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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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    Harris Campaign’s Frantically Flailing Freakout

    The latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” is all about the frantic flailing attacks and overused platitudes thrown out from the Harris-Walz campaign just weeks away from the election. From criticizing the music the Trump campaign plays at rallies to repeating the same Disney musical phrases over and over, the Harris campaign seems desperate…
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    How the Harris Boomlet Went Bust

    When Kamala Harris first jumped into the 2024 race, the joy was palpable. Every major Democrat leaped to celebrate. The legacy media uncorked the Champagne. Rank-and-file Democratic voters had a pep in their step. After all, the Democratic Party had pulled off an unprecedented feat: After rigging the Democratic primaries to avoid any serious opposition…
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    Deceitful Campaign Promises—on Both Sides

    Donald Trump and Kamala Harris keep making new promises. Trump fans applauded when he said he’ll eliminate taxes on tips. Then Harris proposed that, too. Her audience applauded. Trump then proposed not taxing overtime. More applause. But narrow tax exemptions are bad policy. In my new video, economist Allison Schrager explains how they create nasty,…
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    FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Data, Now Showing Surge Instead of Reported Decrease

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Federal Bureau of Investigation quietly revised its national crime data for 2022, showing that violent crime actually increased instead of decreased, as was initially reported, according to RealClearInvestigations. The FBI Uniform Crime Report initially showed a slight 2.1% decrease in violent crime from 2021 to 2022, however, the revision, which was…
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    ‘I’M A CHRISTIAN’: Democrat Appeals to His Faith in Denying His Record of Voting for Men in Women’s Sports

    Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, brought up his faith in an attempt to deny his own voting record on men who identify as transgender competing in women’s sports during a candidates’ debate Tuesday night with incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Debate moderator Gromer Jeffers Jr., a political reporter with The Dallas Morning News, asked Allred about…
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    Harris and Walz Brutally Mocked for ‘Masculinity’ Ads

    On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we gaze in amazement at the brutal failure of ads by a political action committee supporting the Harris-Walz ticket attempting to appeal to men in the name of “masculinity.” The sheer chaos that followed with just three weeks left until the presidential election has everyone, including…
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    Naval Academy Ignores Students’ Right Not to Recite Preferred Pronouns

    Something is amiss in Annapolis, home of the U.S. Naval Academy. A rot growing like kudzu across this bucolic campus is undermining the Naval Academy’s core mission: to prepare young officers to take command at sea.  How else can you explain the academy’s insistence that the Supreme Court’s holding that it is unconstitutional for colleges…
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    ’Stand Your Ground With Love’: French Teacher Fired for Rejecting Personal Pronouns Wins Lawsuit Almost 6 Years Later

    French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On Sept. 30, the West Point School Board in Virginia agreed to pay him $575,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees. “I’m so relieved that our basic fundamental rights of freedom of expression, of freedom of…
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    Colorado Governor Silent on Whether He’ll Use Far-Left Smear Factory to Cancel Conservatives After Flag Squabble

    Colorado’s Democratic governor, Jared Polis, did not respond to concerns that his administration would rely on the Southern Poverty Law Center to exclude conservatives from a state flag program after his office apologized for honoring a gay organization the SPLC brands a “hate group.” Polis’ signature appeared on a document celebrating the Colorado chapter of…
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