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    Meet Biden’s New ‘Minister of Truth’ at DHS
    The woman tapped to head the Biden administration’s new “disinformation” board attached to the Department of Homeland Security has a history of peddling misinformation, extensive experience working with liberal organizations, and appears to have been the lead singer for a Harry Potter-themed band, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on…
    Jennie Taer
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    6 Takeaways as House Republicans Accuse Homeland Security Chief of ‘Intentional’ Border Crisis
    House Republicans pressed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for answers Thursday as every sign appeared to point to a rising surge of illegal immigrants trying to cross the southern border.  According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents last month logged over 221,000 “encounters” with illegal aliens along the border, a 33% jump from February.    …
    Virginia Allen
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    Supreme Court Greenlights Racial Admissions at Top US High School
    The Supreme Court declined to block a racial admissions policy at one of the nation’s top public high schools Monday. The court denied an emergency application to vacate a stay granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which allowed a controversial Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology admissions process to continue….
    Kendall Tietz
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    American Library Association Picks Self-Proclaimed Marxist as President
    The world’s largest library association has selected a self-proclaimed “Marxist lesbian” to serve as its president. Emily Drabinski was selected as the 2023-2024 president of the American Library Association on April 13, according to a press release. She currently serves as the interim chief librarian at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. “I just cannot believe that…
    Kendall Tietz
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    Largest State Library Association to Host Drag Queens at Annual Conference
    Librarians across Texas on April 25 will be attending a conference hosted by the United States’ largest state library association, which is set to feature drag queens at its events. The Texas Library Association’s annual conference will include drag queens as “featured speakers,” according to the conference program. Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, who goes by the stage…
    Kendall Tietz
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    Why Local Leaders Don’t Want This Prosecutor Making Their Towns a ‘Petri Dish for Social Experiments’
    LOS ANGELES—In the eyes of some Los Angeles County leaders, District Attorney George Gascon is guilty of creating an environment for crime to go unchecked.  “We have great concern about various prosecution policies that basically aren’t being enforced,” Joe Vinatieri, mayor of the city of Whittier about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, told The…
    Virginia Allen
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    In Ad Campaign, DC Police Union Slams Politicians Over Surge in Crime
    The D.C. Police Union blames local government policies for soaring crime rates and a decline in public safety in an ad campaign launched Wednesday. “The police union sought one legislative goal: protect the rights of police officers to collectively bargain like all unions in the public and private sectors. Labor officials from local unions stood…
    Laurel Duggan
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    Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About VA Official’s Conflict of Interest
    A watchdog report prompted by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, identifies a conflict of interest in the Department of Veterans Affairs office that runs the GI Bill program.  The VA inspector general’s report faults Charmain Bogue, who resigned as executive director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Education Service amid the investigation, for working with her husband’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    Lesson From Tennessee: School Spending Should Be More Transparent, Help Children With Special Needs
    Two Anderson County, Tennessee, school employees were indicted in February on charges of stealing $10,000 from a local school. Just weeks after that, the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury announced that the head of the Parent Teacher Association at Kingston Elementary School had misappropriated nearly $20,000, and investigators are reviewing an additional…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Enforcer of China’s Brutal National Security Law Poised to Rule Hong Kong
    A Beijing hard-liner appears poised to become Hong Kong’s chief executive following his announcement to seek Carrie Lam’s position on Wednesday, the South China Morning Post reported. Mark Simon, former executive at the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily believes Hong Kong’s chief secretary for administration, John Lee, will become the next chief executive. “Lee rose from…
    Philip Lenczycki
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    State Financial Officers Urge Biden to Prioritize American Energy
    President Joe Biden should prioritize American energy independence and end reliance on adversaries such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran, 27 state financial officers say in a letter Tuesday to the president.  In their letter, they urge Biden to consider the consequences of foreign energy dependence for U.S. businesses and consumers. “Policies implemented during the last…
    Maggie Hroncich
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    How Socialist Policies Destroyed His Home Country of Venezuela
    Two decades ago, Venezuela was a thriving country. Today, Venezuela is ranked 176th on The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, just above North Korea.  How did Venezuela fall from prosperity so quickly? How did socialist policies affect the nation’s economy? Is there any hope for its future?   Jorge Galicia, a refugee from Venezuela and…
    Virginia Allen
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    5 Biden Transportation Potholes Making Motorists’ Lives Miserable
    Just a few months ago, Washington celebrated the passage of a bloated infrastructure bill. Supporters trotted out tired claims about fixing “crumbling roads and bridges” using gobs of taxpayer money. Yet even if we assume a certain amount of waste, fraud, and abuse due to the problems inherent with federal involvement, Americans might reasonably expect…
    David Ditch
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    Don’t Let Biden Hijack Global Magnitsky Act for Left-Wing Social Agendas
    Congress is considering several bills that would warp how the U.S. applies sanctions—through the Global Magnitsky Act—against foreigners who violate human rights. The changes would redefine human rights to enforce the left’s abortion-and-gender agenda. That would hobble the fight against real abuses of human rights. This problem has already appeared in trade bills related to Russia…
    Grace Melton
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    Sen. Rick Scott: GOP Must Be More Than ‘Speed Bump’ on Road to Socialism
    The “militant left” has gained control of virtually every one of the nation’s institutions, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday, arguing that Republicans have to be more than a “speed bump on the road to America’s socialism and collapse.” “I’m a business guy,” Scott said in outlining an 11-point plan for conservative governance during a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Bid to Transform Federal Judiciary in Full Swing
    President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 with clear instructions about undoing his predecessor’s impact on the federal judiciary. Weeks earlier, more than 70 liberal groups issued a statement urging Biden to appoint judges who would advance “the administration’s priorities” on a range of issues. Their demand became Biden’s plan and, while a lot…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Finnish Court Clears Christian Politician, Bishop of ‘Hate Speech’ Charges
    A Finnish court has dismissed all charges against a Christian member of Parliament and a bishop charged under Finland’s “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” law for supporting traditional marriage. The court ordered the government to reimburse the two.  In a unanimous ruling Wednesday, the Helsinki District Court determined that it isn’t its job “to interpret biblical…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden’s Subpar National Security Team Is a Real Threat to America
    President Joe Biden’s Euro tour this past week played like many a horror movie, where things go from “eerily off” to full-blown crisis in a matter of seconds. His trip was meant to reassure Europeans that when it comes to beating back Russian President Vladimir Putin, America is in it to win it. What happened was something…
    James Carafano
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    Biden’s Regulatory Blitz a Massive Tax, Especially Harming Seniors and Low-Income Americans
    Public attention is understandably focused these days on the inflationary effects of massive government spending, which has increased the national debt by $7 trillion in the past two years. No less dire are the repercussions of the Biden administration’s radical regulatory agenda. The president’s 2022 regulatory to-do list includes 2,678 “active” actions, which exceeds by…
    Diane Katz
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    US Military Forces Cannot Fight on 2 Fronts
    The current war in Ukraine and Russia’s threatening actions toward NATO countries coupled with a rising China in Asia highlights a strategic pickle for the United States—the need to be able to deter or potentially fight two major adversaries in two very different regions of the world at the same time with the military it…
    James Di Pane | Octavian Miller
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