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Trump advocates for free speech in England while squashing it at home

President Donald Trump is in the United Kingdom for a state visit, where he is expected to again lecture that country's leaders about their civil...

yesterday 3

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Chris Brennan 

Kash Patel's incompetence brings spotlight back to Trump and Epstein

yesterday 20

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Rex Huppke

'Just kill 'em': Fox host's apology for homeless comment isn't enough

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade recently apologized for an “extremely callous remark” where he said that homeless people who experience mental illness...

yesterday 10

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Sara Pequeño 

Americans oppose dark money. There's an easy way to end it.

Ever since the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission shattered campaign finance law 15 years ago, Americans have...

yesterday 10

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Tom Moore

Charlie Kirk suspect makes me worried about always-online Gen Z

Charlie Kirk fought for the souls of Gen Z. As a mother of Gen Z and Alpha kids, I appreciated this so much. My kids − and millions of others −...

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Nicole Russell

Trump’s budget ideas are a house of cards waiting to fall

It started off so well. In the early days of President Donald Trump's administration, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent laid out two important...

previous day 7

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Will Mcbride 

Young conservatives have to keep Charlie Kirk's mission alive

The fallout from Charlie Kirk’s killing has only begun to manifest itself, but campus conservatism clearly will change forever as a generation of...

previous day 4

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Dace Potas 

Treating birthright citizenship like abortion puts kids at risk

For my family, birthright citizenship is deeply personal. I, my parents and most of my siblings were born in Ecuador and were undocumented after we...

previous day 4

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Juan Diaz 

High prices, high unemployment: Who is Trump's Golden Age for?

President Donald Trump promised Americans a new Golden Age. But eight months into his second term, grocery prices are rising, along with inflation...

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Rex Huppke

Trump appeals to moderate voters, not partisan elites scared of change

A decade after he descended that elevator, liberal and conservative elites alike still don’t understand President Donald Trump’s enduring appeal to...

monday 20

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John Tillman

Liberal Colbert won an Emmy. Trump must revoke it immediately.

So the VERY NOT FUNNY liberal late night host Stephen Colbert, whom nobody watches and whose show was recently CANCELED for being LAME, won an Emmy...

monday 1

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Rex Huppke

Why deny people the right to vaccines that may keep them alive?

Vaccines are a personal decision now, but here is the hypocrisy about doing it for the common good: What if the political right had leaned into...

monday 4

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Forum 

For colleges, money has taken precedence over protecting students

On a crisp fall morning in 2024, I found myself running alongside hundreds of students on the University of Virginia’s campus, following Jim Ryan,...

monday 4

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Ashmeen Kaur 

Gen Z can make bipartisan progress on political violence. Watch us.

On Sept. 10, right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. Since then, we have been asking ourselves...

monday 4

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Sara Pequeño And Dace Potas 

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz: 5 ways we're improving rural health care

Despite higher rates of chronic disease in rural areas vs. their urban counterparts, rural America's health care infrastructure is collapsing....

monday 4

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And Dr. Mehmet Oz 

I trust fellow Floridians more than dishonest public health experts

Like millions of Floridians, I stand with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo in opposing the coercive vaccine mandates in...

14.09.2025 9

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Anthony Sabatini 

Kristi Noem's hypocrisy is obvious in her home state's history

“There will never be amnesty under President Trump. The president is very clear that he doesn’t believe that the law should apply to some people...

14.09.2025 9

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Chuck Raasch

Do Democrats realize Mamdani is giving them a winning platform?

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has proved to be wildly popular among voters. If only Democratic leaders could...

14.09.2025 10

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Sara Pequeño