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Ignore the Doublespeak: We’re in a Recession
American families cannot afford what they were purchasing just a year and a half ago. That means a lower standard of living, but don’t expect any sympathy from Biden administration officials. Their focus seems to be on technicalities, not the average American’s cost of living. The latest economic doublespeak from the Biden administration is a… -
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Increasing Assaults on Thomas Jefferson Ignore His Complexity and Contributions to Freedom
Thomas Jefferson is coming under increasing attack, even at Monticello, his former estate, now a museum near Charlottesville, Virginia. The main focus seems to be on slavery, not on Jefferson’s many unique accomplishments. According to the New York Post, “Books by critical race theory proponents Ibram X. Kendi and Ta-Nehisi Coates enjoy pride of place… -
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Is Texas the Model for Good Health Care Policy?
Health care affects every single American. Republicans and Democrats argue over the best way to provide the essential service to the population. But in Texas, a sweeping series of health care reform bills was able to make their way through the state Legislature. And it was done on a bipartisan basis. Dave Balat, director of… -
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Democrats’ New Proposal Does Nothing to Lower Inflation
The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name, it has absolutely zero to do with inflation. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is crammed with the very same spending, corporate welfare, price fixing, and tax hikes that were… -
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Government Eyes Collecting More Data on Americans to Address Pay Discrimination
The federal government collected data on 100 million Americans from 70,000 employers to prioritize investigations for what a report calls “systemic” pay discrimination. The government also is open to more expansive data collection in the future to address pay disparities. “Is this going to be a smoking gun that definitively answers whether there is pay… -
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Extending Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Would Be Costly, Ineffective
The deal struck by Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act would extend what was sold as a temporary expansion of Obamacare subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The extension would be for three years, at a cost of $64 billion. Democrats claim that… -
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Monkeypox Primarily Affects Gay Men. Why Are We Scared to Say It?
Monkeypox seemingly sprung out of nowhere to infect large swathes of the globe, replacing COVID-19 as the malady du jour. Experts say the number of monkeypox cases is severely undercounted, and the World Health Organization just declared the disease a global health emergency. Monkeypox has hit America particularly hard. Our nation has the most recorded… -
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Inflation Reduction Act—or Radical Green New Deal?
Make no mistake, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will do nothing that its supporters state—in fact, it will do quite the opposite. If passed, the act will increase the prices that Americans pay for energy, make the United States less energy… -
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DC Mayor Demands More Help From Biden to Process Illegal Immigrants
Democrat politicians in the District of Columbia are calling for the Biden administration’s help in responding to an increase in illegal immigrants caused by the busing of thousands of migrants to the nation’s capital since April by the Republican governors of Arizona and Texas. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested mobilization of the D.C. National Guard to… -
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When Clinton, Biden, and Schumer Defended Marriage Against Ted Kennedy
When Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts led the fight in 1996 to stop a federal law that would define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, he faced some prominent opponents in his own party. They included then-Rep. Chuck Schumer of New York, then-Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, and then-President Bill… -
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Associated Press Injects Woke Ideology Into Its Stylebook
Since 1953, the AP Stylebook has been a go-to manual for journalistic grammar and style at most media outlets. It lays out basic rules about grammar, punctuation, phrasing, and the like, intended to have universal applicability. In the past, it was aimed at reducing bias and creating a framework for evenhanded reporting. Those days are… -
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‘Not Safe’: England to Shut Down Only Gender Clinic for Minors While Biden Pushes Child Sex Changes
England’s National Health Service plans to shut down its only youth gender clinic after an investigation found it to be unsafe for children, according to The Telegraph. An independent review found that medical professionals at Tavistock transgender clinic were pressured to unquestioningly affirm children’s gender identities and skip the normal clinical assessment process, prompting the… -
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It’s Time to Set Record Straight on Ectopic Pregnancies and Abortion
The abortion lobby wants women to think that abortion is the best—or even only—option when it comes to lifesaving maternal care. To achieve that, the pro-abortion left continues to spread harmful lies and misleading talking points in public hearings and press releases. Under the guise of a fair and open debate, House Democrats held yet… -
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Republicans Might Skip Liberal Interviews? Good
It’s way too early to talk about the 2024 presidential campaign, but it cannot be staved off any more than you can stop Jim Acosta from yelling. Liberals are already alarmed about the press strategy of the Republican contenders. New York Magazine posted David Freedlander’s article “Why Republicans Stopped Talking to the Press.” This headline… -
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FDA Slaps Warning on Puberty Blockers
Puberty blockers earned a warning label from the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month after six minors (ages 5-12) experienced severe symptoms. The puberty blockers in question are known scientifically as “gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) substances.” The minors, who were all biologically female, suffered from symptoms of “pseudotumor cerebri” (tumor-like masses in the brain), including visual disturbances… -
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Fact-Checking 6 Claims About Life After Roe v. Wade
When the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on June 24, Americans went to their computers to find out what life was going to be like in a post-Roe America. From June 23 to 24, Google trends show a 98% increase in searches for the phrase “abortion rights.” And June 23 to 25 saw a… -
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So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Would Make Stagflation Worse
After more than a year of expressing his concerns about the impact of inflation, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has signed off on a massive tax and spending bill that only would push prices for working families even higher. The deal, which Manchin made with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was reached only hours before… -
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FDA Considers Over-the-Counter Birth Control. Here’s Why It Matters.
For the first time in history, women may soon be allowed to purchase birth control over-the-counter. The Food and Drug Administration first approved the pill in the 1960s, and since then, women have always needed a prescription for birth control pills. But that might be changing. The FDA is considering approving over-the-counter birth control. The… -
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Former Defense Secretary Urges Pelosi to Visit Taiwan, Stand Up to China
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Taiwan next month and Beijing is not happy, threatening “determined and forceful measures” if the trip happens. “[China] will have to take determined and forceful measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity” if the trip proceeds, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, according to the Financial… -
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‘It’s Hurting People’: Sen. Mike Lee Calls for End of Obamacare
A leading conservative senator, blaming Obamacare for skyrocketing health care prices in his state, laid out policy solutions Tuesday to create a health care system that puts Americans and their doctors back in charge. “If you allow the worker to get pretax dollars, get non-tax dollars, and allow the worker to purchase his or her…