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opinion
Enduring Evil: Getting Put on a ‘Hate Map’ With the KKK Is Just One More Cancel Culture Attack for Focus on the Family
When the Southern Poverty Law Center put Focus on the Family on its “hate map,” listing the conservative Christian nonprofit alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, it made life a bit tougher, but the Christian group had already faced so many “cancel culture” attacks, it was ready for the blowback. “We are Christians, we’re… -
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Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state’s attorney general in 2005, he appeared before the Supreme Court to argue Van Orden v. Perry. The question was whether a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments that had stood on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol since 1961 violated the First Amendment. That… -
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Shock-and-Awe ‘Midnight Hammer’ Iran Strike Encapsulates Trump Doctrine
My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing what President Donald Trump has since called the “12-Day War.” Although the Mossad’s intelligence and the Israel Defense Forces’ rapid establishment of air superiority inside Iran proved to be nothing… -
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Twisting the Truth: Extreme Weather and the Climate Narrative
As America braces for another storm season, only the media storms are more predictable than upcoming hurricanes and tornadoes. Even before the dust settles after natural disasters, headlines often warn that gusts of wind and funnel clouds are proof the Earth is boiling. Politicians rush to blame carbon emissions while their supporters flood social media… -
opinion
Is Trump’s DOJ Being Set Up to Lose?
Update: The Justice Department announced Saturday it would allow the Hewlett Packard Enterprise merger with Juniper Networks to go forward after a settlement was reached. The Trump administration has made revitalizing American industry and taking on the Chinese Communist Party top priorities. But those efforts are being jeopardized by a misguided antitrust lawsuit that threatens… -
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Why a Therapy Student Risked Her Career to Expose Sexually Explicit Lessons
Therapy student Naomi Epps Best was fired from her internship after she exposed her university’s program for forcing her to share sexual information with the class and take a tour of a BDSM sex dungeon. Her courage cost her time with her children and the ability to graduate on time, but Best says the sacrifices… -
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American Press Corps Has Totally Discredited Itself
On Tuesday, in what it labeled an “exclusive,” CNN reported that initial intelligence assessments of the Iran bombing suggested Iran had been set back a couple of months in its quest for a nuclear weapon. The report’s lead reporter was Natasha Bertrand. In 2020, Bertrand played a lead role in attempting to discredit reports of… -
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‘NO MORE MONEY!!!’: Trump Announces Support for ‘No Tax Dollars for Riots’ Legislation
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he fully supported a California Republican congressman’s “No Tax Dollars for Riots” legislation. The president wrote on Truth Social that Rep. Kevin Kiley’s proposal “should be passed immediately,” calling for his administration not to pay “ANY money to these radicalized groups.” The president added, “They get paid to incite… -
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2 Lawmakers Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Rep. Claudia Tenney announced that she has “twice nominated” President Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, writing, “No modern leader has done more for World Peace than President Trump, and it’s long past time he receives recognition.” Tenney, R-N.Y., wrote on social media platform X that Trump was able to broker the Abraham Accords, “the… -
opinion
What Would Trump’s Reindustrialized America Look Like?
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to restore America’s manufacturing base. But what exactly is his vision of a reindustrialized America? “I’m proclaiming that by the end of my term, the entire world will be talking about the ‘Michigan miracle’ and the stunning rebirth of Detroit,” Trump said at a campaign rally… -
opinion
Trump Learned the Lessons of Iraq
President Donald Trump has finally moved the United States past the traumas of the Iraq War. With the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, the U.S. made the world a safer place in the long run. But the attack, and subsequent ceasefire between Israel and Iran, also represents a reset of… -
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Trump’s Iran Strike a Lesson in Executive Leadership Versus Autopen Presidency
“This wasn’t a Pentagon operation. This was a Donald Trump operation. He came up with the PR. He chose the plans. He chose the day.” That’s a quote from news site Axios of a reportedly senior administration official about President Donald Trump’s role in conducting the operation to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities on Sunday. Lost in debates… -
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DOJ Investigates University of California for Discrimination
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the University of California system for potential race- and gender-based discrimination in employment. “The University of California’s ‘UC 2030 Capacity Plan’ directs its campuses to hire ‘diverse’ faculty members to meet race- and sex-based employment quotas,” wrote the DOJ. “These… -
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Trump Scores 3 Major Foreign Policy Wins in One Week
President Donald Trump scored three major foreign policy victories this week. Almost overlooked amid the successful military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and NATO allies agreeing to increase annual defense spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, the Trump administration also facilitated a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda…. -
opinion
In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy
It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last Parthian shot from a terrified regime, desperate for an out—and a ceasefire. Iran would have been better off not… -
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Maine House Restores Laurel Libby’s Speaking Privileges Just Before Adjournment
After months of persecution, Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican, had her legislative rights fully restored at the end of the state’s legislative session. In a 115-16 vote, the Maine House, in which Democrats hold a slim majority, voted to restore Libby’s voting and speaking privileges, but not to revoke the resolution of censure against her. Maine House… -
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How a Jewish-Christian Alliance Can Rescue the West
Israel’s recent 12-day war with Iran once again focused Americans’ attention on the Middle East. But it’s what happened Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a brutal terrorist attack on Israel, that united many Jews and Christians to confront the barbarism threatening our civilization. Melanie Phillips is the author of the recently published book “The… -
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The Barista Proletariat Wins in New York
Zohran Mamdani’s lead in first choices in New York City’s ranked-choice mayoral primary, and his inevitable victory when second, third, fourth, and fifth choices of trailing candidates are allocated to candidates voters ranked lower, mean that he’ll be the Democrat nominee for mayor of the nation’s largest city and the likely winner of the general… -
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Keeping States From Governing AI Helps Big Tech and Harms Kids
Today’s push for a 10-year artificial intelligence moratorium has been framed in legislation as a “temporary pause” on state AI and algorithmic regulation. Proponents claim this is necessary to prevent “an unworkable patchwork of disparate and conflicting state AI laws” and preserve America’s lead over China in AI. But this ignores a more immediate and… -
opinion
Inside the White House: ‘New Media’ Journalist Olohan on Power, the Press, and What You Don’t See
Working weekends, flights on Air Force One, and jockeying for position to ask presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt a question in the White House briefing room is all a part of life as a White House correspondent, according to Mary Margaret Olohan. As a member of the “new media” in the White House, Olohan…
