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    Europe’s Descending Into Climate Lockdowns. Will America Be Next?

    If energy is life and the lack of energy is death, then Europe’s dismantling its own energy security is the equivalent of civilizational suicide. Europe is once again on the brink of lockdowns—though its goal this time around is not to “stop the spread” of a virus. This time, European Union members, and even the U.K., are…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Rapper Zuby Urges Young to Stay Positive Because America Worth Saving

    When you turn on the TV these days, you’re bombarded with negative stories and talking heads claiming America is a no-good, very bad place. It can be hard to grow up in an environment where it seems like everyone thinks America’s best days are behind her. Many young Americans believe such dark prognostications about the…
    Douglas Blair
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    Leftist Judges Declare Bees Are Fish to Get Them Endangered Status

    God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Not to be outdone, three liberal judges in California said, “Let bees be fish,” and they were fish (for all relevant legal purposes, at least). What a remarkable superpower liberal judges have to redefine reality with a word or two!  How did they do it?…
    GianCarlo Canaparo
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    Western Elites Blame the People for Resisting Failed Green Policies

    Europe is in a world of hurt when it comes to energy.   News outlet Die Welt reported last Sunday that the German government was preparing to deal with backlash from angry citizens who will need to deal with a massive energy crisis come winter.   According to the outlet, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told news broadcaster…
    Douglas Blair
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    Prepare to Pay More Under the So-Called Inflation Reduction Act

    Here’s the best possible spin on the staggering $369 billion in energy and climate handouts included in the Inflation “Reduction” Act: It’s not as bad as last year’s draft. There’s nothing to reduce gasoline and electricity bills. Nothing to increase American energy production. Nothing to spur innovation. Instead, it will increase taxes on average Americans,…
    Katie Tubb
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    Workers in These States Would Pay Most Under Biden’s New Business Tax

    Where will President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats get the money to finance their large expansion of subsidies for green energy and extension of Obamacare subsidies for the upper middle class? The simple answer is: “From hardworking taxpayers.” Taxpayers across the income spectrum should expect they ultimately will pay for the left’s deceptively named Inflation…
    Preston Brashers
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    The Establishment Has Emerged From the Shadows. They’re Betting That You Won’t Care.

    Our nation is under siege. But this siege is not the result of some domestic or foreign terrorist threat. This siege on our great republic comes from within the very institutions for which we have entrusted our nation with. The establishment, in concert with their allies within the Department of Justice, have conducted an unanticipated,…
    Armstrong Williams
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    1 in 10 US Households in 2019 Worth More Than $1.3 Million

    Ten percent of the households in this country at the end of 2019—just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit—had a net wealth of more than $1.3 million, according to a report published last month by the Census Bureau. There were also definite patterns among households that had higher wealth and those that had less. In fact,…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Why Are So Many Young Americans Irreligious? The Secular Brainwash Is the First Reason

    Fewer young Americans affiliate with any organized religion than ever before in American history. This means, therefore, that the children—and certainly the grandchildren—of millions of faithful Christians have abandoned Christianity. The same holds true for Jews, but that decline began somewhat earlier. Until the 20th century, nearly all Jews were religious (which nearly always meant…
    Dennis Prager
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    Which Americans Are Most Likely to be Audited by IRS Under ‘Inflation Reduction Act’?

    Tax audits for middle-class Americans would skyrocket with final passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, predicts a congressman who focuses on the federal budget and helped craft the Trump tax cuts. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, says he expects a surge in tax audits by the Internal…
    Gillian Richards
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    ‘Hard to Imagine’: Tulsi Gabbard Calls Mar-a-Lago Raid ‘Blatant Abuse of Power’

    Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii criticized the Department of Justice, calling the Monday raid on Mar-a-Lago a “blatant abuse of power” during a Tuesday evening Fox News appearance. “This raid is just the latest serious escalation of this disturbing trend that we have seen of blatant abuse of power by those in power…
    Harold Hutchison
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    McCullough’s History Never Boring

    I hated college history. The textbooks were mostly about dead white men, Abigail Adams excepted. The lectures were boring. I didn’t see how any of it related to my young life and future plans. Historian David McCullough, who died this week at age 89, helped change my attitude toward history and its contemporary relevance. At…
    Cal Thomas
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    American Wages Are Being Crushed and Beltway Elites Are Making It Worse

    There’s a deep disconnect between regular people and Beltway elites who are far removed from everyday suffering. No matter how Democrats will positively spin the slight drop in painful consumer price inflation announced today (from 9.1% in June to 8.5% in July), Americans are enduring a national pay cut due to wage growth that is…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    7 Ways Democrats’ ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Would Wallop Your Wallet

    Masquerading as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” the bill passed Sunday by the Senate is nothing more than a Trojan horse for more of the same policies that created the stagflationary fire consuming the economy in the first place. Zealous federal commitment to central planning led to these economic conditions. Having time and time again championed…
    Richard Stern
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    Why So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Doesn’t Reduce Inflation

    The Senate narrowly passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday, thanks to a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris. But would the bill, if also passed by the House, actually reduce the record-high inflation faced by Americans? “The bill drafters will tell you that it reduces deficits, which means it would be less pressure…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Why Guatemala’s Commitment to Diplomatic Relations With Taiwan Matters to US

    “We are the biggest country they still have left, and we will remain with Taiwan.” Those are the firm words of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, who recently pledged to stick to his country’s diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. Guatemala is Taiwan’s longtime, foremost ally in Central America. As if to underscore the point, in an interview…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    The Left Keeps Injecting Politics Into Movies and TV. This Is Entertainment?

    Does watching a leftist activist dressed like an elf lecturing you about feminism for an hour sound like a good time? How about watching “Star Wars” dump on Donald Trump and the MAGA movement? If not, I’d recommend avoiding TV for a while.   As much as it seems like parody, these are apparently plot…
    Douglas Blair
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    It’s ‘Not Moral’ to Request Abstinence to Stop Monkeypox: LGBT Activists

    New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data confirms that monkeypox overwhelmingly occurs in men who identify as gay or bisexual and who engage in risky sexual behavior—yet LGBT activists have said it is “not moral” to ask men to refrain from sex until the government can get the virus corralled. Virtually all cases reported…
    Ben Johnson
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    Government, Not Investors, to Blame for Affordable Housing Crisis

    With so much attention fixed on soaring prices for gasoline and groceries, one can almost overlook the fact that we’re also enduring an affordable housing crisis. The question is, why? Spanning the pandemic era from February 2020 through May 2022, home prices soared 43.5%. Over the past 12 months, home prices are up 19.7%, while residential…
    Joel Griffith
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    Here’s the Truth About What ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Would Do

    As Senate Democrats achieve their goal of jamming  through the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, reality is becoming clear: The bill will likely increase near-term inflation, depress household incomes, and produce the long-term deficits that fuel long-term inflation. Using the Congressional Budget Office’s latest scoring, estimates of the most recent changes, and accounting for very expensive…
    Richard Stern
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