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Miss Venezuela 1984, Now a US Conservative, Reflects on Her Country’s Decline
“I was born in paradise,” Carmen Maria Montiel says of her home country of Venezuela. But “bureaucracy and corruption” turned her homeland into a nation she hardly recognized. Montiel, a journalist, writer, political activist, and Miss Venezuela 1984, says her home country was destroyed by crippling economic policies and poor immigration regulations. “It’s exactly what… -
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In 5 Charts, Factors Affecting China’s Military Future
China launched missiles over Taiwan and into Japanese waters in a truculent response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Aug. 2 visit to the island nation. That was just the latest sign Beijing is not deterred and might be closer to trying a military takeover of Taiwan than most believe. Given how long it takes to… -
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Court Rules Man Who Identifies as Woman Must Be Allowed in Women’s Jail
In a split decision on Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “gender dysphoria” is a protected class under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The court ruled that a male identifying as a female, named Williams, who was imprisoned in Fairfax County, Virginia should be housed with the female inmates, even though… -
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US, South Korea to Resume Military Exercises
Washington and Seoul are poised to resume large-scale combined military exercises for the first time in four years. Doing so will repair the degradation to allied deterrence and defense capabilities wrought by years of canceled or reduced military training. While the U.S. and South Korea constrained their militaries, North Korea continued its own military exercises,… -
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Conserving, Advancing Freedom Is Central to South Korea’s Alliance With US
In his Aug. 15 Independence Day speech marking the 77th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored the fundamental importance of freedom to his country. “As we celebrate the 77th Liberation Day, we must remind ourselves of the historic significance of this independence… -
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How Foreign Aid Has Failed People of Afghanistan
Despite $775 million in humanitarian aid from the U.S. government since President Joe Biden’s disastrous pullout of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan a year ago, half the population—some 20 million people—remains hungry. That’s no change from a year ago when we were also told that half the country required emergency food and other lifesaving assistance… -
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Exposing China’s Semiconductor Vulnerabilities
The CEO of Chinese tech company Tsinghua Unigroup has become the latest in a number of Chinese executives under investigation in connection with corruption of the so-called Big Fund. The China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, established in 2014, is used to develop China’s semiconductor industry. Its turmoil points to a critical Chinese weakness. Chinese President Xi… -
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That Single-Payer Thing Isn’t Working Out for UK
Flash! We interrupt your inconveniently scheduled recession—aggravated by crazy congressional spending and absurd tax hikes—to bring you breaking news from London. Britain’s famed “single-payer” system of national health insurance is in crisis. Again. According to The Telegraph, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, the total number of patients waiting for medical care has soared to a… -
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Botswana to Become Latest Target of Biden State Department’s Ideological Colonialism
It seems that President Joe Biden’s State Department has decided it must do even more to shame countries into normalizing same-sex relations. The State Department announced a new grant to “promote greater social acceptance of LGBTQI+ persons” in a small African country using U.S. tax dollars. The grant is advertised as “Beyond Decriminalization: Expanding LGBTQI+… -
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China Is Infiltrating Kids’ Video Games With Propaganda and Spyware
While many are rightfully concerned about the growing influence of video-based social media platform TikTok and the Chinese government’s ability to harvest incredible amounts of user data from it, China’s largest social media and video game studio, Tencent, has quietly been acquiring a commanding stake in the most popular video game companies around the world,… -
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What About Democrats Who ‘Deny Elections’?
After the recent annual Conservative Political Action Conference convention in Dallas, CNN published a video with the following headline: “Election deniers take over CPAC after primary victories.” In a recent appearance on CBS, Rep. Paul Kinzinger, R-Ill., who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump and serves on the House Jan. 6 committee, said: “The… -
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Fact-Checking Team Biden on Who Those 87,000 New IRS Agents Would Audit
The Biden administration has promised not to raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. And despite estimates from official congressional scorekeepers that the Schumer-Manchin-Biden tax increase indeed would raise taxes on those Americans, the administration has doubled down on the claim as a final vote nears on Democrats’ bill. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen… -
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Why China Owning US Land Is Bigger Deal Than You Might Think
A senator from Alabama is sounding the alarm that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to overtake the United States not only militarily, but also economically, as Beijing continues to purchase U.S. land. “The problem is … they’re just not trying to take us over militarily. They’re trying to also get real, real involved economically in our… -
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North Korea’s Support for Russian-Occupied Ukraine Would Violate UN Sanctions
North Korea reportedly is discussing sending workers and soldiers to Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine in exchange for shipments of industrial equipment and energy supplies. Any of those actions would violate several U.N. resolutions imposed on North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile activities. In July, North Korea supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine… -
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Taiwan Accuses China of Simulating an Invasion
The Chinese military conducted a simulated invasion of Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said as China ramped up its largest-ever military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese naval and aerial war exercises surrounding Taiwan come after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with the independently governed island’s president and other Taiwanese leaders, a move China… -
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China Seeks ‘Regional and Global Domination,’ Defense Expert Warns Amid Taiwan Tension
Military analyst and retired Army Gen. Jack Keane warned Thursday that China poses real danger to the United States, Taiwan, and the rest of the world as it aggressively and unrelentingly seeks “regional and global domination.” Keane singled out Chinese President Xi Jinping in his remarks. “He’s the most ambitious, aggressive, and malign leader since Mao… -
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Senate Overwhelmingly Votes for Sweden, Finland to Join NATO
The Senate has approved a treaty allowing Sweden and Finland to join NATO. The treaty, gaining bipartisan support, passed Wednesday by a vote of 95-1 in favor of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The New York Times reported. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., voiced support for ratifying the treaty… -
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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison in Drug Trial
A Russian court found U.S. WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into the country, sentencing her to nine years in prison, Reuters reported. Griner, who filed a guilty plea, is one of the preeminent stars in the WNBA, described by her lawyers as the “Usain Bolt” of women’s basketball, according… -
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Biden Agrees to Sell Missiles to ‘Pariah’ Saudi Arabia
The Biden administration has approved the sale of Patriot missiles and support equipment to Saudi Arabia, overriding prior campaign pledges to end arms transfers to the “pariah” country over human rights issues. President Joe Biden notified Congress of the $3 billion sale Tuesday, the day after a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen vowed to extend a… -
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Biden Wrong to Question Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit, Asia Expert Says
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled with a congressional delegation to Taiwan this week, where she met with President Tsai Ing-wen and national lawmakers despite aggressive rhetoric and threats from the Chinese Communist Party. Pelosi, D-Calif., the first current U.S. leader to visit Taiwan since former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., did so in 1997, tweeted…