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opinion
‘Defund the Police’ Movement Triggered Massive Spike in Murder of Black Americans. So Much for Equity.
The political aftermath of George Floyd’s death produced a surge in murders of black Americans, but it wasn’t at the hands of the police. The numbers are shocking, but not surprising. The FBI previously reported that murders increased by 30% in 2020. But there is more to that story. According to a recent report by… -
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Biden’s Smartphones for Illegal Aliens Shouldn’t Replace Detention
The announcement that the Biden administration is giving free smartphones to illegal aliens who recently crossed the border understandably has incensed Americans. It brings back memories of “Obamaphones.” Although the “Bidenphone” has limited functionality and provides better immigration enforcement awareness than none at all, it underscores the better options of preventing illegal immigration and detaining those who… -
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FBI, Tech Giants Miss New York Subway Shooting Suspect’s Hateful Social Media Trail
The man charged with shooting commuters on a New York subway train Tuesday left a trail on social media in which he disparaged whites and complained about racism, homelessness, and violence. “What are you doing, brother?” Frank James, 62, of Milwaukee, said in one video, addressing New York Mayor Eric Adams. “What’s happening with this… -
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In Ad Campaign, DC Police Union Slams Politicians Over Surge in Crime
The D.C. Police Union blames local government policies for soaring crime rates and a decline in public safety in an ad campaign launched Wednesday. “The police union sought one legislative goal: protect the rights of police officers to collectively bargain like all unions in the public and private sectors. Labor officials from local unions stood… -
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LA Sheriff Charges That Criminals Profit by Policies of Soros-Backed District Attorney
Crime is on the rise in Los Angeles, and the soft-on-criminals policies of District Attorney George Gascon are a major cause, Sheriff Alex Villanueva says. When Gascon took office in December 2020 as one of the successful candidates around the country supported by liberal financier George Soros, he issued a list of crimes that the… -
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Meet Biden’s Second Nominee to Head ATF
President Joe Biden on Monday nominated Steve Dettelbach, a former U.S. attorney in Ohio with a record of supporting gun control measures, to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Dettelbach has a history of backing gun control measures, promoting several firearms restrictions during an unsuccessful 2018 campaign to become Ohio’s… -
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Who Suffers the Most From America’s Crime Wave?
Violent crime, like the price of gas, is rising. Not everyone is experiencing this crime wave in the same way. For some, it’s a distant issue experienced by other people somewhere else. For others, it’s a daily life-threatening concern. We parsed the FBI’s crime data from 2011 to 2020 (the most recent data available) and… -
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Under Top Prosecutor’s Policies, Sheriff Says, ‘It’s Profitable to Do Crime in Los Angeles County’
LOS ANGELES—The policies of Los Angeles’ top prosecutor have created an environment rich for crime, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says. “It’s profitable to do crime in Los Angeles County,” Villanueva, a Democrat, said during a Heritage Foundation event Thursday night in downtown LA focused on District Attorney George Gascon. “We're having people [from]… -
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Someone Tipped Off Secret Service Dupers Before FBI Raid, Prosecutor Says
Two men accused of posing as federal law enforcement agents were tipped off to the FBI’s raid on their apartments, according to a court document filed Sunday. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were arrested Wednesday in Washington, D.C., on suspicion of posing as Department of Homeland Security agents since as early as February 2020 to… -
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Why These Moms of Murdered Sons Want Justice From LA’s Progressive District Attorney
LOS ANGELES—Ana Estevez should have celebrated her son Piqui’s 10th birthday Feb. 19. Instead, she grieved over the five years she has awakened each day unable to say good morning to her little boy. “He was just the joy of my life,” Estevez, a resident of Long Beach, California, says of Piqui. “He was everything… -
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Hunter Biden, the Invisible Government, and the Laptop From Hell
In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt warned, “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” This nearly 100-year-old warning… -
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When Will Big Tech, Big Media Apologize for Lying About, Censoring Hunter Biden Story?
President Joe Biden says he never talked business with his son. Maybe he didn’t. Maybe that Ukrainian gas company paid Hunter Biden half-a-million dollars because he has unique business skills that no one else noticed. It’s possible. But unlikely. Now a Justice Department investigation may tell us whether Hunter Biden is a sleazy opportunist who… -
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Why the Sudden Hunter Biden Epiphany at Washington Post?
Just when you thought the Hunter Biden scandals had died in darkness, The Washington Post published more than 6,300 words on March 30 admitting that a notable fraction of his laptop contents was authentic. Why now? Why not last year? Why did liberal outlets act like everyone expressing concern about Biden was a Trump-adoring kook?… -
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Censorship of Hunter Biden’s Laptop Confirms Need to Rein in Big Tech or Cease to Be Free People
On the precipice of the regime-defining 2020 presidential election, Facebook and Twitter committed their “Pearl Harbor attack” against the incumbent president, Donald Trump, and in dutiful favor of the regnant regime’s favored candidate, Joe Biden. In an October move that would presage the collapse of the “public”-“private” distinction during the Biden presidency—as seen in press… -
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Hunter Biden Laptop Revelations Uncover Depth of Elite Institutional Corruption
America’s most powerful, elite institutions now cooperate to misinform the public and suppress dissent. It’s hard to think otherwise during the arc of the Hunter Biden laptop story that turned out to be true. Last week, The New York Times reporters wrote that they authenticated email “obtained by The New York Times from a cache… -
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Biden Owes Border Patrol Belated Apology Over Phony Charges of ‘Whipping’ Illegal Aliens
Lest anyone still thinks the Biden administration supports the U.S. Border Patrol, we have now passed the six-month mark since the administration called for an investigation of horse patrol agents engaging with Haitian migrants illegally entering the U.S. near Del Rio, Texas. The administration still hasn’t released the completed investigation report. After clearly making up… -
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Hunter Biden Laptop Revelation Shows War on ‘Misinformation’ a Sham
Nothing makes Washington elites clutch their pearls like the specter of “misinformation.” “I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets: Please deal with the misinformation and disinformation that is on your shows,” President Joe Biden said in January, talking about the COVID-19 pandemic. “It has to stop.” Yet when the “misinformation”… -
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Amazon Bails Out of Downtown Seattle Due to Violent Crime Surge, Dodges Consequence of Woke Policies
Amazon is getting out of Dodge. Well, more accurately, Seattle. The massive, mostly online retailer announced recently that it’s relocating 1,800 employees out of a downtown Seattle location due to a huge uptick in violent crime. “Given recent incidents near 3rd (Ave) and Pine (St), we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office… -
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17 Months Late, Millions Short at NY Times on Hunter Biden’s Laptop
Michael Isikoff, once the top investigative reporter for Newsweek, tweeted something unintentionally humorous about a New York Times story. “In the category of — didn’t see this coming,” he wrote, “The @nytimes confirms the authenticity of Hunter Biden emails derived from his laptop that had been previously dismissed as Russian disinformation.” The obvious joke about… -
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Soft on Crime? Here’s Jackson’s Record on Sex Offenders and Other Criminals
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once expressed concern about a “climate of fear, hatred, and revenge” surrounding sex offenders. Jackson later opposed the confinement conditions of a Taliban leader suspected of running a terrorist cell. The judge also routinely ruled against the Trump administration on immigration enforcement cases, as detailed here. Now, as President Joe Biden’s…