There were several times in the Korean War when it looked grim for the US led forces– their eviction from the peninsula was a very real possibility– at no time were things as dire as they were in the Winter of 1950-51. Enter Ridgway, Freeman and Monclar….More>>
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Talking Points Memo- Trump Is Almost Certainly Referring to This Dr Phil Project With His Claims of ‘Oil, Gas and Mineral Exploration’ in Greenland
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- ALERT: Trump DOJ Begins Active Election Interference in California
- From Martial Law to Banning Voting Machines, Election Skeptics Urge Trump to Take Extreme Action
- Ossoff Won’t Let Collins Off the Hook on His Election Denial
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- Zacharia Claim About Chinese Bar Exam Is False
- Kim Guilfoyle Accepts Her Trump World Dethroning
- This Week on the Polltober Show: Does Republicans’ Huge Cash Advantage Matter?
The Intercept- Reflecting on the Trump Era
- An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.
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- ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get
- Susan Collins-Aligned Super PAC Buys Attack Ads in Portland... Oregon
- Pentagon Finally Counts an Iran War Death — Six Months Late
- Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.
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- ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem
- Where Are the Iran War Protests?
France24- What is Starshield, SpaceX's military version of Starlink?
- Nord Stream may have been lawful target, argue lawyers for Ukrainian accused of bombing
- Starlink restriction 'no surprise' after Musk condemned Ukraine strikes on Russian data centres
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- ‘Growing ambitions’: Dr. Kendall on Houthis’ quest to be recognised as Yemen’s ‘legitimate' leaders
- ‘The idea that Modi must be feared because he holds all levers of power has gone out of the window’
- Houthis threaten escalation after strike on Saudi oil giant Aramco
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- Houthis say targeted Saudi oil giant Aramco, vow more attacks
Media Matters For America- Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu
- Fox News buries new consumer price report showing inflation surging under Trump
- Megyn Kelly on Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit: Trump "did not appreciate her trying to make money off of the Trump presidency. Only he gets to do that."
- "What a whore would wear": Ben Shapiro asks his female producers to judge gym outfits of random women
- MAGA media figures demanded and even teased immigration action against Rep. Ilhan Omar — and then DHS raided her home
- Ben Shapiro: “Alex Cooper is to women as Andrew Tate is to men”
- How Fox News stars are covering the 2026 Senate midterm elections
- Nick Fuentes: “Feminism must be eradicated. They cannot have the same rights. ... Shouldn't even be educated. Shouldn't have the same opportunities in the workforce.”
- Fox host Brian Kilmeade: "No doubt" that Trump's money for Russian oil is "going to be used to help kill innocent Ukrainians"
- Newsmax host on Fort Hood shooter's execution: "Livestream it. I don't care if my tax dollars go to advertising it and playing it during the next Super Bowl."
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