From Washington Examiner
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Henry Cuellar proclaims innocence ahead of reported DOJ indictment
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) is insisting he is innocent after reports that the Justice Department may announce an indictment of the representative as soon as Friday. Cuellar said in a statement that he and his wife are innocent and that “everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas.” […]
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Mike Johnson has his head on a swivel as Democrats begin grumbling about cost of their support
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) looks likely to survive a motion to vacate next week, but Democrats are now reportedly questioning if they should have driven a harder bargain for their support. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she would force a vote on the motion to vacate next week after initially filing it in […]
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Biden quietly remaking courts to counter rightward lurch under Trump
President Joe Biden may be trailing former President Donald Trump in the opinion polls, but the Democratic incumbent now has pulled ahead in one metric that will long outlive both their presidencies. Much ink was spilled during the Trump administration over his record-breaking pace of judicial appointments with the help of then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), […]
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Is Biden’s big marijuana move a promise kept or an election ploy?
President Joe Biden‘s historic action on marijuana will likely have a significant impact on the 2024 election, possibly blunting the president’s slide with young voters and even earning him support from independents. Biden ordered the Department of Health and Human Services in late 2022 to study the effects of reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule 1 […]
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Confronting the suffocating grip of credit card giants on small businesses
As we observe Small Business Week, it is important to reflect on the vital contributions that small businesses make to our national economy and the fabric of our local communities. These establishments are more than just the backbone of the economy; they embody the spirit of entrepreneurship and resilience that defines our nation. Small businesses […]
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Knott’s endorsement from Trump prompts votes leader to suspend campaign
(The Center Square) – Brad Knott hasn’t won yet, but the leading vote-getter in the 13th Congressional District primary has suspended her campaign ahead of the May 14 runoff. Former President Donald Trump – who else? – is the tipping point. Kelly Daughtry, daughter of former gubernatorial candidate Leo Daughtry, made the announcement on Thursday […]
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Biden to honor Democratic bigwigs at White House with Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden will present the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former Vice President Al Gore, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, and 16 other people with White House pageantry on Friday. “President Biden often says there is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together,” […]
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The Bidenbucks threat to free and fair elections
Since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg poured more than $400 million into liberal nonprofit organizations to help local election administrators increase voter turnout in places likely to vote for the Democratic Party in the 2020 election, 28 states have passed laws banning the use of private money to administer public elections. President Joe Biden, however, has […]
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Campus radicals give us a horrible glimpse of the future
These are not the first students to become obsessed by an overseas war. A generation ago, the protests were about Iraq. A generation before that, Vietnam. A generation before that, Spain. But something has changed. Student radicals were always angry, usually illogical, and often violent. What is new is their whiny hypersensitivity. Can you imagine […]
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When the woke begin to hate
On the surface, the wave of anti-Israel protests washing over college campuses across the country looks a lot like left-wing student activism dating back to at least the Vietnam War. Protesters chant radical, often rhyming, slogans accusing American and other Western governments of crimes against humanity with little to no scrutiny of the other side’s […]
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TikTok’s true intentions are belied by the hundreds of billions it’s leaving on the table
Contrary to the claims of TikTok itself, a new law does not ban the social media behemoth outright from the country. That's what lawmakers said was contained in the measure that President Joe Biden signed recently, along with military aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Rather, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act Contrary to the claims of TikTok itself, a new law does not ban the social media behemoth outright.
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Sack the campus radicals
For the time being, university authorities have lost patience with protesters disrupting campuses to demonstrate bigotry against Israel and solidarity with Hamas murderers. Some institutions such as the University of Florida did not let matters get out of hand and ordered suspensions as soon as the motley crew of terrorist cosplayers broke the rules. Others, Columbia University foremost among them, dithered […]