Who would have predicted that Chicagoans would elect a mayor to succeed Rahm Emanuel who is a further leftist radical than he was? Well, the Windy City’s electorate has done …
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Slain NYPD Cop Sang ‘Take Me Home’ an Hour Before His Line-of-Duty Death
Like most line-of-duty deaths of our nation’s cops, we learn about their personal lives, their military service, their parenting skills, their spirituality, basically who was wearing that badge and what …
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Why Using Local Allies With American Air Support and Advisors Defeated the Islamic State in Only Four Years
With reports of the Islamic State (IS aka ISIL or ISIS) making a come-back in some regions of Iraq and Syria, and expanding in other parts of the globe, we …
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Cop Sues City Over Toxic Exposure at ‘Homeless’ Encampment Cleanup
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI’ve written about the “Navigation Team” the city of Seattle deploys to handle “homeless” camp “cleanup” tasks. I’ve criticized the team not because it’s not worthwhile to help people in …
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‘Squad’ Member Ayanna Pressley Puts Together Fund to Bail Out Antifa Protesters Who Assaulted Boston Cops
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI recently received a fundraising email from my home state’s Massachusetts Republican Party (Mass GOP). Unfortunately, people in the commonwealth saw fit to elect the AOC-led “Squad” member Ayanna Pressley …
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American Missile Defense Failure, or Lack of Saudi Leadership
by Morgan Deaneby Morgan DeaneThe bombing of a Saudi oil facility by an Iranian-backed group using drones and cruise missiles has led to questions about Saudi’s air defense system. It has cost billions of …
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A 40% Decrease in Traffic Tickets Since 2015—But it Goes Back Further Than That
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperA reduction in police proactivity, particularly in perennially leftist-run cities and counties, is becoming the norm in many communities. It’s not that cops don’t want to work, it’s that their …
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Police Body Cams — Giggling at Unintended Consequences
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperUnintended consequences can be a bitch. But it can also be a bit of schadenfreude when you’d warned the people suffering such consequences. I’m talking about police officer-worn body cameras. …
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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Call the NRA Domestic Terrorists
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperSo, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (BOS) has decided that I am a domestic terrorist. Because I was a police officer? No, but I’m sure they’ll add that to …
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NYPD Votes Unanimous ‘No Confidence’ in Mayor De Blasio, Also Wants Police Commish Gone
In a “unanimous” vote of “No confidence” in their mayor, the NYPD’s rank and file spoke via their union boss, Police Benevolent Association (PBA) President Patrick Lynch, whose statement echoed …