DAYTON, Ohio – The conservative grassroots group Miami Valley Citizens Informed welcomed Tom Zawistowski, president of We the People Convention, executive director of the Portage County Tea Party and former president of the Ohio Liberty Coalition, to its meeting Monday night. The veteran grassroots organizer was invited to share his thoughts…
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Commentary: How Open Borders and Sanctuary Policies Victimize (and Kill) Americans
by Hans von Spakovsky The supporters of open borders and sanctuary policies that obstruct enforcement of our immigration laws must be overjoyed by the latest report from the Department of Homeland Security. The Border Patrol intercepted more than 144,000 illegal aliens at the southwest border in May, the largest…
Read MoreOhioans for Gun Safety Moves to Get Background Checks on 2020 Ballot
Ohioans for Gun Safety announced Monday that it has filed a petition with the Attorney General’s Office to get a background-checks measure placed on the 2020 ballot. If the process is successful, Ohioans will be voting on the group’s “Act to Close Loopholes in Background Checks on Gun Sales”…
Read MoreOhio Senate’s Budget Proposal Includes More Tax Cuts Than the House’s Proposal
The Ohio Senate’s version of the state’s biennial spending bill wants to cut more taxes than the House of Representatives’ bill proposal. At a Tuesday press conference, Ohio Senate leaders revealed their updated House Bill 166, which focused on tax cuts and making investments in Ohioans. Ohioans would receive…
Read MoreOpponents Fight Legislators’ Attempts to Eliminate Testing of Founding Documents
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Opponents spoke out against House Bill 239 (HB 239) Tuesday evening at the House Primary and Secondary Education Committee meeting. The bill, jointly sponsored by Republican State Rep. Gayle Manning (R-North Ridgeville) and Democratic State Rep. Erica Crawley (D-Columbus), would eliminate four of the seven end-of-course exams. Two of…
Read MoreChemical Castration Becomes Law for Certain Sex Offenders in Alabama
by Shelby Talcott Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Monday that will require some sex offenders to undergo chemical castration. This new law requires convicted sex offenders who have committed acts against a child under the age of 13 to begin chemical castration a month…
Read MoreBannon Says Biden Is Making ‘Happy Talk’ to Hide His Financial Ties to Chinese Communist Party
Joe Biden is “a useful idiot” for the Chinese Community Party, Steve Bannon told The John Fredericks Radio Network. The full interview with Bannon is available here. Bannon, with Citizens for the American Republic, has long said it is globalists like Biden who are managing the decline of economies…
Read MoreYouTube CEO Explains Why She Didn’t Nix Steven Crowder
by Chris White YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized Monday to people who were offended that the company did not harshly punish conservative pundit Steven Crowder for using gay slurs in his videos. “I know the decision we made was very hurtful to LGBTQ community,” Wojcicki said during a Code…
Read MoreRashida Tlaib Gave Every Freshman Congressman an Anti-Trump Welcome Gift
by Molly Prince Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib revealed on Tuesday that she gave every freshman member of Congress a book on impeaching President Donald Trump when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for orientation week in November. “It was such a great gift,” Tlaib told interviewer John Nichols on…
Read MoreChristian Cake Baker’s Attorney: Third Lawsuit Is ‘Rehash’ of ‘Old Claims’
by Rachel del Guidice A Colorado baker is being sued for a third time for refusing to design custom cakes that he says run contrary to his religious beliefs. Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado—first sued in 2012 for declining to create a custom cake…
Read MoreTrump Threatens New China Tariffs If Xi Doesn’t Talk Trade with Him
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to impose tariffs on another $325 billion worth of imported goods from China if Chinese President Xi Jinping does not engage in new trade talks with him later this month. Trump told CNBC he expects to meet with Xi in Osaka, Japan at…
Read MoreWe Build the Wall Declares End to Standoff With Government Bureaucracy, Which Locks Gate at Private Border Wall
The private builders of a border wall in New Mexico say their standoff has ended with a government bureaucracy to secure a gate and keep criminals out of the border. We Build the Wall founder Brian Kolfage on Tuesday night posted the last of several updates by press release. He…
Read MoreStudy: Traffickers Earned Up to $2.3 Billion Smuggling Migrants Into the US
by Jason Hopkins Research estimates how much human smugglers make from transporting illegal migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border, revealing just how profitable the industry has become amid the current immigration crisis. Human traffickers made anywhere from $200 million to $2.3 billion in 2017 from smuggling migrants to the U.S.,…
Read MoreCommentary: President Trump’s Deal with Mexico on Illegal Immigration Proof That Tariffs Work
by Robert Romano President Donald Trump and the State Department hammered out a deal with Mexico on June 7 that Mexico would do much more to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing the country into the U.S. on the southern border. The last-minute agreement avoided a 5 percent tariff by…
Read MoreNew York Lawmakers Introduce Decriminalizing Sex Work
by Mary Margaret Olohan New York lawmakers introduced groundbreaking legislation to legalize sex work in the state of New York on Monday. The legislation, titled Stop Violence in the Sex Trade Acts, covers a variety of topics related to sex work. Lawmakers say that the bill would decriminalize sex…
Read MoreCleveland Agrees to $225,000 Settlement With Communist Who Believes ‘America Was Never Great’
Cleveland has agreed to pay $225,000 in a settlement with a second protester who was arrested outside of the 2016 Republican National Convention for burning the American flag. As The Ohio Star reported in April, the city agreed to a $50,000 settlement with Steven Fridley, who was also arrested…
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