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President Joe Biden, while speaking about the devastating wildfires in Hawaii, appeared to momentarily forget the name of Maui

The US Secretary of State—once the most powerful diplomatic title on earth—announced that the US would not permit Ukraine to engage in peace talks with Russia and China. Hours later, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky invited Communist China’s Xi to Kiev to work on a peace plan.

I wish I could go through a day without having to reference Orwell and Huxley when observing how the ruling class is able to manipulate, subjugate, and propagandize the willfully ignorant masses through lies, deceptions, disinformation, and fear. But here we are, living through a dystopian nightmare blending the worst aspects of Orwell’s 1984 and Huxley’s Brave New World.

Actor Tim Robbins did not star in “The Matrix.” Still, it seems someone slipped the leftist Hollywood star the red pill. Robbins, whom no one would ever confuse for a MAGA Republican, seemed remorseful for initial support for draconian COVID-19 policies during a recent interview with British comedian Russell Brand...

The Biden administration just won one for the president and his new, fist-bumping pal, the leader of Saudi Arabia. The Washington Times reported on Wednesday that U.S. District Judge John Bates tossed a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Title 42, a Trump-era policy that prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years, remained on track to expire on Wednesday after an appeals court ruling Friday, according to the AP. This ruling comes as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S.

Rep. Greg Steube recently argued that Congress may have played a part in mass shootings by allowing gun-free zones, which make people ready-made victims for violent criminals. The Sarasota Republican made the pitch at a hearing last Thursday on gun violence held by a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to visit Washington on Wednesday, according to three AP sources, in his first known trip outside the country since Russia’s invasion began in February. Two congressional sources and one person familiar with the matter confirmed plans for the visit. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive nature of the trip.

The one thing people are sick and tired of from Washington, D.C., is empty promises. Lying to the base is a red line for me, and that’s what five of my closest colleagues are doing when they claim a consensus House Speaker candidate will emerge as they oppose Kevin McCarthy.

Claudine Gay should not even have been considered as a potential choice. Not only is she incompetent and intellectually dishonest, but she has been covering up research fraud by Ryan Enos for over four years with an illiterate excuse, while orchestrating witchhunts against Roland Fryer and Ronald Sullivan. See this link for further details: https://karlstack.substack.com/p/the-curious-case-of-claudine-gay All these circumstances should have made her automatically ineligible for the presidency. She is a liability to Harvard.

In private messages, social media posts and public comments on Illinois Review posts , a theme is emerging from the IL GOP establishment to the hardworking, grassroots conservative freedom fighters: only rich, donor voices matter. It’s an elitist mentality – and for years, they’ve gotten away with it. But that’s now changing. As embattled IL GOP chair Don Tracy struggles to maintain his control of the party, and with new revelations that his family-owned business, where he is an owner, donated to Joe Biden in 2020 and ‘Never Trumpers’ in 2022, the small, but entrenched establishment is swinging back in...

The Twitter user known as Catturd just made news for battling against Florida’s Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, as The Free Press recently reported. Now, Catturd is taking on another Trump hater: U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

Liberals still want to pretend, or pretend to pretend, that the “Great Replacement Theory” isn’t real or happening, even when it plays out right in front of them. That includes the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate arguing that America needs open borders and amnesty for illegal immigrants because Americans aren’t “reproducing” enough, as well as the dismissal of the top election official in left-wing San Francisco getting booted to advance “racial equity.”

The Biden administration is set to give Chevron Corp. a license to pump oil in Venezuela, according to The Wall Street Journal. As part of the deal, Chevron would retain partial control of both production and maintenance for a select set of run-down oil fields it previously had stakes in with Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a state-run oil company in Venezuela, according to the WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter.

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has taken to Twitter to elevate the voices of Arizonans who testify that they had experienced voting issues, irregularities, and other discrepancies on Election Day. Some of the individuals argue that these issues caused the widespread disenfranchisement of Republican voters. The videos of concerned Arizonans come in light of Lake’s highly contested election against Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, where reports of misprinted ballots and widespread voting issues surfaced as soon as the polls opened across the state — including in the state’s most populated county. Hobbs, who claims victory in the gubernatorial race, just...

According to new FEC documents, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell grabbed large sums of money from FTX and quietly pocketed it. The documents show McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund receiving $2,500,000 from someone at FTX, the crypto company that collapsed last week. Thelibertydaily.com reports: The money goes from taxpayers, is sent as “aid” to Ukraine, which gives a good chunk of the laundered money to FTX, which contributes to the Uniparty Swamp. This prompts the Uniparty Swamp to repeat the process, and as we’ve seen over the past several months, it’s working wonders. Corporate media barely reports on all the money...

While Ye said he is taking a vow of silence, he has been very active on Twitter since his account was restored. He posted two photos of Migos after one of the rapping trio, Takeoff, was tragically killed by a stray bullet during a shooting at a private party in Houston this week. He also launched into a scathing attack against his close friend and personal trainer, Harley Pasternak. The rapper shared screenshots of his messages with Harley, where the trainer presented him with two options: sit down and have a ration, facts-based chat, or be institutionalized again and be...

Unacceptable Fringe satirical writer Derek Smith joins Mad Dug and Anthony on Woke Up! to discuss his latest Top 10 selling book, One Face, Two Face, Black Face, Blue Face. Listen in as they discuss everything from his first hit book, How The Prime Minister Stole Freedom to Back to the Future and Justin Trudeau’s Cuban father, Fidel Castro (in case you didn’t know). It’s a page turning classic as Elon Musk’s favourite DJs deconstruct the narrative with Preston Manning’s favourite writer. Plus: DJ Johnny Jock counts down the most talked about stories on Get Woke Up! The hits include:...

The consumer welfare standard has been the backbone of antitrust policy for over 40 years and provides a consistent basis for the enforcement of antitrust law. The consumer welfare standard is measurable using economic analysis and empirical evidence, facilitating a reliable and objective application of antitrust law. Commandeering antitrust policy as a tool to solve other societal ills including depressed employee wages and harm to competitors risks creating uncertainty, stifling innovation, and slowing economic growth. Read more: https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/why-the-consumer-welfare-standard-is-the-backbone-of-antitrust-policy/#ixzz7isdess5r Follow us: @AAF on Twitter

Apparently embracing “diversity” and “inclusion” doesn’t apply to religious Americans – in North Dakota, of all places. The school board in Fargo, North Dakota, voted 7-2 recently to stop saying the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of its meetings, according to the website Inforum.com.