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February 17, 2025
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| Vance's Stirring Speech Warns Europe of 'Retreat' from 'Fundamental Values' of Faith, Freedom |
| by Ben Johnson |
| President Joe Biden regularly fell asleep during diplomatic meetings. Vice President J.D. Vance debuted on the international stage Friday morning with a powerful speech aimed at awakening foreign elites to their violation of pro-life advocates' rights, censorship of Christians, and "running in fear of your own voters." |
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| As Musk Bulldozes Waste, Johnson Warns 'Deep State Is in Full Panic Mode' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| Elon Musk can't steal a job no one's doing. But Democrats disagree, angrily griping that the tech mogul's new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is somehow a hostile takeover, a "shadow government" blowtorching the Constitution. That's absurd, the billionaire has fired back. "The people voted for major government reform, and that's what the people are going to get. That's what democracy is all about." Of course, neither party would know. They haven't had the stomach for deep cuts in decades. |
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| The Gulf of America Floods America's Gulf |
| by Jared Bridges |
| The conqueror always draws the map. And when President Donald Trump issued among his first executive orders a directive to rename what was formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, it was more than simply a naming preference. It was a signal to the world that he was not a man afraid to upset the status quo, even when it came to changing the world's maps. Without firing a shot, Trump conquered the Gulf of Mexico. |
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| Henry Hyde, Uneraseable |
| by Chuck Donovan |
| America has been in a tizzy to rename things of late, as well as to tear down statues of a wide range of leaders once esteemed as a matter of course, including Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Much of the work has been carried out by angry protestors bent on defacing public property, and some of the affected monuments have been restored. On a few occasions, however, the dirty work is being carried out by public bodies, and no instance of rank partisanship has been more detestable than an Illinois county's decision to remove the name of the late Henry J. Hyde from its judicial center. |
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| A Growing Number of Democrats Want Their Party to Be 'More Moderate,' Poll Finds |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| A new nationwide survey has found that 45% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning Independent voters think their party has veered far too much to the left of the political spectrum. It appears what they want is a "more moderate" Democratic Party. And yet, despite this, "most Democratic lawmakers appear to be holding firm to left-wing policies that appear to be political losers," observers say. |
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| Congressional Hearing Highlights Extent of USAID Waste, Mission Creep |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| "Three weeks into the Trump administration, and the fur is flying," declared Family Research Council President Tony Perkins. The subject of the latest no-holds-barred scrum was the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency the Trump administration has targeted for a major overhaul, when the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a Thursday hearing, unsubtly titled, "The USAID Betrayal." |
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| Judge Blocks Trump Order Protecting Children from 'Mutilation' |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| A federal judge is blocking President Donald Trump's executive order protecting children from gender transition procedures. U.S. District Court Judge Brendan Hurson on Thursday placed a nationwide temporary restraining order on Trump's executive order, allowing gender transition procedures on children to continue unimpeded for the next 14 days, according to the Associated Press. Hurson's temporary restraining order came in response to a lawsuit filed by several families who claim to have children who identify as transgender or nonbinary. |
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| Trump 2.0 and the 119th Congress: A Solid Start, But Much Work Left to Do |
| by Jody Hice |
| This week, CBS News released polling that revealed Americans' views on President Donald Trump's job performance so far. He received his highest approval rating ever, with 53% of respondents approving of his work to this point. Interestingly, 70% of participants - regardless of whether they support Trump - agree that the president is doing what he promised to do |
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| It's Good that Teens Are 'Motivated' to Know about Jesus, But We Must Follow Through with Discipleship |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| "This generation tends to believe there's something out there more powerful than them," said the researchers of Dr. George Barna's new report, "The Open Generation: United States." In fact, the data shows that 77% of surveyed teenagers are motivated to learn about Jesus. An additional 52% are "very motivated." Less than 20% feel otherwise, and only 7% are unsure. |
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| Appeals Court Upholds Suspension of LSU Law Professor for Profaning President, Governor in Class |
| by Dan Hart |
| A Louisiana state appeals court has halted a lower court ruling earlier this week that would have required Louisiana State University (LSU) to allow a law professor to resume teaching after he was suspended for violating school policy by using intimidating and profane language against public office holders in the classroom. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) and others are pointing out that the professor has a history of using explicit language in class and that public universities that fail to uphold behavioral standards could lose taxpayer funding. |
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| The 8 Cartels and Gangs that Trump Is Naming Terrorist Organizations |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| In its effort to end the nation's illegal immigrant crisis and protect Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to designate South and Central American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The U.S. State Department is planning to classify six Mexico-based criminal cartels and two international gangs as foreign terrorist organizations on February 19, according to a report from Breitbart News. The decision follows an executive order issued January 20 by President Donald Trump on "Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists." |
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