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Washington, D.C. is the city that just keeps giving and giving, and giving some more, with taxpayer money of course. But now, it has taken things to an even higher level with its Strong Families, Strong Futures program.

On Feb. 19, 2021, newly-elected president Joe Biden announced that “America is back.” Since that time, America has indeed taken a great step back in every area that can be measured. Against this backdrop, an unusually pepped up president presented perhaps the angriest “State of Confusion” speech on record.

Rumors of financial shenanigans have doggedly followed Joe and Hunter Biden for nearly as long as there has been dirt, but they are not the only members of the Biden clan to be tainted in such a fashion.

Riker’s Island contains New York City’s biggest jail and is the site of one of the world’s largest correctional/mental institutions.

America has never been the same since the horrific assassination of John F. Kennedy on what was an otherwise bright and sunny day in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The fall of Camelot over 60 years ago is still felt across the nation today as questions linger about what role the CIA played in the killing and who was really behind the act.

Nick Saban shocked the college football world when he announced his retirement at the age of 72 after 28 years as a head coach (17 in Tuscaloosa). He compiled 292 career wins, 16-straight seasons with at least 10 wins, six national titles with Alabama and a seventh at LSU. Saban also coached four Heisman Trophy winners and contributed to 49 players being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.

America’s southern border has been an abomination for decades, but it’s now worse than it’s ever been. Tucker Carlson recently summed it up when he said, “Our country is on the brink of collapse with tens of millions of people who shouldn’t be here. We don’t know their identities or the purpose of their being here. It’s stuff that could destroy the country.” Literally.

While many question the concept of miracles, 34-year-old Ian Snyder of Ferndale, Calif., is not one of them.

While it’s always a challenge to find that perfect Christmas gift, Target’s LGBTQ-themed Christmas line, which includes a nutcracker figure holding a “Progress Pride” flag wearing a “Pride” hat may not be the ticket. This despite the fact that it’s accompanied by the absolutely smashing slogan, “Show your love and support for the LGBTQIA+ community.”

While news stories these days are largely centered on Israel’s war with Hamas and a bumbling, stumbling, president who rarely makes any sense, the COVID virus still afflicts us. This fact became all too real when I recently contracted it (despite being previously vaccinated I might add).