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While Biden Pushes Ukraine to Fight, He Demands Israel Surrender
President Joe Biden has not only promised to veto any stand-alone Israeli aid, but he’s reportedly circulating a draft resolution within the United Nations Security Council that would compel the Jewish state to stop its ground offensive in Rafah and, effectively, give Hamas a pass. Beyond that, the U.S. is also reportedly thinking about circumventing…David Harsanyi -
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Why China Wants You to Drive an EV
China’s economy is struggling: Many young people can’t find jobs, the nation’s real estate market is in trouble after two major property development companies failed, and China’s stock market has seen a $7 trillion decline in just a few years. But Beijing has a plan to do something about it. When the “green energy” movement…Virginia Allen -
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$113.4B vs. $37.8B: Congress Spent 3 Times as Much on Ukraine as on Customs and Border Protection
From February 2022 to December 2023, Congress appropriated about three times as much money for its response to the conflict in Ukraine as the federal government spent on Customs and Border Protection. Congress approved approximately $113.4 billion in spending related to Ukraine conflict during that period, while the government spent only $37.82 billion on Customs…Terence Jeffrey -
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A Troubling Moral Relativity Hangs Over Israel-Hamas Conflict
The moral confusion of our time is not new. Almost 3,000 years ago, the Prophet Isaiah lamented, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” But at the start of the 20th century, a new…Dennis Prager -
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Don’t Be Fooled: This Bill Is Mostly Ukraine Aid
The U.S. military needs to husband its resources so that it has the ability to protect America’s core national security interests. Because of the unparalleled extent of the challenge posed by China, U.S. defense spending must be focused on the Indo-Pacific. The National Defense Strategy identifies China as the primary threat to U.S. national security…Wilson Beaver -
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Biden Empowered Iran Proxies Attacking US Forces and Threatening Wider War Against Israel
The budding regional war in the Middle East is a crisis of President Joe Biden’s own making. Not only has the president empowered Iran by relaxing former President Donald Trump’s sanctions on the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism, but he has also empowered Iran’s proxies through various geopolitical moves that make war more likely….Tyler O’Neil -
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Elites’ Strange Disconnect Between Israel and Ukraine
The Ukrainian and Israeli wars are similar and yet also different conflicts—but in more ways than we can imagine. Ukraine was invaded by a huge Russian state, with a population three-and-a-half times greater, a gross national product 10 times larger, and an area 30 times its size. Hamas, by contrast, is a terrorist clique of…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Biden Admin Would Rather Align With Marxists Than Pro-Western Leaders in Latin America
Juan Gonzalez, who led the Biden administration’s curious policy of embracing anti-U.S. Marxist leaders in Latin America while making enemies of their pro-Western counterparts, has resigned his post as the National Security Council’s top hemispheric adviser. Gonzalez (no relation) will depart President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in March to spend more time with his children, an anonymous official told Bloomberg on…Mike Gonzalez -
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Hunter’s Former Partner Says China Tried to ‘Infiltrate and Compromise’ Biden Family, Obama White House
China successfully attempted to “infiltrate and compromise” the Biden family and the Obama White House, a former business associate of Hunter Biden testified Tuesday before a House committee looking into allegations of influence peddling. Tony Bobulinski, who worked with Hunter Biden before blowing the whistle on what he has alleged to be a massive influence-peddling scheme involving…Nick Pope -
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‘TOTALLY OUT OF WHACK’: Senate Prioritizes Ukraine Over Americans’ Interests
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, a group of conservative senators ran out of procedural options for debating a $95 billion funding bill for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. In the middle of the night, Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.; Mike Lee, R-Utah; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.;…Rob Bluey -
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These GOP Senators Pull All-Nighter in Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Ukraine Funding
Several Republican senators engaged in a marathon of speeches in a last-ditch effort to halt $61 billion in new aid to Ukraine from passing the Senate, but came up short Tuesday morning. “Open the champagne. Pop the cork. The Senate Democrat leader and Republican leader are on their way to Kyiv,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.,…Fred Lucas -
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Nuclear Threat Posed by Iran, a Nation That Shouts ‘Death to America, Death to Israel’
If Iran acquires nuclear weapons, the threat it would pose to the U.S. would be significantly different from that of other aggressors, such as Russia, according to Simone Ledeen. There’s significant concern of “a nuclear bomb with a country that says routinely, ‘Death to America, death to Israel,’” says Ledeen, a former deputy assistant secretary…Virginia Allen -
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Is Ukraine Bill a Pretext for Third Trump Impeachment?
The Ukraine funding bill poised to pass the Senate could be used as a predicate to impeach Donald Trump should he win a second term, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, argued Monday. Vance joined a forum on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, along with Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.,…Fred Lucas -
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2 Hamas Hostages Freed in Dramatic IDF Raid in Gaza
Two Israeli hostages in Gaza were rescued during a raid Sunday in the city of Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Monday. IDF troops on the ground rescued the two hostages during a nighttime raid that involved firefights with Hamas operatives and airstrikes across the region, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a public…Jake Smith -
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Pulling Dead Bodies From the Rio Grande: The Daily Life of Fire and Rescue on the US-Mexico Border
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS—Pulling “three or four bodies out” of the Rio Grande in one day is not unheard of for Harish Garcia or his colleagues at the Eagle Pass fire station near the border of Mexico, he says. “Before all the immigration started with people crossing and everything, we would still get [dead bodies in…Virginia Allen -
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Why Biden Is Threatening to Veto Aid to Israel
President Joe Biden promised to veto any stand-alone aid bill for Israel, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and most House Democrats voted against one. The administration maintains that Israel’s security is so “sacred,” it must be tied to a doomed legislative package containing entirely unrelated issues that deal with border security and Ukrainian aid….David Harsanyi -
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What Surprised Tucker Carlson Most About His Putin Interview
Vladimir Putin said Russia’s war with Ukraine could be “over within a few weeks” if the United States stopped supplying weapons. Until that happens, however, the Russian leader vowed to continue fighting, bluntly telling Tucker Carlson, “We haven’t achieved our aims yet.” The war, which began in 2014 and escalated with Russia’s invasion in 2022,…Rob Bluey -
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‘DIMINISHED FACULTIES’: Biden Mixes Up Mexico and Egypt in News Conference After Report Questions His Mental State
President Joe Biden gave a tumultuous news conference hours after special counsel Robert Hur released a report Thursday recommending against charging him for retaining classified documents from his years as vice president and senator, in part because the jury would find Biden sympathetic as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and because his “diminished…Tyler O’Neil -
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EU Lawmakers Warn Sanctions Could Be Imposed on Tucker Carlson for Putin Interview
Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson could be threatened with sanctions by the European Union over his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to current and former members of the European Parliament. Carlson traveled to Moscow and met with Putin for a yet-to-be-released interview about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and its global perception. Carlson could face…Jake Smith -
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Progressive Black Pastors Misguided on War in Gaza
Some 1,000 black pastors nationwide are reported to have weighed in to pressure President Joe Biden to force a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. According to one pastor, the war “has evoked the kind of deep-seated angst among black people that I have not seen since the civil rights movement.” And per another,…Star Parker