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Weeks After Foiled Michigan Terror Attack, Dearborn Councilman Won’t Criticize Hezbollah Or Hamas

My city needs its leaders to unequivocally condemn organizations that directly and intentionally target civilians—and not just ISIS, but Hamas and...

12.11.2025 10

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Trump Pardons 77 Citizens Targeted By Democrats In 2020 Election Lawfare

The electors and those working with them on behalf of Trump have had their lives and livelihoods uprooted due to the Democrats’ lawfare. The...

10.11.2025 10

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Arctic Frost Docs Expose Breadth Of Biden DOJ’s Weaponization

There could be no valid reason for such a widespread probe other than to destroy not just Trump, but anyone within six-degrees of separation.

29.10.2025 2

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Mike Lee Will Introduce Bill To Halt Federal Judges’ Control Over U.S. Attorneys

'President Trump deserves to pick the people working for him,' Lee said.

31.07.2025 40

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EXCLUSIVE: Clapper Crew Threatened Whistleblower Who Refused To Sign Off On Fabricated Intel Assessment

'You need to TRUST ME on this,' Clapper’s crony told the analyst, saying he 'would need to demonstrate [his] ability to "outgrow”' the refusal to...

31.07.2025 100

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Details Buried In Recently Declassified Docs Further Implicate Obama In Russia Hoax

The HPSCI report proves indispensable for understanding what supposed intel Obama withheld from the intelligence community under the guise of...

28.07.2025 100

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Obama’s ODNI Scuttled Intelligence Briefing To Preserve Russia-Collusion Hoax

Thanks to Director Gabbard, we know more about the depth of the conspiracy.

21.07.2025 70

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EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration

The Trump Administration has been doing its part, but the lower courts remain rabid in their attack on the rule of law.

16.07.2025 8

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Judge Botches TRO In Planned Parenthood Case A Second Time

It is yet another example of egregious judicial overreach.

14.07.2025 30

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EXCLUSIVE: Henchmen Behind Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Are Still At The CIA

Hopefully, Director Ratcliffe's investigation is still ongoing.

10.07.2025 50

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EXCLUSIVE: Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Even More Corrupt Than Current Report Shows

In a letter to President Trump last week, current HPSCI Chair Rick Crawford noted there was a strong public interest in the report being declassified.

08.07.2025 100

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CIA Review Reveals Obama Pushed Intel Community To Launch Trump-Russia Witch Hunt

While Brennan, Clapper, and Comey all rightly deserve condemnation, Obama launched the plot and as president he holds greater responsibility for...

07.07.2025 8

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We Still Have An Imperial Judiciary, Yet Trump Continues To Exercise Extreme Restraint

What the judges have yet to appreciate is that their own lawlessness is destroying the reputation of the courts.

30.06.2025 6

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Federal Judge In California Remains At The Ready To Wrest Control Of National Guard From Trump

Breyer remains poised to meddle in Trump's constitutional authority.

23.06.2025 40

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IG Michael Horowitz Has Some Explaining To Do About FBI’s Ability To Hide Documents

IG Horowitz owes the American people an explanation about the lack of oversight.

10.06.2025 5

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The FBI’s Ability To Disappear Evidence Calls For Transparency, Stat

If the FBI used Prohibited Access coding on a widespread basis, the ramifications will be enormous.

04.06.2025 10

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U.S. Attorney Vetting Evidence Of Biden Corruption Did Not Know Of FBI’s Ability To Hide Documents

Did FBI headquarters bury Hunter Biden laptop in “Prohibited Access” black hole?

03.06.2025 60

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Senior DOJ Officials Didn’t Know Database Allowed FBI To Bury Existence Of Russiagate Documents

Now in question is the entirety of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation into the Russia-collusion hoaxers.

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Latest FBI Revelations Show The Mueller Special Counsel Was A Cover-Up, And Much More

Why the DOJ didn’t charge Nellie Ohr with lying to Congress is the least significant of the questions raised by last week’s release of the...

02.06.2025 50

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SCOTUS Oral Argument In Nationwide Injunction Case Illustrates Courts’ Coup Against Trump

By reverse-engineering the cases, the lower courts are ignoring what should be the initial questions of standing, jurisdiction, and in some cases even...

19.05.2025 20

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New Solicitor General Prepares To Take On Nationwide Injunctions At SCOTUS

The nationwide injunctions under the APA will likely fail too, but because there is no merit to the APA claims.

14.05.2025 8

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Even If SCOTUS Gives Trump A Win On Birthright Citizenship, It Will Not End Partisan Lawfare

It will do little to stop the lower courts from continuing to flood the country with nationwide injunctions interfering with the Trump Administration.

13.05.2025 40

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Exclusive: Complaint Argues Racial Discrimination Inside Law Firms Trump Sanctioned

With an official charge of discrimination filed against SEO and the law firms, the EEOC now has a statutory duty to investigate. 

12.05.2025 2

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Whistleblower Documents Implicate NARA In Second Get-Trump Criminal Case

The documents requested by Johnson and Grassley should provide the necessary transparency to understand which players at NARA were involved.

09.05.2025 90

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The Courts Are The Scofflaws Behind Our Current Constitutional Crisis

The Supreme Court’s double standard suggests it is not prudence dictating the outcome. It is also not the Constitution.

22.04.2025 100

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SCOTUS’ Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis

The Supreme Court’s continuing failure to define lower courts' authority is wreaking havoc on the reputation of the courts — and our...

14.04.2025 70

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Plaintiffs Challenging Trump’s DEI Order Are Trying To Game The Judicial System

The appellate courts need to make clear to litigants that such jockeying will not work.

24.03.2025 30

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Here’s Your Guide To The Lawsuits Challenging Trump’s Funding Freezes And Terminations

Here are the cases trying to derail Trump's efforts to rein in federal spending.

13.03.2025 5

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Your Guide To The Lawsuits Challenging A President’s Power To Fire Executive Officials

Since President Donald Trump reclaimed the executive branch in January, more than 50 lawsuits have been filed to halt his America-first efforts.

10.03.2025 40

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Leftist Judge Creates Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis — Soon To Be Cured By SCOTUS

There is still time for the Supreme Court to avert an unnecessary constitutional crisis created by litigants and their handpicked judge seeking to...

03.03.2025 100

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Institutional Resistance To Trump Proves The Left’s Disdain For Democracy

Those condemning President Trump’s firings of resistance officials are not attacking the executive — they are attacking our democracy.

24.02.2025 40

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Democrats’ Lawfare Threatens To Sideline Musk And DOGE

If granted, the temporary restraining order, or TRO, will immediately halt the president and the federal agencies’ ongoing efforts to cut waste and...

17.02.2025 40

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Donald Trump Is Not A Threat To Democracy — Those Shredding Article II Are

Blue states are partnering with federal judges to prohibit the normal functioning of the executive branch.

11.02.2025 20

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Judge Cannon Body Slams Biden DOJ’s Last-Ditch Lawfare Effort

Judge Cannon’s order not only ruled against the DOJ but eviscerated the department for its litigation strategy.

27.01.2025 60

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Trump’s Return To The White House Will Impact These Five Major Court Cases

The TikTok case is only one of several that will be impacted by the incoming Trump Administration.

20.01.2025 3

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Republicans Need A Forceful Answer To Democrats’ Deceptive Questions On The 2020 Election

It's past time for Republicans to provide a pithy answer to counter the Democrat’s deceptive question about the 2020 election.

16.01.2025 50

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Garland Seeks To Trample Americans’ Due Process Rights To Get Trump

It would be outrageous for AG Garland to continue to push for the release of the special counsel's report.

13.01.2025 5

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Lawfare Against Trump Flares For Final Time

Only time will tell, but one thing is certain: Time is running out for the last vestiges of lawfare against Trump.

09.01.2025 50

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Manhattan DA And Judge Are Hell-Bent On Continuing Lawfare Against Trump

Legally, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the presidential immunity case strongly supports Trump’s argument.

07.01.2025 10

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Efforts To Sentence Trump In Sham NY Criminal Case Confirm Democrats’ Crazy Lawfare

The very lawfare the Democrats unleashed against Trump apparently means nothing now because Judge Merchan needs a way forward.

06.01.2025 60

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Joe Biden Tries To Justify Hunter Pardon By Peddling Another Round Of Lies

On Sunday, President Joe Biden granted his son Hunter a “full and unconditional pardon.” For someone who’s covered the Biden family corruption...

02.12.2024 80

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Biden DOJ Seeks To Gag Texas Doctor Who Blew Whistle On Child Trans Surgeries

Federal prosecutors seek to silence Eithan Haim and his attorneys after they exposed major problems in the Biden Administration’s criminal...

27.11.2024 70

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Republicans Must Defend Matt Gaetz To End The Use Of Salacious Lies As A Political Weapon

Before marrying in 2021, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was known to be a braggadocious libertine. No conservative wants to defend such behavior,...

20.11.2024 4

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The Lesson Some Leftists Have Learned From Trump’s Win Should Terrify Americans

Since Donald Trump’s landslide victory over Kamala Harris last Tuesday, the legacy press has been hosting a public inquest into her demise. Three...

11.11.2024 80

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J.D. Vance Has An Even Stronger Case For A Rigged 2020 Election In The Number Of Illegal Ballots

The legacy media continues to push Sen. J.D. Vance to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, with Martha Raddatz on Sunday’s “This Week” being...

14.10.2024 60

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J.D. Vance’s ‘Mansplaining’ Sends Feminists To The Fainting Couch

Republicans celebrated J.D. Vance’s crushing victory over Tim Walz in Tuesday’s debate with a flurry of hilarious memes. Meanwhile, Democrats and...

04.10.2024 50

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Rumble Scores Discovery Win In Defamation Suit Against Founders Of Left-Wing Censorship Org

The online video platform and web-host company Rumble scored a victory on Friday when a federal judge held Rumble could proceed with discovery in...

19.09.2024 2

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Kamala Harris Is The Real Threat To Our Constitutional Republic

Dick Cheney went from despised war criminal to the Left’s new bestie on Friday when the former Vice President announced he was voting for Kamala...

10.09.2024 50

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If You Think Trump Is The Abortion Extremist, You’ve Bought Democrat Propaganda

Florida’s Amendment 4 ballot initiative is not about overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban. It is about inscribing an unlimited,...

03.09.2024 80

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If Harris Wins, The Pro-Life Movement Won’t Stand A Chance

The intentional ending of an innocent human life is always wrong; so too then is every abortion and every destruction of a human embryo by an IVF...

27.08.2024 5

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