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Bill Cassidy’s Abortion Leave Mandate Is Classic Republican ‘Failure Theater’

Last week, the Biden administration released a series of new rules that, among other things, will require employers to provide leave (albeit unpaid)...

23.04.2024 6

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Trillion-Dollar Deficits Explain Why Inflation Keeps Hitting American Families

Economists sounded surprised recently when inflation remained above expectations for the third straight month, likely keeping interest rates elevated...

19.04.2024 50

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Joe And Jill Biden Dodge Medicare And Social Security Taxes — Again

As they have in previous years, President Biden made a theatrical show of releasing the income tax returns of him and his wife Jill on Tax Day. And as...

18.04.2024 40

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Americans Depressed By ‘Bidenflation’ Aren’t Buying Media’s Economic Lies

After the economy created a higher-than-expected number of jobs in March, analysts continued asking a persistent question: Why do Americans remain so...

17.04.2024 30

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Two-Time Bone Cancer Survivor Debunks Biden’s ‘Affordable’ Health Care Policies

Just before Easter, the Biden administration announced it had finalized a proposal it claimed would “protect consumers from being scammed into...

15.04.2024 60

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Stop Scrolling And Use Your Phone To Reach Out To Others

Social media have been in the news of late, with several cases at the Supreme Court examining questions of censorship and the role of government in...

11.04.2024 30

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Confusing Needs And Wants Is A Great Way To Blow Up Your Finances

Given the frequency with which I spend time attacking the lack of fiscal discipline among lawmakers in Washington, a recent viral video provided a...

04.04.2024 20

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New Government Report Shows Trump Is Right About ‘Cutting’ Medicare Fraud

There they go again. Following a series of comments by Donald Trump during a recent CNBC interview, Joe Biden has brought out the “Mediscare”...

03.04.2024 80

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Nationwide Ransomware Attack Exposes The Problem With Health Care Monopolies

In a bid to win reelection, the Biden administration keeps trying to sell the country on all the supposed benefits of Obamacare. Before continuing...

02.04.2024 20

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Holy Week Provides A Time To Offer Forgiveness — And Seek It Out

“Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us…” Even many secular Americans can identify this passage from the “Our...

28.03.2024 6

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Biden’s 2025 Budget Spends Too Much Money On All The Wrong Things

“Don’t tell me your values. Show me your budget and I will tell you what you value,” Joe Biden frequently proclaims. Biden’s 2025 budget...

27.03.2024 30

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The Real Ronna McDaniel Controversy: Why Does The Former RNC Chair Want To Join Corrupt Corporate Media?

The recent announcement that former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel will join NBC News as a contributor has brought much...

26.03.2024 20

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Activists Are Forcing Democrats To Admit How Radical The Party Has Become On Abortion

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leftists are saying the quiet parts out loud about abortion. And believe it or not,...

20.03.2024 50

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Mississippi’s Work Requirement For Medicaid Is Just An Excuse To Expand The Welfare State

When the Mississippi House of Representatives recently passed legislation implementing Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, Speaker Jason White...

18.03.2024 10

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Thanks To Obamacare, Indiana Special-Needs Families Can’t Get The Medical Help They Need

If the left wants to talk about Obamacare and how the law helps individuals with preexisting conditions, they might want to learn about Alexander...

08.03.2024 10

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Jason Kelce’s Character Outshines His Hall Of Fame Accomplishments

The retirement of Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, who recently announced his decision to step away from football after 13 seasons in...

07.03.2024 3

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Biden DOJ Tacitly Admits Obamacare Wrecked Crucial Health Care Competition

A recent Wall Street Journal story highlighting a new antitrust investigation against the nation’s largest health insurer represents a variation on...

06.03.2024 80

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Will Washington Ever Get Serious About Fighting Rampant Government Insurance Fraud?

Another week, another story involving potentially billions of taxpayer dollars being wasted in Washington. A few days ago, The New York Times profiled...

01.03.2024 7

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‘Bait-And-Switch’ Health Care Package Illustrates Washington’s Addiction To Spending

You can say this about Washington: Members of Congress are nothing if not predictable when it comes to their addiction to more government spending....

28.02.2024 30

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Fixing Medicare Starts With Cracking Down On A Multibillion-Dollar Catheter Scam

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A government program is rife with fraud. After years’ worth of stories about scams during Washington’s...

20.02.2024 20

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NASCAR’s Biggest Race Is Not That Big If The Best Drivers Can’t Win

NASCAR kicks off its 2024 season this weekend with its first points-paying race, which also happens to be its biggest. The 66th running of the Daytona...

16.02.2024 10

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Congressional Report: Washington Drowned Americans In A Sea Of Red Ink

If you think our current fiscal situation, with $2 trillion deficits, looks bleak, the recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) outlook for the years...

15.02.2024 30

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Democrats Scramble To Fix Consequences Of Their Spending Because It’s Election Year

Spare some crocodile tears for Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She finally discovered one of the basic principles of economics — in an election year and at a...

14.02.2024 80

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Report: Democrats Are Giving Away $1 Trillion In Taxpayer Funds For ‘Green’ Subsidies

During his time in the Obama administration, then-Vice President Biden once infamously proclaimed that we had to “spend money to keep from going...

08.02.2024 40

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Congressional Budget Office Admits Obvious Consequences Of Biden’s Border Bedlam

Sometimes, dry government reports can hide revealing facts deep inside them. Such is the case with the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual...

06.02.2024 20

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Obamacare Enrollment Is Only ‘Growing’ Because Democrats Expanded The Welfare State

If health coverage is “free,” and will cover individuals’ pre-existing conditions after they develop them, is it really “insurance”? Those...

31.01.2024 20

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House Republicans Agree To Help Democrats Grow The Welfare State And Shrink The Workforce

In the debt ceiling agreement last spring, House Republicans passed legislation making modest changes to work requirements for certain government...

26.01.2024 3

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California’s Disastrous Minimum Wage Hike Offers A Cautionary Tale To Congress

Residents in the Golden State are learning a basic yet painful lesson in economics: If you tax something, you get less of it. That’s the upshot of...

25.01.2024 2

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Washington Uniparty Plans More Welfare Spending Under Misnamed ‘Child Tax Credit’

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Both parties in Washington are negotiating to create a giveaway that will blow a bigger hole in our $34...

19.01.2024 9

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Speaker Johnson Cut His Bad Deal Because Republicans Don’t Want To Cut Spending

The outline of the spending agreement House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., cut with Democratic leaders sounds bad on its face. But the underlying...

15.01.2024 3

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No, Conservatives Shouldn’t Seek To Emulate Richard Nixon

Almost three score years after his political handlers promised a “New Nixon,” some on the right have sought to bring the record of the 37th...

12.01.2024 4

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How Democrats’ Prescription Price Controls Are Making Americans Sick

Less than 18 months after Democrats rammed through a series of price controls on what Medicare pays for prescription drugs — the better to pay for...

11.01.2024 7

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Speaker Johnson Folds Like A Cheap Suit To Democrats’ Spending Increases

With “friends” like Mike Johnson, do conservatives really need enemies? That question, harsh as it sounds, should echo in the minds of individuals...

10.01.2024 4

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Say Goodbye To The Local Rivalries That Made College Football Great

The press and marketing wizards will frequently try to hype a sporting event as “more than a game.” The College Football Playoff National...

08.01.2024 10

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Georgia’s Proposed Medicaid Expansion Is The Wrong Solution For The Wrong Problem

When the Georgia Legislature convenes on Monday, some may push to have the state follow North Carolina in implementing Obamacare’s expansion of...

04.01.2024 3

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New York Times Laments House Republicans Didn’t Ram Through Enough Big-Government Legislation

Year-end recaps provide Beltway pundits with plenty of opportunity to throw a leftist gloss on events of the past 12 months. Sure enough, a New York...

02.01.2024 30

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‘Minister Of Defense’ Profiles Both The Player And The Preacher In Reggie White

Athletes in general, and football players in particular, often seem two-dimensional creatures. With the exception of the biggest stars, few know their...

01.01.2024 10

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Report: Government Covid Handouts Screwed Over Low-Income Households By Spiking Inflation

For all the trillions of dollars spent during Covid lockdowns, what did taxpayers receive, other than massive amounts of fraud? A new analysis...

19.12.2023 10

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CVS’s Shift In Drug Markups Could Stop Big Pharma’s Price Gouging

Believe it or not, Americans just might have received some good news on the inflation and prescription drug pricing front. But despite what the left...

15.12.2023 10

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National Gallery Exhibit Shows A Different Side Of Painter Mark Rothko

When superstar artists’ work manages to penetrate the popular zeitgeist, it can have the unfortunate side effect of pigeonholing their work. The...

14.12.2023 3

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Speaker Mike Johnson Colludes With Democrats To Raid Medicare

It’s baa-ack. A piece of legislation I pilloried just a few months ago, in the waning days of the speakership of Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is...

11.12.2023 30

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GOP Lawmakers Should Issue One Last Covid Shutdown: Wasteful Pandemic ‘Slush Funds’

With the federal government nearly $34 trillion in debt, in no small part because of the spending spree of the last few years, you would think...

07.12.2023 20

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Those Who Want Nonwhite Students To Succeed Support School Choice, Not Segregation

It’s an outcome that might make even George Wallace blush. To improve outcomes among minority students, some school districts have resorted to...

01.12.2023 3

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Like Trump, Elizabeth Warren Believes ‘Obamacare Sucks’

For the past several days, Democrats have acted in a state of self-righteous indignation excessive even by their standards. Following Donald Trump’s...

01.12.2023 30

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Why The Federal Reserve Should Keep Its Grubby Mitts Off The Mortgage Market

To this conservative, a recent New York Times column that encouraged the Federal Reserve to take actions focused on bringing down mortgage rates...

28.11.2023 20

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When Formula One Flamed Out In Vegas, Fans Got Badly Burned

Last week, as Formula One teams arrived in Las Vegas for that city’s first grand prix in 41 years, I questioned in these pages whether the series’...

21.11.2023 20

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Astronaut Frank Borman’s Apollo 8 Mission Remains An American Genesis

Frank Borman, who died last Tuesday at the age of 95, had a long and storied career. He graduated from West Point and served a dozen years in the Air...

15.11.2023 20

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Why Formula One’s Las Vegas Gamble Could Go Bust

It all sounds so appealing: exotic Formula One cars sprinting down Las Vegas Boulevard — the city’s famous “Strip” — at nearly 200 mph, in a...

14.11.2023 10

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Blue States Take Funds From Disabled Americans To Subsidize Illegal Migrants

When Illinois lawmakers brag about having a “welcoming state,” they might want to talk to parents like Susie Redfern. In 2019, the Chicago Tribune...

09.11.2023 3

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How To Pump The Brakes On Runaway Government Spending Without Ramping Up Inflation

With the federal government approaching $34 trillion in debt, talk has (finally) turned to the question of how to stop the bleeding. A recent op-ed in...

06.11.2023 20

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