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opinion
Race Everywhere in Today’s America
Tyre Nichols, 29, an unarmed African American, was brutally beaten to death recently by five black Memphis police officers. They were charged with murder. All belonged to a special crime unit known as the Scorpions. Both the victimizers and victim were black. The Memphis police chief is black. The assistant police chief is black. Nearly… -
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After College Board Victory, DeSantis Faces CNN Smears of Racism
Anyone watching leftist cable news channels knows that it’s considered fair commentary to categorize Republicans, individually or collectively, as “white nationalists” or “white supremacists.” Anyone standing in the way of the Black Lives Matter/critical race theory crusade is dealt the racist card. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored a political win in pressuring the College Board… -
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‘Horror and Deepest Sorrow’: New Jersey Republican Councilwoman Shot Outside Her Home
A New Jersey Republican leader expressed his “horror and deepest sorrow” at the news that a councilwoman in Sayreville had been shot. Republican Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, 30, was shot Wednesday night in her car outside her house. At around 7:22 p.m., authorities received a 911 call about shots fired in Sayreville, New Jersey, the Middlesex… -
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Lying and Denying: Left Is Still Out to Take Away Your Gas Stove
Southern Democrats attacked the U.S. Army at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Having ignited the Civil War, these Southerners had the chutzpah to call it the War of Northern Aggression. In like fashion, Democrats unleashed today’s War on Gas. Inspired by their Confederate ancestors, they then blame their victims who complain that… -
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GOP Right to Deny Rep. Ilhan Omar a Committee Seat
Poor Rep. Ilhan Omar has been denied a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I certainly did not or was not aware that the word ‘hypnotized’ was a trope,” the congresswoman told CNN’s Dana Bash this week. “I wasn’t aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money. That has been… -
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Antony Blinken Makes Major Announcement on China Trip After Mysterious Chinese Balloon Spotted
Lawmakers and policy experts are weighing in after a Chinese “spy balloon” appeared over the U.S. earlier this week. “America is under assault from Chinese spying and if the Biden Administration refuses [to] respond it will send a message to the Chinese military that they can send even more spy balloons. Inaction invites dangerous behavior,”… -
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‘Child Abuse’: Trump Presents Plan to Stop ‘Mutilation of Our Youth’ in the Name of Transgender Identity
In the buildup to the 2024 presidential election, former President Donald Trump has begun laying out his campaign platform. On Wednesday, the former president released a video condemning the radical Left’s gender ideology and plans to protect children from experimental transgender surgeries and procedures. “The left-wing gender insanity being pushed on our children is an… -
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Why Your Tax Refund Could Be Smaller This Year
It’s that time of the year once again: tax season. Although the process of filing an income tax return is often arduous, the hope of a sizable refund from the IRS removes a little pain from the ordeal. But with an economy such as the one we have right now, Preston Brashers, a senior policy… -
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Leftist Lunacy Means Being ‘Transgender’ Is More Important Than Being the ‘Right’ Gender
Video games offer players the potential to be whatever character they want. So, why do so many transgender activists insist on playing as “transgender” characters—complete with the scars—rather than as just regular characters of the sex they want to be? Popular video game series The Sims introduced a new update this week that adds a… -
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Fertility Doctors Using Donor Sperm From Someone Other Than Who the Client Chose
The Netflix documentary “Our Father” exposed a jarring truth about the fertility industry. Jacoba Ballard knew that her mother used a sperm donor to conceive her. Curious about the identity of her father, she took an at-home DNA test. What she found changed her life. Her biological father was Dr. Donald Cline—her mother’s fertility doctor…. -
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Major Standardized Testing Org Used by Catholic Schools Promotes Gender Ideology, Drag Queens, ‘Trans Kids’
The NWEA, which says it provides map-testing assessments to Roman Catholic dioceses and almost two thousand Catholic schools across the country, features articles on its website encouraging educators to help students to "come out" and promoting gender ideology to children. Formerly known as the Northwest Evaluation Association, the NWEA boasts of developing Pre-K through 12th… -
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86 House Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Socialism
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning socialism on Thursday, with nearly all Republicans and half of the Democrats supporting it. H. Con. Res. 9, a resolution "Denouncing the horrors of socialism," passed 328 to 86, with 14 Democrats voting present, and six members (three Republicans and three Democrats) not voting. "This was… -
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Anti-Trump ‘Doonesbury’ Cartoon Finally Goes After a Biden—but With Kid Gloves
Back in early August, fully 18 months into the presidency of Democrat Joe Biden, we noted with curiosity how the liberal newspaper editorial cartoon “Doonesbury” still had not even mentioned Biden, much less ridiculed or lampooned anything about his administration. That was despite the president’s numerous lies and innumerable speaking gaffes, and in spite of… -
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Taiwanese Leader Denounces China’s ‘Assault on Religion’
Just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to China in an attempt to improve relations, Taiwan’s top legislative leader was in Washington thanking the U.S. for its support and denouncing Beijing’s “all-out assault on religion” amid a broader government effort to block the Chinese people from enjoying fundamental freedoms and human rights. You… -
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Screenshot Shows Sexually Charged Messages From Indiana Teacher to Current Student
A middle school orchestra teacher at Hamilton Southeastern Intermediate School in Fishers, Indiana, appears to have sent sexually suggestive private Instagram messages last summer to a student currently at Hamilton Southeastern High School. A concerned parent sent a screenshot that he claims shows an Instagram private message conversation between a Hamilton Southeastern Schools student and… -
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The Russians Aren’t Complying With the New START Nuclear Arms Control Treaty—Now What?
The State Department informed Congress this week in its New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, Implementation Report that it can’t certify that Russia is in compliance with the bilateral nuclear arms control agreement. According to the report, Russia has been preventing required inspections of its nuclear arsenal and has failed to convene a… -
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‘It’s a Fairness Issue’: McCarthy Promises to Protect Women’s Sports From Transgender Threat
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Protecting female sports from biological male athletes is a Republican priority in the 2023 legislative session, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said at an event celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday. “It’s not a partisan issue,” said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who moderated a panel of female high school and college athletes… -
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Fact Check: Karine Jean-Pierre Says Republicans Wanted to ‘Abruptly’ End Title 42 Border Policy
During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Republicans had been the ones to push for an end to the Title 42 border policy, but the record demonstrates the opposite. A reporter asked Jean-Pierre whether the Biden administration would keep or lift Title 42, a public health measure used to easily… -
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‘Disregard for American National Security’: House Panel Seeks Details of Kerry’s Secret Climate Talks With China
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants more information about Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry’s negotiations with the Chinese Communist Party over an international agreement. President Joe Biden named Kerry, a former U.S. senator, as his special presidential envoy for climate. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, served as secretary of state during President… -
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Georgia Voters Show Just How Wrong Joe Biden and His Sycophants Are
Here is the question: When will President Joe Biden, failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, and other denizens of the Left apologize to Georgia’s legislators, governor, and other residents? The answer is probably “Never,” despite the latest evidence of just how wrong they’ve been about Georgia’s commonsense election reforms in…