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    Left Launches Multi-Front ‘Trump-Proofing’ Effort at Federal, State Levels

    Donald Trump’s election to the presidency was formally certified on Monday, but he still faces “Trump-proofing” efforts in Washington and in the states—and in some cases, from familiar foes.  Democrat governors and attorneys general in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York declared their intentions to challenge Trump’s efforts on multiple fronts, from…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Is Bringing Back the Monroe Doctrine

    Donald Trump hasn’t even retaken the office of the presidency yet, and he’s already drastically reshaping American foreign policy. At a Tuesday press conference, which covered a wide range of topics, President-elect Trump announced that his administration would be renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” The once and future president also doubled…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Doesn’t Rule Out Coercion as He Eyes Panama Canal, Greenland

    President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using economic and military coercion to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland during a press conference Tuesday after devoting much of his impromptu speech to outlining his strategic goals in the Western Hemisphere. In the first question of his post-speech press conference at Trump’s West Palm…
    George Caldwell
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    Donald Trump’s Worldwide Election

    Winning the 2024 election was only the beginning—the Trump effect is now sweeping the globe. From Canada to the U.K. and continental Europe, left-liberal governments are tottering while right-leaning voters, especially young men, gravitate toward populist politics and take inspiration from Donald Trump’s success in America. It’s almost as if Trump himself were on the…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Why 2024 Was the Year of Donald Trump

    The year 2024 will be remembered for three marvels: Donald Trump, Donald Trump, and Donald Trump. He is Time magazine's Person of the Year. Even Harry Houdini would be jealous. The facts speak for themselves: President-elect Trump outfoxed and steamrollered four felony prosecutions in New York City; Georgia; Washington, D.C.; and Florida. The New York…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Why Do Conservative Black Voters Not Support Donald Trump?

    Leftist pundits have spent the weeks since November’s election claiming that “whiteness” and racial grievance explain why Donald Trump is headed back to the White House—a hard sell when the president-elect assembled the most multiracial coalition in Republican history, but it doesn’t stop committed partisans from trying. Trump’s victory does offer valuable lessons about the role race played in the…
    Delano Squires
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    Trump Unveils Strategy to Pass Huge Parts of His Agenda

    The American people delivered President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda a mandate in November’s presidential election, and with Republicans in control of the House, Senate, and the White House, Trump is looking to deliver. Over the weekend, Trump announced his support for passing large swaths of his agenda in a single budget reconciliation bill. Trump’s support…
    Jacob Adams
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    TRUMP EFFECT? Canadian Prime Minister to Resign After Tariff Threat

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that he will resign as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister in the coming days. He has faced criticism over the economy and his response to a tariff threat from President-elect Donald Trump. “I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    After Speaker Election, Johnson’s Right Flank Demands Action on Trump Agenda

    Shortly after the reelection of Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker of the House on Friday, 11 Republican congressmen who were previously reluctant to vote for him signed a statement explaining their decision to save the GOP from a dysfunctional Congress. “We did this despite our sincere reservations regarding the speaker’s track record over the…
    George Caldwell
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    The Economic Mess the Biden-Harris Admin Is Leaving for Trump

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Just what kind of economy are they handing to President-elect Donald Trump? Now that the election’s over, President Joe Biden’s minions are letting the terrifying economic data out of Biden’s statistical gimp box. Last week, the Philadelphia Fed…
    Peter St. Onge
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    3 Reforms Trump Needs Congress to Pass to Root Out the Deep State

    The administrative state will not take President-elect Donald Trump’s reforms lying down, and although his actions as president can severely hamper the deep state, he will need legislative help to fully address the bureaucratic rot in the federal government. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., recently confirmed reports that the Senate would consider two tracks for two…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Faces Federal Employee Unions in Government Efficiency Battle

    THE CENTER SQUARE—President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to drastically cut government and clean out inefficiencies, but he faces an entrenched power in Washington, D.C., that may throw a wrench in his plans: federal government public employee unions. “For President-elect Trump to succeed at making the federal bureaucracy more efficient and accountable to the American people, he’ll…
    Casey Harper
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    Reagan Was Right About Panama Canal. So Is Trump.

    “We built it. We paid for it. It's ours.” That was Ronald Reagan’s take on how we should think about the Panama Canal when Americans were debating giving it to the Panamanian government in the 1970s. “We cannot abdicate our responsibility for the operation of the canal and the security of the Western Hemisphere,” Reagan…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    BREAKING: Trump Makes Key Endorsement in House Speaker Race

    President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson for another round as leader of the House of Representatives Monday. Conservatives had wondered if Trump would oppose Johnson’s bid after the president-elect effectively killed the first massive spending bill to fund the government earlier this month. “We are the Party of COMMON SENSE, a primary reason…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump’s Opportunity to Bring Balance to White House Press Room

    The incoming Trump White House, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt, is signaling that it wants to revamp the press briefing room. This is an outstanding idea.  Numerous studies show a strained relationship between the national media and conservatives, leading many observers to hope the second Trump administration will proactively ensure that the White House briefing…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Biden Oblivious About Leaving Trump an Economy on the Precipice of Disaster

    Apparently believing that the more you repeat a lie the truer it becomes, President Joe Biden recently quoted a Time magazine article claiming that “President [Donald] Trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history.”   The Time article was little more than a setup designed to position Democrats to take credit for the inevitable Trump economic boom—as…
    Andy Puzder
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    Time for Trump to Drop Lawsuits and for the Press to Apologize

    Maybe the lesson this Christmas season is that even if turnabout is fair play, at some point, enough is enough. Start with the specious lawsuits brought against Donald Trump, to the great glee of many of his “Never Trump” and Democrat detractors. Some of them had an immediate turnabout effect, especially Manhattan District Attorney Alvin…
    Michael Barone
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    How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump

    The reelection of President Donald Trump could serve as a historic turning point for free speech in America. President Trump has said he will investigate censorship practices by the federal government, end the rampant disrespect for First Amendment rights on our college campuses, and take on Big Tech’s Orwellian policing of speech on the internet. If successful,…
    Bradley Smith
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    SHOCKER!: PolitiFact Tags Trump for ‘Lie of the Year’ for Seventh Time

    Don’t call PolitiFact an “independent fact-checker.” When they assemble to select their “Lie of the Year,” they’ve singled out Donald Trump in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021. No Democrat has been tagged with this dishonor since Trump arrived on the scene. It was Trump again this year, as PolitiFact tweeted: “A lie marked…
    Tim Graham
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    What Was So Different This Time About Trump’s Election?

    In the weeks before his 2016 Electoral College victory, Donald Trump was polling between 35% and 40%. He would average only about 41% approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure. No one knows what lies ahead over the next four years. But for now, Trump already polls well over 50% approval. His inauguration in a few…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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