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The American Revolution Is About To Experience The ‘Ken Burns Effect’

As our nation nears its 250th birthday, Ken Burns’ miniseries should give us a newfound appreciation for the sacrifices of our ancestors.

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Christopher Jacobs

With Jocelyn Benson Set To Referee Her Own Race For Governor, Michigan GOP Asks DOJ To Monitor Election

Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, will oversee her own election results when she appears on the ballot.

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Beth Brelje

Indiana Attorney General Subpoenas Amazon, Sues Indianapolis Schools Over Migrant Trafficking

Attorney General Todd Rokita issued subpoenas for information about potential labor trafficking from Amazon, the city of Fort Wayne, and a...

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Joy Pullmann

Chinese Government Uses Threats, Secret Police To Cancel U.S. Film Festival 

The CCP's harassment of individuals both in the US and China was successful in pressuring the cancellation of the IndieChina Film Festival.

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Helen Raleigh

Yes, President Trump Can Pardon The 77 People Prosecuted For 2020 Election Integrity Efforts

Media wrongly insist that the pardon clause only applies to federal charges, yet every attempt to narrow the scope of pardons has failed.

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John And Andy Schlafly

To Win The War For America, The GOP Needs To Realize It’s Happening

A big number of so-called fellow citizens would cheer if you or I died tomorrow, which leads to only one conclusion: We’re playing for keeps.

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Nathan Stone

Prepare For Doctors To Smuggle Suicide And Trans Drugs Into Red States Like Abortion Pills

State shield laws protecting abortion providers set a dangerous precedent — doctors could mail other dangerous drugs across state lines.

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Gavin Oxley

Eggheads Can’t Get America Out Of The Mess It’s In

Most academics have literally no answers to our present state of affairs.

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Erik Root

After Removing Statue Of American Hero, UVA Plans To Replace It With Massive Land Acknowledgement

UVA just recently, supposedly, ended its era of capitulation to the thugs in the 'Black Lives Matter' tyranny, and it seems the least the school...

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Breccan F. Thies

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution Kicks Off the Quarter-Millennial Celebrations

The famed documentarian takes on the American founding, and the result is an inspiring reminder that we have much to be grateful for.

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Jeff Anderson And John Fonte

Most Women Are On Crazy Pills, And It’s Bad For Everyone

An entire generation of women is lost amidst engineered anxiety, chasing hollow independence while forsaking the proven anchors of marriage,...

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Jennifer Galardi

Grassley: DOJ Partisans Killed Probe Into Clinton, DNC Steele Dossier Cash

'These records show the same partisans who rushed to cover for Clinton rabidly pursued Arctic Frost, which was a runaway train aimed directly at...

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M.d. Kittle

Newsom’s Ex-Chief Of Staff Indicted For Fraud Scheme Stealing Campaign Funds With Biden Official

Dana Williamson and others allegedly conspired to steal around $225,000 from Xavier Becerra’s dormant political campaign funds.

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Beth Brelje

To Resolve Biden’s Border Crisis, Red States Need To Require All Police To Help Deport Illegals

Every law enforcement agency in every red state should take part in the 287(g) program.

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Selene Rodriguez

Calling It ‘Biden’s FBI’ Diminishes The Real Threat Of A Bureaucracy Gone Wild

The corruption didn’t begin under Biden, and it won’t end under a Republican administration.

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Nicholas Giordano

Sorry, Ladies, Radical Politicians Such As Mamdani Are No Substitute For A Husband

The young feminists who helped elect Zohran Mamdani would rather have apartments and pets than houses and families.

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Brooke Brandtjen

Trump Should Learn From J.D. Vance When It Comes To Talking About Prices And Affordability

If his vice president can do it, so can Trump.

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Eddie Scarry

Wisconsin’s Leftist Supreme Court Justices Have A Recusal Problem

Michael Gableman, facing the loss of his law license after investigating Wisconsin's troubled 2020 election, seeks another recusal.

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M.d. Kittle

Why Trump’s National Archivist Nomination Is The Most Important Job You’ve Never Heard Of

The archivist of the United States has become responsible for overseeing the digital infrastructure of the entire federal government.

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Don Lueders

Detroit Lions Star Bows To Woke Rage Mob, Apologizes If His Trump Dance ‘Offended Anyone’

Some public figures are capable of withstanding the vitriol from America’s left-wing outrage mob, which seeks to silence anyone who dares to step...

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Shawn Fleetwood

Justice Gorsuch: ‘The Greatest Danger America Faces Today’ Is ‘Itself’

'Thomas Jefferson said an ignorant people will never remain free for long, and he's right,' Justice Gorsuch said.

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Shawn Fleetwood

Trump Must Crush The Left’s Antifa-Led Terror Network Or It Will Crush His Movement

The American people look to Trump to eradicate this massive domestic threat, but those calls do not seem to be yielding any results.

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Breccan F. Thies

Democrats’ Favorite Talking Point About Children And Gun Deaths Is A Lie

Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among children — but that is false.

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John R. Lott Jr.

It’s Impossible To Keep Up With The Fall Of Britain

The United Kingdom is now in a rolling crisis that its leaders can neither manage nor control. We should pay attention.

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John Daniel Davidson

Mamdani’s Victory Proves Mass Legal Migration Is Just As Dangerous As Illegal Migration

No matter how great our principles sound, they mean nothing to a population that doesn't understand or value them.

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Brianna Lyman

Importing Foreign Workers To Take Americans’ Jobs Is The Opposite Of America First

You cannot put America first by putting Americans last.

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Brianna Lyman

Pennsylvania County Launches Investigation Into Election Flop That Left 75K Voters Out Of Poll Books

A week after Pennsylvania’s general election, the Chester County Board of Elections is still working through its legal review of 12,100 provisional...

12.11.2025 10

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Beth Brelje

Justice Kennedy’s Memoir Illustrates The Shortcomings Of Flaky Conservative Jurisprudence

Kennedy's style of judicial interpretation is one that too often deviates from what the Constitution requires.

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Shawn Fleetwood

A Former Agent Makes A Case For Reform At The FBI

With The Two FBIs: The Bravery and Betrayal I Saw in My Time at the Bureau, Nicole Parker has written a personal memoir with some important...

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Thomas Baker

Republicans Tempted To Bail Out Obamacare Should Remember Democrats’ Shutdown Implosion And Just Say No

When the vote on the enhanced Obamacare subsidies comes around, GOP lawmakers should keep the wailing of Democrats over the past few days in mind.

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Christopher Jacobs

Weeks After Foiled Michigan Terror Attack, Dearborn Councilman Won’t Criticize Hezbollah Or Hamas

My city needs its leaders to unequivocally condemn organizations that directly and intentionally target civilians—and not just ISIS, but Hamas and...

12.11.2025 10

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Margot Cleveland

The American Dream Is Harder To Reach For Millennials And Gen Z: Here’s The Math

A 50-year mortgage, an eight-year car loan, and a forever college payment. Is this the best we can do for our young people?

12.11.2025 5

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Beth Brelje

Utah Ruling Exposes GOP Retreat On Redistricting Battle

As 2026 draws near, if things continue on the same path as they are now, Republicans can kiss their majorities goodbye.

12.11.2025 3

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Brianna Lyman

Ben Shapiro And Anyone Else Telling Young People To ‘Just Move’ Are Missing The Point

If we continue to fail to address fundamental economic problems, eventually it won't matter where you move to.

12.11.2025 1

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Hayden Daniel

Exclusive: House Judiciary Committee Probes DOJ IG Office’s Involvement In Arctic Frost Lawfare

'We write to request materials regarding the OIG’s involvement in the Arctic Frost investigation,' Jim Jordan wrote.

12.11.2025 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

Suspended Ohio Doctor Posed As Ex-Wife To Get Abortion Drugs Then Allegedly Forced Them On Girlfriend

On Dec. 18 the girlfriend allegedly awoke to find Abbas 'physically on top of her' in an attempt to force 'a crushed powder inside her bottom lip,...

12.11.2025 1

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Jordan Boyd

Latest Epstein Emails About Trump Appear To Be Just Another Misleading Democrat Info Op

Democrats appear to be obviously hiding exculpatory information about Trump.

12.11.2025 1

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Mark Hemingway

Here’s What The Media Aren’t Telling You About That ‘Gay Marriage’ Case SCOTUS Just Rejected

There were many more prominent factors central to Davis' case that made it highly unlikely SCOTUS would use it to revisit its ill-fated Obergefell...

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Shawn Fleetwood

Evidence Contradicts Comey’s Claim That His Indictment Is Purely Political

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan backed up the James Comey charges with evidence far surpassing what is necessary to survive a motion to dismiss.

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Mike Davis

SCOTUS To Decide Whether States Can Accept Mail Ballots Received After Election Day

Before Covid, most states held voting on Election Day, and the results were tallied after the polls closed.

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Beth Brelje

Coast Guard Hits Highest Recruiting Numbers In Nearly 35 Years

The U.S. Coast Guard experienced its best year for recruitment in more than three decades, the service announced Friday. “The Coast Guard far...

11.11.2025 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

Ongoing Judicial Coup Proves Alito, Thomas Were Right About Weak SCOTUS Injunction Ruling

Alito predicted that the court's

11.11.2025 1

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Shawn Fleetwood

The Shutdown Was Always Going To End With Democrats Caving And Looking Ridiculous

Barring some unnecessary Republican crash-out — always a high possibility! — this partial federal government “shutdown” was destined to end with...

11.11.2025 1

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Eddie Scarry

Radicals Rush To Back ‘The AOC Of Tennessee’ In Special Congressional Election

Nashville leftist Aftyn Behn is up against Republican Matt Van Epps in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District contest early next month.

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M.d. Kittle

5 Ways I’m Prepping For Thanksgiving, Advent, And Christmas Right Now

Mothers are the festivity makers of the home and the world, and making holidays is quite a big production.

11.11.2025 1

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Joy Pullmann

Every Member Of Civilization Is Either Building Something Or Destroying It

In Lions and Scavengers, Ben Shapiro articulates some defining truths that helpfully explain our current political divisions.

11.11.2025 1

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Auguste Meyrat

BBC Execs Resigned For Spreading Hoaxes About Trump. When Will US Media Do The Same?

While media across the pond take some responsibility for painting Trump as the villain of Jan. 6, the legacy media in the United States — instead...

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Brianna Lyman