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Texas Church Led by Pro-Trump Pastor Catches Fire After Assassination Attempt, Republican Convention
UPDATED 10:05 p.m. Central—The historic sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Dallas, the church led by Pastor Robert Jeffress, caught fire on Friday night. The cause remains unknown, though the fire comes less than one week after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, of whom Jeffress has long been an impassioned supporter. “Dallas… -
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How Biden-Trump Rematch Echoes Campaign of 1920
For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of history. Not exactly the history of the abysmal political year of 1968, which saw the murders of Martin Luther King Jr., 39, and Robert F. Kennedy, 42, riots in major… -
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The Chosen One
I think it was 2019 when I first interacted with Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio. I had just finished my judicial clerkship and begun my career in media. JD, just a few years older than me, was already a bestselling author and a tech venture capitalist. We were both interested in some of the energetic and… -
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Republicans Need to Prepare for the Left’s Next Move
Donald Trump has a lot of things to celebrate this week, but a foregone conclusion in November isn’t one of them. Joe Biden is down in the polls and losing the unwinnable war against time’s toll. But Biden is nothing if not tenacious, and the president has a trick ready to turn Trump’s latest triumph—… -
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A Republic If You Can Keep It, by the Grace of God
Our republic averted a national catastrophe by one inch: The tilt of former president Donald Trump’s head, an imperceptible difference in the wind, a slight shake in the nervous hand of the would-be assassin. Change any one of these factors and our country and the world would never be the same. We should all… -
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Why Doesn’t the Left Want Voters to Decide Election?
When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the “right thing” of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. What followed were eight long years of extralegal efforts to neuter candidate, then president, then ex-president,… -
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Why Would Any Legit Dem Presidential Prospect Jump Into This Mess?
The Left’s efforts to push a fragile Joe Biden out of the presidential race are probably hitting an apex around now, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly showed up at the old man’s house to “forcefully” ask him to pack it up. Many Democrats are now looking around for political saviors. I’m not sure… -
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Biden Demolished His ‘Trump’s a Threat to Democracy’ Claim, Daily Wire Pundit Says
Conservative pundit Michael Knowles says that President Joe Biden demolished his own plan to brand former President Donald Trump as a “threat to democracy” after the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee. “What the near-assassination of Trump did is, it took all the wind out of the sails of the Biden campaign,” Knowles said… -
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‘GOD SAVED HIS LIFE’: Enes Kanter Freedom Opens Up About Speaking With Trump’s Family After Shooting
MILWAUKEE—Former National Basketball Association star Enes Kanter Freedom spoke with former President Donald Trump’s family after a 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate the former president. “About the photo, first of all, that’s probably one of the most iconic photos I’ve ever seen in my life,” Freedom, a former basketball and wrestling pro, told The Daily… -
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At RNC, 98-Year-Old WWII Vet Says He ‘Would Reenlist’ Under Trump
A 98-year-old veteran of World War II says if former President Donald Trump were the commander in chief again, he “would reenlist today.” “I would storm whatever beach my country … needs me to,” long-retired Sgt. William Pekrul declared in his speech on the third night of the quadrennial Republican National Convention. Pekrul introduced himself… -
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Are Trump Scandals Just Endless Hours of Noise?
On July 15, the opening day of the Republican convention, federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed special counsel Jack Smith’s indictments of former President Donald Trump for misuse of classified documents. Legal arguments aside, it cast a shadow over all the breathless media hype that came before it. Year after year, partisan “legacy media” outlets have… -
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Never Confuse Incompetence for Malice
A man can sleep better at night thinking evil men in charge have a plan than realizing incompetent idiots with no plan are in charge. Many Americans have resorted to conspiracy theories because they will not process that idiots are in charge in a confluence of random events who make matters worse through their gross… -
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‘They’re Not Listening To Us’: 100 Muslim Parents Oppose Gender Ideology at Virginia School Board Meeting
About 100 Muslims attended the Fairfax County School Board meeting on Thursday night to protest the school district’s plans to add radical gender ideology to elementary schools’ curriculums. The Northern Virginia school district unanimously approved changes to its Family Life Education Curriculum on June 27—including teaching kindergartners about the supposed “gender spectrum” and middle schoolers… -
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‘Really, Really Difficult’: Bureaucrats Worry Behind Closed Doors They’ll Be Sent Packing Under Trump
Government workers are reportedly in a state of panic over the prospect of former President Donald Trump winning another term in office, according to E&E News. Bureaucrats up and down the federal hierarchy are concerned that a second Trump administration could cost them their jobs and put an end to liberal programs they worked to… -
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America Can’t Have Greatness Without Goodness. And There Is No Goodness Without God.
America is great because America is good. If America ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. Those words often attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville (though in truth their origin remains much murkier) cut right to core of what makes America great: her goodness. But today, too many Americans reject the very idea… -
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Radicals Double Down on Gender Ideology at the UN Human Rights Council
The U.N.’s new “SOGI czar” delivered his first report to the UN Human Rights Council, which just concluded its meeting in Geneva. A SOGI czar is their independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Graeme Reid, who hails from South Africa, is a professor of Women’s, Gender,… -
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Trump Accepts GOP Nomination With Speech Focused on National Unity
Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time Thursday night, less than a week after the attempt on his life. “We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,”… -
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Trump Is Saving American Democracy, Tucker Carlson Tells GOP Convention
Donald Trump is the key to returning democracy to America, political commentator and veteran talk-show host Tucker Carlson said Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “The entire point—from the famous escalator ride nine years ago until today—for Donald Trump’s public life has been to remind us of one fact, which is a… -
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Trumponomics 2.0: Slash Red Tape, Lower Taxes, Drill for Energy, Tariff China
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. What does Trump 2.0 mean for the economy? Last week, Donald Trump sat with news outlet Bloomberg for an in-depth interview on his economic plans. ZeroHedge wrote up a great summary. In short, Trump plans more of… -
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7 Takeaways From Night 4 of Republican National Convention
Delegates celebrated happily Thursday night as they waited during the Republican National Convention to hear Donald Trump accept his party’s nomination for the third time—only five days after he was nearly killed by an assassin’s bullet. Before Trump’s widely anticipated speech to close out the big event, though, the crowd inside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee…