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Hillerman’s tale about Norman Maclean’s classic collection of stories might sound too good to be true if there were not so many other Westerners with similar tales. Historian Patricia Limerick tells of giving a speech in Casper, Wyo. “The week after, the man who’d invited me told me that his barber, his garage mechanic and his dental technician had all talked to him about my speech.” Without a doubt, the West is in the midst of a don’t-fence-us-in literary explosion comparable to the Southern literary renaissance in the ’30s....

In 2016, Eastwood spoke to Esquire about the election between Trump and then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The Hollywood icon and lifelong Republican previously said Trump “said a lot of dumb things,” but thought that voters should “get over it” and vote him in. “I’d have to go for Trump,” he explained to Esquire at the time. “You know, ‘cause [Hillary’s] declared that she’s gonna follow in Obama’s footsteps. There’s been just too much funny business on both sides of the aisle....

Comebacks are rare and often painful to watch. Earlier this year, a 20-year-old Jennifer Capriati struggled to get back on the women’s tennis circuit. In interviews, she seemed ready to move beyond the shoplifting charges and marijuana bust that had transformed her from a 14-year-old with six-figure endorsements to what one writer described as “the poster child for a sport gone astray.” But in June, Capriati withdrew from Wimbledon, saying she “wasn’t ready....

By “true extremists” I mean anyone who uses, threatens or advocates violence to achieve their objectives. But the threat of such extremism pales in comparison to the threat to our First Amendment rights that will result if we allow anti-extremism efforts to be weaponized against entire classes of people just because those in authority disapprove of their religious or political views. When I joined the Marine Corps, I was thrust into a strange new environment in which I was surrounded by people who held attitudes, beliefs and ideologies very different from my own....

As horror stories emerge from the standards movement, usually involving testing, there is a natural impulse just to abolish tests. No tests, no horror stories, right? The trouble with this as a solution is that without tests, it’s impossible to tell whether kids are learning in school. It is possible, in a rarefied little corner of America where a lot of the national leadership lives, to believe that public education has become an iffy proposition –that public schools in this country are teetering on the brink of a general system failure....

Why doesn’t LeBron James try to steal the Republican nomination from Donald Trump when the party holds its convention next month at Quicken Loans Arena, where LeBron does his best work? MORE: Charles Barkley disrespects LeBron | Shut up, LeBron haters “I said, ‘You know the Republican convention is tearing up the arena, you should insert yourself in now,’ " Gilbert told Cleveland.com amid the Cavs celebrating their 2016 NBA title into early Monday morning....

The former commander-in-chief’s aide shared reports that Trump was preparing to create a third party and challenge Republican lawmakers who clashed with him, claiming there were was nothing “actively” planned, but leaving the door open to a threat to the GOP on the right. “The President has made clear his goal is to win back the House and Senate for Republicans in 2022,” Miller tweeted. “There’s nothing that’s actively being planned regarding an effort outside of that, but it’s completely up to Republican Senators if this is something that becomes more serious....

On Tuesday, the White House informed House Democrats it will not cooperate with their inquiry in any way, after subpoenas were issued Friday for documents related to President’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine (subpoenas were also issued on Monday to the Pentagon and The Office of Management and Budget about freezing foreign aid for Ukraine). The U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, whose text messages about Ukraine were released last week, was scheduled to testify, but his appearance was blocked by the State Department which then, surprise surprise, led to more subpoenas....

Trump’s order calls for the banning of training centered on the concept that some individuals are superior because of their race or sex. Federal grant money will no longer be used to fund such training. “A few weeks ago, I BANNED efforts to indoctrinate government employees with divisive and harmful sex and race-based ideologies,” President Trump tweeted. “Today, I’ve expanded that ban to people and companies that do business with our Country, the United States Military, Government Contractors, and Grantees....

Speaking to key Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage on GB News, Trump said: “The real insurrection” happened on November 3, while continuing to claim he won the last election and that antifa protesters played a major part in the January 6 attack. During the interview, Farage asked Trump whether it “was a mistake” to hold a rally on January 6. “It was a massive rally with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people....

Trump made revitalizing the manufacturing sector nationwide a pillar of his candidacy, and he became the first Republican presidential candidate since 1988 to turn Michigan red. However, he was never able to quite come through with those promises, and the recent dismal job numbers in the crucial swing state with so many blue-collar workers could have political ramifications. From 2017 through 2019, Trump’s first three years in office, the state’s manufacturing jobs saw a net gain of 12,100—roughly 2 percent growth—according to the U....

Though former President Donald Trump remains the favorite to win the Republican nomination in 2024, an Associated Press (AP) report about Pence’s recent activities has set off speculation about the former vice president’s own ambitions. The possibility of a Pence campaign for the White House was not well received by some prominent Trump-supporting social media users. Infowars host Alex Jones told his 178,000 followers on Gab that Pence was mulling a run after “betraying constitution, Trump, the American people....

“THE TWITTER DEAL IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE ‘TRUTH,’” Trump posted on Truth Social Friday, the social media company owned by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). The former president has been promoting his site as an alternative to Twitter for his supporters and his Twitter account remains permanently suspended following the events of January 6, 2021. Musk said in May that he would end Trump’s suspension if he became the social media company’s new owner, but it is now unclear if Musk will be compelled to purchase Twitter for the agreed price of $44 billion....

Barack Obama won the county by 8.26 percent in 2008 and 7.34 percent in 2012. But that all changed in 2016, when the people in this county with few stop lights and plenty of family farms went for Donald Trump in a big way. He won the county by 21.70 percent in a year that Hillary Clinton won Minnesota, and its 10 Electoral College votes, by 1.5 percent. “Today the enthusiasm for Trump is much higher than it was four years ago, and the division is much sharper between right and left,” Gary Steuart, chairman of the Fillmore County Republicans, told Newsweek....

On Tuesday, ACCENT Speakers Bureau, an agency of UF’s student government, announced that Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle would be the first speakers of the semester. The appearance came with a $50,000 price tag on it, which, for UF College Democrat President Matt Barocas, was the least surprising element of the announcement. Barocas told Newsweek that it seemed on par with the average speaker fee, so, while it may have shocked other people, he didn’t consider it a high number....

On his Twitter account, Biden has shared a Thanksgiving message, pledged to tackle the COVID pandemic and promised that his incoming administration will “build back better,” but direct references to the outgoing president are conspicuous by their absence. The last time Biden named Trump in a tweet was seven days ago, when he criticized the outgoing president for his failure to concede the election despite a defeat at the polls, multiple states certifying their results and the transition process starting....

The Rasmussen Reports poll released September 16, showing Trump with a slim 1 percent lead over Biden, is the only one out of more than 60 surveys conducted during the month to show the president leading. The Rasmussen poll released a week earlier showed Biden with a 2 percent lead. Both results are within the poll’s margin of error. Rasmussen has typically been an outlier, consistently producing results that are more favorable towards Trump than most polls, although some recent state polls have reversed the trend....

Spencer, one of the most vocal figures on the alt-right, said he can no longer support the president, believing he has led the country to the brink of war after killing Soleimani in an airstrike. “I deeply regret voting for and promoting Donald Trump in 2016,” Spencer tweeted. “To the people of Iran, there are millions of Americans who do not want war, who do not hate you, and who respect your nation and its history....

The former president was speaking to Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo and once against said the Russian invasion spearheaded by Vladimir Putin would not have happened under his watch. Trump condemned the military action taking place in Ukraine and said the number of casualties from the war may be higher than being reported. “I look at what’s happening in our country it’s like it’s run by fools,” Trump said. “We’re fighting Russia....

In the past week, top conservative groups and media outlets have hailed Ron DeSantis as the top Republican, praising the governor for his decisive victory in Florida—the clearest GOP win amid lackluster showings elsewhere in the country. But even as his former supporters flock to DeSantis, Trump has remained steadfast in his aspiration for a second term. A scheduled event at his Florida estate this week has raised speculation that he will make an official announcement Tuesday night, a week after elections that turned the GOP on its head....