Forget the spin, here’s why the Tories lost. The results are in for the UK election, and the Labour Party has secured a historic victory and a huge majority in Parliament. Winning an estimated 410 seats out of the 650 total, Britain’s left-leaning party will now form the new government, leaving 14 years of Conservative…
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Technology of the future, or public menace? San Francisco has deteriorated steadily under progressive policies that have seeded overdoses, homelessness, an exponential increase in crime, and plummeting housing prices. In the midst of San Fran’s Mad Max despair, innovator Zoox is planning to launch a fleet of shiny EV robotaxis to ferry citizens around the…
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With a whopping 19 Electoral College votes, Pennsylvania boasts the largest portion of electors for any battleground state. It also represents the shortest path to either candidate earning the 270 votes needed for the presidency. The time and treasure being expended by both the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns in the Keystone State swamps…
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In a stunning reversal of the first round of voting in the French election, President Emmanuel Macron appears to have sacrificed any hopes of political stability in favor of keeping Marine Le Pen from the levers of power. As the results trickled in from yesterday’s second-round voting, it became clear that Macron’s strategic alliances to…
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The consequences go beyond the economic. A potentially cataclysmic social emergency looms behind the health and wellness crisis afflicting Americans, bearing profound implications that threaten the personal freedoms of all. As more citizens lose their personal agency due to obesity, autoimmune disease, and other mental and physical issues now commonplace today, dependence on government is…
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Plus 2024 budget deficit and coffee. When the Federal Reserve followed through with cutting the interest rate by a super-sized 50 basis points at the September policy meeting, borrowing costs were expected to start falling. Instead, various credit instruments like mortgage rates are climbing. The US central bank does not establish the mortgage lending rate…
After Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, FEMA took its sweet time in attempting to pull off a plan to help Americans left battered – but unbowed – by the historic damage in the mountain communities of Asheville, Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Foscoe, and Hendersonville. As calls for help rose and fingers pointed at the government,…
As doubt about President Joe Biden’s cognitive capability swirls around Washington, DC, the president made yet another attempt to put the American people at ease. Most importantly, Biden attempted to assuage fears among America’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies that the leader of the most powerful nation on earth is not fully capable. To…
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Why does the VP fear the network love fest? As the Democratic Party faithful gather in Chicago to bestow the presidential nomination on VP Kamala Harris, the silence from the candidate herself has become a deafening roar. Scripted campaign appearances aside, the 2024 hopeful has avoided speaking directly to the press for a total of…
Eight years ago, it was all but unthinkable that Donald Trump could count on any significant support from two constituencies traditionally hostile to Republicans and crucial to Democrats. After his trip down that golden escalator, he delivered remarks about illegal immigrants that were widely viewed as insulting. They would be replayed over and over, destined…
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Editor’s Note: From the Back Forty is Liberty Nation’s longest running and most popular weekly column. Folks From the Back Forty are attempting to grasp a week of good vibes and joyful noises emanating from the Harris-Walz campaign chemtrails. Passion and memories have replaced facts when the running mate is asked to clarify falsehoods in a rather goofy…
The Jewish state has been “defending” itself for 76 years. By F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. Israel has the right to defend itself. Anyone who hasn’t been incommunicado somewhere north of the Arctic Circle with a busted shortwave radio for the last nine months has no doubt already heard that familiar – and relatively safe –…
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