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opinion
More Americans Jobless Than Biden’s Official Unemployment Rate Shows
The labor market is nowhere near as strong as it appears. If that sounds surprising, it’s because the absence of millions of Americans from the workforce artificially lowers the unemployment rate. Accounting for the missing workers reveals an unemployment rate of over 6%, not the official 3.8%. To make sense of the numbers, we need to… -
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Biden Loves Vacations. His Economic Policies Mean Most Americans Can’t Afford One.
The middle class is demonstrably worse off under President Joe Biden, but that hasn’t stopped him from spending 40% of his presidency on vacation. Many Americans would love such a lax job schedule, but they’re too busy working a second job to make ends meet. They can't afford one day of vacation, let alone 382 like Biden. On… -
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Kamala Harris Refuses to Cite a Single Abortion Restriction She Supports
Vice President Kamala Harris would not identify a single restriction on abortion that she supports during a CBS News interview, even though she was given the opportunity several times. Harris discussed abortion with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday. “What is it that you believe? What week of pregnancy should… -
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What Game Is Hunter Biden Playing?
What shameless act or felonious activity was not evidenced on Hunter Biden’s laptop? Racist attitudes toward Asians? Soliciting prostitution? Felonious use of drugs? Photographed nudity and perverse sex? Admissions to illicit foreign shakedowns? Hunter all but accused his own father, President Joe Biden, of also being on the foreign take, writing: “I hope you all… -
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James Comer, Marjorie Taylor Greene Demand to Know Why the DOJ Appears to ‘Apply Unwritten Exceptions’ for Hunter Biden
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is trying to find out if the Justice Department failed to protect women who might have been sexually exploited by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and committee member Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote to Justice Department officials… -
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Chuck Schumer’s National Security Problem
An old Washington saying is “Show me your budget and I’ll show you your priorities.” Perhaps an appropriate modification when describing the U.S. Senate should be “Show me your floor schedule and I’ll show you your priorities.” The Senate came into session this week for a vote at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, then left for the… -
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Biden Raised Taxes, but Tax Revenues Are Way Down This Year. Here Are 5 Reasons Why.
Just because the government raises taxes, doesn’t necessarily mean it will raise more revenues. The Biden administration is discovering that the hard way. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act into law, which included a new tax on companies’ financial statement income, new IRS funding to increase audits, an excise… -
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Biden Considers Poor Approval Rating a Failing of Insufficiently Sycophantic Media
When they engage with the national media, Republicans expect that the exchanges will be skeptical, if not openly hostile. The press works for the Other Party. Democrats expect the media to be the wind beneath their wings, and get upset when journalists don’t help them at every turn. This was underlined on NBC’s “Meet the… -
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What an Army Colonel Biden Wants to Promote Had to Say About Elizabeth Warren, Confederate Statues, NFL Kneelers
Kareem P. Montague has been opinionated on Facebook since 2011, taking jabs at Republican political operative Karl Rove, posting messages about Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s first Senate campaign in Massachusetts, defending the pro football players who take a knee, and denouncing “white privilege.” Now an Army colonel, Montague—a veteran of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—has… -
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House Subpoenas Mayorkas, Secret Service Officials as Hunter Biden Probe Expands
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is seeking to know what steps the Secret Service took to tip off Hunter Biden in the criminal investigation into his overseas business activities. The committee issued six subpoenas to the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service, a division of the DHS, on Tuesday. The subpoenas come… -
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Biden Is Killing the American Dream of Homeownership
In boasting about “Bidenomics” two weeks ago in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden declared that his policies are “restoring the American dream.” Then he went into his creepy whispering mode and assured us “it’s working.” Huh? Isn’t a big aspiration of the American dream owning a home? Biden keeps making first-time homeownership harder for young families… -
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Former Harvard Journal Editor Accuses Biden of More Plagiarism
One of the Harvard Journal on Legislation's former editors revealed Monday that he was "shocked by the plagiarism" that he discovered in a 2000 article submitted by then-Sen. Joe Biden. Roger Severino, now vice president of domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, weighed in Monday in a Twitter thread on the president's "tradition of embellishing,"… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Real War on Women’: Biden Team Denied Couple Paid Parental Leave He Claims to Support
The Family and Medical Leave Act was a “first step” when it became law 30 years ago and should be expanded, President Joe Biden said earlier this year. But some employees hired by Biden's predecessor apparently didn't deserve the benefit, The Daily Signal has learned. Department of Homeland Security records reveal that Biden’s presidential transition… -
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Americans Didn’t Buy Climate Narrative About Maui Fires, So Biden and Media Ready to Move On
The White House and the legacy media are ready to move on from the disastrous wildfires that ravaged Maui, but the story of what happened there shouldn’t go away. There’s now plenty of evidence that authorities were warned about the danger of dry grass that had built up on the Hawaiian island. Poor decisions and… -
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House Investigators Allege Biden ‘Abused’ Office in Hunter’s Trips on Air Force 2
The House committee investigating alleged influence peddling by the Biden family is seeking records on Air Force Two flights that then-Vice President Joe Biden took with son Hunter Biden. House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and committee member Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., wrote Wednesday to the head of the National Archives seeking “unrestricted… -
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Busing Illegal Immigrants to Blue America Is Working: Democrats Deserve Blame for Biden’s Border Crisis
Republican border-state strategy to send illegal immigrants to Democrat-run cities and states is paying off. On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter to President Joe Biden begging for federal aid. Importantly, she finally acknowledged where the problem is coming from. “This is a financial burden the city and state are shouldering on… -
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Hunter Biden Special Counsel Appointment Is a Blatant Act of Corruption
There’s simply no rational or legal explanation for Attorney General Merrick Garland naming David Weiss a special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation. Other than the most obvious one, of course. Garland contends that he’s “confident” the Delaware federal prosecutor “will carry out his responsibility in an evenhanded and urgent manner and in accordance with… -
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The Biden Clan’s Con Is Coming to an End
Despite years of Biden family and media disinformation, we are finally learning that President Joe Biden really did fire Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin for looking into state corruption involving the oil company Burisma and his son Hunter Biden—and ultimately Joe Biden himself. As vice president, Biden, in his own words, bragged that he had threatened… -
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6 Things to Know About a Potential Biden Impeachment Inquiry
The House of Representatives could move on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden when Congress reconvenes in September, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says. McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that action is contingent on Biden and the White House’s cooperation with congressional committees. Here are six things to know if Congress does proceed with an impeachment… -
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Joe Biden Is a Narcissist, Not an Empath
President Joe Biden, we keep hearing, is a deeply empathetic man. It is that empathy that brought him to the presidency—his deep and abiding capacity to connect with others. In “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s detailed blow-by-blow of the 1988 election cycle, Cramer describes Biden’s ability to “connect” as his greatest supposed skill. This…