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House Dems Bemoan GOP Effort to Block Military Funding for Child ‘Sex Changes’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—House Democrats are attacking the Republican Party’s move to stop the military from paying for child sex-change treatments in the National Defense Authorization Act. House Republicans negotiating the most recent iteration of the National Defense Authorization Act managed to include language that expressly prohibits the military from paying for “medical interventions for the treatment…Nick Pope -
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Legacy Media Pretend There’s No Cost to Biden’s Mass Importation of Illegal Immigrants
The Trump-loathing media hate the notion of mass deportations. They are upset that voters support it. After the election, a CBS News poll found 57% of Americans are ready to put the brakes on illegal immigration. On Sunday, ABC’s “This Week” moderator Martha Raddatz pressed conservative Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., on the cost: “A recent…Tim Graham -
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Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Who Says Flooding Job Market With Illegal Aliens Helps Americans
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley confronted American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday about how flooding the job market with illegal immigrants benefits Americans. Melnick previously stated in October that mass deportations would be detrimental to many American industries, including hospitality, construction, and agriculture. During a hearing…Nicole Silverio -
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Birthright Citizenship Is a Breach in the Border
“Birthright citizenship” may sound benign, but thanks to an overreaching Supreme Court decision 126 years ago, it’s the biggest legal hole in our border. President-elect Donald Trump has the opportunity to seal it, but it won’t be easy. When the Supreme Court handed down its United States v. Wong Kim Ark decision, illegal immigration was nothing like…Daniel McCarthy -
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Joe Biden’s Work-From-Home Bureaucracy
WASHINGTON—“Washington is still operating as if it’s March 2020. The headquarters of most agencies remain largely abandoned,” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, wrote in a report released Thursday that paints a dystopian picture of the federal workforce inside the vaunted beltway. It’s been nearly five years since COVID-19 knocked on America’s door. Most schools and businesses opened…Debra Saunders -
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Putting the BS in BLS: The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Made-Up Job Numbers
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. New job numbers are out and—hilariously—payrolls jumped 227,000, yet persons employed dropped 355,000. Are they just making it up? The numbers are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which—thanks to the power of imagination—reports that jobs are…Peter St. Onge -
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‘SENATE MUST DELIVER’: New Heritage Action Ads Urge Speedy Confirmation for Trump Nominees
Americans in nine states and the District of Columbia will soon see digital ads calling on them to urge their senators to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees. “This is the first stage of targeted advertising to urge undecided senators in a positive way to complete a swift confirmation process of President Trump’s nominees," Ryan…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden the Tyrant
President Joe Biden is the authoritarian threat the Left claims Donald Trump will be. Just look at his pardon of Hunter Biden. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Biden gave his son, who was facing sentencing for gun and tax charges, a “get out of jail free” card. Joe Biden didn’t just pardon Hunter Biden for those crimes….Victor Joecks -
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Trump Must Replace Biden Appointee Who’s ‘Destroyed Career Staff’s Confidence in the Honesty’ of Her Agency’s Leadership
The voters have spoken—they are ready for change. Tired of government overspending, overregulation, and excessive economic intervention, the American people seek real economic reform. Consumers have grown weary of paying the price for overreaching government policies and now hope for meaningful, impactful change. An immediate priority for the Trump administration should be appointing a new…Gerard Scimeca -
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Sen Cruz: How the Media Will Cover Illegal Alien Deportations
President-elect Donald Trump made mass deportations a pillar of his winning campaign platform. Trump and Tom Homan—the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who Trump tapped to be his border czar—say they will prioritize the deportations of criminal illegal aliens. Whether all of the estimated more than 10 million illegal aliens who…Virginia Allen -
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Survey Confirms Americans Still Shockingly Ill-Informed About Gun Deaths
If a recent survey is any indication, significant numbers of American voters are shockingly ill-informed about the reality of gun violence. The survey—conducted by RMG Research Inc. on behalf of the Napolitan News Service—asked registered voters whether they believed that school shootings or gang violence led to more gun deaths every year. A staggering one-third…Amy Swearer -
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Here’s How Trump Admin Can Stamp Out Federal Fraud, Save Hundreds of Billion$
Building 40 aircraft carriers. Constructing 80,000 miles of border wall. Rebuilding a devastated North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene—nine times over. Regardless of party, most Americans agree that our government can and should use taxpayer dollars more efficiently. But they still might be shocked at the sheer scale of what we simply lose…Blake Hall -
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Trump Taps Champion of Free Speech, Biological Reality to Replace Woman at DOJ Who Jailed Pro-Lifers
President-elect Donald Trump is setting the world to rights, especially with his pick to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon. In a grotesque abuse of power, the Biden administration used the division that aims to uphold civil rights as a cudgel to silence Americans who protest the killing of unborn children….Tyler O’Neil -
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China Threatens Taiwan With Largest Military Drill in Decades as Biden Quietly Disappears From World Stage
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—China made its largest show of force around Taiwan in decades in a time when President Joe Biden is seemingly less involved as commander in chief, moving over for President-elect Donald Trump. The Chinese navy deployed a group of 60 ships and 30 coast guard vessels off the coast of Taiwan this…Wallace White -
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House Republicans: Why Didn’t Park Police Stop Anti-Israel Rioters From Vandalizing Federal Property?
How did violent anti-Israel, pro-Hamas rioters get away with destroying government property, burning American flags and an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and raising a Palestinian flag in place of Old Glory on July 24? Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ariz., asked that at the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “Desecrating Old Glory:…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Pastor Fights to Keep Realtor License After Posting Bible Verse
A Virginia real estate broker faces the prospect of losing his license and paying a hefty fine because of a Facebook post about a Bible verse about homosexuality. On Feb. 13, 2015, Staunton-based broker Wilson Fauber reposted the Rev. Franklin Graham’s post citing a verse in the Bible and added commentary from his own perspective as…Christina Lewis -
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How Trump’s Justice Department Will Achieve More Honest Elections
The key to what a new Trump administration can do to enhance the security of the election process is not to nationalize election operations, something the radical Left has tried to do for years. What the Trump administration can and should do is assist states’ efforts to improve the integrity of elections. This includes removing…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Court Rightly Rejects TikTok’s First Amendment Claims in Divestiture Fight
Courts are increasingly asked to “apply long-standing First Amendment principles to somewhat novel facts” involving digital social media. They have performed this task often—if not well—in recent cases such as NetChoice v. Paxton, Murthy v. Missouri, and Anderson v. TikTok. The mixed lessons from these efforts were on display in the latest installment in this juridical…Jack Fitzhenry -
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A Major Constitutional Problem for Reparations
Liberal governments like those running California, New York, and Detroit are rolling out reparations proposals that treat Americans differently depending on their skin color. That’s a constitutional problem. The 14th Amendment says that governments cannot deny “any person” the “equal protection of the laws.” This means, as the Supreme Court says, that the law applies…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Standing Up for Justice in a System Under Attack
I am a bondsman—a profession rooted in the Constitution and born from the fundamental principle of justice: the presumption of innocence. For centuries, the right to bail has been a cornerstone of our legal system, ensuring that individuals accused of crimes can maintain their freedom while awaiting trial, so long as they fulfill one essential…John Looney Sr.