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A Matter of Life and Death: America’s Military Academies Must Return to Meritocracies
The Supreme Court has finally reversed its 2003 decision that first injected racial preferences into university admissions. However, it failed to extend the ruling to America’s military service academies, where a system based on recruiting the most capable to lead service members into battle can ultimately mean the difference between life and death. The court’s… -
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Man Begs for Funds So His Doctor Can Help Him Make ‘Transgender Milk’
Twitter users are questioning the health risks of “transgender milk” after a male posted a TikTok video expressing his desire to produce milk for others’ babies. “I have always wanted to lactate,” the man, who appears to identify as a woman, explains while telling viewers he wants to set up a GoFundMe page so he… -
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Zuckerberg’s Twitter Rival Is Already Censoring People for Questioning Gender Ideology
The popular conservative social media account Libs of TikTok has already experienced censorship on tech giant Meta’s new text-based app Threads, according to a screenshot shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Libs of TikTok, which is run by Chaya Raichik, posted that “[n]on-binary isn’t real” on Threads Friday morning, and the newly launched app… -
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Trump Signs ‘Presidential Promise’ to Fight for ‘Dignity of Women and Motherhood’
Former President Donald Trump has signed a presidential pledge to uphold the dignity of women and motherhood should he again become president of the United States, according to a national women's group. "As president of the United States, I promise to uphold the truth that women are exclusively female," the pledge says. "Only women can… -
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Texas Heartbeat Act Has Saved Nearly 10,000 Babies from Abortion, New Study Estimates
Since September 2021, the Texas Heartbeat Act has protected unborn children from abortion after a heartbeat can be detected—as early as six weeks of gestation. It became the first enforceable law in the United States to protect unborn life within the first trimester since Roe v. Wade. In fact, the law went into effect nearly… -
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Democrats’ Assault on ‘Our Democracy’
At least as far back as the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January 2017 and the “Women’s March” that followed the next day, Democrats and left-wing activists have invariably complained about the imminent perils threatening “our democracy.” Time and again, Democrats have depicted virtually any action they do not approve of—from uncouth Trump tweets… -
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2024 GOP Candidates Condemn CDC Promotion of ‘Chestfeeding’
Top candidates vying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination are weighing in on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s promotion of trans-identifying men and women “chestfeeding” infant babies. In guidance on feeding infants posted on the CDC’s website, the federal agency stresses that “transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and breastfeed or feed… -
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House Seeks Secret Service Briefing on Cocaine at White House
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants answers from the Secret Service about the cocaine found in the White House over the Fourth of July weekend. Meanwhile, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said any White House staffer who brought the substance will face “appropriate consequences.” President Joe Biden so far has ignored… -
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Scandal Questions Get Short Shrift in Biden White House Briefing Room
White House briefings in the Biden years are often sleepy meetings compared with the Jim Acosta shriek-fests we remember under then-President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden pledged he would be so much nicer to the press corps. He promised to “bring transparency and truth back to the government.” But the press is much nicer to… -
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House Republicans’ Diplomatic Spending Bill Prioritizes Indo-Pacific, With China in View
Democrats in Congress have adopted a simple if cynical strategy to continue growing the national debt: just threaten that any spending cuts will lead to China’s world domination. In mid-March—six weeks before House Republicans’ spending bills were available—Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., said those bills would “give the Chinese government our spot as the… -
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‘Shameful’: Expert Assails State Department on Afghanistan ‘After Action’ Report
The State Department has released an “After Action Review on Afghanistan” nearly two years after the U.S.’ catastrophic military withdrawal from that country, which concluded on Aug. 30, 2021. The report was released following a 90-day review and included more than “150 interviews with current and former State Department officials at all levels of the… -
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Biden’s Cruel Erasure of Navy Joan Roberts Highlights Pro-Abortion Mentality
“Does the president acknowledge this little girl as his granddaughter?” That question, lobbed by Wall Street Journal reporter Catherine Lacey, should have been easy for Karine Jean-Pierre to answer. But in the White House briefing room Wednesday afternoon, the press secretary refused to do so. “I don’t have anything to share from here,” she said,… -
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Left Is Challenging State Bans on ‘Transgender’ Procedures for Minors
A federal judge is allowing Georgia’s ban on “gender-transition” drugs and surgeries for minors to go into effect, despite protests from left-wing organizations. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last week seeking a temporary injunction against Senate Bill 140, arguing the legislation denies parents of children identifying… -
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STOPPING Government Grand Theft Auto: Hundreds of Thousands Voice Opposition to Biden Rule on Gas Cars
More than 180,000 Americans sent in comments on the Biden administration’s stringent emissions rule, which threatens to remove cheaper and more reliable gas cars from the market in favor of less popular electric vehicles. A total of 15,995 Americans submitted comments opposing the new rules through a portal created by Heritage Action for America, the… -
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Robert Kennedy Jr. Proves He’s Willing to Bow to the Woke Rage Mob
Moms for Liberty, a group that advocates for parental rights in education, announced on June 20 that Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be speaking at its annual Joyful Warriors National Summit in Philadelphia. One week later, the Kennedy campaign released a statement announcing that Kennedy’s “schedule changed” and that he could “no… -
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To Gain Power, the Left Seeks to Destroy the Supreme Court
Always remember: Any institution the Left doesn’t control, it will seek to destroy. The Supreme Court dealt a series of serious blows to the Left’s agenda this summer, and leftists aren’t taking it well. First, the high court ended racial discrimination in college admissions, which the Left views as essential to upholding the diversity, equity,… -
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‘ATTACK ON PARENTS’: Ohio Abortion Amendment Clears Hurdle as Critics Warn of Trans Ramifications
An amendment to enshrine abortion access until the moment of birth without parental consent has received enough signatures to be added to Ohio’s ballot this November. The ACLU-drafted amendment would strip parents of their right to be notified or give consent to their minor children getting abortions or irreversible sex-change operations. It would also create… -
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Critics Have Scoop for Ben & Jerry’s: US Not Built on ‘Stolen’ Land
Ben & Jerry’s is facing criticism after the ice cream maker accused the United States of having been “founded on stolen Indigenous land.” On Independence Day, the Vermont-based ice cream maker posted on Twitter: “This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the U.S. exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning… -
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A New Birth of Freedom From Supreme Court
The series of decisions handed down by the Supreme Court in its latest session are so consequential that I would call it “a new birth of freedom.” These are, of course, the words of Abraham Lincoln at the bloody battlefield at Gettysburg. There is a deep and meaningful connection between Lincoln’s words then, in 1863,… -
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Mothers Swing at CDC for Equating Male Nipple Secretions to Breast Milk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new transgender-themed guidance on biological men and "chestfeeding" infant babies has roused the wrath of mothers across the nation, many of whom are well acquainted with the vulnerability, intricacies, and intimacy of breastfeeding their children. "Transgender and nonbinary-gendered individuals may give birth and breastfeed or feed at the…