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Military Mail-In Ballots Cast for Trump Discarded in Pennsylvania, Federal Investigation Finds
Nine military mail-in ballots cast for President Donald Trump were discarded at a local Pennsylvania board of elections office, a federal investigation concluded. The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police began an investigation Monday at the request of Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, U.S. Attorney David Freed said in a statement. Salavantis requested federal assistance following reports of… -
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As Popularity Ebbs, Black Lives Matter Hides Its Agenda
Americans overwhelmingly agree that the lives of black people have as much value as the lives of white people and people of every skin color. Black lives don’t just “matter” (that’s such a utilitarian word); they are precious in God’s sight because they reflect his image. That’s why the unjustified deaths of George Floyd and… -
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Bad Policies Fuel Fires
“Mother Earth is angry!” says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in my newest video. “The debate is over around climate change!” says California Gov. Gavin Newsom, smirking, strangely. They’re eager to blame climate change for the wildfires in their state. I’m surprised they didn’t say it causes COVID-19, too. Newsom, ridiculously, says wildfires are another reason… -
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America’s Pacific Island Partnerships Preserve Peace, Progress
The Freely Associated States in the Western Pacific aren’t well known to many Americans, but President Donald Trump and his administration continue to provide unprecedented focus and support to these allies to help preserve their peace and prosperity in the face of China’s growing interests in the region. Instead of debt diplomacy, the Trump administration… -
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Thousands Expected to Attend Franklin Graham’s First-Ever Prayer March on Washington
Thousands of people are expected to convene in Washington, D.C., Saturday for Franklin Graham’s inaugural Prayer March, according to organizers. Tens of thousands have expressed interest in the Prayer March, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday. Franklin Graham, son of the American evangelist preacher Billy Graham, announced on Twitter his spearheading of the Prayer… -
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Film ‘Climate Hustle 2’ Targets Hollywood’s Green Hypocrisy, Double Standards
Politicians, media figures, and Hollywood elites who maintain lavish lifestyles while advocating restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions are on full display in a new documentary. “Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy” is a sequel to the 2016 documentary film “Climate Hustle,” which questioned the premise of theories linking human activity with potentially catastrophic… -
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New Bill Would Ban Biological Males From Women’s Sports
Title IX—the 1972 federal law that prohibited discrimination based on sex in education —is perhaps best known for its impact on girls and women’s sports. Schools and colleges were no longer permitted to offer multiple opportunities for athletic competition to men and far fewer to women. The result was a massive growth in girls and women’s sports…. -
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Strengthening America’s Armed Forces
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. In his major speech on foreign policy and national security while campaigning for… -
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Defining ‘Contractor’ Status Would Provide Some Relief for Struggling Workers and Small Businesses
A new rule proposed by the Department of Labor could bring partial relief to businesses struggling to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic fallout. It could also help millions of workers who are straining to maintain their livelihoods or attempting to find new ones. For the first time in more than 80 years since… -
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History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past
History is a harsh mistress when trifled with. Newspaper writers and editors make a profession of turning the present into history, and they acknowledge the dignity of facts with every correction appended to the bottom of their stories. Yet over the last year, the editors of The New York Times’ and Pulitzer Center’s 1619 Project… -
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The Left’s Shameful Targeting of Lawmakers’ Homes
If at first you don’t succeed, burn down your opponent’s house. Or at least protest right outside, bringing fear and terror to the private quarters and lives of the nation’s lawmakers. That seems to be the current mantra of 2020. In a year roiled by leftist violence, with small business owners in cities across the… -
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What’s Needed for Health Care Reform: Personalized Care That Puts You and Your Doctor in Charge
The following is an open letter to the American people from 81 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter. The nation faces a clear choice between two paths for America’s health care future: One path is largely controlled by the government, where you get few choices and no… -
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Shaping Our Technological Future
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. Over the past four years, the government has been most responsive to national… -
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Like the Soviets, Black Lives Matter Purges Its History
The Black Lives Matter organizations that swiftly captured the nation’s attention have expeditiously and quietly been softening their rhetoric and removing the most un-American statements from their websites. This is because the millions poised to agree with the slogan Black Lives Matter began distancing themselves from these organizations as their true intentions came to light…. -
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Securing America’s Digital Landscape
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. The scale and speed of technological change and its evolving security implications make… -
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Today’s Riots Comparable to ‘Late Stage’ Violence of ’60s, ’70s
The riots of today are potentially more dangerous and divisive than the riots of the 1960s, said scholars during a Heritage Foundation forum Wednesday. The riots are not yet at the “intensity and the breadth and the longevity” of the 1960s riots that began as peaceful protests and blossomed into acts of terror by the… -
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Fact-Checking New York Times Fact-Checker on BLM’s China Links
The New York Times covered for communists in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, when it denied the genocide in Ukraine. The Times covered again for communists in Cuba in the 1950s, when it reported that the rebels were Democrats. And the newspaper appears to be doing the same in America today by covering for… -
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Here’s a List of White Liberals Caught Pretending to Be Black
Three different white liberals in authority roles within universities and activist movements have apologized this month for pretending to be black—and they aren’t the only ones to get caught lying about their racial identities. Satchuel Cole, an Indianapolis racial justice activist, apologized on Wednesday for misrepresenting her racial identity. “Friends, I need to take accountability… -
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Antifa Wants to ‘Overthrow Our Government,’ Terrorism Expert Says
Antifa claims to be an anti-fascist organization that fights white supremacy and discrimination. But the group’s true aim is to overthrow the American government, says Martin Scott Catino, a Fulbright scholar and member of the nonprofit Anti-Communist Action Team, which exposes communism’s lies through research and personal stories. Catino, who has spent over 20 years… -
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Democrats Threaten to Pack Court If Republicans Vote on Ginsburg Replacement This Year
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement this year. Left-wing activists have been pushing Democratic politicians to endorse court-packing since Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2018 retirement cleared the way for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to join the high…