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Poll: Taylor-Robson Beating Biggs In Arizona Republican Gubernatorial Race

By Zachery Schmidt Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes A new poll from Noble Predictive Insights shows Karrin Taylor Robson beating U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary race. The poll indicated Taylor Robson has a 7-point lead over Biggs, R-Chandler, with 24% to 17%. However, despite this lead, 37% of Arizonans who participated in […]

Hogg is a Four Letter Word

By Thomas Reiner Written by Thomas Reiner Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes No one is above the law . . . unless one is a Democrat Say hello to the modern Democratic Party, which has devolved into separate, tiny, warring fiefdoms, each clutching its list of grievances. This division has been slowly growing since President Kennedy’s […]

So-Called ‘Maryland Father’ Indicted for Smuggling Children, Guns and Drugs

By Hans von Spakovsky Written by Hans von Spakovsky Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: This story could be considered amusing if it were not so serious. Democratic leaders selected this particular case of a “Maryland father” as a poster boy for their political theatre antics, only to find he is indeed a hardened […]

ICE Raids Ignite Nationwide Protests and Arrests

By The Editors June 10, 2025/by The Editors Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Published by Washington Examiner With a matter-of-fact breakdown, it’s evident that ICE arrests in Los Angeles have sparked protests reaching Trump Tower and beyond. Demonstrators clashed with authorities, resulting in 24 arrests as tensions over immigration enforcement boiled over. This commonsense […]

Strategies for Resisting Policy Overreach Through Law and Activism

By The Editors Written by The Editors Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Published by Reason Deliberately assessing the interplay of litigation and political action, this article outlines how coordinated efforts can counter aggressive policy shifts. Ilya Somin argues that combining legal challenges with grassroots activism creates powerful synergies against potential abuses of power. In […]

California’s Bold Stand on Gender in Sports Sparks Legal Firestorm

By The Editors Written by The Editors Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute Published by Daily Caller In a measured examination of contemporary societal shifts, California’s recent lawsuit against the Department of Justice highlights the ongoing tensions surrounding gender policies in athletics. This legal action stems from concerns over biological males competing in female sports […]

The Federal Judiciary’s War on Trump Is Not About Protecting Us from Government Overreach

By Connor O’Keeffe Written by Connor O'Keeffe Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes So far, in his second term, Donald Trump’s biggest headaches haven’t come from the Democrats or his fellow Republicans. Nor have they come from the groups that were his biggest enemies in his first term—the media, federal bureaucrats, or the intelligence agencies. This […]

Defund the Government

By Conlan Salgado Written by Conlan Salgado Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute This is the second video in a new series of videos which The Prickly Pear will publish as part of its effort to expand its content creation and reach. It aims to reduce important ideas, facts, or events into ten minute videos. […]

Policy Brief: Nongovernment Organizations’ Complicity in Human Trafficking and the Southern Border Invasion

By Wade Miller Written by Wade Miller Estimated Reading Time: 18 minutes There is a common misconception that the U.S. southern border with Mexico is chaotic and unregulated. For years, U.S. policymakers have allowed our border to become so porous that the Border Patrol reported well over two million encounters with illegal border crossers every […]

NGOs Complicit in Human Trafficking and US Border Invasion

By Wade Miller Written by Wade Miller Estimated Reading Time: 18 minutes There is a common misconception that the U.S. southern border with Mexico is chaotic and unregulated. For years, U.S. policymakers have allowed our border to become so porous that the Border Patrol reported well over two million encounters with illegal border crossers every […]

Polar Sea Ice Increases

By Editors at the C02 Coalition Written by Editors at the C02 Coalition Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Editors’ Note: You have to hand it to the environmental movement. They know how to play on human emotions. Integral to the theme that humans are destroying the Earth is the fiction that global warming is destroying […]