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Without permission, two Microsoft employees held a vigil for “victims of the Palestinian genocide” at the company’s headquarters in Washington state last Thursday. Later that same day, both of the event’s organizers were fired. “Due to privacy and confidentiality considerations, we cannot provide specific details,” Microsoft shared in a statement the following day. It did clarify that…
When President Grover Cleveland left the presidency in 1889, the 22nd president of the United States had no designs to seek a second term. Four years later, on March 4, 1893, Cleveland stood at the East Portico of the Capitol, swearing the same oath he had recited eight years prior. Cleveland became the 24th president…
Just days before the election, the Biden-Harris administration has rolled out yet another plan to cancel student debt—this time aiming to clear the loans of millions of borrowers across the U.S. who are experiencing “hardship.” The timing is notable: With a hefty portion of young voters carrying student debt, some might say this is a…
This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down for a cordial debate with Sam Harris, host of the “Making Sense” podcast, to discuss the question of the hour: Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris. The conversation was moderated by Bari Weiss of The Free Press. Sam Harris is, of course, an incredibly intelligent person. He’s…
The Biden-Harris administration’s border crisis has had negative implications for all Americans, but one group that has suffered more than most—but received less attention than others—are American Indians living on reservations along the border. As part of their efforts to smuggle drugs and traffic human beings across the southern border, Mexican cartels have specifically targeted…
Vice President Kamala Harris’ weak response to President Joe Biden’s calling Donald Trump supporters “garbage” matches her hyperbolic, incendiary claims that Trump is a “fascist” who relies on the tactics of Adolf Hitler. Meanwhile, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, compared Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to a Nazi gathering. Even high school debate…
The world must be getting so much worse! Activists protest everywhere. Listening to them, I’d think hate, homophobia, racism, and environmental threats are at record highs. But it’s not true. Despite our ugly election politics, for most people, life is better than ever. Our air and water are cleaner. People live longer and healthier lives….
As we move to the conclusion of this election cycle, there seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree. That is, that something is very wrong in our nation. In the latest Gallup polling, only 22% say they are satisfied with the direction of the country. The highest this has been over…
Past is prologue when it comes to the student loan policy of progressive grandees. Hoping to hear an adoring public applaud one last time, the Biden-Harris administration released a fourth round of rules canceling student loan debt on Oct. 25. First came the mammoth $430 billion plan birthed before the ’22 midterms that made the…
The Biden-Harris administration has seemingly hatched a plan to structurally alter the election so that Democrats maintain power. I sat down with Kyle Brosnan, chief counsel for The Oversight Project at The Heritage Foundation, for this week’s episode of “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss “Biden Bucks” and their potential impact on the outcome of the…
Elections have become not merely choices of policy change but referenda on the full-scale, top-to-bottom destruction of America’s form of government and way of life. Democratic Party candidates in the 2024 election have proposed policies that would radically, and irrevocably, alter America’s constitutional order. Liberal candidates have endorsed plans that would fundamentally transform all three…
Donald Trump currently holds a razor-thin 0.6% lead over Kamala Harris in the RealClearPolitics polling average for Pennsylvania. With this key swing state potentially deciding the outcome of the Electoral College, Democrats can only wonder how different the polls might look if Pennsylvania’s popular governor, Josh Shapiro—once considered a front-runner for Harris’ VP pick—were on the ticket…
Russia and North Korea have a long history of partnership, but it is unclear if the relationship “is a true alliance or more a marriage of convenience,” according to Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. “The longer it goes on, it seems a bit more of…
The elite ruling class harbors deep disdain for the unwashed masses who refuse to get in line behind its agenda. The Left’s leaders often keep their disgust hidden, but occasionally it slips out. Barack Obama notoriously let the mask slip in April 2008. Of working-class voters in old industrial towns, the Democratic candidate for president…
In an essay published by The New York Times and titled “Abortion Pills Are Safe. Post-Roe America Isn’t,” Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky, a physician who practices maternal-fetal medicine, demonstrates that the campaign for unlimited abortion is as fraudulent and deceptive as ever. From the beginning, the “right” to abortion was built on fraud. Abortion advocates…
With just six days to go before the presidential election, we spend this episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” watching the current president of the United States make life a living hell for his vice president. President Joe Biden’s comment about half of Americans being “garbage” may not have been enough to swing the election…
Rear Adm. Megan Dean, the commander of the 17th Coast Guard District, reported earlier this month that China has demonstrated increased interest in the Arctic where—for the first time—China’s coast guard has been operating in the Bering Sea, not far from the coast of Alaska. Specifically, two Chinese coast guard vessels, accompanied by two Russian…
Ben Shapiro, co-founder of The Daily Wire, explained what he sees as The New York Times’ strategy to silence conservatives and interfere in the election by pressuring YouTube to take adverse action against conservatives who allegedly spread “election misinformation.” New York Times reporter Nico Grant reached out to numerous conservative figures, including Shapiro, former Fox…
Abortion is on the ballot in the 2024 election. It’s literally on the ballot in 10 states, with voters deciding whether to amend their constitutions to guarantee abortion access through most or all of pregnancy. But it’s also on the ballot in the presidential election because the two candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, have…
Much is being made about the decision made by a handful of newspapers not to endorse a presidential candidate this year, most notably The Washington Post. Post owner Jeff Bezos’ money-losing newspaper is now losing a chunk of its subscribers and staff, as well. His decision is either the first step on a very long…