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    The Battle to Prevent a Government Shutdown Revolves Around One Key Issue, McCarthy Says

    If President Joe Biden wishes to avoid a government shutdown, he should sit down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hammer out a plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, McCarthy said at a news conference Wednesday. “I want to sit down with the president to solve that border,” McCarthy told reporters. The speaker addressed the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Gavin Newsom Sends a Clear Message to Parents in California

    Will the government take your child away because you don’t buy into radical gender ideology? Well, if you live in California, it’ll certainly try.  While Gov. Gavin Newsom surprisingly vetoed the bill that would have forced parents to accept their child’s gender identity, that veto can still be overridden by the state Legislature. In child…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Doctor Explains What We Do and Don’t Know About Gender Transition Treatments on Minors

    Doctors don’t have enough evidence to know the long-term effects of what happens to someone who takes puberty blockers as a child, the executive director of the American College of Pediatricians says.  "We know that if you stop puberty with these puberty blockers, you stop a whole sequence of events," Dr. Jill Simons says, adding…
    Virginia Allen
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    As Ibram X. Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racism’ Center Implodes, Let’s Make Sure to Stop His Noxious Ideology

    Much like the crooked Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation before it, author and agitator Ibram X. Kendi’s noxious “anti-racism” grift has imploded at Boston University. After three years of existence and tens of millions of dollars in funding, Kendi’s organization reportedly is falling apart. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research received, at minimum, $43 million…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Hey, Republicans: Don’t Forget About Growth and Prosperity

    House Republicans are in another titanic battle with President Joe Biden on how to balance the budget. Actually, it’s a lopsided debate because Democrats have no interest at all in reducing the deficit. They are operating under the delusional idea paradigm of “Modern Monetary Theory,” which posits that the U.S. government can borrow $2 trillion…
    Stephen Moore
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    It’s a Strategic Imperative to Manage Our National Communications Spectrum Correctly

    Spectrum, the invisible radio frequencies over which wireless communications travel, is one of the 21st century’s most crucial resources. To protect this finite resource, Congress and the Biden administration should direct the Federal Communications Commission to ensure enough dedicated spectrum to meet surging U.S. demand for wireless. This isn’t government overreach, but prudent stewardship. Spectrum…
    Steven Bucci
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    California Sues Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers for Reversing Abortions

    Have you ever wanted to be a political punching bag? Try opening a pro-life pregnancy resource center in California. Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, announced a lawsuit Thursday against two faith-based organizations, Heartbeat International and RealOptions Obria, that operate pro-life pregnancy resource centers in California and provide abortion pill reversal services. This is not the first…
    Joshua Arnold
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    UK Report: Over One-Third of Children on Puberty Blockers Experienced Worsened Mental Health

    New research from the United Kingdom is showing that over a third of children placed on puberty blockers and hormone drugs suffered severe mental health deterioration afterward. A 2011 study conducted at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service clinic for children reported that children who were put on puberty blockers suffered no adverse mental health…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    Newsom Vetoes Bill Requiring California Parents to Affirm Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a state measure on Friday that would have required parents to “affirm gender transitions” for their children or risk losing custody. State Democrats’ bill, AB 957, cleared both the California Senate and the Assembly along party lines two weeks earlier on Sept. 8. AB 957 would have added “gender affirmation”—a…
    Tony Kinnett
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    She Wanted to Be a Man From a Young Age and Lived as One for 11 Years. Why Kathy Grace Duncan Detransitioned.

    As a little girl, Kathy Grace Duncan watched her father abuse her mother and vowed she would never be victimized like her mom.  “I didn’t have the tools to realize that my dad was abusive, my mom’s a victim,” Duncan says, “so, my takeaway from that was that women were weak, women were vulnerable, and…
    Virginia Allen
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    American Pandemic ‘Samizdat’

    On May 15, 1970, The New York Times published an article by esteemed Russia scholar Albert Parry detailing how Soviet dissident intellectuals were covertly passing forbidden ideas around to each other on handcrafted, typewritten documents called samizdat. Here is the beginning of that seminal story: Censorship existed even before literature, say the Russians. And, we may…
    Jay Bhattacharya
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    Public Broadcasting Didn’t Serve Public Interest With Shallow Coverage of Garland Hearing

    Attorney General Merrick Garland offered a “fiery defense” in a “grueling hearing” of a House Judiciary Committee “stocked with far-right stalwarts,” as The New York Times described it. The front-page story by Glenn Thrush quoted no Republicans on the cover, just Garland, as Thrush said many Republican “insinuations” against Garland “were not supported by fact.”…
    Tim Graham
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    How Many Times Does a Court Have to Rule Against Illegal DACA Program Before It’s Terminated?

    Once again, a federal district court has ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals administrative amnesty program—originally implemented by President Barack Obama, terminated by President Donald Trump, and reinstated by President Joe Biden—is illegal. So, how many times do the courts have to strike DACA down before the executive branch finally terminates a program…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Fetterman’s Slovenliness Represents Demise of Objective Social Standards

    The U.S. Senate, once known as the “world’s greatest deliberative body,” will now permit its members to grace its chamber floor wearing whatever clothes—no matter how casual or unprofessional—they happen to fancy on any given day. Following Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., decision earlier this week to have the sergeant-at-arms cease enforcing the Senate’s…
    Josh Hammer
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    Lyft’s Gift to Gender Ideology’s Critics

    Thank you, Lyft. You just made debunking transgenderism that much easier. The rideshare operator recently announced a new policy in certain cities called Women+ Connect, where female and so-called nonbinary drivers can prioritize bookings with female and nonbinary riders. Nonbinary is a made-up term for people who think they’re neither male nor female. The move…
    Douglas Blair
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    Fox News Founder Rupert Murdoch Stepping Down at Fox Corp. and News Corp. at 92

    Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced on Thursday he is stepping down as chair of Fox Corp. and executive chairman of News Corp., Fox News has reported.  Murdoch’s son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become chairman of both companies as the elder Murdoch transitions out of the roles in November. “I am truly proud of what…
    Lucy Gilbert
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    Garland Won’t Say If Youngkin Right to Pardon Father Charged After Protesting Daughter’s Sexual Assault

    Attorney General Merrick Garland declined to say Wednesday whether Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, should have pardoned a father who was arrested in 2021 when he tried to defend his daughter during a local school board meeting. Youngkin pardoned Scott Smith, who was arrested during a meeting of the Loudoun County School Board on June 22, 2021, where he…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Of Course, I Think About the Roman Empire Daily. You Don’t?

    Last week, my wife asked me, “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” Her question didn’t come out of nowhere. TikTok might be a minefield of Chinese cyberthreats, but it has birthed a trend in which women ask men how often they contemplate the glory that was Rome. The trend took off because…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Rising Cost of Living Is an Underreported Story Affecting Everyday Americans 

    As the cost of living continues to rise in America, many families are struggling to make ends meet. Inflation and wage stagnation have made it increasingly difficult for everyday Americans to keep up with the rising costs of necessities, such as housing, gas, health care, and food. The severity of this issue is affecting millions…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Confirmed: Man Who Raped His 10-Year-Old Daughter Housed With Female Prison Inmates

    The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is housing a man who raped his own daughter in a women's prison because he said he identifies as a woman himself—and the DOC is refusing to offer any kind of insight or explanation on the matter. Mark Campbell is currently incarcerated in Taycheedah Correctional Institution, a women's prison in…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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