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By Nick Arama It's been a long time since we've spoken about Anthony Weiner.  But he's coming up on the radar again because he's running for the New York City Council. He trended on X because of people commenting on his appearance on "The View" where he argued that people should give him a chance, despite his past. That took some gall. He's owning his past, he said. He's "taking responsibility." Oh, and he even did a "but Trump" move. "I got into recovery. I tried to make my life better. And now if I can be of service and I'm a damn good politician." Former Congressman Anthony Weiner ( @repweiner ) discusses his run for New York City Council and addresses his sexting scandals that forced him to resign from… pic.twitter.com/yr063QkwlA — The View (@TheView) May 30, 2025 He said he wasn't going to say he was a victim like other politicians; he takes responsibility. He then went right to blaming addiction for his...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell I was too young to see the 1970 film "M*A*S*H" in theaters, but was a regular watcher of the television series that debuted in 1972 and ran for 11 seasons. As a Gen X kid, I got to know the character of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, expertly portrayed by Loretta Swit, and see her evolve from the butt of sexual jokes and innuendo to a multi-faceted and  complex female lead .  "If you're portraying a character for 11 seasons, the character has to have an arc," said Steven Gorelick, former executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. "Otherwise, you don't have 11 seasons." And the "M*A*S*H" regular who evolved most was the character, played by Swit, who was originally called "Hot Lips" Houlihan. By the end of the show, she was "Margaret." "She took that role and made it her own," Gorelick said. That she did. Much like the char...

By Sister Toldjah As expected, the big pivot being done by the mainstream press in the aftermath of fresh  revelations  about former President Joe Biden's decline has been to suggest that, because of the "mistakes" (in their words) made in their non-reporting on Biden's cognitive health while he was in office, they needed to make sure they didn't take the same approach with President Donald Trump (as if they ever would). One of the authors of " Original Sin ," CNN's Jake Tapper, has revealed this strategy in multiple interviews about the exposé he wrote with Axios reporter Alex Thompson, emphasizing "transparency" and  saying , “This goes beyond Joe Biden. It should be relevant to Donald Trump and whoever comes after Donald Trump." It's a point that has been echoed by many others in the MSM, including by some of Tapper's CNN colleagues as well as former NBC News "Meet the Press" anchor Chuck Todd. Predictably, Dem...

"Why does my brain not work right? Cause I was born wrong. Nothing on earth can save me. Never-ending pain. Religion won't save."    By Hannah Nightingale The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released over 100 pages of writings from  Nashville  Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale, who killed three children and three staff members in the 2023 shooting at the school.  Per  Fox 17,  the 112 pages that the FBI released were found by law enforcement in Hale’s car. The release comes after a long legal battle by The Tennessee Star and the Tennessee Firearms Association to make the documents available to the public.  Among the pages released by the FBI were redacted pages that had maps of the Covenant School, including the first floor and second floor, as well as lists of faculty members at the school and dates that the school was on break for the 2022/23 school calendar year. Hale wrote about feeling "born wrong," scribbling on one page, "why ...

By Brad Slager Over the years, we have become accustomed to control advocacy groups playing fast and loose with the facts and statistics in order to generate alarming lectures on the evils of firearms, to inflate “child victim” numbers they tabulate those up to the age of 26, to boost the amount of “school shootings” they have included unrelated incidents in a parking lot or off campus events—like a bus being shot at, or drug deals taking place at an abandoned school property. The anti-gun group Moms Demand has now gone a step further, as seen at an event they staged in Kentucky in support of new proposed legislation for gun safety education. Though this rally was back in February, it has taken time for a realization to come over the state, and specifically the local media, and it is an indictment of all involved.  Credit to The Citizen's Voice for detailing this development . Calvin Polachek detailed how he endured a shooting at Dallas High School, in Luzerne County, Kentucky,...

By Craig Bannister Last October, National Public Radio (NPR) was awarded a $1.9 million grant to make “editorial enhancements” – such as improving its objectivity – but, seven months later, the leftist bias of the taxpayer-funded public radio content organization rages on. “CPB Awards $1.9 Million to NPR for Editorial Enhancement,” the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)  announced  in an October 18, 2024 press release, noting that “Funding provides increased oversight to ensure objective, balanced, transparent, fact-based journalism.” The grant was intended to improve NPR’s “fairness, balance, objectivity” and ensure NPR meets its “obligation to include diverse viewpoints,” CPB explained at the time: “The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has awarded a $1.9 million grant to NPR to help further strengthen its editorial operations and meet the challenges of producing 24/7 news content on multiple platforms that consistently adheres to the highest standards of ...

Charlie Kirk debates students at Cambridge Union in Cambrudge, UK. By Charlie Kirk When I was growing up, people often said British politics were where America’s would be in five, ten or 20 years. What this meant was that Britain was more to the left of America: more secular, more socially liberal, more environmentalist, more globalized. The assumption was that, over time, the left would always win out, so wherever Britain was now, America would soon be. I traveled to the United Kingdom in May to debate the students and faculty of Cambridge and Oxford Universities in large part because that old assumption is dead and gone. Donald Trump’s political revolution has destroyed it. Now, Britain is the country trailing behind America. Make no mistake: Trump’s revolution is coming to the UK. But as I learned, just like in America, the students of elite universities may be the last to realize. My first stop was at the Cambridge Union. Stepping onto the Union’s debate floor was like step...

By Bob Hoge All Americans with functioning brains knew that Joe Biden was severely mentally compromised during his ill-fated and disastrous presidency, despite the efforts of his White House handlers and their lackeys in the media constantly trying to tell us we weren’t seeing what we were seeing. Now that the former president is thankfully no longer in the Oval Office, the revelations of just how bad he really was continue to pour out on a daily basis. The latest: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) revealed Friday that a Secret Service agent alleged that the addled former commander-in-chief couldn’t even find his way  out of his own closet . The stunning level of disorientation is an example of why the Democratic cover-up of Biden’s mental decline is one of the biggest scandals in presidential history, Hawley argued. “This Secret Service whistleblower actually was assigned to Biden,” the Missouri Republican told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “He told me that Biden used to get lost in his c...

By Matt Margolis The latest economic data proves once again that President Donald Trump's economic policies are delivering results for the American people, and you can bet the Democrats aren’t happy about it. The Commerce Department's April report shows inflation remaining well-controlled at 2.1% annually — the lowest rate of 2025 — even as Trump implements strategic trade measures to protect American interests. Personal income  surged  an impressive 0.8%, dramatically outperforming expectations and showcasing how Trump's policies are putting more money in Americans' pockets. This isn't just a minor victory; it's a vindication of the president's economic vision that the liberal media keeps trying to discredit. Why? Because that number is nearly three times what the so-called “experts” predicted.  “We could talk about a lot of issues, but when you look at income for the first four months of the year, they're powerful numbers,” explains CNBC’s Rick San...