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5 days ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
An Indian national and his accomplice were nailed by the Department of Justice “for their roles in an international human smuggling conspiracy.”The two men were sentenced in the District of Minnesota, according to a DOJ release. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel will face 10 years and one month in prison for his role in the conspiracy. Patel, a 29-year-old Indian national formerly of Florida, will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his sentence.
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5 days ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
Few campaign promises have been bigger for President Donald Trump — in both of his successful campaigns, for that matter — than the topic of illegal immigration. From that big, beautiful wall along the Southern border, to the “Big Beautiful Bill” that could directly affect funding on these matters, Trump has successfully integrated rampant immigration issues through many of his presidential actions.
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5 days ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
Regardless of political affiliation, voters should be able to agree that the last few elections have been chaotic, if only from the wild media coverage. With the exception of the most recent election, which was a rather commanding win for President Donald Trump over failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris that featured little controversy, the two elections prior generated a lot of discussion points.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
Apparently, American approval of the government — including both major parties — isn’t especially high these days. The big problem for one of the major parties is that their disapproval ratings appear to be going in the wrong direction. Democrats were handed a bunch of bad news after a new Economist/YouGov poll came out recently.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
And just like that, it appears one of the more talked-about periods of American political history is over. The now-former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, is leaving his post after an eventful era and earnest attempt to cut wasteful government spending. And Musk capped that era off with a humble farewell message to one of the many properties he owns that will likely get more attention now: social media platform X.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
In the grand catalog of intellectual properties owned by the Walt Disney Company, there are countless examples of characters that most women wouldn’t mind being compared to. Princess Leia or Rey from “Star Wars,” Black Widow or Scarlet Witch from the Marvel properties, or pretty much any traditional Disney princess would fit that bill aptly. One Disney-owned character who is apparently not on that list? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s longtime “Muppets” mainstay Miss Piggy.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
For as much criticism and flak as the administration of former President Joe Biden already received while he was in office, it’s seemingly only gotten worse since he’s left the White House and its searing spotlight. Two key post-presidency developments, in conjunction, have contributed to Biden’s woes. First, Biden recently announced a devastating — often terminal — health diagnosis when he unveiled that he has aggressive prostate cancer that has metastasized.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
One of President Donald Trump’s top officials just casually shared a shocking claim about at least one person allegedly running the White House in lieu of the previous president. And it may not be who you think it is. As information from a bombshell tell-all book, other critical allegations and a stunning cancer diagnosis have surfaced about former President Joe Biden since departing the White House, critics and supporters alike have largely responded in the same manner.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
The last time I broached this subject, I began with something dubbed the “Bubba/Smollett Paradox.”It’s a simple paradox, as oxymoronic as that sounds, and it goes something like this: How is it that, despite all manner of histrionic claims from the left that racism is rampant, systemic, and out of control in America, so many major racism claims turn out to be false alarms? At best, they can typically be chalked up to a misunderstanding. At worst, they often feel like very deliberate hoaxes.
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1 week ago | 
westernjournal.com | Bryan Chai
So… does Donald know best, now? On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that he will be issuing new pardons, including some for a particularly (in)famous pair of reality television stars. In a viral video posted by Trump communications advisor Margo Martin, Trump was seen giving a phone call to reality television star and Republican social media influencer Savannah Pressley. Why?
