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Stephen Colbert Wasn’t Funny. Even Worse, He Wasn’t Interesting

Stephen Colbert’s character on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report was funny and interesting. The real-life Stephen Colbert, or whatever iteration...

yesterday 0

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Eddie Scarry

In Hearing On Court-Packing’s Partisan Perils, Not A Single Democrat Disavowed It

Democrats are pushing for court-packing because 'they don’t like the decisions that this good court is giving this country,' Jim Jordan said.

yesterday 1

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Shawn Fleetwood

The Democrat Party Correctly Rejects Its Useless 2024 Post-Mortem

This is what consultant-driven politics looks like, and it's stale enough to bundle off to the landfill.

yesterday 1

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Chris Bray

House Judiciary Subpoenas SPLC For Communications With Racist Groups It Allegedly Funded

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after the organization failed to produce documents tied to allegations...

yesterday 1

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Brianna Lyman

Raskin Says SPLC Donors Won’t Sue Over Fraud Because They ‘Love … How Effective It’s Been.’ He’s Right

When Raskin asks "Why has no one sued the Southern Poverty Law Center?" the answer is very clear: Violence and annihilation of conservatives is a...

yesterday 2

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Breccan F. Thies

Alex Cooper’s Baby News Exposes The Feminist Lie She Sold Millions Of Women

Alex Cooper got rich and famous by normalizing and encouraging hook-up culture, only to ditch it for what women really want.

yesterday 1

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Caroline Woods

A Culture Of Defamation Breeds A Culture Of Political Assassinations

More and more, Americans attack one another’s character and accuse each other of the most egregious crimes in order to win political battles.

yesterday 1

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Carson Holloway

Social Justice Therapy Is Teaching Clinicians That A Child’s Race Matters More Than Her Abuser’s Crimes

The sacred obligation of therapy — to restore dignity and offer healing — is being replaced by an ideological agenda that evaluates victims...

yesterday 3

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A.d.p. efferson

Stop Blaming Conservatives For The Left’s Baby Bust

Conservatives are the ones still having babies.

yesterday 1

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Nathanael Blake

European Author Of Banned Book: ‘It Is Christianity They Are Trying To Censor’

European authorities are not only banning Christians from writing about the Bible, but trying to keep the world unaware they have done so.

yesterday 1

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Joy Pullmann

More Voter Fraud Charges Scream For The Senate To Pass The SAVE America Act

A Canadian man who lives in Massachusetts, is accused of voting in multiple U.S. elections, something Dems say never happens.

yesterday 1

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M.d. Kittle

The Media Can’t See The Populist Vote Clearly To Save Their Lives

If you're looking for an explanation of Massie's defeat in a Republican primary election, consider the extraordinary possibility that Republican...

previous day 3

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Chris Bray

Democrats Protect SPLC By Trying To Censor Truth About ‘Very Fine People’ Hoax From Congressional Record

SPLC's game plan became 'we're going to create the crisis, we're going to manufacture the crisis,' said Chairman Jim Jordan.

previous day 2

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Breccan F. Thies

RINO Crash Out Over Trump’s Paxton Endorsement Shows How Much The GOP Hates Its Voters

Most Senate Republicans are angrier at Cornyn's and Cassidy's prospective ousters than their shared history of betraying GOP voters.

previous day 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

Unlimited Abortion Threatens Women’s Lives, Not Pro-Life Protections

The real threat to women’s health doesn’t come from states that limit or outlaw abortion, but from states that refuse to regulate it.

previous day 1

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Jordan Boyd

If Beating China At AI Is Paramount, Why Are We Training Their Students At Our Universities?

Under Trump's position, America is training its chief adversary's rising intellectuals to help the CCP outflank the United States in AI development.

previous day 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Increasingly Looks Like An Epic Disaster

When Christopher Nolan’s new The Odyssey film was announced, many people were understandably excited. Although composed nearly three millennia ago,...

previous day 3

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Auguste Meyrat

National Sovereignty Is At Stake In Imminent Supreme Court Ruling

SCOTUS should rule that the 14th Amendment does not grant citizenship to children of illegal aliens born within the territory of the U.S.

previous day 1

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Samuel Kimzey

New Jersey Uses Glock Lawsuit To Build The Gun Registry Politicians Always Denied Wanting

The subpoenas demanding buyer names, addresses, and serial numbers from every New Jersey Glock dealer aren't just about crime.

previous day 3

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John R. Lott Jr

New YA Series Delivers On Fun, Old-Fashioned American Adventure

Scooby-Doo meets National Treasure in Ark Press's new American Treasure Hunters series.

previous day 1

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Graham bradley

Conservative Candidates Sweep Georgia Supreme Court Elections

Georgians handed Democrats a decisive defeat on Tuesday by reelecting two Republican-backed candidates in a pair of highly contested state Supreme...

previous day 10

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Shawn Fleetwood

John Cornyn’s Failure To Fight For The SAVE Act Cost Him Trump’s Endorsement

Republican primary voters want candidates who will fight for the MAGA movement, not institutionalized RINOS who won't.

previous day 2

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M.d. Kittle

Why Thomas Massie Lost

Massie’s voters didn’t really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.

previous day 3

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Sean Davis

Vance: U.S. Aims To Fend Off ‘Nuclear Arms Race’ ‘Domino’ Effect In Iran Negotiations

Negotiations with Iran still appear to be in limbo, as Vance could not confirm that a deal would be struck sooner rather than later.

tuesday 1

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Breccan F. Thies

Katy Tur Should Read The Declaration Of Independence Before Looking Stupid On TV Talking About It

The left increasingly wants a government in which rights are derived from the government and where rights can similarly be revoked by the government.

tuesday 2

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Brianna Lyman

‘An America First Patriot’: Trump Endorses Paxton In High-Stakes Texas Senate Primary

In a stunning announcement, President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state’s upcoming Senate GOP primary against...

tuesday 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

23 State AGs Probe Federal Judicial Center’s Distribution Of ‘Biased’ Climate Guide To Judges

'Rather than offering the federal judiciary an objective guide to scientific principles, the chapter functions as an ex parte brief for one side of...

tuesday 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

Data Center Animosity Reflects Legit Concerns AI-Mongers Don’t Care About Humanity’s Interests

The question at the heart of the AI debate is whether the human person can survive in a world dominated by mass artificial intelligence.

tuesday 4

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John Daniel Davidson

Here’s Why Your Hospital Bills Are So Big — And Why Congress Doesn’t Care

If the right and left agree on reining in hospitals’ abusive tactics, then why hasn’t Congress acted?

tuesday 5

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Christopher Jacobs

‘Emergency In The Church’: Catholic Leaders Decry Vatican Report That Pushes Homosexuality

Father Gerald Murray called the 'Vatican-sponsored' report a 'full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.'

tuesday 5

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Susan berry

Why Are Republicans Looking To Pass Obama-Era Forced Unionization Bill?

The goal of giving the government authority to impose labor terms on workers has always been to give more power to union officials.

tuesday 4

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Jace White, Opinion Contributor

By Democrats’ Standards, Virginia Redistricting Lawyers Should Lose Their Jobs, Licenses, And Life Savings

What is unfolding is not just partisan hardball but the normalization of constitutional lawfare, justified because it is by the left.

tuesday 4

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Hans Mahncke

Nothing Says America 250 Like Top Gun Back In Theaters

If you’re looking for something to get you more excited to celebrate America’s 250th birthday than you already are, drop everything you’re doing...

tuesday 10

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Shawn Fleetwood

The Ultimate Guide To Semiquincentennial Merch For A Red-White-And-Blue 250th

If you're underwhelmed by the official merch, this is for you: the Federalist guide to America 250 gear for a semiquincentennial summer.

tuesday 5

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Elle Purnell

Lawmakers Open Investigation Into ‘Thriving Birth Tourism Economy’

While it’s not against the law for a foreign traveler to deliver her baby in the U.S., Gill said it's illegal to 'misrepresent yourself.'

tuesday 3

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M.d. Kittle

Georgia Watchdog Says Democrat-Backed Supreme Court Candidates Broke Judicial Rules

Two Democrat-backed candidates running for Georgia Supreme Court seats violated existing judicial conduct rules, the state’s judicial watchdog...

18.05.2026 6

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Shawn Fleetwood

Democrats Weaponize Virginia Gerrymandering Loss In Their War On SCOTUS

Democrats are always looking for ways to advance their radical agenda, even in the face of defeat. So, it was no surprise when the “party of...

18.05.2026 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

Democrats Have Completely Normalized Their Threats To Democracy

Republicans, take note: While it’s supposedly a major party foul to question the results of an election (at least when Republicans do it), it’s...

18.05.2026 3

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Eddie Scarry

Media Livid Over Trump Acknowledging Christian Founding

When America rededicates herself to the foundation of all our freedoms, that is, Christianity, they're not advocating for a theocracy. But they are...

18.05.2026 5

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Brianna Lyman

Georgia Election Board Barred From Vote Observation Room, Echoing 2020 Obstruction

This latest denial of access fits a troubling pattern of transparency concerns in Georgia elections.

18.05.2026 5

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Mark Davis

Here’s A Not-So-Modest Proposal: Bring Back Public Executions

There are multiple high-profile criminals in custody currently who should be convicted and executed promptly and publicly.

18.05.2026 4

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Samuel Kimzey

Georgia Investigators Killed 2020 Election Probe At Kemp’s Request, Unsealed Testimony Claims

Sen. Perdue testified that GBI's director initially viewed the evidence as compelling enough to warrant a full investigation.

18.05.2026 5

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Mark Davis

Of Course Our Immigration System Should Discriminate Against Bad Immigrants

When people show up willing to work, with skills and values that fit with the country they're joining, the results speak for themselves.

18.05.2026 4

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Pablo Kleinman

How The CCP Uses Birthplace Citizenship And Surrogacy To Manufacture ‘Americans’

The CCP is building a generation of legal American passport holders, raised under Beijing's educational system, and primed to return.

18.05.2026 4

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Adam Johnston

Dems Set The Stage To Silence Election Integrity Groups When They’re Back In Power

'Taken together, you see a playbook not used since Elijah Cummings and the IRS targeting scandal days,' PILF's Logan Churchwell said.

18.05.2026 5

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M.d. Kittle

Covid Dissenter Alex Berenson’s Free Speech Victory Might Be The First Of Many

Berenson told The Federalist, 'the government’s admission is a crucial step forward in our case.'

18.05.2026 4

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Margot Cleveland

The American Book Of Fables Is An America 250 Roadtrip From Your Porch Swing

The new America 250 commemorative volume, The American Book of Fables, motors imaginations through breathtaking U.S. history and geography.

18.05.2026 4

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Joy Pullmann

Paxton Scores A $10 Million Victory In The Fight Against The ‘Trans Kids’ Industrial Complex

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday a significant settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston over that hospital’s long...

15.05.2026 7

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Chris Bray

Lawsuits Challenging Spanberger’s Virginia ‘Assault Firearms’ Gun Grab Pour In

With semi-automatic gun bans and magazine caps popping up in more states, it will likely fall to the high court to stop the assault on Second...

15.05.2026 6

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Breccan F. Thies

There’s Nothing MAGA About 500,000 Student Visas For The CCP

Chinese students come to milk our education system and then bring their newfound education back to China to make China great.

15.05.2026 6

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Brianna Lyman