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How To Stay Sane And Not Look Stupid When Talking About The Iran War

Besides adopting general thoughtfulness, there are practical ways you can protect yourself from stupid while you monitor the Iran situation.

03.03.2026 5

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The Right’s Brand Is ‘America First.’ The Left’s Brand Is Getting Mad About That

At Tuesday's State of the Union, Democrats set themselves up as angry foils to basic civics and feel-good American patriotism.

25.02.2026 7

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Eileen Gu Indicts Birthright Citizenship And Our Entire Immigration Orthodoxy

Gu embodies what our immigration orthodoxy promotes: an America where citizens of the world can enrich themselves with no loyalties attached.

20.02.2026 600

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Corporate Media Give Trans Hockey Game Shooter The ‘Gunperson’ Treatment

Details of Dorgan's trans identity have been deemed unpublishable by corporate media outlets which refuse to call him a man.

17.02.2026 10

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Hating ‘Hate’ Is The Left’s Laziest And Dumbest Virtue-Signal Yet

'Hate' is just another word for meanness, which is the opposite of niceness, which is the guiding ethic of the postmodern liberal mind.

05.02.2026 30

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I’m Not Mad The Fed Renovation Costs Billions, I’m Mad That It’s Ugly

If we're going to build palaces for our bureaucrats, can they at least be pretty?

14.01.2026 10

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Corporate Media’s 7 Most Brazenly Fake Claims About The Anti-ICE Car-Ramming

The more details emerge, the fewer of the corporate media's claims about the Minneapolis car-ramming of an ICE agent turn out to be true.

12.01.2026 10

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Returning To ‘Times New Roman,’ The State Department Learns From Cracker Barrel’s Mistakes

It would be foolish to assume the aesthetics we surround ourselves with have no effect on how we perceive the world.

11.12.2025 3

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These Do-Ahead Meals Are The Easiest Three-Course Dinner Parties You’ll Ever Host

These make-ahead, hard-to-mess-up combinations involve just enough effort to turn a weeknight gathering into a memorable meal.

28.11.2025 5

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I Will Be Having This Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie At Every Single Holiday Dinner This Year

If you make one dessert this year, first of all, what's wrong with you? But second of all, make it this one.

26.11.2025 3

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The (Reasonable) Luxury Gift Guide For The Least Practical Person You Know

If you (er, your giftees) like little extravagances or fancy versions of everyday items, this might be the gift guide for you.

24.11.2025 10

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Welcome To The Future, Where AI Grandma Raises The Kid You Bought From The Baby Bank

Fertility tech solved the 'problem' of your body's physical limitations. Now, a new app has solved that of your mother's.

19.11.2025 9

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The Atlantic Says It’s Trump Officials’ Own Fault They Have To Flee Homes For Safety

Trump officials are fleeing their homes in the face of left-wing threats, but The Atlantic says the problem is actually Trump's rhetoric.

03.11.2025 30

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6 Attorneys Who Signed Arctic Frost Subpoenas Are No Longer At DOJ

All of the six attorneys who signed the subpoenas released Wednesday are no longer employed by the DOJ, The Federalist has learned.

30.10.2025 3

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Left-Wing Cultural Revolutionaries Are Decapitating Statues And Calling It Art

When they told you Confederate statues were going to museums, you didn't know they meant this.

23.10.2025 6

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The Real Plunder Of Europe’s Crown Jewels Was An Inside Job, And It Wasn’t At The Louvre

The cultural, political, and religious heritage Europe owes to its Christian past was being plundered long before thieves raided the Louvre.

21.10.2025 10

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What Happens When Transgenderism Is No Longer Cool? Prosecutions, Hopefully

Ideologues foisting the harmful lies of transgenderism onto kids should be laughed -- and prosecuted -- out of polite society.

17.10.2025 6

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I Searched For Stories Of Trans Contagion. Google Lectured Me With False Propaganda

I tried searching for stories of kids peer-pressured into trans identities, and Google spat out unsolicited propaganda and falsehoods.

16.10.2025 6

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Jay Jones And Katie Porter Say The Quiet Part Out Loud

They don't believe you can be reasoned or compromised with, and they're telling you in writing and on camera that they're not interested in trying.

09.10.2025 5

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Democrats Said Thoughts And Prayers Won’t Stop Leftist Violence, So Here Are Some Ideas

Pray — not just for comfort, but for courage and prudence to frustrate evil where it has taken individuals and institutions captive.

15.09.2025 3

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After Charlie Kirk’s Murder, There Can Be No More Both-Sides-ism

We have met the enemy, and they are nothing like us.

12.09.2025 5

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Each Word Of This NYT Agitprop On The Charlotte Murder Is Worse Than The Last

The entire article is an exercise in lazy propaganda slop, and they don't care if you notice. Just don't go around noticing any more crimes.

10.09.2025 6

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Is Wuthering Heights The Smutty BookTok Feminists’ Final Conquest?

Emerald Fennell remakes 'Wuthering Heights' in the image of bookstore bargain bins and terminal late-stage feminism.

06.09.2025 10

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MSNBC Tries To Scare Taylor Swift (And Everyone Else) Out Of Getting Married

An MSNBC writer takes it upon herself to warn Taylor Swift that marriage isn't 'magical.' Here's why she's wrong.

04.09.2025 5

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If Your Response To Tragedy Is To Mock God, Repent

Those scoffing at Christians' prayer after Wednesday's tragedy repeat the folly of the crowds who dared the crucified Christ to save Himself.

28.08.2025 6

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Trump Ending Wars Is Wonderful, But Only One Thing Can Get Him Into Heaven

Trump may have been joking, but it bears repeating: None of your own works, not even saving lives, can earn you a spot in paradise.

19.08.2025 2

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Don’t Believe The Lies From NYT Russia Hoaxers About The Durham Annex

Russia hoax handmaiden Charlie Savage falsely claimed that the annex to the Durham report said something it never actually said.

02.08.2025 3

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If You Need An App To Rate Your Date, What You Actually Need Is Better Community

If you have to turn to strangers on an app like Tea for advice about your date, you probably need a better community -- so build one.

28.07.2025 8

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FBI Analyst On Russia Hoax: ‘Our Instructions … Were To Push This’

An analyst interviewed by House investigators about claims of Russian collusion said FBI leadership made it clear 'we were to push this.'

24.07.2025 6

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2024 Was A Year Of Bullet-Dodging

Sometimes we see the divine hand of providence work in the shadows. Other times, it's caught on live television.

14.07.2025 5

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The Sexual Revolution And Its Consequences Have Been A Disaster For Charlize Theron

The 49-year-old multimillionaire and mother of two approaches sex with all the maturity of a beer-chugging frat boy.

07.07.2025 4

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After Federalist Inquiry, National Parks To Review DEI Signage In California For Violations Of Trump Order

Signage at Muir Woods National Monument will be reviewed after a Federalist inquiry raising concerns it violates an executive order.

03.07.2025 7

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Protest Is Overrated

For most protests in modern America, the operating assumption is that action from the government will solve the problem.

26.06.2025 10

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With Abortion And Euthanasia Votes, The U.K. Rejects The Basis Of Every Human Freedom

Once a nation ceases to respect the source of human dignity, it doesn't take long to stop respecting the rights that dignity demands.

23.06.2025 10

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The Abrahamic Covenant Is A Bad Argument For The U.S. Going To War With Iran

We shouldn't treat the Abrahamic covenant lightly, but neither should we cherry-pick it to haphazardly apply to a modern geopolitical map.

20.06.2025 6

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Look How The Google Speech Police Scold Me For Searching The Term ‘Illegal Alien’

A patronizing warning at the top of the page scolded me that "the term 'illegal alien' is considered pejorative and offensive."

05.06.2025 6

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Is The Smithsonian Violating Trump’s Ban On Taxpayer-Funded Gender Ideology?

Why is the Smithsonian, which rakes in more than a billion taxpayer dollars a year, hosting events promoting LGBT ideology for June?

03.06.2025 6

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How And Why Southern Baptists Are Losing Confidence In The ERLC

Critics allege the SBC's lobbying arm is ineffective on the right political issues, and that it actively devotes resources to the wrong ones.

30.05.2025 10

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Local Man Swims In Creek, Media Freak Out

Americans want the freedom to make their own, informed choices about their health -- both which risks to take and which ones not to.

13.05.2025 5

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The Fake News Media Come For The Kentucky Derby

You can't have a healthy society without events like the Derby and the sense of shared heritage that they produce.

08.05.2025 7

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17 Ideas To Up Your Mother’s Day Gifting Game This Year

If you're stumped on what to get for your mom (or the mother of your children) this year, The Federalist is here to help.

01.05.2025 6

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This Week’s Politico Playbook ‘Journalism’ Was Brought To You By Planned Parenthood

In 2016, weekly sponsorships were 'expected to cost in the range of $50,000 and $60,000.'

29.04.2025 6

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The Media Have A New Conspiracy Theory About Trump’s Interior Decorating

No, Trump's Oval Office decor-maxxing is not a dog-whistle for monarchy. It's actually on-brand, not just for Trump, but for America.

24.04.2025 20

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15 Gifts To Celebrate Your Favorite Graduates That Aren’t Cash

If you know someone graduating high school or college and you'd like to gift something personal, try one of these thoughful options.

23.04.2025 4

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An Easter Love Letter To My Church

If you've been needing some extra encouragement to commit to being in community with your local church body, let me give you some.

18.04.2025 6

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On Palm Sunday, The New York Times Repeated A 2,000-Year-Old Mistake About Jesus

A Palm Sunday op-ed takes the same small view of Christ's mission that the cheering crowds hoping for an anti-Roman revolt did.

15.04.2025 5

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Our Culture Isn’t ‘Dying For Sex,’ But Our Faulty Approach Is Killing Us

In reality, the conscious uncoupling of pleasure and purpose that fuels Williams' 'sexcapades' in Dying for Sex produces less pleasure and,...

11.04.2025 8

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Europe’s Latest Attacks On Free Speech And Free Elections Prove Vance’s Munich Warning Right

Vance warned that shutting down speech destroys democracy. European leaders have apparently taken his statement as an instruction manual.

02.04.2025 10

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10 Times NPR Proved It Doesn’t Deserve Another Taxpayer Cent

On top of its blackout of the Hunter Biden laptop story, here are 10 other times NPR proved it doesn't deserve another taxpayer dime.

27.03.2025 6

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Obstructing Trump’s Agenda Via Injunction Is The New Russia Collusion Hoax

Just as the Russia hoax was weaponized to hamstring the first Trump presidency, the flurry of injunctions is designed to hamstring his second one.

25.03.2025 6

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