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Republicans Might Deserve to Lose If They Don’t Do Something About Rogue Judges

Republicans Might Deserve to Lose If They Don’t Do Something About Rogue Judges

Another day, another leftist activist in black robe decides they don’t care for what the President of the United States has done. I understand that...

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Republicans Need to Come Up With a Reason to Vote for Them Beyond Democrats Sucking

Republicans Need to Come Up With a Reason to Vote for Them Beyond Democrats Sucking

Democrats suck. That’s it, that’s the sentence. It also seems to be the strategy of Republicans for the midterm elections. That’s all well and...

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Some Questions for Graham Platner

Some Questions for Graham Platner

I realize Graham Platner is never going to answer any real question from anyone who’ll follow up and not simply swallow his bovine post-digested...

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The US Has to Act Now to Ensure We Dominate the Future of AI

The US Has to Act Now to Ensure We Dominate the Future of AI

As a kid, I used to watch the awful cartoon “Masters of the Universe,” which has been on my mind lately because the movie version is currently in...

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The Last Thing We Need Is Government Interference in College Sports

The Last Thing We Need Is Government Interference in College Sports

I grew up in Michigan, so even though I didn’t go to the University of Michigan (too rich for my blood), college football was all about the maize...

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To Live and Die in LA: Go Vote!

To Live and Die in LA: Go Vote!

If you live in California, go vote tomorrow. If you know someone who lives in California, call them, call all of them, and make sure they vote...

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Black People Are Not Children, Nor Are They Special

Black People Are Not Children, Nor Are They Special

To hear Democrats talk about black people is a mix of arrogance, racism and more condescension than could be crammed into the Grand Canyon. What do I...

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Prediction Markets Are Not News and Neither Is CNN

The World Cup is coming this summer and I’m here for it. I’m not a fan of every sport, but I am a fan of games in every sport where the stakes are...

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All Stephen Colbert Had To Do Was Not Suck; He Couldn’t Do It

It was his last show and it was the only episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert I’ve ever watched. Yes, I’d seen clips, but I had honestly...

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Democrats Sure Hate Jews

If you follow Democrat Party primaries, it’s tough to know if they’re running against other individuals or all Jews. Their ads don’t say things...

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Let’s Take Kamala Up on Her Proposal of ‘No Bad Ideas’

It’s getting tougher and tougher not to wish ill on Democrats, as they promise to trample the Constitution and commit to treating all Americans like...

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Here Is Why Thomas Massie’s Loss Doesn’t Matter at All

I know, a lot of people are very excited about the primary defeat of U.S. Republican Thomas Massie (KY-4). I’m just not one of them. Not because I...

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It’s Not 1950 Anymore But Democrats Are Still Racists

Cory Booker, Senator from New Jersey and child of two wealthy executives at IBM, knows struggle – he’s seen every episode of “Dear White...

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When Rich Liberals Beg

The only thing Democrats hate more than people who won’t obey them is the idea of paying their own way for things. They love “giving away”...

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Democrats Refuse To Even Talk To the American People Anymore

Of all the problems Democrats have created and unleashed on the country, the unwillingness and inability to speak to anyone who disagrees with them is...

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The Freak Out Over Demi Moore Being in Shape Is Stupid

Democrats gave us plus-size models — overweight women with cute faces who got work because they “look like real women” as obesity became the...

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‘The View’ Is a Cancer on the Culture and the Country

It almost seems impossible, and I wouldn’t believe it if didn’t see it with my own eyes, but through the miracle of “new math” and the sheer...

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The Democrat Money Grab

I don’t know how I got on so many left-wing fundraising lists, as I have a strict “give no money to any politicians” policy (because it makes it...

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Too Many Democrats Are a Special Kind Of Stupid

Poor Democrats, learning the hard way (and very late in life) that actions have consequences and you can’t always get what you want…no matter how...

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Democrat Policies Ruin Everything

When I first moved to Baltimore after college, way back in 2001, I was pretty well stuck in the city and DC, as I lived near the train station in...

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Let Our Allies Have Iran

As a kid, I remember the old saying, “Never let your mouth write a check your butt can’t cash.” Many a nose has been bloodied over a bounced...

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Democrats Even Hate Their Own Once They’re No Longer Useful to Them

I was never a fan of Barney Frank, the retired, long-serving Massachusetts Democrat. Not because I didn’t find him particularly honest – I did –...

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It’s Hard To Care About Democrats at All Anymore

We used to be in this together – Americans were Americans, and we simply disagreed on various policy points. I don’t feel that much anymore. My...

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Nothing Scares Democrats More Than the Idea of Merit

The Supreme Court striking down Democrat racism in the drawing of Congressional districts set off a predictable wave of panic across the Left, as the...

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Democrats Always Act Surprised When One of Their Own Tries to Murder Trump

In their attempt to get President Donald Trump killed, Democrats are hitting zero. You might think that’s a glib way to put it, but how else can you...

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Of Course Democrats Fundraise Right After Latest Assassination Attempt on Trump

Democrats love other people’s money. They pretend to hate capitalism, and they pretend to hate rich people, but they absolutely love other...

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Democrats Have Always Created Racism and Always Will

Everyone knows the old adage “divide and conquer,” but for Democrats, it is, and always has been, “divide to conquer.” The political left only...

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like and Why Our Founding Fathers Didn’t Create One

Virginia voted, and the Democrats treated the Republicans and Independents in the state like Bill Clinton treated so many women over the years –...

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Dear Mr. President, Please Stop Giving Special Access to the Left-Wing Press

Remember when the leftist media was upset about Benjamin Netanyahu being in the Situation Room with President Trump? “How dare he?” they cried as...

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Do All Democrats Have to Be Complete Jerks?

Unless you live in New Hampshire, you’ve probably never heard of Chris Pappas. He’s the Representative from the state’s first Congressional...

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Weird How ‘The Worst Kept Secrets’ Are Always About Democrats, Isn’t It?

Everyone in Hollywood knew who the perverts were, they’d heard the rumors and seen things for themselves. Many of the people out there experienced...

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Idiot Math

Math is hard when you’re a kid. My kids – ages seven and eight – are learning math. Some days are good, others not so much. By the time you’re...

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It’s Hard Not to Laugh at the Downfall of Eric Swalwell

It’s always the people you most suspect… Everyone hates it when bad things happen to good people. In the case of the demise of Eric Swalwell,...

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The Locust Left Shows You Who Not to Vote for: A Handy Guide

I live in Maryland, and as a conservative, I know I am way outnumbered on almost all issues. Working in DC, there isn’t really a haven for sane...

12.04.2026 10

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President Trump, You Should Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Iran and Democrats are united on a great many things, but none more than the desire to see President Donald Trump fail. The Iranian regime, or...

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Don’t Trust Any Pundit Who Insists You Should Trust Them

There used to be a difference between famous and infamous – people aspired to be famous, no one wanted to be infamous. It was good attention versus...

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Nothing Terrifies Democrats More Than a Little Transparency

Sunshine is the best disinfectant, but serious scrutiny so concerns some Democrats that you’d think they, themselves, were the infection. Democrats...

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Pam Bondi Deserved to Be Fired Long Ago

Pam Bondi was fired last week because she deserved to be. I know she’s popular among some, but she was not popular with President Donald Trump, and...

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Impeach The B*****d Liberal Judges

It takes a lot to really get me pissed off, but when I get there, the expletives flow. That happened Tuesday night, as two court rulings pissed me...

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Throw Iran to the Wolves

First off, I’m writing this before President Donald Trump speaks to the nation tonight, where I expect him to declare victory and announce something...

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Can Democrat Voters Really Be This Dumb?

It’s a question for the ages – Is there a bottom Democrat Party leadership can hit that will cause their supporters to wake up? In a dream, when...

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No Kings and No Intelligence

The mutants were on the march Saturday, or on the street corners, I should say. No, they weren’t hookers, at least in the traditional sense, but...

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What Happened to Megyn Kelly?

I have a good friend who used to work on Megyn Kelly’s show when she was on Fox and I asked him one time what she was really like. I’ve known lots...

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If You Think Democrats Care About You, Then You’re an Idiot

I hate these people, I really do. When was the last time you actually thought a Democrat politician had your back on something? I mean, really had...

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Cesar Chavez: Democrats’ OG Jeffrey Epstein

When yet another hero of the “progressive” Left was exposed as a perverted child rapist, it wasn’t a matter of shock as much as it was a...

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Democrats Break Out Fauci to Raise Money

Money makes the world go ‘round, and other people’s money makes the political world spin like crazy and political consultants rich. Nothing...

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I Bet Sports Partnering With Prediction Markets Will Be a Disaster

I have never been a fan of prediction markets, having, at best, only ever really broken even when I’ve dabbled in it at Predict It. That said, I...

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JB Pritzker Promises to Weaponize Government

There are few things worse than someone who has had everything handed to them who acts like they’ve somehow earned all of it. We say these people...

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What If Iranians Don’t Want to Be ‘Free’?

I’m not one of those people tapping their foot saying, “When is the war going to end? It’s been dragging on and is a disaster!” No, those...

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Here Is One Of The Toads Running As a Democrat This Year

Sometimes in politics, your side is luckier in who is running against you than who you have running for your party. In the midterms, Democrats are...

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