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By Bonchie Denver's far-left mayor has walked back his threat to use his city's police department to stop federal immigration law enforcement.  As RedState previously reported, Mayor Mike Johnston told a local news outlet that there would be a "Tiananmen Square" moment if the incoming Trump administration moved into the city to deport illegal immigrants. He even went so far as to say he'd use Denver PD to set up checkpoints at "the county line," something I'm sure not too many officers were keen on being a part of.  “More than us having DPD stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,” Johnston said. “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right?” You’d have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with them.” Notably, after those statements, new border czar Tom Homan didn't hold back, noting that Johnston would be arrested i...

By William R. Hawkins The United Nations has been looking for issues deemed larger than the perennial conflicts of traditional geopolitics. It created the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 to acquire the authority to run the global economy so as to “save the planet” and “equitably” share the benefits of “sustainable” (i.e., limited) development. It holds a massive conference (over  65,000 attendees ) towards the end of each year staged as if governments were adhering to UN mandates. The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in the FCCC series concluded Saturday (Nov. 23) in Baku, Azerbaijan. It ran a day over the two-week schedule as compromise language was hammered out that would allow member states to do as they pleased. As much as the UN bureaucrats hate to admit, the UN is still a member organization, with the world’s leading national governments making the real decisions as to the policies they will adopt to advance the best interests of their citizen...

By Nathan Richendollar Republicans should take the side of their own voters instead of listening to decadent union goons like Sean O’Brien. Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have been mostly stellar. They have signaled Trump’s administration will enforce U.S. immigration law, pursue a firm but less adventurous foreign policy, and most importantly, empower the people at the expense of the federal leviathan, as exemplified by the new Department of Government Efficiency. All of this makes Donald Trump’s  Friday announcement  of soon-to-be-former Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., as his prospective Secretary of Labor incomprehensible and unacceptable. Donald Trump should force her to withdraw immediately. If not, the Senate should reject her appointment. The main reason for Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination to head the Labor Department is that Sean O’Brien, the leader of the Teamsters Union,  likes her . O’Brien attempted to ingratiate himself with Trump by  speaking at...

By Mike Miller The king is dead, long live the king! The above phrase has roots in 15th century France, where the proclamation was made the moment the coffin of a deceased monarch descended into the vault of the church and a new king began his reign.  In the case of this article, the "dead king" is Vice President Kamala's doomed 2024 presidential campaign and her embrace --along with the embrace of the entire Democrat Party and its sycophantic media -- of (and by) Hollywood snoots, coastal elites, mega-donors, "trans" Americans, the no-longer-hallowed halls of academia, and other out-of-touch elites on the far left. In short, we're talking about  identity politics. Given the multitude of pre-election poll results, which continually showed that everyday Americans were sick and tired of all things related to four miserable years of the Biden-Harris administration, principally Bidenomics and ever-increasing costs of groceries and other consumer goods, coupl...

By Tyler Durden The lake-effect snowstorm that pummeled Great Lakes communities on Friday and into the early morning hours on Saturday has stranded drivers along a large stretch of Interstate 90 in Pennsylvania.  Meteorologist Ryan Maue wrote on X this morning that some towns along Lake Erie could receive feet of snow after this is all over.  Updated weather model dumps 63" of snow in 48 hours on the Tug Hill Plateau. ❄️ 📈 3-4 feet more along Lake Erie. (HRRR 06z) pic.twitter.com/QQWcgob1i0 — Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) November 30, 2024 Real-time traffic data from TomTom shows that a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 90 from Ashtabula, Ohio, to Derby, New York, is plagued with major delays and road closures due to the snowpocalypse. Dramatic footage posted on X shows hundreds of motorists were stuck in snow drifts. NEW VIDEO: Drivers have found themselves stranded on I-90 overnight due to the EXTREME lake effect #snow that has brought impacts over the last 36 hours. ...

By Nick Arama There is no doubt that MSNBC's Joy Reid is insufferable. We see regular examples of it.  Even for Thanksgiving, she couldn't just put her animosity aside for a moment and talk about people coming together. As we reported, instead she preached at Trump voters, saying people had a right to fear them and might not want to celebrate with them because they voted for an autocracy.  Then she sought to cast MAGA as whining over the issue -- even as she was whining about Trump supporters. It was bizarre as she claimed no one seeks to understand liberals, when MSM is fully geared toward supporting their narratives.  here is the perfect video for her pic.twitter.com/szcuNZnLKN — JBA Meet me in the Middle extremes are Bad (@AdlerJoelle) November 28, 2024 No, Joy, Trump voters -- more than 76 million Americans -- didn't vote for fascism, they voted for more freedom from government and a better government. Calling out people on the left for being insane and hateful ...

By Katelynn Richardson Special counsel Jack Smith may not be in the clear, even after dropping all charges against President-elect Donald Trump. Smith’s decision to dismiss his cases against Trump on Monday reignited  calls  for an investigation into his efforts. While it’s unclear if probing Smith is high enough on Trump’s priority list to translate talk into action, some aren’t ready to simply brush Smith’s months-long pursuit aside now that the threat is gone. Investigating the federal prosecutions against Trump is important “because of the huge cost and ultimate failure,” former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Whether that yields findings of criminality is unlikely. However, I think it will find that Smith’s novel legal approach was fraught with issues that should have led a reasonable prosecutor to decline prosecution,” Cherkasky told the DCNF. “Smith is already leaving his special counsel post, but I anticipat...

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By MIKALE OLSON "Are you not entertained?” roared Maximus to the crowd in the original “Gladiator,” bloodied, furious, and standing victorious in the sand. Back in 2000, it was a challenge — to the Colosseum crowd, yes, but also to us as an audience. And we were entertained. Oh, were we entertained.  But now, nearly 25 years later, Ridley Scott is back, and “Gladiator II” just stumbled into theaters like a half-drunk tribute act trying to sing a song they barely remember. Except this time, the answer to Maximus’ iconic question is a resounding no.  “Gladiator II” isn’t just a bad sequel. It’s a butchered, modernized reimagining, sacrificing everything that made the first movie great on the altar of Hollywood’s woke checklist.  A Masterpiece of Grit and Glory   The first “Gladiator” was lightning in a bottle. From the opening battle in Germania to Maximus’ final stand in the Colosseum, it was raw, unapologetic, and entirely masculine. It wasn’t per...

By ANDREW KORYBKO Everything will depend on whether the terrorists are stopped outside of Aleppo; the outcome of any possible battle for that city; and how desperate Assad becomes if he loses control over it and the terrorists advance on Damascus. The terrorist-designated Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS), which is the rebranded form of the Al Qaeda-backed Al-Nusra, launched a surprise offensive in Aleppo this week. It’s already made a lot of progress due to the terrorists’  use of drones  and other modern warfare tactics. These were reportedly taught to them by Ukraine  according to reports  in the run-up to the latest hostilities. Other reports included Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warning about a  false-flag chemical weapons attack . Syrian, Iranian, and Russian forces (including its aerospace ones) are currently trying to push back HTS’ advance. This intense fighting comes immediately after the  Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal ,...