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Gov. Ron DeSantis was two time zones away from the Sunshine State Sunday night. The Florida Governor was in Phoenix rallying for U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters and Arizona gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, under the auspices of a Turning Point USA “Unite to Win” rally tour appearance.Masters and Lake, acolytes of Donald Trump, have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, a fact that did not escape national observers.However, there was little focus on stolen elections, with rhetoric tailored toward party unity. And by the end, DeSantis was promising to send National Guard members to stand guard at the Mexican...

America has lost a voice that strongly and consistently provided the road map to steer us away from the political and cultural abyss we currently face. That voice belonged to historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, who died Dec. 30 at age 97. Gertrude spoke passionately about how our most important institutions—families, communities, churches, and private enterprise—must be “remoralized,” as it is only through a strong civil society that we can have a strong nation. In her words, people learn to function as “free, responsible, moral adults” in these institutions and apply that responsibility and morality as citizens of a nation. But she...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 15, 2006 -- The 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team was officially redesignated the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team during a ‘reflagging’ ceremony here yesterday. U.S. Army Col. Burnett K. Thompson stands with his daughters after giving up command of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Also during the ceremony, at Fairbanks, Alaska, on Dec. 14, the unit was redesignated 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. Photo by William D. Moss   '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. During the ceremony, the brigade commander who led the unit for 16 months in...

BG Karpinski, the EX-Commander of the 800th MP Bde cries "IT'S A CONSPIRACY!" snip------