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Arguing about the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett outside the Supreme Court on October 12, 2020 (Erin Scott / Reuters) On the homepage today, I write about David French’s new book, Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. In a podcast some weeks ago, I asked him,
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Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Congress on Sunday reached a deal on a nearly $900 billion coronavirus relief package after months of stalled negotiations between Democrats and Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced
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(Note: Thank you for your support for American businesses like Bonner Wines and for Gateway Pundit. This is a message from Will Bonner) The “Year that Wasn’t” is coming to an end. What better way to start the New Year than with a wine you won’t soon forget? We’re talking about a wine that has
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China, December 14, 2020. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) A Chinese national who worked as an executive for an unnamed U.S. video conferencing company spied on users of the company’s platform for the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence services, the Justice Department announced Friday. Xinjiang Jin,
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Attorney General Bill Barr says there was “no CIA misconduct” in the Trump-Russia spying scandal in his latest interview. AG Barr sat down with Kimberly Strassel from The Wall Street Journal this week after his announcement that he will be leaving office before Christmas. ‘One Standard of Justice’: @KimStrassel interviews William Barr https://t.co/AOzKWf0LM4 via @WSJ
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 7120 the Justice in Policing Act on Capitol Hill, June 17, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via Reuters) House Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday received a closed-door FBI briefing on Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, saying afterwards that he thinks
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (middle) speaks to the media with fellow House Democrats after voting on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, December 18, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Back from the brink, or over the precipice? How an impeachment without textbook crimes could shape our political future. Reflecting on America’s
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Award winning playwright David Mamet is one of the few open conservatives working in the field of entertainment. During a recent interview, he said that Americans are giving up their rights under the COVID lockdowns and that this goes against the Constitution. Millions of Americans agree, perhaps mostly the people who have lost businesses and
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A man shovels snow in New York City, New York, December 17, 2020. (David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Reuters) The COVID-fueled development of distance learning now threatens to destroy a hallowed tradition of American childhood. One unwelcome side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was the hasty invention of mass “distance learning” for America’s public-school students. This horrible simulation
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US officials announced this week the Nuclear Security Administration was among the entities breached by state-sponsored hackers in the SolarWinds breach. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Sunday night issued Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a KNOWN COMPROMISE involving SolarWinds Orion products. This was only the fifth Emergency Directive issued by CISA
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People gather at a memorial for George Floyd at the spot of his death in Minneapolis, Minn., June 1, 2020. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Two Minneapolis city council members are denying their support for the “defund the police” movement, after previously calling for the dismantling of the Minnesota police department and having voted to shift $8 million from
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The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday held an oversight hearing to examine irregularities in the 2020 election. Trump campaign attorney Jessie Binnall said more than 42,000 people voted more than once in Nevada. Mr. Binnall has argued this before but he was able to present his findings to powerful lawmakers
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Medical personnel administer free coronavirus tests at a state run drive-through testing site in El Paso, Texas, November 23, 2020. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Reuters) The U.S. saw record numbers of daily coronavirus cases and deaths on Wednesday, even as the first vaccine for the illness is being distributed to health care workers across the country. According
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) refused to testify before legislative oversight committees Tuesday investigating allegations of fraud during the 2020 general election. 100 Percent Fed Up reports- State Rep. Matt Hall (R), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, had invited Benson to appear, but she told the committee in a letter that she will
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Researchers work in a lab run by Moderna Inc. (Moderna Inc./Handout via Reuters) The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday found that Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine to be safe and “highly effective,” paving the way for the vaccine to become the second one authorized for emergency use. The agency declared in a 54-page report released Tuesday that the
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