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    The Biden Classified Documents Fiasco: What Do We Know So Far?

    What do we know—so far, at least—about the Biden classified documents situation?   The information provided to the public has come from people who work for, or are otherwise close to, President Joe Biden and has been filtered selectively through a media largely predisposed to protect the president. According to Bob Bauer, who is Biden’s…
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    Team Biden Joins School Library Wars, Launching Federal Investigation

    “Whoever succeeds in telling the stories to the children gets to control the future.” That was Kirk Cameron’s answer to people wondering why he’s joined the debate over America’s libraries. As parents everywhere fight to keep graphic content out of their children’s hands, Texas officials are warning the battle is taking an ominous turn. It’s not just the…
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    New Biden Rule Permits Money Managers to Play Politics With Trillions in Retirement Savings

    President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement savings. The administration is pushing environmental, social, and governance investing, which allows retirement fund managers to select stocks of companies based on their positions on social and environmental issues. Put…
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    On Classified Documents, Biden Is Out of Excuses

    Every president probably stashes away classified documents. The chances of any president being successfully prosecuted for pilfering them are infinitesimal. Nevertheless, Joe Biden has engaged in the same behavior as Donald Trump—perhaps worse, since vice presidents are unable to declassify documents—and precedent and transparency, our very democracy, demanded that Attorney General Merrick Garland name a…
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    House Republicans Ramp Up Probe of Biden Classified Documents

    Two House committees on Friday cranked up inquiries into President Joe Biden’s apparent mishandling of classified material, one day after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate the matter.  Oversight and Reform Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., made a follow-up inquiry to the White House, while Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sought answers from…
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    Experts Explain Real Reason Biden Administration Suggested Banning Gas Stoves

    “Someone cooked this up,” says one expert of the Biden administration’s claims that gas stoves pose a health hazard.   Steven Milloy, author of multiple books including “Green Hell” and “Scare Pollution,” is one of several experts in energy, the environment, and public health who are calling the administration’s bluff on the danger of gas stoves….
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    ‘December Was the Only Month in Biden’s Presidency When Prices Fell,’ Economist Says

    An economist says "consumers are still being crushed" despite the December inflation report released Thursday showing a "slight reduction" in prices. The consumer price index, a key inflation measure, decreased 0.1% in December, up 6.5% from December 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "The slight reduction in the overall prices for December was…
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    Why the Biden Administration Is So Interested in Your Gas Stove

    Your stove might become illegal. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering creating regulations, and even a ban, on natural gas stoves over concerns that research links harmful air pollutants with such stoves. Gas stoves have been linked to respiratory issues such as asthma, commission member Richard Trumka Jr. says. The agency is still…
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    Numbers Don’t Lie: America’s Border Crisis Is Biden-Made

    The Biden administration’s open-border policies and its refusal to fully enforce federal immigration laws have imposed huge costs on local communities across the country. Border states are groaning under the enormous cost of sheltering, feeding, educating, policing, and providing medical care for tens of thousands of illegal aliens. There are humanitarian costs, as well, paid by those…
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    Biden Grew National Debt $3.67 Trillion in 2 Years, Yet Underfunded Border Protection

    President Joe Biden, working with a Democrat-controlled Congress, increased the federal debt in 2022 by approximately $11,374 per every American worker. On Dec. 31, 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal debt was $29,617,214,856,051.75. By Dec. 30, 2022, it was $31,419,689,421,557.90. So, in calendar year 2022, the federal debt increased by $1,802,474,565,506.15. As of…
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    Supreme Court Bars Ending Title 42, but Border Crisis Will Continue Because Biden Won’t Enforce It

    The southern border will remain in a state of emergency unless and until the Biden administration gets serious about enforcing our immigration laws. The Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending Title 42 in a 5-4 ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and…
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    Looking Back on Biden’s Muddled Christmas Message

    Imagine being a speechwriter for a so-called devout Catholic president and being asked to write a Christmas speech. It sounded like the first instruction was: Don’t say the words “Jesus Christ.” There’s mention of “the birth of a child—a child Christians believe to be the son of God; miraculously now, here among us on Earth,…
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    Biden Administration ‘Intentionally Unsecured’ Border for ‘Perceived Political Benefit,’ Mark Morgan Says

    The Biden administration “intentionally unsecured” the southern border because “they see a perceived political benefit from open borders,” according to Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  Morgan, now a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, says President Joe Biden has what he needs to secure…
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    No Surprise: Republicans Won’t Hold Biden Accountable

    In just two weeks, Republicans will control the U.S. House of Representatives. They’ll be able to conduct oversight of the Biden administration that’s badly needed after two years of unified Democrat government.  And yet, even before House Republicans get the gavel, they are about to lose their leverage to hold the Biden administration accountable.   Why?…
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    Biden-Created Border Crisis About to Get Whole Lot Worse

    One of the last serious border enforcement policies left under the Biden administration is just days away from being removed.  If it can be believed, things look to become much worse at the southern border, where tens of thousands of illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers are currently gathering. Title 42 is a public health policy implemented…
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    Here’s What the Biden Administration Should Learn From the Nonbinary Baggage Theft Fiasco

    LGBT activist and Biden administration official Sam Brinton no longer is an employee of the Energy Department. The news came Monday after Brinton, who identifies as nonbinary and gender-fluid, was accused in recent days of stealing two suitcases—one each from airports in Las Vegas and Minneapolis-St. Paul.  It wasn’t clear whether Brinton, 35, was fired…
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    Biden Signs Radical Respect for Marriage Act Into Law, Surrounded by LGBTQ Lawmakers and Drag Queens

    President Joe Biden has signed the so-called Respect for Marriage Act into law, spurning warnings the act will impede religious freedom, and surrounded by LGBTQ activists, lawmakers, and drag queens. "Today is a good day," Biden said Tuesday as he signed the legislation. "A day America takes a vital step toward equality, for liberty and…
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    Lankford Vows to Block DOD Nominees Until Biden Admin Explains Why It Denied Military Religious Accommodations

    Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford has promised to block Department of Defense nominees until President Joe Biden’s administration explains the tens of thousands of religious accommodation requests it never granted or even answered. “This is not over,” Lankford told The Daily Signal on Monday evening during a press call. The senator emphasized that the Department…
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    Average American Family Has Effectively Lost $7,100 Under Biden, Economist Says

    An economist says the average American family has effectively lost more than $7,000 due to inflation and higher interest rates since President Joe Biden took office. The consumer price index, a key inflation measure, increased 0.1% in November, up 7.1% from November 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The figure marks a slowdown…
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    Who’s Really Facilitating America’s Border Crisis? Biden Isn’t Acting Alone

    Catholic Charities and other non-governmental organizations are working in concert with the Biden administration to facilitate the worst border crisis in American history, according to an investigation that examined the movement of 30,000 mobile devices in the United States. The shocking report is a snapshot of the border crisis over the course of just one…
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