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March 29, 2023

Poll: Only 38 Percent of Americans Believe in American Patriotism

A new poll by the Wall Street Journal has found that an alarmingly low percentage of Americans value patriotism and traditional American values. As reported by Fox News, the WSJ/NORC poll showed that just 38 percent of respondents believe in the “importance...

March 29, 2023

Two Years Later, January 6 Video Footage Raises New Questions About Police and Prosecutors

Two years after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the issue of security footage is bedeviling law enforcement as federal prosecutors belatedly admit there is footage of some cops consorting with the riotous crowd and a retired Capitol Police executive divulges...

March 29, 2023

School Libraries Across the Country Adding Books on Gender and White Supremacy

The Ann Arbor public school district has a book available in its pre-kindergarten library called “Introducing Teddy: a gentle story about gender and friendship." The book is about a boy's best friend and teddy, Thomas, who is sad because "he...

March 29, 2023

Drag Queen Performs Lap Dance on Student at North Carolina Technical College Pride Event with High Schoolers

Forsyth Technical Community College’s Pride Festival organizers invited the high school students who attend schools on its campus to its event that featured drag queen performances, including one in which a drag queen is seen performing a lap dance on...

March 29, 2023

Minnesota Elementary School to Hold ‘Gender Resource Fair’ for Kids

Minneapolis Public Schools will be hosting a “Gender Resource Fair” for elementary school students next month. The local teachers union promoted the event on Twitter, calling it a “very cool event for families and their gender-creative kids.”

March 29, 2023

Commentary: Trump Again Defines National Priorities

Political observers and partisan activists debate whether Donald Trump or some other Republican candidate has the best chance of beating a Democratic rival in the 2024 presidential election. But earlier this month, Trump demonstrated that just as he did in...

March 29, 2023

Commentary: Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Says Time Is Up for TikTok

Make no mistake about it, TikTok is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda machine living rent-free on the devices of 150 million Americans, and it’s putting our national security in jeopardy. This insidious app collects your data,...

March 29, 2023

Commentary: It’s Time to End Mexican Cartels’ Reign of Terror

Walking down long, ornate hallways, across a grand central courtyard adorned with a Pegasus-topped fountain, and through yet more corridors, our bipartisan delegation was guided to the offices of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for what we hoped would be...

March 29, 2023

Trump Says GOP Has ‘No Choice’ But to Embrace Ballot Harvesting

Former President Donald Trump on Monday asserted that Republicans must embrace ballot harvesting in the states that permit the practice in order to win the next election. "So for 2024, should Republicans embrace early voting, voting by mail, and embrace...

March 29, 2023

New Kentucky Law Expands Definitions Related to the Use of School Resource Officers

Kentucky lawmakers hope they have already have taken steps that can help avoid a tragedy such as took place in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday. On Friday of last week, legislation was signed into law allowing parochial and other private schools...

March 28, 2023

Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation He Calls ‘Largest Expansion of School Choice in History of These United States’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday in Miami that establishes an Education Savings Accounts (ESA) program under which every family in the state can receive up to $8,000 to cover education expenses outside of the public school system....

March 28, 2023

As Pentagon Struggles to Fill Military Requests, Funding Goes to Diversity, Critical Race Theory

The Pentagon is increasingly struggling to fill the weapons and equipment requests for the war in Ukraine. At the same time, taxpayer funds are going to pay for ongoing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the military, most recently one...

March 28, 2023

First-Citizens Bank Will Acquire Silicon Valley Bank: FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. agreed that the North Carolina-based First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. can acquire the troubled Silicon Valley Bank, and 17 branches of the California-based bank will reopen Monday as branches of First-Citizens.

March 28, 2023

TikTok Not the Only China-Controlled App Thriving in America: Report

The top four downloaded applications in the past 30 days in the U.S. Apple App Store and Google Play Store are owned by Chinese-tied companies, according to data from Apptopia analyzed by Axios. While these Chinese-tied apps are thriving in the U.S.,...

March 28, 2023

Nearly 40 Percent of Veterans Reported Concerns About Being Able to Pay Medical Bills

A new report from the National Center for Health Statistics found that nearly 40% of veterans reported concerns about being able to pay their medical bills. Overall, the report found that 12.8% of veterans aged 25-64 had problems paying medical bills,...

March 28, 2023

‘Radical Progressives’ Are ‘Targeting the Minds of Our Children,’ Senator Says

A state senator is attempting to keep drag queens away from Minnesota kids with a bill introduced at the Capitol. Sen. Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, has introduced SF 933 to classify drag queen performances as adult entertainment. Lucero spoke to Liz Collin...

March 28, 2023

Methodology and Motive Questions Surround Poll Showing DeSantis Ahead of Trump in Iowa

Two polls showing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis “running more competitively” against former President Donald Trump in first-in-the-nation nominating states Iowa and New Hampshire are missing some key data, raising questions about the validity of the surveys.

March 28, 2023

Commentary: Congress Is Central in the Authorization to Impose a Central Bank Digital Currency

“e would not proceed with this without support from Congress, and I think that would ideally come in the form of an authorizing law, rather than us trying to interpret our law to enable this.” That was Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...

March 28, 2023

Culture of Corruption Exposed in Trial Centering on Ex-Illinois House Speaker

by Madeleine Hubbard While the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is still a year away, the depth of his alleged scheme is already starting to be unveiled, as the Chicago Democrat remains a central figure...

March 28, 2023

Victor Davis Hanson Commentary: The Megalomaniacs Running Radical Universities Are Blind to the Generations of Taxpayers That Built Them

The most recent shout-down debacle at Stanford’s law school, one of many such recent sordid episodes, prompts the question: “Who owns our universities?” The law students who are in residence for three years apparently assume they embody the university. And...

March 28, 2023

Commentary: Why Not ‘America First?’

It’s challenging to say something original about the Ukraine war. It’s been debated now for more than a year, and it’s not over yet. But that’s bad news for those supporting the war. Most Americans’ interest in foreign policy matters...

March 28, 2023

Six Army Bases to be Renamed from Original Confederate Names

The dates have been revealed for when six United States Army bases will officially have their names changed due to a far-left campaign to rename any installations bearing Confederate names. According to Axios, the six bases in question are: Fort Hood,...

March 28, 2023

Future Meals Could Come from a 3D Printer, Researchers Say

Researchers are increasingly investigating 3D-printed food to boost global food production in a bid to combat climate-related food insecurity, Axios reported Friday. Although the technology is still new, with research necessary for the technique to be scaled up for both...

March 27, 2023

Three Children Dead after Shooting at Private Tennessee Christian School, Hospital Official Says

Three children are dead after a gunman opened fire Monday at the Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson.

March 27, 2023

States, Counties Clash over ‘Zuckerbucks’-Like New Sources of Private Election Funding

As "Zuckerbucks" — the injection of private money into public election administration — make a comeback, states and municipalities are clashing over whether the funds should be accepted or banned. While many states and counties across the country have either...

March 27, 2023

Biden Administration Rules Out Removing the Cuban Regime from the List of ‘Sponsors of Terrorism’

The Joe Biden administration has no plans to remove the Cuban regime from the list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism," the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, said Thursday during a hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee—House of Representatives (HFAC)....

March 27, 2023

Federal Regulator Acknowledges Danger to Wildlife Caused by Offshore Wind Farms

The federally-chartered regulator responsible for managing fisheries in the oceans of New England acknowledged that offshore wind farms could pose a threat to the local marine wildlife, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Thomas Nies,...

March 27, 2023

Minnesota House Passes ‘Trans Refuge Bill’ That Would Reform Child Custody Laws

The Minnesota House passed legislation, dubbed a "Trans Refuge bill" by proponents, that would prevent laws in other states from interfering with the medical gender transition of children in Minnesota, but critics argue the bill could cause parents to lose...

March 27, 2023

Commentary: The Language of Politics and the Politics of Language

On his blog A Pilgrim in Narnia, Brenton Dickieson tells us that C.S. Lewis in his Studies in Words defined “verbicide” as the “murder of words.” Dickieson adds that “Lewis has some similar concerns as George Orwell in his ‘Politics and the English...

March 27, 2023

Biden Admin Opens Investigations into Multiple Universities for Allegedly Racist, Discriminatory Programs

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened federal investigations into four universities this week in response to complaints filed by medical watchdog Do No Harm (DNH), according to the organization. The OCR will investigate Wake Forest University...