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Cory Booker Wants to Replace Major College Football With Federally Controlled Pro Game
Two young men grow up in the same neighborhood and spend four years together at the same high school taking the same classes from the same teachers and playing on the same winning football team. Both are good students and dedicated, hardworking athletes. But one is a journeyman offensive lineman, while the other is an…Terence Jeffrey -
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To Sen. Cory Booker, Gun Ownership Is a Privilege and Not a Right
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., released his plan Tuesday to combat firearm-related violence. For starters, most of it would violate the Constitution. Booker’s 14-point plan includes measures that have become a staple in progressive and anti-gun circles, such as universal background checks and bans on the civilian possession of semi-automatic rifles or factory-standard magazines capable of…Amy Swearer -
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We Hear You: Ben Carson, Cory Booker, California, and Gun Control
Editor's note: Our audience liked what it saw in The Daily Signal's two recent interviews with HUD Secretary Ben Carson, and some of those responses provide the top to this week's collection of comments. Write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for Genevieve Wood's interview with Dr. Ben Carson ("Exclusive Interview: Ben…Ken McIntyre -
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Podcast: Cory Booker Reveals True Intolerance of Left
By fixating on secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo’s views on same-sex marriage and other LGBT issues, Sen. Cory Booker, D.-N.J., showcased why conservatives are right to be worried about liberal intolerance pushing them out of careers across the board, just for their beliefs. Plus: The Academy of Country Music Awards stays blissfully nonpolitical.Katrina Trinko -
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Cory Booker’s Inquisition Into Marriage Views Is About Keeping You Silent
“Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion?” Believe it or not, that question was posed—repeatedly—in a Thursday Senate confirmation hearing to Mike Pompeo, the CIA director now nominated to be secretary of state. The graphic question was put to him by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. He also wanted to know exactly what Pompeo…Daniel Davis -
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Cory Booker, Who Voted Against Betsy DeVos, Previously Spoke to School Choice Group She Led
Sen. Cory Booker, who has been an outspoken critic of Betsy DeVos, once spoke at an event organized by a school choice group she led. In 2012, during a keynote address for an event hosted by the American Federation for Children, an organization DeVos chaired at the time, the New Jersey Democrat made the case for…Caleb Ecarma