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Trump’s J6 Pardons Signal The End Of The War On Wrongthink

The Capitol riot fueled the war on wrongthink. Clemency for Capitol rioters should represent the start of the end of that war.

29.01.2025 20

The Federalist

Ben Weingarten

Trump’s Fight Against Online Censorship Goes Global

Trump’s Fight Against Online Censorship Goes Global

Flanked by some of the Big Tech executives whose companies had suppressed the views of his supporters throughout his predecessor’s term, President...

29.01.2025 10

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Ben Weingarten

Mark Zuckerberg Confirmed The Supreme Court Ignored Direct Evidence Of Massive Federal Censorship Scheme

The courts simply cannot be seen as a reliable backstop for protecting our First Amendment rights against the censorship-industrial complex.

22.01.2025 20

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Ben Weingarten

GOP Senators Can Prove They Know What Time It Is By Confirming Trump’s Nominees Stat

By fending off left-wing attacks, putting Democrats on the defensive, and confirming Trump’s nominees, Senate Republicans will show they know what...

13.01.2025 2

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Ben Weingarten

Supreme Court Chief Roberts Just Defended The Censorship-Industrial Complex

If John Roberts really wants to protect the Supreme Court's independence, he should start by disarming the administrative state.

09.01.2025 40

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Ben Weingarten

IG Report Reveals FBI Could Still Be Spying On Congress And Leaking To Help Democrats

One need not think hard about how a corrupt national security apparatus could use the predicate of an illegal leak to spy on political foes.

19.12.2024 30

The Federalist

Ben Weingarten

Biden’s Dishonest Pardon Statement Should Revive, Not Bury, Pursuit Of Crimes And Cover-Ups

President Joe Biden’s issuance of an unprecedented blanket pardon of his son should be seen as part of a continued cover-up.

10.12.2024 20

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Ben Weingarten

To Restore Democracy Trump Will Have To Overcome Administrative State Tyranny

In the wake of Donald Trump’s historic victory, permanent Washington’s hysteria is reaching new heights daily. “Federal bureaucrats wrestle with...

22.11.2024 40

The Federalist

Ben Weingarten

Why The Biden-Harris Administration’s Attempt To Keep Noncitizens On Virginia’s Voter Rolls Was Legally Ridiculous

The Biden-Harris administration and Democrat litigators appear to be jointly executing a lawfare assault against the integrity of our elections. In...

01.11.2024 30

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Trump Singlehandedly Deterred The Enemies Harris Now Invites

Three years ago in June, I drove into Midtown Manhattan, scaled a skyscraper, and was whisked into a corner office to conduct an interview with the...

25.10.2024 1

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Ben Weingarten

The Federal Government Is Fighting To Keep Noncitizens On Voter Rolls

Will states be allowed to remove noncitizens en masse from the voter rolls during the home stretch of the 2024 election cycle? If the Biden-Harris...

08.10.2024 100

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Ben Weingarten

Biden’s DOJ Threatens Election Offices: Cleaning Voter Rolls May Be ‘Discriminatory’

As we approach the 2024 election, states across the country are removing thousands of noncitizens from their voter rolls. Yet amid a surge of...

18.09.2024 1

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Ben Weingarten

Exclusive: House Oversight Chair Threatens Subpoenas If White House Doesn’t Cough Up ‘Bidenbucks’ Plans

The Biden-Harris administration appears to be stonewalling a congressional probe of its secretive executive order directing every federal agency to...

26.08.2024 2

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Ben Weingarten

Biden’s DOJ Seeks Revenge On IRS Whistleblowers For Exposing Hunter’s Crimes

A new legal filing from Hunter Biden’s lawyers suggests Biden and the Department of Justice are seeking revenge on the IRS whistleblowers who...

21.08.2024 100

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Ben Weingarten

Is Kamala Harris Lying About Her Positions Now, Or Was She Lying Before?

In Donald Trump’s return to X, he asked perhaps the pivotal question of the 2024 election: “Are you better off now than you were when I was...

20.08.2024 40

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Ben Weingarten

Thousands Of Noncitizens On U.S. Voter Rolls Assure Americans The Next Election Will Be Unsafe And Unfair

More than a dozen jurisdictions run by Democrats — including Washington, D.C., and several adjacent Maryland municipalities — allow noncitizens to...

15.08.2024 5

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Ben Weingarten

The Feds’ Election Interference Didn’t Stop After 2020, It Just Got More Sophisticated

America’s speech police are reassembling to once again influence our elections. At the same time the security state is creating potential pretexts...

12.08.2024 100

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Ben Weingarten

Secret Service’s Incompetence Is Exactly Why We Need Trump To Dismantle The Deep State

The failed assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, one of the worst security fiascoes in American history, reflects a core...

19.07.2024 40

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Ben Weingarten