Trump Repositions Pot
The president’s executive order seeks to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous while at the same time ramping up our efforts toward medical research.
Friday Executive News Summary
A Brown University update, another illegal alien murder case, immigrant entitlement fraud in Massachusetts, New York launching state-sponsored suicide, and more.
RFK Throws Down the Gauntlet on Gender Mutilation
Leftists claim they want to “protect trans kids,” but that’s a grossly misleading slogan. HHS is now actually doing it.
Ford EVs Found on Road Dead
The auto giant has decided to cut its (huge) losses on electric vehicles after the Trump administration cut regulations and Congress dumped subsidies.
Incentivized Entitlement Fraud
Minnesota’s massive and growing welfare fraud scandal demonstrates the reality that the entitlement state has gotten too big and unaccountable.
Parenting Adult Children Can Be Heartbreaking
Parents, particularly moms, on the receiving end of “no contact” from their adult children have had it. But the only solution that will lead to reconciliation is God’s grace.
Profiles of Valor: MSG Wiedorfer: A Christmas Day Medal of Honor
“Something had to be done, and someone had to do it. … Luckily, their firing wasn’t too good that day. They didn’t get me.”
The Grace and Class of Erika Kirk
She embodies compassion, courage, kindness, faithfulness, forgiveness, and real godliness — the kind of character our world desperately needs.
God’s Holiday Travel Plans
God, according to His divine plans and purposes, orchestrated Joseph and Mary’s seemingly bad road trip down to the minutest detail.
We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change
People are seeing one prominent preacher after another of environmental doom from climate change suddenly saying, “Never mind.”
Can the Dark Ages Return?
The medicine for decline requires unity, honesty, courage, and action — virtues now in short supply.
Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions After Reviewing Extensive Research by Dr. S. Dogg
“He’s an expert, they tell me — and according to him, you can smoke the marijuana and feel great. Stay above the wicked and fly. You dig?”
Friday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Mark Takano, Becca Balint, Montse Lewin, Jack Smith, Kamala Harris, Gary Bauer, Ben Shapiro, Laura Hollis, and more.
The President Vigorously Defends His First Year
Donald Trump has had a pretty successful 11 months on many fronts, but reality doesn’t quite match his hyperbole. Can he convince voters?
Memesters Union
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Farmers Finally Fight Back
Farmers all across Europe went to the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to protest the new trade deal with the Mercosur. But will they wake up before it’s too late?
In the Face of Evil, Many Heroes Emerged
In the midst of unthinkable tragedy, ordinary people showed extraordinary courage. Let’s honor the heroes whose selfless actions saved lives and revealed the best of humanity.
SNAP Recipients Lash Out at Trump Over Junk Food Ban
Highly processed foods and drinks are on the chopping block amid new restrictions on what some SNAP recipients can buy at the grocery store in 2026.
How Anti-White-Male Discrimination Is the Root of Our Decline
A viral op-ed draws attention to the extreme institutional discrimination against white males.
Ben Shapiro on Lions and Scavengers
Shapiro unpacks the cultural, political, and moral struggles defining our age and charts a path forward.
First 10 Amendments — Explained by a Lawyer
Knowing these fundamental rights is incredibly important, but you shouldn’t need to hire a lawyer to understand them.
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The Washington Stand Bongino’s Departure and the Difficulty of Governing
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Hans von Spakovsky December’s Dishonorable Conduct Award Winner: Judge Indira Talwani
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Michael Reagan Australia’s Fake Gun Control
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Erick Erickson It Will Be Okay
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Michael Barone We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change
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Tim Graham Ilhan Omar Can Accuse ICE With No Proof
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Josh Hammer Chanukah Is Relevant for Everyone — but Not in the Way You Might Think
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Victor Davis Hanson Can the Dark Ages Return?
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Gary Bauer Trump’s Progress Report
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Mark Alexander Profiles of Valor: MSG Wiedorfer: A Christmas Day Medal of Honor
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Cornwall Alliance Reclaiming Our Biblical Calling in the Age of Sensationalism
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The Babylon Bee Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions After Reviewing Extensive Research by Dr. S. Dogg
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