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Mamdani's plan to ruin public education in New York

Zohran Mamdani appears to have a plan for leveling the playing fields in education. Faced with a huge number of students with comparably dismal scores...

04.10.2025 2

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

'Let your rage fuel you' — politicians and pundits embrace demonization politics

Rage allows you to deny the humanity of those you disagree with.

27.09.2025 10

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The funniest joke Jimmy Kimmel never told

Politicians who fought for censorship are now making the very arguments they ridiculed just months ago.

20.09.2025 30

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'Prove me wrong' — Charlie Kirk and the age of rage

"Prove me wrong." For years, that tagline of Charlie Kirk and his group, Turning Point USA, enraged many on the left. In "an age of rage," nothing is...

13.09.2025 50

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Tim Kaine's Constitutional blasphemy

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week warned the American people that a Trump nominee for a State Department position was an extremist, cut from the same...

06.09.2025 30

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OpenAI's dark side: ChatGPT accused of causing suicide, murder

As a company, OpenAI often shows little more empathy than its AI creations.

30.08.2025 20

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The judicial Calvinball of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

“I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity." Those words of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came in a recent interview, wherein the justice...

23.08.2025 10

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Upset about DC's lack of voting rights? Look to the Democrats.

Let's restore full representation for residents in Washington, D.C.

16.08.2025 3

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Politics without shame: Gerrymandering makes hypocrisy a political punch line

Former diplomat and Democratic senator Adlai Stevenson once remarked that “a hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree,...

09.08.2025 8

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The extraordinary life of a girl called 'Champ'

Angela Piazza Turley was a force to be reckoned with.

02.08.2025 10

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The rise and fall of John Brennan

Even if he is not criminally charged, his past statements will remain an indictment of his role in history.

26.07.2025 30

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

State media are dead — long live state media

The market is correcting what the media would not.

19.07.2025 4

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America's 'useful idiots' — the left calls for revolution as the ultimate virtue signal

Mamdani is perfect for trust-fund baby Trotskyites.

12.07.2025 30

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'Hit us, please' — America's left issues a 'broken arrow' signal to Europe

What these professors call fascism looks a lot like the democratic process to others.

05.07.2025 10

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Sotomayor says public education is doomed without mandatory gay and trans story hour

This decision may well save public schools from themselves by encouraging a return to core educational priorities.

28.06.2025 5

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If he wages war unilaterally, Trump will only be the latest of many presidents to do so

The Framers were right. And we have shown just how right they were with decades of undeclared wars and so little accountability.

21.06.2025 10

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'No Kings' is utter nonsense, but few will notice this weekend

Across the nation today, thousands of protests are being organized by left-wing groups, unions, and other organizations, with chants of "No Kings, No...

14.06.2025 10

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The 'Trump did it' defense: Colleges' and companies' new excuse to roll back wokeness

"Trump made me do it." Across the country, this is a virtual mantra being mouthed everywhere from businesses to higher education. Corporations are...

07.06.2025 20

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Marco Rubio declares war on the global censors

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a new visa restriction policy barring foreign nationals deemed "responsible for censorship of protected...

31.05.2025 10

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The justices must at long last deal with 'chronic injunctivitis'

The solution is simple: Give district judges a dose of clarity and tell them not to call you in the morning.

24.05.2025 40

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Courting Controversy: Justices' side commentaries undermine the Supreme Court

Beginning late last century, justices become much more comfortable with seemingly political proclamations.

17.05.2025 4

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To be or not to be a hypocrite? Outrage over Trump targeting law firms is Shakespearean

It will take more than a Shakespearean flourish to erase the hypocrisy of lawyers, law schools, and bar groups that spent years hounding lawyers who...

10.05.2025 10

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The Cost of Arrogance: NPR's undoing is a cautionary tale for the media

President Trump has signed an executive order to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS. It is a moment for media self-reflection.

03.05.2025 30

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'Here we are again' — federal district courts piling on injunctions to stop Trump

Trump has already faced a record number of national injunctions by district courts.

26.04.2025 10

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Crimson chide: Harvard makes the case against itself

Harvard faculty members should be the last ones complaining about the suppression of academic freedom.

19.04.2025 10

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Biden's administration may have suppressed COVID evidence contradicting Chinese claims

The Biden administration has been accused of withholding information about a military report that suggests U.S. military personnel contracted COVID-19...

12.04.2025 40

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

The liberals' license: How the left finds release in an age of rage

A significant segment of the left has become addicted to rage and violence.

05.04.2025 50

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NPR's CEO just made the best case yet for defunding NPR

After years of objections over its biases, the NPR board hired a CEO notorious for her activism and far-left viewpoints.

29.03.2025 10

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In Berlin, Europe's elite are very nervous there's too much freedom of speech

The World Forum in Berlin is calling for a new world order based on European values, but this vision is based on a flawed premise of a global elite...

22.03.2025 10

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Celebrate Saint Patrick by chasing censors out of Ireland

Today's Ireland, like much of Europe, is in crisis, turning away from our shared values by embracing censorship over freedom of speech.

15.03.2025 10

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

Panic politics: Law professors' umpteenth 'constitutional crisis' falls flat

"Constitutional crisis" is the new way for law professors to express political disagreement.

08.03.2025 20

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Democrats go full McCarthy with attacks on Musk's nationality, loyalties 

Democratic leaders have been questioning the loyalty of those who support or work with the Trump Administration, echoing McCarthy's playbook, and...

01.03.2025 10

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As US censorship industry collapses, the fight for free speech moves to Europe

The anti-free-speech movement is decamping to Europe, where free speech has been in decline for decades.

22.02.2025 10

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Vance delivers a historic defense of free speech in Europe

At the Munich Security Conference, J.D. Vance confronted European leaders over their attacks on free speech, calling out their hypocrisy and...

15.02.2025 60

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Elon Musk and how the left makes monsters of us all

Liberals are finding out that when you try to silence all dissent, you create thousands of outcasts.

08.02.2025 30

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Spoiling for a fight: Why challenging birthright citizenship is a win-win for Trump

This week, the Trump administration doubled down in its fight against birthright citizenship. The usual alliance of pundits, professors and press...

01.02.2025 60

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'Blood, feces and terror' — judges are raging over Trump pardons

President Trump's pardon of those involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has sparked controversy, with judges imposing conditions on commuted defendants...

25.01.2025 40

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

The final corruption of Joe Biden

Joe Biden pardoned members of his family in an attempt to avoid prosecution for corruption, exposing the corruption of Biden Inc. and the willingness...

21.01.2025 300

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More activism, less credibility: What CNN's defamation loss says about journalism today

CNN has been ordered to pay $5 million to Navy veteran Zachary Young and additional punitive damages for defamation, marking a shift in media...

18.01.2025 6

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How Jack Smith destroyed his own case against Trump

Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the Washington case alleging crimes related to Jan. 6 and the 2020 election is expected to be released soon,...

11.01.2025 40

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The Trump sentencing: Curtain to fall on Merchan's Hamlet on the Hudson

After years and millions spent in the various Trump cases, Trump will likely receive an unconditional discharge and sent along his way . . . to the...

04.01.2025 1

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Silence of the labs: How a censorship campaign failed to kill a COVID origin theory

During the Trump presidency, many journalists used the rejection of the lab theory to paint Trump as a bigot.

28.12.2024 4

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Jonathan Turley, Opinion Contributor

The joy is gone: A liberal hate-fest for the holidays

It seems the joy, bipartisanship, and civility have all expired like last year's eggnog.

21.12.2024 4

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Ghosted by ChatGPT: How I was first defamed and then deleted by AI

OpenAI's ChatGPT has effectively disappeared a small group of individuals, including Jonathan Turley, due to false stories generated by the AI,...

14.12.2024 6

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Pardon envy: Democrats vie to make the Biden pardon list 

Liberal pundits are dreading that the public may notice there is no line of democracy champions being frog-marched down Pennsylvania Avenue after...

07.12.2024 4

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Read: President Biden statement announcing Hunter Biden pardon

President Biden late Sunday announced that he signed a pardon for Hunter Biden, clearing his son in both of his federal cases and rattling the...

02.12.2024 4

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Lame-duck pardon, broken promise: Biden leaves a legacy of corruption

In a final show of contempt for the American people, President Biden waited until a Sunday before an international trip to commit this unethical act.

02.12.2024 5

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Liberals' reactions to 2024: Isolation, insurrection, secession

Democratic figures and celebrities have expressed their contempt for voters as "f---ing morons" and "arrogant, ignorant" adolescents, while others...

30.11.2024 4

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Congress's Jan. 6 investigation looks less and less credible

The recent reports on the House January 6 Committee's investigation into the Capitol riot have raised questions about the accuracy of the official...

23.11.2024 40

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Bucks County Democrats show again why voters trusted Trump more on democracy

Democratic Commissioner Diane Marseglia of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has admitted that the Democratic majority on the election commission had...

16.11.2024 4

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