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By Becky noble If Republicans and conservatives have learned anything about Democrats, it's the fact that whenever they engage in questionable activities, it is usually a resume enhancement. They are never called out by their fellow Democrats; instead, they tend to fail up. Infidelity, screaming fits, or campaign funds they treat as slush funds, it just never seems to matter. Now, Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)  may be caught in some financial indiscretions  of her own.  Report: AOC Spent $2,000 in Campaign Funds to Hire Celebrity Makeup Artist https://t.co/lbLi8f1dF5 — Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) March 14, 2026 According to  Federal Election Commission records , Dr. Brian Boyle received three payments in 2025 from the Congresswoman. In March, he received a payment of $11,550, in May, for $2,800, and in October, one for $4,375 for a grand total of $18,725. Boyle  serves as the Chief Psychiatric Officer  for Stella, a chain of mental h...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell On Friday, United States Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan cut the ribbon on "Hadrian Alabama Factory 4," a new defense industrial facility in Northwest, Alabama. The Department of War entered into a public-private partnership with Hadrian, an AI-driven manufacturing corporation, to spearhead the manufacture of submarine components and ships. The factory launch fulfills a key component of President Donald Trump's vision for a Golden Fleet to revitalize the United States Navy. Factory 4 will become the flagship factory for the design and manufacture of submarine components and maritime production.  Alabama's local, state, and national leaders were in attendance, including Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-04), Rep. and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Rogers (R-03), and Rep. Barry Moore (R-01). Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and MS Senator Roger Wicker (...

By Victoria Taft Donald Trump just dipsey-doodled the Democrats.  Only Trump can find leverage in the Democrats' TSA defunding — turning those broke, unpaid TSA agents and the disastrously long lines at the nation's airports into a teachable, brilliant, GOTCHA moment to behold. When Democrats figure out what hit them, they'll be so tattooed with this disaster, even the leftist screechers will lead the effort to restore TSA funding.  Things will change soon because local media in the woke cities are covering the increasing freak out by leftists because Donald Trump is replacing missing, unpaid, TSA agents with paid, and perhaps even masked, ICE agents to help process passengers. If you're laughing right now, it's because you've been paying attention to the senselessness of the TSA defunding in the first place and can see Trump's move. THANK A DEMOCRAT! https://t.co/3GfhrDvwRd — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 23, 2026 When the left executed i...

By Nick Arama As we reported, President Donald Trump said he was in talks with the Iranians about ending the military action with them. He said he was putting off the threat of retaliation against power plants for five days because the talks had been going well.  Trump gave some more details on how he thought the talks were going. But when questioned about who he was talking with, he  was coy. “Don’t forget: We’ve wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three. But we’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader, you know, it’s a little tough, they’ve wiped out — we’ve wiped out everybody,” he added. He did note, however, that it was not the alleged "Supreme Leader," Moqtaba Khamenei, the guy we have come to know as their invisible cardboard leader. Moqtaba hasn't been seen since the start of the war, and it's not even clear he's alive. So he would be a bit hard to deal with.  The Iranians were denying report...

Increasingly, Americans view higher education as no longer being worth the higher cost. By Terry Jones It wasn't long ago that millions and millions of American kids heard their parents' best advice: "The only way to get ahead is with a college education." And millions took their advice. Today's parents and the kids themselves are skeptical college is worth the cost, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows. The national online poll, taken Feb. 24 to Feb. 27, asked 1,456 adults: "Do you believe a four-year college degree is worth the cost for most Americans today, or not?" The answer indicates serious erosion in how Americans view the value of higher education. Overall, of those responding, 59 percent selected "Not worth the cost," while just 24 percent picked "Worth the cost." Another 16 percent weren't sure. (By comparison, as recently as 2013, a Gallup Poll found that 70 percent of Americans believed college was worth the ...

Senate Democrats have continued blocking DHS funding for more than five weeks, leading to TSA employee callouts and very long airport security lines.   By Nate Jackson If you or a loved one has waited for hours in an airport TSA security line, thank the Democrats. Since February 13, congressional Democrats have successfully shut down the Department of Homeland Security, under which the Transportation Security Administration operates, because they’re pitching a fit about deporting illegal aliens by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — which is fully funded already. Make it make sense. Because TSA agents are currently not being paid, many are calling out sick — 3,250 nationwide on Sunday alone. More than 400 have quit. In some of the nation’s largest airports, the callout rate is more than a third, leading to lines that last for hours and wrap around the airport. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin has a  thread on X  highlighting some of the long lines in recent days. New...

By Ward Clark On Sunday, a new statue of Christopher Columbus was installed on the White House grounds, as part of the run-up to this summer's 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The best part? The new statue incorporates parts of  another Christopher Columbus statue  damaged by rioters in the 2020 "Summer of Love" riots. A new statue of Christopher Columbus went up on the White House grounds Sunday that was built using pieces from a monument to the Italian explorer  that protesters destroyed six years ago.  The 13-foot, one-ton replica of a Columbus statue  toppled in Baltimore in 2020  – then dumped into the city’s inner harbor – was commissioned by the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations and is part of the White House’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.  The statue has been placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Artists retrieved shards of marble belonging ...

By Erick Durneika There was a time in America’s history when acts of treason and espionage were punished properly. In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were  convicted  of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union under the  Espionage Act of 1917 . They were executed in 1953.   Today, China is at war with the U.S. Beijing is rapidly building up its conventional military capabilities while conducting an all-encompassing  unrestricted warfare  campaign against the U.S. and its allies. The U.S. is estimated to lose  hundreds of billions  of dollars annually due to intellectual property theft and industrial espionage. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses this sensitive information to  enrich  its military. This is precisely why Washington can’t afford to go soft on traitors.   The People's Republic of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS)  overshadows  the Soviet Union’s KGB and East Germany’s Stasi at their ...

By Bob Hoge Your parents, or at least your teachers, probably droned on about the importance of doing your homework, because a lack of knowledge and/or skill can negatively affect your job prospects and hopes for a successful life. As annoying as their exhortations may have been when you were a youth, it turns out they were right: not having a clue can cost you everything — even your life, as this Italian couple  found out the hard way : The bodies of an anarchist couple were found beneath the rubble of a cottage on the outskirts  of Rome  after they blew themselves up while making a bomb. Police believed Alessandro Mercogliano, 53, and 36-year-old Sara Ardizzone were plotting an attack against a police station and Leonardo, a defence contractor, which made parts for F-35 jets. Traces of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used to make explosives, were found in the debris of the abandoned building beside an ancient Roman aqueduct on Friday. Police said the pair were supporte...