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A few days ago a tweet was making the rounds showing that Mississippi and Alabama had the lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the nation. The pro-vaxxers and pro-establishment types used the news as an opportunity to take a nasty swipe at public education…
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James Bovard Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s charge that the National Security Agency illegally spied on him and leaked his emails is enraging prominent liberals. Carlson sought “to sow distrust [of the NSA], which is so anti-American,” declared MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissman, formerly the chief prosecutor for Special…
Read More Why NSA Vs Tucker Carlson Is An Alarm Bell For All AmericansBy: Donald J. Trump The news coming out of Georgia is beyond incredible. The hand recount in Fulton County was a total fraud! They stuffed the ballot box—and got caught. We will lose our Country if this is allowed to stand. According to the just-released…
Read More Trump On Report From Fulton County Georgia
By: Roger Stone The American fake news media would have you believe that the uprising of the Cuban people is based on their demands for vaccinations. This is a lie, The people are revolting because they want basic human freedoms, human rights, food, and fuel.…
Read More Op-Ed: Roger Stone On The Uprising In Cuba
Op-Ed By: Timothy Kilpatrick Since Florida first authorized charter schools in 1996, the state’s eagerness to embrace school choice hasempowered families and put our public education system on the map as a stellar example of individual student success. That is why, for parents with school-aged…
Read More Hillsborough County School Board’s Wake-Up Call Puts Profit Over Pupils
Opinion By: Mason Carlson In what I thought was a satirical piece floating around on Fakebook and Twitter, turns out to be an honest-to-goodness insult to the American people. The White House tweeted, “Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the…
Read More ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ Biden’s Policy Putting 16 Cents Back In Your Pocket, Gas Prices Up 42%
By: Grady Judd, Sheriff Polk County, Florida Police professionals support and welcome real police reform. Why is Congress missing a huge opportunity to change and improve police culture in America? The current federal police reform bill includes a laundry list of fragmented proposals designed to…
Read More Sheriff Grady Judd: Does Congress Really Want Professional Police Reform?
by Thomas R. Cuba, Ph.D. Our nation was created by an ideal antithetical to the British monarchy: Personal Freedom. In order to preserve and protect personal freedom, the constitution was written in a manner that prohibited power from being exercised by only one man, or even…
Read More Op-Ed: An Independence Day Memory
By: RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Democrats failed to sell their federal election takeover bill (H.R.1/S.1) to the American people. Americans rejected their radical agenda, which included using taxpayer dollars to fund political campaigns and eviscerating widely supported voter ID requirements. Joe Biden should have learned something from…
Read More Opinion: Biden Wrong To Sue Georgia Over New State Voting Law
Gerard Scimeca Reasonable Americans agree that when people can’t afford the basic necessities of life, our government has a responsibility to step in and offer a helping hand. When families can’t afford food, for instance, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) gives them vouchers to…
Read More Government-Run Internet Won’t Get More Americans Online