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Fact-Checking Team Biden on Who Those 87,000 New IRS Agents Would Audit
The Biden administration has promised not to raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. And despite estimates from official congressional scorekeepers that the Schumer-Manchin-Biden tax increase indeed would raise taxes on those Americans, the administration has doubled down on the claim as a final vote nears on Democrats’ bill. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen… -
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Rapper Zuby Urges Young to Stay Positive Because America Worth Saving
When you turn on the TV these days, you’re bombarded with negative stories and talking heads claiming America is a no-good, very bad place. It can be hard to grow up in an environment where it seems like everyone thinks America’s best days are behind her. Many young Americans believe such dark prognostications about the… -
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Why China Owning US Land Is Bigger Deal Than You Might Think
A senator from Alabama is sounding the alarm that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to overtake the United States not only militarily, but also economically, as Beijing continues to purchase U.S. land. “The problem is … they’re just not trying to take us over militarily. They’re trying to also get real, real involved economically in our… -
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Beijing’s Economic Problems Complicate Its Designs on Taiwan
As China continues military drills near the island of Taiwan, the tense security environment brings up a question: Is China going to invade Taiwan soon? Fortunately, China’s current economic mess says it’s not likely. A few weeks before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China reported a sharp economic slowdown to 0.4% growth in… -
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Garland Says He Approved Search Warrant for Trump Raid
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he signed off on the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, but provided few more details other than to announce that the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the search warrant. “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in… -
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Leftist Judges Declare Bees Are Fish to Get Them Endangered Status
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Not to be outdone, three liberal judges in California said, “Let bees be fish,” and they were fish (for all relevant legal purposes, at least). What a remarkable superpower liberal judges have to redefine reality with a word or two! How did they do it?… -
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Western Elites Blame the People for Resisting Failed Green Policies
Europe is in a world of hurt when it comes to energy. News outlet Die Welt reported last Sunday that the German government was preparing to deal with backlash from angry citizens who will need to deal with a massive energy crisis come winter. According to the outlet, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told news broadcaster… -
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I Lost a Child to Miscarriage. New York Times Essay Likening Miscarriage to Abortion Is Despicable.
Pro-abortion advocates are trying to muddy the definition of an abortion with muddy and obtuse moral reasoning. On Aug. 2, The New York Times published an op-ed by law professors Greer Donley and Jill Wieber Lens, co-authors of a forthcoming law review article, “Abortion, Pregnancy Loss, & Subjective Fetal Personhood.” Their New York Times essay… -
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Biden Administration Extends Attack on the Free Market in New Rules on Student Debt
Instead of addressing the college debt crisis, the Biden administration has proposed new rules designed to punish for-profit colleges and stick taxpayers with billions of dollars in debt forgiveness. Taxpayers deserve accountability from the Department of Education, not carrots and sticks that interfere with a free marketplace for higher education. The rules, proposed last month,… -
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Biden Executive Order on Abortion Access Is Misleading and Full of Misinformation
After the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden directed his administration to find ways to provide increased access to abortions. That includes potentially funneling taxpayer dollars to transport women and girls who live in states with stricter abortion laws across state lines into states with more lenient ones. Biden’s… -
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Biden Administration Cherry-Picks Data to Dodge Troubling Economic Numbers
With all the Orwellian doublespeak emanating from Washington these days, it is important to take everything you see and hear with a grain of salt. This even goes for talking points that are supposedly quoting official data, like the last monthly employment report from the Labor Department. While the Biden administration was quick to highlight… -
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Prepare to Pay More Under the So-Called Inflation Reduction Act
Here’s the best possible spin on the staggering $369 billion in energy and climate handouts included in the Inflation “Reduction” Act: It’s not as bad as last year’s draft. There’s nothing to reduce gasoline and electricity bills. Nothing to increase American energy production. Nothing to spur innovation. Instead, it will increase taxes on average Americans,… -
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Workers in These States Would Pay Most Under Biden’s New Business Tax
Where will President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats get the money to finance their large expansion of subsidies for green energy and extension of Obamacare subsidies for the upper middle class? The simple answer is: “From hardworking taxpayers.” Taxpayers across the income spectrum should expect they ultimately will pay for the left’s deceptively named Inflation… -
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The Establishment Has Emerged From the Shadows. They’re Betting That You Won’t Care.
Our nation is under siege. But this siege is not the result of some domestic or foreign terrorist threat. This siege on our great republic comes from within the very institutions for which we have entrusted our nation with. The establishment, in concert with their allies within the Department of Justice, have conducted an unanticipated,… -
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1 in 10 US Households in 2019 Worth More Than $1.3 Million
Ten percent of the households in this country at the end of 2019—just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit—had a net wealth of more than $1.3 million, according to a report published last month by the Census Bureau. There were also definite patterns among households that had higher wealth and those that had less. In fact,… -
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Why Are So Many Young Americans Irreligious? The Secular Brainwash Is the First Reason
Fewer young Americans affiliate with any organized religion than ever before in American history. This means, therefore, that the children—and certainly the grandchildren—of millions of faithful Christians have abandoned Christianity. The same holds true for Jews, but that decline began somewhat earlier. Until the 20th century, nearly all Jews were religious (which nearly always meant… -
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Teachers Union Promotes Pronouns Cards for Students: ‘Hello, My Pronouns Are… ’
A “Student Identification Card” sounds relatively innocuous, like something that could come in handy for a field trip, emergency drill, or cafeteria hour. Such a card seems unlikely to serve a purpose in promoting LGBT indoctrination and deceiving parents. And yet, that’s exactly what it is now being used for. This particular student ID card… -
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Biden’s Civil War on Energy Is Leaving Endless Collateral Damage in Its Wake
President Joe Biden has declared he will “end fossil fuel.” Presidents have declared war on everything from poverty to drugs, but his declaration is much more sinister. His is really a civil war. The combatants are heavy-handed bureaucrats harassing fellow countrymen who want to do nothing more than fuel their car, cool their home, or use their… -
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‘So Goes Housing, So Goes the Economy,’ Rep. Ralph Norman Says
For many Americans, buying a home is one of their greatest financial goals. And the health of the economy is tied directly to our ability to purchase real estate, says Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. “So goes housing, so goes the economy,” Norman says. “The reason that is, you have over 130 trades [involved], from the… -
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What Happens When the Woke Rewrite History
For decades, schoolchildren across America have taken field trips to presidential homes such as George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier. Students and adults alike have learned about the lives and legacies of the men who crafted our founding documents and stood for freedom at the risk of their own lives. …