Sometimes, local governments are a microcosm for the problems happening in the nation, and that seems to be the case in Kyle, Texas, where the city council unilaterally decided to rename its Rebel Drive. And that’s just the beginning of the strange story. Maybe the council had an excuse for the name change in August,…

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Two people were beaten in Oklahoma City after a fight broke out at a gas station Oct. 19 over a flag supporting President Donald Trump. A victim and a witness told KOCO-TV that the fight was politically motivated and broke out over a Trump 2020 flag that was displayed on the back of a truck.…

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Forty-four San Francisco schools could be slated for name makeovers if a committee within the San Francisco Unified School District can convince the school board of the need. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the School Names Advisory Committee was first charged in January with the mission of deciding which of the SFUSD’s schools should…

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Chaos erupted in Puerto Rico this week after the island’s two 911 centers were closed because two employees tested positive for the coronavirus. The shutdown took place Wednesday night, according to The New York Times. While the centers were closed, residents were given two other numbers to use if they needed an ambulance or the…

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Newly released emails sourced from former Hunter Biden associate Bevan Cooney reveal a shockingly short-sighted business “deal” that saw a strategic manufacturer in the United States sold off to an aeronautics and defense company controlled by the government of China. The revelations come at the worst possible time for Hunter’s father, embattled Democratic presidential nominee…

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Over the past few months, people have been resensitized to just how gross normal, everyday items can be. Card readers, shopping carts and handles are all being wiped down and cleaned off with religious fervor thanks to the state of things. We’ve also been reminded of just how much filth is on our hands. We…

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“It’s this elitist, milquetoast, dispassionate, RINO attitude that we’re sick of, among other things.” — Michael Flynn Jr. Who would know more so than Michael Flynn Jr. the inner pulse of political disquiet, the disparagement of the media and social media? Anyone who follows the political spectrum at all knows of the criminal snow job…

The post Op-Ed: Why Is There One Standard for Gen. Flynn and Another for Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe? appeared first on The Western Journal.

California officials have opened the door to allowing fans to attend sporting events and theme parks, but so far it doesn’t appear any counties are planning to allow those major venues to reopen. On Tuesday, California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly issued rules allowing venues to reopen to the public in counties that…

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On Oct. 12, 2017, teen Brady Sprik from Platte, South Dakota, was involved in a serious car wreck. His back was broken and he had only three teeth left that weren’t smashed or cracked. He was facing spinal fusion and years of reconstructive surgeries and rehab — a tough pill to swallow for the young…

The post Heartwarming: Paralyzed Teen Led Into End Zone by Teammates To Score Touchdown During Game appeared first on The Western Journal.

The 1992 presidential debates were memorable for a number of reasons. For the first (and, as of 2020, last) time, a third-party candidate made the debate stage: populist Texas billionaire and deficit hawk Ross Perot, whose candidacy is often cited as presaging Donald Trump’s successful 2016 run. It would also be the first time major…

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The death toll from the suicide attack on Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to at least 18 killed and 57 people wounded, including students, the interior ministry said. The explosion struck outside an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood of western Kabul, Dasht-e-Barchi. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian says that the attacker was…

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a claim so false during Thursday’s final presidential debate in Tennessee that even far-left CNN had to correct the record. Biden’s game of musical chairs with fracking has become an issue throughout the final leg of the campaign, especially in Pennsylvania, where energy equates to food on the table…

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With a massive haul of cash under its belt, the Trump campaign is targeting riot-ravaged Minnesota, which has not sided with a GOP candidate since 1972. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said the campaign raised $26 million on Thursday, around the time of the presidential debate, and pulled in 30 percent more digitally than in…

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A new survey found that President Donald Trump’s approval rating among likely black voters skyrocketed between Monday and Friday of this week. The results of Rasmussen Reports’ daily presidential approval rating tracking poll found that Trump’s approval among likely black voters went from 25 percent on Monday to 46 percent on Friday. Trump’s approval rating…

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden caught heavy flak this week for plans to restrict firearm ownership in the United States. Publicly available for some time now, Biden’s official gun policy proposal was met with substantial scrutiny for the first time Wednesday, dragged into the wider political conversation by ideologically opposed commentators Tim Pool and Steven Crowder.…

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While former Fox News and NBC News host Megyn Kelly got a thank you from President Donald Trump for her positive assessment of his debate performance, she did not get the same response from liberals. “Trump won this debate, handily. Biden wasn’t a force at all. Trump was substantive, on-point, well-tempered. Definitely helped himself, when…

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California Sen. Kamala Harris, the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, was among the high-profile liberal politicians listed as “key domestic contacts” for a business venture involving Biden’s brother Jim, his son Hunter and the now-bankrupt Chinese company CEFC China Energy Co., according to an email obtained by Fox News. The email, which…

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Pope Francis has once again betrayed traditional Roman Catholics with a statement that appeared to support civil unions for same-sex couples and has let that misconception stand without correcting the record. Prominent church leaders are not about to let the usual weaponized ambiguity — a hallmark of the liberal Pope Francis’ reign — go unchallenged.…

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America’s economy has come roaring back, according to predictions for next week’s unveiling of the third-quarter figure for the nation’s gross domestic product. The federal government will officially unveil its figures next Thursday, but Bloomberg, in its survey of economists, is predicting a 30 percent growth, which it labeled “remarkable” as well as a postwar…

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The Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans asked a state judge on Friday to stop the count of Las Vegas-area mail-in ballots, alleging that “meaningful observation” of signature-checking is impossible. A lawsuit filed in state court less than two weeks before the Nov. 3 election argues that observers haven’t been allowed close enough to workers and…

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