You know, the cynics are wrong. Well, maybe not all the cynics. For instance, people who are cynical about the Kardashians' effect on good taste and women's mental health are right. But there's a broader class of cynic out there -- the cynic who says that pain is the most...

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Chicago, Illinois, once again proved itself to be one of the worst cities in the nation. A father and former business owner died after receiving blunt force trauma from his assailants during an altercation at a bar last month. CBS News reported that 25-year-old Alexander "Zander" Kazanowski was discovered unresponsive...

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The Godfather might have put it best: "It's nothing personal. It's strictly business." That was the message a coffee shop chain born in San Francisco is putting out about its decision to remove "pride" flags from its stores' decor -- a decision that sparked outrage among the kind of gay...

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The Iranian economy, which was already on shaky ground before the war with the United States and Israel began, may face collapse if the U.S. naval blockade of the country continues. The U.S. Central Command posted on social media Thursday that it has turned 14 ships around since the U.S....

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In the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, it's not the president who appears ready to fire off the latest salvo. Rather, it appears Powell is planning a move against the man who has long been tied to his potential ouster, per Politico. The...

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Fairfax County, Virginia, decided students should no longer get Veterans Day as a holiday. However, Indigenous Peoples' Day is one "holiday" they'll gladly keep. FFX Now reported on Monday that the county school board has arrived at their calendar for the next academic year, which reduced the number of early...

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Times appear to be changing at the Supreme Court. The high court's decorum is well-documented history, with the warm respect and friendship shared between ideological opposites Justice Clarence Thomas and the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being a prime example of that. These days, however, there hasn't been much warmth...

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Music nerds who were Very Online™ some 20-odd years ago might recall the strange diss battle between deliberately elitist review outlet Pitchfork and an obscure band called Joan of Arc. In fact, Joan of Arc and lead singer Tim Kinsella were mostly known for the scathing reviews they drew from...

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For the third time in this iteration of the Donald Trump administration, we've had a series of astroturfed "No Kings" protests. The good news is that they worked. Friday will mark 91,232 days in America since we stopped having a king. Without these purple-haired retiree holdovers from the "Give Peace...

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Hoo, boy, did the legacy media really have President Donald Trump and his policies dead to rights this time. On Thursday, readers began seeing photos of meals being served to U.S. service members serving in the Middle East being posted on social media, and they were brutal. They made Michelle...

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Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is stepping down, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Thursday. “Director Lyons has been a great leader of ICE and key player in helping the Trump administration remove murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members from American communities," Mullin...

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This November, in a number of swing states or states that are normally red, Democrats are going to ask you to vote blue because they've nominated what they term "moderates." It's how they won an overwhelming victory in Virginia in that state's off-year gubernatorial election. Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger...

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Iran announced Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial traffic for the duration of the current ceasefire. The statement came from Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in a post on the social media platform X. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all...

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A new report said that one proposal to end the war with Iran would involve releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian funds in exchange for its stock of enriched uranium. The report came from Axios, which framed the concept as part of multiple pieces of a proposed deal and cited...

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A court filing claiming Hunter Biden is living overseas is not true, according to a new report. In early April, Barry Coburn, an attorney representing former President Joe Biden’s son, touched on Hunter Biden’s residence in an April 6 filing as part of a lawsuit over legal fees Hunter Biden...

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The Tennessee General Assembly has had enough of Memphis' soft-on-crime officials. To address a city that most Tennesseans avoid like the plague for its lack of safety, the House of Representatives and the Senate have passed HB 483 and SB 443 respectively, which give the attorney general the authority to...

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The Department of Homeland Security says an illegal immigrant charged with a March arson that killed four people is being protected by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Roman Ceron Amatitla, 38, faces charges of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with a March 16 fire in Flushing that...

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The successful return of the Artemis II crew saw Cmdr. Reid Wiseman experience a shift in his heart toward Jesus Christ; hopefully this is only the beginning for him. The crew returned to Earth April 10, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California. The nine-day mission...

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President Donald Trump pleaded with House Republicans this week to extend a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In the wee hours of Friday morning, a dozen GOP members voted with Democrats to reject the president's plea. According to The Hill, 12 Republicans joined with nearly all Democrats to...

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Greg Gutfeld might be the funniest conservative on television today, but he wasn't joking around Thursday -- and Jessica Tarlov wasn't laughing. On Fox News' "The Five," Gutfeld launched a blistering attack on Tarlov and the Democatic strategist's fellow leftists that summed up exactly why they're on the wrong side...

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A political action committee for California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly purchased 67,000 copies of his book, making it a best seller on one of the country's most influential listings. The practice is not illegal, and has been done before, yet about two-thirds of the print copies sold were bought...

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