One of the more peculiar topics in current American politics actually emanates from sleepy little Maine. The Pine Tree State, like all 49 of its peers, is getting ready for what should be a raucous and hotly contested November midterm election. And in one Senate race in the state, one...

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Costco shoppers making a routine run for bulk paper towels and rotisserie chickens may want to take a second look at what’s sitting in their kitchen. The warehouse giant has issued a recall of a very popular kitchen gadget, creating the sort of “did I buy that?” panic familiar to...

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Ask anyone in the South, and they can confirm to you that college football is more or less a religion there. In particular, the Southeastern Conference -- better known by its acronym of SEC -- has become one of the crowning jewels for Southern football fans. The conference is known...

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There are obvious upsides to living in a culture where miracle drugs originally meant to help diabetic patients are effectively being repurposed as highly effective weight loss drugs. But there are some major downsides, too. Chiefly, it's the manner in which suspicion is immediately cast on any public figure who...

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On Nov. 14, 2004, two F/A-18F pilots from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, on a routine training mission over the Pacific about 100 miles west of San Diego, were asked to investigate a strange radar signal. The account of what the pilots saw was featured in a story published Dec....

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Sixteen years ago, California voters passed Proposition 14, the “top-two” primary, with 54 percent of the vote. The theory was democratic moderation. The machine -- both parties, initially -- hated it. Now that it threatens to produce two Republicans in the November gubernatorial runoff, Democrats have suddenly rediscovered the same...

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie may be out of the running for the 120th Congress, but that doesn't mean the controversial Kentucky legislator is going to stop rankling his critics -- even in defeat. After losing a Republican primary where critics had charged Massie's anti-Israel sentiment had morphed into anti-Semitism, Massie...

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Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, proposed legislation on Monday that would temporarily pause the federal gas tax. There is currently a tax of $0.184 imposed on every gallon of gasoline, as well as a $0.244 tax on each gallon of diesel. The bill from Hawley, entitled the "Gas...

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Tuesday's Republican primary results prove President Donald Trump still runs the show. Most notably, farmer and retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein ousted Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in that state's primary for its 4th Congressional District, but that wasn't a one-off. As Newsweek noted, a host of Trump-backed candidates were...

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A New York man’s Saturday began with good intentions to help out a friend. It ended with him facing multiple motor vehicle-related charges. Sheriff Jeffery T. Smith of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office told the tale in a news release. Antone Glionna, 25,  drove from the small, rural community of...

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If your crime is notorious enough that it earns you a nickname, you should be behind bars for a reasonable chunk of a decade. If that crime is sexual abuse, maybe make that most of the decade. And if that nickname is "Pee Pee Poo Poo Man," I think we'd...

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order to protect U.S. financial institutions from illegal immigrants and foreign fund transfers that support crime. “My Administration will not tolerate national security and public safety risks caused by illicit cross-border financial activity, nor will it permit risks to our financial system...

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Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is supposed to be a Republican. He just lost a Republican primary to keep the House seat he's held since 2012. The man who will replace him, military veteran Ed Gallrein, won by nearly 10 points, 54.8 percent to 45.2 percent. Granted, a lot of this...

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The legacy media and the left love immigrants claiming refugee status -- unless they happen to be white. Under former President Joe Biden, the southern border was invaded with astoundingly high numbers of Latin American and South American people, along with Haitians, Somalians, and other nationalities who were all supposedly...

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How bad has the Luigi Mangione fangirl contingent become? Bad enough that even Mangione doesn't want them around. Granted, the crime that Mangione is accused of has overtones of looking for just this kind of attention. On Dec. 4, 2024, he allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson --...

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Vice President J.D. Vance gave a shout-out Tuesday to protesters who believe Britain should be for the British. Vance appeared in the White House briefing room as part of a rotation of Trump administration officials appearing there while press secretary Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave. Vance’s comments come days...

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Former Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts died late Tuesday at the age of 86 after entering hospice care at his home in Maine last month. NBC News reported that Frank's sister had confirmed his passing. “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his...

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Former Arkansas Republican State Sen. Jason Rapert said he's faced intense persecution and backlash from liberal groups in the years after he helped erect a monument of the Ten Commandments at the State Capitol. In an exclusive interview with The Western Journal, he recalled an epic saga in which the...

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One of the most successful figures in the world of 21st-century glamour has exchanged material wealth for poverty. From Scott Vincent Borba's perspective, however, he has merely chosen God over mammon. According to KGO-TV in San Francisco, Borba, the 52-year-old co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics, said he has "never been happier"...

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Former Cuban leader Raul Castro has been indicted for his role in the 1996 downing of two airplanes that were part of a humanitarian organization. The 94-year-old former leader, who succeeded his brother, Fidel, in 2008 after the elder Castro grew too infirm the govern, stepped down in 2021, but...

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that if he ran his company like New York City's government runs the Big Apple, packages would be late, delivery fees would skyrocket, and quality control would plummet. The billionaire sat down with CNBC for an interview on "Squawk Box" and slammed New York...

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