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What Former Presidents Had to Say on Trump Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump’s living predecessors denounced the assassination attempt on the 45th president Saturday evening. “There is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy,” former President Barack Obama, a Democrat who served two terms just before Trump’s one term, posted on X. “Although we don’t yet know exactly what happened, we should all be… -
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Trump Potential VPs React to Attempted Assassination: ‘Not Just Some Isolated Incident’
A number of President Donald Trump’s potential vice presidential picks weighed in Saturday evening on news that a shooter apparently attempted to assassinate the presidential candidate. “Today is not just some isolated incident,” said Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance in a statement posted on X. “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President… -
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TRUMP BREAKS SILENCE AFTER SHOOTING: ‘Much Bleeding Took Place’
Former President Donald Trump spoke out Saturday evening after an attempt was made on his life at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The presidential candidate posted on Truth Social Saturday evening, thanking the Secret Service for protecting him and expressing sorrow at the reported death of an attendee. “I want to thank The United States… -
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‘Everybody Must Condemn It’: Biden on Assassination Attempt on Rival Trump
President Joe Biden’s White House issued a statement Saturday night condemning the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania,” the president said in a statement, released about an hour after the initial news of the shooting broke. “I’m grateful to hear that… -
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16 Photos From Trump Rally Shooting
Former President Donald Trump was shot by a gunman Saturday evening while speaking on stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, 33 miles north of Pittsburgh, authorities said. The pops of a gun could be heard as Trump ducked to the floor of the stage and Secret Service rushed to cover him. “President Trump… -
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What Republicans and Democrats Say About Trump Assassination Attempt
President Joe Biden didn’t respond Saturday night for over an hour after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, but many other politicians—from both parties—were quick to comment on social media. “They try to jail him. They try to kill him. It will not work. He is… -
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BREAKING: Trump Injured in Apparent Assassination Attempt
Former President Donald Trump was wounded in the ear when shots were fired about 6:10 p.m. Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, about 33 miles north of Pittsburgh. The Secret Service announced that it had “neutralized,” or killed, the gunman, but as of midnight had not identified him. Trump was quickly rushed offstage… -
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’Called to Be Distinct’: Southern Baptist Convention Must Withstand Left-Wing Influences, Denominational Leader Says
The United Methodist Church’s pro-LGBTQ stance might foreshadow a similar future for the Southern Baptist Convention unless Baptists firmly oppose left-wing influences, says William Wolfe, founder and executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership. “I want to side with God’s Word against the world and not with the world against God’s Word,” Wolfe told… -
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Biden Fact Check: Are Border Encounters With Illegal Aliens ‘Lower Today Than When Trump Left Office’?
President Joe Biden touted his success on the southern border Thursday night during a highly anticipated press conference, saying Border Patrol agents must deal with half the number of illegal aliens than they did under President Donald Trump. “Border encounters have gone down over 50%,” Biden said. “The current level is lower today than when… -
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For First Time, Senate Judiciary Committee Nixes Biden Judicial Nominee
The Senate on Thursday rejected President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Manhattan federal trial court. It was the first time a Biden judicial nominee has been rejected in the Democratic-majority Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee, on an 11-10 vote, rejected federal magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District… -
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‘Immediate Termination’: Cotton Calls on Merrick Garland to Fire Kristen Clarke Following Daily Signal Exposé
Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to fire Kristen Clarke following The Daily Signal’s reporting on her arrest and subsequent expungement. “I write regarding an act of perjury committed by Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights,” he wrote in a letter first published by Breitbart News. “I… -
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Report Shows Pentagon Funding DEI Content in Classrooms
THE WASHINGTON STAND—According to a new report, Pentagon schools pushed DEI propaganda on the children of armed service members stationed abroad. The nonprofit government transparency watchdog Open the Books published a report this month titled “Schools for Radicals: The Secret Push to Institute Radical DEI Curriculums within the Pentagon’s K-12 Public Schools,” detailing the efforts of the… -
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Our Brezhnev, Our Pravda, Our Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as general secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank, and gained weight, Brezhnev aged prematurely. Also like them, his disabilities never led to his abdication. By Brezhnev’s late 60s and early 70s, he was too ill to travel abroad… -
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It’s Worst of Both Worlds for Biden’s Enablers
Years ago, a dear friend who worked for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld invited me to join the two of them at a photography exhibit. The secretary needed some assistance, having had shoulder surgery. He was loathe to have a lady carry his briefcase. It became my job. We walked through the exhibit of… -
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Left’s Campaign to Highjack Supreme Court Takes Bizarre Turn
One reason the colonies declared independence from Great Britain was the political manipulation of the courts, but the Left today seems to think that judicial manipulation is a good idea after all. Leftists’ campaign to control the Supreme Court includes institutional and personal threats, smears of individual justices, and now articles of impeachment from the… -
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Panicked Democrats Belatedly Coming to Grips With Their Biden Debacle
It has been two weeks since palpably senile President Joe Biden delivered the single worst performance ever given in a presidential debate, and the fallout continues to tear the Democratic Party asunder. For two weeks, most of the left-wing corporate media, joined by a small but growing number of elected Democratic officials, have desperately been… -
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Alarming Number of Americans Open to Electoral Cheating
Based on all the accusations being hurled back and forth over the past eight years, if there’s one thing everyday Americans agree on, it’s the importance of maintaining faith in our elections. Electoral integrity is a foundational block in our republic’s Jenga tower that, if pulled away, will topple it. Unfortunately, that may be just… -
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Serena Williams’ Jab at Harrison Butker Overlooks What Many Women Actually Want
Last night at the ESPY Awards, tennis star Serena Williams took a pointed jab at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. After her sister and fellow tennis star Venus Williams said, “Go ahead and enjoy women’s sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports,” Serena Williams chimed in, “Except you, Harrison Butker…. -
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Do the Math: Debt Up $7 Trillion Under Biden
Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated, the federal debt has increased by more than $7 trillion. On Jan. 20, 2021, the day of Biden’s inauguration, it was $27,751,896,236,414.77, according to data published by the U.S. Treasury Department. As of this Fourth of July, it was $34,847,568,990,054.13. That is an increase of $7,095,672,753,639.36—in less than four… -
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Musk Says He’ll Sue Groups in ‘Advertising Boycott Racket’ Targeting Conservative Media
THE CENTER SQUARE—Tesla founder and X owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he plans to file a lawsuit against people and organizations working to prevent advertising dollars from going to conservative news media. Musk announced his intention on the social media giant X while sharing video of Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro’s congressional testimony Wednesday on the…