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Proposals Rejecting Critical Race Theory See Through Radical Talking Points
Radical activists are not above intimidation. Consider the nation’s largest teachers union, which recently pressured social media companies to reconsider allowing posts that oppose critical race theory. In its announcement to tech companies, the union couched its bigoted worldview as benign, claiming critical race theory is spread not at the K-12 level, but through “graduate… -
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Workers of the World Unite, and the Left Hates It
The workers are uniting against government mandates and the left now calls it fascism. What began as a GoFundMe campaign for Canadian truckers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 mandates for cross-border travel turned into a massive “Freedom Convoy” that drove across Canada and into the capital, Ottawa. Left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau… -
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Meet the Georgia State Representative Fighting to Keep CRT Out of Schools
As critical race theory continues to attract national attention, one Georgia lawmaker is trying to pass legislation to ensure it stays out of the Peach State’s schools. On Jan. 14, Georgia state Rep. Brad Thomas introduced a bill to ban concepts like critical race theory and The New York Times’ 1619 Project from being taught in schools. “The legislation… -
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Is Biden Complying With Court Order to Bring Back ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy? Not So Much
President Joe Biden is committing the biggest scofflaw since the Chicago cops partnered with Al Capone during Prohibition. Paying lip service to a judicial order to reinstitute the “Remain in Mexico” program to help to stem the flood of illegal migration, while thousands of illegal aliens enter the country every day, the Biden plan for… -
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Decline of San Francisco Proves Leftist Policies Fail
San Francisco’s liberal mayor declared a “state of emergency” to try to deal with the city’s “nasty streets.” How did it get so bad? Journalist Michael Shellenberger’s new book “San Fransicko” argues that it happened because of progressive ideas. “The town I love is sick,” says Shellenberger in my new video. >>> Former Soros activist… -
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‘This Place Is Supposed to Be Open’: Bar Owner Emotionally Shares Why He’s Defying DC’s Vaccine Mandate
The Big Board was pretty packed Tuesday night for a bar without a liquor license in a city that loves its booze. Multiple Republican members of Congress and a slew of their staffers showed up to support the D.C. bar and restaurant, located at 421 H St. NE, mere hours after the city’s Health Department… -
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Read the Powerful Words of Bar Owner Risking It All to Stand Up to DC Vaccine Mandate
Eric Flannery, a military veteran, is on the cusp of losing his business. In his Washington, D.C., bar, The Big Board, Flannery has a strict “everybody is welcome” policy. He’s not demanding to see vaccination cards, as the District of Columbia now requires bars to do, and he’s not forcing his team to wear masks…. -
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Whoopi Goldberg Says Holocaust Wasn’t About Targeting Jews. Here’s Why That Matters.
Former award-winning actress and highly decorated blowhard Whoopi Goldberg this week made a fool of herself. This came as no surprise; Goldberg does that quite regularly on “The View.” The good news for Goldberg is that no one notices: Trying to identify which fatuous host takes the cake for most imbecilic comment on any given… -
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Parents Sue Virginia School System Over Mask Mandate
Three parents filed suit against a northern Virginia school district complaining its enforcement of a mask mandate defies state policy. Fight for Schools announced the lawsuit against the Loudoun County School Board in an emailed press release Tuesday evening. “Virginia law guarantees the rights of parents to make critical decisions affecting their children, particularly when those decisions… -
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Schools Conspire With Outside Groups Behind Parents’ Backs to Counsel Kids on Myriad Gender Choices
As a former school board member and currently a public school teacher of 30 years, I want to share some information with parents that school districts won’t tell them. Under a program called Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, many outside agencies have access to students without parental knowledge or consent. Many of those agencies provide mental… -
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Lights! Camera! Leftism! How Hollywood Went Woke
It’s no secret nowadays that Hollywood stars and directors slant left. But Hollywood wasn’t always so woke. Years ago, actors would star in movies celebrating America. So how did we get here? Christian Toto has the answer. Toto is founder of the conservative entertainment site HollywoodInToto.com as well as author of the new book “Virtue… -
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Reactions to Transgender Swimmer Display Elites’ Cowardice
How individuals and institutions react to Lia Thomas, the biological male who is allowed to compete in women’s college swim competitions, is a good indicator of people’s values and level of rationality. To recap, Will Thomas, a man who until two years ago was a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s swim team, announced… -
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8 Problems With San Jose’s Gun Insurance Mandate and Gun Ownership Tax
Lawful gun ownership in San Jose, California, is about to become more expensive and onerous after the City Council passed a measure imposing two unprecedented burdens on the possession of firearms inside city limits. Beginning later this year, San Jose’s lawful gun owners will be required to maintain “a homeowner’s, renter’s, or gun liability insurance… -
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Government Interference in Economy Isn’t Way to Compete With China
The House of Representatives is scheduled this week to consider a wide-ranging bill ostensibly aimed at improving U.S. competitiveness. The long-awaited companion legislation to the Senate’s expansive U.S. Innovation and Competition Act—formerly known as the Endless Frontier Act—however, does just the opposite. Regrettably, the $318 billion bill, dubbed the America COMPETES Act, doesn’t have much… -
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How Multimillion-Dollar PGA Deal Stopped China’s War on Golf
The communist regime in China was once hostile to the game of golf, with revolutionary leader Mao Zedong calling it “a sport for millionaires.” After taking power in 1949, the dictator banned all Communist Party members from joining a golf club. Golf began to have a resurgence in China in 1984. But as recently as… -
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10 COVID-19 ‘Truths’ That Weren’t True
The media, health officials, and Big Tech have been quick to condemn COVID-19 “misinformation” or conspiracy theories. They’ve censored social media posts and banned users, from high-profile lawmakers to your grandmother. They’ve locked down the country, shuttered businesses and churches, arrested pastors, ordered the masking of children for years, and fired essential workers over resisting… -
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Russia’s Small Nukes Are a Big Problem
If asked, most Americans probably believe the U.S. and Russia are pretty evenly matched on nuclear weapons due to arms control treaties such as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty—aka New START. That’s not exactly correct. Indeed, with Russia threatening a large-scale invasion of Ukraine at any moment, now is a good time to take… -
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‘Thoughts and Prayers’ of Soft-on-Crime Liberal Politicians Won’t Curb Urban Killing Fields
Trust in government has been declining since the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. According to Pew Research, only 36% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents and 9% of Republicans and those leaning Republican now trust government. Who can blame them, given the failure of government to perform on many levels? One might think that trust by… -
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Church’s Role in a World Moving Away From Biblical Principles
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches were some of the hardest-hit institutions in terms of crowd controls. Men and women were forced out of their places of worship by onerous government-imposed shutdowns, and it seemed like they were subject to additional restrictions that secular operations like liquor stores and massage parlors weren’t. In… -
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What’s Driving the Witch Hunt Against Joe Rogan
If you were to conjure an archnemesis for leftists, you probably wouldn’t think it would be Joe Rogan. After all, Rogan, who hosts an insanely popular podcast, is hardly some Ronald Reagan or Rush Limbaugh clone. He endorsed Bernie Sanders for president in 2020. He openly talks about using marijuana. And while he seems to…