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opinion
I Was Cursed Out of a Coffee Shop for My Views. We Can All Do Better.
I never expected my weekly morning ritual of coffee and crepes at a popular local coffee shop would be interrupted by a vulgar, verbal attack that would make national headlines. On Sept. 11, a cafe employee in Lincoln, Nebraska, named Natalie Weiss recognized me from across the room as an employee of the Nebraska Family… -
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ICE-Hating Groups Used Facebook to Incite Violence
Abolish ICE thugs in Colorado want to see the homes and families of immigration enforcement officials set aflame. Denver communists want alien detention facility employees dead, swinging from nooses with broken necks. Both groups are brazenly using Facebook to spread their inflammatory and violent messages. So, where is Silicon Valley—whose top companies partner with the… -
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Trump Calls New Sanctions on Iran the Harshest Ever Placed on a Country
President Donald Trump said Friday that new sanctions on Iran’s national bank are the strongest ever placed on a country, but reiterated that he hopes to avoid military action against the Islamist regime. “I think sanctions work. The military would work. That’s a very severe form of winning,” Trump said during a joint White House… -
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Some Cleveland Leaders Want to Bring Back Legislative Prayer. They Can, and Should.
Prayer at legislative gatherings is as old as the United States—perhaps older, if we reach back in time to the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock. Legislative prayer is such a traditional part of who we are as a country, in fact, that it should be one of the least questionable topics of our day. That’s… -
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With Millions in Dues at Stake Across US, One Man Fights His Union for a Refund
Francisco Molina got a refund check from his former union compensating him for dues collected after he resigned his membership. This means that the money Molina earned on the job since that time can’t be used to finance union political activity he doesn’t support. But what about the dues he paid as a social services… -
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The Smearing of Brett Kavanaugh Is an Attack on the Supreme Court
In the end, the Democrats’ smearing of Brett Kavanaugh is about delegitimizing the Supreme Court—the only institution that will inhibit the progressive agenda no matter who wins elections. In the mind of Democrats, conservative justices aren’t merely wrong; they’re nefarious, racist, and extremist. So it’s not surprising that virtually any smear against Kavanaugh is rationalized…. -
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College Admissions Scandal Ensnares 52nd Defendant and Counting
Fifty-two defendants and counting. That’s how many people have been indicted or otherwise charged in the college admissions and testing-bribery scandal. When the story first broke last spring, we wrote that the first round of indictments had to be the tip of the iceberg, because over time, those in the government crosshairs would sing like… -
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Venezuela Is Still Carrying Out Chavez’s Strategy to Poison America. But Trump Can Stop It.
Venezuela continues to go down the drain. As the world wonders how thuggish Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro manages to cling to power, we received a fresh reminder that the problems plaguing Venezuelans started long before him. It was Hugo Chávez, Maduro’s predecessor and mentor, who set Venezuela on the road to ruin almost two decades ago. We have… -
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Electoral College Encourages Candidates to Get to Know All Kinds of Americans
The Electoral College is under fire. Again. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently proposed killing it on the grounds that the presidential selection mechanism leads candidates to focus on just a handful of “swing states” that are most likely to determine the election. If presidents were picked via a nationwide popular vote, she implies, candidates would… -
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4 Budget Pitfalls Congress Should Avoid in 2020 Appropriations
With less than two weeks remaining before the start of fiscal 2020 on Oct. 1, Congress has yet to pass a single appropriations bill. That’s despite the fact that, back in July, Congress passed a massive deal to increase spending by $324 billion over the next two years. In its first effort to avoid a… -
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Could Kavanaugh Get Impeached? What You Need to Know
Some liberals are pushing for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached. But do they have any valid grounds? And how would an impeachment process of a Supreme Court justice even work? The Heritage Foundation’s Tom Jipping, who worked on an impeachment process during his time as a Senate staffer and who is a now senior… -
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Ex-Lawmaker Chaffetz’s New Book Exposes the Left’s ‘Power Grab’
For those seeking to understand how the left has weaponized American institutions in its quest for power, “Power Grab” by former Rep. Jason Chaffetz is required reading. The former congressman from Utah and onetime chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee pulls back the curtain on the money-laundering schemes of the left’s gigantic… -
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Tea Party Rallies for Freedom, Against Socialism in Nation’s Capital
Conservative leaders denounced socialism and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of the tea party movement during a rally Thursday on the U.S. Capitol grounds. Dubbed “Stop Socialism, Choose Freedom,” the rally on the west lawn of the Capitol drew perhaps 150 tea party activists and supporters of President Donald Trump from across the… -
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America Isn’t Just Where I Live. It’s My Home.
Do you consider America to be your home, or just the place you happen to live? Sept. 22 has long been a meaningful date for me and my family. That’s the day, in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This year, as that date approached, I was listening to one of my… -
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Coming to a Soccer Team Near You: Rainbow Shoelaces
Since the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the LGBT movement not only has instigated lawsuits alleging discrimination, but has committed to cultural influence, too, particularly targeting America’s youth. The LGBT movement has begun to infiltrate libraries, children’s activities, and youth sports programs. Now it’s shoelaces. United Soccer Coaches dubbed… -
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Sen. Joni Ernst Aims to Reduce Use-It-or-Lose-It Government Spending
Iowa’s junior senator says she is working to spread the word on legislation to reduce wasteful government spending and rein in agencies’ last-minute spending practices. “We saw this in our own county departments where at the end of the year, that last couple months of the year, they will spend everything they’ve got remaining in… -
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Trump White House Pledges to Boost Outreach to Black Media Outlets
The White House plans to ramp up communication with black media outlets as the administration seeks to amplify President Donald Trump’s record for African Americans. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham and other top Trump administration spokespersons met with the executive board of the National Newspaper Publishers Association for an hour Friday in the vice president’s ceremonial… -
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The Hotel Industry Is Lobbying to Make Your Next Vacation More Expensive
Earlier this month, Rep. Ed Case introduced a bill that would make finding accommodation on your next getaway more expensive—regardless of where you choose to stay. Why? It turns out hotels don’t like your cheap stays with Airbnb and HomeAway, and they’re lining up behind this bill to run those platforms off the market. The… -
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Why the Left Will Never Stop Attacking Kavanaugh
When the Supreme Court, under a previous ideological majority, was handing down decisions favorable to the left, Democrats were fine with deferring to that third branch of government to achieve what they declined to produce in legislation. Some Democrats in conservative states took the position that it wasn’t their fault that cases voters regarded as… -
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Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 Party
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore brownface makeup at a 2001 party when he was a teacher, Time reported Wednesday. The incident occurred while Trudeau, then 29, was attending an “Arabian Nights” themed private school party. He was a teacher at West Point Grey Academy, and the photo appears in the school’s 2000-2001 yearbook, according to Time….