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- Article · Oct 16, 2019Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Bravery
color, but because they knew that a shift of power would soon become a reality during his presidency. They feared the political repercussions of their love of money … advise his own community? How has the modern-day plantation held him in check? Many African-American people today claim to “fight the power” or that they’re “being down
- Article · Oct 11, 2019Facts Are a ‘Smear,’ Says Fake News WaPo
twisting is Warren. The Post’s second article is all about how “Women reality-checked [Warren’s detractors] on social media.” How did they do that? By saying that some
- Article · Oct 7, 2019Sanders Received Much Better Healthcare Than What He Prescribes for Others
wait times increased to 21.2 weeks before slightly dipping to 19.8 weeks last year. Reality check? Last year’s lower wait time was still 113% longer than in 1993. What … anything resembling the UK’s “Liverpool Care Pathway,” a euphemism used to obscure the reality that the cash-strapped system is incentivized to withhold even basic treatment such as fluids
- Article · Oct 3, 2019Dems’ ‘Gun Safety’ Proposals Trample Second Amendment
firearms sold and owned. These are the facts. However, one would not know this reality after listening to the rhetoric coming from the Democrat presidential candidates who gathered … firearms proposals to date. All of the Democrats advocated proposals such as universal background checks and “red flag” laws . However, not everyone was willing to jump aboard Beto O’Rourke
- Opinion · Oct 1, 2019Pot Bill Tokes the Line on Public Safety
legislation in the Democratic House, would make it easier for marijuana companies to “open checking accounts and get business loans.” Pot companies argue that it would make the entire market … these marijuana vapes.” And while the Democratic House may be embracing pot, the reality, Luke explains, is that the rest of the country is having second thoughts. “We actually
- Article · Sep 26, 2019Lies, Damned Lies, and (Gun Control) Statistics
deaths. Nationally, suicide accounts for nearly two-thirds of all gun deaths. Universal background checks would not do much to prevent someone from committing suicide who is determined … character assassination of gun owners than it is to deal with the reality that the vast majority of gun crimes are committed in the urban poverty plantations cultivated by Democrats
- Opinion · Sep 24, 2019UNCompromising: Trump Steals the Show With Religious Freedom
heard that number,” the president told the audience, “I said, ‘Please go back and check it.’” He, like a lot of people, can’t believe that so many hundreds … these burial and cremation laws “further stigmatize abortion services and pregnancy loss.” The unfortunate reality is this: abortionists don’t respect life before birth. Why would we expect them
- Opinion · Sep 11, 20197 Dem Debate Questions Jorge Ramos Won’t Ask
place in Houston, long a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants. The deliberate failure to check the immigration status of criminal suspects and the willful decision not to cooperate with federal … reconcile Pelosi’s glib rhetoric that illegal immigrants are “law-abiding” with the bloody reality suffered by Rodney Johnson, Wilkerson and the dozens of victims of Angel Resendiz and Billy
- Article · Aug 21, 2019Dems Use Mass Shootings as Pretext for Gun Confiscation
assault weapons ban & the limit on high-capacity magazines & pass universal background checks? After they passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When … didn’t occur until 2012 — nearly a decade after the ban ended. In reality, the vast majority of gun-related deaths are the result of handguns, not rifles (assault
- Opinion · Aug 17, 2019A Tabloid Legend on Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
used to look like pigs, which was often an outer representation of an inner reality. It was all very honest! Now they’re gym rats, on our dime. “Vote … McAlary it. Hell, Steve Dunleavy it. There was a story, too good to check: Dunleavy gets there early when the Berlin Wall’s starting to fall, sees the kids dancing
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2019Lessons From Philadelphia
obviously did not get his guns after going through a background check! Here’s the key point: There are good people living in that Philadelphia neighborhood. They have to deal … launched a new organization called “Fair Fight,” which allegedly promotes fair elections. In reality, Abrams isn’t looking for a fair fight. She’s trying to stack the deck
- Alexander's Column · Aug 14, 2019Mass Media Indoctrination and Radicalizations of Mass Murderers
palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful … Dayton, Ohio , should concern all Americans. But our concern should be tempered by the reality that such attacks, while evoking highly emotive responses, are extremely rare in a country
- Opinion · Aug 14, 2019Woodstock 50 Years Later: An Eyewitness Account
protecting peoples’ freedom from government corruption and abuse of power — “checking” and dividing power between executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. The early American idealism that prevailed into … seditious felonies. In the last few years we’ve been living through an alternate reality of scorched earth politics, vilification, and hatred not only for a duly elected President
- Opinion · Aug 8, 2019No, Expanded Background Checks Wouldn’t Prevent Mass Shootings
President Trump, tweeting that both parties must “come together and get strong background checks.” In reality, the overwhelming majority of gun sales already require a background check. Anyone who buys
- Opinion · Aug 8, 2019Passing Laws, Passing Taxes and Passing the Buck
important things to know about taxes is that the people who actually write the checks to the Internal Revenue Service (or to its French equivalent) are seldom the ones … determined by the formalities of the tax code but, rather, by the realities of markets — specifically, by how sensitive buyers are to price changes, relative to sellers. It makes
- Article · Jul 31, 2019Leftist Snopes ‘Fact-Checkers’ Hit Conservative Satire Site
lying about its “facts” in order to damage conservatives. That goes well beyond fact-checking and into ideological/partisan advocacy. Ironically, it appears the outrage from the Left at the Babylon … unhinged, so radical, so bitter, so aggressive in demanding conformity, and so divorced from reality that one now has to read well past the headline to determine whether a story
- Opinion · Jul 26, 2019The Mueller Retort
year-old, had undergone a devastating, life-changing surgery. But that is Anmarie’s reality, thanks to a radically liberal legal team who decided to do everything they could … dads to get involved in stopping devastating agenda from hurting their kids. For help, check out FRC’s “ A Parent’s Guide to the Transgender Movement in Education .” Originally published
- Article · Jul 26, 2019A Facebook FaceApp Reality Check
Facebook violates your privacy by collecting your information and selling it. Facebook
- Opinion · Jul 24, 2019Democrats Are Committed to Permanent Revolution
sudden leftward lurch of the Democratic Party in recent years may want to get checked for whiplash. During his first term, President Obama largely avoided, to the extent that … even more radical proposals down the line. American voters are waking up to this reality. Voters who backed moderate Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections are watching those representatives become
- Opinion · Jul 24, 2019NYC’s Anti-Cop Anarchy: What Say You, Dante de Blasio?
every corner, laying in wait to execute innocent black men. Meanwhile, on Planet Reality, men and women in blue give their lives to protect and service on increasingly lawless streets … execution-style killing in a confrontation with a man trying to pass a bad check at a grocery store. He was shot in the back of the neck while lying