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Trump Compares Sydney Sweeney Billboard to Woke Jaguar Ad
President Donald Trump revealed his stance on actress Sydney Sweeney following her controversial new American Eagle jeans ad. Last week, American Eagle released a campaign with the “Euphoria” actress titled “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.” Leftists complained that the play on “genes” versus “jeans” was racist with “Nazi” overtones, while others found it to be… -
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Congress Needs to Stop Preserving the Education Department
Like a teacher cleaning the classroom before school opens, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is sweeping out the inefficiencies in her agency—but instead of helping, some in the U.S. Senate want to shove dust under the rug. Education Department officials are doing just what was promised in an executive order earlier this year calling… -
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The House That Ed Feulner Built
In 1982, the historian Russell Kirk invited me to attend a meeting of the Philadelphia Society. It was at that meeting that I met Ed Feulner, the founder of the now formidable Heritage Foundation. We have been friends ever since. A few days ago, Ed passed away. Many tributes have been and will be written… -
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Democrats Use Illegal Aliens to Obtain Cheap Labor to Support Their Lifestyles
What happens when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescues 14 children from labor exploitation and exposure to sex offenders in marijuana fields? Surely, this would be a moment for mental clarity and political cohesion, where federal law enforcement officials are recognized for their good work. That was not what happened. Instead, Democrat leaders rushed to… -
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Faith Group Wins Innovation Prize for America’s 250th Celebration
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary next year, the Herzog Foundation Institute has developed a project to reinvigorate patriotism and educate people on the nation’s founding principles and values. The foundation, a nonprofit focused on the development of Christian K-12 education, won a $50,000 Innovation Prize from The Heritage Foundation in June for its project called… -
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Cambodia Nominates Trump for Peace Prize, Becoming the Third Country to Do So
Cambodia announced Friday it will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped bring the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict to a ceasefire agreement. “He should get the Nobel, not only for his work on Cambodia but also elsewhere,” said Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol in an interview with The Wall Street… -
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Netanyahu, Fetterman Respond to Horrific Hamas Video Showing Starving Hostage Digging Grave
Hamas released on Friday a horrifying propaganda video depicting a starving Israeli hostage digging his own grave. The images have sparking outrage around the world. In the five-minute video, the emaciated Evyatar David is seen inside a narrow, claustrophobic tunnel, digging his own grave while crossing off the days on a calendar. “I haven’t eaten… -
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Trump Fires BLS Chief Over Job Data ‘Tampering’ as Hassett Calls for Fresh Leadership
When confronted with July’s unexpectedly small job gain, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett questioned the job report’s accuracy and called for “a fresh set of eyes” at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Friday’s report also included a sizable downgrade in the number of jobs created in May and June from original estimates. “The fact… -
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Jaguar CEO to Retire Following Last Year’s Ad Controversy
The Jaguar CEO recently resigned in the wake of a controversial ad campaign the luxury car company released months ago in an effort to rebrand as “woke.” After spending three years as CEO and three decades total with Jaguar Land Rover, Adrian Mardell will officially retire on Dec. 31, the company announced Thursday. This comes… -
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What to Know About Next 2 Biden Aides to Face Questions This Week on 46th President’s Decline
Two more senior aides who were longtime members of Joe Biden’s inner circle will take questions from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this coming week. On Tuesday, Bruce Reed, former deputy chief of staff for policy in the Biden White House will sit down for a transcribed interview with House investigators. Reed was… -
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‘Go to Hell’: Trump Accuses Schumer of Extortion Tactics
President Donald Trump accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of demanding over $1 billion in order to approve some of his judicial nominations in a post on his social media platform Saturday evening. After long negotiations seeking to make a deal on Trump’s judicial nominees Saturday night, little progress was made, and now the… -
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Trump’s Mission to Make America’s Kids Fit Again Is Way Overdue
Poor health and obesity, and the chronic diseases that accompany them, cost this country billions of dollars. President Donald Trump, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is on a mission to end that, and he’s starting with our children. It’s often said that you can’t outrun a bad diet. The implication… -
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Tortured by Bureaucrats
Americans like licenses. People think they make us safer. We license drivers. We license dogs. But most government licensing is useless. Or harmful. It limits competition, raises costs, leaves consumers with fewer choices, and blocks opportunity for people who want to work. Michelle Freenor, a tour guide in Savannah, Georgia, gets good reviews from customers…. -
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Kentucky’s GOP Senate Hopefuls Keep McConnell at Arm’s Length
Kentucky Republicans are seeking someone to fill the shoes of retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell—a figure who has been a major face of the Republican Party for decades. But in the race to replace the longtime lawmaker, the leading candidates are in a competition to prove who’s the furthest from McConnell, who at times has had… -
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Levin’s Latest Tackles Thorny Issue of Power
Mark Levin has written a brand-new book on a huge subject: “On Power.” How do you boil that subject down to 208 pages? In America, the founders and their current admirers have been all about limiting power, having the humility about human nature to understand that people lust for power. Early on, Levin quotes C.S…. -
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America’s ‘Happiest’ Golfer Has a Timeless Message: Family First
Every recreational golfer of my generation shares at least two things in common: We grew up revering Tiger Woods, and we know “Happy Gilmore,” the 1996 Adam Sandler golf comedy, like the back of our hands. Which millennial, while lining up a putt on the green, hasn’t told himself at some point to just “tap… -
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Creative Studio to Release Video Series for America’s 250th Anniversary
A creative studio in Austin, Texas, is launching a six-part video series to examine America’s founding principles in anticipation of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The series, called 250 Years in Pursuit, adds to the Emergent Order Foundation’s expansive content portfolio that promotes a civilized society based on values such as human dignity and freedom…. -
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They Aren’t Alright
A few weeks ago, press outlets globally ran a horrific story about Israel shooting at starving Palestinians trying to get food. The story was not true. Before the press began retracting it, a man in Colorado attacked several Jews, killing, among others, a Holocaust survivor. Earlier this week, the New York Times, on its front… -
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Europe’s Recognition of ‘Palestine’ Is a Cynical Joke
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this week that their countries would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The first problem with that is “Palestine” is a fictional place. There never was any such thing. And diplomatic recognition of it no more changes this reality than if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… -
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Cleavage In a Bored Country
Some countries have true, serious problems. Then there are countries that have national discussions over a buxom young white woman in a jeans commercial. Obviously, America is the latter. This week, the internet—and the media more generally—exploded over a commercial starring actress Sydney Sweeney for American Eagle. The spot features Sweeney, lying seductively on the…
