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Pompeo Urges Biden Not to Rejoin Nuke Deal With ‘Evil’ Iran Regime
As the Biden administration moves to reenter the Iran nuclear deal at a conference in Vienna, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Wednesday against dealing with the “evil” and “anti-Semitic” Iranian regime. Pompeo said the “world’s foremost sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, today is in Vienna,” meeting directly with U.S. diplomats,… -
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Biden Nominee for Border Chief Called Covington Kids ‘Cruel,’ Questioned Their ‘Parenting’
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection jumped on the bandwagon in 2019 against a group of Kentucky high school students who were falsely accused of harassing a Native American man in Washington, D.C. Chris Magnus, the Biden nominee, accused the Covington Catholic High School students on Twitter of engaging in “cruel” behavior… -
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Amid Economic Woes, Biden Pushes to Make Megan Rapinoe Richer
In the middle of a self-proclaimed economic crisis, President Joe Biden took to the bully pulpit to advocate not for the middle class but for those seeking to make millions kicking a ball. That’s right, you were told to stay home, miss family holidays, not go to church, and deal with the economic fallout. You… -
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Republican Attorneys General Plan to Create Legal Roadblocks for Biden Agenda
Republican attorneys general are determined to mount numerous legal challenges against President Joe Biden, creating a formidable roadblock to the president’s agenda. In less than three months since Biden was sworn into office, Republican states have waged war on his agenda, suing the administration on climate change, energy, immigration, and taxation policy. But the conservative… -
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Biden ‘Environmental Justice’ Appointees Equate Energy Production, Fossil Fuels With Racism
In February, Beverly Wright linked the legacy of slavery and the Jim Crow era with energy development. In March, President Joe Biden appointed Wright to his White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Wright, the founder of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, is joined on the council by Jade Begay of the Indigenous Environmental… -
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What Happened to Biden’s Unity Agenda?
Less than three months ago, President Joe Biden stood in front of the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6 riots and delivered his inaugural address. He called for unity, and Americans who see a politically fractured country welcomed it. He could have then put together an agenda that would have accomplished many… -
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Biden Wants to Underfund Defense Department While Asking It to Do More
If there is one thing that is quite clear in the early days of the Joe Biden presidency, it is the administration is more than willing to spend taxpayers’ dollars, and their children’s dollars, and their grandkids’ … you get the idea. However, when it comes to providing for the common defense, a constitutionally mandated… -
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Here’s How Biden Could Redeem His Discarded Call for National Unity
President Joe Biden began his presidency with an inaugural call for national unity. Since that time, his greatest legislative achievement is a COVID-19 relief package that passed without a single Republican vote. Given the disagreement and disarray among Republicans today, it’s amazing Biden could come up with something Republicans would agree unanimously to oppose. The… -
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Dissecting Biden’s ‘Radical’ Policies at Border
Three current or former government officials joined a recent Heritage Foundation online discussion of how to stop what they called a humanitarian crisis at the southern border as thousands of migrants seek to enter the United States. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of the featured speakers, expressed concern over a potential increase in COVID-19… -
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Filibuster Flip-Flop: Sen. Biden vs. President Biden
When President Joe Biden addressed the filibuster during his first press conference on March 25, most of what he said was either factually wrong or seriously misleading. Both the Senate and House must end debate on a bill before it can vote on passage. In the House, the same number of votes—a simple majority—can do… -
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Pro-Biden Press Corps Is Deeply Embarrassing
President Joe Biden’s first formal press conference is in the books, and it was deeply embarrassing to anyone who thinks the media’s job is to hold presidents accountable. Taxpayer-enabled PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor was the worst. She complimented the president, saying: “You’ve said over and over again that immigrants shouldn’t come to this… -
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Biden Tries to Hide an Obvious Crisis at Border
The full-blown humanitarian crisis on the southern border ultimately could threaten the safety and security of every single American. The Biden administration has failed to properly acknowledge the severity of the situation and seemingly is in total denial of just how dire the circumstances are. Even more alarming, President Joe Biden has imposed a gag order on U.S…. -
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Cruz Demands Biden ‘Stop Hiding Truth,’ Grant Press Access to ‘Crises at Southern Border’
Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday demanded that President Joe Biden allow the press access to report on what he called the “humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border.” “Denying the press the ability to observe, film, and report on the conditions at the border is not openness or transparency—it is hiding… -
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Photos Show Kids Inside Pods at Biden Border Facility
Dozens of migrant children were seen packed into cages and lying on makeshift mattresses at a Texas border facility over the weekend, according to photos obtained by Axios. The photos reportedly showed children inside the plastic cages, or “pods,” at a Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, according to Axios. Although the… -
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Biden Refers to His Vice President as ‘President Harris’
President Joe Biden referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “President Harris” in remarks Thursday about vaccinations to fight COVID-19. “Now, when President Harris and I took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in Arizona not long ago, one of the nurses on that tour injecting people and giving vaccinations said that each shot… -
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Biden Overstepped Constitutional Authority in Revoking Keystone Pipeline Permit, States Allege in Lawsuit
A group of 21 Republican state attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over its decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline. The states, led by Montana and Texas, accused Biden of overstepping his constitutional authority when he revoked the Keystone XL pipeline’s federal permit on Jan. 20 hours after entering office,… -
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Biden Campaign Lawyers, Democrats Advised Green Bay on Election Procedures
MADISON, Wis.—Left-leaning groups funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg weren’t the only organizations telling the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin’s third-largest city, how to run November’s election. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and operatives for then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign also offered advice to Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich’s office. And it appears Genrich… -
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Biden Suggests Openness to Restoring Traditional Filibuster, Requiring Continued Speaking
President Joe Biden suggested that he would support changes to the Senate filibuster Tuesday evening, saying that he would back an earlier rule that required objecting lawmakers to be on the floor. “I don’t think you have to eliminate the filibuster,” Biden said in an interview with ABC News. “You have to do it what it used… -
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Biden’s Military Declares War on Tucker Carlson
President Joe Biden’s military last week declared its first war … on Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Carlson had committed the great sin of pointing out the oddity of the fact that the Biden White House had been promoting brand-new uniforms for pregnant soldiers, rather than America’s military efficiency in the face of a rising… -
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More Evidence Emerges That the Media Is on Team Biden
Just over three weeks before Election Day 2016, Chris Cillizza, now with CNN, infamously tweeted, “Let me say for the billionth time: Reporters don’t root for a side. Period.” No doubt he really believed it, as do many journalists who truly feel they are treating their stories’ subjects fairly. But as a group, their overall…