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New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ Has Key Error About Our Founding
The New York Times has begun a major initiative, the “1619 Project,” to observe the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe American history so that slavery and the contributions of black Americans explain who we are as a nation. Nikole Hannah-Jones, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine,… -
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More Proof That Voter Fraud Is Real, and Bipartisan
A California jury on Aug. 23 convicted a Mexican citizen of identity theft and voter fraud. Two decades ago, Gustavo Araujo Lerma took on the identity of a deceased U.S. citizen and proceeded to vote illegally in a number of U.S. elections. But Lerma didn’t vote for who you might expect. Lerma is a Republican… -
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Google Defends YouTube Restrictions on PragerU’s Educational Videos in Federal Court
A lawyer representing PragerU in federal court says Google’s reasons for denying some viewers access to videos produced by the conservative education organization on the tech giant’s YouTube subsidiary defy belief. “To suggest that PragerU’s content is obscene, violent, hate speech is an absolute insult to the intelligence of the American public and people like… -
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No, the Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to hate on the Electoral College. Once again, she has the nation up in arms about America’s unique presidential election system. The Electoral College, the New York Democrat said on Instagram last week, is a “scam” that “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then on Friday afternoon, she doubled… -
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Enforcement of Stiffer Asylum Rules
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to allow enforcement of new immigration rules that would deny asylum to migrants who did not seek protected status in a country they passed through on their way to the southern border. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, a federal judge in San Francisco, entered a preliminary injunction… -
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Equinox Owner Surrenders to the Left. Here’s a Loyal Customer’s Response.
On Aug. 8, CNN headlined: “Owner of SoulCycle and the Miami Dolphins faces outrage and calls for boycott over Trump fundraiser.” The report began: “The billionaire owner of Equinox is planning a high-dollar Hamptons fundraiser for President Donald Trump, leading to calls for a boycott of the luxury gym and its associated businesses SoulCycle and… -
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Idaho Must Pay for Transgender Sex Offender’s Surgery, Court Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that Idaho must pay for a transgender inmate’s surgery. Thirty-one-year-old Adree Edmo is a convicted sex offender who is scheduled to be released from jail in 2021. The sex offender was diagnosed with gender dysmorphia in 2012, identifies as a woman, and is currently housed in a men’s prison, according… -
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White House Correspondents’ Association Backs Reporter’s Lawsuit Against Trump
The White House Correspondents’ Association filed a brief Monday expressing support for Playboy reporter Brian Karem’s lawsuit after his press pass was revoked by the White House earlier in August. Karem, also a CNN political analyst, got into a verbal confrontation with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka in July. A video appeared to show Gorka yelling at… -
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This Nomination Is the Next Big Battleground for the Federal Courts
Steven Menashi’s nomination for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest touchstone in the judicial confirmation wars. Liberal commentators and activist groups are accusing Menashi of advancing extremist positions in the Trump administration and as an academic, while his conservative supporters say Democrats are warping his views. The 2nd Circuit is the… -
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Academia Today ‘Not for Faint-Hearted,’ Says Professor Who Lost His Job for Talking About Gender
Academia today “is not for the faint-hearted,” says a veteran professor who was head of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Louisville School of Medicine until he was demoted and then let go for making public comments on gender identity. “You know, I really was an academic physician, not a politician. I wasn’t… -
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Nurses Union That Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Prevails at This Hospital
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania—Not every nurse at St. Mary Medical Center supports “Medicare for All” or the political goals of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. But every nurse at that Bucks County hospital soon will pay dues to a labor union that has backed Sanders and government-run health care, now that a majority of their colleagues has voted… -
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Fellow Lawmakers: Your Minimum Wage Bills Only Hurt Our Country
Democrats initially wanted a $15 federal minimum wage, which recently passed in the House of Representatives. Now, some are calling for $20 per hour. Both policies would backfire on Americans in a major way. The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that if the $15 minimum wage became law, up to 3.7 million jobs could be… -
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7 Reasons Taylor Swift Shouldn’t Support Equality Act
Editor’s note: Taylor Swift is speaking out about her support for the Equality Act, legislation passed by the House earlier this year that, if enacted, could affect everything from bathrooms to pronouns to women’s sports to parental rights. Accepting her award for her video, “You Need to Calm Down,” Swift noted the award was based… -
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They’ve Lost Their Minds in San Francisco
San Francisco, a city described in song for its natural beauty, is descending into an abyss of homelessness, the use of sidewalks as toilets, and a place you might not want to visit, much less live. The latest, but surely not the last demonstration of insanity, is San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors’ adoption of new… -
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Podcast: The US-Greenland Relationship
Greenland has enjoyed some unusual time in the spotlight. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said he wanted to buy the mostly frozen island. Today we have an exclusive interview with Greenland’s foreign minister to Washington, Inuuteq Holm Olsen. Daniel had the chance to speak with Olsen earlier this summer about the historic ties between… -
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The Proof Is In: Tariffs Are Hurting the US
The Congressional Budget Office released its updated budget outlook last week, and it confirmed what analysts have said about U.S. trade policy for the last two years: The Trump administration’s tariffs are hurting the U.S. economy. First, let’s review how these tariffs came about. In early 2018, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on roughly $9… -
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ICE Spotlights Releases of Criminal Aliens as Governor Defends Sanctuary Policies
An illegal immigrant from Honduras returned to the U.S. sometime after being deported in 2006. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina arrested the man in June on a charge of first-degree rape and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. One day after the arrest of Oscar Pacheco-Leonardo, 33, U.S. Immigration and… -
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Justice Ginsburg Set for Busy Schedule After Cancer Treatment
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is maintaining an active public schedule after concluding three weeks of radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer. The justice visited Buffalo, New York, Monday to accept an honorary degree from the University at Buffalo School of Law and deliver public remarks to an evening program at Kleinhans Music Hall. “Justice… -
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‘Extremely Alarming’: Journalists Are Worried About Trump Allies Digging Up Their Old Tweets
Some journalists are irate over a New York Times story about allies of President Donald Trump collecting damaging information on reporters from “news organizations deemed hostile” to the president. This is “the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting,” according to the article…. -
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College Professor Resigns After Admitting Support for Antifa
A Kirkwood Community College professor in Iowa resigned after confirming that he supports Antifa following his social media posts coming to light. Jeff Klinzman, a former English literature professor, responded to a tweet from President Donald Trump where he called Antifa “gutless Radical Left Wack Jobs who go around hitting (only non-fighters) people over the head with…