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(aijohn784/iStock/Getty Images) New research suggests it might be wise to cut back on prosecuting petty crimes. But we shouldn’t overinterpret the findings. Every year, something like 13 million misdemeanor charges are filed in the United States. These charges, ranging from traffic violations to serious assaults, may be less flashy than felonies, but they are the
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Joe Biden described the situation at the border a “crisis” Saturday, after months of his administration adamantly refusing to use that word to describe the overwhelming numbers of migrant children and families that have poured over the border in response to Biden’s abrupt reversal of many of President Trump’s border and immigration polices. Biden briefly
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Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continues to shine.  According to a document that has surfaced, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is forming an “America First Caucus”. From the document: The America First Caucus (AFC) exists to promote Congressional policies that are to the long-term benefit of the American nation. The North Star of any policy proposal
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An Italian MP has called for billionaire Bill Gates to face trial in the International Criminal Court for charges of “crimes against humanity.” Sara Cunial, a member of Italy’s Parliament, is accusing Microsoft founder Gates of “working on depopulation and dictatorial control plans” around the world. Advertisement – story continues below The politician blasted Gates, the second-richest man in
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New York State Capitol in Albany (lavendertime/Getty Images) The state is set to waste a massive amount of money encouraging more prospective migrants to break the law. The New York state legislature has recently made two fiscal decisions of note. The first — raising taxes on millionaires — is no surprise. The second, however, is
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Protesters rally outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department as it is guarded by members of the police and National Guard, a day after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer, in Brooklyn Center, Minn., April 12, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) There is a common thread that ties together many police-involved killings, even with
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President Biden speaks at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 14, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/Reuters) In a slap in the face to the minority voters who were crucial to his election, the president has held fast to the failed, punitive drug policies of the past. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S cience fiction and comedy work in similar
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Stanisha Land receives the Moderna coronavirus vaccination shot at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Ill., February 13, 2021. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) The CDC has announced what by any standard should be considered extraordinarily good news: Out of 66 million people who completed their vaccinations and waited at least two weeks, just 5,800 got COVID-19.
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Kristen Clarke, President Biden’s nominee to be assistant attorney general for the civil rights division, speaks in Wilmington, Del., January 7, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a nomination hearing for Kristen Clarke to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. She is yet another top Justice Department pick who comes from
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks to Defense Department personnel during a visit to the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., February 10, 2021. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) With Beijing and Moscow circling, the White House has proposed a slight defense-spending cut to placate progressives. In 2018, a congressionally mandated panel of defense experts convened to evaluate the Trump administration’s
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Earlier today Trump-hating gasbag Liz Cheney told Neil Cavuto she would not support President Trump if he is the 2024 Republican nominee for president. For some strange reason, this unpopular politician still holds a GOP leadership position in the US House of Representatives. Advertisement – story continues below This evening President Trump released a memo
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(Adrees Latif/Reuters) One of the best things about the United States is that we are just that: United States. Obviously, we are a nation, with a national government charged with tasks it makes the most sense for that government to do (and many that don’t make sense . . . but more on that at
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill, January 27, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday that racial equity is a top focus for her as “white supremacy
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U.S. troops patrol at an Afghan National Army base in Logar Province, Afghanistan, August 7, 2018. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters) On the menu today: looking down the road at the ramifications of President Biden withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, the long-term prospects for Islamist jihadism, and how environmentalists continue to demonize common choices and avert their
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