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GOP’s Gerrymandering Called Racist, but ‘Obamamandering’ Just Politics
The term “gerrymander” derives from Elbridge Gerry, a Founding Father and vice president who, as governor of Massachusetts, approved an oddly drawn state Senate district to benefit his Democratic-Republican Party over the Federalist Party. Both parties do it. Both parties complain when the other party does it to them. Consider recent GOP “gerrymandering” efforts. Former… -
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Bank Account Deplatforming Is Cancel Culture’s New Weapon
Canada’s Trudeau administration said it will punish the truckers who participated in the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy” by freezing their bank accounts. Although the United States government isn’t yet sanctioning this practice here, bank deplatforming against those who oppose leftists is becoming more and more frequent, nonetheless. On Feb. 14, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia… -
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Of Course Putin Invaded Ukraine Under Biden’s Watch
In February 2014, Russian kingpin Vladimir Putin invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula, which had been under Ukrainian jurisdiction. The timing was no accident, coming as it did only a handful of months after then-President Barack Obama reneged upon his own chemical weapons “red line” for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, effectively leaving the resolution… -
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‘Be Courageous, Speak Out’: Ex-NBC Sportscaster Tafoya Assails Cancel Culture
Former NBC sportscaster Michele Tafoya spoke out strongly against cancel culture on Friday in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. Tafoya, who retired from NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” after this year’s Super Bowl, said she wanted to add her voice to a world that needs more courage to speak out without… -
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What Senators Must Ask Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson About Her Record, Judicial Philosophy
President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Who is Jackson? What is her judicial philosophy? And how should senators evaluate her nomination? Here’s what you need to know. Jackson’s rulings and previous comments offer clues as to why Biden nominated her to… -
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Biden Selects Jackson for Supreme Court From Left-Wing Donor ‘Shortlist’
D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, was among the names on a shortlist from Demand Justice, a liberal legal organization seeded with funding by mega-donor group Arabella Advisors. Demand Justice pushed Biden to choose someone from its Supreme Court list during the 2020 campaign. It heralded Jackson… -
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Rubio: Ukrainians Remind Us ‘How Valuable Freedom and Liberty Are’
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio delivered fiery marks on Friday, saying the people of Ukraine are inspiring in what they are prepared to sacrifice to be free. “You have 70-something-year-old men, elderly women, younger children taking up arms, prepared to sacrifice everything,” the Florida senator said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida. “It… -
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For Biden Administration, Self-Reliance Is Not an American Value
The Biden administration continues to take America down the unsustainable path of open borders and a welfare state for noncitizens. It has proposed a new “public charge” rule that greatly expands the types of government assistance immigrant applicants may receive without becoming a public charge. The administration is breathing new life into the old adage… -
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Hijacking Christianity: Why ‘Wokeness Is Anti-Gospel’
At the start of the Cold War, a young Foreign Service officer named George Kennan wrote a lengthy description of the mindset of the Soviet leadership to explain their “uncooperative behavior.” His insights eventually became famous as “The Long Telegram,” and it was critical to helping American leadership understand the worldview that drove the Soviets,… -
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The Gender Wage Gap: Fact or Fiction?
“Women earn 82 cents for every dollar that a man earns” is a phrase we hear often reverberated from the left. There are rallies with signs, graphics on social media, and countless columns arguing for equal pay for women using this slogan. This must mean that women need the government to intervene on our behalf,… -
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We’re Mortgaging Our Kids’ Futures. Here’s a Plan to Change That and Lower Taxes.
America is a great nation. But it won’t stay that way forever if its leaders continue acting like the solution to all our ills is more federal spending and regulations. The federal government’s already outsized role in society creates far more problems than it solves. America needs less taxes and fewer regulations, and to that… -
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Biden’s Appeasement of Putin Was Years in Making
“One small thing to be thankful for is that [Donald Trump] is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with Russia,” tweeted Francis Fukuyama, author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” The headline on Eugene Robinson’s Washington Post opinion column reads, “With Biden standing firm, Putin must… -
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‘It’s Child Abuse’: Texas AG Ken Paxton Fights to Protect Children From Transgenderism
Hormone treatment and puberty blockers for children are a form of “child abuse,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says. Paxton is in the middle of a battle to protect children from a radical left that wants to corrupt them. “If you’re going to sterilize a child, whether it’s through some type of chemical process or… -
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America’s Best Move Against Putin, Russia Would Be Energy Revival, Sen. Josh Hawley Says
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the best way to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin is to reinvigorate American energy production, which has dropped dramatically under the Biden administration. “If you want to send a message to Vladimr Putin, here’s a message to send him: We are going to be the ones who supply… -
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Ted Cruz Warns of Battle Between Power and Liberty
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the key battle in the United States—and Canada—isn’t the strong against the weak but the powerful against liberty. This, Cruz said, is why big government and big corporations are now allies. “Big is bad across the board,” Cruz said during his speech Thursday on the opening day of the Conservative… -
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Hawley Calls for US to ‘Shut Down Russia’s Energy Production’
ORLANDO, Fla.—Sen. Josh Hawley accused President Joe Biden of “haphazard, feckless foreign policy” Thursday, insisting that “we do not need American soldiers fighting in Europe.” The Missouri Republican discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, where he repeatedly emphasized that… -
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‘The Real Virus Is Democrats,’ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina Says at CPAC
The Republican lieutenant governor of North Carolina says that the time is now for Americans to stand up for the right to life, medical freedom, and education. “What conservatives have said about the left over the past 50 years at this present time has been true more than any other time in history,” Mark Robinson… -
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Florida Gov. DeSantis Says ‘No Substitute for Courage’ in Fight Against Woke Institutions
This will be the year that America “fought back” against wokeness and authoritarianism, in the words of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In a speech, which he delivered Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida, DeSantis explained how he has helped transform Florida into a bastion of freedom against growing authoritarianism. He also explained… -
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In Picking Jackson for High Court, Biden Champions Discrimination
Editor’s note: The president nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court on the day after Deroy Murdock filed this commentary. President Joe Biden promised to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer with a black female jurist. “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. And that… -
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‘Putin Chose This War,’ Biden Says. ‘His Country Will Bear the Consequences.’
President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has much larger ambitions than Ukraine,” and promised severe sanctions and a united front with U.S. allies as Russia mounts a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “He wants to, in fact, reestablish the former Soviet Union,” Biden said of Putin as Russian forces moved into Ukraine…