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Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of antisemitism to, now, the murder of an insurance CEO, few Democrats seem capable of condemning violence without adding a "but."

To their credit, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman of ...Read more

Glance through any post-election voter interview and you will inevitably find someone who mentions "America first" when explaining his or her vote. They understand the term in varying ways, but the throughline is the belief that Trump is a strong leader who will steadfastly pursue America's national interests.

Sorry, but that is deluded. Even ...Read more

The reelection of Donald Trump has created overwhelming angst among the press. With Trump, they have been like the opposite of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme. The media are all the king's horses and all the king's men -- and they couldn't tear Humpty Dumpty apart. All their screeching about his menace only makes him successful.

Longtime CBS News ...Read more

Why did Marc Andreessen -- inventor of the first internet web browser, and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today -- switch from his longstanding support of the Democratic Party and back President-elect Donald Trump this year?

Because, in his view, the Democrats who claim to be the great scourge of "disinformation" are ...Read more

It's a testament to the energy and drive of Elon Musk that he's now a key adviser to an incoming president of the United States who he helped elect this year -- and this is a side project for him.

What stamp collecting is to most of us -- something we make time for when not engaged in our day jobs -- influencing the future direction of the ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- The liberal media will spend the next four years criticizing everything that President-elect Donald Trump says and does.

That's not fair. But, very often, the criticism will be justified.

Trump and his underachieving cabinet of misfit toys are not about to let the fact that they don't understand certain topics -- national ...Read more

During the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act request asking about the trade names and suppliers of surveillance software the FBI had purchased, the government has yet again quietly acknowledged its antipathy to constitutional provisions that all of its employees have sworn to uphold.

Since we are dealing with ...Read more

In the early morning hours in midtown Manhattan, New York City, Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, and a father of two, was assassinated. The assassin fired his gun at point-blank range, using bullets inscribed with the words "Deny," "Depose" and "Defend." The masked assailant swiftly escaped on a ...Read more

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It's a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, or ...Read more

The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week is generating new headlines by the hour. The suspect in the murder -- 26-year-old Luigi Mangione -- was found in Pennsylvania and will likely be extradited to New York to face murder charges.

Thompson's murder has produced shocking support for his accused killer. ...Read more

This week, a deranged 26-year-old anti-capitalist allegedly shot to death the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson, on the streets of New York. The alleged shooter carried a manifesto with him, decrying the nature of America's health care system: "Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming." The manifesto claimed that America spends more...Read more

WASHINGTON -- It's no surprise that a jury of his peers acquitted Daniel Penny, 26, Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide that stemmed from a May 1, 2023, encounter with fellow New York subway passenger Jordan Neely. Neely reportedly had been yelling that he was going to kill people on the train, that he was willing to go to jail...Read more

One question emerging from the presidential election exit polls is the disconnect between Black men and women and Hispanic men and women.

Donald Trump received support from 21% of Black men and 7% of Black women, a disparity of 14 points. He got support from 54% of Hispanic men and 39% of Hispanic women, a disparity of 15 points.

There was ...Read more

In late summer 2012, Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab denounced his boss, dictator Bashar al-Assad, and fled to Jordan. Hijab also pledged allegiance to what diplomats called "the anti-Assad rebellion," a jumble of ethnic, religious and political groups that actually reflected the fragmented Levantine demographics that breed friction when Syria...Read more

Government excels at NOT getting things done. But politicians promise more things anyway. Kamala Harris declared that our government would "build thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable!" This "Broadband Connectivity Agenda" was supported by "every House Republican on Energy and Commerce," write Republican representatives. Three years later, not...Read more

It started with a suicide bomber.

On Sept. 4, 2013, a terrorist group launched an attack on a profoundly symbolic Syrian village.

"The dawn assault on the predominantly Christian village of Maaloula," reported the Associated Press, "was carried out by rebels from the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra group, according to a Syrian government ...Read more

The Trump-loathing media hates the notion of mass deportations. They are upset that voters support it. After the election, a CBS News poll found 57% of Americans are ready to put the brakes on illegal immigration.

On Dec. 8, ABC "This Week" moderator Martha Raddatz pressed conservative Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on the cost: "A recent analysis...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Even as a Mexican American who supports immigrants and opposes President-elect Donald Trump, I'm eager to see the incoming administration deliver on mass deportations.

During a recent appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Trump was asked by host Kristen Welker if he planned, over the next four years, to deport everyone who is in ...Read more