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    The Washington Post Is a Model for Media Malfeasance

    The Washington Post has had a rough week.   On Monday, the Post suspended one of its reporters, Dave Weigel, for a month without pay after he retweeted a joke last week that some of his colleagues thought was sexist.  Felicia Sonmez, the national political reporter at the Post, then tweeted her distaste at the joke,…
    Douglas Blair
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    Recall of Chesa Boudin in San Francisco Shows Rogue Prosecutor Movement for Failure It Is

    Chesa Boudin, the rogue prosecutor of San Francisco, was recalled from office Tuesday by voters who were disgusted by his feckless leadership and pro-criminal, anti-victim policies.  The recall was organized and funded primarily by liberal Democrats who were fed up with Boudin and his hands-off approach to enforcing the law.  Boudin’s recall is significant not…
    Cully Stimson
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    Left Looks for Excuses as San Francisco Recalls Rogue Prosecutor Chesa Boudin

    San Francisco’s radical, left-wing district attorney, Chesa Boudin, has been recalled by voters in a stunning rebuke of the anti-police, anti-law enforcement policies he and other rogue prosecutors have pursued in recent years. The Associated Press called the election at 12:04 a.m. ET Wednesday, reporting that early returns showed 61% in favor of recalling Boudin…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Here’s Setup for House Panel’s TV Show on Capitol Riot

    The House panel investigating the Capitol riot is going prime time Thursday night with a nationally televised hearing packaged as if it were a slick network special.  It’s been about 500 days since the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, that saw hundreds enter the Capitol building after others forced their way in. Some intruders apparently…
    Fred Lucas
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    Smithsonian Hosts ‘Age Appropriate’ Drag Queen Show for Kids

    The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosted a “Pride Family Day” event over the weekend, featuring what it called an “age appropriate” drag queen show and crafts inspired by the LGBTQ Pride flag for children ages 3 and up.   But critics countered that “there is no case” in which such performances “are ‘age appropriate’ for kids,” and condemned…
    Evalyn Homoelle
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    Progressives Have Captured Another Institution: Commencement Addresses

    What comes to mind in the month of June? Weddings. Vacations (and how to pay for record high gas prices if you’re driving). Graduations. Time was when many commencement speeches at major universities were about America and its values and what graduates could expect in the future. In recent years, they have become a political…
    Cal Thomas
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    If Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions, With What Do We Pave Road to Heaven?

    There is a reason nearly everyone is familiar with the saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The reason is, of course, that it is true and therefore it helps explain why there is so much evil. Take the 20th century, the bloodiest century on record, in which about 100 million people—all…
    Dennis Prager
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    In Movie, Matt Walsh Reveals How Gender Ideology Mutilates Kids

    What is a woman? Seems like a pretty simple question. But in today’s America, the left thinks females aren’t the only ones who count as women anymore. Stories abound of biological males not only invading women’s private spaces such as bathrooms and locker rooms, but dominating in women’s sports. All of this comes with the…
    Douglas Blair
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    On ‘Pride Night,’ Rays of Hope in Tampa Bay

    After 16 years of Pride Nights, the Tampa Bay Rays probably took their players’ support for granted. Not anymore. Heading into this past Saturday’s game, when the team was supposed to sport rainbow logos, a group of players decided to wear something else on their sleeves: their convictions. The Rays lost the game, but that’s not what…
    Suzanne Bowdey
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    Ocasio-Cortez Pushes Unpopular Latinx Term

    Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in August 2021, but has been updated to reflect statements by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Latinx is the word that just won’t die.   The word reentered the national consciousness Monday when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attempted to boost the word, and accused people of starting drama over…
    Douglas Blair
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    Funny How Late-Night Comics Don’t Treat Kamala Harris as Laughing Matter

    Yes, the real estate mogul no longer calls the White House home, but chances are you’ll hear Donald Trump jokes in any given late-night TV monologue. And they’ll draw satirical blood. That’s all well and good, but Trump no longer lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and he can’t even steer all his favorite GOP candidates…
    Christian Toto
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    Biden’s Open Border Is an Open Invitation to Terrorist Attacks

    We saw two examples late last month alone of the huge national security threat we face thanks to President Joe Biden’s open-border policies. First, we learned that a man on the terrorist watchlist was allowed into the U.S. and it took 13 days for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain authorization to rearrest him. The…
    Erin Dwinell
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    Small Minnesota Town Hosts Pride Event Featuring Incest Porn Actor

    Pride Month festivities in a small town in Minnesota caused a stir, as well they should. The event, East Central Minnesota Pride, took place Saturday in Pine City, population 3,113. Pride events are common in Minnesota, a state known for its left-wing values, but with a kinder, gentler “Minnesota Nice” ring to it. (I know because I grew…
    Nicole Russell
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    Many Gen Z Students Afraid to Speak Their Truth in Classroom

    Ideally, American public schools are settings where young Americans develop into citizens and become socialized to particular ideas, values, and civic norms. Attitudes toward democracy and disagreement are forged in these spaces. In this context, the findings of the Knight Foundation’s just-released report on high schoolers’ attitudes toward free speech should worry us. The report, part of the Knight…
    Samuel Abrams
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    Seattle Implodes After Defunding Police

    Seattle’s efforts to defund its police department and transfer its duties to other city agencies resulted in $5 million worth of wrongful parking tickets and other administrative dysfunction, according to The Seattle Times. Seattle is refunding roughly 100,000 parking tickets worth approximately $5 million total after transferring parking enforcement duties from police to civilian parking enforcement…
    Laurel Duggan
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    Massacre of 50 at Nigerian Catholic Church Part of Persecution of Christians

    On Pentecost Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria, four gunmen stormed a Catholic Church during Mass, massacring at least 50 worshippers in one of the most brutal rampages of the year. As word of the attack spread, so too did outrage that the violence in this African nation continues on. While Christians have been routinely targeted by Nigeria’s Islamic…
    Ben Johnson
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    Teachers Explain How They Push ‘Gender Lessons’ on Young Children

    Teachers across the country revealed the strategies they use to teach young children about gender ideology in a Friday article published by The Washington Post. Teachers discussed the various ways they are injecting gender-related discussions into their lessons, including comments about using hormones to stop menstrual periods and declining to state that sexual anatomy is gender-specific, according…
    Laurel Duggan
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    Iran’s Breakout Timeline Has Reached Zero

    A respected Washington nuclear nonproliferation think tank, the Institute for Science and International Security, reported last week that Iran’s “breakout time”—the time needed to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon—is now at “zero.” This is really no surprise. Just a few weeks ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified to Congress that Iran…
    Peter Brookes
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    America Can’t Remain Free Without a Virtuous People

    John Adams, who would soon surrender the presidency to Thomas Jefferson, ventured up to Capitol Hill on Nov. 22, 1800, to deliver the first-ever in-person presidential address in the not-yet-finished home of the United States Congress. It was noon on a Saturday. What message did he deliver? First, Adams congratulated the American people for building…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    State Treasurer Warns Americans of Politicized Credit Scores

    Are your financial investments being weaponized to undermine your political beliefs? Investment firms, banks, and many other companies have embraced environmental, social, and governance, also known as ESG—a politicized rating system that advances the left’s agenda. In Utah, Treasurer Marlo Oaks is fighting S&P Global Ratings, which adopted ESG to make decisions about the credit…
    Robert B. Bluey
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