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Putting Political Litmus Tests In Your Dating App Bio Is A Red Flag

When people only want political 'discussions' that confirm their biases, they make the vulnerability that relationships require impossible.

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Make A Pit Stop To Watch This New Formula One Movie In IMAX

F1: The Movie shows the triumphs and tragedies that lie behind the world’s most popular open-wheel racing series.

27.06.2025 10

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No, The Federal Reserve Shouldn’t Monetize The National Debt Again

Lawmakers of all parties keep thinking that some magic bullet will solve all of the country’s fiscal problems. It won’t.

27.06.2025 20

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My Annual Allergist Visit Proved Health Care Fraud Is Easy To Commit And Hard To Report

It's so easy for scammers to manipulate our health care system in ways that raise costs for all of us.

27.06.2025 10

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Leftist Think Tank Ignores Potential Medicaid Fraud To Smear Trump’s Budget Bill

Groups like this fixate on the number of individuals with health insurance coverage, regardless of whether those individuals engage in fraud.

23.06.2025 50

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Budget Office Estimates Biden Border Bedlam Cost States Billions

The Biden-era chaos posed ramifications far beyond our southern border, and Washington must take every effort to ensure that it never recurs.

23.06.2025 40

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Ivy League Researchers Scaremonger About GOP Health Policy But Say Nothing About Similar Democrat Plans

When the GOP scales back entitlements, the professoriate says legions of people will die. But when Democrats do the same thing, they're silent.

18.06.2025 10

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A Brief Guide To Using ‘Recissions’ And ‘Pocket Recissions’ To Cut Federal Spending

The Trump rescissions package should provide an opportunity to begin to reduce the continued, disastrous growth of the federal budget.

09.06.2025 6

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Ohio’s Apparent Medicaid Fraud Is Exactly Why Congress Must Increase Medicaid Scrutiny

A recent lawmaker's inquiry shows how states have little incentive to verify eligibility and fight fraud in their Medicaid programs.

04.06.2025 50

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New Exhibit Profiles ‘The Two Georges’ Behind America’s Fight For Independence

'The Two Georges' lets visitors see George Washington and George III as they were, rather than as the caricatures portrayed in history books.

02.06.2025 3

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Why It’s Hard To Make Sense Of The ‘Mishmash’ In Republicans’ ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Even if the bill passes and gets signed into law, the policy muddle inside it will prove difficult to explain and defend.

02.06.2025 4

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IndyCar Cheating Scandal Mars Motorsports’ Biggest Day

Here’s hoping IndyCar can put the penalties and controversies behind it to focus on what fans want to see: competitive, thrilling racing.

23.05.2025 10

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Lincoln’s Political Rise Shows Americans’ Indefatigable Pioneer Spirit

As the nation approaches its 250th birthday, that pioneer spirit — of striving and thriving, and of merit overcoming obstacles placed in its path...

19.05.2025 3

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Sending Medicaid And Food Stamps Back To States Will Reduce Costs, Not Merely Shift Them

Because D.C. picks up the tab for food stamps and Medicaid, no one at the state level has any incentive to manage these programs responsibly.

15.05.2025 40

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Trump Is Right: Consumerism And Communism Are Two Great Reasons To Buy Less Junk From China

Trump — perhaps unwittingly — articulated a path that more Americans should follow, and not just because it would make us less dependent on buying...

13.05.2025 10

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DOGE Can’t Reduce Government Spending Until Washington Fixes Entitlements

Mandatory spending programs all operate on autopilot, meaning DOGE cannot truly restrain their growth absent action from Congress.

02.05.2025 3

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Study: Private School Choice Makes Even Public Schoolers More Likely To Earn College Degrees

The effect of Ohio’s scholarship program reinforces why states should continue to expand school choice for all families.

01.05.2025 3

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How To Make Sure America’s 250th Birthday Goes Out With A Bang, Not A Shrug

Americans should know the powerful story of the people who created not just a new nation but a new concept of nationhood.

24.04.2025 3

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Celebrating The Life Of Wink Martindale, Television’s ‘Mr. Game Show’

With his toothy grin, immaculate three-piece suits, and perfect coiffure, Wink Martindale personified a 'look' that defined the game show genre for...

23.04.2025 3

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New York’s Boom In Home Health Aides Is Just Another Medicaid Racket

If Kathy Hochul won’t clean up the Medicaid 'racket' in her state, then Congress and federal investigators should do it for her.

21.04.2025 5

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Tariffs Won’t Solve Washington’s Biggest Problem: Overspending

The ructions in financial markets over the past few weeks and Washington’s dependence on foreign entities to keep funding our (over) spending...

17.04.2025 20

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Report: Democrat Union Boss Uses Member Dues As A Personal Slush Fund

It's no wonder so many blue-collar families have abandoned a labor movement and a Democrat Party that have spent the past several decades abandoning...

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How Republicans’ Spineless Gimmick To Extend Trump Tax Cuts Could Expand Obamacare Too

Rather than paring back spending, Senate Republicans are pushing an accounting gimmick to make it look like a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension costs...

09.04.2025 9

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Report: Medicaid Double Payments Cost Taxpayers $4.3 Billion In Three Years

Is this what Democrats want to defend when they say they want to 'protect Medicaid'?

04.04.2025 40

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Exempting Most Americans From Taxes Is A Recipe For More Government Spending

Allowing most Americans to pawn off the full cost of federal programs on a small slice of the public would guarantee higher deficits.

03.04.2025 10

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Why The NFL Shouldn’t Ban The ‘Brotherly Shove’

If the Packers or other teams have problems with the 'brotherly shove,' they have a simple solution: develop and execute a defensive strategy to stop...

01.04.2025 3

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The Best Way For Republicans To Extend Trump’s Tax Cuts Is To Cut Spending

The best way for Congress to extend Trump's tax cuts is to do what it has failed to do for decades: get serious about lowering spending.

27.03.2025 30

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California’s Massive Medicaid Shortfall Would Disappear If It Quit Paying $8B For Illegals’ Health Care

Why is California spending $8.4 billion this fiscal year to serve as a magnet for unlawful immigration?

21.03.2025 40

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Republicans, Don’t Buy Democrats’ Lies About Medicaid ‘Cuts’

Democrats call any reduction in government spending a 'cut.' Republicans shouldn't fall for it.

20.03.2025 30

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Democrats Who Ignored Biden’s ‘Aggressive’ Tax Avoidance Act Outraged Dr. Oz May Have Underpaid

After spending four years ignoring Biden’s tax maneuvers, Democrats decided one of Trump’s nominees deserved defeat for allegedly using similar...

19.03.2025 3

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3 Ways Trump Plans To Root Out Rampant Obamacare Fraud

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' latest proposed rule focuses on combatting waste and fraud within the Obamacare program.

14.03.2025 30

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Report Defends Fraudulent Obamacare Spending Because It Creates Jobs

Health care is not a jobs program, and defending it as such is a massive waste of taxpayer resources.

12.03.2025 30

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Republicans’ Spending Addiction Fuels Latest Proposed Raid On Medicare

House Republican leaders want to raid Medicare to provide an extra $2.1 billion for an Obamacare-created program.

11.03.2025 1

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How A Broken Medicaid System Kills Vulnerable Patients Like Carl DeBrodie

A recent expose of Missouri's treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities highlights the flaws of our health care system.

07.03.2025 4

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Politico Stealth Edits Error-Filled Hit Piece On GOP Spending Bill 

When I asked Politico about omissions to a recent Medicaid article, it didn’t update the story — it rewrote it.

06.03.2025 2

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IndyCar Bucks The System Of Endless Sports Streaming With Single Broadcast Option

Unlike most other sports leagues, which have sliced and diced their licensing rights to maximize revenue, IndyCar has done the opposite.

27.02.2025 7

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IndyCar Bucks The System Of Endless Sports Streaming With Single Broadcast Option

Unlike most other sports leagues, which have sliced and diced their licensing rights to maximize revenue, IndyCar has done the opposite.

27.02.2025 3

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Health Policy ‘Experts’ Won’t Give Up Marxist Agenda Despite Election Trouncing

The American people just voted to end racial discrimination under the guise of 'equity,' yet the health care clerisy continues to act as if nothing...

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AARP Uses Misleading Study To Rewrite Biden’s Legacy And Line Its Own Pockets

AARP can say whatever it wants, but it can’t make seniors paying higher premiums think they are 'beneficiaries' of the IRA when they aren’t.

18.02.2025 3

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Thanks To Massive Deficits, U.S. Will Pay $13.8 Trillion In Interest Over The Next Decade

By 2035, CBO believes net interest payments on the deficit will 'account for about one-sixth of all federal spending.'

14.02.2025 5

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Politico Pro’s Exorbitant Price Tag Shows It’s Not A Subscription, It’s Swamp Patronage

Politico's patronage extends beyond government itself, to the K Street swamp creatures that rely on government for special favors.

13.02.2025 8

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Philadelphia Eagles End Kansas City’s Quest For ‘Three-Peat’ In Spectacular Fashion

After a shaky 2-2 start, the Eagles peaked at the right moment, bringing another Lombardi Trophy to Philadelphia.

10.02.2025 3

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All The New Orleans Gems Trump Will Miss Out On During His Quick Super Bowl Visit

Viewing New Orleans only through the spectrum of debauchery does a disservice to one of the most unique blends of culture in the world.

07.02.2025 20

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Worlds And Records Collide In Super Bowl LIX

To emerge as Super Bowl champs, Saquon Barkley and the Eagles will have to overcome a familiar face on the opposing sideline: Andy Reid.

07.02.2025 5

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Media Circus Descends On New Orleans For Super Bowl Opening Night

The 10,000-20,000 who filled much of the lower bowl of the Louisiana Superdome on Monday witnessed what has become a made-for-TV spectacle.

05.02.2025 6

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‘Hollywood Squares’ Remake Shows Inanity Of Our Celebrity Class

With its vapid and superficial approach, the show reveals celebrities as trite, even boring.

28.01.2025 20

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Budget Office Report Shows Biden Could Have Inhibited The Border Crisis But Inflamed It Instead

Once Democrats realized the electoral implications of the border invasion, even their half-hearted half-measures helped to reverse the prior trends.

22.01.2025 80

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Leftists’ Proposal For 32-Hour Congressional Workweek Broadcasts Their Entitlement Mentality

The now-withdrawn proposal reinforces November’s election results and why Democrats face significant problems with working-class voters.

21.01.2025 5

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Biden’s Unpopularity Is Fueled By Bad Policies, Not Bad Messaging

Biden is just the latest Democrat to insult voters by claiming they just didn’t understand all the wonderful things government did for them.

15.01.2025 30

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‘New York Sack Exchange’ Examines The Vagaries Of Football And Friendship 

For football fans, 'The New York Sack Exchange' provides a look back at one of the most dominating defenses in the game’s history.

14.01.2025 5

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