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    Tulsi Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party, Says Democrats ‘Driven by Cowardly Wokeness’

    Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party over its authoritarianism and anti-white racism in a Tuesday video. “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every…
    Gillian Richards
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    How Woke Leftists Are Taking Over a Founding Father’s Home

    Each year over 100,000 people visit Montpellier—the home of Founding Father and fourth U.S. President James Madison—expecting to glimpse into the mind of Madison and his role in founding a nation.  Instead, they find a distorted version of American history.
    Philip Reynolds
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    Woke Ideology Has Metastasized in US Military. It Will Take Time to Remove Its Divisive Influence.

    Efforts to uncover the prevalence of woke, divisive critical race theory-based equity training and policies in the military are bringing to light an extensive problem. The latest revelation is the Air Force Academy promoting gender-based “inclusivity” indoctrination while advertising for a fellowship that excludes cadets based on sexual orientation. Those are only the latest tips…
    Brent Sadler
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    3 Seas Initiative Should Be America’s Transatlantic Partnership for Economic Freedom, Not Woke Agenda

    Russia’s war on Ukraine makes the effort known as the Three Seas Initiative “even more urgent,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a recent speech via video to a related summit meeting in Riga, Latvia. The urgency is not only for the initiative’s member nations and partners, Blinken said during his June 24…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    ‘Dilbert’ Fired by Some Comics Pages, but Critics of Corporate Wokeness Might Get Last Laugh

    One of the best ways to fight cultural absurdity is to make fun of it. Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip “Dilbert,” has spent 33 years leaning into that philosophy—poking fun at the woke mob, the cancel culture, and the outlandish social policies of the Left. After all, G.K. Chesterton once said, “Humor can…
    Suzanne Bowdey
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    New Founding Builds a Commercial and Cultural Network to Fight Wokeness

    Woke corporations are increasingly embracing the left’s political agenda and taking aim at the values we as conservatives cherish. So what can we do about it? Matt Peterson is cofounder of New Founding, president of New Founding Media, and host of “The Matthew Peterson Show.” He’s fighting back against woke corporations and joins “The Daily…
    Rob Bluey
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    The World Wants No Part of Woke, but It’s Glad We Do

    The United States obsesses over whether biological men can compete in women’s sports as transgender females. Crime is spiking at levels not seen in 40 years. But some consider it racist to suggest that arrests, indictments, convictions, and incarcerations deter crime. Major U.S. downtowns almost overnight went from mostly safe and clean to terrifying and…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    The Trickle-Down Effects of Our Elites Embracing Wokeness

    The ideological conformity and revolutionary zeal that’s taking over Western institutions threaten to not only “fundamentally transform” society, they threaten to destroy the bedrock of what made us so successful to begin with. Political scientist Walter Russell Mead recently wrote in The Wall Street Journal that campus wokeness is hurting America’s position globally. The increasing…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Practical Tools to Protect Your Kids From Woke Agenda at School

    It’s back to school time! But preparing for school no longer only means buying pencils and binders and other supplies, it also requires being prepared to stand against the woke ideology that has penetrated classrooms across the country.  Parents sending their kids to public school, and even some private schools, need practical tools to equip…
    Virginia Allen
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    Wokeness Is Ripping Through America’s Schools. Here’s How to Protect Your Children From It.

    It’s back to school! You bought all the school supplies and new clothes, but what about insulating your children against school indoctrination? Sadly, indoctrination resistance is now part of going back to school so you must stay vigilant and teach your children personal boundaries. Lesson plans about “social identity,” which may be called social and…
    Nicole Solas
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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. …
    Lauren Evans
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    Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier Backed by Southern Poverty Law Center

    Virginia is for history lovers. George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier—a triad of epicenters of our nation’s past—are all within driving distance. Those who own and operate these historic houses have a significant say over how the American Founding is taught. Unfortunately, as described in a new Heritage Foundation report, the…
    Brenda Hafera
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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…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Fighting to Reclaim Comic Books From Woke Left, New Comic Lands First Punch 

    As consumers of pop culture are increasingly aware, the world of comic books and superheroes has gone woke. Superman no longer fights for “the American Way,” and Captain America’s archnemesis, Red Skull, is now a Jordan Peterson analog. For the fans who just want a good story free from the political moralizing the left foists…
    Douglas Blair
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    House-Passed ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Isn’t About Marriage. It’s About Complying With Woke Ideology.

    In an alarmist overreaction to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, congressional liberals this week passed radical legislation mislabeled as the Respect for Marriage Act. Although the bill’s final passage would threaten civil society and fundamental American freedoms, conservatives should see this development for what it really is: a publicity stunt. Its goal? Take the…
    Jared Eckert
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    Woke Hollywood Celebrates Slavers Because They’re Black Women

    The left’s obsession with centering everything on race and sex has reached a new and despicable low with an upcoming movie called “The Woman King.”  The “historical epic film” centers around the real African kingdom of Dahomey, which existed during the Scramble for Africa in the age of empires, around 1800 to 1904.   Viola Davis plays General…
    Douglas Blair
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    Woke Academic Gobbledygook Makes You Rich and Famous

    This week, a professor went viral during congressional testimony regarding the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade. During her testimony Tuesday, professor Khiara Bridges of Berkeley Law School refused to acknowledge any value at all in unborn children, instead stating, “I think that the person with the capacity for pregnancy has value and…
    Ben Shapiro
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    The Age of Wokeness

    “And I’m proud to be an American … ” (Lee Greenwood) A Gallup poll has found only 38% of us are “strongly proud” to be Americans, the lowest on record. Another 22% say they are “moderately proud.” Some pro-choice liberals have called for boycotts of future Independence Days. What is responsible for these numbers and…
    Cal Thomas
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    Military Readiness Takes Back Seat to Wokeness at the Pentagon

    Military readiness appears to have suffered yet another setback in the name of “equity.” Earlier this month, responding to a Virginia lawsuit, the Department of Defense amended its existing policy on service by personnel diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus. Under previous policy, military personnel who were diagnosed with HIV were barred from military deployments…
    Conner Bolanos
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    Buenos Aires Bans Woke Spanish in Schools

    In yet another blow to the radical left’s attempts to mangle the language of Cervantes, the capital of one of South America’s largest countries has said schools can no longer teach bastardized, woke Spanish.  Buenos Aires City Hall recently announced it was banning the use of so-called inclusive Spanish in the city’s schools. According to…
    Douglas Blair
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