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Lawfare Is Killing the Corrupt Censorship-Industrial Complex
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Proponents of free speech may have won a significant victory over the authoritarian left’s censorship brigade. A prominent anti-speech organization is shutting down its election misinformation policing effort after a slew of lawsuits and congressional subpoenas lodged against it.The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) has been under scrutiny as a government-funded...
New York Politicians Are Considering a Mask Ban to Curb Crime. It’s a Stupid Idea.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul are floating yet another new idea to reduce violent crime: Banning masks in public spaces. The mayor on Monday announced his support for such a measure, which would ostensibly decrease criminal activity in subways, at protests, and in other areas.Both Adams...
Biden Administration's Gender Agenda Shows How Little It Cares About Children
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Those involved in the effort to promote gender ideology among children have shown a reckless disregard for parental rights and children’s safety. The latest revelation that the Biden administration sought to remove age limits on “gender-affirming” surgeries for children experiencing gender dysphoria presents a disturbing example showing how far these...
New Gun Rule Could Prevent Crime, but Could Also Lead to Problems
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Here’s another example of a policy that might sound good – and even do good – but could also have some potential pitfalls. The Justice Department on Monday announced a new rule that would allow federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to search the FBI database to see if a weapon they...
Paris Hilton Describes Being 'Sexually Abused' in Youth Facility During Powerful Congressional Testimony
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Former reality TV star Paris Hilton testified in front of Congress on Wednesday about her experience of being abused in youth residential treatment facilities. During her testimony, she discussed how employees at these facilities mistreated her and other children, and called for action from Congress to protect others in the...
Leftist Robert Reich Says He's 'Worried' About Biden Debating Trump. He's Absolutely Right.
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The year 2016 called and it wants its whiny op-ed about former President Donald Trump back. Leftist author Robert Reich wrote an op-ed in which he expressed fears over the upcoming debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.His fears are 100 percent valid, and he is likely speaking for many...
Female Contestants Speak Out After Biological Male Wins Miss Maryland Pageant
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A trans-identified male earlier in June became the first biological male to be crowned Miss Maryland USA, and the other contestants aren’t too happy about it.Bailey Anne Kennedy, the trans-identified winner, won the beauty pageant on June 1, the first day of Pride Month, a detail that has not gone...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is What Happens When Gender Ideology Dominates America's Institutions
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a disturbing example of what happens when gender ideology is allowed to pervade America’s major institutions. The judge raised eyebrows in her opinion on a recent case involving Idaho’s abortion law.The court accidentally released its ruling early on its website Wednesday. The justices...
Oklahoma State Superintendent Issues Rule Requiring Bible Teaching, Ten Commandments in Classrooms
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Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is reportedly requiring teaching of the Bible and the Ten Commandments in the classroom, according to a Thursday announcement.Effective immediately, every classroom from fifth to 12th grade must have a Bible from which the teacher will teach. The move comes shortly after Louisiana passed legislation...
Former Uvalde Police Chief in Custody, Facing Charges for Response to Robb Elementary School Shooting
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Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo and another former officer are facing charges of child endangerment for their response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in 2022.Arredondo was reportedly in custody at the Uvalde County jail. These are the first criminal charges against...
The Tide Might Be Turning in the Gender Ideology War
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At times, it seems the effort to protect young children from the trans agenda is an insurmountable challenge. With far-left progressives controlling America’s major institutions and using them to push this agenda, it can often seem like a hopeless battle.However, developments that have occurred in recent years have given plenty...
Pro-Hamas Democrats' Movement to Boycott Netanyahu Speech Gains Momentum
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Anti-Israel Democrats in the House seem to be gaining some traction in staging a boycott of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress.The development comes just after Israel rescued four hostages taken by Hamas. Critics in the Democratic Party and the media have criticized the Israeli government for...
Here's Why the FBI Hasn't Been Concerned About Pro-Abortion Firebombers and Vandals
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There is a reason why Democrats and their close friends and allies are fearmongering about former President Donald Trump becoming a dictator and using the government to get revenge against his enemies.No, it is not because they actually believe Trump will weaponize the government against them. This narrative has a...
DePaul Gives Professor the Boot for Assignment on How 'Genocide in Gaza' Affects Health and Biology
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DePaul University has fired a part-time biology professor after she gave students an optional assignment making a statement against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.Anne d’Aquino offered an assignment in May in which students could write about the effect of the “genocide in Gaza on human health and biology.” The...
Appeals Court Upholds School That Prohibited Student From Wearing Shirt Saying There are Two Genders
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A federal appeals court has ruled against a student who sued a Massachusetts public middle school for prohibiting him from wearing a T-shirt that read, “There are only two genders.”The First Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston, issued the ruling on Sunday upholding the school’s decision to bar him...
HOT TAKES: ATF Gets Absolutely Wrecked on Social Media Over Virtue-Signaling Pride Post
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on Monday decided to join the chorus of federal agencies in signaling their virtue by posting about Pride Month on social media. The responses were probably not what the agency expected.In a post on X, the ATF declared that it was...
Courts Are Abandoning the 8th Amendment to Push a Political Agenda
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Sometimes, courts act as if the Eighth Amendment isn’t a thing. Unfortunately, it appears that nowadays, one’s politics will determine whether the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment will apply to them.This is precisely the case with Paulette Harlow, a 75-year-old pro-life activist who is facing two years in a...
Mad Maxine Waters' Attempt to Fearmonger About Right-Wing Violence Is Pure Deflection
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I’m a wee bit surprised that Democrats haven’t already been pounding the “Trumpers are Gonna Do Violence If He Loses” line ad nauseam. Sure, some have alluded to this possibility, but not with their usual hysteria.That appears to be changing.Rep. Mad Maxine Waters (D-CA), during an appearance on MSNBC, sounded...
House Speaker Mike Johnson Rolls Out Battle Plan to Combat 'Weaponization' of Government Against Trump
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Less than a week after Senate Republicans declared their intention to stymie the Democratic agenda in response to the blatant weaponization of the government against former President Donald Trump, House Republicans are doing the same.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) unveiled a “three-pronged” strategy for dealing with efforts to use the...
RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Support for Full-Term Abortion
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That's not what Roe v Wade said - they said there are three trimesters and how it worked." pic.twitter.com/ceo8j0hvdI— Jeff Charles…
OPINION: As a Black Man, I’ll Take Ann Coulter’s Racism Over Kathy Hochul’s
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We have had two high-profile women in the political sphere publicly make racist comments recently. First was New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who bizarrely claimed that Black children in the Bronx don’t know what computers are. Then, there was conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter, who proclaimed that she would...
University Investigating Female Athlete Over Confrontation With Transgender Individual in Restroom
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Payton McNabb, a female volleyball player who suffered long-term injuries after competing with a biological male experiencing gender dysphoria, is being investigated by a North Carolina University after a confrontation with a transgender female in one of the college’s restrooms.McNabb filmed her encounter with a biological male in the women’s...
NYT Desperately Tries to Deflect From Pro-Hamas Leftists by Pointing Finger at Republicans
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Let’s face it: the spate of unrest and violence inspired by antisemitism is not exactly casting the left in a favorable light. Since the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on October 7, left-wing activists have been staging protests and rallies on college campuses and in...
California School That Expelled Students for False 'Blackface' Allegations Ordered to Pay $1 Million
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A California High School is going to have to pay up after a Santa Clara County jury ruled against them in a lawsuit over students it essentially accused of being racist. This case is one of several demonstrating how progressive characteristics are becoming increasingly prevalent in many schools.The lawsuit centered...
Mike Johnson Meets With Marjorie Taylor Greene to Hash Out Their Differences Amid Ouster Threats
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is having a meeting of the minds with one of his most vocal detractors, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has repeatedly threatened to force a vote on a Motion to Vacate to remove Johnson from his position.The two lawmakers met on Monday and are...