Elections
Pessimism Leads to Defeat
What Republicans need to do this year is to get inoculated with a heavy dose of optimism.
Cal ThomasColumnist
08 / 27 / 26 · 3 min read
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- Big TechHawley Probes Flock Cameras
- EntitlementsWelfare Reform at 30
- CultureMuslim Badges and the Woke Girl Scouts
- Re: The LeftCrazy vs. Common Sense
- ImmigrationHow Newsom Turned California Into a Criminal Cesspool
- American Profiles of ValorProfiles of Valor: 1SG Pascal Cleatus Poolaw (USA)
- JudiciaryWhy We Shouldn't Cancel the Supreme Court
- FaithSorrows
- Dolly and the Death of the American Icon
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Re: The LeftLarry Elder
Hasan Piker to Dems: Don't Quit Me
Why have so many in the Democratic Party not only refused to denounce him but embraced this offensive, hateful antisemite?
Big TechNate Jackson
Hawley Probes Flock Cameras
The Missouri Republican senator opened an investigation, sending a letter to Flock Safety with a series of requests for more information about the surveillance cameras.
EntitlementsBrian Mark Weber
Welfare Reform at 30
In 1996, congressional Republicans and Democrat Bill Clinton collaborated to make much-needed changes to federal welfare programs.
CultureEmmy Griffin
Muslim Badges and the Woke Girl Scouts
GSUSA has fallen into the trap of pluralism and has made itself another skinsuit in the Left’s game of gutting our institutions.
ImmigrationHudson Baldwin
How Newsom Turned California Into a Criminal Cesspool
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are being funneled to nonprofits that help people illegally cross the border into the U.S.
American Profiles of ValorMark Alexander
Profiles of Valor: 1SG Pascal Cleatus Poolaw (USA)
"This nation owes this genuine hero a great debt of gratitude for his service and ultimate sacrifice of his life as he fought for and died attempting to save fellow servicemen."
Re: The LeftAllen West
Crazy vs. Common Sense
If there was ever a time to have a national discussion on our Constitution, basically Civics 101, it is now.
JudiciaryImprimis
Why We Shouldn't Cancel the Supreme Court
There is a radical movement rising in the U.S. with chilling parallels to the French Revolution.
FaithRon Helle
Sorrows
If you truly love the Savior, you will have a heart for the suffering of the saints.
Right Opinion— today’s columnists
The Executive News Summary— from the editors
- Clancy jury deliberations underwayArguments in the Lindsay Clancy murder case have concluded, and the jury has begun deliberations. While all parties agree that Clancy committed…
- Trump moves to protect U.S. power gridPresident Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday directed at the nation’s electric grid. The order reads, “The rapid growth of…
- Anthropic blacklisting declared unconstitutionalU.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin has sided with AI company Anthropic in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over being labeled a supply-chain…
- Judge blocks Trump's USPS mail-in ballot rulePresident Trump ordered states to submit lists of eligible voters to the Postal Service, but yesterday, Obama-appointed Massachusetts Judge Indira…
Short Cuts— in their own words
- From the Loony Left"The problem, according to the Trump administration, is a country that has been invaded — a country that is at risk physically because of the presence of people from other countries. That is a fake problem. That is not a real problem.” —Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy"We are two months…
- From the Reasonable Right"The only people [Democrats] care about are people who shouldn't be on the voter rolls, like illegal aliens, or people who aren't eligible to vote. And the problem with the mail-in ballots — which are inherently less secure than voting in person — is that in a lot of states, they don't…
- Belly Laugh of the Day"We have a Gulf [of America] and we have a Lake [America] — now all we need is an ocean. So maybe we'll have to change the name of the Atlantic and/or the Pacific. Maybe we'll change them both." —Donald Trump
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