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Today’s News 6-13-2025

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June 13th, 2025

CNN brings in security expert to criticize Padilla incident, but he stuns them with his assessment

(Blaze Media – Carlos Garcia) *Lead Story*

Israel Conducts Airstrikes in Iran; UPDATE: Military Decapitated; Mossad’s ‘Covert Sabotage’

(Hot Air – Ed Morrissey) *Must Read*

‘Rising Lion’: Israel Launches Massive Military Campaign Against Iranian Nuclear Program, Senior Officials

(Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo)

Iran Confirms IRGC Terror Chief Hossein Salami Eliminated in Israel Strikes

(Breitbart – Frances Martel)

How Will the Conservative Movement Respond to Israel’s Attacks on Iran?

(PJ Media – Scott Pinsker)

California Was Never The ‘Homeland’ Of Mexican Invaders

(The Federalist – Hayden Daniel)

RFK Jr unveils stellar vaccine advisory panel — and the press beclowns itself

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Antifa anarchist blog posts claim of responsibility for torching NYPD vehicles in Brooklyn

(Post Millennial – Katie Daviscourt)

The Rogue’s New Gallery of Left-Wing Scoundrels

(American Greatness – Victor Davis Hanson)

House Moves to Codify DOGE Cuts After Two GOP Reps Flip Their Votes

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Senate Confirms Former Rep. Billy Long As IRS Commissioner

(Daily Wire – Catherine Maxwell)

Rand Paul Blasts ‘Knucklehead’ Stephen Miller

(Reason – Matt Welch)

Senate Budget Hawks, Top Trump Advisor Clash Over Border Spending In ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

(Daily Caller – Andi Shae Napier)

Sec Bessent Masterfully Dispatches Dems on Senate Committee Over OBBB, 2024: ‘Your Side Lost’

(Red State – Becca Lower)

Federal Judge Orders Trump To Return Control of California National Guard (Update: Temporary Stay By Appeals Ct.)

(Legal Insurrection – William A. Jacobson) *Must Read*

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Mobilize IRS to Los Angeles to HUNT DOWN Who’s FUNDING the Riots

(Gateway Pundit – Jim Hᴏft)

Information warfare

(Power Line – Bill Glahn)

Enforce the Communist Control Act

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid) *Must Read*

Stripe and Substack Demand Authors’ Financial Details

(Brownstone Institute – Robert Malone) *Must Read*

‘Using Pepper Spray on Police Officers Is a Very Bad Idea,’ Judge Says to Heritage Foundation Protester

(Daily Signal – Tyler O’Neil)


Today’s News 6-5-2025

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June 5th, 2025

Trump Announces New Travel Ban After Boulder Terror Attack: ‘We Don’t Want Them’

(PJ Media – Matt Margolis) *Lead Story*

Tariffs and Tax Relief—Trump’s New Model for Funding the Government

(Breitbart – John Carney) *Must Read*

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Deporting Family Of Colorado Terror Suspect

(Daily Caller – Robert McGreevy)

Chinese nationals allegedly bring biological warfare to America’s crops—and the media try to make it about Trump

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg) *Must Read*

Long TDS

(FrontPage Mag – Bruce Thornton)

Trump Tries to Save Science

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Growing Ranks of Military Homeschoolers Get Defense Department Support

(Reason – J.D. Tuccille)

DEI Should Have Ended Harvard’s ‘Elite’ Status 60 Years Ago (Or More)

(The Federalist – Joy Pullmann)

Dept. Education: Columbia “fails to meet the standards for accreditation”

(Legal Insurrection – William A. Jacobson)

How Can You Tell You Live in a Blue City? When They Consider Taxing Your Driveway

(Hot Air – Beege Welborn)

Trump Gives Hope to Somaliland, Conservative Cause in Africa

(American Spectator – Shiv Parihar) *Must Read*

Feds Arrest Suspected Fertility Clinic Terror Bombing Accomplice

(Daily Wire – Tim Pearce)

Trump Orders AG Bondi to Investigate the Biden Autopen Fiasco

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Jasmine Crockett Says Scrutiny of Biden’s $2B Grant to Stacey Abrams-Linked Nonprofit Meant To ‘Keep a Strong Black Woman Down’

(Washington Free Beacon – Thomas Catenacci)

Big Beautiful Bill contains tax on remittances sent to home countries by immigrants

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

To Revive Lakes and Forests, Sometimes a Hands-Off Approach is Not Enough

(American Greatness – Edward Ring) *Must Read*

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs VETOES Bill That Would Prevent China From Buying Land Near U.S. Military Bases

(Gateway Pundit – Mike LaChance)

Marc Elias Moves to Thwart Trump DOJ’s Litigation Over Alleged Voter Inaccuracies

(Daily Signal – Fred Lucas)

What’s ‘Rescission’ – and Why Do Republicans Want It?

(MRC TV – Craig Bannister)

Focus on the Family Fighting Back Against False ‘Hate Group’ Smear

(Townhall – Tom Tradup) *Reader Suggested Story*



Today’s News 6-2-2025

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June 2nd, 2025

FBI’s investigation on COVID coverup zeroing in on three separate plots

(Just The News – John Solomon) *Lead Story*

The Liberal Media Is Having Itself a Night in the Wake of the Boulder Terror Attack

(Townhall – Matt Vespa) *Must Read*

CNN’s Sick Reaction to the Boulder Terror Attack

(PJ Media – Matt Margolis)

Muslim Terrorist Tried to Burn Alive Elderly People Marching for Israeli Hostages

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

What is American Conservatism?

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball)

AI chatbots may prioritize engagement over user safety, says researchers

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Taking a victory lap on the economy

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

Trump’s Budget Chief Responds To Elon’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Critique

(Daily Wire – Daniel Chaitin)

Innovative Ukrainian Mini-Drone Strike Hits Strategic Bombers and Aircraft Deep In Russia

(Legal Insurrection – Ben Smith) *Must Read*

Tapper and Thompson Continue Dangerous Cover-Up

(American Spectator – David Catron)

Conservative Nawrocki Wins Polish Presidential Election in Major Upset Against Globalist Warsaw Mayor

(Breitbart – Kurt Zindulka)

Winning: Trump Admin OKs Reopening of Utah Uranium Mine

(Red State – Ward Clark) *Must Read*

Trump Admin Hopes To Bring ‘Thousands’ Of Refugees From South Africa By Late Summer

(Daily Caller – Derek VanBuskirk)

President Trump Issues Warning as Radical Judges Threaten to Block His Tariffs

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila)

Musk’s Worthy DOGE Spotlight and the Fiscal Path Forward

(Hot Air – Josh Hammer)

12-Year-Old Tennessee Boy Arrested for Instagram Post Says He Was Trying To Warn Students of a School Shooting

(Reason – Autumn Billings)

‘Disease X’ coming? WHO’s ‘replicon’ plan looks like doom

(Blaze Media – Todd S. Callender, Jerome R. Corsi, and Craig D. Campbell) *Must Read*

5 Years After the Floyd Riots, the Left’s Thirst for Political Violence Has Not Quenched

(Daily Signal – Carrie Sheffield)

Rand Paul Thinks There Are Enough GOP Senators to Block Trump Budget Bill

(Newsweek – Peter Aitken)

Border Apprehensions Plummet 93% as Trump’s Hispanic Approval Jumps to 60%

(MRC TV – Craig Bannister)


Today’s News 5-30-25

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May 29th, 2025

Biden Promised $1.4B in Subsidies to Build Solar Factory. It Just Closed

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield) *Lead Story*

The Kennedy Member Who’s Been Tasked With Reining in the Intel Community’s ‘Black Budgets’

(Townhall – Matt Vespa) *Must Read*

Hemingway Presses White House: What Are You Actually Doing To Stop Ongoing Judicial Coup?

(The Federalist – Jordan Boyd)

Judge Rules Pulitzer Board Can’t Tell Trump How To Manage Schedule

(Washington Free Beacon – Chuck Ross)

White House to send $9.4 billion DOGE rescissions package to Congress as soon as Monday

(Post Millennial – Hannah Nightingale)

Anybody notice what’s happened to San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf?

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Court Allows Trump’s Tariffs to Stay in Place

(PJ Media – Catherine Salgado)

Bureaucracy Beats Entrepreneurship — Musk Leaves Washington

(American Spectator – Thomas Kolbe)

Rubio wages war on foreign free-speech tyrants with visa ban

(Blaze Media – Candace Hathaway) *Must Read*

Trump Administration To ‘Pause’ Scandal-Plagued, $2 Billion ‘Job Corps’

(Daily Wire – Luke Rosiak)

Trump Administration Expedites Approval for New Uranium Mine in Utah

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

Chinese-Owned Company Fights Bill Banning Foreign Enemies from Buying Property in Ohio

(Breitbart – Warner Todd Huston)

Attorney General Bondi Kicks American Bar Association to the Curb

(Red State – Bob Hoge) *Must Read*

‘Betrayed The Public Trust’: Federal Bureaucrat Charged For Alleged Massive Food Stamp Fraud Scheme

(Daily Caller – Ellison Fromm)

Anti-Trump Defense IT Specialist Arrested For Attempting to Provide Classified Information to Foreign Government Because He Did Not “Agree or Align with the Values of This Administration”

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila)

Give Back to Caesar What is Caesar’s

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

Mom Arrested, Facing 5 Years in Prison for Leaving 8- and 10-Year-Old Boys at Home

(Reason – Lenore Skenazy) *Must Read*

Scary AI, and Scarier Not-Scary AI

(Substack – Glenn Harlan Reynolds)

The dirty secret Big Tech doesn’t want you to know: AI runs on theft

(New York Post – Danielle Coffey)

King Charles Suggests That Canada Be Returned to Indigenous People

(Hot Air – David Strom)


Today’s News 5-26-2025

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May 26th, 2025

The Centenary of Buckley and the Crisis of Free Speech

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Lead Story*

Come July, Keys Will Be De Facto Illegal In Minnesota

(Reason – Christian Britschgi) *Must Read*

Remember Gibbles? How’d Robert Gibbs and a slew of other Democrat insiders reportedly end up with cuts of Joe Biden’s big green slush fund?

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Planned Parenthood is On Life Support

(Hot Air – John Sexton)

Covid unmasked

(Power Line – Bill Glahn)

Seattle mayor condemns Christian concert as ‘far-right rally’ after Antifa militants stage violent protest

(Post Millennial – Ari Hoffman) *Must Read*

Latest Focus Group Showed How Deep the Dems’ Struggles Are Against Trump

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Never Forget What Jon Stewart Did To America

(American Spectator – John Mac Ghlionn)

Behind closed tabs: How the porn industry’s profits are built on real-world abuse

(Blaze Media – Haley McNamara)

VA greets veterans with good news this Memorial Day: 10 new medical facilities

(Just The News – Charlotte Hazard) *Must Read*

New Report Connects Covid Vaccine to Adverse Effect on Female Fertility

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

Mike Johnson Rebuts Rand Paul’s Debt Warning On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

(Daily Wire – Daniel Chaitin)

Speaker Johnson: There Are ‘More Than 1.4 Million Illegal Aliens on Medicaid’

(Breitbart – Pam Key)

Trump Has ‘Very Nice Call’ With EU Commission President, Changes Tactics on 50 Percent Tariff

(Red State – Bob Hoge)

“Reduce the Need for Personal Vehicles”: Top Massachusetts Democrat Wants to Limit How Many Miles Residents Can Drive or Drive at All, Because ‘Climate Change’

(Gateway Pundit – Kristinn Taylor)

City Pulls Community Garden’s License After Allegedly Forcing Members To Support Left-Wing Viewpoints

(Daily Caller – Melanie Wilcox)

SPLC Claims Anti-ESG Campaign Is a Secret Effort to Foist ‘Theocracy’ on America

(Daily Signal – Tyler O’Neil)

PBS Host in Denial: Critics of Pro-Biden Media Coverup Don’t Grasp ‘How Reporting Works’

(MRC TV – Tim Graham)

AI generates lies, media outlets run them without checking

(Human Events – Libby Emmons)

Canada’s boutique military: ‘Should we not be able to defend ourselves?

(National Post – Chris Lambie) *Must Read*

The United States Must Win the AI Arms Race

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid) *Bonus Story*


Today’s News 5-22-2025

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May 22nd, 2025

Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Assassinated in DC Tonight

(Townhall – Matt Vespa) *Lead Story*

The Southern Poverty Law Center Is the Real Hate Machine

(American Spectator – John Mac Ghlionn) *Must Read*

Huawei Hires Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Dark Arts’ Spin Doctor To Beat Off Trump Ban

(Washington Free Beacon – Chuck Ross)

Washington state cities, towns allowed to set residential speed limits of 10 mph under new law

(Post Millennial – Ari Hoffman) *Must Read*

SCOTUS Quietly Weighs Major Case On Candidates’ Standing To Challenge Election Rules

(The Federalist – Shawn Fleetwood)

Consent of the governed

(Power Line – Bill Glahn)

Prime Minister Netanyahu: Trump’s ‘Revolutionary’ Gaza Emigration Plan Is Key Condition to Ending War

(Breitbart – Joshua Klein)

Senate Report: Biden Health Officials Knew About Myocarditis Risk From COVID Shots Early On; Decided Not to Inform Public

(American Greatness – Debra Heine) *Must Read*

Sen. Whitehouse and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Yell at Each Other for Five Minutes

(Hot Air – John Sexton)

Trump brings the receipts to South Africa’s president on white-farmer killings going on in South Africa

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

A Federal Judge Says New Mexico Cops Reasonably Killed an Innocent Man at the Wrong House

(Reason – Jacob Sullum)


Today’s News 5-17-2025

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May 17th, 2025

Comey’s Latest Novel Might Be The Smoking Gun Proving He Intended To Threaten Trump

(The Federalist – Mark Hemingway) *Lead Story*

Parents’ Selfish Actions Are Setting Their Kids Up For Failure New Bombshell Study Shows

(Daily Caller – Mary Rooke) *Must Read*

HHS scrapping COVID jab recommendations for pregnant moms and kids: Report

(Blaze Media – Joseph MacKinnon)

Every Federal Judge Should Not Have More Power Than the President

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

Is This Why the Supreme Court Broke the Way It Did on the Alien Enemies Act Case?

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Whether at home or abroad, the correlation between illegal immigrants and crime

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

The Passing Parade

(Power Line – Bill Glahn)

Cinderella Story: Rejected by Left-Wing ‘Reporters,’ Kristina Wong Becomes Top Navy Spokesman

(Red State – Chase Spears)

Democrats Fearmonger About Medicaid Cuts While Battling To Keep A Million Illegals Enrolled

(Daily Wire – Mary Margaret Olohan)

The Wrong Takeaway From the UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination

(American Spectator – David Hogberg)

Los Angeles approves $30 minimum wage for airport, hotel workers

(Post Millennial – Katie Daviscourt)

Trump Unveils “America First National Security 2.0” During Visit to the Arabian Gulf

(American Greatness – Fred Fleitz) *Must Read*

New Montana Law Blocks the State From Buying Private Data To Skirt the Fourth Amendment

(Reason – Joe Lancaster) *Must Read*

Trump Energy Chief Invokes Emergency Powers To Boost Fossil Fuel Use in Blackout-Plagued Puerto Rico

(Washington Free Beacon – Thomas Catenacci)

Kash Patel Says They’re Movin’ on Out

(Hot Air – Beege Welborn) *Must Read*

Why the First Lady’s Foster Care Initiative Matters

(PJ Media – Sarah Anderson)

No one is above the law, but

(Substack – Don Surber)

How the MAHA movement is leading a snack revolt in the food industry

(Human Events – Christiane Emery)

Newly Released Biden-Hur Audio Captures Former President’s Stumbles from Special Counsel Interview

(National Review – James Lynch)

Moody’s knocks down U.S. credit rating over continuous deficits

(Center Square – Brett Rowland)


Today’s News 5-15-2025

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May 15th, 2025

RFK Jr. Stuns Critics in His First Major Hearing as HHS Secretary

(Gateway Pundit – Vigilant Fox) *Lead Story*

Trump’s Riyadh Speech Heralds The End Of Failed Neocon Foreign Policy

(The Federalist – John Daniel Davidson) *Must Read*

Gross: Here’s What Pro-Aborts Shouted at Participants of a Pro-Life Fun Run Event in Wisconsin

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

‘There will be hell to pay’: Rand Paul tells Glenn Beck he’s not done with Anthony Fauci over Wuhan funding

(Blaze Media – Carlos Garcia)

White House: Trump, Qataris Agree to $1.2 Trillion Economic Commitment

(Breitbart – Nick Gilbertson)

Trump to Remove US Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift

(FrontPage Mag – Christine Williams) *Must Read*

ISIS Attack Thwarted at Army Facility Near Detroit, Michigan

(PJ Media – Kevin Downey Jr.)

Providence City Council to Raise Palestinian Flag Over City Hall – Backlash Building

(Legal Insurrection – Elizabeth Stauffer)

Ben Cohen’s Rocky Road

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Communications Devices Found Hiding in Chinese Solar Power Components

(Red State – Ward Clark)

The Drug Pricing Scramble

(Brownstone Institute – Jeffrey A. Tucker, Aaron Kheriaty,) *Must Read*

Are Car Seats Making It Harder To Have More Kids? Online Debate Reignites

(Daily Wire – Amanda Harding)

All of a sudden, California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom scales back his free health care rides for illegals

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

WA state law allows state officials to enter federal ICE detention centers unannounced to conduct ‘oversight’

(Post Millennial – Katie Daviscourt) *Must Read*

$1 Million in Damage Not Enough: U of Washington Building Vandalized Again

(Hot Air – John Sexton)

In Search of Authentic Abundance

(American Greatness – Edward Ring)

The Federal Government’s 175,000 Pages of Regulations Turn the Rule of Law Into a Cruel Joke

(Reason – Jacob Sullum)

Another One Bites the Dust: Vermont Slams Brakes on EV Mandate as Sales Lag

(Washington Free Beacon – Thomas Catenacci)

Emails Reveal Anti-Trump Lawyer, Pundit Briefed Democrat Governors on Resistance

(Daily Signal – Fred Lucas)

New Documentary Proves Trump Is Right to Defund PBS

(City Journal – Ian Kingsbury)



Today’s News 5-12-2025

Posted by
May 12th, 2025

Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction

(Hot Air – Josh Hammer) *Lead Story*

The Power in a Papal Name

(American Greatness – Roger Kimball) *Must Read*

Trump DOJ Steps Into Breach To Defend Religious Liberty

(Daily Caller – Katelynn Richardson)

DOJ to investigate 400-acre Muslim town in Texas over claims it would operate on Islamic law

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

Speech and self-defense are dead letters in England

(American Thinker – Andrea Widburg)

Top Republican Senator Responds To Trump’s Suggestion For Higher Taxes On Rich

(Daily Wire – Daniel Chaitin)

President Trump Announces He Will Sign Executive Order to Reduce Pharmaceutical Prices by 30% to 80% Almost Immediately

(Gateway Pundit – Jim Hoft) *Must Read*

Trump’s voyage to Gulf States to strengthen U.S. economic, diplomatic ties

(Just The News – Amanda Head)

Is Trump Breaking With Israel?

(FrontPage Mag – Robert Spencer)

Conservative WV US Senate Candidate Makes Mincemeat of Claim by Elitist Ex-NPR CEO on Rural Red Staters

(Red State – Becca Lower)

Mothers Are Losing Custody Over Sketchy Drug Tests

(Reason – Emma Camp) *Must Read*

Mob of Leftist Protesters in NYC Compare ICE to Nazis

(Legal Insurrection – Mike LaChance)

Insurrection In Massachusetts

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Eliminating ‘Green’ Jobs in Favor of Private Investment

(PJ Media – Matt Cover)

Disney CFO Hugh Johnston Praises Trump’s Focus on Reshoring U.S. Film Industry

(Breitbart – Warner Todd Huston)

The manual for life is dead and gone — and no one told your kids

(Blaze Media – Donald Kendal) *Must Read*

So Much Winning: We Have a New Trade Deal With China

(Townhall – Matt Vespa)

Karoline Leavitt: Trump fired the librarian of Congress for promoting DEI and ‘inappropriate’ books

(Washington Times – Kerry Picket)

How Wall Street Loopholes Funnel US Capital to Chinese Communist Party

(Daily Signal – Rob Bluey)

The Democrat-Media Codependency

(American Spectator – David Catron)


Today’s News 5-8-2025

Posted by
May 8th, 2025

Trump Says Something Big on Trade Is Dropping Tomorrow Morning

(Townhall – Matt Vespa) *Lead Story*

Thune on Trump’s ‘Staggering Success’ at Border: ‘Mind-Blowing’

(Breitbart – Matthew Boyle) *Must Read*

Trump’s 2026 Budget Pulls Plug on Biden’s Green Energy Scams

(Legal Insurrection – Leslie Eastman)

Statehouse Republicans Work With Democrats To Make Florida Purple Again

(The Federalist – Joy Pullmann)

Columbia Radicals Take Over Campus Library, Forcing Out Students Studying for Finals

(Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu)

Trump Dumps COVID Tyrant Surgeon General Pick, Names MAHA Ally Instead

(PJ Media – Catherine Salgado)

Elon Musk Discovers That Serious Spending Cuts Are ‘Really Difficult’

(Reason – Jacob Sullum)

Germany’s Survival On the Line

(Power Line – John Hinderaker)

Massachusetts day care shut down after illegal alien convicted of child rape found to be living there

(Blaze Media – Julio Rosas)

Bad day for Venezuela’s dirty dictator: U.S. rescues dissidents held hostage in Caracas

(American Thinker – Monica Showalter)

Deep State Intel Staffers Once Again Leaking Classified Info To Stop Trump’s Agenda

(Daily Caller – Thomas English)

‘Tasteless’: NYC Tears Down Statue Of Thomas Jefferson, Erects 12-foot Statue of ‘Overweight Black Woman’

(Red State – Katie Jerkovich) *Must Read*

US manufacturers see rise in orders due to Trump’s tariffs

(Post Millennial – Hayden Cunningham)

O’Keefe Media Group Releases Explosive Undercover Video Exposing Prince Andrew’s Sexual Relations with Minors and Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

(Gateway Pundit – Cristina Laila) *Must Read*

The American Bar Association’s Day of Reckoning

(American Spectator – George Parry)

Everyone is Cheating in College Because College is Worthless

(FrontPage Mag – Daniel Greenfield)

Fed Makes Interest Rate Decision With Inflation Concerns As Backdrop

(Daily Wire – Tim Pearce)

India is China 2.0

(American Greatness – Spencer P. Morrison) *Must Read*

Stanford Review: China Conducting Academic Espionage at Stanford

(Hot Air – John Sexton)

Trump Should Fire His Lawyers

(News With Views – Cliff Kincaid)

How Pollsters Rig the Numbers Against Trump

(Daily Signal – Victor Davis Hanson) *Bonus Story*



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