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The House is practically functioning as a parliament, with Mike Johnson as its 'prime minister'

You’ve heard of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Well, how about U.S. Prime Minister Mike Johnson? These are the political circumstances now facing House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. After all, he runs a “coalition government” in Congress. We hear about so-called “coalition governments” in parliaments overseas all the time. A coalition government exists when no party wins an outright …

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Trump Trial Day Two: The mysterious 'other crime' that is not

“Everything old is new again.” Whether it was Mark Twain or Winston Churchill or Jonathan Swift who popularized the adage, it’s a pithy truth that is lost on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his merry band of prosecutors. On day two of their farcical case against Donald Trump, they seemed ecstatic to elicit from their first witness that an …

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Spotlight on women's sports exposes this dark secret of the NCAA

Breaking attendance and viewership records, women’s athletics continues to draw eyes under the arena lights. And this growing light is exposing dark secrets hidden inside: the college governing sports body’s relentless overlook of sex discrimination. In the past several years, the debate over “trans inclusion” in athletics leaped onto the national stage when the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) awarded …

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Thinking of moving? Your blue state may soon charge you an exit tax

Ready to pick up and move to another state? Well, you might have to think twice because broke blue states are coming up with a new, creative way totaxyou when you crosstheborder:theEXITTAX. You would imagine this could only happen if you were leavingthecountry, but thistaxexists for some individuals and businesses whenthey move fromthestate of California. California is already known for …

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The entrenched pro basketball system fails Caitlin Clark and women athletes — opinion

Legendary investor, Bill Gurley, once warned us that incumbents keep out new, innovative, and disruptive competitors by ‘gaming the system’ in their favor. It’s an age-old story; those with power often give lip service to change yet shun genuine innovation that threatens their supremacy. The massive business of sports is no different. How many great, cool things have we all …

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Chinese threat is here, but not everyone in Congress wants to talk about it

Itestified before the House Oversight Committee about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the United States. For an American of my generation, testifying before a congressional committee is a big deal, and an honor. But, I suspected the hearing could be derailed for political purposes – and it was. Maybe you saw the headlines about the hearing’s “chaos”? As a …

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In Trump trial, Manhattan DA Bragg's hocus-pocus case exposed on first day

Hocus-pocus is a meaningless distraction or illusion that is intended to fool.That neatly summarizes District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump.The DA hopes to snooker a Manhattan jury into convicting the former president with a bag of legal tricks. In most courtrooms, the chicanery would never work.But in this Trump-hating venue the defendant’s jury of purported peers are likely …

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There cannot be a unilateral move at the UN to establish a Palestinian terror state

Since Hamas’ horrific attack on October 7th, in which over 1,200 Israelis were killed, 250 were captured and taken as hostages to Gaza, and thousands wounded, I am in the United Nations Security Council on a near weekly, sometimes daily, basis. Yet not one of these meetings has been dedicated to advancing the release of our hostages held in captivity …

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Here's how Miami Beach successfully broke up with spring break

Florida has long been a popular destination during the winter months. Whether the panhandle’s beaches, the theme parks of Orlando or the quieter Gulf Coast, the state had something for everyone. But for years, everyone knew that Miami Beach was best avoided in the “spring break” months of March and April. South Beach, in particular, on the southern tip, was …

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Morning Glory: Joe Biden's antisemitism problem

President Joe Biden has an antisemitism problem. It is large and growing larger. It is his problem and he can’t shed responsibility for it.In a nutshell: The people who work for him are not doing their jobs to stop discrimination against Jews in America. Anyone with eyes and ears can see and hear what has been happening in America for …

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