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March 6, 2023 at 7:18 PM

The Covid Skeptics Were Correct. When Do We Get an Apology?

Covid Lies, Twitter Files, McCarthyism, Housing Bust, The Great Reset, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Covid Skeptics Were Correct. When Do We Get an Apology? MORE ARTICLES HILLSDALE’S IMPRIMIS -The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat  Fraud in the Arizona Election: There’s No Evid…

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March 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM

How The Media Successfully Programs Democrats

Media Democrat Brainwashing, Border Issues, Ukraine War, Democrat Insanity, AZ March for Life '23, Vivek Ramaswamy, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE How The Media Successfully Programs Democrats MORE ARTICLES It’s Kyrsten Sinema’s Turn To Tour The Border With Speaker McCarthy  Something Worse …

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March 1, 2023 at 6:47 PM

Inflation Not Only Hurts, It Diverts

Inflation, Social Emotional Learning, A Tribute to Rush Limbaugh, Fossil Fuels, The Jones Act, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Inflation Not Only Hurts, It Diverts MORE ARTICLES Arizona to Reward School Districts Abandoning Social Emotional Learning  Rush Limbaugh, The Revolutionary Media Figu…

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February 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Today’s Anti-Capitalists Want to Regulate What You Can Eat, How Often You Drive, and the Size of Your Home

Food and Housing Control, Adam Smith, Natural Immunity, School Discipline, National Debt, Mortgage Rates, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Today’s Anti-Capitalists Want to Regulate What You Can Eat, How Often You Drive, and the Size of Your HomeMORE ARTICLES Adam Smith’s Liberal Path  Natural …

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February 24, 2023 at 5:49 PM

Democratic Rep Suggests Traditional Families Are ‘Un-American’

Traditional Families in Trouble, Renters Tax in AZ, Debt Ceiling, China and Russia, American Censorship, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Democratic Rep Suggests Traditional Families Are ‘Un-American’ MORE ARTICLESArizona Lawmakers Closer to Banning Local Renters tax  The Libertarian-Sociali…

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February 22, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Denialism: A Woke Way to Stifle Dissent

Denialists, Dangerous Ideas, Economic Fairy Tales, America is Back, Voter ID Fraud, Culture Wars, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Denialism: A Woke Way to Stifle Dissent MORE ARTICLES Firing a Shotgun Into the Air, Shooting to Wound and Other Dangerous Ideas  Don’t Fall For Joe Biden’s Econom…

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February 17, 2023 at 6:24 PM

Woke Revolutionaries Versus Americanists

Anti-Woke Caucus, Russiagate Stories, Ukraine War, Stock Market, Border Wall Delays, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Woke Revolutionaries Versus Americanists MORE ARTICLES Panel That Awarded Pulitzers for Russiagate Stories Mum After Scathing Exposé on Reporting Failures  Biggest Gift to Iran…

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February 15, 2023 at 5:17 PM

We Are About to See the Biggest Escalation of the War in Ukraine so Far

Ukraine War, Maricopa County Misdemeanors in 2022 Election, Taxpayer Drain, Pfizer Doctor's Concerns, Confederates' War Crimes, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE We Are About to See the Biggest Escalation of the War in Ukraine so Far MORE ARTICLES Testimony to Arizona Senate Election Committee…

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February 13, 2023 at 5:07 PM

Don’t Be Fooled: There’s No ‘Decline’ in Illegal Alien Crossings

Illegal Border Crossing, AZ University Demands Progressive Politics, AZ Solution for Housing Shortage, Ray Epps Video, Disband FBI, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Don’t Be Fooled: There’s No ‘Decline’ in Illegal Alien Crossings MORE ARTICLES Arizona Universities Demand Applicants’ Allegianc…

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February 10, 2023 at 11:38 PM

LGBTQ+ ‘Pride’ Is Totalitarian

LTBTQ "Pride", Exciting Day for Freshman Congressman, Transgender Daughter Rescued by Mom, Housing Bubbles, Trucks are Scary (so says the left), and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE LGBTQ+ ‘Pride’ Is Totalitarian MORE ARTICLES Freshman Arizona Congressman Tapped to Give State of Union Response in …

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February 8, 2023 at 2:39 PM

Take Your Foot off the Gas

"Bridge Fuel" Conception, Fentanyl Crisis, Ukraine, Solar Farm Problems, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Take Your Foot off the Gas MORE ARTICLES ‘Ground Zero’ Arizona Republicans Sounding Alarm Over Fentanyl Flowing From Border  Did Washington Ignore Warnings About Fentanyl?   Ukraine  How t…

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February 6, 2023 at 6:37 PM

The Stock Market Hesitates at Important Resistance Just Before FED Meeting

Federal Reserve Board Meeting, Maricopa County Election Printer Problems, JFK Assassination, Offshore Wind Development, Birth Rates, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Stock Market Hesitates at Important Resistance Just Before FED MeetingMORE ARTICLES Maricopa County’s Printer ‘Problems’ Beh…

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February 3, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Net Zero Will Lead to the End of Modern Civilization, Says Top Scientist

Net Zero Politics, Gun Sales in AZ, Kari Lake Fight, Fatherlessness Pandemic, Brainwashed Women, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Net Zero Will Lead to the End of Modern Civilization, Says Top ScientistMORE ARTICLES This is How Much the Federal Government Makes from Gun Sales in Arizona  Kari …

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February 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM

First Small Modular Reactor Gets Certification From Nuclear Regulatory Commission

First Small Modular Reactor Gets Certified, Anti-Asian Racism in Education, Sea Level is Stable, Pfizer Mutates Covid, Climate Change Alarmism, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE First Small Modular Reactor Gets Certification From Nuclear Regulatory CommissionMORE ARTICLES America’s Systemic Rac…

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January 30, 2023 at 4:35 PM

A Little More Poison

Drugs, Vices, and Families, Modern Monetary Theory is Dead, Family Leave Mandates, Economy in Trouble, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE A Little More Poison MORE ARTICLESMMT Is Dead. It Must Now Be Buried for Good   Study Shows Government’s Family Leave Mandates Have Thwarted Women’s Wage Gai…

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January 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM

What the January 6 Videos Will Show

J6 Videos, DeSantis, WEF and The CCP, Defeat Woke Tyranny, Election Fraud, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE What the January 6 Videos Will Show MORE ARTICLESDeSantis Goes to War  WEF Is Partnered with 47 CCP-Controlled Entities (Rogue Review)  Where Did All the Workers Go?  Shadows on the Wall…

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January 25, 2023 at 6:11 PM

What Is Behind the Soaring Price of Eggs?

Soaring Egg Prices, Technocrats, WH Document Scandal, Budget Crisis, Arizona School Pronouns Bill, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE What Is Behind the Soaring Price of Eggs? MORE ARTICLESThe Great Reset and Its Critics: The Technocrats  SHEILA NAZARIAN: It’s Time For Jews To Take Advantage Of…

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January 23, 2023 at 2:55 PM

The Manic Methods of Mad Democrats

Mad Democrats, Tucson's Anti-Biz Newspaper, Our Stupid Economic Masters, Anti-Semitism, DOJ Protecting Biden Family, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Manic Methods of Mad Democrats MORE ARTICLES Tucson’s Biz Community Doesn’t Realize How Deeply Vulnerable Its Anti-Biz Newspaper Really Is  …

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January 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM

5 Things to Know About Special Counsel Investigating Classified Documents Held by Biden

Biden's Classified Documents, Vanguard Flees GFANZ, Katie Hobbs School Choice, Jan. 6 Was Planned, Biden is Done, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE 5 Things to Know About Special Counsel Investigating Classified Documents Held by BidenMORE ARTICLES The Climate Money Monster Cabal may be startin…

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January 18, 2023 at 5:25 PM

House Republicans Call for Ban on Big Tech Private Funding of Election Administration

Big Tech Election Funding, Stop School Shootings, Inflation Loops, Bidengate, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE House Republicans Call for Ban on Big Tech Private Funding of Election AdministrationMORE ARTICLES How to Stop School Shootings  Positive Feedback Loops With Negative Consequences – P…

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January 16, 2023 at 5:23 PM

UN Gives 100s of Millions of $ to Illegal Migrants Entering US

Immigration Issues, Antisemitism, Mortgage Rates, China in ND, Native American Soldiers, False Job Data, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE UN Gives 100s of Millions of $ to Illegal Migrants Entering US MORE ARTICLESThe New, New Antisemitism  Dip in Mortgage Rates Not Slowing Housing Bust 2: M…

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January 13, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Does Trump Really Want to Be President Again?

Donald Trump, Antisemitism at Universities, Katie Hobbs, ASU and "Black Male Privilege, Southwest Airlines, Science and Knowledge, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Does Trump Really Want to Be President Again? MORE ARTICLES Universities Are Seeing An Enormous Spike In Antisemitism. Here’s Why…

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January 11, 2023 at 5:00 PM

What Tocqueville Can Teach Us About the Culture War

Culture War, Biden's Border Issues, Republicans' Great Start, World Economic Forum, Southwest Airlines, Marxism, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE What Tocqueville Can Teach Us About the Culture War MORE ARTICLES Impeach Biden over the Security Catastrophe He’s Caused at the Border  Impossible…

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January 9, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Racial Roulette

Race Issues, Investment Challenges, Ray Epps, Fauci Lies, Men in Job Crisis, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Racial Roulette MORE ARTICLESInvestment Challenges Ahead in 2023  Fed-Tied Ray Epps Reportedly Admitted to Orchestrating Jan. 6  Fauci Fibbed on the Day Everything Changed  Understand…

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January 6, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Cite Surge at Border: Republicans Call for Impeachment of DHS Head

Border Issues, Inflation, Katie Hobbs, Ray Epps, FTX Fiasco, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Republicans Call for Impeachment of DHS Head, Cite Surge at Border MORE ARTICLES Yellen Blaming Consumers for Inflation Is Government’s Latest Attempt to Deflect Blame for Its Policies  Governor-Elec…

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January 5, 2023 at 5:40 PM

Voters Who Wait Until Election Day to Vote Then Encounter Problems Reap What They Sow

Don't Wait to Vote!, Congress Guts Budget Cuts, Anti-Semitism, Mental Illness and Transgenders, Pension Plans, Kari Lake, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Maricopa County Attorney Argues That Voters Who Wait Until Election Day to Vote Then Encounter Problems Reap What They SowMORE ARTICLES Con…

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January 2, 2023 at 8:57 PM

The Second Housing Bubble of the Twenty-First Century Is Over

Housing Bubble Has Popped, AmericaFest, Dark Money Funds Misinformation, AZ Income Tax Flattens, The 97%, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Second Housing Bubble of the Twenty-First Century Is Over MORE ARTICLESAmericaFest 2022  A Dem-Linked Dark Money Network Is Quietly Funding The ‘Misin…

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December 30, 2022 at 6:50 PM

How an Occupied Twitter Ruined Countless Lives

Occupy Twitter, Fraudulent Votes in Arizona, UK Close to Blackout, Thirsty Arizona, Kari Lake, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE How an Occupied Twitter Ruined Countless Lives MORE ARTICLES Arizona County Was Stumped By Unregistered Voters, Old Addresses, Discrepant Tallies, Emails Reveal  FBI…

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December 26, 2022 at 6:36 PM

10 Steps to Save America

Saving America, Kari Lake's Election Challenge, Families Flee to Freer States, COVID-19 Vaccination Investigation, The Meaning of Christmas, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE 10 Steps to Save America MORE ARTICLES Game-changer? Huge Revelation in Kari Lake’s Election Challenge Trial  Why So Man…

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December 21, 2022 at 7:40 PM

Hillsdale’s Imprimis: Complications of the Ukraine War

Russia-Ukraine War, Arizona Ballots, Twitter Files, Super Bowl Suppression, Trump Vindication, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Hillsdale’s Imprimis: Complications of the Ukraine War MORE ARTICLESArizona Judge Approves Lake Request to Examine Ballots  The Word Should Be Banned for All  Revis…

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December 19, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Arizona Ballot Proposition Roundup

Ballot Discrepancies, ESG, Voter ID Laws, Big Tech and Free Speech, Deadly Border Issues, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Arizona Ballot Proposition RoundupMORE ARTICLES Why Business Should Dispense with ESG  A 16,000-Ballot Discrepancy in Arizona? Another Chip Falls for Kari Lake  How Arizo…

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December 16, 2022 at 4:52 PM

Elon Musk Nukes Scott Kelly Over Wokeness And Dr. Fauci

Elon Musk, transgender mandates, epidemic of sudden deaths, emergency court hearing in Arizona, new videos...  FEATURED ARTICLE Elon Musk Nukes Scott Kelly Over Wokeness And Dr. Fauci MORE ARTICLES Court Permanently Blocks Biden Administration’s Transgender Mandate  Cause Unknown: The Epid…

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December 12, 2022 at 8:25 PM

A Midterm Reality Check

New data on border invasion, midterm reality check, Senator Sinema, Kari Lake, Biden's billion dollar lie...  FEATURED ARTICLE A Midterm Reality CheckMORE ARTICLES Arizona’s Senator Sinema Rattles the Democrats   Preliminary Border Data: Record Number of Apprehensions, Gotaways in November…

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December 8, 2022 at 9:43 PM

MAGA Without Trump

Global population, American history, stock rally, the loss of civility, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE MAGA Without Trump MORE ARTICLES There’s No Natural ‘Carrying Capacity’ for the Human Population  Returning to Pre-Trump ‘Dead Consensus’ GOP Would Be Big Mistake  Give The Gift Of True Ame…

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December 6, 2022 at 3:44 PM

Follow Up: The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America

Housing market, RNC does "tactical review" of midterms, kooky anti-capitalists, the myth of voter suppression, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America MORE ARTICLES CRASH & BURN: RNC Launches Tactical "Review" After Midterm Flop  Twitter Execs Didn’t H…

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December 2, 2022 at 10:36 PM

More Circumstantial Evidence of Vote Fraud: Arizona’s Numbers Don’t Add Up

More Evidence of AZ Vote Fraud, Kevin O'Leary Talks Inflation, Saying Goodbye to Pelosi, Small Business and Inflation, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE More Circumstantial Evidence of Vote Fraud: Arizona’s Numbers Don’t Add UpMORE ARTICLES Kevin O’Leary on Inflation: You Printed $7 Trillion in…

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November 30, 2022 at 4:18 PM

AZ County Refuses to Certify Election Results, Threatens GOP House Win.

Is China lurching towards revolution? AZ county threatens GOP House majority. Midterm fallout. And more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Arizona County Refuses To Certify Election Results, Threatening A GOP House WinMORE ARTICLES ESG Is A Non-Starter That We Are Being Pushed Into  Maricopa County Votes…

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November 28, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Arizona AG Demands Maricopa Officials Answer For Reportedly Mixing Counted And Uncounted Ballots

Maricopa County Has Much to Answer For, Conspiracy Theories, Armed Citizens, COVID-19 Protests in China, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Arizona AG Demands Maricopa Officials Answer For Reportedly Mixing Counted And Uncounted BallotsMORE ARTICLES It Sure Looks Like Schumer Just Confirmed a ‘F…

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November 25, 2022 at 7:32 PM

A Disaster and Glaring Example of a Broken and Rigged Electoral System

Broken Electoral System, Education, AZ Election Laws, Private Property, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE A Disaster and Glaring Example of a Broken and Rigged Electoral SystemMORE ARTICLES Hillsdale Imprimis: Education as a Battleground   After Maricopa Voting Debacle, Arizona Must Reform its …

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November 23, 2022 at 5:19 PM

The Other Thanksgiving Story

The First Thanksgiving, Covid/Crypto Connection, Charter Schools, Pelosi Home Invasion, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Other Thanksgiving Story MORE ARTICLES The Covid/Crypto Connection: The Grim Saga of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried  Arizona Charter School Students Outperforming Most of Nat…

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November 21, 2022 at 4:15 PM

The Dangers of Woke Law

"Woke" Law, Identity Issues in Schools, DeSantis, Inflation, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Dangers of Woke Law MORE ARTICLESDeSantis Delivers in Huge Win for the Anti-Lockdown Cause  PARENT TO SCHOOL BOARD: “Am I a Cat?”  Maricopa Election Officials Launched PAC in 2021 to Stop MAGA Ca…

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November 18, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Big Brother Has Finally Arrived

Big Brother is Here, GOP Deep Problems, Inflation Surge, Christopher Wray Testimony, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE Big Brother Has Finally Arrived MORE ARTICLESFacebook Works to Deliver Us From Truth   The GOP’s Problems Are Far Deeper Than One Election Cycle  Republican Leaders Have A Ch…

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November 16, 2022 at 5:29 PM

4 Realities Conservatives Must Swallow In The Wake Of The 2022 Midterms

The 2022 Midterms, Conservatives Want to Delay GOP Elections, Foreign-owned Farms Taking Water, Donald Trump MAGA...Again, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE 4 Realities Conservatives Must Swallow In The Wake Of The 2022 Midterms MORE ARTICLES Conservative Senators Defy McConnell, Want to Delay…

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November 14, 2022 at 5:28 PM

As Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data

FBI is Burying Murder Date, the Skunk at the GOP, Crypto Chaos, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLEAs Murders Soar, FBI Buries the Data MORE ARTICLES The Coming Diesel Shortage Made Worse by Biden Energy Policies  The Skunk at the Grand Old Party (GOP)  There Cannot be Amnesty; There Cannot be a C…

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November 8, 2022 at 1:56 PM

ARIZONA: Red Wave Voter Guides

Candidate and Ballot Initiative Voter Guides for Arizona Residents  Dear Patriot   - The Prickly Pear (ThePricklyPear.org) is focused on delivering timely, fact-based news, and citizen opinion that reflects our mission to “inform, educate and advocate about the principles of limited governme…

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November 7, 2022 at 6:45 PM

We Must Have Accountability

More Biden family corruption, blasting the D.C. establishment, COVID accountability, China collapse, midterms, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLEWe Must Have Accountability MORE ARTICLES Biden’s Family Got “Interest-Free,” “Forgivable” Loan From China, New Evidence Reveals  VIDEO: Parents want ed…

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November 6, 2022 at 5:24 PM

COLD COMFORT: Biden’s Diesel Fuel Shortage

Please vote. Take a friend or family member. Elections have consequences.  FEATURED ARTICLE COLD COMFORT: Biden’s Diesel Fuel Shortage MORE ARTICLESBig Tech + Big Government = Censorship  ‘Why Not Debate Your Opponent?’: Don Lemon Calls Out Katie Hobbs For Ducking Debates  How The Surveilla…

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November 3, 2022 at 10:02 PM

Do you really want Kamala Harris being the deciding vote in the U.S. Senate?!?!

We are SO close. Please help the Republicans reclaim the majority in the U.S. Senate.   Please Help Republicans Reclaim the Majority in the U.S. SenateAmerica is at a crossroads. As the midterm election approaches, down one path are failed leftist policies that hurt American families through o…

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November 3, 2022 at 5:35 PM

The Left Wants "COVID Amnesty" Instead of Accountability. NOPE!

The Left Wants Americans to Forget The Tyrannical Tendencies During COVID, The Purpose of The Election, Must See Videos, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLE The Left is Asking Americans for "COVID Amnesty" in the Hope We Forget About Their Embrace of Vaccine Mandates, School Lockdowns, Failed Publ…

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November 1, 2022 at 7:28 PM

NOTE TO DEMOCRATS: America Runs on Diesel!

U.S. Senate Race - Libertarian Drops Out, Endorses Republican. The Threat of Shadow Candidates. Biden's Failed Energy Policy. Midterms, and more...  FEATURED ARTICLENOTE TO DEMOCRATS: America Runs on Diesel! When the President of the United States said he will shut down the fossil fuel indu…

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