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WATCH: ‘Riot Season RETURNS’—The Tony Kinnett Cast Ep. 143
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we cover the pro-Hamas riots in Washington, D.C., burning American flags and assaulting police officers outside Union Station as the media desperately try to keep this albatross away from the simpering, giggling vice president. Meaghan Mobbs from Independent Women’s Forum joins us to explore the threats… -
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Government Policies Are Exacerbating Evictions
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Evictions are soaring, and Americans can’t pay the rent, potentially throwing hundreds of thousands of families out of their homes at a time when homeless shelters are jammed to the rafters with 10 million illegal immigrants. It’s a… -
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CBS News Implies Kamala Harris Should Be Exempt From Criticism
The bitter Sunday afternoon announcement that President Joe Biden would end his reelection bid spurred hours of live network television coverage. With all that time to talk, it was guaranteed that the TV newsers would start worrying out loud about a new Kamala Harris presidential campaign. CBS News really demonstrated the protective liberal urges. The… -
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‘Unfortunate Incident’: Watergate Hotel Condemns Pro-Palestine Maggot Attack, Secret Service Silent
The historic Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., condemned an allegedly pro-Palestine maggot attack on its guests in a statement Wednesday, calling the matter an “unfortunate incident.” Video footage posted Wednesday morning by the Palestinian Youth Movement shows a table flanked by an Israeli and an American flag covered in a disgusting array of what appears… -
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FBI Director Testifies Before Congress About Trump Assassination Attempt
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, offering scant new information on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Wray sat down before the House lawmakers and, in his opening remarks, described the “complex threat environment” that the FBI is facing. He also emphasized the need for the agency… -
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Hundreds of Signs Readied as Anti-Israel Protesters Gather at Capitol for Netanyahu Visit
Hundreds of premade anti-Israel signs were waiting near the U.S. Capitol as demonstrators prepared Wednesday to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest visit to America. Netanyahu was scheduled to address a joint session of Congress at 2 p.m. EDT regarding U.S. efforts to help settle the 9-month-old Israel-Hamas war. Israel has sought to eradicate… -
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Student Test Scores Still Falling Despite Hundreds of Billions in Federal Pandemic Aid for Schools
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Student test scores are continuing to fall four years after schools moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday by testing company Northwest Evaluation Association. The study found that gaps in academic performance between today’s students and their pre-pandemic counterparts are widening, despite the record $190 billion in federal… -
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The Real Reason Biden Dropped Out—and What Happens Now
Joe Biden is no longer the Democratic presidential nominee. After weeks of heartburn from the Democratic political establishment—and the unique spectacle of the media finally holding the Democrats accountable for their dishonesty—Biden announced Sunday that he would be dropping out of the presidential race. That announcement followed his disastrous June 27 debate performance against former… -
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‘A $91.5 Million Heist’: Trump Campaign Files FEC Complaint Against Biden-Harris Funds Transfer
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former President Donald Trump’s campaign filed a Federal Election Commission complaint Tuesday alleging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are in violation of campaign finance laws after transferring $91.5 million to Harris’ presidential campaign. The complaint, which was first reported by The New York Times, was filed by Trump’s campaign’s general counsel, David Warrington,… -
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California School District Partners With LGBTQ Center That Recommends Transgender Surgeries for Minors
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A California high school refers students to an LGBTQ+ nonprofit that helps minors get transgender surgery referrals, documents obtained by The Daily Signal reveal. The high school in the Newport Mesa Unified School District in Southern California has scannable QR codes in its hallways that take students to a number of… -
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Law Firm Calls for Investigation Into Company Responsible for Friday’s Global Tech Outage for Alleged Discrimination
A conservative public interest law firm filed a civil rights complaint against cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike on Wednesday for racial and sex discrimination. America First Legal said that CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. allegedly discriminated against white men by segregating them, forcing them to complete trainings, and limiting their promotions for the sake of diversity, equity, and… -
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2 YEARS LATER: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Heads to Trial
The man who told authorities that he traveled from California to Maryland with the intent to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will be heading to trial, court documents show. Nicholas John Roske, then 26, traveled to the Kavanaugh home in Maryland in June 2022 with the express intent of killing Kavanaugh and two other… -
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Big Tech Cuts Half a Million Jobs, Blames AI
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Big Tech is slashing jobs—half a million and counting. And it’s blaming artificial intelligence. A new study by Layoffs.fyi reports that layoffs in the tech industry have exceeded 100,000 so far this year—and keep in mind that the… -
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I Got Banned by LinkedIn for Using ‘American’ in a Job Posting
After I posted a job opening on LinkedIn last summer for my new online journal, New Guard Press, the social media site removed the listing, citing “discrimination.” My crime? I wrote that my post sought “young writers who believe in our mission of reviving American culture.” A label on that job posting for New Guard… -
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How Does UK View America’s Tumultuous Political Season?
Within less than two weeks, the world has watched as former President Donald Trump was almost assassinated, President Joe Biden announced he was ending his bid for reelection, and Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the leading choice for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From within the U.S., it feels like a tumultuous… -
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Lawmakers Fear Security Issues Around Netanyahu’s Congressional Address
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Some lawmakers are nervous that scores of pro-Palestinian protesters will swarm the Capitol out of retaliation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s congressional address on Wednesday. Netanyahu will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress to speak on the importance of maintaining a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. But a number of lawmakers who spoke to… -
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What These 2 ‘Breakfast Club’ Callers Say Kamala Harris, Dems Did to Blacks
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Listeners to “The Breakfast Club” radio show and podcast called in Tuesday to criticize Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris over policies they said are “destroying” black Americans. President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race Sunday and endorsed Harris to take his place atop the Democratic ticket after consistently dismal polling and doubts about his mental fitness…. -
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House Spending Bills Bring Conservative Wins, But Face Thorny Path Ahead
While Americans attempt to grapple with the ongoing chaos of the 2024 election, House Republicans have been quietly doing the work of putting together and passing spending bills for the next fiscal year. What the endgame for those bills will be remains an open and important question—one that could last into next year. With the gross national… -
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The Overreaching Power of the Bureaucracy Is Destroying Our Representative Government
The United States is a republic with decision-making power held by elected legislators representing the people. Yet many of the biggest decisions affecting the lives of Americans are made by unelected bureaucrats. In recent years, we have seen the administrative state going to levels never seen before, making decisions that Congress never told bureaucrats to… -
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WATCH: ‘Cringemala Harris’—The Tony Kinnett Cast Ep. 142
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we dive into the half-hearted attempts to revivify Vice President Kamala Harris into a leader instead of the deeply controversial and lackluster prosecutor, senator, and vice president her legacy has defined. U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns before an expected bipartisan impeachment vote in the…