Political Commentary & Opinion
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Smirnoff Drag Queen Partner Flashes Bystanders at Texas Capitol
After Bud Light’s “ill-fated marketing campaign” that featured a transgender woman, it appears that Smirnoff, a brand of vodka produced by the British company Diageo, has made a failed attempt to keep its partnership with Texan drag queen and transgender-identifying woman Maxine St. James LaQueene quiet. In September 2022, LaQueene expressed his excitement in joining Smirnoff’s “Show… -
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What Cal Thomas Witnessed as a ‘Watchman’ in 50 Years of Reporting on America
Marking 50 years as a journalist and commentator, popular syndicated columnist Cal Thomas says America’s future is closely tied to the education of our children. “My hope, again, goes back to educating our children and grandchildren in ways that our parents and grandparents educated us,” Thomas says. “And if you don’t rescue the next generation,… -
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Investor Arrested After Criticizing Warren Buffett’s Funding for Bill Gates’ Woke Philanthropy and Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
The chairman of a corporate watchdog was removed from a shareholder meeting and arrested after questioning Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s support for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The ejected nonprofit leader’s criticism Saturday included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ travel with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Pete Flaherty, chairman and CEO of the National… -
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The Squad Shamefully Tries to Inflame Another Summer of Riots
Reckless politicians and more than a few of their media allies are apparently eager to create another summer of riots. Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, was killed last week on the New York subway F train by an active-duty, 24-year-old Marine who reportedly restrained him by the neck for several minutes. There are conflicting… -
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The New Ugly Americans
The old cultural imperialism was supposedly greedy corporatism like Disneyland, McDonald’s, and Starbucks sprouting up worldwide to supplant local competitors. But these businesses spread because they appealed to free-will consumer demand abroad. They were not imposed top down. The U.S. presence in Afghanistan collapsed in August 2021 amid the greatest American military humiliation in modern… -
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Beyond Fate: How America Can Fulfill Its Destiny and Illuminate the Path to a Better World
America is a land of prosperity; a shining beacon of light that illuminates an otherwise dark world wherever it lays its flag. It is a land built on the promise of freedom and liberty from the constraints of government, and on the fulfillment of one’s destiny. It is not a land built on one religion,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Pediatricians Reveal Full Story Behind Cyberattack
The American College of Pediatricians scored a major victory last month when a federal judge ruled in its favor and halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug used in chemical abortions. Just weeks later, the organization endured a cyberattack carried out by hackers intending to cause major damage. As if that… -
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San Francisco’s Heart of Darkness
If you search “San Francisco crime spike” on the internet, you will find countless stories—going back years—about how the city’s problems are no big deal or are due to forces beyond the control of its policymakers. The problem isn’t crime, it’s crime rhetoric, they say. But rhetoric didn’t cause a cascade of businesses to close… -
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Media Falsely Accuses Indiana Library of ‘Book Banning’
The board of a library system in an Indiana county posted new guidelines in December for books in the library’s “teen” section. Books, graphic novels, and comics found to contain overtly sexual content or racial slurs would be moved one room over, to the adult section. As a result of this policy and growing concerns… -
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Montana Governor Signs Slew of Pro-Life Legislation
The Republican governor of Montana signed five pieces of pro-life legislation into law on Wednesday, stating, “Montanans sent us to Helena to boldly defend life, not send their tax dollars to abortion clinics.” Gov. Greg Gianforte added: “Montanans’ hard-earned money should not be used by the government to fund elective abortions.” “This package of pro-family,… -
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‘Removed in Error’: TikTok Restores Account That Promoted Film on Hong Kong Democracy Activist
A TikTok account belonging to the think tank Acton Institute has been restored after being “removed in error” days after promoting a documentary about a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese-owned app. Acton Institute learned about noon Tuesday that its TikTok account had been suspended, Eric Kohn, the think… -
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When You Don’t Police Crime, Civilians Will
This week, the media found its latest iteration of its favorite narrative: white man harms black man. That iteration featured a 24-year-old white Marine from Queens attempting to suppress a 30-year-old homeless, psychotic black man, Jordan Neely, via use of a suppression hold. Neely was apparently threatening people on the subway when the Marine took… -
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Think Bing News Might Be a Good Google Alternative for Conservatives? Think Again
Many conservatives might use the search engine Bing to circumvent Google's left-wing bias. A new study suggests that the Microsoft-owned search engine is not a good alternative for them, however. In fact, it might be even worse. "People completely underestimate the dangers of bias when it comes to search engines. They think they are getting… -
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Republicans and Democrats Agree That Nike, Adidas, and Temu May Have a Serious Legal Problem
The chairman and ranking member of the China Select Committee have sent four letters to the heads of Nike, Adidas, Temu, and Shein demanding answers about the companies' apparent continued use of Uyghur forced labor in their supply chains despite the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The China Select Committee, formally known as the… -
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Are Labor Markets Really Improving? Pulling Back Curtain on ‘Magic of Government Statistics’
As America enters the thick of this year’s second quarter, the repercussions of the Biden administration’s economic policies become more apparent. New numbers from the government’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, released Tuesday, revealed that the number of job openings dropped to the lowest level since May 2021. The drop in job openings from… -
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Faith Leaders Share Words of Hope, Challenge on National Day of Prayer
“I don’t pray enough for the country, and I should,” Tucker Carlson recently said during a speech at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Gala. Carlson said he had concluded that “it might be worth taking just 10 minutes out of your busy schedule to say a prayer for the future, and I hope you will.”… -
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‘We Have 2 Different Latin Americas, Moochers and Looters’
There’s a socialist wave in Latin America. Mexico, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil recently elected leftists. These politicians at least distance themselves from thugs like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, but all propose socialism-lite policies giving government more control over more people. Why don’t people in Latin America learn from the mistakes of the past?… -
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Heritage Scholar Gives a Master Class in Responding to Sheldon Whitehouse’s Attacks
A Heritage Foundation economist called out Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., for his membership in a whites-only club in response to the senator’s attack on the conservative think tank. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center For Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation, also made clear fossil fuels played a larger role in Whitehouse’s personal… -
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Dishonest New York Times Series Does Not Deserve a Pulitzer
Following an 18-part investigative series in The New York Times alleging various forms of maleducation and malfeasance in New York City yeshivas, the New York Board of Regents began implementing regulations targeting these Hasidic Jewish day schools. These included requiring certain classes (currently not taught at yeshivas) to be taught for a specified length, allowing… -
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Roll Over for the Left
Virginia state official Martin Brown is the latest reminder that DEI—“diversity, equity, and inclusion”—is a sham, a strategy to force systemic change and not to encourage equality, participation by all, or ideological diversity. “DEI is dead,” Brown said last week, and the keepers of the orthodoxy started calling for his head. Brown, chief diversity, opportunity,…