(Glenn T. Stanton) It used to be a well-worn talking point that abortion was a necessary tragedy, certainly not something to celebrate. That appears to have changed, and dramatically.
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I Saw Provocateurs At The Capitol Riot On Jan. 6
(J. Michael Waller) The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol bore the markings of an organized operation planned well in advance of the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress.
Uganda Just Nuked Facebook And Twitter For Election Interference, And Twitter Is Having A Meltdown Over It
(Tristan Justice) The president of Uganda temporarily banned Facebook and Twitter from the country this week in the final hours leading up to elections on Thursday, arguing the platforms engaged in unfair censorship to prop up the opposition candidate.
Democrats Are Using The Recent Capitol Riot To Consolidate Power
(Ben Weingarten) America’s Cold Civil War will only heat up as those with all the power take precisely the wrong lessons from the Capitol Hill riot.
The Federalist Papers (Brief Summary)
(Spark Notes) This document (the Federalist) will provide all the reasons to support the new plan of government described in the U.S. Constitution, and responses to each of the criticisms of the plan.
Giving 2021 A Fighting Chance Requires We All Choose To Do What Is Hard
(Joshua Lawson) Even before the horrible year that was 2020, New Year’s Eve celebrations have long been filled with the near-certain expectation that things will definitely get better. Generally speaking, it’s a fine sentiment. Optimism is good; hope is good; and striving to improve the future from where we are today led us from the cave to the fields, across vast oceans, and into the limitless of outer space.
Devin Nunes Tells The Truth Until It Hurts
(Mollie Hemingway) The political and media establishment, still struggling to cope with the news of Donald Trump’s victory, was beginning to claim that Russian cyber meddling explained the surprising outcome. On Dec. 9, 2016, big media outlets such as the New York Times and Washington Post began laying out the contours of what would become the dominant and relentless media narrative of the next several years: Trump had conspired with Russia to steal the election and should not be viewed or treated as a legitimate president.
How The Generosity Of Strangers Changed This Single Mother’s Life For The Better
(Jordan Davidson) While 2020 was filled with unexpected and unprecedented events, Maria Patton, a single mother who was financially caught off guard after she lost her job during the pandemic, finally received a good surprise. For the last nine months, Patton struggled to cover basic expenses, frantically prioritizing which bills should be paid every month.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Extends Public Emergency Through end of Trump’s Time in the White House
(Jordan Davidson) Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser told federal law enforcement to stand down just one day before a mob of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, smashing windows, entering the chambers, and forcing lawmakers and congressional staff inside into lockdown.
Democrat Raphael Warnock Declares Georgia Senate Victory
(Jordan Davidson) Georgia Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock claimed victory over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the razor-thin runoff election early Wednesday morning.
I Moved From Locked-Down Virginia To Open Florida, And Faces Came Back To Life
(Elle Reynolds) Last Sunday I plopped a steaming hashbrown casserole and a bowl of freshly sliced oranges down on one of a row of endless folding tables covered in those flimsy plastic tablecloths you get at the dollar store. The casseroles were outnumbered only by the pans of homemade cinnamon rolls, and the fruit section was meager: it was a good Southern Baptist potluck.
Hemingway: What Did Foreign Companies Get In Exchange For Paying The Biden Family Business?
(Jordan Davidson) As the corporate media continues to largely ignore the Biden family corruption scandal, The Federalist Senior Editor Mollie Hemingway is asking why foreign companies paid the Biden family in the first place.
The American Left Has Now Fully Embraced Racism
(David Marcus) A Rubicon has been crossed in American political discourse. Long purveyors of Marxism, the nation’s leftists have now come to fully embrace something else; racism. Just in the last week in the areas of medicine, education, and journalism, well-intentioned institutional racists have insisted — as is increasingly their habit — that skin color is and must be the defining element of our public policies.
Mike Rowe: I Don’t Want To Pay For Your Useless College Degree
(Jordan Davidson) In a Facebook post Monday, TV host and personality Mike Rowe denounced student loan forgiveness and encouraged people to reconsider taking on debt for a four-year degree that may not even land them a job.
How Many Of 178,000 Wisconsinites Illegally Voted Using This Loophole?
(M.D. Kittle) If the state senator was in the field working, she certainly was not ‘indefinitely confined’ under the meaning and intent of state statute. So, did she break the law? How many others did?