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Tue, 03/14/2023 - 09:58
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"I have no respect for the passion of equality," Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of America's great jurists, once declared, "which seems to me merely idealizing envy."
But envy, and its sister vice, greed, are very much back in fashion today when it comes to the progressive Left. Just listen to President Joe Biden, who wants $2 trillion of new taxes, mostly paid…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 09:41
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The Twitter Files saga heated up once again on March 8.
Two of the four individuals provided with internal Twitter communications showing an extensive operation to censor politically undesirable information on the platform testified before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi and author Michael Shellenberger…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 09:22
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The tale of a magical boy who forever stays young, Peter Pan, has within it a lesson that is essential for a functioning society, family, and individual. It isn’t just a story of adventure and redemption; it’s a coded message for men and boys – and those who care about men and boys. A new live-action Disney rehash of the tale told by author J.M.…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 08:42Washington
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hug their daughter Ashley Biden as the Presidents grandson Beau sits on Hunter Biden's shoulders during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 25, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - After all the talk about alleged Biden family influence-peddling, finally some action behind the…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 07:52National
President Joe Biden speaks about mass shootings and urges Congress to pass gun control laws at the White Houseon June 2, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden apparently plans to make gun control a campaign issue, even if he doesn't have the votes to pass more gun control laws.
On Tuesday, Biden will announce an executive order intended to control…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 06:59International
Supporters of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority demonstrate in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – The United Nations on Wednesday marks the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia, but at an event at the U.N. General Assembly in the lead-up to the commemoration, arguably the worst manifestation of anti-Muslim persecution in the world today received…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 18:17International
President Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California on Monday. (Photo by Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)
(Update: China’s foreign ministry overnight called the AUKUS plan “a blatant act that constitutes serious nuclear proliferation risks, undermines international non-proliferation system, fuels…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 18:08
Vivek Ramaswamy
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Funding ideological environmental, social and governance (ESG) causes, instead of the most profitable ventures, helped cause last week’s failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – and most clients don’t even know their retirement account managers are investing in ESG, Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says.
"Silicon Valley Bank just last year made…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 17:02
Silicon Valley Bank customers wait in line at SVBs headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 13, 2023. Photo by NOAH BERGER / AFP) (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)
After one of the biggest banks in the technology startup lending space collapsed last week, President Joe Biden tried to reassure Americans that their banking system was still safe. But if bank examiners are not…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 16:39Washington
Silicon Valley Bank customers listen as FDIC representatives, left, speak with them before the opening of a branch SVBs headquarters in Santa Clara, California, on March 13, 2023. (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Monday called for strengthening Dodd-Frank in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank failing last week.
Schiff said he’s looking into…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 16:15Washington
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(CNSNews.com) -- A new analysis of President Joe Biden's FY2024 budget proposal shows that there are nearly $4.7 trillion in new tax hikes on individuals and businesses, according to Mike Palicz, the director of tax policy at Americans for Tax Reform (ATR).
Some of the tax hikes in Biden's budget explained by Palicz are,
1. Highest Personal Income Tax Rate Since 1986. Biden's…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 15:24Washington
Migrants, mostly of Venezuelan origin, attempt to forcibly cross into the United States at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on March 12, 2023. (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned Monday that the group of about 1,000 migrants who tried to rush the border with El Paso, Texas, is just a…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 14:47Washington
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(CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden gave a short speech on Monday morning to address the collapse of two major U.S. banks—the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank—and stated: “Our banking system is safe. Your deposits are safe.”
The California-based Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Friday and, on Sunday, the FDIC took control…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 14:15
Lina Kahn
When a boss is running a toxic workplace, hierarchical superiors are the ones who have to reign in such behavior. What they must not do is give such a leader any additional powers. That would be a setup for disaster.
So, it isn’t clear why legislators in Congress would want to give more power to the reckless Lina Khan and the Federal Trade Commission she runs.
Nevertheless, some …
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 12:42
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I often joke that I survived Washington because I had low expectations, but last week’s hearing of the House Weaponization of the Federal Government subcommittee would have tested the lowest of my low expectations.
The purpose of the subcommittee is to look into the politicization of US government agencies and its effect on our civil liberties. But last week’s inaugural hearing…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 12:20
Asset manager and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. (Screenshot)
Commenting on the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Vivek Ramaswamy, a highly successful asset management chairman, best selling author, and GOP presidential candidate, said the bank should not be bailed out by the government but should be allowed to fail, "if needed."
Bailing out SVB is nothing more than "…
Mon, 03/13/2023 - 12:17
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Academics and research scientists are asking whether American culture has moved beyond “peak woke.”
Recent reports show greater tolerance of heterodox ideas as cancel culture and social justice-oriented research and journalism are on the decline. The reports also suggest, however, that this is not the last time that leftist ideas will exert an ideological stranglehold on…