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Election Integrity 2022 in Review: More Improvements Than Damage
As state legislatures begin their 2023 sessions, Americans should know what their states did in 2022 to improve or damage the integrity of the election process. They can now easily do that because 2022 marks the second year that The Heritage Foundation has tracked and scored the laws and regulations of every state and the… -
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Antisemitic Hate Crimes Doubled in NYC as The New York Times Targeted Orthodox Jews, Hasidic Group Says
An Orthodox Jewish organization in New York City has launched a public information campaign to combat what it describes as The New York Times' "crusade" against Hasidic Jews and their schools, a torrent of negative coverage that comes amid an uptick in antisemitic hate crimes shown by police data. The organization, Agudath Israel of America,… -
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Media Style Guide Pushes Abortion Propaganda Over Accurate Reporting
The Associated Press recently released a guide for news outlets for reporting on abortion that’s so biased in favor of the procedure, its guidance often runs contrary to medical science. The new guide has the ability to significantly distort how Americans perceive the abortion issue. The AP’s “Abortion Topical Guide” is part of the widely… -
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President Biden Bashes Republicans While Unveiling New Immigration Plan
President Joe Biden criticized Republicans’ handling of the southern border as he announced plans Thursday to visit the border and address illegal immigration. “It’s clear that immigration is a political issue and extreme Republicans are always going to run on it,” Biden said Thursday. “But now they have a choice, they can keep using… -
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Here’s Why Kevin McCarthy’s Bid for House Speaker Remains Up in Air as Conservatives Push Back
The next speaker of the House has yet to be chosen as about 20 conservative Republicans continued to oppose Republican leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid Thursday, when he lost the seventh ballot early in the afternoon. “There were more conversations last night. I think that Leader McCarthy knows that he doesn’t have the votes, that… -
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Torrent of Taxes Sends New Yorkers Fleeing on Southbound Expressway
How the mighty have fallen. The latest Census Bureau data show the Empire State’s population drain continues, as people flee New York in droves. From July 2021 to July 2022, 300,000 more people moved out of the state than moved in. New York had the largest population loss—in both percentage and absolute terms—experienced by any… -
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‘It’s Really Like Poison,’ Former Drug Enforcement Agent Says of Fentanyl
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin. How strong is that? It’s so strong that it only takes 2 milligrams—the equivalent of four grains of salt—to kill you, according to a former federal drug enforcement agent. Put another way, he says, 1 gram of fentanyl could potentially kill 500 people. “We got to make sure… -
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Enough’s Enough. It’s Time to Take Back Our Streets From Criminals.
The streets of America are in chaos. Amidst the chaos, young people are taking advantage of the situation to loot and destroy stores, with no regard for the safety of others. Videos of these ruthless thieves have gone viral, showing them ransacking stores and taking whatever they can get their hands on. The cost of… -
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Shoe Brand Crocs Sponsors Drag Fashion Show With Kids
Yet another brand has fallen to the woke agenda. RuPaul’s DragCon UK announced that the beloved American brand Crocs, famous for its comfortable casual shoes, is cosponsoring and promoting a drag show with children at an upcoming event in London. An Instagram post by RuPaul’s DragCon encouraging “all kids under 18” to report to the… -
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A Little Rebellion in House Speaker’s Race Is Good Thing
Democracy is messy. Who knew? The race to become speaker of the House, as of this writing, is in the sixth round of voting, making it one of the most contentious speaker’s races in decades. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, and many assumed that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., would win… -
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6 Policies That Anti-Abortion Leaders Expect a Pro-Life House Majority to Prioritize
A letter signed by leaders of more than 40 pro-life organizations has been sent to every Republican member of Congress, urging action on eight related bills. “We write to urge you to exercise Congress’s constitutional authority to legislate abortion policy at the federal level and pursue a robust pro-life agenda,” reads the letter to House… -
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7 Big Fights for Speaker of the House
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s tough climb to the speakership seems rare in the modern era, but brawls over the top House job are not uncommon historically. After voters decided which party would control the House, the elected lawmakers battled in 14 instances when electing a speaker required multiple ballots. But it was a century ago—1923—when a… -
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Good Riddance to 10 of the Faces of 2022
With all due respect to the late, great Frank Sinatra, it cannot be said of 2022 that “it was a very good year.” To the contrary, to borrow from the title of a children’s book, 2022 was in many ways “a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad” year. But 2023 holds out promise to be… -
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Abbott Says Texas Will Secure Its Border in ‘Federal Government’s Absence’
Razor wire, an expanded border wall, and law enforcement—welcome to 2023 and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plans to further secure the southern border. Abbott wrote on Twitter earlier this week, “Texas National Guard are installing additional layers of razor wire in high-traffic areas for illegal crossings at the Texas-Mexico border. They’re working around the… -
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The Death of Eternal Truths and the New Paganism
Last week, Pope Benedict XVI died at the age of 95, nearly a decade after stepping down as head of the Catholic Church. His life was marked by adherence to a belief in an eternal truth above all. As he stated in a 2008 meeting with Catholic educators at the Catholic University of America, “Truth… -
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Biden, FDA Move to Turn Local Pharmacies Into Abortion Clinics
The Biden administration on Tuesday formalized a process to allow retail pharmacies to join the abortion-pill business. The policy change—originally announced more than a year ago—is the latest example of President Joe Biden doing the bidding of the abortion industry at the expense of women’s health and safety. Here’s what you need to know about… -
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BREAKING: Virginia AG Launches Investigation of Fairfax School Caught Withholding Students’ Merit Awards
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday that prosecutors will investigate one of the state's richest school districts and its celebrated science and tech school for “unlawful discrimination" in violation of state law. The move from Miyares, a Republican, follows concerns that Fairfax County Public Schools and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology… -
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Round 5: Still No Speaker of the House
Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to reflect the fifth round of voting on Wednesday. Later in the day, there would be a sixth round without any candidate having enough votes to be elected. The next speaker of the House is still up in the air after the fifth round of voting on Wednesday failed… -
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‘New York Must Stop Disarming Its Religious Citizens’ Under New Court Order
A federal court has blocked New York from enforcing a ban on the concealed carrying of firearms at houses of worship, ruling Thursday that the state law likely discriminated against religious New Yorkers and may have violated the First Amendment. The state’s Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, signed the legislation (S.51001/A.41001) in July, restricting concealed carry… -
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‘60 Minutes’ Peddles Fake News About Humans Overrunning Earth
Chalk this up as “60 Minutes” hosting the worst peddler of false knowledge since Dan Rather left the set. CBS kicked off 2023 by touting “mass extinction” blather by Paul Ehrlich, the guy who’s been peddling radical and misanthropic eco-garbage since his book “The Population Bomb” in 1968. That screed began: “The battle to feed…