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opinion
The Truth Hasn’t Changed. The GOP Must Defend Marriage.
If you asked the talking heads, they’d say Americans are flocking to the Republican Party because of Joe Biden. It’s a reasonable explanation, considering the dumpster fire he’s made of our economy, energy, and inflation. But there’s another reason that voters are turning to the GOP—and it has nothing to do with the price of… -
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American Dream Isn’t Dead, but It Needs Help
The American dream looms large in the nation’s psyche. Immigrants flock to our shores to make a better life for themselves, free of the chains that bound them in their countries of origin. Native-born Americans also can achieve the American dream through hard work and determination. But recently, many have come to view that dream… -
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Starbucks Closures Over Crime Show How Companies Dodge Woke Consequences
Troubled times may be ahead for the marriage between corporate America and the left. Starbucks recently announced that it’s closing over a dozen stores because of crime and safety concerns. “We’ve had to make the difficult decision to close some locations that have a particularly high volume of challenging incidents that make it unsafe for… -
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What Banner on Boston Church Says About Decline of Christianity
On the front of one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in the country, the Church of the Covenant in Boston, hangs a large banner on which is written: “And God said … “Protect Abortion Access 4 All “Ensure Black Lives Matter “Honor Bodily Autonomy “Defend LGBTQ+ Rights “End Voter Suppression “Turn Guns into… -
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Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Attempt to Reinterpret Discrimination Laws
How do you solve a problem like a rogue agency? When a Democrat occupies the White House, you can be reasonably sure that administrative agencies will start bending rules to get results that they can’t get through normal procedures. Witness, for example, the rise of the agency “guidance” document. These are documents that express an… -
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How Pregnancy Resource Shelter Helped Me Follow My Dreams—Without Sacrificing My Children
It’s a typical Friday night, and I’m busy cooking dinner for my 7-year-old daughter, Bella, and my 6-year-old son, Bryant. My heart warms as I watch the two of them snuggled up on the couch, with Bryant’s eyes wide, as Bella launches into their millionth book of the day. They are young, beautiful, and full… -
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Biden’s Newest ‘Build Back Better’ Boondoggle Would Worsen Inflationary Squeeze on Middle America
With inflation surging to 9.1% and averaging much higher in the rural heartland than in urban areas, now is not the time for the federal government to pour gasoline on the fire. Yet, as Democrats negotiate the newest iteration of their socialist nightmare—the so-called Build Back Better Act—that is exactly what they are planning to… -
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Why Azerbaijan Merits Greater Strategic Attention From Washington
America’s engagement with Azerbaijan matters more than ever, with 2022 marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. From Washington’s foreign policy perspective, the strategic importance of the country is undeniable. Its capital, Baku, is the largest port on the Caspian Sea and an important transportation hub for goods shipped between Europe… -
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Watch AOC’s Reaction When Police Remove Her From Supreme Court
At least 10 congressional Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joined pro-abortion demonstrators Tuesday outside the Supreme Court less than a month after the justices overruled Roe v. Wade in a landmark decision. Protesters blocked the street just outside the Supreme Court Building until police officers arrested and escorted the protesters away for obstructing traffic… -
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Latest Election Fraud Cases Underscore Importance of Election Integrity
With the latest cases of impersonation, registration fraud, absentee ballot fraud, bribery, and illegal vote trafficking added to The Heritage Foundation’s Election Fraud Database, the database now contains 1,365 proven instances of election fraud. These cases demonstrate the wide variety of ways in which bad actors set out to submit fraudulent ballots or steal elections…. -
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Texas Sues Biden Over Emergency Abortions
On Thursday, Texas state officials filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration challenging its recent guidance that health providers can carry out abortions in emergency cases regardless of their state’s laws. Under the guidance released earlier last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, health providers who carry out emergency abortions are protected under federal… -
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Celebrities Say They’ll Leave US but Curiously, They’re Still Here…
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told fans at a London concert that he would renounce his citizenship. Don’t bet on it. Armstrong is no stranger to preening wokeness. He also “threatened” to leave the U.S. when President Donald Trump was in charge, as did many other lefty celebs—Bryan Cranston, Samuel L…. -
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Big Tech Companies Practically ‘Own the Government,’ This Texas Lawmaker Says
Congressional Democrats and Republicans agree that Big Tech companies are too powerful, says a Texas congressman who is a leader on the issue. “These Big Tech companies have gotten to the point that they own the government, in a sense,” Rep. Lance Gooden, co-chair and co-founder of the Freedom From Big Tech Caucus, says, adding… -
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Biden’s Attempts at Abortion Workarounds Fueled by Midterm Dreams, Constitutional Nightmares
In the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, after originalism prevailed and the Supreme Court recognized in last month’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that indeed the Constitution, American history, and tradition do not support a right to abortion, Washington’s party in power has advanced a flurry of pro-abortion initiatives. But in the… -
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How the Left Hopes to Seize Control of Local Election Offices
Two big money liberal operations, ready to spend $80 million each, are trying to determine who controls elections and how in the years ahead. “The overall objective of the political left is to change the way you conduct overall elections,” Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, which advocates clean elections, told The… -
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Pro-Abortion Extremist Democrats Push to Extend ‘Sanctuaries’ Nationwide
Pro-abortion activists are angry. They want Democrats in Washington to produce a cohesive plan to limit or overrule the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that undid Roe v. Wade. Democrats, in turn, are scrambling to do anything they can to extend abortion on demand, which, for nearly 50 years, they could take for granted. Last… -
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The Left Is About to Pay for Its Energy Insanity
Most politicians and activists have strong views on every political issue. Those views grow from their fundamental political philosophies and beliefs. The best politicians know how to balance their political ideals with a keen watch on how they affect the lives of everyday Americans—those who voted them into office. Go too far with your ideological… -
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Expert-Moderated Candidates Debates Aim to Sidestep ‘Reportorial Bias’
Are the days of journalist-led political candidates debates over? If The Epoch Times’ new debate format takes root, they just might be. Aimed at avoiding accusations of “reportorial bias” in the traditional debate format, The Epoch Times has created a type of debate where single-issue experts and scholars—rather than journalists with clear or potential political biases—pose questions to the… -
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Ensuring That Only Citizens Vote in US Elections
The latest politically motivated lawsuit—filed against Arizona by the Biden Justice Department over the state’s new law attempting to verify the citizenship of registered voters—demonstrates the importance of a bill just introduced by Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., HR 8223, that would stop that lawsuit in its tracks. Mark Brnovich, the attorney general of Arizona, calls… -
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Why Congress Shouldn’t Increase Obamacare Spending
A recent analysis of federal health spending by the Congressional Budget Office suggests that allowing temporary expansions of Obamacare subsidies to expire in December would save taxpayers billions of dollars without reducing the number of those covered by individual health insurance. Senate Democrats nevertheless seek to extend the expansion of Obamacare and salvage a few…