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Wuhan’s latest disaster, cop critics’ crime hypocrisy and other comme🌊ntary

 “All the troubles in the 🌠world apparently lead back to Wuhan,” muses National Review’s Ji🐲m Geraghty.

Stop risky research, Congress dodges hard decisions and 𒅌other commentary

The Risky Research Review Act, now bef﷽ore the Senate, “could finally require independent oversight” around risks like gain-of-function research, note Bryce Nickels & Jay Bhattacharya at RealClearPolitics.

Biden-Harris' irresponsible legacy: Debt is 100% of GDP, highest since WWII

For the first time since the end of World War II, the federal debt will top🧸 100% of the gross domestic product.

Harris' $1.7T spending plan exposes her pixie-dust fiscal policy

 Someone must have mentioned “retu🥀rn on investment” t༺o her in a policy briefing — and now Harris apparently thinks she’s the Warren Buffett of deficit spending. 

Schumer slams GOP's proposed CDC budget cuts, says it would 'create chaos for food safety' amid listeria outbreak

The proposed cut༒s, made by GOP members of the Hous꧑e, would hamstring the agency and “wreak havoc and chaos on food safety funding mechanisms and tracking operations at a core...

🅠 A $7 triﷺllion lie: Biden worse than Trump on national debt 

We saw a classic case of projection in Thursday’s presidential debate, when President Biden — overseein♔g annual budget deficits of $2 trillion — asserted that his predecessor, Donald Trump, added...

Biden's vote-buying schemes make a mockery of democracy

Look at the billions༒ of taxpayer dollars President Bi🎃den is pouring into “community organizations” in “disadvantaged communities” to tip the election scales. 

Biden's Interior Secretary Deb Haaland admits she hasn't been to the southern border

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland acknowledged to Congress on Wednesday that she has never been to the southern border region while in office — despite tons of trash being dumped on..⭕.

DEI is destroying America, why the classics are back 🌟and other commentary

“Diversity/equity/inclusion” is the common thread be𓆉hind “America’s current crises,” argues Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness. DEI has “birthed” resurgent crime andജ antisemitism.

൩ Israel’s new Ben-Gurions, Joe’s perilous Pentagon cuts and other commentary

On Oct. 7, “ordinary Israelis left their offices, closed their laptops, and abandoned their fields to pick up weapons, in many cases without waiting for instructions,” said Th♋e Free Press’...

ဣ Biden may be losing voters but he sure knows how to buy them back

President Biden’s weaknesses are obvious, but his $7.3 trillion budget prop꧅osal this week and State of the Union address Thursday are reminders of just how tough he can be.

Biden unveils massive $7.3T budget with $5.5T in tax hikes, plans for 'highest burden' in US history

President Biden unveiled his election-year budget pitch Monday, calling for $5.5 trillion in tax increases by raising rates on the wealthy and corporations — while♔ spendi🌼ng $7.3 trillion proposals.

White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine

 “🐈We are out of money — and nearཧly out of time.”

Republicans must shame Dems into slashing bloated gov spending — before it's too late

The latest short-term government funding bill ensures that taxpayers will continue to pay for a bloated government unti꧒l January — but Republicans have a chance to address future overspending.

Speaker Mike Johnson proposes unusual🌞 plan to prevent a government shutdown👍 

House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a💟 novel two-step budget extension to prevent a looming government shutdown.

US budget deficit balloons to $1.7 trillion -- largest outside COVID 💦era

 The US government posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and record-hig🌌h interest costs on the...

Joe Biden's latest loan giveaway spits on average Americans AGAIN

The Supreme Court hasn't tossed Biden's initial loan-giveaway plan, which would've ꦦcost taxpayers at least $400 billion.

𓂃 Dems share blame for Speaker’s fall, Sweden’s telling crime surge and other commentary

The blame for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster rests “with both parties’ leaders” for “failing to reach across the aisle to save the coun📖try from this mess,” argues Michael R....

 🌌 Has Congress gone totally mad in holdiꦯng up aid for Ukraine?

Kyiv is at a critical point in☂ its war with Russia, in the midst of a vital counteroffensive that’s seen some success yet has faced fierce resistance.

 ℱ US national debt hits $33 trillion mark for first time ever

According to Treasury Department data, the fed🐻eral government has spent nearly quarter of its budget -- 23% -- on Social Security in fiscal year 2023.