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‘Abuse of Power’: Biden DOJ Targets Another Pro-Lifer With FACE Act Charges
The Justice Department has charged yet another pro-life activist with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act—this time, an activist from the same pro-life group that discovered preemie-sized aborted babies’ remains outside a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic. A D.C. federal grand jury’s two-count superseding indictment charged 25-year-old Herb Geraghty with conspiracy against rights… -
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Judges Fighting Yale Law School Show They Know ‘What Time It Is’ in America
Late last month at the sixth annual Kentucky Chapters Conference of The Federalist Society, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (disclosure: my former boss) issued a call to arms. Ho—who earlier this year ruffled feathers at Georgetown University Law Center by using the occasion of his own… -
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‘For the First Time in My Life, I Started to Feel True Support’: My Experience at a Pregnancy Resource Center
I grew up with low expectations for those around me and for humanity in general. My mother passed away when I was 12 years old. My father was an alcoholic. My caretaker was abusive. Caught up in a rip current of disappointment and struggle, I found the sandy shore of success and happiness was always… -
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Central Bank Digital Currencies: Potential Financial Catastrophe in Search of a Problem
The White House released a framework recently on regulation of digital assets that included a call for the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to continue behind-the-scenes efforts to impose a government-run cryptocurrency known as a central bank digital coin. A central bank digital coin would be one of the most authoritarian—and one of the most… -
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Center for Rights of Abused Children Helps Kids Find Brighter Future
An astonishing 675,000 children are abused every year in America. Thousands of kids in foster care disappear in the course of a year. Some are missing for days or even weeks, and tragically, others are never found. Fortunately, there’s an organization committed to doing something about these problems and other issues related to child protection… -
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4 Myths Jon Stewart Perpetuated About Radical Gender Theory
In an Oct. 7 episode of “The Problem with Jon Stewart” podcast, “The War Over Gender,” the comedian and political commentator discussed sex and gender. The episode created a lot of buzz. Leftists praised it for supposedly debunking what they called “hateful lies” and said it was “a breath of fresh air.” But a closer… -
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Leftist Democrats Masquerade in ‘Moderate’ Clothes
It happens every election year. While most Republicans proudly run for office as conservatives and then govern that way, Democrats typically conceal their liberal beliefs and pose as “moderates” and “centrists.” Once elected, they swing left and startle voters who sign up for compassion and get stuck with socialism. “Moderate Joe Biden” found himself in… -
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Biden Plays the Old Ugly American
The Left used to accuse imperialist, resource-hungry Yanquis in Washington of cutting selfish deals with illiberal dictatorships in Latin America to grab their natural resources. How odd then that President Joe Biden is now begging the despicable Maduro regime in Venezuela—corrupt, murderous, and anti-American—to produce more of its oil solely to send northward to America…. -
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My Love-Hate Relationship With Twitter
I love Twitter. I love it because when I joined, I “followed” people, so I get to learn what they think. I also learn what the crowd thinks, and sometimes I get breaking news. Hooray for Twitter. I also hate Twitter. After I read my Twitter feed, I often feel disgusted with myself. Social media… -
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Parents May Face Felony ‘Child Abuse’ Charges for Disagreeing With Kids’ Gender Identity; AG Vows to Fight Back
Virginia’s Republican attorney general, Jason Miyares, is vowing to protect parental rights after a Democrat in the state House of Delegates voiced support for a bill to criminalize a parent’s disagreement with his or her child’s stated gender identity. Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, announced a new policy last month, putting parents in the driver’s… -
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How a Christian University and American Capitalism Are Teaming Up to Combat Chinese Communism’s Spread
While the U.S. government often lacks a coherent policy to deal with Communist China’s dangerous military, political, and economic influence around the world, many in America’s private sector—brought together by the nation’s largest Christian university—are stepping into the breach to do something about it. Last week, Liberty University convened more than 630 U.S. and African… -
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Plays Fast and Loose With Tolkien’s World
Warning: This review contains spoilers for the Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and Peter Jackson’s fantastic three-film adaptation had many reasons to doubt that Amazon’s prequel streaming series would fail to deliver, not the least because the company and its… -
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‘This Is World War III’: Expert Breaks Down China’s ‘Hybrid Warfare’ Against the US
The CEO of a business warfare and counterintelligence company issued a chilling warning Thursday evening about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party and called on Americans to change their behavior and attitude toward China’s communist regime. “It’s not just military. I’d like to back it up all the way to hybrid warfare. Hybrid… -
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Address Mental Illness, Substance Abuse to Combat Homelessness, New Report Says
The Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty released a report Wednesday aimed at helping lawmakers change government policies on homelessness, which the institute considers ill-advised. The Seattle-based nonprofit’s report, “How Congress Can Reform Government’s Misguided Homelessness Policies,” focuses on the underlying causes of homelessness; specifically, mental illness and substance abuse. The solution to homelessness must involve… -
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Economist Explains Why ‘Americans Are Being Absolutely Crushed Right Now’
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday that the consumer price index rose 0.4% in September, showing that inflation remained at a near four-decade high of 8.2%. “Today’s report shows some progress in the fight against higher prices, even as we have more work to do. Inflation over the last three months has… -
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Notre Dame Professor Offers Abortion Assistance to Students
A sociology professor at the University of Notre Dame offers to help students in procuring chemical abortions and “morning after” pills, a student newspaper reported Wednesday. The Irish Rover, a conservative Catholic publication, reported that the professor, Tamara Kay, had advertised her willingness to assist in abortions on her office door with a sign reading: “This… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Elise Stefanik Says Mayorkas Knew Better as Team Biden ‘Demeaned and Degraded’ Border Patrol Agents
A top Republican lawmaker is vowing to hold Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accountable after an email surfaced showing that he knew Border Patrol agents didn’t “whip” Haitian migrants hours before a White House press briefing where he discussed the incident. “The Biden administration has demeaned and degraded our brave Border Patrol agents. I proudly… -
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4 Takeaways as House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of January 2021 voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump. The panel’s nine members sought to make a case that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and planned before the election to claim that he really won. Less than a month before the Nov. 8 midterm… -
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Social Security’s 8.7% COLA Will Protect Retirees From Inflation, but Will Hasten Program’s Insolvency
The Social Security Administration announced Thursday that beneficiaries will receive an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment next year. That’s good news for seniors today who—like all other Americans—are struggling with rising costs, but it comes at the expense of a diminished Social Security system for current and future retirees. Social Security is funded by current workers’ payroll… -
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Army’s Misplaced Priorities: Recruitment Shortfall More Problematic Than Climate Change
The word “incongruous” immediately came to mind last week when two news headlines appeared at about the same time concerning the U.S. Army. The Army Times last week reported that at the end of fiscal year 2022 (on Sept. 30), the Army came up 20,000 soldiers short of its authorized end strength. The Army was…