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Hamas Leader Threatens Israel: Oct. 7 ‘Was Just a Rehearsal’
The architect of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel sent a threat to the Jewish state this week, claiming the massacre “was just a rehearsal.” Yahya Sinwar made the threat in his first public statement since the terrorist attack, Israeli media network Arutz Sheva reported. “The leaders of the occupation should know,” Sinwar said,… -
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Nicaraguan Regime Continues to Imprison Catholic Bishop
Nicaragua has been in a state of turmoil since 2018. The leadership and actions of President Daniel Ortega’s regime have created an eruption of violence, civil unrest, and mass protests against the government. Defenders of human rights across the globe have strongly condemned the repressive actions of the regime. Amid this human rights crisis, the… -
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Some Christian Nonprofits Support Abortion, Charity Watchlist Finds
Christian organizations are among nonprofits that support the abortion industry, especially since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, according to a “watchlist” that monitors such connections. “Unfortunately, our research showed that many of these organizations responded to Dobbs by funding abortion,” Hugh Brown, executive vice president of the American Life League, told The… -
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Why Anything Short of Total Eradication of Hamas Isn’t Enough
For a week now, the world has watched a high-stakes, emotionally draining, and dangerous game being played out in Gaza. What began as a mediated four-day “truce” and swap of 50 Israeli civilians held hostage by Hamas in exchange for 150 convicted Palestinian-Arab terrorists has now been dragged out much further. Hamas, unusually self-aware for… -
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House Panel Moves to Stop Noncitizen Voting, Foreign Funding of US Referendums
House Republicans have advanced measures to prevent noncitizen voting and curb foreign influence in American elections, with some even gaining bipartisan backing. The House Administration Committee on Thursday sent eight election-related bills to the full House for consideration, most of which still face an uncertain future. The measures now move to the House floor, but… -
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Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Dies at 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, who served over 24 years on the Supreme Court as its first female justice, died Friday morning in Phoenix. She was 93. O’Connor, who retired from the high court in 2006, died of “complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness,” the Supreme Court announced. “A daughter of the American… -
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The Unhinged Among Us
Oct. 7 should have been an open-and-shut case of moral condemnation. During peace and holiday, invading Hamas gunmen murdered, tortured, mass-raped, decapitated, and mutilated some 1,200 Israelis. The vast majority were unarmed women, children, infants, and the elderly. The cowardly murderers proudly filmed their atrocities and then fled back to Gaza—to cheers from the Gaza… -
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House GOP Bill Would Overturn Biden’s Secretive Election Activism Executive Order
A House committee advanced a measure to repeal President Joe Biden’s executive order involving federal agencies in election administration and to require more transparency. The House Administration Committee on Thursday passed several election-related measures, including the Safeguarding Electoral Integrity Act of 2023, to stop Biden’s Executive Order 14019, which called for federal agencies to partner… -
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Zelenskyy Says Summer Counteroffensive Did Not Achieve Its Aims
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy characterized the Ukrainian military’s summer counteroffensive against Russia as a disappointment, failing to achieve its expansive goal of pushing Russian forces back to pre-2014 lines, in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. Ukraine’s forces have made incremental advances against Russian lines and crippled Moscow’s Black Sea naval fleet, Zelenskyy… -
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UNCONSTITUTIONAL: State AG Explains How the Biden Admin Twists the Law in New Transgender Foster Care Rule
Jonathan Skrmetti, the Republican attorney general of Tennessee, has pledged that he will sue the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden if it finalizes a rule forcing gender ideology on foster parents. Skrmetti laid out the legal arguments against the rule in a conversation Wednesday with "The Daily Signal Podcast." "This… -
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6 Takeaways From Newsom-DeSantis Debate
In their long-awaited debate, Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis did not disappoint, vigorously sparring on issues from crime to the border to gender transition for minors. Newsom, a Democrat, and DeSantis, a Republican, defended their different approaches to governing two of America’s most populous states: California and Florida. Fox News host Sean Hannity moderated… -
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Cosmopolitan’s Unintentional, Unironic Reminder That Abortion Is Satanic
Cosmopolitan magazine is trash. Most sane people would agree. But sometimes Cosmopolitan unironically publishes something that horrifyingly illustrates just how far gone and evil our society, and the culture of death, is. Case in point: Cosmo’s recent post on social media to promote its article highlighting “satanic abortion.” (I’m including screenshots just in case the… -
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Democrats Changed Campaign Finance Laws Ahead of Contentious Election in This State, It Ultimately Benefited Them
A new campaign finance law helped Democrats to outraise and outspend Republicans in New Jersey’s November legislative elections, according to NorthJersey. The Democrat-controlled New Jersey State Legislature passed the Elections Transparency Act in March that, among other things, doubled campaign contribution limits from $2,600 per candidate per election to $5,200 per candidate per election. Democrats raised $10.8… -
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As Suicide Rate Soars to Record, Experts Urge Believers to ‘Reach Out,’ ‘Be Present’
Americans are now taking their own lives at a rate never before observed in the United States. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report revealing that in 2022, the suicide rate reached 14.3 per 100,000 people, the highest rate ever recorded, dating back to at least 1941. Experts and public policy… -
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Hunter Biden Art Buyer Advocated for Her Grandniece’s Release From Hamas Captivity
The American kidnap victim released by the terrorist group Hamas during its ongoing cease-fire with Israel is a great-niece of Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a major Democratic Party donor who paid handsomely for Hunter Biden’s art and won an appointment to a plum cultural post from President Joe Biden. Hirsh Naftali’s Biden connections went all but… -
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Texas Sues Pfizer for ‘Conspiring to Censor’ COVID-19 Vaccine Critics
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Pfizer Inc., arguing that the pharmaceutival corporation misrepresented the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and “conspired to censor” critics. The lawsuit alleges Pfizer “deceived the public” by claiming its vaccine was 95% effective, as well as through suggestions it made about the vaccine’s… -
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House Passes Bill Barring Funding to House Illegal Aliens on Federal Land
The federal government shouldn’t be permitted to use taxpayer funds to house illegal aliens on federal government land, under a bill passed by the House on Thursday. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and specifically prohibits federal funding from being used to provide housing for illegal aliens on land that is under the… -
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Bidens Again Celebrate Christmas by Publicly Snubbing Granddaughter
If anyone deserves a lump of coal this Christmas, it’s Joe and Jill Biden—who are celebrating the holidays by once again publicly snubbing their granddaughter, Navy Joan Roberts. For the first time since Biden became president, the White House’s State Dining Room features no stockings for the Biden grandchildren on the mantel. In 2021 and… -
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Despite the Platitudes, the American People Aren’t in Charge, Says Congressman
“We have neglected our wonderful country. And this is what you get when you neglect it … [a] perception that the American people are running Washington, D.C. They’re not. That’s the problem,” said the head of the House Freedom Caucus. As a nation, we need to reinvigorate a culture where people understand what made America… -
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Is Right to Jury Trial Itself on Trial in Hedge Fund Manager’s Case Before Supreme Court?
Will ill-advised precedent or fundamental constitutional principles prevail when the right to a jury trial is at stake? After two hours of oral argument Wednesday morning in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, that was the important issue confronting the Supreme Court. That, and whether the modern desire to empower the administrative state overcomes yet another…