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    Senate Adopts Resolution Saying Judicial Nominees Can Be in Knights of Columbus

    GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska introduced a Senate resolution Wednesday providing that it is unconstitutional to disqualify a nominee from public office based on their membership in the Knights of Columbus. The resolution, which The Daily Caller News Foundation obtained in advance of its introduction, comes after Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and…
    Kevin Daley
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    Reforming the Visa Waiver Program Would Enhance National Security, Economic Growth

    With the start of a new year, Congress has the ability to start fresh with new reforms. The Visa Waiver Program is one worthy candidate for such reform. Established in 1986, the program has flourished as it has proven to support both national security and growth within the U.S. economy. Yet it is clear that a…
    David Inserra
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    Don’t Be Fooled: Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ Is Crammed With Socialist Goodies

    An aide for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says Warren supports Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., “Green New Deal,” further elevating the status of the plan at the highest levels of the Democratic Party. In expressing her support for the plan, Warren joins Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Cory Booker, D-N.J. The Green New Deal has been hailed by…
    Justin Haskins
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    • Opinion

    Read Trump’s Full Oval Office Speech on ‘Crisis’ in Border Security

    Here is the White House transcript of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office speech on illegal immigration and border security, delivered Tuesday night. My fellow Americans: Tonight, I am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. Every day, Customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of illegal…
    Donald J. Trump
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    • Opinion

    The Green New Deal Is a Trojan Horse for Socialism

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ready to tax the rich to make her Green New Deal a reality. “People are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes,” the recently elected New York Democrat told TV show “60 Minutes” in an interview set to air Sunday. Speaking of prior decades’ taxation rates in…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Former NFL Player Burgess Owens Decries Socialists, Says ‘Black Elitists’ Letting Down Black Community

    Former NFL player Burgess Owens said socialism and Marxism are pushing an “anti-white” and “anti-American” agenda that’s hurting the black community. Owens was discussing the NFL’s ratings boost as national anthem protests begin to fade and said America is fighting for its soul. “The biggest takeaway from the last two years—we are in the fight for the heart and soul…
    Nick Givas
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    Sweden Isn’t Socialist

    For years, I’ve heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn’t have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did. But that’s not what Swedish historian Johan Norberg says in a new documentary and Stossel TV video. “Sweden is not socialist—because the government doesn’t…
    John Stossel
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    New Mexico’s New Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill Would Hurt the Entire Country. Here’s Why.

    An earlier version of this op-ed and its headline misrepresented HB 90 as opening the door for “suicide tourism.” Although the bill’s language in this regard is somewhat ambiguous, it does not remove the current residency requirement in New Mexico. A new bill introduced in New Mexico  could make our culture even more dangerous for…
    Monica Burke
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    Thanks to Senate Democrats, Our Judicial Vacancy Crisis Is More Out of Order Than Ever Before

    Some people in government don’t even need a shutdown to avoid work. Consider how Senate Democrats are handling President Trump’s judicial nominees. Or, to be more precise, not handling them. Just before the Christmas break, The Hill reported, Democrats vowed to “reject any end-of-the-year deal on judicial nominations, signaling they’ll toe a tougher line on court appointments amid…
    Ed Feulner
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    MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Keeps ‘Climate Deniers’ Off His Hourlong Global Warming Special

    NBC’s “Meet the Press” devoted the full hour of its Sunday program to talk about climate change, and the show focused the bulk of its time discussing the matter with a who’s who of climate activists. MSNBC host Chuck Todd kicked off the program with a promise to the audience: the show will avoid debating the science…
    Chris White
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    3 Times Special Prosecutors Were Fired

    Democrats and a few Republicans—most notably among the latter outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona—have pushed legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by the president. For his part, President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted he doesn’t intend to fire Mueller. Still, critics of the president are not convinced. The legislation isn’t…
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrats Question Judicial Nominee About Membership in Catholic Association

    Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a nominee for the Nebraska federal trial court about his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal service organization of the Catholic Church. Democratic Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California submitted written questions in December to Brian Buescher, an Omaha lawyer nominated to the U.S. District Court for…
    Kevin Daley
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    House Freedom Caucus Pushes GOP Leadership on Border Security as Shutdown Looms

    Now in the final days of their control of the House, Republicans have failed to make good on a major promise they made to voters—namely, funding the border wall to curb illegal immigration, the former chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus said. But some caucus members are holding out hope for a last-minute breakthrough….
    Fred Lucas
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    By Democrats’ Own Standard, We Have a Judicial Vacancy Crisis

    Words like “crisis” are in the eye of the political beholder. But it’s hard to pick a better one to describe the current state of vacancies in the federal courts. Today, 126 positions on the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals are vacant. In fact, we’re in the longest period of triple-digit vacancies…
    Thomas Jipping
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    • Opinion

    The Peace Cross Honoring Fallen Veterans Should Not Be Bulldozed

    Forty-nine families in Prince George’s County, Maryland, lost their sons in World War I. With their loved ones buried in European theaters of war, most of the families could not visit the graves. So in 1925, the American Legion and the Gold Star families erected a monument in the county to them—and all soldiers who…
    Emilie Kao
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    The Breakdown of Family and Religion Explains France’s Social Unrest

    As France is gripped by civil disorder, many commentators identify, quite correctly, as the culprit the outsized burden that France’s bloated welfare state places on its citizens. According a recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the highest tax burden in the industrialized world is in France—46.1 percent of gross domestic product….
    Star Parker
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    America’s Debt to Veterans Doesn’t Require More Red Ink

    As the 115th Congress comes to a close, America is once more faced with the prospect of legislators who have retired or been voted out of office being in a position to make bad decisions on their way out the door. So-called “lame duck” legislative sessions frequently produce laws that benefit narrow special interests and…
    David Ditch
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    France Protests Are Warning to American Politicians Who Ignore Forgotten Man

    The European elites can’t be happy with what is happening in France. Over the last month, hundreds of thousands of angry French citizens have joined in “yellow vest” protests, initially sparked by proposed carbon taxes on fuel. This weekend, protester turnout was down, but the violence was up. While the destructive rioting should be deplored,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    What the New Socialists in Congress Need to Know About Poverty

    In a few short weeks, America will welcome the 116th Congress. Among the loud and celebrated voices in the new Congress are those who not only accept socialism as a viable option for America, but also those who celebrate their ties to organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America. Incoming Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New…
    Xavier Underwood
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    Our Ignorance of Socialism Is Dangerous

    A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter. Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the…
    Walter E. Williams
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