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    What Happens to Trump’s Border Wall Construction During Government Shutdown?
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Construction of President Donald Trump’s southern border wall is moving full-speed ahead during the government shutdown. Though 40% of the federal workforce is on unpaid leave due to the government shutdown, border wall construction isn’t taking a break. “Even during a government shutdown, the work to strengthen our defenses moves forward,”…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Michigan Religious Scholar Encourages Followers to Imitate Terrorist Leader
    A Michigan youth center Friday hosted a memorial service mourning the “martyrdom” of terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah. The event featured local Islamic leader Usama AbdulGhani, a resident scholar and spiritual leader at a K-5 school, who praised Nasrallah’s “bravery” and “divine resistance”—a resistance he said is now led by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Nasrallah,…
    Mary Mobley
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    Assata Shakur and Other Parents of Political Violence
    As the Trump administration takes on the latest wave of left-wing violence, an obituary reminds us what happens when political killers get away with their crimes. The law never caught up with Joanne Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur. She died last Thursday, age 78, an honored guest of Cuba’s Communist regime—and honored, disgracefully, by tenured radicals…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    FROM WOKE TO WAR: Pete Hegseth’s Vision Sets a Clear Path for a Muscular and Effective Military
    I’ve witnessed many moments of “America is back” catharsis this year, but few have been quite as inspiring as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s declaration that he will strive to make every unit the efficient killing machine that he’d be proud to see his own son enlist to join. Speaking at the Marine base in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Government Set to Furlough Almost 750,000 Employees
    As the threat of government shutdown looms, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it will continue providing most services, even as nearly three quarters of a million federal employees throughout the government are furloughed. In a public contingency plan, the VA estimated 97% of its employees will keep working even without government funding, allowing medical…
    Mary Mobley
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    New Jersey Military Base Safe After Lockdown
    A New Jersey military base was on lockdown Tuesday amid concerns of an active shooter. Authorities later said reports of a shooter were unfounded, according to NBC 4 New York.  The base, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is located in Burlington County, New Jersey. It is fewer than 20 miles from Trenton, the state capital. A Facebook post…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s War Department Is More Than a Branding Shift, He Says
    Secretary of War Pete Hegseth slammed “foolish and reckless political leaders ” who turned the War Department into the “Woke Department.” “For too long, we promoted too many uniform leaders for the wrong reasons—based on their race, based on gender quotas, based on historic so-called firsts,” Hegseth said. “We’ve pretended that combat arms and non-combat…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Legal Showdown in Oregon as Dems Try to Block National Guard
    The state of Oregon sued Monday to stop the Trump administration from using the National Guard in the city of Portland to quell unrest that has targeted facilities run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In June, President Donald Trump called for National Guard personnel to be used to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
    Fred Lucas
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    Fetterman Warns Against Shutdown as Storms Threaten East Coast
    Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., warned his Democrat colleagues to not let the government shut down as two storms potentially threaten the East Coast.  Fetterman said he’s concerned that pausing government funding could harm response efforts to Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda, according to the New York Post.   “If you have a Cat 5 storm…
    Olivia Pero
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    Chaos at Michigan Church: 10 Shot, Four Dead, Building Set on Fire in Sunday Morning Attack
    Update: As of Sunday evening, at least four people had died, according to NBC News. A gunman opened fire on a Michigan church Sunday morning, which was then set ablaze. At least two people have been killed, with nine others shot. Responding officers shot and killed the gunman. A motive for the attack is yet…
    Olivia Pero
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    Violent Democrat-Left Aims to Melt ICE
    Joshua Jahn, 29, was just the latest perpetrator in the explosion in Democrat-Left political violence. Jahn’s assault on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas was like a fake-Gucci-bag knockoff of previous leftist attacks. Jahn was a rooftop sniper, just like Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin, Tyler Robinson, and Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot President…
    Deroy Murdock
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    We Arrive at My Fear
    A philosophical festering has taken root in the minds of the Left that their opponents are evil, and words are violence. A permission structure formed on MSNBC and other progressive media outlets that the right must be stopped to save democracy. An exculpatory structure formed on CNN and other media outlets downplaying or excusing progressive…
    Erick Erickson
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    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Continue Following Dallas Shooting
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement continued arrests of criminal illegal aliens across the U.S. in the days following a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas on Wednesday.   “Our ICE agents are heroes for risking their lives to get these dangerous criminals off American streets,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.   ICE…
    Virginia Allen
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    Speculation on Why Pete Hegseth Abruptly Called Top Military Leaders to a Meeting   
    Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered top U.S. military leaders from around the world to convene at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia next week.   Hegseth has not explained why he called the meeting or what issues will be discussed, but Army Special Forces veteran Steven Bucci says such a high-level meeting is…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Signs ‘All-of-Government Effort to Dismantle Left-Wing Terrorism,’ Antifa
    President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday directing an “all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism” and Antifa. “These are professional agitators, these are bad people and they’re paid a lot of money by rich people, some of whom we know,” Trump said of Antifa. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called the move…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    This Political Violence Didn’t Start in the Streets, It Started in the Halls of Academia
    When Charlie Kirk was assassinated this month, it marked not the beginning of political violence in America, but the culmination of a movement that started decades ago. The roots of this crisis trace back to the classrooms of our universities, where speech was redefined, dissent demonized, and violence reframed as justice. In the early 2000s,…
    Josh Williams
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    Vance Says TikTok Valued at $14 Billion as President Signs Deal
    President Donald Trump signed a deal to save TikTok, which Vice President JD Vance said values the business at $14 billion. “The company will be valued around $14 billion. We actually think this is a good deal for investors,” Vance said, “but ultimately the investors are going to make the determination about what they want…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    This Federal Bureaucrat Allegedly Lied About Taking Money From His Union
    An employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs who also led a public-sector union in Texas allegedly lied on a form about taking money from his union. He faces charges of making false statements and theft. Terry Lendo, then president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1745 union, reportedly filled out a form…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Kash Patel: ICE Shooting Reveals ‘High Degree of Pre-Attack Planning’
    The initial investigation into Wednesday’s shooting at the immigration detention facility in Dallas reveals “a high degree of pre-attack planning,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel.   The alleged shooter, who authorities have identified as Joshua Jahn, was found to have downloaded a document containing a list of Department of Homeland Security facilities, according to Patel….
    Virginia Allen
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    Is the CCP Waging a ‘Reverse Opium War’ on America?
    A recent congressional hearing has highlighted the concerning role of the Chinese Communist Party in America’s drug supply chain.  The House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability organized the hearing on Sept. 18, titled “Invasion of the Homeland: How China is Using Illegal Marijuana to Build a Criminal Network Across America.” The witnesses who testified…
    Helen Raleigh
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