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opinion
The Danger of Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains
Some ideas are like horror movie villains. They’re dangerous, and no matter how many times they’re defeated, they never seem to die. The misguided idea of taxing unrealized capital gains is back on the scene. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., floated a proposal to tax unrealized capital gains in 2021. It was widely debated in 2022,… -
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Biden-Harris Admin’s EV Mandates Destroy Car Choice
This Labor Day weekend, the AAA expects tens of millions of drivers on the road—10% more than last year—most of them in safe, affordable cars and pickup trucks. Consumers have choice, based on their own preferences and needs, not the dictates of government. Now you can travel in your choice of electric vehicle, hybrid, or… -
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University Finally Removes Michael Knowles Condemnation From Homepage After Defamation Threat
The University of Buffalo condemned conservative commentator, author, and Daily Wire media host Michael Knowles for over a year on the website for its Department of Media Study apparently based on the false premise that he had called for genocide against transgender people. Knowles says the false claim represents the Left's attempt to justify political… -
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‘You Will Resign, or We’ll Make This Ugly’: Idaho National Guardsman Punished for Biblical Values
A Christian infantry officer is now being punished by the Idaho Army National Guard for using his First Amendment right to speak out against the LGBTQ+ ideology that he believes is harming children. In 2023, the officer posted about some of his deeply held beliefs on his private social media account while running for political office in… -
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Despite Tough Talk, Biden-Harris Admin Rolls Out Red Carpet for Illegal Alien Gangs: The BorderLine
Nothing illustrates the grave price of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policy like the preventable crimes that occur with dismaying frequency across the country. At the border, Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has for nearly four years been catching, then almost immediately releasing into the U.S. interior, thousands of young illegal alien men weekly. It… -
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About That List of ‘Republicans’ Endorsing Kamala Harris
Legacy media outlets have trumpeted the news that “more than 200" people who used to work for former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and for former Republican presidential nominees John McCain and Mitt Romney, have endorsed Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter. But who, exactly, are the 200?… -
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RNC Scores Election Law Victories in These Swing States. Here’s What That Could Mean in November.
The Republican National Committee this week filed election-related lawsuits in Michigan and North Carolina, coming off a Supreme Court victory last week over election procedures in Arizona. An RNC initiative called Protect the Vote has filed more than 100 lawsuits across 25 states and recruited more than 150,000 lawyers and volunteer poll watchers across the… -
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The Not-So-Secret Dirty Facts About China’s ‘Clean Energy’ Production
China’s production of batteries for electric vehicles is “definitely not clean,” says energy expert Diana Furchtgott-Roth. Without its own vast natural energy resources, China is the world’s largest energy importer, but has seized on the economic opportunities of the “green energy” movement. Yet the production of products such as EVs is causing harm to the… -
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CNN’s Softball Interview of Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris’ very first interview of her campaign aired on CNN Thursday night. We waited a month and a half for this and Harris’ much anticipated debut ended up containing barely more substance than the policy section of her website. (Don’t search too long for that section; it doesn’t exist.) The interview began with a glowing montage… -
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Fact-Checking Kamala Harris’ CNN Interview
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash Thursday for her first interview since launching her campaign. Harris answered over a dozen questions during the pre-recorded interview. Harris’ running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz joined Harris for the interview, a move which many Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, criticized. Here’s a… -
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Deja Vu All Over Again? Kamala McGovern
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. From taxes to spending, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is the most left-wing major party candidate since George McGovern, who proposed a universal basic income in 1972 and went on to win a single state [Massachusetts]. But Harris’… -
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Harris Claims Her ‘Values Haven’t Changed.’ Her Record Says Otherwise.
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we prepare for an edited, 18-minute long interview between CNN’s Dana Bash, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Can this give her the push her race so desperately needs in the swing state? Or is this just another log on the heap of… -
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MS-13 Gang Member Charged With Shooting Spree Was Booted From US Years Earlier, ICE Confirms
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Federal immigration authorities confirmed that an MS-13 gang member charged in a shooting spree in Mississippi last week is an illegal migrant who had been previously deported from the U.S. Fredy Antonio Amaya-Marin is a 39-year-old Salvadoran national living in the U.S. illegally, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson confirmed to the… -
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The Missing Word in Biden’s Negotiations With China
When an unnamed “senior administration official” briefed reporters last Friday about national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s trip to the People’s Republic of China—to meet with Foreign Minister Wang Yi—there was one significant word he never used: genocide. “I expect these meetings will cover roughly the same format as we have in previous rounds, discussing key… -
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‘What Did You Learn in School Today?’
It is an undeniable reality that children are the custodians of our future, destined to shape the world we leave behind. Children indisputably hold the responsibility of safeguarding our future and have the inherent potential to influence the world we will ultimately pass on. It is an obvious fact that our children will become our… -
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Zelenskyy Demands Using US Weapons on Targets in Russia
The war in Ukraine continues to rage on two-and-a-half years after Russian forces breached their neighbor’s borders. The protraction of the conflict has only made a Russian victory—through a favorable settlement or Ukrainian surrender—more likely, though it will come at a much higher cost to the Russians than originally anticipated by both Moscow and Washington…. -
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Pentagon Withholding Docs on Whether DEI Hiring Improves National Security, Veteran Says
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Department of Defense is under scrutiny for refusing to release records about exactly how spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion helps with national security. The Center to Advance Security in America in May filed with the Defense Department a Freedom of Information Act Request, the legal pathway to obtain government documents…. -
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High Prices Brought to Us by Biden-Harris Admin’s Economic Policies
Watching Vice President Kamala Harris propose her “federal ban on corporate price gouging” in the food and grocery industry reminded me of an arsonist who stands next to a burning inferno, ignoring her own role in the conflagration. In an apparent effort by Harris to run on reform as a semi-incumbent, her proposal is more… -
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Biden-Harris Admin Spends $250K Looking for LGBT Landmarks as National Parks Fall Into Disrepair
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The National Park Service has doled out about $250,000 in grants to add LGBTQ+ landmarks to the National Register of Historic Places even as it faces a multibillion-dollar backlog maintaining the public land it oversees. Through the National Park Service’s so-called Underrepresented Communities Grant Program, which was designed to diversify America’s historical landmarks to… -
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WATCH: Presidential Race Heats Up During ‘Brat Summer’ as Harris Finally Agrees to Interview
Americans over the age of 25 have been thoroughly confused since singer Charli XCX wrote on X “Kamala IS brat” the day President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for president and endorsed his vice president to be his successor. No, Charli XCX was not calling Harris a brat, but was saying she “is…