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Oregon Votes to Decriminalize Certain Amounts of Meth, Heroin, Cocaine
Oregon residents on Tuesday voted to decriminalize certain possession amounts of hard drugs. Roughly 60% of Oregonian voters favored making it no longer a crime to possess a “non-commercial” amount of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, among others, according to The Hill. Those caught with the specified amount of narcotics face a $100 fine, but the penalty can be avoided… -
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Hunter Biden Emails, Texts Raise Questions That Need Answers
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has long denied that he has any knowledge of, or involvement in, the questionable business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, or his brother, James Biden. But a deluge of revelations from a laptop reported to have belonged to Hunter Biden and from the on-the-record statements of Hunter Biden and… -
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Hunter Biden’s Former Partner Says FBI Interviewed Him for 5 Hours About Chinese Business Deal
Former Biden family business partner Tony Bobulinski says the FBI interviewed him for five hours last week about his business dealings with Hunter Biden in a proposed joint venture with a Chinese energy conglomerate. FBI agents told him in the Oct. 23 interview that he was a material witness in their investigation, Bobulinski told a reporter… -
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Islamist Terror Attack in Nice an Assault on Free World
The barbaric terrorist attack Thursday morning in a church in the French city of Nice is a reminder that the free world is engaged in a long war against the forces of Islamist extremism and terror. A man with a knife fatally stabbed three French civilians at the Notre-Dame Basilica in the center of Nice… -
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Hunter Biden Sought to Avoid Registering as Foreign Agent in Chinese Business Venture, Text Message Shows
Hunter Biden suggested setting up a shell company to do business with a Chinese firm to avoid registering as a foreign agent and be able to bid on U.S. government contracts, according to documents from May 2017 obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. A day after sending the message, Biden arranged a meeting between… -
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Trump Sparks Coyote Conundrum by Citing Smuggling of Illegal Aliens
Something unexpected happened during the second and final presidential debate Thursday night between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. No one saw this coming. The internet exploded in a frenzied discussion of “coyotes,” with blue-check-marked leftists leading this cultural canine curiosity. The website for the Merriam-Webster dictionary reported a 675% increase in… -
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McConnell Mocks Media for Reporting on Barrett’s Faith as If They ‘Discovered Some Secret Scandal’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned continuing attacks on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday, warning that “anti-religious bigotry needs to stop.” “It is so revealing to watch elite society keep stumbling upon mainstream religious beliefs and practices that are shared by huge numbers of Christian Americans and thinking they’ve discovered some secret scandal,”… -
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New Trump Rule Aims to Protect Us From Criminal Aliens Exploiting Asylum System
The departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced the publishing Wednesday of a final rule that seeks to protect both Americans and immigrant communities from domestic abusers, drunken drivers, felons, gang members, and other criminal aliens who are seeking asylum in the United States. This commonsense rule will protect the integrity of the asylum process… -
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Pompeo Calls Twitter’s Censorship of Hunter Biden Story ‘Dangerous’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Twitter’s reported decision to censor the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden's alleged hard drive “dangerous” and politically motivated in a Washington Examiner interview Monday. “It is dangerous when a powerful force like the communications tool which is Twitter adopts a non-viewpoint-neutral view of the world,” Pompeo told… -
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Heritage Foundation President Calls on Twitter, Facebook to ‘Step Up’ After Censorship of Hunter Biden Article
The president of The Heritage Foundation is calling on the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to be forthright on their platforms and is condemning the social media giants’ suppression of news stories on Hunter Biden’s business dealings. “I write to you to join tens of millions of Americans in expressing our outrage concerning your handling… -
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Twitter, Facebook Suppress New York Post Report on Hunter Biden
Twitter on Wednesday afternoon began blocking tweets from being posted that contained links to the New York Post’s report on alleged emails that purportedly show Hunter Biden offered to introduce then-Vice President Joe Biden to an executive of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. “We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by… -
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Breonna Taylor Case: Black Kentucky Attorney General Called ‘Sellout,’ Compared to Slavemaster
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who spoke at the Republican National Convention, declined to bring murder charges against the three white officers involved in the tragic shooting of Louisville’s Breonna Taylor, a black woman. Contrary to the public assertion made by a Taylor family lawyer, Cameron, who is black, said the Louisville police did not… -
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Rioters Could Jeopardize Federal Funding in 3 Cities, Justice Department Says
New York City, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, have allowed ongoing violence and destruction of property and refused to institute measures to prevent criminal activity, the Department of Justice said Monday. These cities met the criteria President Donald Trump issued on Sept. 2 to identify cities that have not sufficiently dealt with rioters and would be subject to funding… -
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Restoring Justice for All in America’s Criminal Justice System
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. As part of his broader economic and public safety agendas, President Donald Trump… -
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Rep. Liz Cheney Demands DOJ Investigate Whether China, Russia Are Infiltrating US Environmental Groups
Rep. Liz Cheney, R- Wyo., asked the Department of Justice in September to investigate whether Russia and China are working to infiltrate environmental groups to influence U.S. environmental policy, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. Russia and China may be infiltrating nongovernmental groups in an attempt to meddle in domestic energy and environmental policy,… -
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The Left Sides With the Criminal
Warning: This column includes a graphic description. A 29-year-old black man, Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back Aug. 23 by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The original video, which included only the last moments of the incident, gave no context. But further video and police reports made clear what happened…. -
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‘Unbearable Screams’: Uighurs Accuse China of Crimes Against Humanity
Two Uighur organizations filed a complaint against China in the International Criminal Court alleging crimes against humanity and repression of minorities. The International Criminal Court complaint represents the first time members of the Muslim minority group have attempted to hold the Chinese government accountable for repressive policies, NBC News reported. Uighurs are a minority group of Muslim Turkic… -
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Charges Possible in Probe of FBI, Attorney General Says
Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday that more charges are possible in the investigation led by John Durham, the U.S. attorney investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. Barr was asked about the status of the probe during an interview with NBC News. He declined to say whether Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, is… -
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Operation Legend Makes 2,000 Arrests, Seizes 182 Pounds of Drugs in 5 Weeks, DOJ Says
Operation Legend, a federal initiative to combat murder and violent crime in major U.S. cities, has recorded over 2,000 arrests and seized large quantities of narcotics since the program’s July inception, according to the Department of Justice. A total of 147 people have been arrested for homicide, 544 firearms have been seized, and around 182 pounds (83… -
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Justice Department Announces FISA Reforms to Prevent Another Carter Page Debacle
The Justice Department announced a series of reforms to its procedures for obtaining Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders on Tuesday aimed at preventing abuses that the FBI committed during its investigation of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Attorney General William Barr issued two memos laying out the reforms Tuesday. One memo announced the creation of…