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Massachusetts abolished enslavement before the Treaty of Paris brought an end to the American Revolution, in 1783. The state constitution, adopted in 1780 and drafted by John Adams, follows the Declaration of Independence in proclaiming that all “men are born free and equal.” In this statement Adams followed not only the Declaration but also a 1764 pamphlet by the Boston lawyer James Otis, who theorized about and popularized the familiar idea of “no taxation without representation” and also unequivocally asserted human equality. “The Colonists,” he wrote, “are by the law of nature free born, as indeed all men are, white...

Mitt Romney is a spring chicken. At a sprightly 73, the GOP’s 2012 nominee is: one year younger than the outgoing president and 2024 frontrunner, five years younger than both the incumbent president and the Senate minority leader, and seven years younger than the Speaker of the House. In the uppermost echelons of American government, only the Senate majority leader—boy wonder Chuck Schumer—is any younger, and only by three years. This fact has been gnawing at me as the septuagenarian Utah senator/Massachusetts governor from Michigan snatches headlines left and right. Maybe I’m wrong; I hope I am. But in the...

In your video shot at Spangler's family restaurant in Jonesville Michigan, Senate Majority Leader MIKE SHIRKEY, mistakenly told the truth on camera by stating the supporters of President Donald Trump were not not at fault by storming of the U.S. Capitol building. "That's been a hoax from day one." SHIRKEY said, later adding that what occurred was "all staged" and implied Senator Mitch McConnell and other leaders "wanted to have a mess".

Ten weeks before the election and four months before President Donald Trump summoned his supporters to Washington and called on them to “walk down Pennsylvania Avenue” to the U.S. Capitol, where they staged a brutal and chaotic insurrection, one of his staunchest allies sat for an interview, the Capitol visible behind him. There was no sign yet of the fury that would soon overtake its dome, but evangelical leader Franklin Graham painted a harrowing picture of a battle on the horizon. What would happen, the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody asked, if Trump lost? Graham’s reply stated plainly the stakes...

The Legal Insurrection Foundation, of which I am the president, has launched a website, criticalrace.org, to provide resources to parents and students regarding Critical Race Training in higher education. The main feature of the website is a database of how Critical Race Theory is put into action on campuses, presented in the form of an interactive map that permits searching by state and school. Our main concern is not with the study or teaching of the subject, but how campuses implicitly and explicitly force students to adopt this ideology through mandated coursework, activism, other requirements, and the campus culture. As...

JoAnne Chesimard: BLM unashamedly embraces her and, recently, the New York City school system decided to incorporate her so-called wisdom into its curriculum. Therefore, it is more imperative than ever to shine a bright light upon the life, times, and accomplishments of one JoAnne Deborah Chesimard, a.k.a., Assata Olugbala Shakur.

In this video shot at Spangler’s family restaurant in Jonesville Michigan, Senate Majority Leader MIKE SHIRKEY, mistakenly told the truth on camera by stating the supporters of President Donald Trump were not not at fault by storming of the U.S. Capitol building. “That’s been a hoax from day one.” SHIRKEY said, later adding that what occurred was “all staged” and implied Senator Mitch McConnell and other leaders “wanted to have a mess”.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why they are much more likely to suffer a serious injury in a collision than men, a new study published Thursday found. Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group supported by auto insurers, looked into whether there was some sort of gender bias in the research into vehicle crashes or whether body type had anything to do with the injuries. They analyzed injuries of men and women in police-reported tow-away front and side...

Essentially their attitude is, “We’re in power now, the media is on our side, so you all are under our thumb.” From moment one of the Trump administration, the tone of the White House press corps was confrontational, aggressive and malicious. The DC establishment loathed the new 45th president and made their contempt for him clear each and every moment they could; they were aiming for street cred. The media never appreciated his transparency, his willingness to stand and deliver for sometimes over an hour, inside the press room or on the White House lawn. They never let up; they...

Well, of course they did. This is what mass killers do. – Andrew Cuomo and his administration have now admitted to systematically under-reporting the number of nursing home deaths in New York caused by Cuomo’s policy of sending elderly patients infected with COVID-19 back to their nursing homes while still contagious. Cuomo’s top aide admitted on Thursday to the under-reporting, saying she did it due to fear of a potential federal investigation. Naturally, the aide, a dissembling leftist hack named Melissa DeRosa, blame her actions on mean tweets by…wait for it…President Donald Trump. I swear I do not make this...

Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued stunning remarks breaking with former President Trump, telling Politico in an interview published Friday that she believes he “let us down.” “We need to acknowledge he let us down,” Haley, who served in her ambassador role under Trump, said. “He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”

A tragic day in Texas. – Below is a photo of a 133-car pileup that took place just south of Downtown Fort Worth on I-35W this morning. At least 6 people were killed and dozens were injured, as the entire north Texas/Central Texas region was plagued by below-freezing temperatures and freezing drizzle that turned roads into skating rinks. This is just heartbreaking. Pray for the families involved. This also happened in Texas Wednesday: From the story at the New York Post (because most Texas news outlets could not be bothered to report it): A 12-year-old Texas boy who felt “sad...

The left is making its move, seeking to install a totalitarian information regime in the United States, completely reversing two and half centuries of tradition and bypassing the First Amendment by using private entities as the instruments of censorship. The left is making its move, seeking to install a totalitarian information regime in the United States, completely reversing two and half centuries of tradition and bypassing the First Amendment by using private entities as the instruments of censorship. So far, the Republican leadership has not seen fit to make a big issue of this, and the vast majority of “journalists”...

A Philadelphia elementary school recently forced fifth-grade students to celebrate “black communism” and simulate a Black Power rally in honor of political radical Angela Davis. According to whistleblower documents and a source within the school, a fifth-grade teacher at the inner-city William D. Kelley School designed a social studies curriculum to celebrate Davis, praising the “black communist” for her fight against “injustice and inequality.” As part of the lesson, the teacher asked students to “describe Davis’ early life,” reflect on her vision of social change, and “define communist”—presumably in favorable terms. At the conclusion of the unit, the teacher led...

Given Democrat majorities across all three branches of government and a strong wind from the socialist wing of the party at their back, there is a two-year window to coddle up to the Marxists of the Caribbean. Political luminaries on the left have always harbored a soft spot for the world’s dictators, Putin, Ortega, Jinping, Maduro, and Cuba’s successor to the Hermanos Castro, Miguel Diaz-Canel. Not to say that they align with the atrocities they commit, as that would be a pill too bitter for their voters to swallow. Rather, it is the vast power that they wield over the...

Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) is determined to make a lasting impact in the House of Representatives. The freshman lawmaker, who represents Florida’s 19th Congressional District, recently made waves delivering his first House floor speech. Unsurprisingly, the newcomer is also doing his part to shape the GOP’s future—leading by example in Washington. During the 2020 election, Donalds won a crowded primary to succeed outgoing Congressman Francis Rooney (R-FL). In November, he handily defeated his Democrat challenger 61.3% to 38.7%. With private sector experience and two terms in the Florida House of Representatives under his belt, Rep. Donalds’ perspective will be welcomed....

China's biggest Lunar New Year TV show has been accused by viewers of racism for including performers in blackface to look African. During a performance titled 'African Song and Dance', Chinese dancers appeared on stage wearing outfits that approximated African clothing and had darkened their skin with make-up. The four-hour annual gala, one of the world's most-watched TV programme, was aired on Thursday by state broadcaster CCTV and is said to have attracted more than 1.1 billion viewers.

It’s just the flu, bro. People are starting to see the wisdom of the Flubros’ and Flubras’ way of thinking. They see the power grab. They see mandates causing more harm than good. The problem is that if they are only coming around to the Flubro mindset now then it is a little too late. When the next virus comes along in two or three years these people will say “better safe than sorry” or “this virus is different than Coronavirus”. The left will always point out how any virus is different, unprecedented, unpredictable and something to exercise extreme caution...

GameStop's stock price shot through the roof in late January thanks to traders on Reddit. Now at least two government agencies are reportedly investigating why it happened as well as what roles Reddit and trading app Robinhood played in the stock market craziness.

They call her Assata Shakur but, no matter the name by which she’s known, Chesimard is a homegrown – and unrepentant -- American terrorist. JoAnne Chesimard: BLM unashamedly embraces her and, recently, the New York City school system decided to incorporate her so-called wisdom into its curriculum. Therefore, it is more imperative than ever to shine a bright light upon the life, times, and accomplishments of one JoAnne Deborah Chesimard, a.k.a., Assata Olugbala Shakur. If you are, like me, of a certain age and grew up or lived in New Jersey during the 1970s and 1980’s, the name JoAnne Chesimard...