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Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

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Were 750,000 additional lives wasted in Ukraine for less than nothing?

Donald Trump's election will lead to a ceasefire in Ukraine, but it is estimated that this ceasefire is coming too late to save an additional 750,000...

14.12.2024 9

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Douglas Mackinnon, Opinion Contributor

Democrats are looking at a dozen years in the wilderness

A growing number of voters from within the communities the Democrats have counted on for victory are buying into the “Trump Doctrine.”

07.12.2024 10

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Why I believe in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

like President-elect Donald Trump, Kennedy has an “It Factor” that no amount of money can buy. His was a voice that millions of Americans were...

30.11.2024 10

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Thomas Sowell for Treasury secretary

If ever there was a time to make an outside-the-box pick for secretary of the Treasury, it is now.

22.11.2024 9

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RFK Jr. is poised to save the health and lives of millions of Americans

If Kennedy is even halfway successful in his quest to save the American people from the life-robbing threats of ultra-processed foods and toxic...

16.11.2024 10

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Why Biden's 2020 win ultimately helped Trump

I believe that President-elect Trump is now in a much stronger position to advance the policies he believes are the most critical to turn this nation...

11.11.2024 5

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The ‘X Factor’ in Trump’s victory was X and Musk

In some very real ways, the relationship between Musk and Trump became symbiotic.

09.11.2024 10

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Counting votes once made Florida a laughingstock. Now it’s the gold standard.

Florida’s now exceptional record of very accurately counting votes in the fastest time possible was born out of abject humiliation.

05.11.2024 5

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The 2 decisions that crushed Harris’s momentum

There is not a single Democrat I speak with who believes Vice President Kamala Harris will win.

02.11.2024 6

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Trump’s secret weapon may tip the election

Real-world business experience mattered in 2016 and it matters even more now.

26.10.2024 40

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Did political correctness and backroom dealing doom the Democratic ticket from the start?

The Democratic National Committee as well as the Democratic powerbrokers behind the scenes could have engineered a much stronger and much more...

19.10.2024 20

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The 4 reasons Harris is losing

I have spoken with three Democratic operatives behind the scenes who all believe the race is slipping away from Vice President Kamala Harris.

12.10.2024 4

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Hillary Clinton is wrong — it's all about the 'November Surprise' 

Harris, the shadowy puppet masters behind her and much of the media are working 24/7 to ensure that the American people never learn what she “stands...

05.10.2024 10

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As Musk lifts humanity, the left brands him ‘Public Enemy No. 2’

Democrats, the far left and most of the liberal media loved Elon Musk…until they didn’t.

28.09.2024 5

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The ‘scared majority’ could deliver a landslide victory for Trump

These times are different. The fear is building.

21.09.2024 20

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Paycheck-to-paycheck voters will 'believe their lying eyes' and vote against Harris

Harris is trying to pull off the greatest magic trick in the history of American politics.

13.09.2024 20

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Does the media bear some responsibility for lives lost in Ukraine?

Since the beginning of the war, far too many journalists and news sites have come across as cheerleaders for Ukraine.

07.09.2024 7

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Can Elon Musk rescue America’s failing space program?

The truth is NASA is a mess, our human spaceflight program is a mess and our priorities in space are a mess. And because of that, our national and...

31.08.2024 10

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Will RFK Jr.’s endorsement swing the election to Trump?

Like Trump, when Kennedy speaks, millions of Americans who feel cast aside by the political, corporate and media elites hear his voice.

26.08.2024 9

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Could Elon Musk actually be arrested and X cancelled?

Why have so many on the left and in the media seemingly fallen in love with censoring free speech or “cancelling” those who might hold a different...

24.08.2024 9

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Democrats still might invoke the 25th Amendment to make Harris president

Is anything off the table in this weird election cycle? I don’t think so.

17.08.2024 9

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Why RFK Jr. should lead the investigation of the Trump assassination attempt

I can think of no person in the nation who personally or more deeply understands political assassinations and potential coverups of such...

10.08.2024 4

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Will ‘Trumpanyahu derangement syndrome’ destroy two nations?

Is the still-growing irrational hatred of Trump and Netanyahu by many on the left further opening up Israel and the U.S. to greater risk?

03.08.2024 10

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Fellow conservatives: The Harris DEI attacks are doomed to backfire

Not only are they idiotic, but they will also be turned into cannon fodder by Democrats and many in the media to attack former President Trump for...

27.07.2024 9

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Covering for Biden endangered America — and must be investigated

This was a shameful form of elder abuse by all who covered up for the rapidly declining Biden.

22.07.2024 20

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A ‘hillbilly’ who saw the danger in Ukraine and the promise of Trump

While Vance has proven himself to be a principled warrior — including as a Marine in Iraq — he has also shown the wisdom and humility to admit...

20.07.2024 6

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The other shoe is falling — listen to Trump about terrorism and WWIII

Hate on him all you want, but former President Trump is beyond a shadow of a doubt correct about the impending threats we face from terrorism and...

13.07.2024 20

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Why Democrats must now push out Kamala Harris

Often absent from many of the lists of those who might replace Biden is his own vice president. Why?

06.07.2024 5

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Why Trump wants Biden to stay in the race

If you are Team Trump, the last thing you want to see is “a knight in shining armor” riding into the convention in Chicago to “save” the...

29.06.2024 7

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The 5 big reasons Trump won the debate and is pulling ahead

The age and cognitive worries swirling around Biden came into full light at last night’s debate.

28.06.2024 20

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RFK Jr. is right about Confederate statues, protecting our shared American history

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed his opposition to the tearing down of Civil War statues, arguing that history should never be cancelled or rewritten.

22.06.2024 7

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If Biden doesn’t ace the first debate, will he be replaced at the convention?

The scheduled presidential debate on June 27 will be the most crucial test yet to determine Biden’s mental acuity.

15.06.2024 40

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What if it’s Biden who refuses to leave the White House?

How much better if the fearmongering stops and we all agree that neither Trump nor Biden will ever become a “dictator.”

08.06.2024 10

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Appoint Tom Brady and Martina Navratilova as ‘health czars’ to fight the obesity epidemic

Should obese Americans suffering multiple health issues caused by excessive weight be treated with compassion and respect? Of course. But, they should...

01.06.2024 10

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The speech Biden didn’t give at Morehouse: A Marshall Plan for our inner cities

At the very least, President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta was pandering. At worst, it was...

25.05.2024 40

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Democrats can still jettison Biden as an ‘August Surprise’

A growing number of Democrats see Biden as becoming the political version of “Groundhog Day.” Every night they go to sleep dreaming of having a...

18.05.2024 50

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Has Kristi Noem fallen into the Sarah Palin trap?

With her bizarre admission, has Noem banished herself into the political wilderness?

13.05.2024 40

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NATO risks World War III in Ukraine — while lining the defense industry’s pockets

Some in the West seem intent in daring Putin and the Russians to do the unthinkable. Why?

11.05.2024 30

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Democrats should fear ‘lawfare’ tactics being turned against them

Unhinged partisan politics is quickly propelling our nation down the path of the normalization of the weaponization of law to take out a political...

04.05.2024 10

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He wrote a book to change a life

What is it like to be perceived as a nobody?

27.04.2024 10

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The American people are petrified

For those truly paying attention, there is no mystery as to why the voice of independent candidate for President Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is resonating...

20.04.2024 4

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This one problem is why Democrats must replace Biden at the convention

Biden is seen as yesterday’s news to far-left and young liberal voters.

13.04.2024 10

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Do our leaders, ‘experts’ and pundits want World War III?

At the very top of all the insane and dangerous things upon the planet that can threaten us, I would list triggering World War III as number one.

06.04.2024 9

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Give Saudi Arabia a chance to prove itself as chair of UN Women’s Rights Forum

For those screaming out against Saudi Arabia being appointed chair of the United Nations’ top forum for women’s rights and gender equality, I...

30.03.2024 9

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Biden and Trump know Kennedy’s VP choice is a game changer

The 38-year-old Shanahan has a remarkable life story.

27.03.2024 20

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Why are the Democrats suddenly so petrified of RFK Jr.?

Kennedy’s campaign does seem to have the Biden White House and the DNC in a panic.

23.03.2024 20

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Charles Barkley spoke up for millions of abandoned Americans — and no one cared

Millions of our fellow citizens in our inner cities are unseen, unheard and forgotten by the elites in our government.

16.03.2024 6

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The Biden replacement who strikes the most fear into Republicans

Every Democrat I speak with believes their party is in serious trouble come November if either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris is...

09.03.2024 4

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What if no candidate wins 270 electoral votes?

Buckle up.

02.03.2024 5

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Is Casey DeSantis setting the stage to run for governor of Florida?

Elections are won via toughness, intelligence, name recognition, perception and money. Casey DeSantis easily checks all of those boxes. 

28.02.2024 10

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