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George Conway, a conservative lawyer but vocal critic of President Donald Trump, is considering jumping into the race to replace New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler next year, according to the New York Times. Conway, who divorced his wife and former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway in 2023, told donors at a private virtual event for paid members of the liberal media outlet Democracy Docket on Tuesday that he was inspired to consider a campaign after eight Senate Democrats voted to reopen the government without a deal to extend expiring health care subsidies. The former conservative said he would run as a Democrat if he jumped into the race
The wealthy oceanfront town of Carmel, California, has banned pickleball in its public park after residents complained that the constant sound of paddles striking balls was too noisy.
The Carmel City Council voted earlier this month to permanently prohibit the sport at Forest Hill Park, the only public pickleball location within city limits, marking the first such ban in the state, according to sfgate.com.
Residents reported that the "popping" sound had been echoing through the neighborhood as players participated in the game that has grown in popularity, particularly among seniors and retirees, the outlet reported.
Worst Living President Turns 83
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When Joe Biden, the worst living president of the United States, entered the world in 1942, there were still people alive who fought in the Civil War. Now he's celebrating his 83rd birthday. He is joined in celebration by his conniving wife, Dr. Jill Biden, his crackhead lothario son, Hunter Biden, his utterly disgraced former White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, and other deranged weirdos who view Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 campaign as a national tragedy.
If the Biden clan had gotten their way, we'd be less than halfway through the first half of President Biden's second term in office. He would be confined to his basement and getting treated
The Embarrassments of Ideology
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a euphemism for a rigid racialist theology.
It deductively postulates that a large percentage of the population is oppressed by racism and sexism, mostly by white males.
DEI makes no allowance for the class or wealth of the alleged victims or their supposed victimizers. So once that rigid party line is set, it cannot account for tens of millions of affluent and privileged non-white Americans or like numbers of poor and non-privileged whites.
Absurdities and ridicule must then follow.
One example is the spectacle of former First Lady Michelle Obama on her current book tour.
A new report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) makes some uncomfortable claims about a plan by Islamic radicals, especially the so-called Muslim Brotherhood, to systematically enter, infiltrate, and destroy the United States. If this doesn't make Americans sit up and take notice, I don't know what might. Here's a key point: In other words: Inject a poison into America's bloodstream, to devour it from within. Many of the actors, we should note, may well already be here - see Dearborn, Michigan. See also the last four years of the Biden administration, which threw open our border to all and sundry, allowing in millions.
Hochul’s colossal $113M
gift to far-left groups shows she’s
just ‘another Defund the Police Dem’ replies
gift to far-left groups shows she’s
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Gov. Hochul has spent $66 million of taxpayer money on grants to radical left-wing groups that conduct overt political operations to defund the police, close prisons, abolish ICE, decriminalize prostitution, promote open borders, target minors with transgender ideology, promote anti-Israel extremism, impose crippling climate mandates on new housing — and increase taxation to pay for it all.
An examination of 13,000 grants since Hochul took office in 2021 shows a massive investment in far-left causes, with $66 million paid so far and almost $50 million promised for a total contract value of $113 million.
“Our tax dollars should go towards fighting criminals, not helping them,” says Rep. Elise Stefanik,
Billionaire hedge fund founder-turned-environmental advocate Tom Steyer is running for governor of California – an announcement that comes as little to no surprise following his recent ad buys in support of Proposition 50 during the state’s special election on redistricting. Speculations that Steyer, who also ran for president in 2020, may be eyeing another foray into politics began swirling immediately after he announced plans to drop $12 million on ads to support California Democrats’ mid-decade redistricting effort several weeks ago. Those speculations were confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 19, when Steyer, 68, formally announced his candidacy for governor. The Democrat is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump.
With a little less than a year to go before the 2026 midterm elections, a Marist Poll shows Democrats leading Republicans by a massive +14 points in the generic ballot.
“Democrats currently have a 14-point lead against the Republicans among registered voters nationally on the 2026 generic congressional ballot question,” writes Marist. “This has changed considerably. Since 2022, voters have been divided about which party’s candidate they would support.”
This, even though those polled “place most of the blame for the shutdown on congressional Democrats.” Still, “six in ten [blame] either the President or the GOP in Congress.”
Yesterday we learned that a three judge panel had ruled 2-1 that Texas would not be allowed to use newly drawn maps in the midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, who is a Trump appointee, joined U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama, an Obama appointee, to demand the state return to its previously drawn maps. The core of their ruling was that the goal of the redistricting was not partisan political advantage, but racial gerrymandering.
The state had argued that the entire redistricting process was based on a partisan goal, which the U.S. Supreme Court has previously said courts cannot intervene to prevent. But the plaintiffs pointed to a letter
ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Fugitive Accused
of Beating Texas Woman with Tire Iron
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of Beating Texas Woman with Tire Iron
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien fugitive accused of beating and raping a woman in Houston, Texas.
On Wednesday, ICE officials announced the arrest of illegal alien Cesar Orlando Castro Serrano of El Salvador, who has been wanted by Houston police since 2023 on aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated kidnapping charges.
According to police, Castro Serrano allegedly beat a 22-year-old woman in the head with a tire iron and then raped her before leaving her in critical condition in a wooded area behind an apartment complex.
Since the alleged assault, Castro Serrano had been on the run.
First Lady Melania Trump was elegantly mysterious in an emerald gown for a dinner in the East Room of the White House, where she and the president hosted the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday evening, Melania Trump, styled by Hervé Pierre, wore a strapless ruched coated jersey dress in a rich Absinthe green from Lebanese fashion powerhouse Elie Saab — an appropriate choice for dinner with the Saudi Crown Prince.
The gown, still available at Neiman Marcus, retails for $3,350.
Mrs. Trump kept the ensemble modest with only a pair of earrings from her personal jewelry collection and a pair of BB 105mm suede pumps from Manolo Blahnik,
Former President George W. Bush and his family are reportedly planning to retake the Republican Party from President Donald Trump once he is out of office, according to a recent report.
There are allegedly “rumors” stirring that there is a “plot to end the so-called ‘Bush Exile'” as part of an effort to take control of the GOP from Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) policies, according to the Daily Mail:
Now, rumors are stirring of a plot to end the so-called ‘Bush Exile’ and take back the GOP from the so-called scourge of Trumpism.
Behind the scenes, and still with deep connections around the country,
An illegal alien from Georgia is accused of killing 23-year-old Indiana National Guardsman Terry Frye in a Boone County, Indiana, crash.
This week, local media confirmed that Goderdzi Guzabidze, the man accused of causing a fatal crash on Interstate 65 in Boone County that took the life of Terry Frye while injuring three other Indiana National Guardsmen, is an illegal alien from Georgia.
According to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Guzabidze was driving a truck that was also hauling a trailer when he swerved, spurring Frye’s Humvee to swerve to avoid Guzabidze’s truck.
The Humvee, as a result of swerving, veered off the interstate and flipped — killing Frye
The Clintons Aren't Going to Like What
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James Comer Just Said About Their Epstein Depositions replies
Back in August, the House Oversight Committee Chair, Republican Rep. James Comer (KY-1), announced that they were subpoenaing a variety of people for depositions in the Jeffrey Epstein matter. Among those people were Bill and Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton was scheduled to testify on Oct. 9, and Bill on Oct. 14.
In a move that probably would surprise no one, their appearances were postponed. It's now more than a month since they were supposed to appear. The last word was that the Committee was trying to arrange things with their schedules. However, there's been no announcement about a new date.
DOJ Indicts Democrat Congresswoman on
Charges of Stealing $5 Million in Alleged
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Charges of Stealing $5 Million in Alleged
FEMA Funds Scheme replies
Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) has been indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million in a FEMA funds scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin detailed the charges against the Florida Congresswoman, who is accused of stealing millions of FEMA funds, “laundering the proceeds, and then using the money to support her 2021 Congressional campaign.” [Tweet]
“Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, both of Miramar, worked through their family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021,” the DOJ press release shared. “In July 2021, the company received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds.”
I was first made aware of this story by our sister site Twitchy, and the more I looked into it, the more I felt like it was a Monty Python skit about byzantine government operations.
Trump wants to clean up the 137-year-old Eisenhower Executive Office Building – not one of the prettier or more impressive buildings in The Swamp, I can tell you – but of course, some crazed historical group immediately filed suit to stop him.
At this rate, administration officials will need to get judicial approval just to use the bathroom.
The Trump team was forced to agree not to take any steps to beautify the building
The Trump administration has done an admirable job of stopping border crossings by illegals since taking control of the executive branch in January, but as many Americans who voted for President Donald Trump know, stopping those people is only half the battle.
The other half is efficient and effective mass deportations to the tune of 1 million per monthThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in late October that more than 2 million illegals had left the country, most of whom self-deported, while DHS forcibly removed 500,000. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the Trump administration was on pace to deport 600,000 by the end of Trump’s first year back in office.
A federal grand jury in Miami indicted Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-FL, and several co-defendants with stealing federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds, and using the money to support her 2021 congressional campaign.
Court records say that Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, both of Miramar, worked through their family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021. In July 2021, the company received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds.
The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal that $5 million and routed it through multiple accounts to disguise its source.
Hundreds of State Department employees will receive restitution after an internal review under Secretary Marco Rubio found they were denied promotions during the Biden administration for not meeting new diversity, equity and inclusion standards.
In addition to removing the diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) precept from the State Department’s promotion process, officials said roughly 295 employees who were marked down for not showing they would "seek diversity in staff" will now receive pay increases, administrative promotions and letters of commendation.
"The Trump administration is providing restitution to State Department employees who were adversely impacted by the previous administration’s ideological agenda," a State Department official said.
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board,
Harvard launches probe after release of
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Harvard launches probe after release of
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Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary and ex-president of Harvard University, announced Wednesday he would resign from the board of directors at OpenAI amid scrutiny on his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — ties that are now the subject of a new internal investigation at the Ivy League school.
"In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have also decided to resign from the board of OpenAI," Summers said in a statement Wednesday. "I am grateful for the opportunity to have served, excited about the potential of the company, and look forward to following their progress."
Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews appeared on CNN News Central on Tuesday afternoon to hawk his latest book worshiping the Kennedys, but the appearance turned into an embarrassing outing as two of his broad proclamations about contemporary politics turned out to be wildly false. Between claiming the Senate was going to stymie the release of the Epstein files and suggesting the Washington Post never criticized the Saudi crown price visiting the White House, Matthews’ assertions were blown up in his face by CNN journalists.
Report: House Dem Caucus Devolves Into
Romper Room As Retaliation Planned for
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Romper Room As Retaliation Planned for
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Democrat Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) did the right thing in pushing for a vote on a "disapproval resolution" against one of her leftist colleagues, and now she must pay the price.
That is the gist of the latest drama playing out among the House Democrat Caucus after the lower chamber voted on Tuesday in favor of the resolution, with 23 Democrats crossing the aisle to vote with Republicans (236-183-4) in what ended up being a deeply humiliating moment not just for Rep. Jesús "Chuy" Garcia (IL-04) but for Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), who had urged his caucus to vote against it.
In a nutshell,
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven has found itself the target of social media outrage after a story about how it treated one of its employees was made public.
Stephanie Dilyard worked at one 7-Eleven store in Oklahoma City when she was given a counterfeit $100 bill from a customer. Dilyard refused to accept it and the man attacked her, tried to strangle Dilyard for doing her job.
Unfortunately for that man, later identified as Kenneth Thompson, Dilyard was armed, and she shot him.
In response, 7-Eleven fired Dilyard from her job.
The prevailing argument from the Left and their opposition to immigration enforcement has been, in a word, racist. It's also an eye-opening glimpse into how they really feel about illegal immigrants.
In short, they want to keep illegals in the country to have low-wage workers to do the less-than-glamorous jobs like picking crops and building houses.
It's the same argument Democrats used when they opposed the abolition of slavery, and it's highly ironic coming from the party that demands a "living wage" for workers (which makes things more expensive for everyone). [Tweets, video)
Filipovic was roasted for this assertion. Who needs someone to clean their one-bedroom apartment?