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DOJ Discouraged Marshals From Arresting Illegal Protesters at Supreme Court Justices’ Homes, Senator Says
The Department of Justice appears to have discouraged the U.S. Marshals Service from arresting protesters illegally demonstrating at the homes of the Supreme Court justices, according to internal materials obtained by a United States senator. During a hearing Tuesday, Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., revealed training slides reportedly from a "whistleblower in DOJ who was concerned… -
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Transgender Shooter Reveals Perverse World of Leftist Ideology
The legacy media have a preset narrative machine when it comes to mass shootings. That narrative machine takes into account the identities of the shooter and the victims, and then churns out an explanation for the shooting. White shooter, black victims: systemic racism. Black shooter, white victims: alienation caused by systemic racism. Muslim shooter, gay… -
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Congresswoman Forces Flustered DC Officials to Address Aborted Baby Scandal
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., forced District of Columbia officials on Wednesday to address the abortion scandal the city has been ignoring for the past year. Luna pressed officials with questions about the five preemie-sized aborted babies recovered from Washington Surgi-Clinic, where Dr. Cesare Santangelo aborts babies in the Foggy Bottom neigbhorhood of D.C. The… -
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‘Shameful’: Alabama Supreme Court Justice, AG Slam SPLC for ‘Displays of Racial Bias’
The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Southern Poverty Law Center's motion to remove a duly-appointed judge, and one of the justices condemned the center for "implicit accusations of racism" and "displays of racial bias." "Displays of racial bias would be shameful no matter the source, but they are especially troubling coming from a legal… -
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A Nation Committing Suicide
Historian Arnold Toynbee observed “an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.” It’s hard not to think about this reading the results of the latest Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, appearing under the headline “America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It.” Only 38% of Americans now say patriotism is “very… -
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Why This Police Officer Made a Run for Office to Fight Crime
Justin Sparks has devoted his life to public service, although he never expected to find himself representing his St. Louis community in the Missouri House of Representatives. After spending his entire professional career in law enforcement, the St. Louis native felt a calling from the Lord and a desire to make a bigger impact. Last… -
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Capitol Police Misled Public About Manpower on Hand Before Riot, Former Lieutenant Says
U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Tarik Johnson expected a relatively easy day when he arrived at work at 7 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. Johnson, a 23-year veteran of the department, eventually found a completely unprepared police force and what he faults as poor leadership when rioters stormed the Capitol that afternoon in an apparent effort… -
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5 Takeaways From House Hearing on COVID-19 School Lockdowns
Federal and state officials—as well as teachers unions—should be held accountable for the consequences of school closures, lawmakers on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic said Tuesday. “Long-term closing of schools proved to be harmful for students—their academic, mental, and social development, and overall success,” Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, said. “We need to… -
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Nashville Shooting, Professor Endorses Killing ‘Transphobes’: What’s Gone Wrong in America’s Soul?
Three massive news events Monday exposed the demons possessing America. The Wall Street Journal published a poll finding that the COVID-19 pandemic wrought a crisis of confidence in America, a rot in the soul of the nation. Back in 1998, Americans overwhelmingly rated these things as “very important”: patriotism (70%), religion (62%), and having children… -
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‘Your Refusal to Do Your Job Is Revolting,’ Sen. Cruz Tells DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, an estimated nearly 5 million illegal immigrants have crossed America’s borders. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Tuesday questioning Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the porous nature of American borders and grilling him on his job performance in general. Mayorkas has… -
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‘Death, Drugs, and Disorder’: 4 Takeaways From House Hearing on Growing Crisis at Northern Border
“The northern border is wide open,” Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., said during a House hearing Tuesday. Under President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a surge of illegal crossings has occurred at the southern border. At the same time, officials note a sharp increase in illegal crossings at the northern border, where drug… -
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Heritage Report Addresses How America Wins New Cold War With China
While appearing at a recent congressional hearing on China, former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger testified to what many in our political class have failed to acknowledge: Although America has long sought peace and cooperation with China, “it does us little good to repeat again and again that we aren’t seeking a new Cold… -
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18 State AGs Raise Alarm About ‘Dishonest and Divisive Track Record’ of Biden Judicial Nominee
The top law enforcement officials in 18 states sent U.S. Senate leaders a letter opposing the confirmation of Nancy Abudu, a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney whom President Joe Biden nominated to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "I believe in an independent judiciary," Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, a Republican and one of… -
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Maine Dad, Lawmaker Defend Education Transparency Through Public Records Requests
A bill in the Maine state Legislature would protect transparency in education after a state official accused parents of “hate speech” for making government public records requests. Introduced by state Rep. John Andrews, R-Paris, the bill would codify Maine’s version of the Freedom of Information Act, the Freedom of Access Act, and affirm that the requests… -
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Josh Hawley Calls for ‘Hate Crime’ Investigation Into Deadly School Shooting
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling for federal authorities to investigate the deadly Covenant School shooting as a federal hate crime. “Yesterday the nation witnessed the vicious murder of small schoolchildren in Nashville, Tennessee,” the senator wrote in a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “It is commonplace to… -
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Back to Prison? Suspect in Stabbing of Senate Staffer Was Freed After 12 Years Just 1 Day Earlier
A mere 24 hours after he was released from prison, police say a man approached a Senate staffer and stabbed him in broad daylight in Northeast Washington. Authorities had sentenced the suspect, 42-year-old Glynn Neal, to 12 years and four months in prison in 2011 for “compelling two North Carolina women to engage in prostitution… -
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‘We Are in a Conflict’ With China, Sen. Marco Rubio Says
The U.S. is “not just in a competition” with the Chinese Communist Party, but also “in a conflict,” a leading hawk on China and Republican senator says. “We’re in a conflict, and I say conflict. People think conflict; they think war. I don’t want there to be a war,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said at… -
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New Heritage Report Reveals ‘Systemic Persecution of Christians,’ Uyghurs
The Chinese Communist Party “has engaged in systemic persecution of Christians and other religious minorities,” according to an Asian studies expert and contributor of a newly released report on China. Michael Cunningham, a research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, weighed in on the persecution of Christians and why it’s important… -
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The ‘Outpouring’
WILMORE, Ky.—The secular and cynical find it difficult to believe not only that “God governs in the affairs of men,” as Benjamin Franklin said, but that He would visit a small town where there are few traffic lights and a decent restaurant is several miles away. Something happened here at Asbury University. Kevin Brown, the… -
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What You Need to Know About Israeli Protests
With hundreds of thousands of Israelis taking to the streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over reforms to the judicial system proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, what are Americans to make of it? “Well, basically, what Netanyahu is proposing is to make the appointments of the judges less political and their powers less sweeping….