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A Thursday poll shows that the race for Maryland’s open Senate seat has become more competitive since former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan launched a surprise campaign last week. After previously ruling out both a presidential and Senate run in 2023, Hogan announced on Friday that he’d be seeking to retire…
Read More New Poll Spells Bad News For Dems In Maryland Open Senate Seat
Florida State Republican Rep. Ryan Chamberlin is advocating abolishing property taxes in Florida and replacing them with sales taxes. Chamberlin of Belleview filed a bill that, if enacted, tasks the Office of Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, the Legislature’s research agency, with studying the feasibility…
Read More Florida GOP Lawmaker Proposes Abolishing Property Taxes In Lieu Of Sales Taxes
Based on its questioning, the U.S. Supreme Court seems ready to reject Colorado’s push to shove former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot. If the case goes as suggested, the justices will quash other states seeking to do the same. That includes Maine, which…
Read More Poll: A Whopping 78% Of Democrats Approve Of States Dumping Trump From 2024 Ballots
President Joe Biden was visibly angry when discussing the death of his son, Beau, at his disastrous press conference last week following the Justice Department’s report on Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. At the briefing, an outraged Biden berated Special Counsel Robert Hur for not…
Read More Biden Slams Special Counsel For Raising Specter Of Beau In Interview, But Biden Did The Raising
TAMPA, Fla. – A U.S. Coast Guard cutter seized advanced conventional weapons and other lethal aid originating in Iran and bound to Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen from a vessel in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 28. The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast-response cutter USCGC Clarence…
Read More U.S. Coast Guard Intercepts Iranian Weapons Shipment Intended For Houthis
Rep. Matt Gaetz on Wednesday called out his fellow Republican Rep. Mike Turner as “incredibly irresponsible” for floating a cryptic and vague “threat” to America’s national security — just as the House was lining up a vote on a controversial military aid package to Ukraine.…
Read More Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Says Ohio Rep. Turner Is “Gaslighting” America With National Security Threat
America First Legal (AFL) accused Disney of discrimination in a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Wednesday. AFL alleged that Disney violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin…
Read More America First Legal Lodges Complaint Against Disney Over Leaked ‘Inclusion Standards’
Border Patrol agents recorded more than 18,000 encounters of Chinese migrants crossing the southern border illegally in just four months, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data updated on Tuesday. Agents recorded 18,659 encounters of Chinese illegal migrants in the region between October and…
Read More Border Agents Record Over 18,000 Encounters Of Chinese Illegal Migrants In Just 4 Months
Arab countries are hamstringing the U.S.’ ability to launch self-defense strikes on Iranian proxy militias that have injured and killed U.S. troops in the region in recent months, Politico reported, citing officials. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Arab nations have blocked U.S. military…
Read More Arab Countries Hamstring America’s Ability To Strike Iranian Proxies
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said Wednesday that British Foreign Secretary David Cameron “can kiss my ass” for comparing opponents of Ukrainian aid to Adolf Hitler’s appeasement in the 1930s before World War II. Cameron made the comparison in an op-ed for The…
Read More Georgia Rep. MTG Says British Foreign Secretary Can ‘Kiss My A*S’