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When celebrities weigh in on politics, the result is usually vapid virtue-signaling and surface-level liberal talking points. But pop star Camila Cabello just offered an exception to this rule with her stirring and personal denunciation of the socialist tyranny in Cuba. The Biden-supporting singer posted an Instagram live story responding to the protests in Cuba against the
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine, hidden within a 2013 Mercedes. “Our officers remain vigilant to keep our borders secure using valuable experience and the available enforcement tools which led to this important narcotics seizure,” said Port Director Tater Ortiz,
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A commuter receives a COVID-19 vaccination at Grand Central Station Terminal train station in New York City, May 12, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) As mentioned in today’s Morning Jolt, President Biden began yesterday’s announcement by pointing to New Castle County in Delaware and Lehigh County in Pennsylvania and calling them places where, “you wouldn’t have to
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Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar rarely agrees on anything with GOP Senator Lindsey Graham. But Cuellar, whose Texas district is being swamped with illegal alien crossings, is joining with Graham to push Joe Biden to name former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to ramrod the administration’s efforts to control the influx of illegals at the southern
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The Department of Justice dropped its investigation last week into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his March 2020 order forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients that resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly residents. Cuomo currently faces several other probes, including a criminal investigation by the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office
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A lone bird walks past the quiet Circular Quay train station during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus in Sydney, Australia, July 28, 2021. (Loren Elliott/Reuters) So, there’s a philosophy for dealing with the pandemic called “COVID Zero.” The idea being that a much more aggressive approach to lockdowns can extinguish the
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Canada’s Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at targeting harmful content online. If passed, the digital safety commissioner would oversee the censorship of child pornography, pro-terrorism content, hate speech, and other harmful posts the commissioner deems harmful on social media platforms.  The legislation makes no distinction between child pornography and “hate speech.” It also includes
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As we live more and more of life online, deplatforming is coming for your wallet next. One either allows wrongthink to persevere, as an extremist, or confronts wrongthink, as an anti-extremist. There is no in-between safe space of “not extremist.” The claim of “not extremist” neutrality is a mask for extremism. That’s a very slight
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attend a bipartisan meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 28, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) As Yuval Levin reported a month ago, the “top priority” of Senate Republicans pushing for a bipartisan infrastructure bill is that it
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Anjem Choudary’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were permanently shut down after just five days of use. Twitter said his account was suspended for “violating the rules” of the organization’s policies on violence and hate. Described as a “hate preacher,” Choudary was convicted of inviting support for ISIS five years ago and served half of his
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Simone Biles’ withdrawal from the Toyko Olympics gymnastics competition shocked the world. Biles is the undisputed greatest ever in her sport. The Texan champion accomplishes moves that no one else would ever dare, and became so proficient and so dominant that the International Olympic Committee effectively punished her for it by refusing to score her
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A Hong Kong pro-democracy protestor was sentenced to nine years in prison in the first prosecution under the country’s new national security law, the Associated Press reported. Tong Ying-ki was convicted Tuesday on charges of inciting secession and terrorism for reportedly driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers with a flag donning the
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Bettina Love during a TEDx talk in 2014 (TEDx Talks/via YouTube) If you care about the battle over critical race theory (CRT) in the schools, you need to know about Bettina Love. The Biden administration recently got caught promoting a guidebook from her group, the Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN). The booklet asks teachers to “disrupt
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When the Pulitzer Prize Board announced in June that no one would receive its annual award for excellence in editorial cartooning, many political artists were outraged. The decision seemingly made no sense, especially since so many cartoonists thought they produced great work throughout a hectic year. The finalists themselves felt insulted. Ruben Bolling, one of
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