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The New Segregation? Randi Weingarten Smears Parental Rights Movement
A top teachers union boss cited a far-left smear factory in demonizing the parental rights movement by comparing it to the “Uptown Klans” that opposed the end of racial segregation in the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954). “Those same words that you heard in terms of wanting segregation post-Brown v. Board,… -
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House GOP Questions Biden Admin Probe of Christopher Rufo’s Pronoun Use
House Republicans are asking the Biden administration’s Education Department why it opened an investigation into scholar and commentator Christopher Rufo over his decision not to use the personal pronouns “ze” and “zer.” Rufo, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute think tank who is on the board of the New College of Florida, spoke Wednesday on… -
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A Soda Tax Turns 5
Want a soda? You’ll pay more for one in Philadelphia, because five years ago, local politicians decided to tax it. They’re “protecting” people, they said. The tax would “reduce obesity” and “lower diabetes rates.” But the politicians’ main goal was to bring in more money, which they said would “fund early childhood education” and “help… -
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The DEI Racket Transformed Our Colleges, Universities. But Tide Could Be Turning.
College campuses have been dominated by the Left for generations. That’s hardly news to anyone. But a recent news report sheds light on how higher education has been transformed from a general haven of left-wing ideology into an engine of radicalism and revolution in the name of DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion. The lengthy report… -
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Biden’s DHS and HHS Now a ‘Child Trafficking Delivery Service,’ Tim Ballard Says
Human traffickers are making money off America’s current border policies, according to Tim Ballard. “Traffickers use our southern border to bring slaves into our country for the sex industry because the United States is one of the highest consumers in child sex abuse material in the world,” Ballard, a former U.S. government special agent,… -
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5 Things to Know About New Mexico Governor’s Insanely Unconstitutional Gun Control Order
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last week accomplished a feat that few politicians have ever come close to managing: She issued a gun control order so outrageous that it received an overwhelming, bipartisan rebuke and left gun control activists speechless. Grisham’s order effectively prohibits the carrying of firearms in public for self-defense within the… -
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Mitt Romney Addresses Whether He Will Run Again
Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not be seeking reelection to the United States Senate. "I've spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another," he explained in a video message released on social media. "At the end of another term, I'd be in my mid-80s. Frankly,… -
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Department of Corrections Stonewalls on Whether It’s Incarcerating Male Rapist With Female Inmates
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is refusing to disclose whether it is housing biologically male prisoners with women, including a man who raped his own daughter. It remains unclear whether Mark Campbell, a biological man who now identifies as a transgender woman and goes by the name Nicole Campbell, has been transferred to a women’s… -
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College Lacrosse Coach Ousted From Position After Speaking Up Against Male Athletes Competing Against Women
Oberlin College’s head women’s lacrosse coach, Kim Russell, has been “reassigned” to a desk job after she spoke out against allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports, the Independent Women’s Forum reported. Russell shared a post on social media praising Emma Weyant as the “real winner” when Weyant placed second after transgender athlete Lia Thomas during… -
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Piercing Chuck Todd’s Political Bubble
Chuck Todd pulled out a farewell speech of sorts on his last day as “Meet the Press” host on NBC, proclaiming, for example, “I’ve had the honor of helping to explain America to Washington and Washington to America.” Does anyone really think an inside-the-Beltway creature like Todd is “explaining America to Washington”? Or that “Washington”… -
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‘Crisis of Runaway Prices Is Still Ongoing,’ Job Creators Network President Says of August Inflation Report
"Inflation accelerated significantly again last month, demonstrating the crisis of runaway prices is still ongoing," the president of the Job Creators Network says after a government agency reported that inflation rose last month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, ticked up 0.6% in August…. -
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Organized Shoplifting Is $100B Problem. It Hurts Businesses Big and Small, Costing Jobs and Even Lives
Corporate America is finally waking up to the fact that woke policies on crime are costing them billions. Organized shoplifting efforts and flash mobs of robberies across the country caused businesses $100 billion in losses in 2021 and have only gotten worse since then, according to the National Retail Federation. As former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli… -
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CAUGHT RED-HANDED: Biden Cronies Scramble to Deny the Obvious in Big Tech Censorship Lawsuit
President Joe Biden and key officials in his administration are scrambling to deny the obvious truth that they pressured Big Tech to censor Americans. They have the gall to hide behind Big Tech companies and blame them for the censorship, as though the Biden administration didn't pressure them into clamping down on free speech in… -
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‘American People Are Sick of It’: House Freedom Caucus Vows to Oppose More Reckless Spending
Members of the House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday vowed to oppose another budget continuing resolution without changes, which they said would only promote more irresponsible spending. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, a group comprising conservative Republicans, said the spending binge is driving up inflation. “We are not interested in a… -
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FEMA Money Should Go to Disaster-Stricken Americans, Not Illegal Aliens
Federal spending is hard enough to keep track of at the best of times, but the Biden administration is highly adept at hiding how it funds an open borders agenda. In a cynical budget negotiation tactic, the White House now is trying to push through a $40 billion “supplemental” funding bill that holds bailout money… -
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X-RATED: At Hearing, Senator Reads Pornographic Excerpts From LGBT Books Targeted at Kids
Editor's note: This article includes quotes from books with graphic sexual descriptions. Sen. John Neely Kennedy read from pornographic books at a Senate hearing on Tuesday amid a heated exchange about school boards removing such books from libraries. Kennedy, R-La., read from two books—“All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Gender Queer: A Memoir”—both of which have… -
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How UAW’s Unrealistic Contract Demands Would Backfire on Union
Divorced from economic reality, the new leader of the United Auto Workers union has made exorbitant demands that, by roughly doubling the compensation of many workers, threaten the future of the Big Three U.S. automakers and their hundreds of thousands of employees. The UAW’s current contracts with the Big Three—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (formerly… -
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UK’s Onshore Wind Scheme Could Backfire, With Far More Potent Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Shortly after naming Claire Coutinho as secretary of state for energy security and net zero on Aug. 31, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a plan to accelerate the approval process for onshore wind projects. Previously, a 2015 ruling allowed a single complaint within a community to halt an onshore wind program and fully stopped… -
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Now Biden Wants to Deny Your Consumer’s Choice in Water Heaters
President Joe Biden’s proposed energy efficiency standards for water heaters, released July 21 by the Energy Department, not only would raise the cost of water heaters for consumers but take certain products off the market. One popular tankless natural gas water heater, made by Rinnai in Griffin, Georgia, would have to be discontinued. The public has… -
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Setting the Record Straight on My Time as the Arizona ESA Director
Editor's note: This is in response to this article. The following statement is a response to the inaccurate article about my performance as the director of Arizona’s ESA program—an article for which I was never interviewed or contacted. I have been involved in the parental rights and school choice movement for almost ten years. I…