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A Venezuelan in America: Why I’m Grateful for Capitalism This Thanksgiving  - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Millions of Americans will walk into their local supermarket this week to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner. With no government-regulated grocers or price gouging driven by black markets, they will walk out with the turkey of their choosing — without wait

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America's Soviet Election System - The American Conservative

America may eschew the cruel details of Soviet elections, but we negate voters' agency just the same as the USSR.

“It is not incumbent on the citizens to put their faith in sketchy voting arrangements. It is incumbent on governing bodies to create transparent, fool-proof procedures to win back the trust of citizens.”

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The Strange Morality of the Bay-Area Billionaire Left › American Greatness

“Ya. Hehe. I had to be. It’s what reputations are made of, to some extent. I feel bad for those guys who get f—ed by it, by this dumb game we woke westerners play where we say all the right…

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Use Nancy Pelosi’s Legacy To Make Us All Rich

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Veterans Day: 5 things to do and say to honor America's heroes

On Veterans Day, there are a number of smart ways to reach out to veterans and to military service members to thank them for all they do — here are five things families can do to honor heroes.

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Meet Biden's Deep State DEI Enforcers - The American Conservative

DEI bureaucrats aren't shy about enforcing their dogmas across the government.

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The Great Reset: A Perfect Storm

Storms come in many forms and may consist of many different constituent elements, but when all these elements combine at the same critical moment, we call it a “perfect storm.” When such a storm is tr...

…just a conspiracy theory?

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U.S. Spends $361,218 Daily to Monitor Illegal Immigrants with Faulty Smartphone System - Judicial Watch

As if it weren’t egregious enough that a record 2.5 million illegal immigrants crossed into the U.S. in fiscal year 2022, the Biden administration released hundreds of thousands of them in the country with taxpayer-funded smartphones that were supposed

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Two Bombings in One Night? That’s Normal Now in Sweden.

My country just voted in a right-wing government. The almost 500 bombings since 2018 may have something to do with it.

“This is a story of what happens when the people who run things want to avoid confronting the consequences of their actions.”

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Mutual Funds Are Using Your Money to Push ESG - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The mutual fund industry has gone “woke.” It’s not just the asset managers who screen socially “unacceptable” companies in industries involving, say, guns, fossil fuels, tobacco, or gambling. Those have been around for decades. No, there’s som

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Be Thankful for Elizabeth II’s White Privilege › American Greatness

“The Queen is dead. Long live the King.” And so it goes when one English monarch passes and another steps up to the throne. They change England’s national anthem from “God Save the Queen” to “God Save…

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How the Queen Broke Tradition to Honor 9/11

Queen Elizabeth II was nothing less than a lady with compassion and love for others. On the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the Queen made an uncommon but extraordinary move honoring those

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Will I Ever See the $36 Million Oberlin College Owes Me?

My family was falsely accused of racism by a powerful school in a small town. Our business was destroyed. We won our case. But the school is refusing to pay.

This is how it works. Lawyers. Even though the small business owners won the lawsuit , they may still lose what’s left of their business. Wrong on so many levels.

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I'm 30. The Sexual Revolution Shackled My Generation.

Sexual symmetry between men and women was, is, and always will be a lie.

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Why We Lost Trust in the Expert Class › American Greatness

For years, European policy makers had assured the world that the relatively rapid “transition” to “green” energy was the world’s preordained future—regardless of the costs. Accordingly…

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Heritage Expert: We Are Likely Heading for Double-Digit Inflation This Fall

WASHINGTON— According to the latest data released Wednesday, inflation increased yet again  in June—9.1% over the past year, marking another 40+ year record high. The cost of everyday staples rose along with the inflation rate. The price of eggs went

“…the mortgage payment on a typical home - with a 20% down payment - jumped from $1,500 to more than $2,300 - a stunning 57% rise in monthly payments.”

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How To Erode the World’s Greatest Military › American Greatness

The U.S. Army has met only 40 percent of its 2022 recruiting goals. In fact, all branches of the military are facing historic resistance to their current recruiting efforts. If some solution is not…

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Full Circle for Feminism?

Herewith my favorite reaction so far to the Dobbs decision, though it presents a problem. This Tweet, discovered second-hand (so I can't check out the source since the name is blacked out), is either a very droll troll, or . . . feminists have suddenly re

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Abortion Law Tracker: Everything You Need to Know About All 50 States - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Laws on abortion are changing day by day and often hour by hour across the 50 states following the reversal...

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The Disappearing American? › American Greatness

“Help wanted” and “Now hiring” signs are everywhere. Flights, construction projects, and healthcare services are delayed—or unavailable—due to labor shortages. Hourly and monthly wages spiral.

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How Dobbs Helps Heal Roe’s Wounds to the Constitution - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

America started anticipating the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as soon as Justice Samuel Alito’s draft...

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Study Shows Importance of Fathers - The American Conservative

The Institute for Family Studies found that having a biological father in the home is a meaningful predictor of boys' life outcomes.

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Free to Choose: The Rise of Non-Alcoholic Booze - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

When you walk into a high-end cocktail bar these days, there’s a good chance you’ll notice something a little different....

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Stop Doubting America and Americans as a Force for Good | National Review

Too many intellectuals, journalists, and pundits make a living bemoaning what is wrong in our country, showing far more interest in the disease than in the cure.

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Confronting Evil in America - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

As I listen to the various discussions and speculations about the horrible — but all too common — mass killing...

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Making Sense of Nonsense

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‘Just Shut up and Do Business’ – New Poll Shows Most Everyone Says Companies Need to Avoid Politics

With these results, there is not anything to suggest a business will benefit from woke activism.

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Laying Siege to the Institutions

We make a mistake in thinking about politics simply in terms of a Left versus Right dynamic. That dynamic is significant, but where the opportunity really lies today is focusing on a top versus bottom dynamic. An elite class, representing a small number o

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2,000 Mules Will Infuriate You - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The 75 million people who voted for Donald Trump, and a whole bunch of Americans who didn’t, have spent most...

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Cancelling Student Debt Would Add to Inflation | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Lawmakers and

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Six Groups Who Lose If Joe Biden Forgives College Loans | The Daily Wire

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The Inflation Draining Your Wallet Is A Whole Lot Steeper Than 8 Percent

When you hear '8 percent inflation' bandied about but feel certain your costs are rising at a far higher rate, you're not crazy.

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This Credit Card Will Allow You To Avoid Financing Woke Banks

'We want to do for charities what WinRed has done for political giving, which is allow millions of smaller donors to have an impact.'

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Here’s How Gas Prices Could Come Down Fast - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Want to sharply cut oil and gasoline prices and simultaneously reduce Big Oil profits and slash Russian oil earnings? Just...

Biden made it clear during his campaign he was going to raise prices on fossil fuels in an effort to wean Americans off them. The current hikes should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention.

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Mysterious Pregnancies at All-Woman Prison

The prospect of incarceration is horrifying. I imagine that a large majority of men, if given the choice, would opt to be incarcerated in a women's prison for a number of reasons beginning with safety. Until recently, that wouldn't have been possible. But

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Being Conservative Is the New Punk - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

A Spanish magazine in which I write, Centinela, has given me a gift. It’s a white mug with a portrait...

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Disneywoke: The Decline of a Great American Company - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.”...

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The Road Out of Kyiv

Fleeing my hometown. Again.

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Trump's Truth Social App Launches on Apple's App Store on Presidents’ Day Holiday

Former President Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched shortly before the Presidents’ Day holiday on Apple's App Store. The app was ...

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Key Indicator Hints America Is Headed For Worst Real Estate Crash Ever

A shockingly large price bubble appears to have formed in the real estate market, inflated by federal spending and money printing.

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What the Truckers Want

I’ve spoken to 100 of the protestors gathered in the Canadian capital. What's happening is far bigger than the vaccine mandates.

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A Happier Society Would Have More Children

Americans are the unhappiest they've been in more than half a century, and they're not having children either.

God, help us.

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I’m a Public School Teacher. The Kids Aren’t Alright.

My students were taught to think of themselves as vectors of disease. This has fundamentally altered their understanding of themselves.

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Why, Really, Is Everything So Expensive? - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Don’t blame Domino’s for altering its $7.99 chicken wings carryout deal from 10 to eight pieces. Blame Washington. Don’t blame...

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What Is the Great Reset?

The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on November 7, 2021, during a Center for Constructive Alternatives conference on “The Great Reset.”

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2021 Man of the Year: The American Troops - Washington Free Beacon

As the fragile Afghan democracy collapsed this year amid a bungled evacuation by President Joe Biden, the U.S. military stood its ground, defending freedom until its final moments in the war-torn country—which were marred by a terrorist attack that kill

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Why We Eat Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens on New Year's

For anyone who has taken this tradition for granted, here's its origin.

I substitute kale for collards.

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Evidence That Most Americans Have Not Gone Mad

The word 'gender' is a slightly more genteel way of saying 'sex.' That is was how it was always understood until leftists hijacked the word a few years ago, asserting that while there are only two sexes, male and female, defined by XX vs XY chromosomes, t

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Inflation Is Ruining My Family’s Christmas Gift-giving | National Review

And no, ‘greedy meat conglomerates’ are not to blame. The Biden administration is.

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Elon Musk Harpoons Warren, the Woke Mind, CNN in Superb Babylon Bee Interview

CNN is definitely going to be seething over these comments...

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Abigail Shrier on Freedom in an Age of Fear

A warning—and a rallying cry.

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An Ode to Paper Maps - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

It was an exceptionally dark night in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and I was riding in a car crawling down a...

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'It's just lovely': Man who has been Santa Claus for the past 35 years shares his journey

With the holiday season upon us and Christmas approaching soon, a professional Santa Claus from England shares his ...

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Women's Tennis Has Balls. Does Wall Street?

Cowardice and courage on the question of China.

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Israel Warns Biden on Iran - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Last week, the Israeli government warned President Biden that the new U.S. approach to Iran, seeking to revive former president...

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Will Disparate Impact Destroy America?

The theory of disparate impact is one of the most pernicious doctrines in the history of American law, and it has spread generally through the culture. Last night on the Tucker Carlson show, with Brian Kilmeade hosting, Heather Mac Donald explained in jus

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Thank You, G-d, for America - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Thank you, G-d, for America. Thank you for directing Christopher Columbus in the wrong geographical direction when he set sail...

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Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?

If the rhetoric we hear from the Left today is correct—if voter ID requirements and restrictions on absentee (or even mail-in) voting are un-democratic—then so are the countries of Europe and the rest of the developed world. But this is utter nonsense

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The Real Crime in Kenosha - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The media crime syndicate strikes again, targeting a teenager and creating mayhem in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Will they pay a price?...

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The White Supremacy Hoax - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

As the 2022 midterms approach, the Democrats face what may well be an insurmountable obstacle blocking their attempt to retain...

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The Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture

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Are Americans In Favor of Free Speech?

Periodically you see a poll that suggests support for free speech in the U.S. is weak, and that the First Amendment wouldn't be adopted by contemporary Americans. But this Rasmussen survey finds something quite different: A new national telephone and onli

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Pastor: Do Champions of Socialism Realize That Karl Marx Held a Deep Belief in God?

Karl Marx, the father of scientific socialism, once wrote that he knew he was born to God but ...

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The January 6 Insurrection Hoax

Of course, it is absolutely critical to the Democratic Party narrative that the January 6 incident be made to seem as violent and crazed as possible. Hence the comparisons to 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and the Civil War. Only thus can pro-Trump Americans be excl

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Should People Earn the Privilege to Vote? | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

A recent Pew poll found that 46 percent of Millennials believe that a technocracy where unelected experts would make policy...

Hmm….

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Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Our Military

As a young Marine Corps first lieutenant assigned to an infantry battalion in the late 1980s, I had charge of the unit transport section of operators, mechanics, and supervisors tasked with taking care of our fleet of combat vehicles. This group of Marine

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Many are illegally crossing US border not because of violence — but for money

Illegal immigration to the US is flourishing — and so are the mischaracterizations about why migrants are coming here.

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In Praise of White Men | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

For the last week or so, I have been living in the middle of a construction zone. In defiance of...

This should ruffle some feathers. But there is much truth here.

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Libertarians Were Wrong about Marijuana Legalization | National Review

States where recreational weed is legal have seen more drug crime, not less.

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Memorial Day Meant Something | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Allan Jones: Are you a man or a mouse? Groucho Marx: Put a piece of cheese on the floor and...

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Scottish inventor paves roads made out of plastic pellets to reduce the world's plastic-waste crisis

The facts on plastic pollution just keep getting more dire. A 2016 MacArthur Foundation report found that "only 14 ...

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A Great New Idea for Reducing Police Shootings | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Our country’s social stasis is disrupted terribly by police shootings. Now that police wear body cams and members of the...

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Critical Race Theory: What It Is and How to Fight It

No longer simply an academic matter, critical race theory has become a tool of political power. To borrow a phrase from the Marxist theoretician Antonio Gramsci, it is fast achieving “cultural hegemony” in America’s public institutions. More and mor

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How Much Has the Earth Actually Warmed?

Maybe the only good thing about covid hysteria is that it has, for a while, drowned out global warming hysteria. Still, many people have the impression that global temperatures have warmed alarmingly in recent decades. Unfortunately, there is no reliable

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Do Not Look Away From Evil

The first step to stopping Anti-Asian hate is to see it clearly.

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Japanese Cherry Blossoms: Spring’s Glorious Fleeting Celebration

Bright pink cherry blossoms against a brilliant blue sky is a sight unlike any other in the world. ...

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America Is Petroleum-Independent, for Now | National Review

Team Biden should not sacrifice these gains in a headlong rush toward an ambitious green agenda.

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Cicadas living underground for past 17 years to emerge in these states this summer

A brood of periodical cicadas is set to emerge from underground for the first time in 17 years.

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Border Must Be Secured Before Any Talk of Amnesty—Rep. Byron Donalds on Immigration | CPAC 2021

At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who gives his perspective on how to fix America’s broke...

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Opinion: Lies the Supreme Court Told Me

Commentary In a fashion we must now regard as entirely predictable the Supreme Court of the United States ...

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What Happened In Texas

The best explanation of Texas's prolonged blackout was published by Mitch Rolling yesterday at AmericanExperiment.org. Texas gets electricity from six sources: coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar, hydro and wind. How did those sources perform, and what cont

So when it gets really, really cold as it did in Texas last week, wind turbines not only freeze up and do not contribute anything, they actually draw electric power to heat their motors.

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The Secret Life of Joe Biden | National Review

It’s not a lie if you believe it.

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Trump's Efforts to Fight Sex Trafficking Made 'Incredible Impact': SHAREtogether Founder

Jaco Booyens is the founder of SHAREtogether,  a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating child sex trafficking.

Before President Trump, “we’ve never had an office in the White House designated and dedicated to fighting sec trafficking. No former President in the history of this country has used his or her platform to denounce the exploitation of children and then appropriate funding.”

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China’s Warfooting in Space | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

In 2018, China launched 39 space rockets into near-Earth orbit and beyond, beating out the U.S. (with 34 launches), and...

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Man pays off $50,000 in student loan debt within a year by doing over 300 odd jobs

A Hawaiian man has achieved a feat that many students may deem impossible. He has paid off over $50,000 ...

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Franklin Graham Blasts Republicans Who Betrayed Trump, Compares Them to Judas | Todd Starnes

Before you read my commentary I want to strongly urge you to sign up for my free newsletter. It’s your... View Article

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The Politics of Patrisse Cullors, Founder of Black Lives Matter | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

“We actually do have an ideological frame,” says Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors of herself and co-founder Alicia Garza....

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‘Transwomen Are Women’ and Other Polite Lies | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Let me ask you something: Why don’t people trust their instincts?” It’s a great line, delivered by serial killer Martin...

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Former Special Forces Officer Warns of Color Revolution Tactics Used Against Trump

Color revolution tactics used against foreign leaders are now used by Trump's opponents to oust him, a former special forces officer warned.

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Whole Foods CEO condemns socialism as ‘trickle-up poverty’

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey urged his fellow corporate leaders to join him in beating back the rising tide of socialism — an ideology he fears will plunge the world into poverty. In a recent interv…

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James Bond Actor Sir Sean Connery Dies at 90 | National Review

The Academy Award–winner reportedly passed away in his sleep while in the Bahamas.

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Where Did America the Beautiful Go? | The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Thursday Fantastic. It’s another perfect day here. Clear skies. Blue. No clouds. No humidity. Slight breeze. Seventy-five degrees. My pool...