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Biden’s Divisive COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Favors Coercion Over Persuasion
“Look, we’re the United States of America,” President Joe Biden said, concluding his speech announcing his latest COVID-19 vaccination plan. “There’s nothing—not a single thing—we’re unable to do if we do it together. So, let’s stay together.” Those comments came at the end of a 26-minute speech Thursday in which Biden demonized nearly 80 million unvaccinated… -
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During Patriot Week, We Remember America’s Founding. Here’s How to Join the Celebration
Judge Michael Warren felt conviction after his daughter asked him why there wasn’t a specific time each year dedicated to remembering American history and celebrating the nation’s founding. “We need to start a new celebration for America,” Leah, only 10 at the time, told her father. Warren, a judge on the 6th Circuit Court in Oakland County, Michigan, says… -
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We’re Less Safe Today Than on 9/11
It’s 20 years after 9/11, and you might be less safe than you were 20 years ago. The Taliban—which were the people that really allowed 9/11 to happen, because they let al-Qaeda work in Afghanistan, they protected them—20 years later, they will be more powerful than when they started. That’s a gift, essentially, that President… -
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20 Years Later, a 9/11 Firefighter Uses His Grief to Help Others
Twenty years ago today, Islamist terrorists struck America. Across the country and around the world, Americans were left battered and broken in the aftermath of the first significant attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor. Life could never be the same after Sept. 11, 2001. But life didn't stop after that terrible day. Survivors had… -
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4 Things to Know as Employers, States Ponder Legal Challenges to Biden’s Vaccine Mandates
President Joe Biden’s mandate for employers with more than 99 employees to require COVID-19 vaccinations likely will face legal challenges from employers and perhaps from states, knowledgeable observers say. In remarks at the White House, Biden said Thursday evening that he had directed the Labor Department to develop an emergency regulation giving the Occupational Safety… -
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Fauci-Funded Wuhan Lab Viruses 10,000 Times Stronger Than Usual, Documents Show
American and Chinese researchers funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci’s federal agency created viruses in a Wuhan lab that exhibited over 10,000 times higher viral load in humanized mice than the natural viruses they were based on, another expert in infectious diseases says, citing newly released documents. The U.S. nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance notified Fauci's National… -
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Texas Governor Signs Bill Barring Social Media Companies From Censoring Views
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a law Thursday preventing social media companies from banning users for their political views. The law, known as HB 20, prohibits social media platforms from banning or suspending users and removing or suppressing their content based on political viewpoint. The bill was introduced by state Sen. Bryan Hughes partly… -
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Woman Who Was Baby at Center of Roe v. Wade Steps Forward
The baby at the heart of the monumental abortion case Roe v. Wade was not aborted—she was born before the Supreme Court’s final decision, but wasn't publicly identified until now. “When someone’s pregnant with a baby, and they don’t want that baby, that person develops knowing they’re not wanted,” the “Roe baby” reportedly told author Joshua… -
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Justice Breyer Warns Court-Packers: ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’
Justice Stephen Breyer, one of the Supreme Court's four most liberal justices, has issued a stark warning to those pushing to pack the high court: “What goes around comes around.” Breyer made the remark during an interview with NPR published Friday, ahead of the release of his new book “The Authority of the Court and the Peril… -
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Governor Hopes to Make Oklahoma ‘Most Pro-Life State’
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, held a ceremonial signing of nine pro-life bills Thursday, telling The Daily Caller News Foundation that he intends to make Oklahoma “the most pro-life state in the country.” “The 10th Amendment clearly states what is not designated to the federal government belongs to the state in terms of rights,” Stitt… -
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Wealthy School District Diverts $79M in COVID-19 Relief to ‘Equity’ Programs
One of the wealthiest school systems in America has unveiled plans to reallocate COVID-19 relief money to promote “equity” programs and a “welcoming” and “culturally responsive” student learning environment, according to the school district’s website. Virginia's Fairfax County School Board voted to approve the plan Aug. 26, saying it would use $78.8 million, originally allocated for COVID-19… -
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Sensationalizing Jane Austen
Jane Austen fans are loyal. If something claims an Austen affiliation, we will read it, watch it, or buy it. There are dolls, candles, artwork, coasters, jewelry, mugs, and tote bags. We even have Austen Band-Aids (so her words can literally soothe our injuries). So when PBS produced a series based on Austen’s unfinished novel “Sanditon,”… -
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Feminism, Realistic or Fantastical
As a millennial woman, I read Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” for the first time with a sense of familiarity. It was familiar not only because I recognized in it the feminist arguments of today (many credit the work for launching the second wave of feminism) or that I recognized certain women I have known in its… -
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$3.5T Spending Bill Would Lavish Hundreds of Billions on Nanny State Education
The massive, unprecedented $3.5 trillion spending bill making its way through Congress includes education spending on an equally unprecedented scale. In all, the plan would spend some $761 billion on education and workforce programs, on par with total annual education spending from all sources—federal, state, and local. The bulk of the proposed education spending in… -
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Jen Psaki Blocks Question on Fauci and US Funding of Deadly Coronavirus Research in China
White House press secretary Jen Psaki denied during a briefing Thursday that White House COVID-19 czar Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China. “[The National Institutes of Health] has refuted that reporting,” Psaki said in response to a question from Fox News Channel’s Peter Doocy. “NIH has never approved any research… -
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Kentucky Lawmakers Override Governor, Expel School Mask Mandate
Kentucky’s Republican Legislature overrode the state’s Democratic governor late Thursday and repealed a statewide public school mask mandate. The move, reported by the Louisville Courier Journal, came on the final day of a special session called by Gov. Andy Beshear. The mask mandate was repealed as cases in the state increased for the 10th straight week, and… -
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Tariffs Are Never a Good Idea. Those on Aluminum Are Especially Bad.
Aluminum prices are up 59% from a year ago, and America’s 10% tariffs on the metal are not relieving any headaches at beer and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers. The tariffs were originally put in place in 2018, ostensibly to protect domestic aluminum producers. The theory was that China and other foreign producers were “dumping” aluminum into… -
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Rolling Stone Commits Another Fake News Blunder. Here’s What This Says About Modern Media.
Not content with publishing what is perhaps the most infamous fake news story this decade, Rolling Stone has doubled down with another whopper. In 2014, Rolling Stone—a publication that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture—ran a widely publicized story about a violent “rape” that took place at the University of Virginia. The story perfectly… -
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Federal Handouts Hamper Job Market, Economic Recovery
One thing we know for sure from the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has had and continues to have a lasting impact globally, as well as on the U.S. economy and job market. Despite more than 18 months of hardship, the stock markets have miraculously continued to move upward, indicating a renewed confidence in our… -
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Never Forget: A New York Firefighter Shares His 9/11 Stories
Sept. 11, 2001, is a date that looms large in the American psyche. For many of us, the horrific images on TV of burning and collapsing towers, civilians jumping to their deaths, and endless seas of rubble are forever etched in memory. But for Americans born after 9/11, it can be difficult to fully comprehend…