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Read more: Trump Gives ICE “Total Authorization” to Use “Whatever Means Necessary” Against Protesters
“Whatever Means is Necessary”: A Presidential Directive and a Fourth Amendment Crisis In a furious social media post Friday evening, President Trump responded to news of protesters throwing rocks at federal vehicles by issuing a stunning new directive. He announced…
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Deputy Director Bongino Threatens to Resign Amid EXPLOSIVE Feud with Trump’s DOJ Over Epstein Files
Read more: Deputy Director Bongino Threatens to Resign Amid EXPLOSIVE Feud with Trump’s DOJ Over Epstein FilesA Crisis of Credibility: The FBI, the DOJ, and the Politicization of the Epstein Case The potential resignation of the FBIโs Deputy Director, Dan Bongino, is not a mere personnel dispute. It is a flashing red light on the dashboard…
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Trump Administration to Fire 1,800 State Department Employees After Supreme Court Victory
Read more: Trump Administration to Fire 1,800 State Department Employees After Supreme Court VictoryMore Than Layoffs: A President’s Power and the Remaking of the Civil Service The U.S. State Department has begun the process of laying off nearly 2,000 employees. While the administration frames this as a necessary move to “streamline” a bloated…
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White House Moves to Bar Undocumented Immigrants From Over 15 Federal Benefit Programs
Read more: White House Moves to Bar Undocumented Immigrants From Over 15 Federal Benefit ProgramsThe White House has announced a sweeping new policy designed to cut off tens of billions of dollars in federal benefits to undocumented immigrants. Framed as a common-sense move to eliminate waste and protect the American taxpayer, this action goes…
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The Standoff: A California Clinic Becomes the New Front Line in the War Over Immigration
Read more: The Standoff: A California Clinic Becomes the New Front Line in the War Over ImmigrationThe viral video is jarring: medical staff in blue scrubs physically stand between a frightened man and armed federal agents, forming a human barrier in the lobby of a California surgery center. This tense standoff is more than just a…
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Trump Threatens to Withhold Endorsements Over Public Broadcasting Funds
Read more: Trump Threatens to Withhold Endorsements Over Public Broadcasting FundsIn a late-night social media post, President Donald Trump issued a direct and unambiguous ultimatum to members of his own party: fall in line and defund public broadcasting, or forfeit his crucial endorsement. The post, targeting the Corporation for Public…
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Five Items To Buy Now Before Trumpโs Tariffs Take Effect on August 1st
Read more: Five Items To Buy Now Before Trumpโs Tariffs Take Effect on August 1stA date is looming on the calendar – August 1st. On that day, a sweeping new set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump is set to take effect, and economists across the board agree it will change the price…
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Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Copper, Citing National Security Concerns
Read more: Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Copper, Citing National Security ConcernsPresident Trump has announced a dramatic new front in his economic war: a 50% tariff on all imported copper, set to take effect on August 1st. In a social media post, the President justified the move by releasing a “robust…
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Federal Agents Descend on Puerto Rican Museum, Forcing Community to Cancel Events
Read more: Federal Agents Descend on Puerto Rican Museum, Forcing Community to Cancel EventsA tense scene unfolded this week in a Chicago parking lot, but this was no ordinary dispute. On one side stood the staff of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in the historic Humboldt Park neighborhood. On…
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Six Secret Service Agents Suspended Over 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt
Read more: Six Secret Service Agents Suspended Over 2024 Trump Assassination AttemptOne year after one of the most catastrophic security failures in modern American history, the U.S. Secret Service is revealing the internal consequences for the agents on the ground during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Six agents have been…
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What the Mamdani Endorsement Reveals About the Democratic Party’s Future
Read more: What the Mamdani Endorsement Reveals About the Democratic Party’s FutureIn a notable consolidation of the Democratic Party in New York City, Representative Adriano Espaillat, a powerful establishment leader who backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the primary, has now endorsed the party’s nominee for mayor: self-described democratic socialist Zohran…
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The White House Just Took Its Most Aggressive Stance Yet Against Jerome Powell
Read more: The White House Just Took Its Most Aggressive Stance Yet Against Jerome PowellThe White House has escalated its long-running war against the Federal Reserve, moving from public insults to direct accusations of illegal conduct. In a letter posted to social media, the Presidentโs own budget director, Russell Vought, accused Federal Reserve Chair…
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide, Using Class Action Strategy
Read more: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide, Using Class Action StrategyThe Supreme Court made a move, intending to unleash one of President Trump’s most controversial policies. But just as the administration prepared to act, a federal judge in New Hampshire has made a cunning counter-move. sing a different but powerful…
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SCOTUS Blocks Florida From Enforcing Immigration Law
Read more: SCOTUS Blocks Florida From Enforcing Immigration LawFlorida, with the full backing of the Trump administration, went to the Supreme Court with an urgent plea. They asked for the green light to enforce their own aggressive immigration law, a bold effort by a state to take control…
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The Constitutional Danger of Outsourcing American Detention
Read more: The Constitutional Danger of Outsourcing American DetentionIn a stunning revelation submitted to a federal court, the government of El Salvador has declared that the Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to its maximum-security CECOT prison remain under the “sole custody” and “exclusive legal responsibility” of…
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A Law at War With Itself: Title IX and the Constitutional Battle Over Transgender Athletes
Read more: A Law at War With Itself: Title IX and the Constitutional Battle Over Transgender AthletesFor over fifty years, a single, 37-word sentence in American law has been one of the most powerful engines for equality in our nation’s history. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a cornerstone of civil rights, yet…
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When a “Shameful” Act is Beyond the Reach of the Courts
Read more: When a “Shameful” Act is Beyond the Reach of the CourtsEvery year, Congress directs how billions of your tax dollars are to be spent, funding everything from highway construction to programs for crime victims. But what happens when a new administration decides it simply doesnโt like the programs that Congress…
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The End of a 70-Year Truce: IRS Opens the Floodgates for Politics in the Pulpit
Read more: The End of a 70-Year Truce: IRS Opens the Floodgates for Politics in the PulpitIn a stunning legal maneuver, the Internal Revenue Service has fundamentally altered a 70-year-old rule that has long served as a wall between tax-exempt churches and partisan politics. In a joint court filing with the very religious groups that were…
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Trump Dismisses Epstein Questions as His Own Supporters Turn on His Attorney General
Read more: Trump Dismisses Epstein Questions as His Own Supporters Turn on His Attorney GeneralThe story that was supposed to end with a bombshell has instead ignited a political firestorm – one that has now reached the desk of the President himself. After months of his administration fueling anticipation for a massive release of…
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Judge Deals Massive Blow to Trump’s Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood
Read more: Judge Deals Massive Blow to Trump’s Plan to Defund Planned ParenthoodA Bill of Attainder in Disguise? The Constitutional Challenge to Defunding Planned Parenthood A federal judge has temporarily halted a key provision of the Presidentโs newly signed “big, beautiful bill,” blocking a congressional effort to strip Planned Parenthood of its…
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SCOTUS Paves Way for End to Birthright Citizenship
Read more: SCOTUS Paves Way for End to Birthright CitizenshipA major Supreme Court ruling on judicial power, which at first seemed like a dry procedural matter, has suddenly cracked open the door for one of the most controversial policies of the modern era: the potential termination of automatic birthright…
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Federal Case Against Wisconsin Judge Accused of Obstructing ICE Will Proceed
Read more: Federal Case Against Wisconsin Judge Accused of Obstructing ICE Will ProceedIn a Milwaukee courtroom, a state judge allegedly made a decision that has ignited a constitutional firestorm, pitting her own authority against the power of the federal government. Now, that decision has led to her own indictment. The case against…
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The Coordinated War on Federal Law Enforcement Is Here
Read more: The Coordinated War on Federal Law Enforcement Is HereWithin the span of a few days, two separate, armed ambushes were launched against federal law enforcement facilities in Texas. In Alvarado, a group clad in body armor allegedly shot a police officer and opened fire on a detention center.…
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Elon Musk’s “America Party” and the Unforgiving Reality of Our Political System
Read more: Elon Musk’s “America Party” and the Unforgiving Reality of Our Political SystemFollowing a public feud with President Trump over government spending, Elon Muskโthe worldโs richest manโhas declared the formation of a new political party. He calls it the โAmerica Party,โ and claims it will represent the โ80%โ of Americans in the…
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Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Collides with Economic Reality
Read more: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Collides with Economic RealityWhile the headlines are dominated by talk of mass deportations and an unprecedented immigration crackdown, a different, quieter conversation is happening behind the scenes in the White House. The Trump administration is confronting a fundamental paradox: how do you carry…
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Trump’s Tariff Threat Against BRICS Allies Changes the World Order
Read more: Trump’s Tariff Threat Against BRICS Allies Changes the World OrderIn a Sunday night social media post that sent shockwaves through global capitals, President Donald Trump has drawn a new and formidable line in the sand. The White House has declared that any country aligning itself with what it calls…
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How Pam Bondi’s Epstein Promises Imploded and Turned MAGA Against Its Own
Read more: How Pam Bondi’s Epstein Promises Imploded and Turned MAGA Against Its OwnFor months, the promise of a bombshell revelation captivated a nation. A secret “client list” and thousands of incriminating videos related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein were supposedly on the verge of release, with the Attorney General herself suggesting…
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A Nation at War with Itself: The Two Americas on Display This July 4th
Read more: A Nation at War with Itself: The Two Americas on Display This July 4thThis Fourth of July, the familiar sounds of fireworks and patriotic music are being met with a competing noise: the sound of protest. As millions of Americans gather for parades and barbecues, thousands more are taking to the streets, arguing…
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Did the Social Security Administration Just Become a Propaganda Arm for the White House?
Read more: Did the Social Security Administration Just Become a Propaganda Arm for the White House?Millions of Americans opened their inboxes this week to find a surprising message not about their benefits, but about politics. The Social Security Administration – one of the government’s most trusted and historically apolitical agencies – sent a mass email…
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From Gun Silencers to a Space Shuttle: A Look at 7 Lesser-Known Provisions in the Final Trump Bill
Read more: From Gun Silencers to a Space Shuttle: A Look at 7 Lesser-Known Provisions in the Final Trump BillAs the President signs his so-called โbig, beautiful billโ into law this Fourth of July, the national conversation will rightly focus on its massive, agenda-setting provisions. But to truly understand the nature of this legislation and the government that created…
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Winners, Losers And Secret Expiration Dates of The Big Beautiful Bill
Read more: Winners, Losers And Secret Expiration Dates of The Big Beautiful BillIt’s done. After months of chaotic debate, backroom deals, and razor-thin votes, the largest overhaul of American domestic policy in years has passed both houses of Congress and is headed to the President’s desk. The headlines promised historic tax cuts…
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Why Idaho Traded a Death Sentence for a Guilty Plea
Read more: Why Idaho Traded a Death Sentence for a Guilty PleaA Guilty Plea, a Life Spared, and the Reality of American Justice The case that horrified and captivated the nation has reached its legal conclusion. Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology Ph.D. student, has pleaded guilty to the murders of four…
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Why A 35-Year-Old Death Penalty Case Qualifies For Retrial Now
Read more: Why A 35-Year-Old Death Penalty Case Qualifies For Retrial NowThe Constitution’s guarantee of a fair trial has no expiration date. For more than three decades, a man has sat on Alabama’s death row for the murder of a county sheriff. This week, a federal court declared that his trial…
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Senate Passed The Bill That Will Change Your Paycheck and Your Healthcare
Read more: Senate Passed The Bill That Will Change Your Paycheck and Your HealthcareIt happened in the quiet, pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning, after a grueling all-night session of deal-making and debate. By the slimmest possible margin, the U.S. Senate passed a massive piece of legislation that will touch nearly every aspect of…
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The Cruel Theater of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Read more: The Cruel Theater of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’Deep in the Florida Everglades, on an isolated airstrip surrounded by miles of marshland teeming with wildlife, a new and formidable structure has risen with astonishing speed. It is a sprawling complex of temporary buildings and chain-link fences topped with…
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Trump and CBS Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris Interview, Raising First Amendment Concerns
Read more: Trump and CBS Settle Lawsuit Over Kamala Harris Interview, Raising First Amendment ConcernsA major American news network has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars and, more significantly, to change its internal rules to settle a lawsuit with a sitting President. This wasn’t a standard defamation case over a factual error.…
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Inside the Last-Minute Drama, Defections, and Deals of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” Bill
Read more: Inside the Last-Minute Drama, Defections, and Deals of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” BillAs America heads toward Independence Day, President Donald Trumpโs sweeping โOne Big Beautiful Billโ is barreling toward passageโdespite last-minute rebellions, behind-the-scenes deal-cutting, and a marathon โvote-a-ramaโ that has kept the Capitol in a near-frenzy. If the Senate finishes its work…
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The Deal is Off: Inside the Trump Administration’s War on Harvard
Read more: The Deal is Off: Inside the Trump Administration’s War on HarvardA historic peace deal appeared to be on the horizon. After months of public pressure and quiet negotiations, the Trump administration and Harvard University seemed poised to resolve their differences. The President himself had signaled that a settlement was imminent,…
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Supreme Court to Re-examine Campaign Finance
Read more: Supreme Court to Re-examine Campaign FinanceThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the long-standing caps on how much a political party can spend in coordination with its candidates. This case, born from a lawsuit originally filed by then-Senate candidate J.D. Vance and…
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After the Pardons, the Purge: What the Jan. 6 Prosecutor Firings Really Mean
Read more: After the Pardons, the Purge: What the Jan. 6 Prosecutor Firings Really MeanAn Article II Power and a Rule of Law Question: The Firing of Jan. 6 Prosecutors The Department of Justice, in a move that reverberates with deep constitutional questions, has abruptly fired at least three federal prosecutors who were directly…
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“Regardless of the Legislation”: A President’s Assault on the Power of the Purse
Read more: “Regardless of the Legislation”: A President’s Assault on the Power of the PurseIn a social media post this week, the President of the United States issued a stunning directive. Endorsing Rep. Kevin Kileyโs proposed โNo Tax Dollars for Riotsโ legislation, he then went a step further, declaring: โI am hereby instructing my…
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Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Legislative Attempt to Limit Federal Court Power
Read more: Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Legislative Attempt to Limit Federal Court PowerA quiet but consequential battle over the power of our federal judiciary is being fought on two fronts. In the halls of Congress late Friday night, one assault on judicial authority was thwarted by arcane Senate procedure. But at the…
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Who Gets Drafted in a New World War?
Read more: Who Gets Drafted in a New World War?Our world is on a razorโs edge. We see it in the Middle East, where the exchange of fire between Israel, Iran, and now the United States has turned a shadow war into a direct conflict. We see it in…
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5 Takeaways from New Yorkโs Mayoral Primary
Read more: 5 Takeaways from New Yorkโs Mayoral PrimaryZohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist state assemblyman, has delivered a stunning defeat to former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York Cityโs Democratic mayoral primary. While the formal results of the ranked-choice vote are still pending, Mamdani has declared victory…
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Trump Administration Sues Entire Federal Court
Read more: Trump Administration Sues Entire Federal CourtWhen the Executive Branch Sues the Judiciary The Department of Homeland Security has taken the extraordinary step of suing an entire federal court. The lawsuit, filed against all 15 federal judges in the District of Maryland, is not a typical…
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume ‘Third-Country’ Deportations
Read more: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Resume ‘Third-Country’ DeportationsA Green Light From the Court, But a Crossroads for Due Process This week, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a procedural victory in its ongoing battle to reshape immigration enforcement. In a 6-3 decision, the justices paused a…
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A Tragedy in Texas: When a Child Stands Trial as an Adult
Read more: A Tragedy in Texas: When a Child Stands Trial as an AdultAt a high school track meet – the most ordinary of American scenes – a dispute over seating under a team tent ended with a knife, a 17-year-old boy dead, and another facing the possibility of life in prison. The…
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The Unconstitutional Peace
Read more: The Unconstitutional PeaceA Republican congressman has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The reason: his “extraordinary and historic role” in brokering a ceasefire that ended the “12 Day War” between Israel, Iran, and the United States. The nomination praises…
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Liberty, Equalityโฆ and Gender Identity: The Constitution and Transgender Rights
Read more: Liberty, Equalityโฆ and Gender Identity: The Constitution and Transgender RightsAt the center of todayโs fiercest political and cultural fault lines lies a question the framers of the Constitution never saw coming: How does an 18th-century charter of governance grapple with 21st-century understandings of identity? As courtrooms and legislatures across…
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A Predictable Retaliation: Iranian Missiles Hit American Air Base
Read more: A Predictable Retaliation: Iranian Missiles Hit American Air BaseThe War Congress Didnโt Declare Ballistic missiles, fired from Iran, have now targeted a major American air base in Qatar. While the attack was successfully intercepted and resulted in no U.S. casualties, any sense of relief is dangerously premature. The…
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What Does The Constitution Say About War?
Read more: What Does The Constitution Say About War?The Imperial Presidency at War: A Constitutional Crisis Decades in the Making American warplanes have conducted strikes against nuclear facilities inside Iran. This is a direct act of combat against a sovereign nation, ordered by the President without a word…
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The 25th Amendment on Trial: A Proposal to Reinvent Presidential Removal
Read more: The 25th Amendment on Trial: A Proposal to Reinvent Presidential RemovalA provocative new proposal from Representative Darrell Issa is forcing a national conversation about one of the most sensitive and critical parts of our constitutional order: the 25th Amendment. In the wake of revelations about a potential “cover-up” of former…
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A Republic in Recess: Trump Calls For Fewer Paid Holidays
Read more: A Republic in Recess: Trump Calls For Fewer Paid HolidaysIn a social media post this week, President Trump declared that there are โToo many non-working holidays in America,โ framing them as a multi-billion-dollar drain on the economy that โmust change.โ This argument, viewing our national calendar through the narrow…
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A Lesson on the Spending Clause: A Court Reminds the President of His Limits
Read more: A Lesson on the Spending Clause: A Court Reminds the President of His LimitsOur Constitution creates a deliberate and often tense balance of power. Congress is given the “power of the purse,” deciding how federal money is spent. The President, in turn, is tasked with faithfully executing the laws. But what happens when…
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The Court’s Controversial Choice On Youth Gender Care
Read more: The Court’s Controversial Choice On Youth Gender CareThis week, the Supreme Court was tasked with resolving a conflict that strikes at the heart of Americaโs most profound constitutional debates. On one side stood the 14th Amendment’s promise of equal protection for all persons. On the other, the…
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A War for the Soul of America
Read more: A War for the Soul of AmericaThere is a war being waged for the soul of America. It is not being fought with guns and cannons, but in our childrenโs classrooms. It is a battle over our very identity, a coordinated effort to tear down our…
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A Tale of Two Independence Days: The Promise of July 4th and the Reckoning of Juneteenth
Read more: A Tale of Two Independence Days: The Promise of July 4th and the Reckoning of JuneteenthAmerica has two days that celebrate independence. One commemorates the birth of a nation; the other, the liberation of its people. One is the articulation of a promise; the other, the beginning of its painful and long-overdue delivery. The Fourth…
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“Maybe I Should Go to the Fed”: An Assault on an Economic Bedrock
Read more: “Maybe I Should Go to the Fed”: An Assault on an Economic BedrockBeyond Insults: The Constitutional Danger of a Politicized Central Bank “Heโs not a smart person.” “A stupid person.” “A numbskull.” These are the words the President of the United States used this week to describe the Chairman of the Federal…
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G7 in Chaos as Trump Makes Sudden Exit
Read more: G7 in Chaos as Trump Makes Sudden ExitThe Empty Seat at the Table: A Presidentโs Rejection of the Post-War Order At a moment of extreme global crisis, with the world looking to the G7 summit for unified leadership, the President of the United States is leaving the…
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Trump Issues Urgent Warning on Iran
Read more: Trump Issues Urgent Warning on IranA Presidential Warning, A World on Edge: What ‘Evacuate Tehran’ Means In a shocking and unprecedented statement Monday evening, the President of the United States posted a message on social media with no context or explanation: “Everyone should immediately evacuate…