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    Why MLK Is America’s Last Founding Father
    “These are the hard, brutal facts of the case,” wrote Martin Luther King Jr. from a Jefferson County jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 16, 1963.  Birmingham saw more “unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches” than any other American city. Racist posters decorated the storefronts of its businesses. State officials worked overtime to…
    Dion Pierre
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    What the Founders Actually Thought About Slavery
    One of the ironies of the current American “elite” is that, rather than actually being elite, they have the smug self-assurance of knowing much that isn’t so. Recently, a video surfaced of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a Harvard University graduate and Rhodes scholar, explaining to a group of high school students why the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    These ‘Founders’ Aim to Improve How Schools Teach History and the Constitution
    Many students and educators agree that the history of America’s founding is sorely lacking in high school curriculums across the country. The philosophy behind the founding and the United States Constitution often gets the boot when competing with STEM-focused subjects in today’s classroom. But one Florida organization is hoping to change that with an after-school…
    Aaron Credeur
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    What Our Founders Really Thought of Slavery—and Why The New York Times Is Wrong
    For those who want to fundamentally transform our nation, the first order of business is to thoroughly discredit our past. For decades, progressives have claimed that our foundations are so cracked and broken by the original sin of slavery that reverence paid both to our Constitution and its Framers is undue.  While the left has…
    John York
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    What the Founders Had to Say About National Debt
    The Founders of the United States of America warned against massive federal debt, but, to our detriment, their political descendants are not paying attention. The Founders speak to us from their graves to condemn and warn of the consequences now that President Trump and Congress have come to an agreement about lifting the meaningless “debt…
    Cal Thomas
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    Mary Millben Is Singing the National Anthem at Trump’s Rally. She Loves Performing America’s Patriotic Music (Just Listen).
    Recording artist Mary Millben will perform the national anthem for President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s rally at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Millben headlined The Heritage Foundation’s Annual Leadership Conference in April and spoke to The Daily Signal about her love of America’s patriotic music and what it’s like to perform for three U.S….
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Singer Mary Millben Is Passionate for Patriotic Music. Find Out Why (and Listen to Her Perform).
    Today we are featuring an interview with singer and actress Mary Millben, who has performed for three U.S. presidents and whose music is featured in the new film “The Meanest Man in Texas.” Also on the show: • In honor of Memorial Day, we remember those who gave their lives in service to this nation….
    Robert B. Bluey | Virginia Allen
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    Pompeo: ‘America First’ Foreign Policy Is What the Founders Envisioned
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put forward a compelling case for an “America First” foreign policy last weekend, speaking as the featured guest at the Claremont Institute’s 40th Anniversary Gala in Beverly Hills, California. The nation’s top diplomat argued that, rather than deviating from American norms, the Trump administration’s foreign policy is exactly the kind…
    Daniel Davis
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    CNN Smears Electoral College, Lies About the Founders
    Many on the left are calling for the nation to get rid of the Electoral College. And it appears that many in the media support this notion. Unfortunately, progressives and their media allies at CNN and elsewhere have waged a disinformation campaign to bury the intentions of the Founders, or distort the Founders’ views on…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Rep. Gowdy: Paul Ryan a Modern-Day Founding Father
    Shortly after Rep. Trey Gowdy’s new lawmaker orientation as an elected member of the House of Representatives in 2011, he went to his hero Paul Ryan’s office and asked for his autograph. Ryan, who was slightly embarrassed, according to Gowdy, decided to take the opportunity to have a quick chat with his new colleague from…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Principal Replaced After Telling Student to Take Off Trump Jersey at ‘Patriotic’ Football Game
    Administrators replaced a North Carolina high school principal after she told a student to take off his Trump jersey at a patriotic-themed football game. Cindy Gordon, who was principal at Harnett Central High School, asked Matthew Collins, 18, to remove the jersey because it was political, WRAL reported Friday. The front of the jersey read “USA”…
    Neetu Chandak
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    The Dangerous Consequences of Calling Sovereignty and Patriotism ‘Dog Whistles’
    “Patriotism” and “sovereignty” are now dirty words. That’s what one Washington Post editor said in response to President Donald Trump’s United Nations speech on Tuesday. “America is governed by Americans. We reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism,” Trump said during the speech. Trump also said: “We will never surrender…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    America Has Strayed From Founders’ Vision for Economic Freedom and Limited Government, Walter Williams Says
    An author and economics professor warns that America must return to the Founders’ vision of limited government to preserve the economic future of the country. “I think we can safely say that we have made a significant departure from the constitutional principles of individual liberty and limited government that made us a rich nation in…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Nike Boycott Over Kaepernick Ads Demonstrates Yearning for Patriotism
    The National Football League just can’t escape the ugly politics of 2018. One of the world’s largest sports apparel companies is now embracing the man who started it all, and fans aren’t happy about it. Nike is jumping in to champion Colin Kaepernick, the man who launched the now-frequent national anthem protests, and is making…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    College Student Calls Out Women’s March Founders for Not Allowing Unscreened Questions
    A conservative college student is making waves over a requirement for prescreened questions at an event featuring leaders of the left-leaning Women’s March. Kassy Dillon, a senior at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, says she is irked that the march activists didn’t call on students and let them ask whatever they wanted. Dillon, president of…
    Chrissy Clark
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    Right Side of History: The Founders Had an Answer to the ‘Fake News’ Problem
    “The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events of America’s past. On this week’s episode, hosts Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal, and Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, discuss the fake news phenomenon, the history…
    Jarrett Stepman | Fred Lucas
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    The Difference Between How Conservatives, Liberals Define Patriotism
    A new poll by the American Culture & Faith Institute uncovered some interesting—and perhaps worrisome—trends when it comes to how Americans think they can properly support their country. The study found that Americans think patriotism is generally in decline, but we can’t even agree on how to define it, let alone settle on whether it’s…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    In the Pronoun Wars, Be Thankful for the Founding Fathers
    It is sometimes astounding the kind of foresight the Founding Fathers had in protecting future generations from tyranny. The current international push to criminalize free speech in the name of various social movements should make us thankful that we have the First Amendment. Most other nations, even in the Western world, don’t have nearly the…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    White House Chief of Staff Speaks Out Against Civil War Monuments Removal
    White House chief of staff John Kelly condemned the removal of Civil War monuments as “dangerous” and referred to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as an “honorable man” on the Monday night debut of “The Ingraham Angle.” Chief of Staff John Kelly praises Robert E Lee as "honorable man," says "lack of an ability to…
    Jack Crowe
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    What the Left Hopes to Achieve by Attacking the Founders
    Our nation’s leftist progressives have long sought to undermine the American values expressed in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Though typical Democrats and Republicans do not have this leftist hate for our nation, they have been willing accomplices in undermining the most basic value the Founding Fathers sought to promote—limited government. Leftists have had…
    Walter E. Williams
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