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The new Republican era of House control is going swimmingly, no?Read More 

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund writes in his upcoming book that the U.S. Capitol is still not secured against domestic terrorism attacks. He describes how the FBI, DHS, and the Pentagon failed on Jan. 6. He's…

Remember the chants of "We are the 99 percent"? Remember the tent cities put up in public spaces around the country? Remember when they were finally cleared out after cities decided they'd had enough of Occupy?…

There is a lot of talk about the dangers of the COVID vaccines these days, some of which is pure speculation and some of which is based upon solid facts and science.Read More 

Roughly 28 years ago, Illinois passed the Parental Notice of Abortion Act, mandating that underage girls could not undergo an abortion without prior notification and consent from their parents or guardians. It was tied up in…

Answer: Not entirely, but neither was Donald Trump entirely wrong about the abortion issue in the midterms. Trump's desperation to avoid blame for recruiting bad candidates for winnable Senate races led him into a…

For the first time in nearly three years, the U.S. Capitol will open today for the general public and visitors will no longer need an escort. This is according to the House sergeant at arms.Read More 

First, the good news: Damar Hamlin remains alive after one of the scariest moments in NFL history. After collapsing on the field in Cincinnati from what was later determined to be cardiac arrest, first responders got his…

The MSM is treating the scammers behind the FTX implosion with kid gloves, and it perplexes me a bit.Read More 

Barring a last-minute intervention, Amber McLaughlin is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Missouri today. Rather than focusing on the (literally) bloody murder of his former girlfriend in 2003, most of the media…