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America’s Military Strength Losing Ground to China’s, Report Says
A new report offers harrowing insight into the strength of Communist China’s military a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed calls for the “reunification” of China and Taiwan. “Resolving the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese, a matter that must be resolved by the Chinese,” Xi said Sunday at the opening session… -
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How a Christian University and American Capitalism Are Teaming Up to Combat Chinese Communism’s Spread
While the U.S. government often lacks a coherent policy to deal with Communist China’s dangerous military, political, and economic influence around the world, many in America’s private sector—brought together by the nation’s largest Christian university—are stepping into the breach to do something about it. Last week, Liberty University convened more than 630 U.S. and African… -
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‘This Is World War III’: Expert Breaks Down China’s ‘Hybrid Warfare’ Against the US
The CEO of a business warfare and counterintelligence company issued a chilling warning Thursday evening about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and called on Americans to change their behavior and attitude toward China’s communist regime. “It’s not just military. I’d like to back it up all the way to hybrid warfare. Hybrid… -
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How Likely Is Nuclear War? Expert Explains Threat of Russia, North Korea
Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. How serious are those threats? Is the United States prepared to respond in the face of a nuclear attack? And what role do China and North Korea play in the discussion of nuclear war? “We’ve been hearing threat after threat, nuclear threat after nuclear threat against… -
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2 DC Suburbs Drop Contracts With Election Software Company Under Scrutiny for China Ties
After the arrest last week of the CEO of an election software company amid alleged ties to China, at least two suburban counties outside the nation’s capital canceled contracts with the company, Konnech Inc. The moves by Virginia’s Fairfax and Prince William counties follow cancellations by Detroit and Los Angeles County, where the District Attorney’s… -
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Liz Truss Advances Tax Cuts, Deregulation to Revive UK’s Economy
In her speech last week at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, British Prime Minister Liz Truss made it crystal clear that her economic plan is “about getting the economy growing and rebuilding Britain through reform.” Truss emphasized that in these challenging times, the United Kingdom needs to “step up” and “do things differently.” Indeed,… -
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China May Exploit US Poll Worker Data for Blackmail, Election Interference, GOP Lawmaker Warns
A Republican congressman is warning that the Chinese Communist Party could weaponize the data of U.S. poll workers found on servers in mainland China after the chief executive of an election software company with alleged ties to the party was arrested. “Having servers ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party with personal data about our poll workers… -
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A Venezuelan Man of Mystery Helps Tell Story of America’s Open Border
EAGLE PASS, Texas—Meet Luis Antunez, your new neighbor from (probably) Venezuela. He’s a 40-year-old trader from Tucupita. Or a policeman from Puerto Carreno, or a criminal from Caracas. We may never know for sure. I found Antunez’s ID card the week before last on the banks of the Rio Grande here in Eagle Pass while… -
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Would Russia Use a Nuclear Weapon?
How does the war in Ukraine end? This is precisely the question no one is supposed to ask these days. The supposition by our thought leaders seems to be that if we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, he’ll fold and go home; his threats to use tactical nuclear weapons on the… -
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Michigan’s Voter Records a ‘Mess,’ Says Man Who Received Multiple Ballot Applications for Someone Else
Mike Pashby and his family have lived in their single-family home in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for over seven years and never met a man named Larry Hodge. But starting in 2020, Pashby regularly began getting absentee ballot applications and voting notices addressed to Hodge in the mail. Despite his notifying election officials with the Kalamazoo Township,… -
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A Victory for Life Over Euthanasia in Europe’s Human Rights Court
Euthanasia was on the docket Tuesday at the European Court of Human Rights, and the right to life won. Although the human rights court didn’t rule against Belgium’s euthanasia law, it held that the country violated the right to life enshrined in Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the euthanasia of… -
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GOP Lawmakers Worry About China Ties of Election Software Company Accused of Stealing Data
Criminal charges in California against the chief executive of a software company said to be tied to China have sparked national concerns about election security. Eugene Yu, founder and president of the election software company Konnech Inc., was arrested by local police in Michigan in connection with an investigation into the possible theft of personal… -
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Why Putin’s Delusional Nuclear Gambit Can’t Be Dismissed Out of Hand
Six months after the start of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21 addressed his “special military operation” in a nationally televised speech. To our ears, and maybe even to a segment of the Russian population, his justification for war smacks of delusion. Putin said that his action was to “liberate… -
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US Needs to Renew Pacts With Pacific Island Nations as Bulwark Against China
Congress has a decision to make soon that will affect the nation’s ability to deter China and maintain the U.S. role in the Pacific. Without meaningful action to renew U.S. agreements with several Pacific Island nations, China will be positioned to gain greater leverage and influence across what was once an American lake. A year… -
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Russia’s Attack on Nord Stream Pipelines Means Putin Has Truly Weaponized Energy
Russia’s wartime arsenal now appears to include sabotage of underwater pipelines. On Monday, authorities in Europe noticed a sudden drop in pressure in the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia with Germany. Since that time, a total of three leaks (two in Nord Stream and one in Nord Stream 2) across both pipelines have… -
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Who Decides What Children Read? Authoritarians Slander Parent Groups as ‘Book Banners’
In a country that protects and praises personal liberty, few charges are more loaded than to call people censors or “book banners.” Those are fighting words. Unfortunately, the American Library Association and PEN America, an advocacy group for literary authors, are casually hurling that accusation against school leaders and parent organizations across the country without… -
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China Is Laughing at Us
Europe is rapidly de-industrializing. German factories are going dark. French and Dutch farmers can’t afford to heat greenhouses. Millions of Brits are facing energy poverty. And Americans are still struggling to put food on the table or pay their energy bills. These disasters largely all stem from Western leaders’ devotion to the cult of climate extremism, and the calamitous decisions to replace fossil fuels… -
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Look Who’s Talking, Justice Kagan
Supreme Court justices return to work next month following a tumultuous last session in which the majority issued some controversial rulings, most notably the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Liberals in general, and Justice Elena Kagan in particular, are upset by the decisions of the conservative majority. Kagan recently spoke at Northwestern University School of Law… -
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Who Gets Hurt From High Gas and Diesel Prices? There’s More Harm Than You Think.
High gas and diesel prices like those we are experiencing now have sweeping negative economic effects on Americans. Beyond the financial hit at the pump, the economic harm is inflicted in many ways that may not be evident to most. The Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment Briefings This is article No. 1 of 5… -
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Rep. Trent Kelly Explains Threat China Poses to America
What kind of threat does China really pose to America? And is America ready to face that threat? In the areas of agriculture, cybersecurity, and economics, China threatens our nation, Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss., says. China has “infiltrated our universities. They’re buying our farmland. They’re stealing technology,” Kelly says. But China is not the only concern….