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    Trump’s Triumphs, From A to Z, vs. Biden’s Botches
    America is sinking among the waves of incompetence, impotence, and fiscal incontinence of democratic socialist President Joe Biden. It is jarring to recall how much brighter things looked just 27 months ago, after four years of President Donald Trump’s triumphs, and before Biden arrived and wrecked everything. From A to Z, here are 26 things…
    Deroy Murdock
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    ‘Freedom Over Fauci-ism’: DeSantis Turns the Tables on Trump’s COVID-19 Attack
    OXON HILL, Md.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touted his anti-lockdown policies during the COVID-19 pandemic as the key to Florida’s post-pandemic economic success, slamming the ideology of former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci as “Fauci-ism.” Speaking Friday at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit, DeSantis also subtly criticized former President…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Even Trump-Hating Liberal Lawyers Are Trashing Alvin Bragg’s Feeble Indictment Attempt
    Conservative legal experts have convinced a lot of folks that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump was deeply flawed and that he’s unlikely to win a conviction on the merits. Numerous potential liberal prosecutors looked at the case but turned it down on the grounds that it couldn’t be won,…
    Allan Ryskind
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    EXCLUSIVE: The 4-Point Game Plan for a Conservative President to Dismantle the Deep State That Undermined Trump
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of conservative leaders and former political appointees has compiled a game plan for the next conservative president to restructure the federal government's bureaucracy to make it more cost effective, high-performing, and accountable to the people.  "The great challenge confronting a conservative president is the existential need for aggressive use…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Indictment of Trump Loosed an Imprudent Political Genie That Can’t Be Put Back in Bottle
    The Roman historian Suetonius described Julius Caesar as timid and noncommittal as he initially approached the Rubicon River—a shallow and narrow waterway that, at the time, demarcated the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper—in January of 49 B.C. In fact, the historian ultimately attributed Caesar’s decision to cross the waterway, precipitating a four-year civil…
    Josh Hammer
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    Trump Indictment Shows Bragg’s Idea of ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ Is a Farce
    It’s official: America is a Third World country. Don’t let the industrial prowess and atomic weapons fool you. Haiti and Honduras have nothing on the U.S. regarding a legal system that the ruling party hurls like a harpoon at its opponents and holsters on behalf of its friends. Masons should chisel quotation marks around the…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Trump Isn’t Only One Facing Double Standards of Justice 
    It’s not just Donald Trump who is experiencing two standards of justice in America these days.  In a monologue last week, Tucker Carlson highlighted other examples of a judicial double standard. He referred to the case of Douglass Mackey, who posted a satirical meme about voting by text message and is now facing up to…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Why Can’t Democrats Control Their Trump Derangement Syndrome?
    One can trace former President Donald Trump’s indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg back to the media/Democrat belief that Trump’s 2016 election was illegitimate.  Sure, some, like Hillary Clinton, questioned former President Barack Obama’s birthplace. And, after the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, some, for a time, groused and called George W….
    Larry Elder
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    Trump: ‘Justice System Has Become Lawless’
    Former President Donald Trump delivered stinging remarks condemning not just the New York case where he was arraigned Tuesday afternoon, but all of the investigations targeting him.  “I never thought anything like this could ever happen in America,” Trump said early in the speech Tuesday night from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida to an audience…
    Fred Lucas
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    Unsealed Trump Indictment Previews a Case That Puts Us in Uncharted Territory
    Former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday on a 34-count indictment accusing him of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to the felony indictment in a courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court. The indictment, which had been sealed until the arraignment, is a typical state court charging document, containing little more…
    John G. Malcolm | Cully Stimson
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    Soros-Backed BLM Partner Bankrolled Bragg’s Election as DA, Now Praises Trump Indictment
    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg—the Democrat leading the prosecution of former President Donald Trump—had backing in his 2021 election from an organization affiliated with the main Black Lives Matter group.  Color of Change is a partner organization of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the main organization behind the BLM movement. The Color of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s ‘Catch-and-Kill Scheme’ at Center of 34 False Statements Charges, Soros-Backed DA Says
    Then-President Donald Trump made 34 false statements in business records in order to “cover up crimes related to the 2016 election,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg claimed during a press conference after Trump pled “not guilty” to the charges in New York court on Tuesday. Bragg accused Trump of hatching what he called “a catch-and-kill…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    What I Saw Outside Trump’s Arraignment at Manhattan Courthouse
    NEW YORK—Hundreds of passionate supporters and opponents of Donald Trump turned out Tuesday for his scheduled arrest and arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court, creating a carnival-like scene here. A Manhattan grand jury last week indicted Trump on charges believed related to the payment of supposed hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels before his race…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    What We Know About Trump Indictment and What’s Next. Legal Expert Explains.
    Much remains unknown about the criminal charges being brought against former President Donald Trump in Manhattan, Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Cully Stimson says.  “The indictment is sealed, which means it hasn’t been released to the public,” Stimson says. “We don’t know when it will be unsealed. We’ve also seen news reports that there’ll be an…
    Virginia Allen
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    Democrats React to Trump’s Indictment
    Democrats took to Twitter Thursday night to respond to former President Donald Trump’s indictment. A Manhattan grand jury’s decision to indict Trump marks the first time a former U.S. president has faced criminal charges.   The charges against the 45th U.S. president revolve around supposed hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels prior…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Indictment a Terrible Moment for America
    Throwing a former president in jail is bananas. If that happens, we’ll certainly look a lot more like a banana republic. On Thursday evening, a Manhattan grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on charges related to hush money payments made to pornographic performer Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election. Though the details have yet…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Indictment of Donald Trump: The Players and the Cards They’re Playing
    The widely reported indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, headed by Alvin Bragg, doesn’t come as a surprise.   That lack of surprise, though, isn’t because he’s necessarily guilty of any crimes. Like anyone else accused of a crime, Trump is deemed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond…
    John G. Malcolm | Zack Smith | Hans von Spakovsky
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    McCarthy, GOP Tear Into Manhattan DA Following Trump Indictment
    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised Thursday evening to hold Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accountable for his role in indicting former President Donald Trump. "Alvin Bragg has irreparably damaged our country in an attempt to interfere in our Presidential election," McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a statement Thursday. "As he routinely frees violent criminals to terrorize the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Manhattan Grand Jury Indicts Trump
    A Manhattan grand jury indicted Donald Trump on Thursday, the first time in U.S. history that a former president has faced criminal charges.   The charges against Trump revolve around supposed hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, led the investigation, and…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Reacts to Indictment: ‘THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY’
    Former President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Thursday of both political persecution and election interference as he reacted to news that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted him. “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history," the former president said in a lengthy statement. "From the time I came down…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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