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“I Would Have Told Him, ‘Suck It Up’”: Walz’s Decision to Retire Before Deployment Frustrated National Guard Superior
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A former noncommissioned officer who served as Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota’s superior said he would not have allowed him to retire shortly before his National Guard unit was ordered to Iraq, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. A 2018 Facebook post by retired Army Command Sgt. Major Thomas Behrends accusing Walz of retiring… -
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Forced Abortion Is Part of Dark World of Surrogacy
Brittney Pearson was a mother of four and 22 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer—a tragic enough situation. To make a bad situation worse, though, the Sacramento native was pregnant as a surrogate mother for a gay couple. Upon being informed of the cancer diagnosis two weeks later, the two men demanded… -
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Trump Challenges Harris to 3 Network Debates
Former President Donald Trump announced three network debate dates that he agreed to, but said he’s still waiting for a response from Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said at a Mar-a-Lago press conference Thursday that he’s agreed to debate Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4, on NBC on Sept. 10, and on ABC on… -
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NJ Town Prioritizes Protecting Illegal Aliens From ICE Over Public Safety: The BorderLine
En route to a recent vacation to New England, I stopped in my old hometown of Princeton, New Jersey, for coffee and picked up a copy of the Town Topics, the local paper where I found my first car and my first job back in the ’80s. The front-page story was about an attempt on… -
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Olympic Boxing Mismatch KOs the Case for Biden’s Radical Title IX Rewrite
Italian Olympian Angela Carini’s heartbreaking boxing match is just the latest indication of how dangerous the Biden-Harris Title IX rewrite will be for women. The 25-year-old female boxer from Naples, Italy, withdrew from her Aug. 1 boxing match after only 46 seconds and two hits from Algeria’s Imane Khelif. Controversy over the inclusion of Khelif… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers Receive Warning on Kamala Harris’ Record as ‘Border Czar’
Every member of the House and Senate received a memo on Thursday detailing Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on border and immigration policy. “There is no question that President [Joe] Biden tasked Kamala Harris with ‘securing the border,’ and there is no doubt that she has FAILED to secure the border and keep the American… -
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Does America Really Have a ‘Medical Debt Crisis’?
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made a startling claim in his opening statement as the Senate Health Committee held a hearing on “the medical debt crisis in America.” Sanders said that “over 66% of all personal bankruptcies in this country, some 530,000 per year, are connected to unpaid medical bills.” That certainly sounds like a crisis,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Platform Aims to Halt CCP Influence on States
There’s a new tool available for lawmakers and American citizens to combat the threat of the Chinese Communist Party. Today, Heritage Action for America launched the website CounterTheCCP.com, exposing the ways in which China stands to harm America’s sovereignty and offering model legislation and resources to deal with that threat. “To win the new cold… -
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Does Life Begin at Conception? Science Has a Voice
I was convinced beyond a moral doubt: Life begins at conception. But my conviction was more instinctual than cerebral. Then I began to think. I could be wrong. There are simple answers to most complex questions about life, but they are often wrong. Moreover, who crowned me with the authority to decide for others when… -
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Biden’s Supreme Court ‘Reforms’ Are ‘Shameful’ and ‘Dangerous,’ Legal Expert Warns
President Joe Biden’s proposed changes to the Supreme Court are “shameful” and “dangerous,” legal expert John Malcolm says. Last week, Biden announced a “bold plan to reform the Supreme Court,” including ending lifetime appointments in favor of 18-year terms, implementation of an enforceable code of ethics, and an attempt to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris Sent Agents to Raid Pro-Life Journalist’s Home After She Met With Planned Parenthood, Emails Show
In March 2016, top Planned Parenthood officials in California eagerly emailed one another about an upcoming meeting with the state’s then-attorney general, Kamala Harris. The meeting carried so much import that the Planned Parenthood officials met with Harris’ staff ahead of time “to discuss prep,” emails reviewed by The Daily Signal show. About two weeks… -
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Will the Chevron Decision Fix Big Government?
The Supreme Court recently ruled to overturn the Chevron doctrine precedent that has stood since 1984. Recent precedent reversals, such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade, have gotten much more attention. But this change is of enormous importance, and everyone should know what it’s about. In the 1984 Chevron ruling, an environmental group, the… -
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WATCH: Tim Walz and the ‘Joy’ of Gaslighting
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we laugh as the media desperately try to rewrite the record of Minnesota governor and vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz. From stolen valor and Black Lives Matter to drunken driving arrests and “the joy” Walz thinks Vice President Kamala Harris has brought back to the campaign… -
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How Not to Pick a Jew for Vice President
This week, Kamala Harris chose her vice presidential running mate. She could have picked the wildly popular, semi-moderate swing-state governor from Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro. Shapiro has a 62% approval rating in the state, which is ranked by Nate Silver as the most important election bellwether. Shapiro is charismatic, smart, and bridges the gap between radical… -
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What’s Wrong With Gov. Tim Walz’s Education Policies
In herdlike fashion, the media describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “folksy,” suggesting that he is just a regular guy with whom Middle America can identify easily. Supporters on social media liken the Democrat to a cool grandpa. Judging from his education policies, however, Walz would be like your folksy grandpa only if you are… -
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Federal Air Marshal Whistleblowers Expose Weaponized TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ Program
Federal Air Marshal Service whistleblowers have exposed the Transportation Security Administration’s weaponized Quiet Skies program. The whistleblowers have come forward to the Air Marshal National Council, an advocacy council for air marshals. The whistleblowers have reported that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii—a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate—has been… -
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Tim Walz Silent on Ties to Minnesota Freedom Fund That Bailed Out Rioters, Domestic Abusers
When rioters took to the streets of Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd, setting fire to a police station, a Japanese restaurant, and a low-income tenement building (among others), then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., raised money for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which posted bail on behalf of the rioters. Now that Harris, Joe Biden’s vice… -
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Left Lets Mask Slip on Plans to Demolish the Supreme Court
The Left has let the mask slip and made clear that it intends to pack or otherwise decimate the Supreme Court. President Joe Biden announced last week in a Washington Post op-ed that he would promote a “reform” of the nation’s highest court that would include term limits and new “ethics” rules for justices. The… -
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Conservative Investors Step in as Major Retailers Are Pressured to Sell Abortion Drug
The last thing any CEO wants to hear right now is that their brand has been linked to some sort of hot-button political crusade. After a 16-month beating from anti-woke consumers, the order of the day for corporate America is simple: Keep your head down and avoid the cultural land mines. Unfortunately for retailers like… -
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The Truth About Slavery in America: Neither First, Nor Worst
Today, people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., actually said, “The United States didn’t inherit slavery from anybody. We created it.” An MSNBC “expert” claims that “American slavery was worse because slaves were treated as property.” “That’s complete nonsense,” replies political science professor Wilfred Reilly in…