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opinion
How the 3 Seas Initiative Enhances an Important Pillar of America’s Transatlantic Relationship
“The United States has skin in the game, and we look forward to every member of the Three Seas Initiative contributing as well.” Those were the unmistakable words of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday at the Three Seas Initiative summit hosted by Estonia, highlighting that America is firmly committed to forward-looking engagement with… -
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What Happens on Campus Doesn’t Stay on Campus: Why Socialist Organizing Should Concern Us All
Just last year, the Xavier University student newspaper announced nine new student clubs, including a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, which I serve as president. What caught my eye is that the Xavier Socialists Club was started at the same time. According to the Socialists Club president, the organization is for students interested… -
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Soros-Funded Prosecutors Put ‘Social Justice’ Above Law and Order, Analysts Say
Self-styled progressive political activists who win election as district attorneys with financial support from wealthy donors have made “social justice” initiatives more important than public safety, legal analysts say. George Soros, the Hungarian American billionaire investor, stands out as the big donor behind a super PAC that helped elect district attorneys who have overseen a… -
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Racial Deception
During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixed-race children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they were deemed “mulattos,” “quadroons,” “octoroons,” or even “hexadecaroons.” Depending on skin color, they could pass as white and avoid the gross racial discrimination suffered by their darker skinned brothers and… -
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Injunction Against Postal Reforms Is Biased Judicial Overreach
U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian last week issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from implementing reforms to its inefficient and wasteful procedures, which will affect postal operations across the country. The Sept. 17 ruling is the latest in a string of factually challenged attacks on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Bastian (who… -
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Creating a Smart Financial System Based on Better Monetary Policy, Deregulation
Millions of Americans live in fear of another financial crisis, so they are willing to go along with extensive regulation of the financial sector. Unfortunately, they have been fed a falsehood about government regulation and financial stability. While the dominant argument is that deregulation in the 1990s caused the 2008 crash, that story is dead… -
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US Prosecutors in DC Put Racial Politics Above Safety of Black Residents
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser last week unsuccessfully tried to shift the political blame to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia for the violence that she drew to the city in June by ordering the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on a city street. Her stunt failed when the U.S. attorney rebutted her… -
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6 Persistent Myths About Socialism, Debunked
A frightening 70% of millennials say they would back a socialist candidate for office. Today, we are seeing many socialist ideas gaining traction, such as “free” college tuition, government-run health care, and a guaranteed income even for able-bodied people who don’t work. While we can blame some of the attraction on socialism’s false promises of… -
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NBA’s New Social Justice Coalition Silent on China’s Voter Suppression
The NBA’s new social justice coalition dedicated to promoting voter access and civic engagement has kept silent on China’s systematic suppression of any organized political opposition to the ruling Communist Party. The NBA and NBA Players Association announced the launch of the coalition, which, according to a statement, will focus on a “broad range of… -
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Politicians Seek to Drive Out Income Opportunities in California
With the COVID-19 recession causing high unemployment around the country, now is the time for policymakers to lift barriers to earning an income. With limited operations and selective lockdowns making business activity difficult for both employers and employees—especially workers who have children at home or other obligations—promoting worker flexibility is essential. Unfortunately, California lawmakers are… -
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Protesters Harass Politicians, RNC Guests Leaving White House After Trump’s Speech
Protesters in Washington, D.C., harassed and blocked people trying to leave the White House as the Republican National Convention ended late Thursday night, numerous videos show. A crowd swarmed and shouted at Sen. Rand Paul and his wife as they left the White House after President Donald Trump closed out the RNC. A police officer… -
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Push to Police Social Distancing Clashes With Calls to Defund Police
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice protests have come together to produce one of the strangest ironies of 2020: Many of the same people who publicly support defunding the police and curtailing the reach of the criminal justice system are calling for law enforcement to police minor behaviors. New York City Mayor Bill de… -
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USPS Faces Financial, Logistical Hurdles Before Mail-In Ballot Surge
The final votes of the 2020 primaries were cast Aug. 11, concluding a primary season marred by confusion, lawsuits, and an investigation by a United States Postal Service inspector general. Threats of fraud, foreign interference, and large-scale voter disenfranchisement have brought the Postal Service’s ability to transport the expected surge of mail-in ballots this November… -
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1 Question Remains in Trump’s Underappreciated Middle East Victory
Anything that reduces tensions in the Middle East and contributes to Israel’s security should be applauded. The agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish diplomatic relations in exchange for Israel’s suspension of settlements and claims to sovereignty over Judea and Samaria (as Israel refers to the West Bank) is a tremendous policy… -
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State Department Official ‘Destroyed’ Records at Foreign Agent’s Request
A former State Department official told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he destroyed records in January 2017, the month President Donald Trump took office, at the request of former British spy Christopher Steele, according to a new report. Jonathan Winer, who served as special envoy to Libya through early 2017, was Steele’s contact at the… -
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Border Chief Rips Media, Oregon Politicians for Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric
A top homeland security official is calling out leaders in Portland, Oregon, as well as the mainstream media over criminal rioting and the smearing of federal law enforcement there. “This is really about politics over public safety,” Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Monday during a virtual event held by… -
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California State University’s Mandate of Ethnic, Social Justice Studies Driven by Hatred of America
Pan-African studies are “the intellectual arm of the revolution,” the unrepentant communist Angela Davis triumphantly told students at California State University, Los Angeles, in a candid moment in 2016. Well, that arm got a lot longer this week. The entire California State University system just announced Thursday that it was making ethnic and social justice… -
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Young Americans’ Ignorance of Socialism Threatens Our Freedom and Vitality
Vice President Mike Pence last week powerfully described the stark choice facing America as it recovers from the effects of the coronavirus. In a speech, Pence said: Before us are two paths: one based on the dignity of every individual, and the other on the growing control of the state. Our road leads to greater… -
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Rioters Are Using Racial Discontent to Promote Marxist Agenda
I’m going to get straight to the point. It’s time for bold action. It’s time for Americans everywhere who love their country to heed the words of President Ronald Reagan: “If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” All around us, the forces of socialism, Marxism,… -
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Judicial Council Rightly Rebukes Judge Lynn Adelman for Law Review Diatribe
Federal district court Judge Lynn Adelman had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day late last month when the Judicial Council of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided to publicly admonish him for his intemperate 35-page article, “The Roberts Court’s Assault on Democracy,” which personally attacked Chief Justice John Roberts, President Donald…