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Court: Kansas Can Stop Third Parties From Sending Voters Pre-Filled Mail-In Ballot Forms

In a win for election integrity, a federal appellate court upheld on Wednesday a Kansas law prohibiting third-party groups from sending voters...

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Shawn Fleetwood

Today Show Commissars Interrogate Chicken Sandwich Boss About Gay And Trans Stuff

How does a bag of sandwiches 'stand with' lesbians, say for example?

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Chris Bray

Sex-Rejecting Medical Facilities For Children Are Just Reopening Under New Names

The Pasadena trans kids medical office re-opened a few days later, at the same address, with a new sign on the very same front door.

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Chris Bray

9th Circuit Court Smacks Down California Law Unmasking ICE Agents For Violence-Hungry Leftists

A federal appellate court shot down a California law on Wednesday that sought to require ICE agents to show identification while conducting...

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Shawn Fleetwood

Talarico Shows He’s As Ignorant About The Bible And Abortion As He Is About Texas

As Talarico demonstrated, long before he hit the Texas Senate campaign trail, caring about unborn babies and the Bible never really was his priority.

yesterday 1

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Jordan Boyd

GOP Scores SCOTUS Win In Battle Over Low-Cost Ad Rates — Again

'Our system of separation of powers does not allow the Judiciary to meddle in "the workings of a coordinate branch of the Government" in this manner.'

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Shawn Fleetwood

Meet The Supervillains Ruining America

Peachy Keenan's latest book, Supervillains: Architects of America’s Decline, is funny, concise, and surprisingly profound.

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Auguste Meyrat

We Won’t Solve American Health Care Until Doctors Stop Overtreating And Overbilling

If America wants universal healthcare, it must confront the gratuitous waste of medical resources by the doctors entrusted to steward them.

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Alexander Herbert

Endless Plea Deals Prove The Death Penalty Is A Powerful Deterrent

Without the threat of the death penalty, prosecutors would lose a powerful incentive for defendants to negotiate.

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John R. Lott Jr

How Barack Obama’s Islamic Socialism Spawned Abdul El-Sayed And Zohran Mamdani

If Barack Obama’s presidency was a lesson in school, Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani appear to be star pupils.

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Jeannie Deangelis

The ‘Nonissue’ Of Noncitizens Voting Is Becoming A Bigger Issue

New Jersey Democrat Gov. Mikie Sherrill was forced to admit that the Garden State’s dirty voter rolls included 6,600 noncitizens.

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M.d. Kittle

Shane Gillis Outcry Shows We Need More Public Shaming, At The Gym And Everywhere

You should not wear underwear to the gym, just like you should not litter or wear pajamas in public. And society should judge you if you do.

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Elle Purnell

Bombshell Report: Big Banks Debanked ‘MAGA’ And The Left’s Other Political Enemies

The OCC report is an indictment of the left’s cancel culture fury and the Goliath banks that were 'willing or unwitting accomplices.'

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M.d. Kittle

Cornell’s President Understands ‘Responsibility.’ He Should Insist Jane Doe Do The Same

We’re apparently at the part of this “Cornell Seven” saga where the Ivy League university’s president needs to go through a ritualistic...

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Eddie Scarry

Jack Smith Nabbed 639K Republicans’ Donor, Voter Data In Arctic Frost Lawfare

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith seized the personal information of at least 639,000 Republican voters, donors, and supporters as part of his Arctic...

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Shawn Fleetwood

NYT Op-Ed Shows Why Voters Worried About Affordability Should Be Wary Of Democrats

The affordability shtick is nothing more than a campaign myth.

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Brianna Lyman

Calls Grow For SCOTUS To Stop California’s Barfare Against John Eastman

Calls are pouring in for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up and stop California’s ongoing barfare against constitutional attorney John Eastman. The...

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Shawn Fleetwood

How State Prosecutors Can Send Tony Fauci To Rot In Prison

Fauci's diary, paired with my own memoir of the pandemic, provides some of the very best evidence that Anthony Fauci should rot in prison.

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Peter Navarro

The ‘Cornell 7’ Fallout Is Infantilized Women And Villainized Men

Two developments in recent days show just how bad things are getting for young adults following Jane Doe’s exceedingly thin claim that she was...

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Eddie Scarry

Being Male Won’t Get You Kicked Out Of The DAR, But Defending Women Will

The chapter at the forefront of the fight to keep the Daughters of the American Revolution female is the Martha Laird chapter.

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Jordan Boyd

By The Past Standards Of The U.S. Military, Nidal Hasan’s Scheduled Execution Is Remarkably Polite

Betrayal, dishonor, cowardly violence, willful cruelty to defenseless victims: rapid and certain execution upon discovery. This is the American...

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Chris Bray

Why Western Muslims Support Terrorism More Than Middle Eastern Muslims Do

Muslims in the West use everything democracy hands them to expand the true Islam that is suppressed in the Islamic countries, and then they make sure...

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Danny Burmawi

John Cleese Learns The Hard Way: Free Speech Is Only Possible Because Of Christianity

It won't be conservative Christians who lock people up for speaking controversial opinions, but woke ideologues kowtowing to Muslim immigrants whose...

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Casey Chalk

Fairfax County Public Schools Show How Not To Manage Shrinking Enrollment

Every district facing falling enrollment will face this choice: shrink the central office, or ask classrooms to absorb the cost.

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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora

Talarico’s ‘Nasty Flu’ Timeline Raises A Lot Of Questions

His strange departure from a very important and very expensive Senate race is a lot like his relationship status: It’s complicated.

tuesday 2

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M.d. Kittle

Dems Push Medicare For Illegals After Claiming Medicare For Illegals Was A GOP Hoax

“A fear tactic,” a “red herring,” and a “flat-out lie” — that’s how Democrats described Republicans’ claims that the left wanted to...

tuesday 4

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Brianna Lyman

SCOTUS Agrees To Weigh Leftist Group’s Gambit To Acquire DOGE Records

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a major case that will decide whether a leftist nonprofit can acquire records from President...

tuesday 2

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Shawn Fleetwood

Socialism And Islam Are Both Religions Based On Pillaging The West

Even if the two factions in the Red-Green Alliance have disagreements, both groups mean to destroy the West — after they rob it blind first.

tuesday 1

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Auguste Meyrat

A Lazy Election Trope Gets A Boring Replay In Texas

'It was a mass front-lawn revolt.'

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Chris Bray

A California Scandal Reveals How The State Is Governed Under Single-Party Democrat Rule

In 2026, with no trains and no track in place, the officials who oversee the California High-Speed Rail Authority are working to implement new...

tuesday 5

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Chris Bray

Dems Melt Down Over Feds’ Omar Search After Praising Biden’s Mar-A-Lago Raid

“No one is above the law.” That’s what House Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said after the Biden Justice Department indicted Donald...

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Shawn Fleetwood

Paramount’s New Avatar Series Forces LGBT Ideology On Kids

Forcing LGBT ideology onto children is not a new phenomenon for Hollywood. So, it wasn’t exactly surprising when Paramount’s latest show for kids...

12.10.2026 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

Even Girlbosses Can’t Stand The Office Environments Feminism Built

How ironic that the feminist labor movement that promised to liberate women may actually vitiate their happiness and undercut the successful work they...

12.10.2026 4

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Jack Danielson

Replacing Columbus Day With ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ Is An Attack On America

The promotion of Indigenous Peoples’ Day has never been neutral or dispassionate. It is part of a broader ideological program to remake our great...

12.10.2026 5

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Casey Chalk

The ‘Cornell 7’ Lesson: Don’t Do Drugs, Stay In School

Editor’s note: This article discusses mature themes. We’re wasting an awful lot of time talking about “consent” and sexual regret right now,...

09.10.2026 6

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Eddie Scarry

Legacy Media Reports On Cornell Jane Doe’s Texts Left Out ‘Our Body Our Choice’ Comment

'Our body our choice,' Jane Doe wrote in a text exchange with one of the men she has accused, according to screenshots published by TMZ.

09.10.2026 6

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Brianna Lyman

After SCOTUS Setback, Trump Renews Bid To Remove Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook

'As President, it is my job to ensure the laws are faithfully executed, including by firing subordinates who cannot be trusted to tell the truth and...

09.10.2026 4

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Shawn Fleetwood

Report: DOJ Seeking Cassidy Hutchinson Indictment For ‘Lying’ To Congress About Jan. 6

The Department of Justice is seeking to indict former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for “lying” to Congress about the Jan. 6, 2021,...

09.10.2026 7

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Shawn Fleetwood

Vance’s Fraud Task Force Moves Against Abusive Uses Of Foreign Labor, And The Media Miss The Point

The administration is ending the ability of corporations that rely heavily on foreign workers to turn guest laborers into permanent residents.

09.10.2026 8

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Chris Bray

Politico ‘Reporter’ Perfectly Demonstrates Why Republicans Should Never Talk To Corporate Press

Conservatives become so eager for attention that they continue to engage with corporate media that despise them and their voters.

09.10.2026 10

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Christopher Jacobs

New Trump Admin Stats Prove Good Guys With Guns Save Lives

The federal government consistently downplays evidence that armed, law-abiding citizens can stop public mass-casualty attacks.

09.10.2026 10

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John R. Lott Jr

Blue States Are Redefining Religious Freedom To Stop Christians From Practicing Christianity

A faith that may be freely exercised only within the church is a faith the state has already succeeded in controlling.

09.10.2026 6

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

From Girlbosses To Tradwives, The Internet Keeps Getting Femininity Wrong

The internet has given women endless ways to look feminine. What women need is a clearer vision of how to become truly feminine.

09.10.2026 5

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Bethany Miller

Poll: 1 In 5 Undergrads Says U.S. Deserved 9/11, Nearly Half Endorse Violence Against ‘Hate Speech’

Just weeks after the United States commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks, a new poll reveals more than one in five...

09.10.2026 20

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Brianna Lyman

In France And Britain, Multiculturalism Is Leading To Authoritarianism

The leaders of France and Britain are calling for censorship regimes because enforcing multiculturalism requires suppressing freedom.

09.10.2026 8

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John Daniel Davidson

Alaska Campaign Decries ‘Dark Money’ While Using It To Preserve Ranked-Choice Voting

A new campaign finance report shows that much of No on 2's funding comes from leftist out-of-state groups.

09.10.2026 10

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Shawn Fleetwood

Indiana AG Investigates Islamist-Aligned Activist Groups For Potential Terror Ties

'As attorney general, I am investigating organizations that may have given aid and support to Hamas in the wake of the October 7 attack.'

08.10.2026 6

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Joshua Monnington

Rogue Judges Handed Major Loss In ‘Unconstitutional’ Scheme To Remove Their Colleague

A 99-year-old federal judge scored a major win on Tuesday in her fight against an “unconstitutional” effort to remove her from the bench....

08.10.2026 8

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Shawn Fleetwood

‘Ranchers’ Backing SCOTUS Climate Suit Compared GOP To Nazis, Have Ties To Leftist Dark Money

A deep dive into the ranchers backing Boulder's anti-energy lawfare reveals that several of them are radical left-wing partisans and/or hold ties to...

08.10.2026 8

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Shawn Fleetwood

FDA Says It Won’t Act On Abortion Drugs Till March, 2 Years After Pledging To Review Safety Concerns

The final review is expected more than two years after RFK Jr. and the former FDA commissioner pledged to ‘study the safety’ of abortion pills.

08.10.2026 5

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Jordan Boyd