"During his campaign to secure the 2020 Democrat presidential nomination, Joe Biden infamously told the leftist co-hosts of ABC's The View that, 'from the beginning,' he believed Anita Hill's unsubstantiated allegations of sexual harassment against now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

"'Not only didn't I vote for Clarence Thomas, I believed [Hill] from the beginning. I was against Clarence Thomas, I did everything in my power to defeat Clarence Thomas and he won by the smallest margin anyone ever won going on the Supreme Court,' Biden said in the 2019 interview.

"But if Biden's claim about believing Hill is true, then why did he leave a voicemail on Thomas' answering machine praising him as a 'person of character' after his confirmation to the Supreme Court?

"Obtained by The Federalist, the voice message in question further underscores Biden's duplicitous behavior throughout Thomas' Senate confirmation. As the then-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Delaware Democrat had an instrumental role in shepherding the three-ring circus that sought to sink the George H.W. Bush nominee's appointment to the highest court in the land."

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"Since returning to office, President Trump has faced an onslaught of leftist-backed lawfare seeking to grind the implementation of his voters' agenda to a halt. Unsurprisingly, many of these lawsuits have been filed in districts predominated by Democrat-appointed judges, who have been more than happy to issue a myriad of preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders blocking enforcement of the administration's policies.

"Now, with the U.S. Supreme Court largely agreeing to shut down this lower court judicial coup for the time being, a number of rogue judges have taken to anonymously attacking the high court for stopping the crisis they helped create.

"The latest instance of this phenomenon came on Saturday, when The New York Times published an article highlighting criticisms from more than three-dozen unnamed lower court judges about the Supreme Court's handling of cases involving the Trump administration. More specifically, these (mostly Democrat-appointed) jurists attacked the high court for its management of the 'emergency' docket."

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"Those who follow the news might have noticed something different about the current government shutdown, which is now entering its third week.

"Namely, the lack of horror stories that usually accompany shutdowns. Anyone want to guess why that is?"

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"Rolling blackouts. A worthless currency. A once-mighty industry on life support. Doctors, engineers and students leaving in droves in search of a future. That all sounds like Venezuela, but I'm talking about Cuba.

"As Venezuela's crisis deepens, another -- quieter but just as dangerous -- is unfolding just 90 miles from Florida. The drama may be smaller, but the danger is real. If Venezuela is wobbling, Cuba is starting to fall. ...

"Venezuela's collapse dominates the headlines, but Cuba's slow-motion breakdown could have far more profound consequences. A failed state just 90 miles from Florida would unleash new migration waves, invite rival powers into the region, and test America's resolve. Havana's flickering lights may be the hemisphere's next alarm bell."

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"After two years of war prompted by its Oct. 7 massacre, Hamas freed all remaining living hostages on Monday as President Donald Trump arrived in Israel to celebrate the peace deal he brokered that could reshape the Middle East.

"Israel confirmed the safe return of 20 hostages and reciprocated by freeing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in an exchange that was a key benchmark of the deal brokered by Trump and his team last week.

"Trump arrived in Israel and was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and headed immediately to the Knesset to address Israel's political leadership. He also met with families of the hostages."

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"Democrats and media outlets were quick to blame climate change and oil companies for the devastating Palisades Fire that ravaged Los Angeles earlier this year. But that narrative crumbled on Wednesday when federal law enforcement officials charged a man for deliberately starting the fire.

"Federal prosecutors in California charged Jonathan Rinderknecht with one count of destruction of property by means of fire, a charge that carries a maximum time of 20 years in federal prison. 'While we cannot bring back what victims lost, we hope this criminal case brings some measure of justice to those affected by this horrific tragedy,' said acting U.S. attorney Bill Essayli.

"The charge -- which Essayli said was informed by witness statements, video surveillance, cell phone data, and an analysis of fire dynamics conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -- cuts against the narrative prominent Democratic lawmakers and media outlets pushed following the tragic event."

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"Gold crossed the $4,000-per-ounce line this week; with nearly three months to go, the price is up 51% this year -- the biggest jump since it soared 126% in 1979, deep in the depths of Jimmy Carter's stagflation, gas lines and foreign-policy disasters.

In other words, gold spikes historically indicate investor panic; the metal's seen as the safest place to put money when everything else is going south.

Yet the nation's just seen two straight quarters of nearly 4% economic growth; the stock market's hitting record highs.

And whatever hit the economy's taken from tariffs, the boost from President Donald Trump's energy policies, deregulation and tax cuts is clearly far stronger."

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"President Trump wanted an excuse to send National Guard troops to Chicago, and now he's got one.

"The Windy City in recent days has done its best imitation of Los Angeles, where resistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations created the justification for a Guard deployment a couple months ago.

"Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hate the notion of the National Guard in the streets of the city, but have failed to rally Chicago residents to do the one thing necessary to avoid the deployment -- let federal officers do their job.

"The word should have gone out long ago: Don't riot outside ICE facilities."

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"The revelation that the FBI snooped on the phone records of Republican members of Congress during its January 6 investigation is bringing greater scrutiny to then-FBI Director Christopher Wray, during whose tenure the bureau effort occurred, and to then-Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was leading the Biden Justice Department's investigation into Donald Trump.

"Smith and the FBI reportedly collected the private phone records of eight Republican senators and one GOP House member as part of his investigation into the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021."

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"In July, National Public Radio's CEO cried and hollered, claiming her organization could not possibly survive without government funding.

This week, however, the same news organization claimed that on its first day functioning without taxpayer dollars, it was performing as well as ever -- possibly even better.

In other words, NPR's critics were right all along about defunding. NPR never needed those dollars. It just wanted them."

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