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GOP Lawmaker Says House Panel Will Probe Disgraced FTX Chief’s Ties to Democrats
A Republican lawmaker on the House Financial Services Committee says the panel will look into a committee Democrat’s hiring three years ago of the brother of Samuel Bankman-Fried, whose cryptocurrency empire collapsed last week. “While there is still much to be learned and investigated, it appears FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his family had no… -
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‘The Chosen’ Season 3 Addresses Big Questions Christians Wrestle With, Director Dallas Jenkins Says
Dallas Jenkins was considering hanging up his filmmaking hat after his movie “The Resurrection of Gavin Stone” bombed at the box office in 2017. “I got to a place that weekend where I didn’t know if I would ever make another movie again,” Jenkins says. “When you have a failure, it’s hard to find people… -
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House Republican Study Committee Unanimously Elects New Chairman
A new chairman of the Republican Study Committee was unanimously elected Thursday, just one day after the GOP officially secured a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for the upcoming 118th Congress. “I’m honored to earn the support of my colleagues to lead the largest caucus on Capitol Hill. The Republican Study Committee… -
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Attacks on Candace Cameron Bure Expose Ruthlessness of LGBT Activists Against Christians
How dare she. Candace Cameron Bure, of “Full House” and “Fuller House” fame, is speaking out about her desire to make Christmas movies that involve … wait for it … Christ. But of course, just because the former Hallmark Christmas movie queen refused to bow the knee and pledge to make movies about LGBT couples,… -
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Fact-Checking 7 Claims by Defenders of Democrats’ Same-Sex Marriage Bill
How did Senate liberals convince 12 Republicans to break ranks and endorse a same-sex marriage bill that puts a giant target on people of faith? It took help from (some) people and organizations of faith, such as the National Association of Evangelicals and, most surprisingly, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which gave… -
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Chris Magnus’ Opus: A Record-Setting Disaster for the Head of Border Protection
Chris Magnus was forced to resign as head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Nov. 12. He was unprepared for the job, never had the support of the workforce, and cared more about internal “social justice” than executing CBP’s mission. Not surprisingly, he utterly failed to secure the U.S. border in his tenure of… -
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San Francisco Launches Guaranteed Income Program for Transgender Community
San Francisco city officials announced Wednesday they would launch a new guaranteed income program for the city’s transgender community. The program, dubbed the Guaranteed Income for Trans People, will provide 55 low-income transgender city residents with $1,200 each month for up to 18 months. The pilot program is the first of its kind for trans… -
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Nancy Pelosi, Fired by American People, Announces Her Future Plans
Longtime Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress. “With great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” said 82-year-old Pelosi. “For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic… -
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Most in GOP Botched Early-Voting Ground Game, Experts Say
Two days before Brian Kemp bested Stacey Abrams by more than 7 percentage points in their closely watched rematch, the Georgia governor did something unusual for a Republican candidate in the 2022 midterms: He expressed confidence about where he stood and cited early voting as a top reason. “We’ve also had record turnout for early… -
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High Inflation: The Gift That (Unfortunately) Keeps on Giving This Thanksgiving
Americans can expect to pay more to drive to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving next week, and Grandma will have to pay more for the traditional feast, according to new inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Let’s start with energy prices. The October consumer price index shows yet another month of price increases, with… -
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In Declaring ‘Heartbeat Act’ Unconstitutional, Georgia Judge Gets Law Flatly Wrong
A Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court judge on Tuesday ruled that key provisions of the state’s six-week abortion ban were “plainly unconstitutional” and blocked the law’s further enforcement. In granting plaintiff abortion groups’ motion for partial judgment on the constitutionality of HB 481, Georgia’s 2019 Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, Judge Robert McBurney had… -
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These 12 Republicans Just Voted for Radical ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
The United States Senate voted Wednesday to advance the so-called Respect for Marriage Act. HR 8404, which passed the House of Representatives in July, “provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages,” repealing provisions that define marriage as between a man and a woman. The legislation also “repeals and replaces provisions that do not require… -
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House Democrats to Lead FTX, Cryptocurrency Hearing
House Democrats, in one of their final acts in the majority, will lead a hearing about the bankrupted cryptocurrency firm FTX whose CEO donated heavily to Democrat politicians. On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee announced it would conduct a hearing in December into the collapse of FTX and the broader consequences for the “digital… -
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Detransition Advocate Chloe Cole Sues Doctors for ‘Breaching Standard of Care’
An 18-year-old advocate for the rights of children who struggle with gender dysphoria is filing a lawsuit against a California-based health care company for “breaching the standard of care” when it recommended and performed puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy, and surgical transition procedures on her as a minor. The news comes as legacy media outlets are… -
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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Opens Door to American Persecution
“We’ve all heard of people being canceled, thrown off social media, even fired from jobs … But how many years before a Christian minister [who speaks] on marriage and sexual orientation is reported [to] a government anti-terrorism program?” For Rev. Dr. Bernard Randall, that time has already come. The chaplain of a Church of England… -
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FTX Meltdown Isn’t Failure of Capitalism
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes tale “Silver Blaze,” the detective investigates the case of a murder of a horse trainer. At first, investigators presume that the murderer of the trainer must have been a stranger to him. But Holmes cracks the case with the revelation that a watchdog remained silent the night… -
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5 Key Moments From Mayorkas’ and Wray’s Hill Testimony
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before a House panel on Tuesday, just days after Chris Magnus was forced to resign, according to reports, from his post as Customs and Border Protection commissioner. The House Homeland Security Committee hearing also featured FBI Director Christopher Wray and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid. They fielded questions… -
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Nevada’s Vote-by-Mail System Is a Total Disaster
2020 was the first time Nevada’s elections were conducted by mass vote by mail. 2020 should have been the last time Nevada relied on the United States post office to run an election. The warning signs were there. Photos from 2020 showed mail ballots blowing in the winds on Nevada roads. Some went to vacant lots and… -
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Growing List of Illinois Counties Vote to Leave Illinois, Form New State
A growing list of Illinois counties disenfranchised with the goings-on in Cook County have voted in nonbinding resolutions to leave Illinois and form a new state. Residents in three more counties—Brown, Hardin, and a portion of Madison County—voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution allowing their county board to explore the possibility of leaving the… -
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Democrats’ ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Would Hurt Children
Control of the U.S. Senate has been decided and now we hear that Senate Democrats have scheduled a vote Wednesday on the misnamed Respect for Marriage Act, in hopes of legislatively cementing the mother- and father-loss that the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling endorsed seven years ago. With Obergefell, the Supreme Court made gay marriage the…