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Problematic Women: Fox News Host Shannon Bream on ‘Finding the Bright Side’
Shannon Bream, host of “Fox News @ Night” and author of the new book “Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters,” joins us to talk about her time at Fox News. Bream discusses Roger Ailes’ sexual harassment scandal, her decision not to have children, her experience with chronic pain, and whether or… -
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Cancer Survivor Hails Trump for ‘Right to Try’ Experimental Drug Law
President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to roll out soon a health care proposal that “blows away” Obamacare, while receiving credit for another health care measure he signed into law in 2017. In his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2019 Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, Trump said, “We have a health… -
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Britain’s Compulsory Abortion Fight Shows Risks of Government-Controlled Health Care
After doctors in Britain’s single-payer health system recommended that a mentally disabled woman undergo an abortion, a judge ordered the woman—an unidentified Roman Catholic—to have an abortion against her will. In her June 21 decision, Justice Nathalie Lieven—a judge in Britain’s Court of Protection, a panel that handles cases involving the mentally disabled—declared, “I have… -
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GoFundMe Removes Rugby Star’s Donation Page After He’s Fired for His LGBT Views
When Australian rugby star Israel Folau’s team contract was terminated after he voiced the principles of his Christian faith, he turned to GoFundMe Australia to crowdsource funds for his legal action against Rugby Australia. Three days later, the popular fundraising platform took down his page with plans to refund all donors. “As a company, we… -
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Virginia Beach Employee Works to Abolish City’s Gun-Free Zone Policy
A Virginia Beach employee is circulating a petition to abolish the city’s policy barring employees from bringing guns into work if they are properly permitted. Vincent Smith, an engineer who worked in Building 2 where the recent shooting occurred, posted a petition on Change.org asking the city to amend its employee weapons ban so properly… -
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Homeland Security Investigations Uncover Hundreds of ‘Fraudulent Families’ at the Southern Border
The Department of Homeland Security revealed just how common “fraudulent families” are among the thousands of illegal immigrants reaching the U.S.-Mexico border every month. “Beginning in April 2019, [Homeland Security Investigations] dedicated over 400 personnel to assist [Customs and Border Protection] in combating this issue. HSI interviewed teams to interview persons suspected of attempting entry… -
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Freedom From Consequences Isn’t Freedom
On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., desperate to revive his flagging campaign, proposed a far-reaching plan to wipe out all student debt. That plan falls hard on plans by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., his chief far-left rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, to make college “free” moving forward. Sanders’ justification for allocating over $1 trillion… -
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Ocasio-Cortez Supports Wayfair Walkout Over Furnishing Migrant Camps
Wayfair employees planned a walkout after learning the online furnishing company is going to fulfill an order to furnish a migrant camp and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is voicing her support. The retailer is going ahead with a $200,000 bed and furniture sale to a detention facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas. Almost 550 Wayfair employees… -
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Knitting Site Banning Pro-Trump Speech Just Latest Example of Left Squelching Speech
Fun fact: I’ve been crocheting since I was 10, when my Tita Lisa taught me the magic of granny squares. Fellow yarn nerds will understand the heavenly bliss of spending hours at Hobby Lobby or Walmart immersed in a sea of alpaca, mohair, angora, super bulky and super saver skeins for blankets, baby clothes, hats,… -
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It’s Time to Empower Police to Stop Drone Threats
State and local law enforcement agencies urgently need the tools and legal authority to identify and stop reckless or malicious drones that endanger the public. That was the message delivered to Congress last week during a hearing on the challenges of drone security—and it cannot come soon enough. Unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as… -
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Here’s Undeniable Proof That the Media Despises Trump
Covering politics with a sense of fairness requires journalists to acknowledge that politicians, even the ones they despise, at some point, somewhere, on some matter, do something right. Not so President Donald Trump. Journalists simply cannot admit that anything Trump has done or is doing or thinking is good for the United States because it… -
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Ideological Attacks on 2 Christian Pastors
Congressional hearings are a fixture in Washington and are supposedly a tool for investigation by the nation’s lawmaking body. Unfortunately, too often when Democrats are in charge, it’s not the case. Rather than hearings being a means for seeking facts and information, they become just a platform for politicking by members of the majority party… -
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Reps. Dan Crenshaw, Mike Johnson Share How They Want to Tackle Border Crisis
Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, join us to share their thoughts on immigration, socialism, bipartisanship, and more. Read the full interview, posted below, or watch the interview: Or listen to the full interview on the podcast: We also cover these stories on the podcast: President Donald Trump sends… -
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Forget Reparations. Money Won’t Solve Black Community’s Problems.
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. On June 19, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights, and civil liberties held a hearing. Its stated purpose was “to examine, through open and constructive discourse, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, its continuing impact on the community… -
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4 Years On, ‘Marriage Equality’ Slogan Still Doesn’t Add Up
Most everyone in America was and is in favor of marriage equality. Most everyone was and is in favor of marriage equality because most everyone wants the law to treat all marriages equally. The debate in the United States in the decade and a half before Obergefell v. Hodges wasn’t about equality. It was about… -
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Mentally Disabled Woman Will No Longer Be Forced to Abort Her Child, After Court Reverses Ruling
An appeals court in the United Kingdom has overturned a previous ruling from a British court that ordered that a pregnant developmentally disabled woman have an abortion contrary to her own wishes and and her mother’s. Justice Nathalie Lieven of England’s Court of Protection ruled that the woman must have a an abortion Friday. Lieven… -
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How Sole Sources of Military Spare Parts Squander Defense Dollars, Risk National Security
How would you react to a store selling a gallon of milk for $180, a price about 45 times the average cost? The House Oversight and Reform Committee confronted this question recently at a hearing on TransDigm, a company that left the Defense Department with the dilemma of choosing between wasting taxpayer resources or failing… -
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Stephanie Grisham to Replace Sarah Sanders as White House Press Secretary
First lady Melania Trump’s spokeswoman is set to become the new White House press secretary and communications director. Stephanie Grisham will continue her role as spokeswoman for the first lady, while filling the two vacancies for President Donald Trump. The announcement was made Tuesday. Grisham’s previous title was assistant to the president and chief of… -
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4 Takeaways From a New Report on the National Debt
A new government report has given us a glimpse into our nation’s fiscal future, and the outlook is grim. Absent major reforms, America’s debt will only continue to balloon. The Congressional Budget Office released its updated long-term budget report on Tuesday, which projects the nation’s fiscal situation for the next 30 years. Despite the strong… -
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‘I Don’t See It Happening,’ Says Trump on Reparations
After a spirited hearing on whether the U.S. should explore the idea of reparations for the descendants of slaves, President Donald Trump says he does not foresee the federal government pursuing the idea. “I don’t see it happening,” Trump told The Hill in an interview Monday. “I think it’s a very unusual thing,” Trump said….