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                          The Tribute to a Little-Known Soldier | The Free Press

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                                The Generation That Forgot History | National Review

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                                      FBI Spy Robert Hanssen Dies in Prison - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

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                                      King Peter Pan III

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                                      The Courage of Tucker Carlson - The American Conservative

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                                      Xaviaer DuRousseau: How I Accidentally Red-Pilled Myself | PragerU

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                                      DOJ Won't Call Trans Shooter's Attack On Christians A Hate Crime

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                                            I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.

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                                            "Clearly the Most Significant Advance on the Peace Front - Since World War II" - Jordan Peterson Bashes Nobel Committee, Praises Trump on Historic Peace Deals - Trump Responds (VIDEO)

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                                            The World Economic Forum: Making the World Safe for Autocracy › American Greatness

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                                            Miss Universe Is Just the Latest Organization Erasing Women › American Greatness

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                                                8 Times Our Federal Government Ran A Protect-Biden Racket

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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

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

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

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

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                                                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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                                                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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                                                  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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                                                  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...

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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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                                                  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.

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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.

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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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                                                        '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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                                                          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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                                                            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...

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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...

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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

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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.

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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.