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Trump on 2028 GOP field: ‘You have a lot of people’

Trump on 2028 GOP field: ‘You have a lot of people’

TRUMP ON 2028 GOP FIELD: “YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.” Over the last year or so, President Donald Trump has sometimes pointed to Vice President JD...

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Byron York

The Department of War targets the First Amendment (again)

The Department of War targets the First Amendment (again)

The Department of War launched a new attack on the First Amendment this weekend. It did so by asserting that the Washington Post had committed a...

yesterday 0

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Tom Rogan

From $1,000 to $149: Trump just unlocked the biggest drug price drop in 60 years

From $1,000 to $149: Trump just unlocked the biggest drug price drop in 60 years

For over 30 years, I stood behind a pharmacy counter and watched hardworking neighbors open their mouths in disbelief when I told them what their...

yesterday 0

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger

No, Democrats haven’t distanced themselves from Hasan Piker

No, Democrats haven’t distanced themselves from Hasan Piker

A string of news stories informs us that Democrats have “distanced themselves” from America-hating Mao-loving antisemitic terrorist-cheerleader...

yesterday 0

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David Harsanyi

This beauty queen might be one of Israel’s most effective diplomats

This beauty queen might be one of Israel’s most effective diplomats

Israel’s most consequential battles are not only taking place in diplomatic chambers, newsrooms, or political debates. They are also unfolding in...

yesterday 0

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Ariella Noveck

America saw no more oil. China saw an Atlantic military fortress

America saw no more oil. China saw an Atlantic military fortress

For decades, Equatorial Guinea mattered to Western powers largely because of its oil. But the small Central African country is no longer the oil...

yesterday 0

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Yagiz Sullu

Florida Republicans just delivered on a Democrat’s decades-old environmental promise

Florida Republicans just delivered on a Democrat’s decades-old environmental promise

The last Democratic governor of Florida — more than three decades ago — signed a law in Florida that would initiate the largest environmental...

yesterday 0

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Vanessa Faura

Want to ‘AI-proof’ your children? Stop raising copy machines

Want to ‘AI-proof’ your children? Stop raising copy machines

There is so much panic surrounding artificial intelligence right now. Parents are terrified of what it means for their children’s future, workers...

yesterday 0

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Alvin Lui

Trump didn’t lower your drug prices — Ozempic did

Trump didn’t lower your drug prices — Ozempic did

After decades of prescription drug prices rising faster than inflation, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offered some rare positive...

yesterday 0

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Fred Roeder

Republicans are winning the data center war. The prize? Big government

Republicans are winning the data center war. The prize? Big government

There is a version of the data center fight that conservatives are about to lose by winning. Across the country, the Right is discovering it can beat...

yesterday 0

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Andrew Potter

Soros-funded Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Thursday

Soros-funded Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Thursday

Last week, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner made some explosive comments about his anticipated future destruction of the White House...

yesterday 0

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Christopher Tremoglie

AOC called ‘Woke 1’ crazy — now watch socialists ditch the Green New Deal

AOC called ‘Woke 1’ crazy — now watch socialists ditch the Green New Deal

Although the Green New Deal deserves a permanent place atop the ash heap of history, it remains a top priority for the Democratic Socialists of...

yesterday 0

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Chris Talgo

Useful idiots: Why college activists are acting as unpaid interns for a dead Soviet empire

Useful idiots: Why college activists are acting as unpaid interns for a dead Soviet empire

If you walk into the quad of any elite Western university today, you will be deafened by a very specific vocabulary. You will hear endless lectures on...

yesterday 0

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Hushang Manuchehri

Florida man voted for 20 years under a stolen name. Still think SAVE America Act is paranoia?

Florida man voted for 20 years under a stolen name. Still think SAVE America Act is paranoia?

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Grajales spent more than two decades in Duval County, Florida, under a stolen identity, and on Aug. 12 a federal judge finally...

yesterday 0

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Jay Rogers

Stop calling Iran a ‘forever war.’ It’s a pressure cooker about to blow

Stop calling Iran a ‘forever war.’ It’s a pressure cooker about to blow

Public frustration over the so-called “forever war” with Iran is growing. To many Americans, the crisis feels like a terminal loop. We see an...

yesterday 0

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Eric Wargotz

From 9/11 to Iran: Trump just speedran Bush’s biggest mistake

From 9/11 to Iran: Trump just speedran Bush’s biggest mistake

As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, isn’t it time we learned the lessons of history? From Vietnam to 9/11, the War on Terror, and now Iran,...

yesterday 0

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Matthew Warshauer

America is out of money, out of forever wars, and done apologizing

America is out of money, out of forever wars, and done apologizing

In 1776, a congress of colonials declared they had had enough of kings and priests claiming divine right over their lives. Rights come from the...

yesterday 0

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Michael Breeden

Socialism polls better than it performs

yesterday 9

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Sally Pipes

Young Americans need to learn communism’s true history

Young Americans need to learn communism’s true history

Socialism is gaining ground, particularly among younger adults. It is sometimes modified with the word “democratic,” as in the name Democratic...

yesterday 8

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Washington Examiner

Chuck Schumer’s many compromises to maintain political power

Chuck Schumer’s many compromises to maintain political power

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spent decades telling Jewish audiences that his name meant something important. In a 2010 interview with...

previous day 1

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Jay Caruso

AI isn’t making art. It’s selling us fake intimacy

AI isn’t making art. It’s selling us fake intimacy

Even an illusion has a basis in reality. Recently, I watched a cardinal attack its own reflection in a car mirror, mistaking its appearance for...

previous day 1

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Andrew Moore

Mars will need cowboys, not committees

Mars will need cowboys, not committees

In 1886, Friedrich Nietzsche published Beyond Good and Evil. One hundred and forty years later, the book still asks its original question: what...

previous day 2

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Michael Breeden

The House should reject delay of hemp regulations

The House should reject delay of hemp regulations

Congress has already taken the necessary steps to close the dangerous “hemp loophole.” Now, the House of Representatives has a simple choice:...

previous day 1

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Kristen A. Ullman

Flock safety called its critics ‘terrorists.’ Now it wants to be your privacy savior

Flock safety called its critics ‘terrorists.’ Now it wants to be your privacy savior

Surveillance tech vendor Flock Safety is making some changes to both its policies and messaging following months of backlash over its products —...

previous day 1

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Daniel Nuccio

On AI, let’s not replicate the gain-of-function failures

On AI, let’s not replicate the gain-of-function failures

I’m not a science guy, and chances are, neither are you. But when you start to notice that a series of controversial tech-related headlines are...

previous day 3

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Joe Borelli

Your doctor has to beg AI for permission to save your life

Your doctor has to beg AI for permission to save your life

The practice of medicine requires a high level of personal accountability. Physicians make life-or-death decisions every day, accepting the profound...

previous day 1

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Eric Wargotz

Gavin Newsom thinks UC professors are as stupid as he is

Gavin Newsom thinks UC professors are as stupid as he is

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is capable of deciding that he wants to run to become the leader of the free world, but the California governor can’t take...

previous day 10

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Tiana Lowe Doescher

A concise but rich history of rock ‘n’ roll

A concise but rich history of rock ‘n’ roll

“This is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” General Motors adopted that advertising slogan in the 1980s to revitalize one of its storied brands, and...

previous day 10

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Jeremy Lott

Energy, infrastructure, and America’s hidden arms race with China

Energy, infrastructure, and America’s hidden arms race with China

In early 2022, China launched the Eastern Data and Western Compute initiative, a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s long-standing ambition to...

previous day 0

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Paul Sracic

From ‘kill her’ chants to broken ribs: Australia’s Trump moment is here

From ‘kill her’ chants to broken ribs: Australia’s Trump moment is here

Whether it’s the President Donald Trump assassination attempts, the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by Luigi Mangione, or the...

previous day 9

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William Nye

RFK Jr. wanted ‘gold standard’ science. mRNA just delivered it

RFK Jr. wanted ‘gold standard’ science. mRNA just delivered it

In less than three weeks, American medicine produced two milestones worth noticing. On Aug. 5, the Food and Drug Administration approved MFLUSIVA,...

previous day 10

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Arie Blitz

A technological revolution tests our experiment in self-government

A technological revolution tests our experiment in self-government

From Sumerian scribes to the Patriot Act, government is the management of information by institutions. A state’s reach is proportional to its...

previous day 10

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Dominic Green

A neglected book makes the case for birds

A neglected book makes the case for birds

At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about...

previous day 6

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Kara Kennedy

The irresistible lure of duty-free shopping

The irresistible lure of duty-free shopping

We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that...

previous day 10

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Rob Long

A nuclear renaissance could be an important Trump legacy

A nuclear renaissance could be an important Trump legacy

The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations,...

previous day 10

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Washington Examiner

Golden age or dark age? Trump and Vance are selling both

Golden age or dark age? Trump and Vance are selling both

Republicans are caught between a golden age and a dark age as they head into the midterm elections. Does America have the “greatest economy in our...

saturday 3

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Peter Laffin

Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should

Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should

Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative demands that we act only on principles that could hold as universal law. Apply that test to free-riding, and...

saturday 5

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Michael Breeden

‘Your labs look fine’: How medicine hides the crisis in women’s health

‘Your labs look fine’: How medicine hides the crisis in women’s health

Imagine seeing four doctors in three years and leaving every appointment with the same answer: your labs look “fine,” you’re probably just...

saturday 2

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Valerie Huber

Government should run like Chick-fil-a, not a court summons

Government should run like Chick-fil-a, not a court summons

In a free society, the waitress at the DMV does not face apathy and lethargy from her public servant. She is the sovereign. The clerk is her employee,...

saturday 5

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Michael Breeden

Dolly Parton: Tribute to an American icon

Dolly Parton: Tribute to an American icon

Dolly Parton was not, as I always think of her, an Aquarius. She was technically a Capricorn, as befits her indefatigable work ethic and prodigious...

saturday 4

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Clare Coffey

College sports might die before our eyes

College sports might die before our eyes

College sports are dying right before our very eyes, held together by strands of rules and integrity that are being clipped one by one. The latest...

saturday 20

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Zachary Faria

America doesn’t have to choose between China and going it alone

America doesn’t have to choose between China and going it alone

President Donald Trump’s China summit arrives amid heated AI competition with Beijing and a related debate over America’s semiconductor supply...

saturday 2

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Norm Seip

It shouldn’t take more proof to catch a fish than to vote

It shouldn’t take more proof to catch a fish than to vote

The November of my senior year in high school, I stayed up until midnight watching the 2020 election. The campaign season and election were...

saturday 3

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Grayson Ryland

Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall

Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall

Watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani carry on in New York, I am reminded of Lord Percy of Newcastle’s ominous definition 75 years ago of “social...

saturday 1

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Kelly Sloan

Trump is gambling the dollar’s future. His $20 billion crypto bet has fatal ‘Ripple’ effects

Trump is gambling the dollar’s future. His $20 billion crypto bet has fatal ‘Ripple’ effects

For over a decade, the U.S. government was a crypto whale. Thanks to dark-web busts and asset forfeitures, Washington quietly built a large digital...

saturday 2

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Eric Wargotz

What the data center backlash has in common with ‘Free Palestine’

What the data center backlash has in common with ‘Free Palestine’

A popular cause begins to gather steam. Originating from leftist activists, it attacks its target with unremitting focus and ferocity. The movement...

saturday 10

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Michael M. Rosen

The revolution will not be peaceful

The revolution will not be peaceful

Those who wish to breezily dismiss or ridicule the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America amid the organization’s ongoing hostile takeover...

saturday 9

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Guy Benson

Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Will Russia attack NATO? It depends

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly tempted to authorize provocations targeting NATO...

saturday 10

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Ani Chkhikvadze

Both parties are fighting for a weapon that will eventually be used against them

Both parties are fighting for a weapon that will eventually be used against them

Our political battles increasingly share a common theme: each side fears what the other will do when it controls the machinery of government. Battles...

saturday 7

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Steve Wolfer