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State Lawmakers Expect Big Wins on Referendums on Citizen-Only Voting
State lawmakers expressed confidence that ballot initiatives to ensure that only citizens vote will win “overwhelming” support—including in two battleground states. North Carolina and Wisconsin—where polls are tight in the presidential race and have been close in recent statewide contests—will be voting on the matter. Other states with citizen-only voting referendums are red states Idaho,… -
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Would Harris Secure the Border That Biden Did Not?
East Blake Lane Park in Oakton, Virginia, sits about 16 miles down the road from the White House, where President Joe Biden lives, and about 17-and-a-half miles from the Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris resides. Shortly after 3 p.m. on July 20, according to a statement published on July 22 by the Fairfax… -
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‘Woefully Unprepared’: Whistleblower Alerts Hawley That Security Agents at Trump Rally Lacked Proper Training
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A whistleblower told Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri in a letter released on Tuesday that the Homeland Security Investigations agents assigned to former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, were “egregiously under-prepared.” The whistleblower told Hawley that the HSI agents were taken off child exploitation cases and reassigned in partnership… -
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Breaking the Power of the LGBTQ Mafia
While transgender orthodoxy seems rooted ever deeper in American education, entertainment, and society, the LGBTQ lobby's stranglehold over big business is finally loosening. A key organization that uses mafia-like tactics to pressure companies to toe the line on gender ideology has faced setbacks. Molson Coors Beverage Co., the company that produces Coors Light beer, announced… -
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Why Health Care Is Not a ‘Right’
Sigh. Here we go again. The 2016 Democratic Party platform proudly proclaimed, “We believe as Democrats that health care is a right, not a privilege.” In 2020, the party doubled down, saying, “We must guarantee health care, not as a privilege for some, but as a right for every single American.” The drumbeat continued in… -
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Greta Thunberg Nabbed by Cops During Anti-Israel Protest
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Climate change activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by Danish Police in Copenhagen, Denmark, during a pro-Palestine protest, The Guardian reported Wednesday. Thunberg and five others associated with Students Against the Occupation were arrested during a 20-student protest that blocked the entrance to a building at the University of Copenhagen, demanding an “academic… -
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The Evil of Cowardice
On Saturday night, the Israeli military made a macabre and horrifying discovery: the slain bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. All six hostages had been shot point-blank in the head some 48-72 hours prior, presumably upon the approach of Israel Defense Forces soldiers; Hamas terrorists chose to murder the… -
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What Really Happened to JD Vance in Erie
ERIE, Pennsylvania—The chaser last Wednesday in Sen. JD Vance’s, R-Ohio, trip to this all-important county in the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania came when the Republican vice presidential nominee said Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris can “go to hell” for her handling of the 2021 attack at Abbey Gate in the final days of President Joe… -
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HHS Pushes Child Gender Transitions With Threats of Suicide
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is using “Suicide Prevention Awareness Month” this September to push the lie that transgender medical interventions stop children from committing suicide. The Daily Signal obtained a newsletter the HHS sent on Friday sharing resources on suicide prevention for “LGBTQIA2S+ Youth.” The resources promote the idea that LGBTQ+… -
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Meet the Detransitioner Suing Planned Parenthood
Cristina Hineman grew up in a happy, healthy, loving home. She was homeschooled from kindergarten through the eighth grade and had close relationships with her parents and younger sister. Though Hineman knew by the age of 12 that she was attracted to other girls and experienced some confusion over this, she never experienced any discomfort… -
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Congressman Calls on Fellow GOP Lawmakers to Quit Jogging Toward ‘Fiscal Cliff’
The House of Representatives returns next week to Washington, and a budget fight showdown is expected. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and Congress is tasked with having the fiscal 2025 budget ready to go by then, but it’s all but guaranteed it won’t be. “What usually happens at this time is, we’ll get to… -
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WATCH: Weekend at Biden’s 2: Harris Wheels Out a Stiff
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we cringe to our very souls as President Joe Biden is wheeled out in front of cheering crowds and shouting journalists. The president didn’t appear cognizant of what was going around him, leaving the handlers to cart him away after a few moments of dazed confusion…. -
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Nashville Shooter’s Journal Reveals Dark Side of Transgender Orthodoxy
The Tennessee Star released the full journal of the Nashville, Tennessee, shooter Tuesday, and its contents reveal how transgender orthodoxy can encourage suicidal tendencies—and worse—in a way that turns gender identity into a kind of religion. Audrey Hale, the 28-year-old female who identified as male, opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville on March… -
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SUNK COST: With Gaza Policy Adrift, Biden’s Aid Pier Washed Away $230M
In a scathing U.S. government inspector general’s report, President Joe Biden was said to have wasted $230 million of taxpayer money on a harebrained maritime operation in Gaza intended to accelerate humanitarian aid to Palestinians displaced by war. In sum, Biden’s “temporary pier operated intermittently for about 20 days” and was then embarrassingly shut down…. -
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‘Diversity’ Doesn’t Include Disabled Veterans Like Me
At college campuses nationwide, the newest students are starting class, but I’m not among them. Many medical schools rejected my application, and when I asked why, several told me that my service in our nation’s armed forces didn’t matter, and that I should have spent more time proving my commitment to “diversity” and “equity.” I… -
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Is Big Labor Reducing Worker Wages, Opportunities for Growth?
The Harris-Walz campaign used Labor Day to advocate for the power of Big Labor, thanking the “organizers, activists, workers, and leaders of the labor movement who have helped build this nation.” But the Biden-Harris administration’s embrace of Big Labor—as in big national labor organizations, as opposed to small, local unions—actually hasn’t helped workers as unionized workers’… -
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Terrifyingly Plausible: Why You’re Wrong to Think Civil War Can’t Happen Here
Demographer, historian, and author Neil Howe hasn’t just coined the term “Millennial,” he’s also predicted the future to an eerie degree—and he thinks America’s in for very rough seas ahead. He says a civil war in the U.S. is far more plausible than most people think, and he dismisses the reasons Americans often discount that… -
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Tim Walz’s Lies: The Top 7
CNN thinks it understands what sets Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz apart from the average politician: honesty. “[W]hat Walz has—and it’s rare in politics these days—is that he’s totally comfortable in his own skin. He knows who he is. He’s authentic. And he doesn’t try to be someone else,” said Chris Cillizza, who formerly was on CNN. Yet… -
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How RFK Jr. Can Be an Asset in a Future Trump Administration
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump is a marvel to behold. It’s astonishing that such a prominent member of America’s quintessential Democratic family embraced the most conservative Republican nominee since President Ronald Reagan. If a majority of Kennedy’s roughly 6% of likely voters support Trump on Nov. 5, they could compose… -
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The Sad Reasons Americans Give for Not Having Kids
The baby bust is here. The reality is clear: Americans are having fewer kids. In 2023, America had 2% fewer births than in 2022, hitting a record low, according to newly released finalized data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Americans haven’t had enough kids to keep population levels stable for decades,…