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23 Aliens Previously Convicted of Homicide Charged With Illegal Reentry in Arizona in Biden’s First 9 Months
Since February, President Joe Biden’s first full month in office, 23 aliens who had previously been convicted of homicide in the United States were charged in Arizona with illegally reentering this country. We know this because the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arizona regularly publishes these numbers. It puts out a monthly report on “immigration and… -
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Why Debt Limit Is Indispensable Tool to Ensure Limited Government
While the debt limit has been removed from most people’s focus, it’s one of the best tools to ensure a limited government that doesn’t burden Americans and sap our economic vitality. When the debt limit was suspended from July 2019 through July 2021, few could have known that more than $5 trillion of new coronavirus… -
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6th Circuit Court to Hear Challenge to Biden Vaccine Mandate
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s workplace vaccination mandate after a Tuesday pingpong ball raffle, NPR reported Tuesday. The rule, set to go into effect on Jan. 4, 2022, was temporarily halted on Nov. 6 by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Now, the 6th… -
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The Narrative Is the Priority
According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist. According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was an active shooter. According to the media, Kyle Rittenhouse was a murderer. In reality, he was none of these. Kyle Rittenhouse was a 17-year-old young man who went to Kenosha, Wisconsin, in order to protect businesses and administer… -
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Wisconsin School District Used Male Name, Pronouns for 12-Year-Old Girl Against Parental Objections, Lawsuit Alleges
A Wisconsin school district addressed a 12-year-old female student using both a male name and male pronouns against her parents’ objections, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and Alliance Defending Freedom in the Waukesha County Circuit Court, the lawsuit alleges that Kettle Moraine School District violated… -
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Why This Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandate Has ‘Good Chance’ of Reaching Supreme Court
The same day President Joe Biden announced details of his COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, The Daily Wire filed a lawsuit to stop it. The Daily Wire, a media outlet founded by conservative commentator and author Ben Shapiro, filed the suit because the mandate on employers of 100 or more workers is unconstitutional, the… -
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Youngkin Win Energizes Parents’ Battle Against Woke Ideology in Schools, Activists Say
Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia governor’s race has further energized parent activists mobilized against woke ideology in schools, leaders emphasized at a chilly Tuesday morning rally outside the U.S. Capitol. “You all act,” said Nicole Neily, president of the national grassroots organization Parents Defending Education. “You are not content to just take what… -
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House Freedom Caucus Takes Shot at Biden’s ‘Tyrannical’ Vaccine Mandate
Ahead of the early January deadline for President Joe Biden’s vaccination mandate, members of the House Freedom Caucus gathered in Washington to discuss that mandate, which members called “tyrannical,” and to hear testimony from Americans who could lose their jobs as a result of it. Biden authorized the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Sept…. -
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Rep. Jim Jordan: Email Shows FBI Using ‘Counterterrorism Tools’ Against ‘Concerned Parents’
The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is asking Attorney General Merrick Garland about his October testimony to that same committee, citing a document unearthed by a whistleblower that shows the FBI started using a specific tag to track threats related to schools. “We are now in receipt of a protected disclosure from a… -
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Biden’s Pick for FTC Commissioner Called ICE ‘Out-of-Control Domestic Surveillance’
President Joe Biden’s nominee to fill the empty seat on the Federal Trade Commission has a history of opposing immigration authorities’ use of data to enforce the law. Alvaro Bedoya, a Georgetown Law professor and privacy advocate who is scheduled to have his committee nomination hearing Wednesday, is a staunch proponent of limiting the ability of immigration… -
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‘I Give Myself an A’: 4 Highlights of Mayorkas’ Senate Testimony on Border Crisis
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gave himself an A grade Tuesday and told senators what they should do about illegal immigration, while many lawmakers had questions for him about border security as well as Afghan refugees. Mayorkas testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing where he also said the U.S. immigration system is… -
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Connecticut Parents Claim Schools Teach Kindergarteners About Transgenderism
Connecticut parents claimed a school district is indoctrinating elementary school students about transgenderism, including with a book for kindergarteners. Officials of the West Hartford Public Schools told parents that they could not opt out from the materials, according to a release from advocacy group Parents Defending Education. The reading list for kindergarteners included the book “Introducing… -
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Coverage of Steele Dossier Is a Dark Period for American Media
Americans don’t trust the news media, and there’s little wonder why. In a Gallup poll released in October, just 36% said they have a “great deal” or a “fair amount” of trust in the media, which is the second-lowest approval number since the organization began recording these particular opinions in 1972. Interestingly, the only time… -
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Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner Rises Twice as Fast as Wages
Your Thanksgiving Day meal is going to cost about 8% more, nearly twice the increase in average weekly earnings since a year ago. For a family gathering of 10, expect to spend about $85 during President Joe Biden’s first Thanksgiving as president, roughly $6 more than last November, when Donald Trump was president. Ironically, the… -
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6 Takeaways From Emails Revealing White House Role in Targeting Parents Who Disagree With School Boards
The president of the National School Boards Association says that a White House meeting prompted Attorney General Merrick Garland to direct the FBI to investigate parents who disagree with their local school boards over issues such as critical race theory, gender identity, and mask mandates. Members of the NSBA board speculated among themselves that the… -
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Why Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Will Likely Only Worsen Supply Chain Crisis
President Joe Biden on Nov. 15 signed his infrastructure bill, a trillion-plus-dollar handout to left-wing special interests masquerading as a solution to the supply chain crisis he created. The administration is touting the bill as a fix, but the truth is, the bill is at best irrelevant, and most likely will make the crisis worse,… -
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Loudoun County Student Won’t Contest Sexual Battery Charge
A student in Loudoun County, Virginia, pleaded “no contest” to abduction and sexual battery Monday. A juvenile court judge found the same male student guilty of sexually assaulting a different female student in an October case, Fox 5 DC reported. The “no contest” plea in this second case “means the boy is not admitting guilt, but he is not… -
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Senate Turns Long-Overdue Attention to National Defense Authorization Act
Every year since 1961, the Department of Defense has had a National Defense Authorization Act, which sets defense policy and procurement for the coming fiscal year. Some years, the congressional passage of the law is delayed until after the fiscal year has started on Oct. 1. However, this year’s version of the bill has languished… -
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‘I’m Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Anti-Mandate,’ Says Louisiana Grocer Fighting Biden Decree
President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate is an “extreme burden on the American people,” says the grocery store owner at the center of a major anti-mandate lawsuit. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer,” Brandon Trosclair, the second-generation owner of a Louisiana-based grocery store chain, said in an interview with The Daily Signal. “I'm not anti-vaccine. I am anti-mandate…. -
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Consumer Group Exposes BlackRock’s Ties to Chinese Communist Party
Nike, Coca-Cola, and American Airlines are just a few of the companies Consumers’ Research is targeting over their woke business practices. Consumers’ Research, an educational organization seeking to highlight issues concerning to consumers, now has a new target: American investment firm BlackRock and its ties to the Chinese Communist Party. “Where [is BlackRock] investing your…