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    Jordan Vows Crackdown Bill on Sanctuary Cities, States

    House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said his committee could clear legislation in the next two weeks to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions.   In an interview with Just the News, Jordan said sanctuary jurisdictions include 11 states, 18 major cities, and three counties, as well as the District of Columbia. He said this represents about one-third of the nation’s population.   “We’re looking…
    Fred Lucas
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    He Had Near-Perfect SAT Scores. Was He Rejected in Favor of Foreign College Applicants?

    Who are America’s public universities really for? A growing backlash argues that domestic students—many with near-perfect test scores—are being edged out in favor of full-pay international enrollments.  Steve Cortes’ new documentary, “The Foreign Student Crisis Destroying American College Admissions,” focuses on the University of Illinois where more than 6,000 Chinese nationals are enrolled at this…
    Reagan Campbell
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    Shut Up and Slide, Team USA

    “I learned a long time ago, keep your d— mouth shut if you want to stay in show business,” said the great Dolly Parton. Do you know where she stands on immigration enforcement, veganism, or Gaza? Me neither.  Uninformed virtue signaling is a staple of the U.S. entertainment industry. Freeing Tibet, global warming, masking, and…
    Simon Hankinson
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    Bad Bunny vs. Turning Point USA Super Bowl Halftime Shows Still Sparking Viral Reactions, Highlighting Cultural Divide 

    Four days later, the Super Bowl halftime debate appears to be outlasting memories of the game itself. Turning Point USA’s “All-American Halftime Show”—staged in response to the NFL’s selection of Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime act—triggered viral reactions, celebrity criticism, and extreme online responses—exposing deep cultural divides.  The Final Numbers  Bad Bunny’s performance drew over 128 million viewers, according to audience measurement firm Nielsen. That’s 5.3 million…
    Reagan Campbell
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    $10 Billion for Crime Victims Missing—Lawmakers Call for DOJ to Fix Biden-Era Failure

    The Justice Department is missing out on collecting $10 billion from convicted criminals to go to crime victims, according to federal prosecutors.  Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, led a letter with four other Republican senators telling Attorney General Pam Bondi that “there appears to be billions of dollars right at the DOJ’s finger tips that could be collected.”   Congress created the Crime…
    Fred Lucas
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    Artificial Intelligence Is Here for Your Children

    All the parenting books in the world five years ago could not have fathomed the ubiquitous presence of artificial intelligence in our children’s lives today.   If parents remain ignorant of AI’s true power, we risk surrendering our children to the deepest, darkest psychological abyss humanity has ever encountered.  With hindsight, we can see the true devastation new technologies like smartphones and social…
    Tina Descovich
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    Florida Becomes Only the Fourth State to Offer English-Only Driver’s License Exams

    Last Friday, Florida began administering English-only driver’s license exams, only the fourth state to do so. English-only driving exams make the roads safer for all drivers, and every other state should follow suit. Recently, the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office announced that all driver’s license exams will be administered in English only, including…
    Erin Schniederjan
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    Why Are the Media Bending Over Backward to Be ‘Sensitive’ to the ‘Identity’ of a Mass Murderer?

    It is a journalist’s duty to report the truth, yet so many news outlets covered themselves in shame by bowing and scraping to honor the “transgender identity” of the man who carried out one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history. Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, was born a man and he died a man….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    THUNE: DHS Shutdown Very Likely

    Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced that a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is likely when the clock strikes midnight on Friday, due to a lack of agreement with Democrats on funding the agency. “We don’t have a solution yet,” Thune, R-S.D., told reporters outside the Senate floor Thursday afternoon. “The Democrats, at…
    George Caldwell
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    Democrats Stand Firm on ICE Demands as FEMA, TSA, and Coast Guard Funding in a Lurch

    A partial government shutdown appears imminent as Democrats are standing firm and refusing to provide funding to the Department of Homeland Security. There is only one day left to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the lone department awaiting appropriations from Congress through the rest of the fiscal year. The White House has attempted to negotiate, but the proposal doesn’t seem to be enough…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Judge Weighs in on War Department Censure of Sen. Mark Kelly

    A federal judge stopped War Secretary Pete Hegseth—at least temporarily—from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly for his role in a video telling American soldiers to refuse illegal orders. Judge Rich Leon, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, on Thursday ruled in favor of Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, who had joined five other Democrat members…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘That’s a Lie’: Minnesota AG Accused of Enabling Fraud  

    Sen. Josh Hawley accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of having knowledge of massive welfare fraud in his state, yet enabling the fraud to continue. “I should call you ‘prisoner’ because you ought to be in jail,” Hawley, R-Mo., told Ellison in a heated exchange during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday. Hawley specifically…
    Virginia Allen
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    MAHA Could Hold the Key to Winning Midterms

    Republicans can “win big” in midterm elections if they “unwrap the gift of MAHA” that President Donald Trump has handed them, according to a new memo from Tony Lyons, president of MAHA Action. Four to six percent of former non-Trump voters cited the “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, movement in explaining their decision to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Victor Davis Hanson Gives Update 6 Weeks After Cancer Surgery

    Six weeks after surgery to remove lung cancer, Victor Davis Hanson shared in his most recent podcast about his recovery and the hope he has gained from well-wishers.   “I never expected so many people to be so nice. … I knew they were nice. I didn’t know there were so many of them,” said Hanson,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrats to ‘Disenfranchise Voters’ With Election Integrity Opposition, GOP Says

    Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused Democrats of being “anti-American” and wanting to “disenfranchise” American voters by “allowing noncitizens to vote.” Their remarks come after Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, became the sole House Democrat to vote in favor of legislation that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and voter identification before casting a ballot….
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    House Votes to Revoke Trump’s Tariff Power

    The House of Representatives voted to revoke President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration over the flow of drugs from Canada, his legal method of imposing tariffs on Canadian imports. The Wednesday vote, by a 219-211 margin, is the result of a rare revolt against Trump’s tariff policies. Six Republicans voted to deprive Trump of his…
    George Caldwell
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    A Japanese Lesson for Troubled Britain

    The contrast between America’s great island allies on opposite ends of the world couldn’t be more drastic. Japan has just given its commonsense conservative prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, a two-thirds supermajority in the national legislature’s Lower House; her Liberal Democratic Party took the highest proportion of seats of any party since World War II. It’s…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    House Stages Nail-Biter Vote on Bill to Require ID, Proof of Citizenship at Polls

    The House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act by a 218-213 margin on Wednesday, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections.  Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was the only Democrat to join Republicans in voting for the bill. One Republican and…
    George Caldwell
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    Ohio Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill JD Vance

    As federal authorities continue to investigate concerning incidents against Vice President JD Vance, the latest being an alleged assassination threat, conservatives are speaking out against the increasingly violent rhetoric of the Left. Shannon Mathre, a 33-year-old man from Toledo, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged crime, one which Zack Smith,…
    Rebecca Downs
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    ‘Moderate’ Democrat Twists Christian Compassion to Defend Transgender ‘Treatments’

    As medical associations are reconsidering transgender “medicine” for minors, Democrats—even “moderate” ones like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear—seem to be missing the memo. Just a few days after a jury awarded $2 million in damages to a detransitioner woman who underwent surgery at 16, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons subsequently recommended against surgeries for…
    Tyler O’Neil
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