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    ‘Godlessness and Big Government Go Hand in Hand,’ Allie Beth Stuckey Tells Social Conservatives

    The politics of millennials spring from their worldview, podcast host Allie Beth Stuckey told social conservatives Friday in Washington. When people reject belief in God, Stuckey told the crowd at the Values Voter Summit, they usually embrace belief in government. “I have never seen someone move to the left politically and become stronger theologically,” the…
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    Sebastian Gorka Urges ‘Backbone’ to Resist Socialism

    If former presidential aide Sebastian Gorka could save only one possession from his house, he would save the crucifix his father carved from a toothbrush while imprisoned under socialism in Hungary. With powerful stories like this about his family’s escape from socialist Hungary and his father’s sufferings in a Soviet prison, the former deputy assistant…
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    The NBA Proves That Corporate Social Activism Is All About the Dollars

    In recent years, the NBA has become famously political. During the heyday of the Black Lives Matter movement, the NBA permitted players to wear slogan-printed T-shirts in support, and stars like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Paul spoke out loudly on the issue. The Sacramento Kings actually announced a partnership with the local branch…
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    Harvard Says It Uses Racial Discrimination to Sculpt a ‘Diverse’ Class. This Is a Dangerous Path.

    A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that Harvard University does not illegally discriminate against Asian Americans. The keyword is “illegally.” Harvard does discriminate against Asian Americans in its college admissions process. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs concedes that Harvard follows a “racially conscious” admissions system that gives a plus to black and Hispanic applicants…
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    Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Remarks on Facial Recognition Tech ‘Racist,’ Detroit Police Chief Says

    Detroit’s chief of police is calling out as “racist” and “insulting” a freshman congresswoman’s criticism of his department’s facial recognition system and the personnel who operate it. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., said the Detroit Police Department should hire only black people to analyze photos of criminal suspects in the department’s facial recognition system. During a…
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    Reactions to My Tweet Reveal the Ignorant Brutality of Young Socialists and Communists

    An eye-opening social experiment unfolded on my Twitter feed over the past several days that reveals a lot about America’s new brand of young communists and socialists. Not to bury the lede: Yes, they are still as repugnantly brutal as their predecessors in St. Petersburg and Phnom Penh—but today they add ignorance and infantilism to the…
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    Democrats Try to Tie Trump Judicial Nominee to Impeachment Inquiry

    Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a judicial nominee about his possible connection to President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the center of an impeachment inquiry. The nominee, Steven Menashi, is a White House lawyer and nominee for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Democrats asked…
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    Here Are 4 Outrageously Insane Climate Proposals

    Judging from the much-hyped and widely mocked speech by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at the United Nations earlier this week, it’s clear that some young people are convinced that the world will soon end unless we do something drastic. “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” Thunberg said. “……
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    Bowing to Party Pressure, Pelosi Calls for ‘Official Impeachment Inquiry’ of Trump

    Invoking the Founding Fathers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that existing investigations of President Donald Trump would continue “under that umbrella” of an impeachment inquiry.  Pelosi, D-Calif., who has long resisted the push by the left wing of her party to impeach the president, was moved by the recent questions surrounding Trump’s admission that…
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    Tea Party Rallies for Freedom, Against Socialism in Nation’s Capital

    Conservative leaders denounced socialism and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of the tea party movement during a rally Thursday on the U.S. Capitol grounds. Dubbed “Stop Socialism, Choose Freedom,” the rally on the west lawn of the Capitol drew perhaps 150 tea party activists and supporters of President Donald Trump from across the…
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    Judicial Confirmations Became Political Because Judges Became Political, Experts Say

    The confirmation process for Supreme Court justices has deteriorated because the process has become about politics, legal experts say.  “I think unfortunately we’ve reached a new low,” Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director for the Judicial Crisis Network, said Monday as part of a “Preserve the Constitution” panel discussion at The Heritage Foundation. Part…
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    12% of Judiciary Is Empty

    The Senate will soon return from its August recess. What kind of judicial-confirmation progress should we expect during the rest of the 116th Congress? Senate Democrats are sure to claim that the so-called “Thurmond Rule” requires the confirmation process to shut down early next year. Here’s a close look at this claim; it’s not a rule, and it…
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    Ignorance of the Past Fuels Young Americans’ Enthusiasm for Socialism

    “Socialist” is no longer a McCarthyite slur. Rather, the fresh celebrity “squad” of newly elected identity politics congresswomen—Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.; and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.—often either claims to be socialist or embraces socialist ideas. A recent Harris poll showed that about half of so-called millennials would like to live in…
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    White House Correspondents’ Association Backs Reporter’s Lawsuit Against Trump

    The White House Correspondents’ Association filed a brief Monday expressing support for Playboy reporter Brian Karem’s lawsuit after his press pass was revoked by the White House earlier in August. Karem, also a CNN political analyst, got into a verbal confrontation with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka in July. A video appeared to show Gorka yelling at…
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    Fellow Millennials: Here’s Why We Must Reject Socialism

    Have you ever looked at your paycheck and thought, “Man, I really wish I earned less money!” I’m going to take a wild guess and say, “Probably not.” Here’s a similar thought: Do you like big government? It seems like a loaded question, but it really isn’t. For the vast majority of Americans, a mention…
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    ‘We Are Facing One of the Biggest Authoritarian States’: A Hong Kong Politician Speaks Out

    Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong continue as China flexes its muscles and warns of an intervention. Today, we feature an exclusive interview with Alvin Yeung, a politician from Hong Kong who supports the protests and hopes to achieve reforms. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover these stories: A…
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    The Media’s Latest Smear of a Trump Judicial Nominee

    Left-wing opponents of an impartial and independent judiciary have picked another target: appeals court nominee Steven Menashi. It’s one thing to be honest about a nominee’s record, but disagree about whether he belongs on the bench. The attacks begun on Menashi, however, amount to nothing more than dishonest smears. Menashi, whose Jewish family came to…
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    Trump Court Nominee Rebuts Rachel Maddow’s ‘Racial Purity’ Charge

    A White House lawyer nominated for a federal judgeship sharply defended himself Friday from accusations based on a 2010 law review article that he, the son and grandson of Jewish immigrants, is an advocate of “racial purity.” President Donald Trump nominated Steven Menashi on Wednesday to a seat on the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit…
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    This Group Is Educating Young Americans About the Ills of Socialism

    President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised, “America will never be a socialist country.” Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States has increasingly adopted big-state policies associated with socialism. We may not be at the stage Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would advocate, but more millennials appear to favor a system under…
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    Study: Humans Hold Racial Bias Against Robots

    Americans perceive robots to have a human race corresponding to their physical features and color, according to a new study. The study “Robots And Racism” from the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand indicates that a robot’s color will determine how it is racially perceived. This supposedly explains why so many robots happen to be…
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