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March 17As much as immigration has led to suspicions, conflicts and misunderstandings, on balance it’s contributed to our country’s productivity and culture, and it’s made life better for families escaping harsh conditions in their homelands.
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The "geriatric starlet," immortalized in Albert Maysles' 2014 documentary "Iris," was far more than a nonconformist, a spectacle many passersby might dismiss as a kooky old lady. She used her increasingly frail frame as a canvas for her art.
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It's true that illegal immigrants overwhelmingly work once they get here; it's why they come in the first place, after all. But the idea that a fraction of all immigrants, whose numbers have only drastically increased in the past couple of decades, "built the country" is a ridiculous fabrication and a profound insult to American workers, past and present.
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Open borders. Deadly drugs. Activist Ivy League agitators with opaque funding. TikTok teenage propaganda.
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This business about “red lines” seems to be limited in its application to Israel and its supposed “ally,” the United States. Each time Israel is attacked the U.S. initially supports the Jewish state, but if the conflict is prolonged, that support weakens as the media and other nations pressure Israel to stop short of victory, thus ensuring the inevitability of more wars.
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The problem is that there’s an organized effort underway by transnational criminal organizations to buy up properties in rural Maine, gut them bare and fill them to the brim with marijuana plants to fund other illicit activities.
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There are worries among the House GOP leadership about how to navigate their ever-shrinking and already narrow majority as they try to run the chamber.
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March 16"Yes in My Backyard" so often means "Yes in Your Backyard." But No. We don't have to roll over for developers.
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What we’re dealing with mostly may well be white men afraid they will be replaced by women.
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The normality advantage that Biden enjoyed in 2020 is gone, and defeating his Republican adversary has, accordingly, gotten that much more difficult.
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This was a speech in which what President Biden said was possibly less important than how well he said it.
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As with other addictions from which the addicted cannot free themselves, an intervention is much needed. One can happen in November if enough non-addicts vote for candidates who are committed to putting our financial house back in order.
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Let’s support our teachers in keeping our students awake and engaged in the challenges they face today and will face tomorrow. They can then lead in a thoughtful, informed and compassionate way.
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I ask legislators, and the majority of us who believe that everyone should have a place to call home, to act. Together we can ensure everyone, regardless of zip code, has a place to live our lives and care for our families.
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It was in 1812 and is today, no matter how major liberal media outlets try to ignore border security and depict citizens concerned with border defense as assault rifle racists or 19th-century fossils.
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