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The following is adapted from a talk delivered on September 12, 2023, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C., campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of “gender-affirming care.” The sudden and pervasive rise of this movement provokes two questions: where did it come from, and how has it proved so successful? The story...

NATIONAL NACHOS DAY On November 6th, National Nachos Day recognizes the snack favored at sporting events across the country. In their purest form, nachos are tortilla chips covered in nacho cheese, queso or other melted cheese and served with salsa. #NationalNachosDay Where Nachos Began First created sometime around 1943, the popular and loved nachos are of Mexican origin. History tells us that Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya created the original nachos in 1943. According to his son, Nacho was the maître d' at the El Moderno Restaurant in Piedras Negras. One evening after the kitchen staff had left, a group of U.S....

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that he expects the Senate will pass a bill that includes aid for both Israel and Ukraine despite the House passing an aid package only for Israel that included offsets Democrats and the White House opposed. When asked if a bill with funding for both Israel and Ukraine will pass the Senate, Graham said that he expects it will, just days after a GOP-backed House bill that included $14.3 billion in aid to only Israel. “I am for Ukraine support,” Graham said. “We can’t pull the plug on Ukraine, let Putin get away...

Explanation: What was that red glow on the horizon last night? Aurora. Our unusually active Sun produced a surface explosion a few days ago that sent out a burst of electrons, protons, and more massive charged nuclei. This coronal mass ejection (CME) triggered auroras here on Earth that are being reported unusually far south in Earth's northern hemisphere. For example, this was the first time that the astrophotographer captured aurora from her home country of Italy. Additionally, many images from these auroras appear quite red in color. In the featured image, the town of Comelico Superiore in the Italian Alps...

Alina Habba is top notch Glad President Trump has such loyal fighters representing him (This video is not being reported correctly by the Media. Listen to Trump's Attorney directly)

Former President Donald Trump tops His Fraudulency Joe Biden in five of six crucial swing states, per polling from the far-left New York Times.Let’s get right to the numbers…Nevada – Trump +11Trump: 52 percentBiden: 41 percentArizona – Trump +5Trump: 49 percentBiden: 44 percentPennsylvania – Trump +4Trump 48 percentBiden: 44 percentGeorgia – Trump +6Trump: 49 percentBiden: 43 percentMichigan – Trump +5Trump: 48 percentBiden: 43 percentWisconsin – Hunter’s Dad +2Trump: 45 percentBiden: 47 percentThe left-wing profiteers and warmongers in NeverTrump are already in a panic:It's time.President Biden has served our country well. I'm confident he'll do so for the next year.But it's...

IDF attack dogs go after Hamas terrorists inside tunnels in the Gaza Strip and take them down.

United States military officials announced Sunday they had sent a guided missile submarine to the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one-month mark — even releasing a rare photo of the powerful vessel. “On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility,” US Central Command posted on X. The post included a photo of the Ohio-class submarine apparently traversing the Suez Canal, just north of Cairo. The submarine can carry 154 Tomahawk missiles, each of which can hold up to 1,000 pounds of explosives in their warheads, according to Stars and...

Kentucky governor: ANDY BESHEAR (D) vs. Daniel Cameron (R) Mississippi governor: TATE REEVES (R) vs. Brandon Presley (D) Ohio Issue 1: Whether to establish a right to abortion in state constitution Pennsylvania state Supreme Court: Daniel McCaffery (D) vs. Carolyn Carluccio (R) Virginia state Senate: 31st District: Russet Perry (D) vs. Juan Pablo Segura (R) Virginia state Senate: 16th District: SIOBHAN DUNNAVANT (R) vs. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) Virginia state House: 57th District: Susanna Gibson (D) vs. David Owen (R) New Jersey state Senate: 3rd District: ED DURR (R) vs. John Burzichelli (D) Rhode Island congressional special election: 1st District: Gabe...

Although there’s no shortage of things to do or sights to see in this American melting pot, living in New York City isn’t always as glamorous as it sounds. Why do people love NYC? Yes, New York is expensive. Yes, it can be challenging to find affordable housing. Yes, some elements of city life are difficult. But those challenges pale in comparison to the benefits. In New York, you can meet new people every day. You can discover new places to eat, drink and shop. You can explore your creativity. Writing your novel, designing your website, building a business—it...

Last week marked a historic milestone in military defense: the first combat ever to take place beyond Earth’s atmosphere. VIDEOS AT LINK................ Israel’s celebrated Arrow missile-defense system was activated in response to a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, aimed at the Israeli port city of Eilat during the incident on Oct. 30, the Telegraph reported. It can be recalled that Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces and also the spokesperson for Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, announced that they have launched massive military strikes against Israeli targets in the “occupied territories.” “Swords of...

A defiant former President Donald Trump took the stand on Monday at the New York County Supreme Court in his civil fraud case regarding the valuation of his assets, clashing with Justice Arthur Engoron, who struggled with controlling Trump.Trump early on on the stand reportedly went off a monologue in which he called the trial “crazy,” prompting Justice Arthur Engoron to instruct Trump to only answer questions presented to him, according to Messenger reporter Adam Klasfeld.Trump reportedly took a swipe at Engoron, reportedly going “off on a tangent” about the statute of limitations in which he said, “I’m sure the...

Former President Trump knocked Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) as “disloyal” Sunday ahead of her expected endorsement of his GOP rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Reynolds’s decision to back DeSantis, which she is expected to announce at a rally Monday, would be the end of her career and that “MAGA” would never support her again

Governor Hairspray doesn't pay attention much to California's budget numbers when he signs off on a bill. It's as if putting on a green visor would mess up his costly coif. So, in no surprise to the rest of us, Gavin Newsom was in for a surprise. ... When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that set a first-in-the-nation minimum wage for healthcare workers, three words in a bill analysis foretold potential concerns about its cost: “Fiscal impact unknown.” Now, three weeks after Newsom signed SB 525 into law — giving medical employees at least $25 an hour, including support...

In a move that has ratcheted up tensions in an already precarious region, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the arrival of one of its Ohio-class submarines in its area of responsibility (AOR). The Biden regime has yet to release an official statement. “On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility,” U.S. Central Command wrote on X/Twitter. (snip) The Ohio-class submarines are the largest submarines ever built by the U.S. Navy. They are 560 feet long and 42 feet wide, and displace 18,750 tons when submerged. The Ohio-class submarine has nuclear...

Red Meat is an ancestral food for every human, including you. But, what if red meat causes diabetes? This would fly in the face of the results of 1000's of carnivores who've used a carnivore diet to reverse type 2 diabetes. And, if it's not true, then what's really going on with studies like this?

“We didn’t work as craftsmen in our homeland. We have no experience and no desire. We also have too much to do at home. We still need time to spend with our children.” November 4, 2023: A recently deleted RTL report has uncovered the substantial benefits provided by the German government to an Afghan Islamic migrant, who was one of the translators working with NATO and escaped Afghanistan before the fall of Kabul. This revelation has ignited public controversy and raised questions about potential censorship by the media. The Afghan migrant and his family are recipients of numerous state stipends...

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria traveled to HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to discuss the Israel-Hamas War and raising anti-Semitism on college campuses, the latter of which he tried to blame on Christians. Maher wondered why, of all the conflicts, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets such an emotional reaction out of young people. He concluded that, “It's got to be something about the Jews themselves because there are other people around the world who are oppressed, there are other 'colonized' places not that Israel colonized anything, but why this one place, why does this arouse especially among young people –...

Alleged armed intruders tried to overtake a Los Angeles father as he was about to enter his home Saturday around 7:30 p.m., only to be find themselves fleeing under a barrage of bullets. ABC 7 reported the father saying, “I guess they decided to try to come at me and come in the house but I have a five-month-old baby and a wife and a nanny in the house and that wasn’t going to happen.”

Arif Nashriyaat is known for indoctrinating his Muslim audience to pick up weapons for the cause of jihad and kill all non-Muslim citizens living in India, which includes millions of Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs. As Islamic Jihadis worldwide are celebrating and proudly rejoicing at gruesome incidents of rapes and beheadings carried out by Hamas against Jews and Israelis, a disturbing and dangerous trend is emerging in India. Muslims within the country are making similar genocidal calls and inciting similar violence against the Hindu community, raising concerns about growing religious tensions and security threats. In a now-viral video clip circulating on...