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Cardinal Zen and Rising Religious Persecution in China
Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen appeared before a Hong Kong court Tuesday on charges of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.” The charges brought against the cardinal are emblematic of a permanent deterioration in the city-state—one that should prompt the Vatican to reconsider earlier attempts to pursue closer relations with China. While the Hong Kong government… -
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Blinken in Multiverse of Biden Madness, China Edition
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a long-awaited speech Thursday on Biden administration policies regarding China at George Washington University. The speech noted several realities about Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party: The most serious long-term challenge confronting the United States is China. China and Russia are openly cooperating in various areas, including military activities…. -
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San Diego City Council Passes Resolution to Become First ‘Safe Haven’ for Abortion
The San Diego City Council passed a resolution Tuesday declaring itself a “safe city” for abortion after a leaked draft opinion indicated the Supreme Court may be overturning Roe v. Wade. The resolution passed 8-0 in the San Diego City Council, with members arguing the city has a responsibility to show it is a safe place for reproductive freedom, according to… -
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Did Law Enforcement Wait Too Long to Attack Uvalde Shooter? Security Expert Weighs In
Editor’s note: Since this interview was recorded additional information has come out about the law enforcement response to the shooting, including that children called 911 from within the school. “The on-site commander, the chief of the school district’s police department in Uvalde, Texas, believed at the time that [the shooter] was barricaded inside and that… -
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Court Hears Parents’ Challenge to School District’s Secretive Transgender Policy
For the past two years, 14 parents have been fighting to protect their children and retain their rightful authority over them within the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin over the district’s secretive transgender policy. The policy ordered teachers to hide children’s gender identity issues from their parents and to affirm the children’s chosen identities… -
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Biden’s Executive Order on Policing Misses Mark
President Joe Biden signed an executive order, “Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety,” on Wednesday. The title may sound good, but unfortunately, for the most part, it does none of those things. Instead, it’s a political statement designed to satisfy the left-wing base of his party…. -
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Biden’s Petro-Sadism Gives American Motorists Growing Gas Pain
As Americans start the summer driving season this Memorial Day weekend, they face gasoline prices that are memorable—for all the wrong reasons. The national average for a gallon of regular gas was $2.37 at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration Jan 21, 2021. This metric hit an all-time high of $4.60 on Thursday, AAA reports—up 94% Biden… -
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Like Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais Feels the Woke Heat
Editor’s note: This article contains quotes from Ricky Gervais’ new special that include adult language. Move over Dave Chappelle, it’s Ricky Gervais’ turn to face his struggle session with the Twitter harpies. The English comedian is facing blowback for his new Netflix comedy special where, among other topics, he pokes fun at transgender and LGBT… -
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Ben Carson’s Vision for ‘Hopeful Future of Race in America’
What does someone’s skin color have to do with who he or she is? “Not a whole lot,” Dr. Ben Carson says. Carson, a renowned brain surgeon, experienced racism as a child and even early on in his celebrated medical career. But Carson says he never has considered the color of someone’s skin to be a… -
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What I Saw at Fourth Protest Outside Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Home
Pro-abortion protesters marched through Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s neighborhood for the fourth week in a row Thursday night. The 11 protesters chanted obscenities and yelled, “Pro-life is a lie, you don’t care if people die,” as they made their way through the Falls Church neighborhood, about 9 miles west of Washington, D.C. Police were present… -
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Biden Response to Texas Shooting Typical of ‘Lifetime Politician,’ Ben Carson Says
President Joe Biden’s immediate response to the school shooting in Texas is typical of “someone who’s been a lifetime politician,” former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says. “Rather than emphasizing the terrible tragedy, what’s happened to those families, what’s happened to that whole community, how this is going to impact the lives of those… -
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Here’s How to Hold Woke Capital Accountable
If one was to create a test to evaluate how corporate America treats freedom of speech and religious liberty, how well do you think they would do? A pair of organizations just released such a test and, perhaps to no one’s surprise, the corporations didn’t do well. If assigned by letter grade, most companies received… -
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ADL Report Exaggerates Threat of White Supremacist Killers
In May 2021, two members of the Family Values, a white supremacist prison gang, allegedly killed a member of the rival Southwest Honkeys prison gang over a longstanding beef. Three months later, a New Jersey man who had vandalized synagogues and distributed neo-Nazi pamphlets strangled his wife. On the surface, the crimes would appear to… -
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CBO Forecasts an Economic Nightmare for All Americans
Months behind schedule and as many Americans look forward to the holiday weekend, the Congressional Budget Office released its new federal budgetary and economic projections. The new CBO numbers portend of a future of bloated government, crushing federal debts, and mounting burdens forced onto American families. The dramatic differences between this update and the CBO’s… -
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Buffalo vs. Waukesha: To Biden, Some Mass Killings Are Worse Than Others
If the following news headlines were paired in an essay question on a high school Advanced Placement civics test, it might well be framed as “Compare and contrast.” “Biden will travel to Buffalo on Tuesday following mass shooting, official says.”—CNN, May 15 “Psaki says Biden has NO [emphasis in original] plans to visit Waukesha after… -
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A Cabinency of Dunces
As the nation sinks inexplicably into self-created crisis after crisis, debate rages whether President Joe Biden is incompetent, mean-spirited, or an ideologue who feels the country’s mess is his success. A second national discussion revolves around who actually is overseeing the current national catastrophe, given Biden’s frequent bewilderment and cognitive challenges. But one area of… -
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FBI Reveals How Many Active Shooters Were Stopped by Citizens
The FBI announced Monday that citizens stopped six active shooters in 2021, according to a report on active shooting incidents. Citizens stopped six active shooters, whom the FBI defines as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area,” in 2021, killing four of them, according to the report… -
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‘We’re Literally Experimenting on Children’: Bill Maher Challenges Transgender Craze
Comedian Bill Maher says it’s OK to question the transgender movement sweeping across America because “we’re literally experimenting on children.” During a recent episode of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the comic questioned the rationale behind allowing kids to take puberty blockers or have “gender reassignment” surgeries, as well as the role culture plays… -
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NBA Star Jonathan Isaac Shares How Christ Inspired Him to Stand Tall Amid BLM Protests
During the often violent Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, many athletes kneeled during the national anthem in a show of solidarity with the movement. But one man, Orlando Magic player Jonathan Isaac, stood instead. Isaac is the author of a new book titled “Why I Stand” that details what led him to make that… -
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‘Political Vendetta’: Sen. Grassley Slams FBI’s Role in Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is accusing the FBI of having “a get-Trump-at-all-costs attitude.” Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday, Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, highlighted new information that had come to light during the ongoing trial of Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. “The Clinton campaign fabricated…