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Ed Markey says he wants to hire BIPOC and LGBTQ+ interns — and gets hit with BRUTAL ridiculeDemocratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts put out the call for interns but added a list of racial and gender requirements that made many people scoff. The 80-year-old has been in Congress since 1976 and is running for re-election against Republican John Deaton, a U.S. Marine veteran and attorney. 'Why does a person need to disclose to you who they have…
Katie Zacharia takes podium for the first time as press secretary — and Trump reactsPresident Donald Trump approved of Katie Zacharia's first media briefing on Tuesday as the newest White House press secretary. The president told reporters that Zacharia did a good job as he left the White House to go campaign for Republican candidates in Alaska. 'I'm looking forward to working with each of you as well, especially as we are in the middle…
Pat Gray calls out GOP’s ‘Biden script’ as senator defends Mitch McConnell’s fitnessWhen Joe Biden’s age and mental fitness was questioned, Democrats would brush it aside with reassurances that the former president was better than ever. Now, Republican Senator Thom Tillis (N.C.) is running the same cover for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “Mitch McConnell is retiring this year. I ran into Mitch. The difference between the Biden situation…
The Supreme Court might let states rein in prediction markets — now the NFL supports a crackdownCertain types of bets shouldn't be allowed, and the NFL says it knows which ones cause the most corruption. The league is so sure, in fact, it wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on the regulatory issues surrounding prediction markets. 'The NFL's highest priority is preserving the integrity of its games.' In September, New Jersey Attorney General…
On 'Meet the Press,' El-Sayed denied his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Hours later, the receipts landed.The campaign for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has released a bizarre statement after unearthed text messages seemingly contradict his claims denying ties between his family and the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed is vying to keep the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan under Democratic control, but he has had trouble with some traditional Democrat voters, including…
Glenn Beck reacts to Ilhan Omar home raid: ‘You don’t take her on unless you have it’Yesterday, Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant at Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation into alleged immigration fraud, which Fox News reported was tied to childhood paperwork filed by her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed. Glenn…
The Fort Hood shooter is the ‘victim’ now as media compares execution to ‘lynchings’The Pentagon has just announced that it will livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, who killed 12 U.S. service members and one civilian in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the firing squad will carry out the sentence at Fort Hood, where Hasan’s attack took place. “Execution by firing squad,” Hegseth said in a brief…
Shattered by socialism: 'Escaping Venezuela' offers a warning for Mamdani's America“We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” So declared democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani upon his election as mayor of New York City. “It’s hard to find an American journalist who, one, cares about Venezuela and, two, doesn’t come from the typical, ‘It’s all the fault of…
Zohran Mamdani sells ‘dignity for all’ — but his utopian promises don’t add upNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has made “dignity for everyone” a central pitch for democratic socialism. But when it comes to explaining how he would deliver on that promise, Mamdani answers with silence. And in recent interviews with Jon Stewart and Theo Von, Mamdani continued to evade the real answers while touting empty platitudes. “Look, Theo…
Maine got robbed under Democrat Matt Dunlap's nose. Now he's running for Congress.PORTLAND, MAINE — Maine's chief financial watchdog wants a promotion. Matt Dunlap, the Democrat running against Republican former Gov. Paul LePage in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, has spent nearly five years as state auditor . During that time, Somali-run home-care agencies have drawn tens of millions of dollars from MaineCare out of offices where…
Iowa city council erupts after ‘hail Satan’ opening — but does the Establishment Clause protect it?On October 6, at an Ottumwa, Iowa, City Council meeting, former council member Matt Dalbey — a member of The Satanic Temple of Iowa — delivered the opening invocation . In it, he addressed the “dark father,” referred to the “Luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge,” and concluded with the words “It is done. Hail Satan.” Despite the Satanic…