Topline: Congress allocated at least $516 billion for federal programs with expired authorizations in fiscal year 2024, and likely far more, according to the Congressional Budget Office. These “zombie” programs have no legal mandate to exist, yet they receive funding from Congress every year Key facts: Many laws passed by Congress include money that must […]
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What a year it was! My first column of 2024 declared it “The Year of Trump,” and there was never a dull moment as Donald Trump aimed not just to take back the White House, but to stay out of prison and ultimately to stay alive. Now that the election is over, it’s time to […]
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The Global Engagement Center, an office housed within the State Department and aiming to thwart disinformation and misinformation, has been forced by Congress to close up shop. It’s no mystery why; the taxpayer-backed GEC violated its mandate to work only overseas and devolved into a partisan enabler of speech suppression in the United States. Here’s […]
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It seems President Biden won’t stop at letting his convicted son Hunter off the hook. The White House staff is reportedly pondering an unprecedented, pre-emptive set of presidential pardons for numerous officials who haven’t been formally charged or convicted of federal crimes but may be liable for indictment or conviction under the incoming Trump administration. […]
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So many college degrees aren’t worth the sheepskin they are printed on. Gender studies is one of them. I cannot think of a single job — other than left-wing activist — where a gender studies degree is required, or even accepted. Yet these radical professors continue to keep their high-paying jobs and bilk parents out […]
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Attorney extraordinaire, Harmeet Dhillon, is one of a kind. She’s a tough, smart lawyer. Republican National Committeewoman from California. Head of her own, national law firm. And she’s the incoming Head of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. For too many years the Civil Rights Division has been a bastion of leftist activism and […]
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Topline: When Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson faces trial on public corruption charges, she’ll have the help of a public defender meant for those who can’t afford an attorney, the Boston Herald reported. Anderson made $103,500 in 2023, according to payroll records at OpenTheBooks.com. Key facts: Anderson allegedly organized a kickback scheme that netted […]
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The National Guard and the Militarization of D.C.: A Constitutional Crisis? Fox News recently published a story entitled “Defense Secretary Austin overruled National Guard chief on keeping troops at the Capitol: memo.” To many readers, this may have appeared to be a sensationalized article throwing fuel on the embers of an already charred military issue […]
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Here are the top ten instances where the Biden Administration was accused of misleading or outright lying to the American public in 2024, based on fact-checks, official statements, and public discourse: Inflation Claims – The administration claimed that inflation was under control or decreasing, while multiple economic reports and public sentiment indicated otherwise, with inflation […]
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For four years, President Joe Biden has described climate change as an existential threat requiring a whole lot of government response and trillions of dollars in new spending to force America off fossil fuels. President-elect Donald Trump, on the other hand, opts for a three-word approach: “Drill, baby, drill.” Energy is just one of the […]