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Towards a New, and Quite Different, Tocqueville

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Joseph R. Wood: We need shepherds to lead us from godless illusions about equality to the lost truths of dogma. In the early 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville traveled the United States while the country was still spiritually and philosophically close to the founding, but changing and expanding rapidly. The Frenchman compiled his observations in Democracy […]

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Good Cop/Bad Cop

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Is there no middle ground? On one hand are those who spray graffiti and carry signs proclaiming “ACAB” (All Cops Are Bastards.) They demand that the police be “defunded” (that is, abolished). At their (mostly peaceful!) protests, they chant “Pigs in a blanket; fry ’em like bacon,” as well as the more direct “Kill the […]

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The Lockdown Paradigm Is Collapsing

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It’s taken much longer than it should have but at last, it seems to be happening: the lockdown paradigm is collapsing. The signs are all around us.  The one-time hero of the lockdown, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has seen his support tank from 71% to 38%, along with ever more demands that he resign. Meanwhile, […]

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These Parents and Teachers Have Had Enough of Woke Classrooms and Critical Race Theory

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Parents are starting to push back. Here’s what we can do to empower them. More parents are waking up to the “woke” ideology that is seeping into their children’s classrooms and curriculum. Increasingly, they are speaking up and opting out. Last week, Andrew Gutmann, a father of a student at the elite, $54,000-a-year Brearley School […]

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The Keepers of the Public Square have Betrayed America

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Let’s be clear. When Republicans regain majorities in the House and Senate, if they do not redefine Section 203 of the Communications Decency Act more narrowly to strip its protections from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, it will be a dereliction of duty to the American people and the principles of free speech and truth. If […]

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Has Socialism Harmed No One?

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George Santayana famously said that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. That was demonstrated when a Florida representative made a remarkable claim last week on the floor of the state House of Representatives. He claimed socialism never killed anyone. Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D), representing the University of Central Florida area […]

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Joins YouTube Alternative ‘Rumble’ Following Google Censorship

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Excellent. Rational Americans must support the alternative social media platforms, if we are to have any chance against defeating the Left. President Trump in particular must support alt-tech, and bring his 200 million-plus social media followers with him. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Joins YouTube Alternative ‘Rumble’ Following Google Censorship By Breitbart, April 18, 2021 Florida […]

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Costco Bows to Leftist Mob, Stops Selling Pillows Made by Wrongthinker Mike Lindell

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After getting heavy pressure from leftist fascists, Costco has joined the lynch mob and stopped selling right-wing racist hate pillows – that is, it has stopped selling MyPillow products because the company’s CEO Mike Lindell has dared to oppose the far-left agenda. Apparently Costco believes that only leftists want pillows, or deserve to have them. […]

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Woke Capital Is Destined to Become a Relic

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In a market economy, consumers vote with their dollars. The survival and growth of a business depends pivotally upon how effectively they convince customers to buy their products over those of their competitors. But recently, consumers seem to expect a new product in addition to what they were already purchasing from firms: corporate consciousness. In […]

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VIDEO: Black Lives Matter Founder Cries About Mean Right-Wingers on Social Media

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The mean right-wingers are pointing out that it’s a little rich for Patrisse Cullors to purchase millions of dollars worth of real estate while she bloviates about HER struggling black people. I thought this story had gone away a week ago when Candace Owens called her out, called her a typical Marxist enriching herself while […]

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Never in America—right?

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In a recent broadcast, Tucker Carlson featured a story destined to send shockwaves throughout America. In discussing Canada’s new policy of mandatory detention of people who test positive for Covid in “government facilities,” Tucker referred to these “facilities” as “internment camps.” He’s right, of course, and using the correct terminology brings the euphemistically camouflaged truth […]

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STOKING REVOLUTION: Aggression replaces rule of law [Video]

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 TRANSCRIPT Rep. Maxine Waters: “We’ve got to get more active. We’ve got to get more confrontational.” Democrat representative Maxine Waters is inciting increased violence in riot-stricken Minneapolis. Waters spoke Saturday in a Minnesota suburb to subvert the rule of law and demand guilty verdicts, no matter the evidence, against white cops. Waters: “We’re looking for a […]

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‘Dark Diversity’ in America’s Public Schools

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Our schools choose their teaching staff by the color of their skin, not the content of their character or the extent of their knowledge, and the advantages that may be gained for the socialist-democrat party. In a small, but vibrant, Middle-America community, there exists a public high school with a wall that proudly displays the […]

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Joe Collins Calls for the Arrest of Maxine Waters

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LOS ANGELES, CA /PRNewswire/ — Congressional candidate Joe Collins called for the immediate removal and arrest of Congresswoman Maxine Waters. This followed Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill’s declaration that Waters’ recent comments could lead to the overturn of the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd. Collins said, “It looks like Maxine Waters is using her political power […]

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Interior Enforcement And The Border Crisis

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The one issue intentionally ignored by our corrupt political elites. There is no shortage of news coverage about the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexican border, with much of the coverage focusing on the horrific conditions in which unaccompanied minors are being kept. What is almost never discussed, however, is how the lack of interior enforcement […]

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Dad who wrote scathing letter to Brearley about race focus: ‘Someone had to’

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Editors’ note: The Prickly Pear editors believe the letter penned by the father withdrawing his 6th grade daughter from an elite NYC school speaks for parents and concerned citizens throughout America about the obscene critical race theory and un-American teaching of racial and nation hatred right out of the Marxist playbook for “wokeness”. The letter […]

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This Lawsuit Threatens the Rights of Faith-Based Schools to Operate According to Their Beliefs

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At the end of March, an LGBT activist group sued the U.S. Department of Education, demanding that a key religious exemption be taken away from faith-based schools. If successful, college students would be forbidden from using their federal tuition assistance at schools that proclaim widely held religious teachings on marriage, gender, and sexuality. In other […]

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Is God a Capitalist?

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Popes normally stick to their bailiwick, faith, and worship. But Pope Francis’s criticisms of capitalism came early and often, escalating since the beginning of the covid pandemic. The pontiff describes free-market thinking as “magic theories.” “The fragility of world-systems in the face of the pandemic has demonstrated that not everything can be resolved by market freedom,” […]

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What AOC Just Got Wrong About the Supreme Court and Separation of Powers

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The congresswoman’s latest remarks misunderstand or reject the key role the Supreme Court plays in safeguarding our constitutional liberties. Like every new member of Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pledged to uphold the Constitution when she was sworn into office. But the socialist congresswoman’s latest criticism of the Supreme Court reveals that she lacks even the most basic understanding […]

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China’s Espionage Assault on the United States

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In an earlier article, I discussed the meaning behind the “China Dream” of “rejuvenating” China as a great power – which essentially means supplanting the United States to create an authoritarian, China-centric global system (What Does China Want? Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” . In pursuit this objective, China uses all of its instruments of national power, […]

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Dershowitz: Maxine Waters’ Tactics Similar to Those Used by Ku Klux Klan

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was clearly trying to influence the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial when she traveled to Minnesota and said Chauvin should be found guilty, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz charged on Tuesday. “Her message was clearly intended to get to the jury—‘If you will acquit or if you find the charge less than murder, […]

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The Marks of Respect in the UK for the Duke of Edinburgh and Loss of Respect for Good Friday

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These are my views as a woman living in England, on how the culture and spirit of my country has changed over 50 years.  Why the country does not feel protected or strong any more, how it has lost, and is losing it values and decency, and how we are daily losing our free speech. […]

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Why America’s Founders Didn’t Want a Democracy

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In his book “Liberty in Peril,” Randall Holcombe challenges the presumption that liberty and democracy are complementary. When I took history and government in school, many critical issues were misrepresented, given short shrift, or even ignored entirely. And those lacunae undermined my ability to adequately understand many things. Randall Holcombe’s new book, Liberty in Peril: Democracy […]

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PODCAST: Dem’s HR-1 and The Jim Crow Shtick

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 When it comes to voting reform, Democrats gleefully point at their pending H.R.1 “For the People” Act which they claim will make voting accessible to more people, most of whom are illegal aliens. When the Republicans push for voter reform, such as what was recently implemented in Georgia, the Democrats accuse them of implementing racially designed […]

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PODCAST: Actually, Everything the DEMOCRATS do is Racist!

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GUESTS AND TOPICS: RACHEL ALEXANDER Rachel Alexander is a political columnist and the founder and editor of Intellectual Conservative. She is a regular contributor to Townhall, the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research and The Christian Post . She frequently appears on TV and news radio as a conservative commentator, and also hosted a radio […]

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Utah Governor Defends Racism As Long As It’s Against White Kids

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If America has a ‘race problem’, this is it. Utah Governor Defends Racism As Long As It’s Against White Kids By Jordan Davidson, The Federalist, April 16, 2021 Utah Gov. Spencer Cox defended racism against white kids during a question and answer session with constituents on Thursday. During the session, live-tweeted by the governor’s official Twitter […]

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Democrats Furious Over Stanford Study that Found Masks are Useless Against COVID

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Covid-19 Vaccine – Branding Humans Like Cows. So much for leftists caring about “science.” The Democrats have destroyed every respected institution in America. Liberals Furious Over Stanford Study that Found Masks are Useless Against COVID Stanford University quietly published a study that found that paper masks don’t help at all to prevent transmission of the […]

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Obesity: COVID’s Third Rail

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We’re too fat to fight this virus but not allowed to talk about it. “Having obesity may triple the risk of hospitalization due to a COVID-19 infection,” the CDC has said. Obesity impairs the immune system, decreases lung capacity and reserve, and can make ventilation more difficult. As body mass index increases, so does the risk […]

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VIDEO: Mick Jagger released ANTI-LOCKDOWN song!

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That means both Mick Jagger and Van Morrison remember when music was about promoting freedom and against a state narrative. Good on ya Mick. So happy to be a Stones fan today. WATCH Mick Jagger:  BORN TO BE FREE by Van Morrison  EDITORS NOTE: This Vlad Tepes Blog column posted by Eeyore is […]

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CNN’s Chris Cuomo Says There Won’t be police Reform Until ‘White people’s kids start getting killed’

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More reprehensible anti-police propaganda from CNN. This is why attacks on police officers is skyrocketing. This is why police officers are retiring en masse. CNN is a disgrace. Americans need to stop watching this disgusting and dangerous network. ICYMI: https://t.co/AZP6HyYQtK — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) April 18, 2021 Chris Cuomo says there won’t be police reform until ‘White people’s kids […]

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