Afternoon Reads – American Greatness

Chairman Comer and Ranking Member Raskin Call on Secret Service Chief Kimberly Cheatle to Resign After Contentious House Oversight Hearing

Debra Heine — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:01:46 +0000

In a rare moment of bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill, House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-M.D.) […]

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Mayorkas Defends DEI, Skirts Questions on Failed Trump Security

AG Staff — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:40:32 +0000

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing serious questions from members of Congress over the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump […]

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Kamala Harris Says Biden ‘Feeling Much Better,’ Heaps Praise on His ‘Legacy’ in First Public Remarks Since Drop Out

Debra Heine — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:41:28 +0000

Kamala Harris on Monday delivered her first public remarks since Joe Biden announced that he would drop out of his reelection campaign, heaping praise on […]

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Oversight Hearing: Cheatle Says July 13 Was the ‘Most Significant Operational Failure of the Secret Service in Decades’

Debra Heine — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:38:17 +0000

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the security failures that led to the assassination attempt […]

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David Sacks: Policy Elite Finally Admitting ‘Project Ukraine is JOEVER’

AG News Staff — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 16:04:54 +0000

Noted technology entrepreneur and investor David Sacks said the policy elite is “finally admitting that, like Joe Biden himself, Project Ukraine is JOEVER.” Sacks, the […]

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Trump Supporters Must Avoid Overconfidence

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 07:00:25 +0000

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has led his supporters and some, though not all, of his opponents to acquire a greater perspective […]

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Donald Trump and Baby Hitler

Stephen Soukup — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 07:00:08 +0000

In November 2015, when he was still the presumed frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, Jeb did an impromptu online Q&A while on his campaign […]

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Why Is Biden’s VA Reducing Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Care?

AG Staff — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:59:47 +0000

Twenty U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), have sent a letter to Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough urging corrections to […]

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Report: Nancy Pelosi Will ‘Do Everything in her Power’ to Force Biden Out

Eric Lendrum — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:45:00 +0000

A new report claims that former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is one of the architects of the ongoing plot to […]

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Biden Administration Attempts to Cancel More Student Loan Debt

Eric Lendrum — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:44:56 +0000

On Thursday, the Biden Administration announced plans to cancel another $1.2 billion in student loan debt, although the future of such efforts has now been […]

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Biden’s Aid Pier in Gaza Shut Down; Senator Decries ‘National Embarrassment’

Eric Lendrum — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:44:53 +0000

The Biden Administration’s $230 million pier, built off the coast of Israel to provide support to Gaza, has been shut down by the U.S. military […]

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Report: Secret Service Snipers Spotted Trump Shooter on Rooftop 20 Minutes Before Assassination Attempt

Debra Heine — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:26:52 +0000

U.S. Secret Service snipers spotted Trump rally gunman Thomas Crooks on the roof of the building a full 20 minutes before he began shooting, top […]

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Musk Moving X and SpaceX HQ From California Over Parental Notification Law

AG Staff — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:12:14 +0000

Elon Musk has announced that X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX headquarters will be leaving California and relocating to Texas. The move comes after Governor Gavin […]

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California School Sues Newsom Over New Transgender Notification Law

Eric Lendrum — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:26:59 +0000

A school district in Southern California filed a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) over a new law he signed that would forbid schools from […]

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Can We Let the Voters Decide—Not the FBI, CIA, DOJ, Lawyers, Prosecutors, and Judges?

Victor Davis Hanson — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:00:33 +0000

When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on […]

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Comer Subpoenas Secret Service Chief Kimberly Cheatle to Appear Before Oversight Committee After DHS ‘Intervention’

Debra Heine — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:08:13 +0000

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has subpoenaed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify before the committee after the Biden regime […]

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The RNC Big Tent Expands, But Is the GOP Pulling To the Left?

AG Staff — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:44:00 +0000

When pop culture model and entrepreneur Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, her presence at the event evoked strong reactions. […]

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Report: Someone Was Supposed to Be Stationed on Roof of Building Used By Trump Shooter But They Didn’t Show Up

Debra Heine — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:37:01 +0000

A law enforcement officer was supposed to be stationed on the roof of the building used by former President Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks during […]

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Trump and the Fate of Western Civilization

Edward Ring — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:00:19 +0000

Less than a week ago, a lone assassin’s bullet came within millimeters of killing Donald Trump. Had it succeeded, the unrest and polarization we already […]

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For Timely Facts On the Attempt On Trump’s Life, ‘X’ Marked the Spot

AG Staff — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:26:08 +0000

The growing distance between big media and the American people is getting too large to ignore. When a high profile story breaks, there’s often a […]

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Democrat Staffer Fired After Facebook Posts Supporting Trump Assassination Attempt, Sharing ‘Staged’ Conspiracy Theory

Debra Heine — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:52:34 +0000

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has fired a congressional staffer after she posted a series of comments on Facebook expressing support for the shooter’s assassination […]

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Have Diversity Hires Impacted the Secret Service’s Ability to Do Its Job?

AG News Staff — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:59:10 +0000

The United States Secret Service is facing intense scrutiny for what may be the biggest security failure in more than two decades following an assassination […]

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Federal Judge Dismisses Jack Smith’s Classified Documents Case Against Trump

Debra Heine — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:06:32 +0000

The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump and his two codefendants has dismissed the charges against them, ruling that […]

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A New Offensive: Trump, the GOP, and the Battle for America’s Future

Roger Kimball — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:00:27 +0000

Having just spent a week padding about battle sites around Verdun and the Somme, I could not help but register the historical vibration of certain […]

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Project 2025 and the Continued Democrat Meltdown

Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:00:05 +0000

Tying Donald Trump to Project 2025 is the latest desperation tactic from Democrats. But it’s likely to backfire. It might actually create a new generation […]

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The Chosen One

Eric Lendrum — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

It is quite impossible to exaggerate the historic nature of the moment in which we are all currently living. Our nation, our civilization, our very […]

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Will the Left Respect Democracy If Trump Wins?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:00:19 +0000

The left and its mocking bird media are fond of asking whether the GOP and MAGA movement will “accept the results of the election.” Their […]

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When a Horse is More Than a Horse

Michael S. Kochin — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:00:02 +0000

This Independence Day, I had the privilege of marching with my brethren in the Takoma Park Maryland Fourth of July Parade, helping to carry the […]

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American Fascism and The New Republic

Stephen Soukup — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:00:02 +0000

This past week, The New Republic, the venerable flagship journal of the American left, published a “special report” edition, the purpose of which was to […]

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Reports: Democrat Megadonors Freeze $90 Million in Donations to Biden; ‘Brutal’ Dem Rebellion About to Unfold

Debra Heine — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:51:18 +0000

A group of Democrat megadonors have put the largest pro-Biden super PAC, Future Forward, on notice that they will put on hold $90 million in […]

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EPA Administrator Called Out Over New Rule Requiring EVs or Hybrids

AG Staff — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:59:56 +0000

President Biden’s EPA administrator Michael S. Regan unveiled a new rule this year that will require the majority of new cars and light trucks sold […]

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Biden Falsely Claims Border Encounters are Lower Than Beginning of Term

Eric Lendrum — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:19:28 +0000

On Thursday, Joe Biden made a false claim that illegal border crossings are now lower than they were when he first took office, at the […]

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Is ‘America First’ Code for Racism? J.D. Vance Sets the Record Straight

AG Staff — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 21:59:30 +0000

Critics of Donald Trump have worked hard to try to attach negative qualities to the phrase “America First” in order to paint the former president […]

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Comer Subpoenas the Three White House Staffers Who Created ‘Protective Bubble’ Around Biden and Help Run ‘Shadow Government’

Debra Heine — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:38:27 +0000

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has subpoenaed three key White House staffers who are allegedly shielding Joe Biden from media scrutiny and doing […]

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AOC Files Articles of Impeachment Against Justices Thomas, Alito

Eric Lendrum — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:07:30 +0000

On Wednesday, far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) filed articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, claiming with no evidence that […]

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Our Brezhnev, Our Pravda, Our Soviet Union. . .

Victor Davis Hanson — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:00:39 +0000

Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank, and […]

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House Judiciary Committee: Advertisers Targeted Disfavored Content

AG Staff — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:35:00 +0000

A House Judiciary Committee has released a report showing that a cartel of woke advertisers and brands have worked together to demonetize content disfavored by […]

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Attempted Carjacker Shot by Justice Sotomayor’s Security Detail

Eric Lendrum — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:06:30 +0000

On Friday, a man who attempted to carjack a vehicle belonging to the security detail of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was shot by two […]

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Rate of Office Vacancy Reaches Record High

Eric Lendrum — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:06:23 +0000

The second quarter of 2024 saw the rate of office vacancy in the United States hit a record high total of 20.1%, according to Moody’s […]

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Why Gavin Newsom Must Never Become U.S. President

Edward Ring — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:44 +0000

As President Biden’s age threatens to derail his reelection campaign, waiting in the wings and trying not to appear too eager is Gavin Newsom. It’s […]

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NATO D.C. Summit Puts Ukraine Aid & Membership Front and Center

AG Staff — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:56:33 +0000

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created 75 years ago for the purpose of defending its members from the threat of Soviet aggression. However, […]

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House Judiciary Committee Calls on New York Appellate Courts to Overturn N.Y vs. Trump Verdict

Debra Heine — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:33:13 +0000

House Judiciary Committee Republicans are calling on New York appellate courts to overturn the New York vs. Trump verdict, alleging that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]

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White House Doctor Attempts to Explain Visits by Parkinson’s Expert

Eric Lendrum — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:50:26 +0000

On Monday, Joe Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, released a letter attempting to explain away the multiple visits to the White House by a Parkinson’s expert, […]

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Worst of All Worlds . . . For Democrats

Christopher Roach — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 07:00:32 +0000

The time for a political party to deal with a decrepit, elderly figurehead is not after the primaries, in which he won millions of votes […]

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Sen. Mike Lee: Biden’s Loyal Acolytes Created This Mess

AG Staff — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 18:24:20 +0000

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has addressed an uncomfortable truth that has become self-evident to all but the most blindly loyal partisans within the Democratic Party–Whomever […]

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The Free-Market Rejects EV Mandates

Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:55 +0000

Leading what could be a large exodus from the EV mandates issued by the unelected California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state of Virginia has […]

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Of Deranged Wolves and Their Shadows

Stephen Soukup — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:48 +0000

In 2003, the late Charles Krauthammer coined the term “Bush Derangement Syndrome” (BDS), which he described as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal […]

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Stop Messaging for the Enemy

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:01 +0000

During the existential ideological struggle of the Cold War, the United States and her allies were acutely aware the Soviet Union presented both a strategic […]

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Out for Blood, The Left Comes Unhinged Following SCOTUS Immunity Decision

AG Staff — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 19:21:51 +0000

To say that the political left has reacted poorly following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding presidential immunity would be an understatement–akin to saying […]

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Pennsylvania State Constable Under Fire For Disturbing Social Media Posts Targeting Trump and Conservatives

Debra Heine — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:13:17 +0000

An elected official in Pennsylvania has ignited a firestorm on social media after posting a series of disturbing messages targeting former President Donald Trump and […]

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