President Joe Biden claimed on Thursday that the fire hydrants in Los Angeles were not working, as the city battles severe wildfires, because power was cut to the water pumps. But that announcement appears to be only one angle on the issue, which has affected the ability of first responders...

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Things are going from bad to worse in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' office. Just days after reports that she'd planned to can her fire chief, Kristin Crowley, after she publicly criticized the level of funding she'd received from the city, Bass is facing intense criticism yet again from a...

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Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has faced a number of criticisms over her leadership amid the wildfires destroying large portions of the city. First, there was the fact that Bass spent the first part of the crisis several thousand miles away on an entirely separate continent, attending an official...

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Biden administration officials revealed on Friday that they extended Temporary Protected Status to almost 1 million individuals from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela. The policy protects certain nationals from those countries from potential deportation and allows them to renew work permits, according to a report from Politico. The move...

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Senate Democrats and establishment Republicans will seize upon anything they can in order to derail President-elect Donald Trump's America-first agenda. Ironically, it appears that their first attempt at sabotage will receive no help even from the corrupt FBI. According to Punchbowl News, late last week leading members of the Senate...

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Elon Musk announced that Tesla and SpaceX devoted resources and personnel to help victims of the Los Angeles fires as residents evacuate the region and lose homes. Musk shared on Sunday evening via X that Tesla and SpaceX staffers are “driving around areas in greater LA/Malibu that are in tough...

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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, were roundly reviled on social media after making a cameo appearance at the scene of one fire ravaging the Los Angeles area. Meghan and Harry appeared on the scene of homes damaged in the Eaton fire, where they mingled with first responders and...

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The Washington football team -- be it the Redskins or the Commanders -- haven't had much recent playoff success, at all. The team hasn't won a playoff football game since George W. Bush was in office, when the then-Redskins went on the road to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back...

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President-elect Donald Trump said a conversation with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman at Mar-a-Lago was a welcome dose of common sense. Trump invited Fetterman to his Mar-a-Lago estate, a far cry from the days when Trump opposed Fetterman in the 2022 election in which he supported Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican...

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One of the most historically accurate tropes about the NFL is that wide receivers are typically the most diva-like of all the football positions. Insanely talented knuckleheads like Randy Moss, Chad Johnson (née Ochocinco), Terrell Owens, and Joe Horn are just a few examples of recent wide receiver stars whose...

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The past is -- almost quite literally -- clashing with the present for President-elect Donald Trump. Steve Bannon, one of President-elect Donald Trump's chief strategists in 2016 and a political firebrand himself, took direct aim at one of the former-and-future president's newfound closest allies in a recent international interview. The...

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Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan wants to empower Americans frustrated at seeing illegal immigrant criminals flouting the law. Homan said the transition team of President-elect Donald Trump has been considering a “fresh idea” that would create a hotline for Americans to report criminal behavior by illegal immigrants, according to NBC....

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For many consumers, cancelling monthly subnoscriptions requires something annoying, such as having a conversation with a non-English-speaking "customer service" representative. In politics, however, it appears that not even a failed campaign can bring recurring monthly donations to an end. According to Politico, Vice President Kamala Harris's gullible donors received an...

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To borrow an ancient Greek metaphor, the ship of state has reversed course under President-elect Donald Trump. In a joint news conference with Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen on Friday, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede insisted that the people of Greenland desire independence, but he also hinted that he recognizes...

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Police arrested a man Friday night under suspicion of purposely trying to start a brush fire in the Los Angeles area. The fears expressed by many on social media is that arsonists have been the cause of what will go down as one of the costliest "natural disaster" in U.S....

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The wildfires, which continue to devour Los Angeles neighborhoods, have placed the diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the Los Angeles Fire Department under intense scrutiny as the agency struggles to contain the blazes. But there is one particular executive who perfectly demonstrated the way in which wokeness has distracted...

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The lethal wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area since last week have fixed Americans' attention on failed California Democrats. Now, it appears that the establishment might have handed its media allies a scapegoat, albeit one who actually deserves blame. In an October 2021 interview with The New York Times --...

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Multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood is reportedly slated to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week. Underwood, 41, will sing “America the Beautiful” on Jan. 20 at the U.S. Capitol, according to a picture of the inaugural program shared by political reporter Matthew Foldi. The Armed Forces Chorus and...

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Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles unveiled legislation allowing President-elect Donald Trump to move toward purchasing Greenland once he returns to office. After weeks of the incoming commander-in-chief making gestures toward annexing the island territory, the “Make Greenland Great Again Act” will authorize Trump to “seek to enter into negotiations with...

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Fox News host and commentator Will Cain is slated to receive his own afternoon time slot on the Fox News Channel, the company revealed on Monday. Fox News Media revealed several changes to programming in a news release that included the announcement of “The Will Cain Show,” which will take...

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that he has directed for the U.S. flag to be flown at full-staff on state properties for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week. Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29, President Joe Biden ordered that the American flag be flown...

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