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National Guard to Be Deployed in Kenosha Ahead of Possible Charges in Shooting
The Wisconsin National Guard will support local law enforcement if civil unrest follows a charging decision in the case of the officer-involved, near-fatal shooting last summer of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, state officials announced. >>> Update: No charges will be brought against police officers or Blake in the Aug. 23 shooting, Kenosha County District Attorney… -
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84 Lawmakers Stand Up for Allowing Their Own Guns at Capitol
A new congresswoman from Colorado, Rep. Lauren Boebert, has rallied 83 other representatives to counter an effort by Democratic legislators to prohibit politicians from carrying firearms in and around the Capitol. Boebert, a vocal supporter of gun rights, rallied lawmakers to oppose a measure by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., to prohibit carrying a gun throughout… -
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US Contributions to 3 Seas Investment Fund Are Smart, Strategic
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation recently approved a $300 million investment in the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund. That welcome Dec. 10 announcement partially fulfills a U.S. pledge made back in February by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to invest up to $1 billion in the investment fund to finance energy projects via the… -
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How Liberals Will Attack Your Credibility to Control the Narrative
“This claim about election fraud is disputed.” Warning labels like this are growing exponentially at an alarming rate. It seems that every free thought is fact-checked by a third party, oftentimes as justification for censoring content. This tactic, invoked by media outlets and social media platforms, is being used to silence and shut down debate… -
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How Does Congress’ Electoral College Certification Process Work?
Congress is set Wednesday to certify the results of the Electoral College vote. What is the Electoral College certification process, and how does it work? Additionally, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and 10 other Republican senators are asking for an “emergency ‘audit’ of results in battleground states where President Donald Trump disputes the outcome,” according to DallasNews.com…. -
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In Past 20 Years, Democrats Objected 3 Times to Electoral College Certifications
Recent precedents for challenging Electoral College certification in Congress have come not from Republican lawmakers, but from Democrats. Over the past 20 years, Democrats have on three separate occasions objected to the validity of electoral votes on the floor of Congress. Wednesday, Jan. 6, will mark the first time Republicans choose do so in the… -
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Washington Deserves Its ‘Brutalism’
In his 1981 diatribe against contemporary American architecture, “From Bauhaus to Our House,” Tom Wolfe notes that seemingly every American child “goes to a school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution center warehouse.” Anecdotally speaking, this still seems to be the case in East Coast metro areas like Washington and… -
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Discrimination Against Churches Didn’t Have a Prayer at the Supreme Court
COVID-19 made 2020 an incredibly hard year for Americans. Governors and mayors made it worse by shrinking religious freedom. It didn’t have to be this way. Most Americans have shown that they’re willing to take sensible precautions. But some of those in leadership positions have overreacted, to put it mildly. As Supreme Court Justice Samuel… -
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3 Keys to Understanding Senators’ Proposal to Audit Presidential Election
In a move that isn’t without precedent, 11 Senate Republicans are pushing for a special panel to investigate questions of fraud arising from the presidential election. Some conservatives oppose such objections to the election outcome, in which former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, claimed an Electoral College victory of 306 votes to the… -
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In New Book, Sharansky Offers a ‘Refusenik’ Perspective on Human Rights, Anti-Semitism
They were called “refuseniks”—Jews in the Soviet Union who wanted to emigrate. They were not just “refused” the right to leave. They were spied on, harassed, and thrown into prison. For Natan Sharansky, the unimaginable abuse was a liberation of conscience. They could take away everything but his passion for freedom. The resilience he showed… -
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Portland Mayor Vows to Push Back Harder to End Antifa Violence
It took six months of rioting and millions of dollars in property damage for Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, to order increased law enforcement action against Antifa. Several businesses were damaged during riots on New Year’s Eve, including two Starbucks shops, a Chase Bank, a Pandora Jewelers, a Ben Bridge Jewelers, and many local businesses,… -
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Conservatives Mock Use of ‘Amen and Awoman’ to End Prayer Opening 117th Congress
Conservatives mocked a Democratic representative’s decision to conclude a Sunday prayer opening the 117th Congress with the words “amen and awoman.” “We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, [unintelligible], and God known by many names and by many different faiths. Amen and awoman," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., an ordained United Methodist pastor, said at… -
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New Radical Rules for a New Radical Congress
The House of Representatives was expected to vote Monday afternoon on a rules package that will govern their processes for the 117th Congress. This package represents an ultimate power grab by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was reelected to the post by a razor-thin vote of 216-209. The rules give us an insight as to… -
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Preserving America’s Past Through Trump’s 1776 Commission
The future of America rests largely upon the rising generation, a generation that is being taught to embrace far-left progressive ideology about America and its founding. To combat the rising anti-American sentiment taught in classrooms across the country, President Donald Trump appointed 18 political and thought leaders to the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission. Carol M…. -
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Why Conservatives of All Stripes Must Unite in 2021
After 2020—a year with a deadly pandemic, a crushing economic shutdown, brutal riots, and a contested presidential election—it often feels as though things can’t get any worse. Yet, the political left sees these very moments when the American people are overwhelmed and exhausted as opportunities to push its destructive agenda. It won’t stop promoting socialist… -
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Here Are 26 Books to Add to Your Reading List for 2021
If you are looking for some exciting book recommendations to help you ring in the new year, look no further. Our friends at The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America have 26 titles that we recommend you check out in 2021. 1. “American Traitor” by Brad Taylor New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor… -
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11 Republican Senators Will Object to Electoral College Certification
Eleven Republican senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, announced Saturday that they would object to the certification of states’ Electoral College votes when Congress meets Wednesday in a joint session “Congress should immediately appoint an Electoral Commission, with full investigatory and fact-finding authority, to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns… -
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Did Dead Voters Tip the Election? 4 Things You Need to Know
Dead voters—or at least votes recorded in the name of someone who has died—have drawn much attention in the disputed outcome of the presidential election. Ballots apparently cast by dead registered voters make up one of many fraud allegations lodged by President Donald Trump’s campaign legal team either in court or in press conferences. As… -
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History Shows Our Passion for Freedom Runs Deep
Christmas 2020 was a Christmas like no other in our nation’s history. Thousands of churches across the country were shuttered, others had to hold services outdoors or restrict capacity indoors. Families were not allowed to gather for the holiday. Many Americans are rightly upset that the freedom to worship—the foundational American freedom—has been curtailed. For… -
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What Will Historians Make of Our Annus Horribilis?
The year 2020 is now commonly dubbed the annus horribilis—“the horrible year.” The past 10 months certainly have been awful. But then so was 1968, when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The Tet Offensive escalated the Vietnam War and tore America apart. Race and anti-war riots rocked our major cities….