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Feds Raid Ilhan Omar's Home: What Took So Long?
DHS executed a warrant at the congresswoman's home, but the underlying investigation may stretch back to the Obama era.
October 16, 2026
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Wholesale Inflation Hits 4-Year High, Mortgages Lock Out Working Americans
Washington's Iran war spiked energy prices, and Fed rate hikes make homeownership a pipe dream for Main Street.
October 15, 2026
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Mamdani Staff Revolts Over Socialist Ally's Anti-Cop Crusade After ICE Shooting
DSA candidate's war on NYPD commissioner triggers internal meltdown — proving the left's anti-police agenda creates chaos even among allies.
October 15, 2026
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Microsoft Pressures White House to Save H-1B Cheap Labor Pipeline
Microsoft's Brad Smith warns against H-1B restrictions, defending Big Tech's right to hire cheaper foreign labor over Americans.
October 15, 2026
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Comcast Buys $7.5M White House Access as Crypto Adviser Cashes In
MSNBC's owner drops millions on Trump's gold-plated ballroom while a White House crypto adviser cashes in on the law he wrote.
October 15, 2026
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Trump Scraps Execution Livestream After Global Outcry
Foreign pressure killed the stream — not any question that a mass murderer deserves to die.
October 15, 2026
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Obama, Ex-GOP Nominee Unite to Hand Congress to Democrats
The establishment isn't hiding it anymore—they want to choke off the populist mandate before it delivers.
October 15, 2026
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Swamp Shrinks to 1966 Levels as Trump Targets Leakers for Execution
The bureaucracy is smaller and DEI is gone — but the victory lap papers over an unprecedented assault on leakers and the free press.
October 15, 2026
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El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties, But His Money Trail Says Otherwise
Family, funders, inner circle — all Muslim Brotherhood connections. But the press won't ask, and you're the problem for noticing.
October 15, 2026
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Freshman's Wrist Surgery Becomes National News — Because Her Name Is Trump
Kai Trump's routine surgery only makes headlines because of her last name — and that tells you everything about the press's priorities.
October 14, 2026
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Eric Trump Rips Mob Mocking Susan Dell's Looks After Historic $6.25B Kids Pledge
A historic $6.25B pledge for kids is met with appearance mockery from the crowd that never stops lecturing America on decency.
October 14, 2026
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Trump Probes Alaska Ballot Trick: Dems Run Same-Name Rival Against GOP Sen Sullivan
Left-wing group spent $1.5M attacking GOP incumbent as same-name rival appeared on ballot — and Alaska Supreme Court kept him there.
October 14, 2026
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Mace Named Predators on House Floor. Prosecutors Finally Charge Them.
After years of delay and denial, the three men Nancy Mace identified as predators on the House floor now face formal sex crime charges.
October 14, 2026
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Establishment Polls Say Trump Is Toxic. Two Senate Republicans Disagree.
In Ohio and Texas, GOP candidates reject the establishment spreadsheets to bet on the grassroots energy consultants can't measure.
October 14, 2026
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$75 vs $134K: Populist Dewar Challenges Dem Gill in 35th District
David Dewar switched parties to run populist against an incumbent backed by $134,000 in establishment cash.
October 14, 2026
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Permanent Washington Moves to Strangle Trump Agenda After Midterms
Democrats plot investigations while Senate Republicans stall their own permitting deal — and Trump races the clock.
October 14, 2026
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Senate Map Expands for Dems, But Press Misses Uniparty Revolt
This isn't a blue wave — it's working Americans rejecting a uniparty that delivers for everyone except them.
October 14, 2026
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Long Island Assembly Race: Israel First, Constituents Last
While you face inflation, crime, and open borders, your Assembly candidates compete over Israel loyalty
October 13, 2026
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Katie Zacharia's 14-Minute Debut: Staged Questions, Zero Accountability
Trump's new press secretary fielded three pre-selected questions from friendly outlets in 14 minutes. Americans deserve answers, not stagecraft.
October 13, 2026
Politics
Trump Weighs Firing Guilfoyle Amid Pay-to-Play Scandal — Is One Head Enough?
Guilfoyle allegedly traded access for cash and steered business to connected Greek firms. Will Trump drain the swamp, or just swap the alligators?
October 13, 2026
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Pentagon Wants to Livestream an Execution — D.C. Only Cares About Optics
The state turns a firing squad into a content play, and Washington's only worry is how it looks — not whether the government should be broadcasting killings at all.
October 12, 2026
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Press Gushes Over $2.5M Lake House as Workers Pay $771K for a Shack
The housing market for elites and the one squeezing working Americans aren't just different — they're two different countries.
October 12, 2026
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Mike Johnson Vows to Keep Gavel Even If GOP Loses House
The speaker says his fundraising prowess will keep him in power, regardless of what voters decide.
October 12, 2026
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Musk Drops $276M on GOP Midterms — Outspends Dems' Top Senate Super PAC
Musk's FEC filings are public. The establishment's billionaires hide behind PACs. Guess who the press calls 'quiet.'
October 12, 2026
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