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    9 Things You Need to Know About the $1.4 Trillion Fiscal Year 2021 Omnibus and $900 Billion COVID-19 Package

    Congressional leaders introduced on Monday a fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill that would provide $1.4 trillion in spending for government agencies as well as a variety of unrelated legislative provisions. Also included is another COVID-19 relief “stimulus” package, this one costing taxpayers nearly $1 trillion. Congressional leaders have the enormous and oftentimes difficult responsibility…
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    Barr’s Outstanding Record of Accomplishments

    Attorney General William Barr will leave office Wednesday the same way he came in—as a class act. He carried out his role as the consummate professional who followed the law, administered justice, and forged ahead—despite relentlessly unfair and unjustified criticism leveled at him. Barr offered a refreshing contrast to President Barack Obama’s former attorney general, Eric Holder, who characterized himself as…
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    The European Union’s Christmas Wish List Deserves a Lump of Coal

    The European Union Commission, the executive arm of the EU, earlier this month published what it called a “new EU-US agenda for global change.” The agenda is the EU’s attempt to reset relations with the U.S. after the Trump administration. That a similar agenda was not offered to President Donald Trump four years ago underscores…
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    Shaming ‘Lockdowns for Thee, but Not for Me’ Politicians

    Leyna Bradley is a 21-year-old server at Tradesman’s restaurant and bar in Philadelphia, one of several major American cities that have recently prohibited indoor dining at restaurants in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The move by the city is not without consequence. Bradley, a student working her way through college, says,…
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    How the Trump Tax Cuts of 2017 Will Make COVID-19 Economic Recovery Easier

    December 22 marks the third anniversary of the signing into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most sweeping update to the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years. As the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus-induced recession, policymakers shouldn’t lose sight of how the 2017 reforms resulted in immediate benefits…
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    Under Trump’s Tenure, Promises Made Were Promises Kept

    A retrospective on President Donald Trump’s four years in office must be put in perspective of what he himself promised to accomplish when he ran: Make America Great Again. To answer the question requires, of course, defining what makes America great and asking to what extent Trump put the nation on course toward this goal….
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    Media Saves Biden, Just as It Saved Obama

    Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, is undergoing a tax investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware concerning Hunter Biden’s lucrative work with Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company on whose board Hunter Biden sat, despite a lack of energy experience and the ability to speak Russian or Ukrainian. The Media Research Center…
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    Planned Parenthood Bid to Kill Hyde Amendment to Face Pro-Life Pushback

    Planned Parenthood is preparing its wish list for former Vice President Joe Biden’s prospective administration, but pro-life forces are gearing up for a fight.  In a Roll Call interview, Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said her organization’s top goal in 2021 is abolishing the Hyde Amendment, which for 40 years…
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    Conservatives Now Have an Option to Avoid Investing in Left-Leaning Companies

    If you invest in an index fund, a mutual fund, or an exchange-traded fund, you probably have holdings in hundreds of different companies, some of which may be promoting an agenda at odd with conservative values.  After 25 years of experience in the field of investments, Bill Flaig decided to create Ridgeline Research to provide…
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    15 House Republicans Push Georgia to Avoid Another ‘Disaster’ in January Senate Runoffs

    Fifteen House Republicans are seeking a briefing with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over suspected election irregularities in the state.  The GOP members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, in a letter sent late Tuesday, raised concerns in the aftermath of the disputed 2020 presidential election, but also ahead of two special U.S….
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    Sen. Mike Lee Exposes Divisive Nature of Smithsonian Latino Museum

    Until Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, recently stood up as the voice of reason, and blocked a museum dedicated to those Americans the government hives off as “Hispanic” or “Latino,” it looked like conservatives had learned all the wrong lessons from their recent success with those voters. “I understand what my colleagues are trying to do…
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    China Lies About Its Wrongdoing on COVID, Spying, Global Aggression, Pollution, and More

    The Chinese Communist Party has lied about COVID-19 from the start. And it’s still lying about the disease that has turned into a pandemic confirmed to be responsible for nearly 75 million infections around the world, including 17.2 million in the U.S. The global death toll from the pandemic is over 1.6 million, including more than 310,000 in the…
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    Trump Announces Members of Commission Focused on Teaching Youth About America’s Founding

    President Donald Trump has called upon 18 conservative leaders to serve on a new commission focused on teaching the next generation the truth about America’s Founding Fathers and the principles contained in the Constitution. At the White House Friday, Trump named the members of the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission, which was first announced Nov. 2….
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    Christmas Shoppers Beware: Chinese Slave Labor Is on the Rise

    As Americans peruse store aisles and websites in search of Christmas gifts this year, many may not be aware of a sinister and growing problem with the products they are buying: If it was made in China, there’s a good chance that it was produced through slave labor. Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of the…
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    At 10 Years Old, the Affordable Care Act Is Aging Badly

    Another open season has come and gone in which eligible Americans could choose from a narrow array of federally subsidized health care plans under the Affordable Care Act. Despite the ACA’s manifest gaps and failures, a recent poll from the left-leaning Kaiser Family Foundation found that a solid majority—55%—of respondents have a favorable perception of…
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    The ‘Sexual Rights’ Movement Is Gaining Power Globally. Here’s What to Expect.

    The United Nations recently appointed Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng as the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health. “Dr. T,” as she is known to fans, is a sexual rights advocate who—like Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.—supports decriminalizing prostitution. Mofokeng promoted “sex work” to readers of Teen Vogue last year. She said, “The idea of purchasing…
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    Justices Punt on Census Apportionment, Toss NY Injunction Against Trump

    So, will illegal aliens be included in the population count used for apportionment of the House of Representatives? We still don’t know.  In a 6-to-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was too early to make a decision on the issue and that New York and the other states challenging the Trump…
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    As US Space Force Turns 1, Its Trajectory Is on Target

    The U.S. Space Force will celebrate its first birthday on Dec. 20. Through a year of news cycles dominated by coronavirus-driven lockdowns and the presidential election, you might have lost track of just how much progress this youngster has made, but its accomplishments are worth more than a passing glance. From his first moments in…
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    Forget the ‘Progressive’ Promise of Free Care for All When It Comes to Government-Controlled Health Care

    Be prepared for delays and denials of medical care, if self-styled “progressives” in Congress abolish all private health coverage and enact a federal government program of national health insurance, all in the name of “free care for all.” In a hefty 206-page report, the Congressional Budget Office posits five scenarios in estimating the costs of such…
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    Goodwill From Iran at Year’s End? Not a Chance

    There’s more trouble coming from Iran—not that we should be surprised. This week, the Iranian defense minister announced that the country’s already worrisome nuclear research program would be nearly tripling—yes, tripling—its annual budget with a 256% increase. I wonder what the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, which was once headed by the infamous nuclear…
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