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US to Scrap Biden’s Problem-Ridden Gaza Pier for Good
The Biden administration’s Gaza aid pier soon will be permanently dismantled, marking a final blow to President Joe Biden’s signature aid plan for the region during the Israel-Hamas war, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The $230 million pier, meant to serve as a causeway for aid delivery to Gaza via a maritime corridor, was removed by the U.S…. -
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Debunking the Myth That More People Have Been Killed in the Name of God Than in the Name of Anything Else
Almost anyone who has graduated from college in the last 50 years has repeatedly heard the statement, “More people have been killed in the name of God than in the name of anything else.” And most of them believe it. It would take a long essay to respond to this claim. I will therefore only… -
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FACT CHECK: Does Project 2025 ‘Terminate the Constitution’?
As Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said Monday, the Left’s inflammatory attacks on Project 2025 show that it’s “right over the target.” President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is so desperate to defeat Project 2025 that it spreads direct falsehoods about it, perhaps not expecting the American people to actually examine what the project comprises. The… -
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House GOP Faces Down Biden Veto Threat on Halting Noncitizen Voting
The House is poised to vote Wednesday to ensure that only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections, despite a veto threat from President Joe Biden. Although it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, “there is no mechanism to ensure that only those registering or voting are actually citizens,” House Speaker Mike… -
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Democrats’ Support for Biden Crumbles
With the Democratic National Convention six weeks away, an expanding number of the party’s lawmakers is calling for President Joe Biden to step aside as questions swirl about the commander in chief’s mental and physical ability to fulfill the duties of the most powerful office in the world. The Washington Post reported Monday that nine House Democrats… -
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3 Republican Senators Talk Weaponization of Government
Three Republican senators spoke Tuesday about the weaponization of government and related problems in Congress on a panel at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The panel, hosted by former Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., featured Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Texas; Mike Lee, R-Utah; and Rick Scott, R-Fla. DeMint began the discussion by saying that… -
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‘Christian Nationalism Founded American Democracy’: Read Sen. Josh Hawley’s Full Remarks at NatCon
Sen. Josh Hawley spoke Monday night at the National Conservatism Conference. In his speech, he contrasted “Christian nationalism” with other kinds of nationalism. “The nationalism of Rome led to blood-thirst and conquest; the old pagan tribalisms led to ethnic hatred. The empires of the East crushed the individual, and the blood-and-soil nativism of Europe in… -
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Time to Take Down the Pride Flags and Put ‘In God We Trust’ on Every Federal Building, Sen. Josh Hawley Says
American recovery begins with religion, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Monday evening in a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The theme of Hawley’s speech: that the West’s Christian legacy has been hollowed out in the past half-century, that the economy has been distorted to fit the interests of a globalist… -
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Garland, Clarke, Willis Possible Targets for Conservative Lawfare
The key to blocking political lawfare is more political lawfare, legal experts regretfully asserted Monday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. Possible targets for conservative lawfare include Attorney General Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke, the head of his Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, they said. Since President Joe Biden’s administration, backed up by local… -
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‘It’s Going to Be Catastrophic’: Why the Next Pandemic Will Be Worse Than COVID
The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning Americans to prepare for the next pandemic, which he fears will be more catastrophic than COVID-19. Dr. Robert Redfield, a virologist who continues to treat patients suffering from COVID, oversaw the CDC’s initial response to the pandemic and served as a member… -
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GOP Should Learn From Far-Left Comeback in France, Expert Says
Conservatives in France suffered defeat in the final round of national elections, despite winning the highest percentage of the popular vote. In last week’s first round of voting, the conservative National Rally party led the far-left New Popular Front and the establishment moderates Ensemble by wide margins, prompting the NFP and Ensemble to form a tacit alliance…. -
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The Left’s Freak-Out Over Project 2025 Means ‘We’re Right Over the Target,’ Heritage Chief Says
Leftists are assailing the conservative movement’s Project 2025 because they know that what they’ve done to the nation won’t stand up to common sense, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Fox News host Will Cain on Monday in a discussion of the outcry. “You might say that all of this attention means we’re right over… -
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Washington Republicans ‘Failed’ Americans, Heritage Foundation President Says
Elite “Beltway Republicans” are responsible for the decline of America, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts declared Monday at the National Conservatism Conference in the nation’s capital. The influential conservative leader directed his remarks at the gathering against the foreign policy and political compromises of some GOP politicians. “The Washington Republicans … have, for a generation,… -
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‘Road Map to Make America Great Again’: RNC Announces 2024 GOP Platform
The Republican National Committee’s Platform Committee has adopted former President Donald Trump’s 2024 Republican Party platform, the Trump campaign announced on Monday. The Trump campaign described the party platform as a “pro-American agenda that stands in stark contrast to the record of weakness, failure, and dishonesty created by [President] Joe Biden,” promising that Trump’s platform… -
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Ignoring Warnings, Beijing Escalates Aggression Against Philippines
The Biden administration has warned China against continuing to conduct armed attacks on the Philippines, but China has blatantly ignored the warning, repeatedly harassing Philippine naval vessels and severely injuring its sailors over the past several months. Beijing, for its part, has accused Washington of using the Philippines as a pawn and seems to have… -
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Sanctuary Cities Overwhelmed, Kick Illegal Immigrants Out of Shelters
Democrat mayors who initially advertised their cities as welcoming sanctuaries for illegal migrants have scrambled to scale back key shelter programs as they grapple with mounting costs and community backlash. New York City, Chicago, and Denver—all self-declared “sanctuary” jurisdictions for foreign nationals living illegally in the U.S.—have moved forward with policy shifts for their migrant… -
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Why the World Needs Fossil Fuels
It’s summer, and the Sierra Club says: “This is climate change in action. We are living it.” The United Nations’ secretary-general declares that “a fossil fuel phaseout is inevitable.” And The Lancet, a respected medical journal, insists that nations must swiftly transition away from hydrocarbons. These groups call for reducing use of fossil fuels to… -
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Draft 2024 RNC Platform Weakens GOP Abortion Stance, Protections for Unborn Babies
The 2024 Republican National Convention’s Platform Committee has adopted former President Donald Trump’s GOP platform, the Trump campaign announced on Monday, including new language on abortion and the protection of the unborn. That new platform’s abortion language is a significant departure from the party’s life messaging in 2016, since it no longer calls for federal… -
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Ukraine and the Winter War, 1939-1940
In early World War II, on Nov. 30, 1939, a Soviet-Russian army invaded Finland in a surprise massive attack. The Finns were eventually outnumbered nearly 3 to 1. The population of the Soviet Union in 1940 was 50 times larger than Finland’s. Finland’s former anti-Soviet ally, Nazi Germany, had sold it out under the August… -
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Heritage Action Scores SAVE Act as Key Vote
Amid the border crisis, Heritage Action for America is scoring the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, legislation to compel proof of citizenship for voters, as a key vote in the House. The House is set to vote this week on the SAVE Act, sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. More than 10 million illegal immigrants…