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Gavin Newsom’s Weird Idea of ‘Freedom’
In a run-up to what is likely to be a 2024 presidential bid, California Gov. Gavin Newsom hit upon the bizarre idea of boasting in commercials that California is America’s true “free” state. Part of his ad campaign is to attack Florida—currently run by Newsom’s possible rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis. Yet, with the most burdensome…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Head of Pregnancy Center Rebukes ‘Horrific’ Claims of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
The director of a crisis pregnancy center in Sacramento, California, ripped into “horrific” words from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., during a Fox News appearance early Thursday morning. “Her words are actually horrific,” Heidi Matzke, the executive director of Alternatives Pregnancy Center, told “Fox and Friends First” co-host Carley Shimkus. “Pregnancy centers throughout the entire country…Harold Hutchison -
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‘We Are Not Tacos’: Hispanic Journalists Reprimand Jill Biden Over Use of Mexican ‘Stereotype’
An organization of Hispanic journalists blasted first lady Jill Biden after she claimed Hispanics were as “unique” as breakfast tacos during a Monday speech in San Antonio. “Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,”…Harold Hutchison -
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Law, ICE Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Biden Administration
President Joe Biden has been functionally abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from his first day in office. A year and a half into his presidential term, Biden’s administration is getting bolder and more strategic, gutting ICE resources and funding, doing everything it can to stop immigration enforcement, and directing ICE lawyers to close tens of…Erin Dwinell -
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Newsom’s Montana Vacation Stirs Scrutiny of California Travel Bans
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared caught off guard by a backlash against his vacation this week in Montana, one of 22 states subject to California’s ban on official travel based on those states’ “discriminatory laws” against the LGBTQ community. Newsom’s communications team quickly revved into gear after reports that the governor was spending his downtime…Susan Crabtree -
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Biden Paints Himself as Savior of Pensions While 401(k)s Tank and Retirees Feel Heat From Inflation
President Joe Biden visited an ironworkers union in Ohio Wednesday, attempting to claim credit for saving workers’ pensions. Meanwhile, Biden ignored that millions of Americans have seen their 401(k)s and other retirement savings falter under inflation and massive market losses. The stock market’s cratering has wiped out some $3 trillion in retirement savings this year, according to the Center…Carrie Sheffield -
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Biden’s Month of Malfeasance on Energy Production, Prices
While running for president in 2020, Joe Biden famously tweeted that he’d own up to his mistakes. “It’s hard to believe this has to be said, but unlike this president [then-President Donald Trump], I’ll do my job and take responsibility. I won’t blame others,” he wrote. “And I’ll never forget that the job isn’t about…Jonathan Moy -
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Open Borders Cost Lives. Biden Doesn’t Care.
Fifty-three illegal immigrants died in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 after unlawfully entering the U.S. The rest of last week, it was revealed that multiple additional smuggling incidents had resulted in migrant deaths as smugglers attempted to evade law enforcement. Many have rightly blamed President Joe Biden’s open-border policies for these deaths…Hannah Davis -
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Supreme Court Unwisely Lets Biden End Program Making Illegal Aliens Remain in Mexico
As the U.S. southern border is being overrun with record numbers of illegal aliens month after month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Biden administration’s termination of the successful Remain in Mexico program in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and…Lora Ries -
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Gavin Newsom Just Dumped a Gallon of Kerosene on the Inflation Fire
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems ignorant of this principle. Study after study shows that the some $6 trillion in stimulus spending hurriedly passed during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed significantly to the 40-year, record high inflation we’re suffering today. What’s the…Carrie Sheffield -
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A Recipe for Biden Authoritarianism
A framework for a federal red flag law undoubtedly would be abused by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with its efforts to take away American citizens’ guns based on speech the left doesn’t like. After the recent school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Democrats and Republicans are yet again arguing over gun…Erin Dwinell -
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How Biden Administration Is Helping Drive Up Food Prices
The following is adapted from the author’s June 14, 2022, testimony before the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee. The story on food prices keeps getting worse. Food prices in May 2022 were a whopping 10.1% higher than prices in May 2021. The size of these food price increases have not been seen in over 40…Daren Bakst -
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Liberal ‘Fact-Checkers’ Swept In to Clear Up Satire Around Biden’s Bike Fall
On June 18, someone captured video of President Joe Biden riding a bike on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. When he came to a stop, he caught his foot in the pedal and fell to the pavement. Without it being on tape, no one would have cared much. On social media, conservatives quickly brought up…Tim Graham -
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Fact-Checking 5 Biden Claims on Dobbs Ruling
President Joe Biden spoke Friday in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, in which the court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The speech was heavy on outrage, but light on truthfulness. Here are a few of Biden’s worst whoppers. Claim 1: “Today the Supreme Court of the United…Joshua Arnold -
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Biden Rips Supreme Court’s ‘Extreme’ Reversal of Roe
President Joe Biden sharply denounced the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision earlier Friday overturning its Roe v. Wade ruling and ending abortion on demand in America after nearly 50 years. “The health and life of women in this nation are now at risk,” Biden said in remarks at the White House shortly after 12:30 p.m. Biden…Ken McIntyre -
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Sen. Mike Lee’s Report Offers Scathing Critique of Biden’s Leftist Economic Policies
Although required by law to submit a budget and Economic Report of the President to Congress no later than the first Monday in February, President Joe Biden waited until March 28 to turn in his homework, a nearly two-month extension many students would envy. Now, in a scathing rebuttal Friday to Biden’s report on the…Miles Pollard -
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Rep. Gary Palmer Exposes Biden’s Failures on Economy, Health Care
Americans have had more than a year to experience President Joe Biden’s administration. If Biden’s slouching poll numbers are any indication, Americans aren’t thrilled with the president’s performance. High inflation featuring rising food and gas prices, missing baby formula, and a hyperfocus on race and gender ideology seemingly are beginning to grate on the public’s…Douglas Blair -
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Biden Administration to Force Schools to Adopt Radical Gender Policies. Here’s What You Need to Know.
For a brief moment last week, President Joe Biden’s administration appeared to be interested in what parents think about K-12 schools. Low student achievement coming out of the pandemic. High rates of depression among youth. School officials hiding information about students’ health from their parents. The administration seemed to be aware of these concerns when…Jonathan Butcher -
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Biden Abuses Executive Authority to Pursue His Environmental Agenda
Plagued by inflation, a projected upcoming Republican wave in the midterm elections, and high gas prices, President Joe Biden is desperately seeking a win on clean energy. To achieve that win, he has authorized the inappropriate use of the Defense Production Act— an egregious misuse of executive power. Last Monday, Biden announced that he authorized…Maiya Clark -
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The Biden Economy Shows the Folly of ‘Experts’
This week, the stock market took a turn into bear territory on the heels of yet another brutal monthly inflation report. With the Federal Reserve considering larger rate hikes in order to tamp down record inflation, the possibility of a near-term recession now looms quite large, despite the feeble protestations of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen….Ben Shapiro