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DirecTV Deplatforms Newsmax, Cutting Off Its 13 Million Subscribers From The Fourth-Rated Cable News Channel Newsmax suffered a major blow as satellite television provider DirecTV ended its carriage, cutting its 13 million subscribers from the potential audience for the conservative cable news outfit. This amounts to 25% of the 50 million viewers Newsmax claims to reach. The two companies are making contradictory claims about the imbroglio, and while censorship of conservative views cannot be ruled out as a causal factor, there appear to be purely commercial considerations affecting the decision.

The Quixotic Quest For Reparations The idea of reparations for African Americans due to slavery began during the Civil War when General William Tecumseh Sherman, on January 16, 1865, issued Special Field Order No. 15 that called for allocating up to 40 acres and lending mules to newly emancipated slaves.

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State Of Emergency Declared Over Atlanta 'Cop City' Riots Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Thursday, giving him the option of calling in the Georgia National Guard in response to a violent protest in downtown Atlanta over the killing by authorities of an environmental activist said to have shot a state trooper.

Biden's Open Border Policies Are 'Facilitating' 'Evil' Drug Cartel Business Model: Sen. Ron Johnson In an interview with Newsmax on Jan. 25, Johnson accused the administration of "lying through their teeth" when explaining their decision to allow up to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into the United States was based on "humanitarian reasons."

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National Sales Tax Plan Could Spark Discussion, But Unlikely To Advance A plan to overhaul the nation's tax system is unlikely to advance this year, but it could help define the contours of the tax debate in the coming years. The debate over that nation's tax system is likely to pick up as lawmakers prepare for 23 individual and business tax provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to expire on Dec. 31, 2025.

'Ground Zero': Arizona Republicans Sounding Alarm Over Fentanyl Flowing From Border Arizona Republican state legislators doubled down on their call to action on the border crisis, particularly on fentanyl, at a news conference on Thursday. The legislators said that the rise in fentanyl deaths in the state is deeply concerning and called for more resources to support law enforcement and greater education on prevention techniques like the use of naloxone for accidental overdose deaths.

5 Fired Memphis Cops Charged With Murder In Motorist's Traffic-Stop Death After five former Memphis police officers were jailed and charged Thursday in a Jan. 7 traffic stop that resulted in the death of a motorist, a prosecutor said Thursday the officers "are all responsible."

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Sanctuary City Mayor Claims Right-To-Shelter Law Does Not Apply To Asylum Seekers Just days before his administration is expected to open its newest migrant relief center, Mayor Adams on Wednesday rejected the idea that asylum seekers are protected by the city's right-to-shelter law.

Kevin McCarthy NUKES Schiff, Swalwell From Intel Committee House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is following through on his commitment to not let Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell serve on the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff perpetuated the lie of Trump-Russia collusion, while Swalwell had a relationship with a Chinese spy.