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May 18, 2026
I have been traveling and tonight have hit the wall as I tried to write, so at this hour am opting for bed rather than trying to grind out today’s…
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Americans’ Civic Identity
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May 17, 2026
Thousands of people gathered today on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to engage in an eight-hour taxpayer-funded evangelical worship event to…
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Awakening a Sleeping Giant
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May 16, 2026
Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.
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Trump's China Trip
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May 15, 2026
President Donald J.
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The Most Corrupt U.S. Administration in History
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May 14, 2026
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May 13, 2026
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