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opinion
Why The Washington Post Targeted Libs of TikTok
According to The Washington Post, simply reposting videos by rabid leftist activists from TikTok merits having your entire private life revealed in one of the world’s most influential newspapers. Taylor Lorenz, the Post’s internet culture commentator, published a story on Tuesday titled “Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine.”… -
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Reinstated Trump Water Rule Could Help Economy Grow
The Supreme Court recently reinstated a Clean Water Act regulation by the Trump administration that helps to prevent states from using reasons other than water quality, such as climate change, to block critical infrastructure and energy projects. The rule, which specifically addresses states’ abuse of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, will remain in… -
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New York Times Chooses Passover and Easter to Mock God and Bible
On the eve of Passover, on Good Friday, The New York Times published an opinion piece on God, the Bible, and Passover. This would not be noteworthy except for the fact that the piece mocked all three. The two titles of the piece (one in the print edition and one for the Times’ digital edition)… -
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Biden’s Smartphones for Illegal Aliens Shouldn’t Replace Detention
The announcement that the Biden administration is giving free smartphones to illegal aliens who recently crossed the border understandably has incensed Americans. It brings back memories of “Obamaphones.” Although the “Bidenphone” has limited functionality and provides better immigration enforcement awareness than none at all, it underscores the better options of preventing illegal immigration and detaining those who… -
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A Critical Look at Critical Race Theory in America’s Classrooms
“There is little to no evidence that critical race theory itself is being taught to K-12 public school students,” The Associated Press wrote recently. If that’s true, why would the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, invest in a campaign to keep the theory in K-12 instruction? That is, how could the union… -
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What Can Be Done About Troubling State of Our Elections? Deroy Murdock Has Ideas
Election integrity is essential to a functioning country. Americans deserve to know that their elections are being conducted fairly and that their votes count. Unfortunately, many have reason to think our elections aren’t secure. Deroy Murdock, a Fox News contributor and senior fellow at the Atlas Network, says he sees election integrity and voter fraud… -
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‘White Nationalists’ Haunt America While Black Racists Aim to Kill People
Top Democrats claim that nothing in America is more dangerous than white racism. As President Joe Biden said Oct. 21: “According to the United States intelligence community, domestic terrorism from white supremacists is the most lethal terrorist threat in the homeland.” “In the FBI’s view,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said June 15, “the top domestic… -
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Despite Failed History of Energy Tax Credits, Some in Congress Push for More
The White House and some in Congress are reportedly testing the waters to see what energy tax carveouts might be salvageable from President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar spending package, the Build Back Better Act, which fell apart last winter. Democrats are laboring to reframe the energy price crisis as an argument for increasing taxpayer spending on… -
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These 10 Incidents Highlight Importance of Second Amendment for Women
Since 1987, the United States has recognized March as Women’s History Month to celebrate the vital role of women in American history. Unfortunately, far too often we find that the armed women of history are overlooked or completely forgotten, and the vital role of the Second Amendment in the lives of American women is ignored…. -
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Renewing Respect for American Character, Citizenship
It seems appropriate that one of the most creative and dynamic programs in American citizenship in the country is held in Philadelphia, at the Union League, the city club founded in 1862 to support President Abraham Lincoln and the Union cause. The Civil War, of course, created a crisis in the concept of American citizenship…. -
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Biden Administration Ducks Credit for Advancing Drilling for Oil, Gas
The Biden administration is already shying away from its decision to restart the much-delayed federal oil and gas leasing program, saying its hands are tied. The Department of the Interior announced that it would begin holding fossil fuel lease sales under the program Friday, but reduced the amount of land available for drilling by 80% and… -
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Despite Raging Inflation, Congress Bent on Continuing Spending Spree
Inflation, which was already a problem at the start of the year, is now reaching levels not seen in decades. Real wages are down 4.5% since President Joe Biden took office, and inflation is hitting all 50 states. Some aspects of inflation are seen across the global economy. However, inflation is higher in the U.S…. -
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School District Trains Teachers to Become ‘Anti-Racist,’ Subvert Curriculum ‘Rooted in Whiteness’
A school district in Ohio instructed teachers on becoming “co-conspirators” in "anti-racism" while teaching a “curriculum rooted in whiteness,” according to a concerned resident's presentation to the group Parents Defending Education. Mentor Public Schools in Mentor, Ohio, told teachers in a training program, titled “Curriculum for Social Justice: Examining What We Teach and How to… -
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Calls for Reparations Are Back, Again. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.
“Blacks already have been the first victims of the campaign to get reparations for slavery. The longer this futile campaign goes on, the more additional blacks will be victimized.” So began a 2001 op-ed by noted economist and commentator Thomas Sowell, who happens to be black. Sowell wrote the piece more than 20 years ago,… -
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Why Local Leaders Don’t Want This Prosecutor Making Their Towns a ‘Petri Dish for Social Experiments’
LOS ANGELES—In the eyes of some Los Angeles County leaders, District Attorney George Gascon is guilty of creating an environment for crime to go unchecked. “We have great concern about various prosecution policies that basically aren’t being enforced,” Joe Vinatieri, mayor of the city of Whittier about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, told The… -
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More States Move to Affirm Parental Rights in Education
Florida has been the center of national attention for weeks over its new Parental Rights in Education law, but it’s not alone: Across the country, state lawmakers are introducing similar legislation. Florida’s law—inaccurately dubbed “the Don’t Say Gay law” by opponents—prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity”… -
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Mom Explains Tragic Reality of Gender Ideology That Ended Her Daughter’s Life
Abby Martinez knows firsthand how gender ideology can negatively affect, and even end, a young life. Martinez’s daughter Yaeli began taking cross-sex hormones in high school and changed her name to Andrew. When Martinez raised concerns about the path her teen daughter was on, she lost custody of Yaeli to the Los Angeles County Department… -
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20 House Republicans Demand ICE Data on Arrests, Deportations Withheld by Biden
House Republicans are demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas produce key immigration enforcement data that they argue is being hidden from the public by the Biden administration, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The letter, sent Thursday, is led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and co-signed by 19 other Republican… -
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How Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Rigged the 2020 Election to Defeat Trump
Mark Zuckerberg is best known for creating and leading Facebook, a company that’s made him one of the wealthiest men in the world. With an estimated worth of $80 billion, he poured hundreds of millions of his fortune into the 2020 election. Here’s the thing: You probably had no idea at the time Zuckerberg was… -
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How History Will View the Biden Years
When historians study the disaster that was the Biden administration, they will find many factors that contributed to the historic level of failure we are witnessing. At the top of the list is a president who is clearly just not up to the job. Whether due to age, cognitive decline, or general ineptitude, Joe Biden…