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opinion
Public Library Pays Ibram X. Kendi $22,500 to Deliver Woke, ‘Anti-Racist’ Message
A woke sermon—from a well-paid minister who speaks his truth—is coming to a public library near you. Controversial author Ibram X. Kendi spoke Wednesday evening at the Fairfax County Public Library in Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. Kendi, director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, is the author of the 2019… -
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American Girl Falls to Radical Transgender Ideology. How Many Children Will Suffer?
It was Christmas 2001 and I was 8 years old. Running down the steep steps of my family’s New England home, I barreled into the living room to find wrapped presents plus one unwrapped gift by the fireplace—Josefina, an American Girl doll. I spent hours of my childhood playing with Josefina and a collection of other… -
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‘After School Satan Club’ Persists in Effort to Meet at Elementary School
News that a Satanic temple is attempting to start an after-school club for children on school property in Virginia is the latest in a rising pattern of public activity by groups that openly identify as followers of Satan. Reports surfaced Tuesday that The Satanic Temple in Chesapeake, Virginia, had been approved to use a room at… -
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GOP Should Fight Democrats’ Dodgy Voting Schemes in Court, Not Surrender and Play Catch-Up
The white flags of surrender are flapping in the breeze, thanks to Republicans willing to accept as permanent the “emergency” election rules that Democrats demanded during 2020’s COVID hell. Longing for the elusive red wave, some GOP officials and operatives now suffer Stockholm Syndrome: They think it’s time to surrender to Democrats, swallow their dodgy… -
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‘State-of-the-Art’ Video Reveals Beauty of Unborn Baby Growing in Mother’s Womb
One of the top pro-life organizations in the United States has released a video focusing on the beauty and humanity of an unborn baby as he grows in his mother’s womb. In “Along for the Ride,” Live Action uses “state-of-the-art technology” to demonstrate an unborn baby’s journey through different stages of growth, ability, and size…. -
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The Real News About Twitter Files: The Left, Democrats, Legacy Media Don’t Care
New Twitter owner Elon Musk gave reporter Matt Taibbi of Substack access to internal Twitter documents about the social media platform’s decision to spike the Hunter Biden laptop story and about how “the Biden team” had a direct pipeline to Twitter executives. Taibbi tweeted: “By 2020, requests from connected actors to delete tweets were routine…. -
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Pro-Life Activist Who Discovered Preemie-Sized Babies Jailed for Attempting to Block Abortions
Pro-life activist Lauren Handy tried to stop the abortions of unborn babies at an abortion clinic in 2019. Now she's spending 45 days in jail. A Michigan judge sentenced Handy and three other pro-life activists with the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) in mid November for impeding abortions from taking place at a Michigan abortion clinic… -
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The FBI Arrested Pro-Life Dad Mark Houck. Now, He’s Accusing the DOJ of Viewpoint Discrimination, Selective Prosecution
Attorneys for Mark Houck are moving to dismiss federal charges against the pro-life father arrested in a dramatic FBI dawn raid in front of his children. Houck's legal team filed a motion to dismiss charges this week in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that the Justice Department is… -
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BlackRock CEO Should ‘Resign or Be Removed,’ State Treasurer Demands
The state treasurer of North Carolina demands that BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink "resign or be removed" immediately in a letter Friday to the board of directors of the multinational investment company. "As keeper of the public purse, my duty is to manage our investments to ensure that the best interests of those that teach,… -
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Former Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Reinstated by Court After Firing Over Pro-Life Views
A federal judge has ordered Southwest Airlines to rehire a flight attendant and award her damages, back pay, and interest after she was fired in 2017 for stating her pro-life views on social media. The ruling marks a victory for the religious freedom rights of Christians in the workplace at the same time that the… -
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TWITTER FILES EXPOSED: Twitter Operatives Targeted These Major Names for Shadow Banning
Journalist Bari Weiss revealed in another major Twitter Files update Thursday that Twitter operatives were suppressing the accounts of major conservatives like “Libs of TikTok,” Dan Bongino and Charlie Kirk. Yet Twitter denied that it was suppressing or shadow banning accounts: in 2018, Head of Legal Policy and Trust Vijaya Gadde and Head of Product… -
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First Amendment’s Future Hinges on This Supreme Court Case
Saying anything you like—or refraining from saying whatever you want—is one of the most fundamental rights in a free nation. Without it, the First Amendment is worthless. The Supreme Court just heard arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the case of Lorie Smith, a Colorado graphic designer who refuses to create websites with messages… -
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House Freedom Caucus Members Lay Out ‘Bold Agenda’ for GOP Speaker
Several Republican House Freedom Caucus members released a letter Thursday identifying key rule and policy changes they would like to see the speaker of the House adopt as the 118th Congress is formed, saying there must be a “check” on the “swamp” and reform of the “status quo.” The caucus called for bills that are… -
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Doctors Sue FDA, Saying Agency Illegally Approved Chemical Abortion Drugs
A group of medical doctors and organizations argues that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration illegally approved chemical abortion drugs, and has filed a lawsuit to remove such pills form the market. “We believe that women should be empowered with accurate information, and what we’ve seen in this chemical abortion push is deception from square… -
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Does Trump Really Want to Be President Again?
Team Trump sometimes has compared former President Donald Trump’s current quest for a non-sequential second term to two-term President Grover Cleveland’s similar three election bids. Cleveland remains our only elected president (1884) to have lost a reelection bid (1888)—in a disputed vote—only to be reelected four years later in 1892. Yet Trump seems determined instead… -
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Arizona GOP Seeks Investigation of Katie Hobbs for Pushing Twitter Censorship
Two days after the Arizona Republican Party requested an investigation, the state’s GOP attorney general isn’t saying whether his office will look into specific actions of Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs, Arizona’s outgoing secretary of state, flagged certain tweets last year in her official capacity that Twitter then removed. Her interaction with Twitter was… -
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Key Provision of Constitution in Play as Supreme Court Hears Election Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Moore v. Harper, a case that turns on the meaning of a key provision in the Constitution outlining the Framers’ structure for congressional elections. It is a complex case and although it’s difficult to predict how the high court will rule, the justices sharply questioned lawyer David… -
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‘Jeopardizes the Basic Religious Liberties’: 7 House Republicans Who Changed Their Minds on Respect for Marriage Act
The Respect for Marriage Act will likely soon be signed into law by President Joe Biden after the House of Representatives gave its final approval on Thursday. The bill passed 258-169, with every Democrat voting in its favor as well as 39 Republicans. One hundred and sixty-nine Republicans voted against the bill with one voting… -
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Black Homicide Rates Are Back at ’90s Levels. The Problem Isn’t the Guns.
The Left loves to talk about “disparate impact”—until it interferes with its narratives. A recently released study found that homicide rates for black men have shot back up to the extremely high levels of the early 1990s. If black lives truly matter, stemming the sudden explosion in violent crime where black men are primarily the… -
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Texas City May Bar Christians From Sponsoring Christmas Parades, Conservative Group Warns
A small Texas city near Austin is about to vote on a policy that may prevent Christian groups from sponsoring Christmas parades, according to the conservative group Texas Values. The policy, listed as Agenda Item #13 on the agenda for the Dec. 8, 2022, meeting of the city council in Taylor, Texas, stipulates what kind…