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1533 episodes transcribedFollowing the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a wave of everyday people have been punished, getting doxxed and even losing their...
We’ve been on quite the journey with our First Amendment-guaranteed right to free speech, haven’t we? This week, we had the reinstatement of ABC’s “Ji...
The machinery of mass deportations has been operating both in plain sight and out of view since President Donald Trump took office back in January. As...
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the brutal war has cost millions of lives. But President Donald Trump has consistently said that he could easily...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., noted anti-vaxxer and, apparently, part-time detective, announced back in April that he was...
On Friday we learned that according to President Donald Trump, when coverage is negative, "It's no longer free speech." And it seems he's not alone....
Democrats on the Hill are hitting back after ABC suspended "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" indefinitely. They’ve introduced the No Political Enemies (or NOPE) Ac...
The investigation into the assassination of Charlie Kirk has raised a lot of questions – not just about the alleged shooter, but about the investigati...
FBI Director Kash Patel spoke on Tuesday about a massive rise in the number of investigations into so-called NVEs, which stands for “nihilistic violen...
Memphis, Tennessee, is the latest city in President Donald Trump's Crime Takeover-A-Go-Go. On Monday, Trump signed a presidential memorandum establish...
The clock is ticking until the federal government runs out of money and potentially shuts down—again. Now you might be thinking, "Didn't we do this? L...
The search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseb...
On Wednesday, 31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an on-campus event near Salt Lake City, Utah. He was there as...
Millions of kids have started school over the past few weeks – that includes students in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and now Chicago, all cities tar...
Say what you will about President Donald Trump’s first administration, but at least some of the people given top jobs had a morsel of experience doing...
A crucial race for Georgia's Public Service Commission is coming up in November. And though the name sounds boring, it's a race that really matters. T...
President Donald Trump really, really, really hates wind and solar power. He made sure to make that point very clear during a Cabinet meeting last wee...
Congress is back. It’s back and it has a lot of work to do. If Congress doesn’t fund the government by the end of September, the government will close...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and held hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Beijing this weekend. T...
The Trump administration is preparing a major Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Chicago, and it may come as soon as this week. The deta...
