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    The Real-World Consequences of Soft-on-Crime Prosecutors, Brought to You by George Soros

    A first-of-its-kind documentary for The Heritage Foundation is the culmination of years of work, scholarship, live events, and debates, highlighting the radical nature of the George Soros-inspired rogue prosecutors movement—and the dire consequences to the safety and security of the residents and businesses in the communities overseen by so-called progressive prosecutors.  Told through the eyes…
    Cully Stimson
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    Would You Like Those Swing States for Here or to Go?

    Would you like those 19 electoral college votes for here or to go? This latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” examines former President Donald Trump’s latest bid to win swing states like Pennsylvania by working at a local McDonald’s. While the Harris-Walz campaign and legacy media called Trump’s day serving fries a “fake,” the…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Team Harris’ Campaign of Condescension Draws Pushback

    The election is finally shaping up to be not only liberal Democrat Kamala Harris versus conservative Republican Donald Trump. Instead, it has become a larger contest between those who talk down to their fellow Americans and those who are increasingly sick and tired of being lectured. How smart is it, for example, for Harris supporters…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    4 Epic Policy Fails of Czarina Harris

    For Kamala Harris, failure is not an option. It’s a governing principle. President Joe Biden has delegated at least four key responsibilities to his vice president. On each one, she has belly-flopped hard enough to empty an Olympic swimming pool. Border Czarina “I’ve asked her, the V.P., today … to lead our diplomatic effort and work…
    Deroy Murdock
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    How the West Will Win (Again)

    Buenas tardes, señoras y señores. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is my first time joining Foro Madrid. I am honored. I bring you greetings from The Heritage Foundation and from our president, Kevin Roberts. You know, I used to criticize Barack Obama for his apology tours. That’s when he’d go around the world apologizing…
    Andrew Olivastro
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    Americans Want Employers to Fund Life-Affirming Options, New Poll Shows

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—With many of the nation's largest companies reimbursing employees for traveling out of state for abortions, the vast majority of Americans think companies should provide equal benefits for birth and adoption. The Napolitan News Service surveyed 1,000 registered voters on Oct. 15 and 16 about their views on abortion. Seventy-one percent of those…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Few People Have Expended So Many Words to Say So Little

    A few months into Kamala Harris‘ 2024 presidential run, her handlers faced a dilemma. Should they continue cocooning the candidate or unleash her on the public? Both options came with serious political risks. Sure, Democrats could keep pretending Harris was a generational talent, but her refusal to sit down for an interview, much less give…
    David Harsanyi
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    Who Really Benefits from EV Subsidies?

    “I grew up in the middle class,” Vice President Kamala Harris says repeatedly to show that she understands what policies would best support the average American. However, Harris’ electric vehicle subsidies don’t help middle- and lower-income households; they go to upper-income households. It’s one of many hypocritical policies of the Biden-Harris administration. This year, the…
    Austin Gae
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    Are UK Labor Party and Harris Campaign Headed for Legal Jeopardy?

    The United Kingdom’s Labor Party and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign may be marching into the same legal jeopardy as the Australian Labor Party and Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president did in 2016: violating federal law that bans foreigners from financial involvement in American political campaigns. Various news sources report that Sofia Patel, head of operations…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Fox’s Bret Baier Pressed Kamala Harris for Answers. The Powder-Puff Press Hated It.

    It shouldn’t be considered incredibly brave for Vice President Kamala Harris to consent to an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News. JD Vance has been doing hostile Sunday shows for months while Harris resorted to the basement strategy. Then, once Team Kamala booked a “media blitz,” they bizarrely went on offense. Mediaite posted this…
    Tim Graham
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    The Collapse of Kamala Harris

    On July 26, in the aftermath of the Democratic Party’s ruthless midsummer coup of its own democratically elected presidential nominee, this column predicted that the elevation of dimwitted cackler-in-chief Kamala Harris to the party’s presidential slot would “spectacularly backfire.” More specifically, I wrote: Practically, the path to winning 270 Electoral College votes still runs through…
    Josh Hammer
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    3 States Will Vote on Repealing Marriage Amendments

    Voters in three Western states will consider ballot measures this November to repeal marriage amendments previously approved by voters. These measures would add redundant legal fortifications to same-sex marriage in anticipation of the day when the current cultural juggernaut consumes its final momentum. The state ballot measures would have no immediate effect on policy, due…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Volleyball Team Risks Forfeiting a Championship to Stand for the ‘Future of Women’s Sports’

    The women of the University of Nevada at Reno volleyball team plan to defy their school by refusing to compete against a team with a biological male player. “We are risking our main goal, which is a Mountain West championship,” University of Nevada women's volleyball team captain and outside hitter Sia Liilii told The Daily…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    For Harris, Consumer Choice in Vehicles Must Take Back Seat

    Vice President Kamala Harris wants to deprive Americans of the right to choose cars and household appliances. When the Democratic presidential nominee claims, as she did at a rally last week in Michigan, that “I will never tell you what kind of car you have to drive,” she is guilty of two of the Democrats’ most…
    Kenin Spivak
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    2 New Studies of Christians’ Role in Voting Reach Clashing Conclusions

    In this year’s presidential election, 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church are unlikely to vote, according to a recent study released by Arizona Christian University.  The Oct. 7 study said that enthusiasm among that cohort is lower for the November elections because of “the public’s distaste for both major-party candidates,” Republican former President…
    Christina Lewis
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    How Democrats Have Abandoned Colorblindness for Tribalism

    Racism and sexism endure. Think of the “Unite the Right” white supremacist, neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. But sometimes unexpected voices fan the flames. As the civil rights movement gathered steam, colorblindness was the endgame. Ballots could not identify candidates by race. Employers could not ask for the racial identities of applicants….
    Armstrong Williams
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    Where Does House Freedom Caucus Go From Here?

    The newly minted chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Andy Harris joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss the conservative cohort’s priorities heading into the elections and the 119th Congress. The House Freedom Caucus is no stranger to putting pressure on House GOP leadership. The concessions secured by the caucus and other conservatives…
    Bradley Devlin
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    How Kids Are Paying the Price for an ‘Adult-Centric Policy’ Agenda

    Kids are not running for public office, enacting laws, litigating policy, or even voting, and yet children often bear the weightiest consequences for the bad policies adults implement.  “I get angry when kids are victimized because adults refuse to do the right thing,” says Katy Faust, the founder and president of the pro-children advocacy organization…
    Virginia Allen
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    4 Takeaways From Kamala Harris’ Fox News Interview With Bret Baier

    Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, repeatedly dodged questions from Fox News’ Bret Baier on Wednesday. Baier pressed her on immigration, taxpayer funding for transgender surgeries, and President Joe Biden’s mental acuity, among other key issues. Here are four key takeaways. 1. Immigration Baier began the interview by asking Harris about immigration policy….
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Washington Post Claims Republicans Wage War on Fact-Checkers

    Liberal journalists love to paint the Republicans as opposed to facts—which implies that liberal journalists own the facts and determine who is using them properly. The Washington Post put this aggressive headline on the front of its Oct. 15 edition: “Campaign takes stand against fact checks: In live settings, Trump aims to let his falsehoods…
    Tim Graham
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