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Fresh off of raising hackles and generating headlines by referring to Canada as the 51st state, President-elect Donald Trump turned his attention southward Tuesday towards a body of water with a troubling name. Trump’s latest idea to re-shape North America came during a news conference, as he was discussing issues...

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The bodies of two dead people were found Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport overnight. The corpses were found in the wheel well of a JetBlue Airways plane, according to CBS. The discovery came after a routine inspection of the plane. On Monday, the plane flew to Florida from...

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A small contingent traveling on Trump Force One, including Donald Trump Jr., was greeted warmly by MAGA hat-wearing supporters in Greenland on Tuesday after landing in the capital of Nuuk. The trip came as President-elect Donald Trump continues his push to acquire the Danish territory off the northeast coast of...

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President-elect Donald Trump has achieved more for Americans in two months than President Joe Biden did in four years. Given the president-elect's remarkable energy, negotiating skills, and love of country, expect those achievements to multiply between now and 2029. At a news conference on Tuesday from his Mar-a-Lago home in...

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The non-handshake heard round the world might have amounted to a politically-motivated snub. Or, the elderly man who refused the handshake might have had any number of non-political reasons for doing so. Either way, those who make it their business to draw conclusions based on insufficient information have once again...

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Justice Department officials submitted a new court filing on Monday alleging that New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams was involved in criminal behavior that extends beyond their initial indictment made last fall. The motion said that prosecutors have new evidence, but did not explicitly indicate what that information revealed,...

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Politics are downstream of culture, and that grows truer by the day. And it's become especially true with regard to pop culture. Entertainment and technology are key parts of pop culture, so we're taking you to the front lines of the culture war by addressing some of the best --...

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Federal District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday temporarily blocked special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report regarding his criminal investigations into President-elect Donald Trump. "Trump co-defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira filed an emergency motion to block the reported imminent release of Smith’s final report," Fox...

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Is President-elect Donald Trump planting the seeds for his own family political dynasty? There's at least one family member beyond Trump himself who he encouraged to enter the political arena. And that's his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. The only problem is, Lara isn't terribly interested in what's apparently on the table...

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will be “making major pardons” on behalf of the individuals who entered the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The incoming commander-in-chief revealed during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that his administration will examine the incident and...

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Senate Democrats are reportedly thwarting Republicans' efforts to hold a confirmation hearing for Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard on an expedited basis. Axios reported, based on multiple unnamed sources, that Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is balking at...

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Mark Zuckerberg thinks that the move toward so-called "fact-checking" articles on Meta's platforms -- notably Facebook and Instagram -- has just added to distrust and bias. That's why he's taking it off and replacing it with a system similar to that employed by Elon Musk's X, on based around community...

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The affluent Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades is engulfed in flames as Democrat Gavin Newsom continues his undisputed reign as the worst governor in America. (An impressive feat given that Tim Walz still exists.) On Wednesday morning, Newsom announced that the beleaguered Golden State has secured tax dollars from...

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With wildfires roaring in Los Angeles County, videos making the rounds on social media are capturing the horror in ways where raw numbers fall short. More than 30,000 residents have been forced to evacuate, and at least 3,000 acres have been burned. But one clip posted to social media where...

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Does anyone buy the notion that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell is some kind of inflation hawk? I certainly don't, but I have trouble buying the idea that Fang Fang's ex-flame (allegedly, cough cough) is an electable U.S. representative, much less an inflation hawk. However, there are plenty of other people...

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