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A little over a year ago, a RedState exclusive investigation into spending at the Republican National Committee revealed that millions of donor dollars were spent on things like floral arrangements, private jets, limousines, tickets to Broadway shows, high-end retail stores, and more. As I wrote then, frugality has long been a conservative principle, even at the RNC. Back in 2010, RNC Chair Michael Steele was heavily criticized and eventually lost his position because donors were angry about what they believed was luxurious spending on private jets, floral arrangements, chauffeur services, and member meetings in expensive tropical locales. Donors were used...

UPDATE: Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost about 15,600 personnel, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. The enemy also lost 517 tanks, 1,578 armored fighting vehicles, 267 artillery systems, 80 multiple rocket launchers and 47 air defense systems. In addition, 101 aircraft and 124 helicopters, 1,008 vehicles, 70 tanks with fuel and lubricants, 42 operational-tactical UAVs and 15 units of special equipment, as well as four ships were destroyed. "The data are being specified. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities," the General Staff stressed.

As any casual observer could tell, the 2020 election was a mess. Now we have real data—from a federal agency, no less—that proves it. Based on data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an analysis by the Public Interest Legal Foundation shows almost 15 million mail ballots effectively disappeared after election officials gave them to the U.S. Postal Service to deliver to voters. Gone, like the Bermuda Triangle of the election. Some of the mail ballots may have ended up on the floors of apartment complexes. Some were sent to deceased registrants. Some went to addresses where the registrant no...

The wreckage of the plane that went missing while carrying Cardiff City's record signing, Emiliano Sala, and pilot David Ibbotson has been found on the seabed of the English Channel, the UK's Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed to ESPN. The Piper Malibu aircraft went missing on Jan. 21 after disappearing from air traffic control's radar while flying over the English Channel on the way to Cardiff, Wales. Sala had just completed a £15 million transfer to Cardiff City from French Ligue 1 side Nantes and had been due to train with his new teammates the next day.

Americans are sick and tired of the illegal alien invasion of this country and are standing up to be counted. We're not afraid of the name-calling that inevitably follows. We're not deterred by the fact that almost no one in Washington is listening to us. We're not giving up because it seems like the system is rigged against us and in favor of the illegal invaders. The latest hero in this life-and-death struggle to save our country is John M. Morganelli, a district attorney in Pennsylvania, known for his raids on businesses employing illegals and for arresting others for identity...

The largest solar energy rooftop system in New Jersey was dedicated at Janssen Pharmaceutica April 15. Company's system is comprised of 2,856 electric tiles that cover 40,000 square feet of the roof of the firm's main building, located in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township.    The largest solar energy rooftop system in New Jersey was dedicated at Janssen Pharmaceutica April 15, with state Bureau of Public Utilities (BPU) President Jeanne Fox, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell, Hopewell Township Mayor Fran Bartlett and other officials on hand for the ceremonies.   Janssen's system is comprised...

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper, have been house hunting in Nashville expressing interest in a Belle Meade home appraised at 1.2 million, sources say.Rusty Moore, who owns the 312 Lynwood Blvd. home says that the house isn't officially on the market but that he and his wife have authorized neighbor and realtor Shirley Zeitlin to show it to prospective buyers.Zeitlin, who is said to have shown the house to the Gores recently, was on vacation in the Carribean island of Sr. Martin this week and couldn't be reached for comment.