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When the Johnny Depp trial started, many wondered why he would risk more humiliation. I told them when a person is falsely accused, they will risk almost anything to reclaim their honor and identity. trib.al/Ipwfy4D

Johnny Depp’s stand to preserve his presumption of innocence

When the Johnny Depp trial started, many wondered why he would risk more humiliation. I told them when a person is falsely accused, they will risk almost anything to reclaim their honor and identity.

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POLL: If the election were today, who would you vote for #POTUS? @realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden @Jorgensen4POTUS @HowieHawkins #Election2020
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Andrew P. Napolitano: “Feds may not deploy police or military domestically unless the state governor requests it.” @judgenap #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

How totalitarianism begins in the U.S.

The feds' activities are unconstitutional because they are using government force to arrest people without probable cause or arrest warrants. There is no legal basis for these "arrests,"

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.@CliffordDMay: “Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. If you don’t know who Jimmy Lai is, let me enlighten you: He’s a freedom fighter.” @fdd #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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.@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy: “Mrs. Pelosi can try to spin this delay as a call for fairness, but the American people know the truth about the Democrats’ misguided priorities and baseless argument for #impeachment.“ #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Democrats are the party of never-ending hypocrisy on impeachment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is showing Americans that Democrats continue to be fixated on their only objective: Undoing the results of the 2016 election by removing President Trump from office.

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"The president of the United States at the very least can be plausibly accused of selling U.S. government access to international foes. And at the very most, he could be compromised by Communist China." washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Is Biden compromised by China?

Now that Hunter Biden's laptop has been authenticated, a very troubling narrative is emerging: Credible evidence that President Biden is compromised by China.

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Reza Pahlavi, son of overthrown shah, is no advocate for a democratic Iran trib.al/EX7aNVj

Reza Pahlavi, son of overthrown shah, is no advocate for a democratic

The recent wave of nationwide uprisings in Iran has reverberated around the world, signaling a clear desire for regime change.

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The resignation of Dr. Anthony Fauci won’t stop investigations of the departing National Institutes of Health director, vowed Sen. @RandPaul. trib.al/fTWGDtE
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Massimo Introvigne: "The international freedom of religion community has watched with concern in the last few months the unfolding of a religious liberty crisis in Japan." trib.al/QbGcGW5

A new religious liberty crisis in Korea

Many have heard through media reports, which are not always correct, of a criminal investigation pending in South Korea involving a former executive of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unific

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.@CliffordDMay: “If you don’t know who Jimmy Lai is, let me enlighten you: He’s a freedom fighter.” #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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.@CliffordDMay: “He’s fighting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is intent on subjugating Hong Kong.” #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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Alex Lorusso: "Personally, I believe Twitter is beyond saving, but if there’s one person who is in the position to improve the platform, it’s Elon Musk." washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Three things Elon Musk should do to restore free speech on Twitter

It has now been two years since I was suspended from Twitter.

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Louise Oliver: “China has been playing the international influence game for years, but only recently have we seen how deadly the consequences can be.” #commentary #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Will China look to U.N. agencies to restore damaged reputation from CO

It's clear that China treats the World Health Organization (WHO) as its own tool for "managing" whatever crisis situation arises. Is the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organi

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Marion Smith: “Sanctions, tariffs and refusing to pay interest on Chinese-held debt is in order.” @smithmarion #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Americans want China to pay for COVID-19 pandemic

With more than 90,000 dead and nearly 1.5 million sick, the American people have decisively judged the country that created this crisis: Communist China.

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R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.: “I have just read a book that is very engaged in the challenges of our time.” #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/201…

How Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘Triggered’ makes a strong ca

"Triggered" could have been marketed as a textbook on modern-day conservative thought. All the arguments are there.

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With national sanity restored, it’s time to make the Commanders

Before the Washington Commanders unveil alternate uniforms for the 2025 season, they should hear this: Most First American/Native Americans don't want a whitewashed team name.

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.@CliffordDMay: “He’s fighting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is intent on subjugating Hong Kong.” @fdd #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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.@CliffordDMay: “Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. If you don’t know who Jimmy Lai is, let me enlighten you: He’s a freedom fighter.” #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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Alex Lorusso: "The natural first step in restoring Twitter to a free speech platform is to restore the accounts of users who were wrongfully removed from the platform, and yes, this includes the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump." ow.ly/x1wN50ILVxu

Three things Elon Musk should do to restore free speech on Twitter

It has now been two years since I was suspended from Twitter.

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.@CliffordDMay: “At this moment, he could send a useful message by making clear that until Jimmy Lai is free, President Xi will not again be welcome at the White House.” @fdd #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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“In Islam, we learn to abhor backbiting, or gheebah, which Allah likens to eating the flesh of your dead brother. It is by no means a position unique to Islam.” @MhmdAlissa @MWLOrg_en #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/o5vU50EoIRg

Social media brings out the hate in individuals

"Do not hate one another," the Prophet Mohammad teaches. "Do not turn away from one another. Do not undercut one another."

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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) decision to invite Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last dictator, to this year's conference undermines CPAC's foundational principles. trib.al/3nSX0qq

CPAC’s invitation to Reza Pahlavi betrays its conservative value

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) decision to invite Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last dictator, to this year's conference undermines CPAC's foundational principles

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What the hell is going on in Romania? trib.al/RV5Nyf0

What the hell is going on in Romania?

Most Americans, focused on the goings-on here since President Trump moved into the Oval Office, have paid little attention to the political goings-on in a place like Romania until now.

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Tammy Bruce: “Despite the efforts of a miserable American media and liberal establishment to malign her, first lady Melania Trump continues on with work that endears her to the American public.” @HeyTammyBruce #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/201…

Melania Trump rises above Democratic pettiness, represents AmericaR

Despite the efforts of a miserable American media and liberal establishment to malign her, first lady Melania Trump continues on with work that endears her to the American public.

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From The Washington Times Editorial Board: "Soaring inflation and record fuel prices are just the most glaring symptoms of [the left's] fiscal ineptitude." trib.al/4jtVaBE

Rand Paul’s Six Penny Plan might save Democrats their upcoming c

President Biden and his party have driven a pandemic-damaged U.S. economy into a ditch.

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"@leemzeldin — combat veteran, lawyer, father, husband and New York native — is on a mission to save the Empire State," writes @mikemckenna3. trib.al/ymeMdOe

Last stand to save New York: Zeldin closes gap with Hochul

Lee Zeldin, combat veteran, lawyer, father, husband and New York native, is on a mission to save the Empire State.

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“Sinema shows grace under fire.” @HeyTammyBruce #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Destroying the filibuster is destroying the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party's fight to kill the filibuster in the U.S. Senate continues.

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Maryam Rajavi's Ten-point Plan for the future of Iran trib.al/AoDebTd

Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point Plan for the future of Iran

Freedom of speech, freedom of political parties, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and the internet.

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.@GOPLeader: "When the president speaks tonight at Independence Hall the first lines out of his mouth should be to apologize for slandering tens of millions of Americans as fascists."
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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders succinctly dismantled the president and his party's policies on a range of issues. trib.al/GaToqDb

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders demolishes Biden, Democrats in SOTU rebutt

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders succinctly dismantled the president and his party's policies on a range of issues.

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The Korean crisis of freedom and democracy

When it was originally announced that Lee Jae-myung, the newly elected president of the Republic of Korea, would meet with President Trump in Washington, I expected a totally positive event.

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"China’s bullying of regional actors is as much economic as military, and the United States should be prepared to assist victim nations." #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/JrsP50BJ2IQ

Quad Group challenges China’s bullying of Indo-Pacific neighbors

China is building up one what may become one of the most impressive military coalitions in world history in the Indo-Pacific region. Unfortunately for Beijing, this emerging coalition is anti-Chinese.

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Before President Joe Biden took office, America was the largest energy producer in the world, and oil and gas--the raw materials for vital farm inputs from diesel fuel to fertilizer production--were abundant and affordable. During the first week of the... trib.al/g1AcTDl

Lower Energy Costs Act restores American agriculture

Before President Biden took office, America was the largest energy producer in the world, and oil and gas — the raw materials for vital farm inputs from diesel fuel to fertilizer production — were a

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"America will need much more than an expanded Navy to deter or defeat the Chinese threats." @jedbabbin #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/EGAE50BPdJ9

Will the U.S. answer China’s aggression or become a paper tiger?

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have espoused similar positions on China, but whoever wins the election will have to deal with the stubborn facts of the threats it poses.

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"Tears to the highest political bidder, it would seem." - @ckchumley ow.ly/5uK130kCysB
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Cliff Maloney: “The comedic giant invites audiences to appreciate the value of comedy and free speech as an American bedrock.” @libertycliff @yaliberty #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/201…

‘Stop trying to silence Dave Chappelle’

Between hilariously indignant media lightweights, frantic temper tantrums and a flood of second-rate hit pieces, it's fair to say that Dave Chappelle's newly released Netflix special, "

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“With the help of the U.N., Germany and a growing list of nations that Beijing has on a short leash, Mr. Xi is pursuing not global leadership but global domination.” @CliffordDMay #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/GOKZ50BZ4KH

Chinese Communist Party seeks nothing less than global domination

Mr. Xi is pursuing not global leadership but global domination. His intention is to build a new illiberal international order, one with rules made in China, for China and enforced by China.

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Maryam Rajavi's roadmap for the transitional period in post-theocracy Iran* trib.al/MdzLBS8

Maryam Rajavi’s roadmap for the transitional period in post-theo

The profoundly discontented and incensed populace, together with the Resistance Units leading the charge and the courageous women at their helm, constitute the components of the Army of Freedom.

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"Westerners are much less familiar with seeing science fully subordinate to political agendas. But with the hydroxychloroquine debate of 2020, we are getting a taste of it." @jennybethm @JamesTodaroMD #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

How the hydroxychloroquine debate proves politics can get in the way o

Hydroxychloroquine has been in use worldwide for more than 65 years. Yet, for political reasons, there is a lobbying campaign to block hydroxychloroquine from patients with COVID-19.

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South Korea's democracy and alliance with the U.S. are in good hands, not in peril trib.al/tQaeRCl

Korea’s democracy and alliance with the U.S. are in good hands,

South Korea's democracy stands strong, its alliance with the United States endures.

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Maryam Rajavi's Ten-point Plan for Iran's future trib.al/vLpQQFa

Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point Plan for Iran’s future

Rejection of velayat-e faqih (absolute clerical rule). Affirmation of the people's sovereignty in a republic founded on universal suffrage and pluralism;

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David Keene: “Uniting with mainland China both unrealistic and fraught with danger.” #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

The people of Taiwan have a country and are dedicated to keeping it

Communist rulers in Beijing have vowed since 1949 that they will retake Taiwan which they describe as a "breakaway province" by force if necessary,

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Andrew Ghalili and Nina Khoshkish: "The struggle ends not with softer optics or selective enforcement, but when the free world treats the Iranian people’s demand for liberty as its own moral and strategic imperative." @NUFDIran trib.al/ekWRN1N

Iran’s hijab announcement is a decoy

Foreign coverage of Iran often collapses a national struggle for liberation into a single symbol: the mandatory hijab.

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“China is building a second seaport on this strategic Indian Ocean island as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s global expansion strategy.” @BillGertz #InsideTheRing ow.ly/liae50C6pva

China building second Sri Lanka port

China is building a second seaport on this strategic Indian Ocean island as part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing's global expansion strategy.

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.@OrgIAC shares Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point Plan for the future of Iran in their Free Iran 2025 Special Report. #FreeIran #sponsored trib.al/VXNpUux

Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point Plan for the future of Iran

Freedom of speech, freedom of political parties, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and the internet.

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"What the CCP was not able to achieve by bullets during the Korean War, it should not be able to seize today by fraudulent ballots or other forms of election interference," writes Morse Tan #ThreatStatus trib.al/5t9aWr2

The South Korea-U.S. alliance is now in peril

South Korea held its presidential election on June 3, and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party was declared the winner.

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“The warning sign that the whole world should realize is the CCP’s deceitful mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.” @whitleypedia #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/DWSW50CcMFS

Will America or China be No. 1 in cryptocurrency?

Regardless of what happens in the election, virtually everyone on the planet agrees that it would be better for the United States to remain the No. 1 economic, cultural, and military power in the worl

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“China is evidently eager to violate the Conventions because of opportunities presented by the advance of medical science.” @jedbabbin #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/7sCX50CdTGE

Can the world stop China’s surge into biological warfare?

China's focus on genomic warfare has attracted the attention of both the FBI's biological countermeasures unit and the Air Force's Office of Special Investigation.

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@HeyTammyBruce: “The Democrats are hoping we’ve forgotten what they did to us. On Nov. 3 they’ll find out we haven’t.” #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Charting relic Biden’s low opinion of women and people of color

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has reaped the benefits of a legacy media that is working overtime to protect him from any inquiry or oversight into his behavior

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“The Associated Press reported BLM took in $90 million in donations last year alone, and now activists are understandably curious about where all that money is going.” @HeyTammyBruce #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/BRR650EoKQA

Going grifting via Black Lives Matter

"How to Become Rich Using Marxism, For Dummies" could have been the alternative title for Karl Marx's famous screed, but calling it "The Communist Manifesto" gave away less of

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"If the Trump Doctrine was 'America First,' the Biden Doctrine is 'America Last.' Or perhaps 'Hunter First' or 'Biden Family First,'" writes @charleshurt. trib.al/LcRYHWk

Trump’s ‘America First’ our last hope

Whatever you think of Donald Trump, he is a smart businessman, and he is perhaps the shrewdest political observer of our time.

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Retired Army Gen. Hugh Shelton: "In the 21st century, the Iranian people have no interest in trading one dictatorship for another." trib.al/SlerKb3

Reza Pahlavi, son of overthrown shah, is no advocate for a democratic

The recent wave of nationwide uprisings in Iran has reverberated around the world, signaling a clear desire for regime change.

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Retired Army Gen. Hugh Shelton: "The recent wave of nationwide uprisings in Iran has reverberated around the world, signaling a clear desire for regime change. The Iranian people seek the end of the current medieval theocracy." trib.al/HxiIvfP

Reza Pahlavi, son of overthrown shah, is no advocate for a democratic

The recent wave of nationwide uprisings in Iran has reverberated around the world, signaling a clear desire for regime change.

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#NEW episode of #boldandblunt with @ckchumley and @RepMTG: You can't weaponize the FBI and expect Americans to stand by and do nothing. Listen now: boldblunt.radio.washingtonti…

Bold and Blunt: Mar-a-Lago Raid Is A Ministry Of Truth Move

It's beginning to smell a lot like George Orwell out there. The fictional "1984" had its Ministry of Truth, committed to telling lies. Joe Biden's America has its Department of Justice and its...

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"Genocide, it turns out, is an idea that didn’t die in Hitler’s bunker. It’s alive and well, and it’s now being directed against Israelis defending themselves from genocidal enemies and their Jew-hating accomplices," writes @clifforddmay. @fdd trib.al/krR9O9c

South Africa and other antisemitic genocidaires accuse Israel of genoc

They say you can't kill an idea, and maybe they're right. Among Hitler's ideas: murdering Jews — every man, woman and child.

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Andrew P. Napolitano: “We now know why Mr. Trump was so anxious for the FBI to leave Flynn alone.” @Judgenap #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/201…

Did Donald Trump obstruct justice?

When the Department of Justice designated Robert Mueller as special counsel to take over the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign in May 2017, Mr. Mueller's initial task was to determine if th

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.@newtgingrich writes: Defeating the Democrats is not enough We need to restore American values. Read now: trib.al/Wg42lgx
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Charles Hurt: “And it’s not that Democratic voters around the country are trembling in excitement over Mr. Biden. He is just the least terrible in a deeply terrible field.” @CharlesHurt #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/aVvA30pkTU5

If Joe Biden is the best Democrats can offer, party is in trouble

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is hopping around Iowa these days on one foot — the other being permanently lodged in his mouth.

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"We are routinely told that we must rapidly eliminate fossil fuels. Such calls ignore three crucial, undeniable facts about the benefits of fossil fuels," writes @AlexEpstein. ow.ly/biGg50Jh8FS
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“Democratic political violence has become commonplace.” @HeyTammyBruce #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/4vYW50Coswg

Democrats’ plea for ‘unity’ rings hollow

What kind of people have to be hectored into issuing a weak, petulant sentence about violence exacted upon their political opposition?

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"Diversity is not the radical liberal trans agenda that mainstream media and influencers want you to believe," writes @Bruce_LeVell. washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Liberal ‘diversity,’ not so ‘diverse’ after al

What is diversity? The short answer is, that it's the inclusivity of all in society.

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EDITORIAL: “Apart from the obvious, there isn’t much more to be said about this week’s banishment of American journalists from China.” #BestOfWashTimes #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

EDITORIAL: China has much to hide

Apart from the obvious, there isn't much more to be said about this week's banishment of American journalists from China. On Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry demanded the credentials

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"They prefer the government’s unbridled liberty and the servitude of the rest of us. Mr. Assange is a hero. He exposed government without limits — the archenemy of personal freedom," writes @Judgenap. ow.ly/IbLk50JFgyt

Julian Assange and freedom of speech

The Department of Justice in two administrations has persecuted mercilessly and sought to prosecute aggressively the Australian journalist Julian Assange for his exercise of the freedom of speech.

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"The CDC now, predictably, does not want to relinquish its power." @jennybethm #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gets a lesson in the U.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting a much-needed crash course in American constitutional governance.

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"I have never seen such an angry, rancid speech in which a president attacks the voters he supposedly works for. Never seen anything like it." Washington Times Opinion Editor @CharlesHurt reacts to Biden's unprecedented speech last night:
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Olivia Enos: “An all-out assault on a religious minority.” @OliviaEnos @heritage #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

China’s repression of the Uighurs merits a strong human rights r

Last year, I had the privilege of taking a private tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Americans and the Holocaust exhibit. The purpose of the exhibit is to highlight the role of average

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“In Azerbaijan we have always believed that should Armenia pursue peaceful policies with its neighbors, then it can and must benefit from regional cooperation.” @HikmetHajiyev #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/YYEM50Fo30k

The case for cooperation and peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan

This month, Armenia and Azerbaijan took what many must hope shall be our first step in our own detente.

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Clifford D. May: “China's rulers let loose a deadly virus and imprison a champion of human rights.” @clifforddmay @fdd #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

U.S. must demand that China release freedom fighter Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai was arrested last week. Conviction could mean five years in prison. Or more: "We have every reason to believe that the trial of traitors like Lai has only just begun," threatened a

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“Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that 60% of the total people arrested in Xinjiang were convicted and imprisoned without committing a genuine offense.” @yangjianli001 #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/yuSa50DQxu3

Fighting against China’s abuses in Xinjiang

No matter how strongly China attempts to hide the genocide it perpetrated on ethnic minority in Xinjiang province, the world has begun raising the issue more actively.

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America's national debt is astronomical: $31 trillion -- and counting. trib.al/8gyMwi5

Americans don’t understand or want to confront our debt problem

America's national debt is astronomical: $31 trillion — and counting.

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“The surest takeaway from the past four years in politics is that whatever crimes people accuse President Trump of committing are, in fact, being committed by the accusers themselves.” @CharlesHurt #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/BzPa50BXUPj

Trump still running as outsider

The surest takeaway from the past four years in politics is that whatever crimes people accuse President Trump of committing are, in fact, being committed by the accusers themselves.

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"The 'Twitter Files' leak shows what we already knew: Twitter rigged the 2020 election to save candidate Joe Biden’s campaign and censor the truth,"writes @budowich. @MAGAIncWarRoom trib.al/zB9AONv

When Big Tech censors Trump, they censor all of us

The "Twitter Files" leak shows what we already knew: Twitter rigged the 2020 election to save candidate Joe Biden's campaign and censor the truth.

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New from @TimMurtaugh: "The 'private company' argument falls apart when the Biden White House is calling the shots on which social media posts get pulled down and which users are sanctioned." trib.al/rvmg5TL

Biden admin. farms out anti-First Amendment dirty work to Big Tech

The Internet and its social media channels have provided the most significant advancements for free speech in hundreds of years, probably since Gutenberg invented the printing press.

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4,000 lawmakers in 50 countries, to support Maryam Rajavi's 10-Point Plan, MEK resistance units trib.al/5v9kx6l

4,000 lawmakers in 50 countries to support Maryam Rajavi’s 10-Po

We are deeply concerned by the Iranian regime's ruthless suppression of the people of Iran, including ethnic and religious minorities.

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"I’m endorsing Ron DeSantis for no other reason than I think it is the right and necessary thing to do for us, our children and our grandchildren," writes @SteveDeaceShow. trib.al/hDPULrF

Why I’m endorsing Ron DeSantis for president

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has done more damage to the leftists intent on destroying America than any politician I've seen in my lifetime.

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"Washington and U.S. allies, including Turkey, should not be blindsided by this latest move to divide the region but must remain unequivocal over restoring Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, just as it has in Ukraine," writes @JBugajskiUSA. trib.al/kb0f1Dd

Russia threatens the peace in the Caucasus

Russia's regime is manipulating the Armenian minority in Azerbaijan's Karabakh to stir ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus and to replace the Armenian government with a Moscow proxy. The

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Democracy and stability in Iran can come only from within

The solution to the Iranian crisis that has influenced the Middle East and the world for nearly half a century lies in regime change and organized resistance by the Iranian people.

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.@emeriticus: "From libraries to lounges, children are getting front-row seats to obscene sexual theater. But Florida is fighting back." trib.al/2ApdhxN

Florida’s fight for decency against moral depravity

A nearly nude, possibly transgender stripper-dressed drag queen with dollar bills stuffed into gaudy lingerie struts across the neon-lit room, leading around a little girl by the hand.

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"@JudicialWatch has filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters for “inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet,” according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization" @harperbulletin #InsideTheBeltway ow.ly/ap2n30kFLzQ
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Kimberly Klacik: "'Forgotten neighborhoods' are forgotten by people they elected." @kimkbaltimore #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/201…

Forgotten in Baltimore

If you told me my life would change in a matter of hours by trying to raise awareness about an ongoing problem endured by one of the most vulnerable groups in America, I wouldn't believe you.

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“But it is not just Mr. Trump who is on the ballot this year. It is the Constitution and America as we know it.” @CharlesHurt #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/QZVy50C7sXO

America itself is on the ballot

When President Trump took the oath of office, he vowed to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The guy was not kidding.

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150 bipartisan House members support Maryam Rajavi's Ten-point Plan for the future of Iran trib.al/zQmemd2

150 bipartisan House members support Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-point P

The Iranian people have been deprived of their fundamental freedoms, for which reason they oppose any form of authoritarian rule, reject monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny.

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Andrew P. Napolitano: “What does it take to remove a president?” @judgenap #washtimesoped washingtontimes.com/news/202…

President Trump’s trial is not a charade but deadly serious busi

I don't blame President Trump for his angst and bitterness over his impeachment by the House of Representatives. In his mind, he has done "nothing wrong" and not acted outside the const

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“We must aid and raise the voices of the regime’s victims whenever possible, and hold our authorities, private and public, to account for their complicity in China’s human rights abuses.” @llggeorgia @YoungVoicesOrg #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/YEW550DRxgE

China’s world domination still yet to be determined

We're told all-too-often that China has taken over the world — or at least, it's poised to.

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“Never has an election come down to a clearer choice.” @CharlesHurt #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/3RGM50C7rlX

America itself is on the ballot

When President Trump took the oath of office, he vowed to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The guy was not kidding.

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Charles Hurt: “Robert Mueller is a very impressive man. Until he opens his mouth.” @CharlesHurt #WashTimesOpEd #NuclearOption #RetweetTheReport #Mueller washingtontimes.com/news/201…

House Democrats should be rounded up, arrested for elder abuse

Robert Mueller is a very impressive man. Until he opens his mouth.

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"Tucker Carlson is a wonderfully unrestrained commentator. He attracts millions of viewers to his audience because he gives lively, thoughtful, highly original, commentary." #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/PYoz50Bf7uW

I stand with Tucker Carlson against the mainstream media mob

The voices of mainstream media, the voices that are supposed to protect our First Amendment rights, are attempting to quiet Tucker Carlson who refuse to join the mobs in the street,

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“The real problem is that pollsters systematically oversampled Democrats because that’s who they thought would actually show up or because it made their numbers look ‘better.’“ @mikemckenna3 #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/3tZT50CfOVb

Liberal propagandist pollsters predicted blue wave that was never goin

One of the recurring themes from the left about the election results is that they lost — or didn't do as well as they had hoped — because about half of all Americans are racists or morons or il

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“The firm stand taken by Mr. Biden means the pressure would be kept mounting on China for its active role in racial discrimination and abuses.” @yangjianli001 #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/955950DQxNh

Fighting against China’s abuses in Xinjiang

No matter how strongly China attempts to hide the genocide it perpetrated on ethnic minority in Xinjiang province, the world has begun raising the issue more actively.

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Tammy Bruce: “The good news is, we are seeing Mr. Trump emerge, once again, as the right man at the right time.” @heytammybruce @iwv #WashTimesOpEd washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Donald Trump makes punishing leftist anarchists for desecrating monume

President Trump was elected in large part on the issue of law and order. It's been an issue for generations in this country, as Americans have watched the decline of social cohesion ever since th

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“One mayor of a Hell Town, USA is blaming racism, sexism, the courts, COVID, and whatever other bell might toll for her town’s river of blood in a vain and ghoulish attempt to protect herself.” @HeyTammyBruce #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/D1Tj50Fs7N5

Chicago’s Lightfoot plays victim in city’s crime spike

With the continuing disasters of Democrat-run cities, it would be easy to become numb to the chaos and violence rolling through some of America's most historic metropolises.

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Biden took numerous actions to shut down or stifle oil production in the U.S. from the very day he took office. washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Biden, not Putin, causing pain at the gas pump

When President Biden moved into the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, a gallon of regular gasoline cost an average of $2.37.

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Read here: trib.al/F9Bsk9Q "Defunding NPR isn't just a fiscal necessity; it's a moral imperative," argues @Schneider_DC @theMRC
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.@Ckchumley: “The saddest news? The realization that it took so long for these types of protests to occur.” #washtimesoped #covid washingtontimes.com/news/202…

Civil disobedience can end the coronavirus stupidity

The happiest news to emerge in recent coronavirus weeks comes courtesy of videos showing the good citizens of Michigan, fed up with their tyrannical governor, taking to the streets in mass — and mask

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.@newtgingrich: "Mr. Biden clearly has cognitive challenges. Vice President Kamala Harris is clearly cognitively hopeless (and maybe the dumbest person ever elected vice president)." ow.ly/G0uj50IEr5j

Biden’s crisis of crises

We need to go item by item to understand the insanity, incompetence, and destructiveness that historians will someday write defined the "Biden Disaster."

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“The Chinese leadership mouths all of the slogans of the environmental activists, takes their money and proclaims partnerships, while at the same time greatly expanding the number of coal-fired power plants.” @RichardWRahn #WashTimesOpEd ow.ly/zhqS50CMlBa

How America’s ‘useful idiots’ allow China to ignore

Two decades ago, most economists — including me — believed that as a country became richer it would likely become more democratic and more protective of basic human rights and liberty.

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My son has been a hostage of Hamas for 623 days

Earlier this month, families around the world marked Father's Day, a time to hold close the people we love most. For many, it was a day of laughter, shared meals and joy. For me, however, there w

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