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opinion
Sorry, White Old Hippies: We Black People Want Safe Streets
Look at the crowds in Washington, D.C., protesting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime. Who do you see? Not the mothers from Anacostia who’ve lost their sons to street violence. Not the churchgoers in Southeast who just want to walk home without fear. No—what you see are aging white hippies with protest signs, desperate to… -
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LGBTQ Groups Ask Court to Uphold Conversion Therapy Ban
A group of LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to uphold a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy for minors. In a “friend of the court” brief, the organizations said Colorado’s law “promotes supportive parent-child relationships.” According to the groups, conversion therapy “divides youth from their families and promotes parental rejection of LGBTQ… -
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Partisan Rancor Pervades Democrat Leaders’ Letter to GOP Seeking Budget Talks
Democrat leaders in Congress invited their Republican counterparts to government funding negotiations in a Thursday letter, albeit one brimming with partisan accusations of legislative malfeasance. The hostile letter sets the stage for tense spending negotiations with little more than a month left to fund the government before the end of fiscal year 2025 at the… -
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What Psaki and Frey Don’t Understand About Christianity
Another couple of leftists just revealed they understand nothing about Christianity. “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, said Wednesday when addressing the horrific shooting at Annunciation Church. “These kids were literally praying.” That same day, Jen Psaki, former press secretary for President Joe Biden,… -
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What Drives the Transgender Violence Against Christians?
The man who opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic school Wednesday, killing two and injuring 17 before taking his own life, drew renewed attention to the threat of transgender mass shooters. He joins a surprisingly long list of violent offenders who identify or identified as transgender or nonbinary, in the context of a broader movement… -
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Leavitt Rips Predecessor Psaki Over Minnesota Shooting Remarks Denigrating Prayers
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday sharply criticized comments made by one of her predecessors, Jen Psaki, about the mass shooting Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, characterizing the remarks as “insensitive and disrespectful.” Discussing the school shootings that left two children dead and 17 others injured, Psaki raised the topic of… -
opinion
California Climate Change Board Obsessed With ‘Racial Equity’
California spends billions annually on a fool’s errand: trying to unilaterally change the Earth’s temperature. “Global warming”—now called “climate change” to explain both heat waves and cold snaps—has been used by the Left for decades now to implement its radical agenda, primarily the redistribution of wealth. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that California’s… -
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Fox News Publishes Its First Novel, a Crime Thriller by Trey Gowdy
Fox News contributor and former Rep. Trey Gowdy launched his new crime thriller on Tuesday, marking the first novel published by Fox News Books. “I want people to know what it’s like to be a homicide prosecutor. I did it for 20 years, and if you are interested in homicide crime from start until the… -
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Virginia a Sanctuary State? Dem Candidate Suggests Yes
Democrat nominee for Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger says she plans to revoke an order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin designed to facilitate cooperation between Virginia and federal law enforcement officers to combat illegal immigration. “Virginia is not a sanctuary state,” the order says. But in an interview with Virginia Mercury, Spanberger said one of her first… -
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Inland Californians Seek ‘Two-State Solution’ to Escape Democrat Rule
THE CENTER SQUARE—Republicans are calling for 35 inland counties to secede from California and create a new state. The GOP announced the plan Wednesday as its response to Democrats’ congressional redistricting efforts. “I want to take a step back from all of the chaos we had and talk about the forgotten people of California,” Assembly… -
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Senate GOP Weighs Rule Change to Sidestep Dems’ Stalling on Trump Nominees
Facing unprecedented delays from Democrats on confirming President Donald Trump’s executive and judicial nominees, Senate Republican leaders want to change the rules to expedite the process. “President Trump has more than 1,000 senior-level appointments that require Senate confirmation. Under a radical Democratic resistance strategy, the Senate has so far confirmed only 135,” wrote Senate Majority… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers Sponsor Resolution Commemorating 1782 Bible
Republican Reps. Michael Cloud of Texas and Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania are co-sponsoring a House of Representatives resolution to be introduced on Friday to recognize Sept. 12 as “The Day of the Bible” in the United States. The resolution explains that on Sept. 12, 1782, Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, officially endorsed the “Aitken… -
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Speak Up: Share How Gender Ideology Has Harmed Your Family
One of the better ways for ordinary Americans to keep our vast, federal bureaucracies in check is to submit public comments about their rulemaking. Federal agencies open rules up for “notice and comment,” a process by which citizens have a chance to weigh in on regulatory rules and policies. It’s a way to not just… -
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Vance Pushes Back on Democrats’ ‘Shocking’ Commentary on Prayer
Vice President JD Vance spoke out Thursday morning against what he sees as attacks on prayer in the wake of the deadly shooting at Minnesota’s Annunciation Catholic School. “It is shocking to me that so many left-wing politicians attack the idea of prayer in response to a tragedy,” wrote Vance, himself a convert to Roman… -
opinion
When the Feds Should Go Marching In
The first responsibility of any government is to keep its people safe. Yet in too many American cities that promise is going unfulfilled. Chicago sees dozens of shootings every weekend. New York struggles with organized retail theft and rising violent crime. Los Angeles continues to battle gangs that recruit faster than police can arrest. Washington,… -
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Better Together: Reviving US and Indian Maritime Industries
To date, much ink has been spilled on the threat China poses to the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific. What’s gotten less attention? The fact that the Indo-Pacific is a maritime theater—meaning America’s ability to maintain presence, project power, and respond to crises depends on shipping and shipbuilding capacity. Sadly, the U.S. and its partner India… -
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Faithful Children’s Books Shine With Word of Fire Votive
Bishop Robert Barron’s evangelical powerhouse combines classic stories with truly unmatched aesthetics. What is a tongue-stone? Well, it’s just that: a triangular stone that looks an awful lot like a tongue, found in the high inland places of Europe since at least the Middle Ages. Their origin was mysterious until the 17th century, when a… -
opinion
Bed Bath & Beyond California
The much-publicized exchange between Bed Bath & Beyond Chairman Marcus Lemonis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a lesson for the whole country. We shoppers look back fondly on the marketing acumen that, starting with one store in 1971, built Bed Bath & Beyond into a retail giant that once had 365 stores nationwide. The… -
opinion
The Anniversary of Bush-Trashing Hurricane Katrina ‘News’
One reason that many Republican voters took a shine to Donald Trump in 2016 was the way he showed no respect to the national chattering classes of the Democrat-media complex. George W. Bush was a kinder, gentler Republican—and they compared him to Hitler. No matter which flavor of Republican was elected, the “objective” media savaged him. We’ve… -
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Pennsylvania Congressman, Governor Spar Over Food Stamp Costs, Error Rates
Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is taking Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to task over what the congressman says is the mismanagement of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which he says wasted $450 million in 2024. “In 2024, Pennsylvania paid more than $450 million in SNAP [food stamp] benefits incorrectly, a combination of both overpayments and…
