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Think about any business you frequent: a coffee shop, supermarket, etc. Do business owners employ people they really don't need to keep the company running? Probably not but for the most part, when it comes to this looming "government shutdown", we're dealing with people whose absence really won't do much to bring the nation to a grinding halt. If you listen to Democrats, the children of illegal aliens are worth inconveniencing the American people and federal employees over, and while some very good people are included within the "non essential" ranks, we also know there are many who are just...

When their oaths to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America, it's taken for granted that politicians are also tasked with protecting the life and liberty of those they represent. But when it comes to protecting the public from those who've entered the country illegally and subsequently committed crimes, too many our politicians believe that enforcement of our immigration laws is optional. The problem is countless of Americans have been impacted by the presence of illegal aliens; many have had personal property stolen and they physical damages range from varying degrees of injury from drunk drivers, assault, rapes,...

I will attempt to interpret Dr. King’s legendary speech. I am not an Ivy League scholar. I am not an African Studies laureate. I am not a famous historian. I am just a black conservative who just may see things a bit differently than liberals would allow if they could stop me. There are certain phrases in the “I Have A Dream” speech that could make the argument that Dr. King was conservative. So I won't be accused of taking something out of context, I examined the entire speech….

It didn't take much for Democrats to take the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) negotiation to a new low, seeing how they had no intention of reaching any kind of compromise with President Trump. As for what was said during said negotiations, it just comes down to whom you believe. Let's not forget, it was former Senator Harry Reid who repeatedly went to the floor and accused then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney of not paying his taxes and when called on it, replied "He didn't win, did he?" So we all know Democrats are not beyond blatantly lying on protected...

The liberal writer for the UK's Guardian condescendingly gushes over Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown. The Celtics are currently in London to play the Philadelphia 76ers Thursday but Donald McRae was obviously impressed with Brown's ability to put together coherent sentences and got him to talk about the one thing he assumed American black people always want to discuss: racism. "Racism definitely exists across America today. Of course it's changed a lot – and my opportunities are far greater than they would have been 50 years ago. So some people think racism has dissipated or no longer exists. But it's...

Many millennials were tuned out in 2007, but many of us remember the sheer horror when Oprah Winfrey used her very successful television program to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama over Senator Hillary Clinton. Liberal white women, in particular, were in full outrage mode. It's quite ironic that a calculation that cost Oprah her standing with women and her television empire is now having to go back to, and depend on, the very demographic she turned her back on. The very women she'll need if Hollywood's projection becomes a semblance of reality.

Employment trends tend to be cyclical: older, experienced professionals are replaced by younger, cheaper inexperienced professionals until the employer sees why older, experienced professionals were hired in the first place. Case in point: ESPN's elevation of Katie Nolan, a sports commentator who previously hosted a radio program called Garbage Time for Fox Sports Radio. While ESPN has to publicly (and politically correctly) stand up for their hire, we all know the ramifications would be much more harsh had Nolan said something similar against former president Barack Obama, and she certainly wouldn't have said that he was a "f**king stupid person" flanked...

Many of us who have to buy some kind of cable television have avoided the overpriced, premium movie channels that rotate the same films and occasionally give you a new option you'll watch once. So we're forced to buy a basic cable package that has a very few daily go-to channels and others we have no real reason to waste our time on and that's how they get us. Imagine how many more people would sign up for cable if they ONLY have to pay for channels and content they wanted?

Educators, kindergarten through college, are in a unique position of enormous power responsibility. Because they are "teachers", it's assumed they are knowledgeable of the topics of which they speak and issue factually correct information of that which they speak because they grade students on the information taught thus are in the position of being able to alter the forward trajectory of any student's academic record. One would think a competent educator would present all sides of an issue and allow the critical thinking process to develop in the young minds of their students. However, that is NOT what occurs in...

For more than a decade, the American people had to endure the destructive polices of Democrats, their media, and the unelected in many government agencies whose inflicted their desires on the rest of us. With the election of President Donald Trump, the left has become unhinged as the surgical removal of their impediments moves along. In a clear illustration of the pot calling the kettle black, Duty to Warn's leader, "psychologist" Dr. John Gartner, says his agenda isn't partisan but wants to help Democrats retake the House so they can "contain" and eventually invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Donald...

For many years we've been witness to the narcissism of the elite. When bad things happen to the American people, politicians and the media show their faux sincerest sympathies and then move on. However, should something bad happen to them, we're inundated with presentations about what they're going through and how we should all be aware of the toll such an event takes on them. It was en vogue to slam candidate, and now, President Donald Trump and many Republicans accepted the media's call and that kept them out of the cross hairs. That is, until it happens to them.

Unfortunately in the media, having actual experience in the field you're reporting on is not a prerequisite. Former NFL running back DeAngelo Williams clearly struck a nerve during a segment on NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" where he questioned the knowledge of those making predictions of Sunday's marquee match-up between the New England Patriots at the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Bill O'Reilly's claims have merit as we all know there are entities that peddle in paying for false allegations to damage the reputations of a given target, i.e. Fusion GPS being paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign to produce a "dossier" to slime opponent Donald Trump. New revelations appear to back him up.

From what could only appear as a coordinated attack to coincide with the presser to promote a new "film" about the sexual abuse accusers of President Trump and the Alabama senatorial election, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand threw a lame left hook. The opportunistic and timely #MeToo movement was ramped up to new hysterics when President Trump responded to Gillibrand. But this isn't the first time Senator Gillibrand has exploited the sexual abuse card and then fleeing when details don't fit her desired political conclusion....

France continues its long tradition of appointing ambassadors to the US who hate America and don't know anything about our history. If France had any sense of honor, it would fire this ambassador. For him to say that on today of all days? Astonishing. A man with no character whatsoever...

ACRU Policy Board member Walter Williams explains that black students all too often are given “fraudulent diplomas” from failing school systems like that in Baltimore, where in 13 of 39 schools, not one single student tested “proficient” in math. His solution is to “break the education monopoly” with school choice, vouchers, tuition tax credits and charter schools.

If you honorably served in the Air Force and Navy and live in Virginia (and were not a reservist or any other special designation) there is no license plate available to purchase. The Army and Marines have plates available but not the Air Force and Navy. Please sign the petition to make these available so we're not limited to "Armed Forces Veteran".

Many white liberal men have been busted committing all manner of sexual abuse and assaults from Hollywood to New York City to Capitol Hill. Unbeknownst to many on the left, racism within the very hallways of the entertainment industry has been dismissed and it's very apparent to many blacks that this whole Harvey Weinstein snowball has only become the movement it has become because the victims are 99 44⁄100% liberal white women. John Conyers' name was the ONLY House member named regarding the taxpayer-funded hush fund and is publicly being told to resign. The white guy Al Franken is hiding behind his...

The American Civil Rights Union applauds the Rev. Alfonza Seldon, spokesman for the Phenix City-Russell County NAACP, for joining our call for clean voter registration rolls to protect Americans’ voting rights. No election outcome—-federal, state or local—-should be tainted due to the failure of local election officials to keep their voter rolls accurate and up-to-date. The growing contention over the District 2 City Council election shines a light on a problem that exists in far too many American towns and cities today.

If you do an online search with the headline, Trump supporters confuse LeVar Burton with LaVar Ball online, you'll see that many news outlets around the country republished the story because it originated from The Associated Press! However, if you read the entire "news" story, expecting to see examples of Trump supporters' online confusion between the two (the insinuation being Trump supporters are racists and see all blacks as looking alike), you would be disappointed because they didn't provide ONE.