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The Border Crisis Is A Huge Expense For American Taxpayers, Despite What CBO Says

Aug 13, 2024

By Matt Eagan | A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests that the ongoing illegal immigration surge at the southern border will reduce the federal deficit by a staggering $897 billion over the next decade. At first glance, this figure might...

Kamala Harris And Tim Walz Shouldn’t Expect Much Love From Parents On Election Day

Aug 9, 2024

By Betsy McCaughey | You’ve seen “Black Women for Kamala” and even “White Dudes for Kamala,” but don’t expect to see “Parents for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.” Vice President Kamala Harris is squarely against parental control of what young children are taught about...

The Border Is Going To Be Worse Under Kamala Harris

Aug 7, 2024

By Dennis E. Nixon | There are many ways the United States can fail in the areas of border security and immigration policy. Over the past three-and-a-half years, the Biden administration has managed to implement most of those failed policies. A Harris...

High Tax-And-Spend States Apparently Will Never Learn

Aug 5, 2024

By Dr. Thomas Patterson | Our federal system is aptly called the laboratory of democracy. Rather than learning everything from the school of hard knocks, states can look to the experience of others with initiatives like charter schools, right-to-work laws, and...

Kamala Harris’ Energy Policy Catalog Is Full Of Whoppers

Aug 2, 2024

By David Blackmon | The catalog of Vice President Kamala Harris’s history on energy policy is as thin as the listing of her accomplishments as President Joe Biden’s “Border Czar,” which is to say it is bereft of anything of real substance. But the queen of word salads...

If You Thought Things Were Bad Under Biden, Just Wait

Jul 31, 2024

By Stephen Moore | President Joe Biden’s time in the White House is mercifully coming to an end. He is now officially a lame duck with six months to go. Biden was a victim here of a corrupt Democratic machine that — along with a complicit media — thought they...

FACT CHECK: Maricopa County Recorder Didn’t Defend Arizona From Extreme Left Election Policy

Jul 30, 2024

By Merissa Hamilton | The famous poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson from the 1800s once quipped, “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you are saying." This is especially true when observing how our elected officials operate our government. Per...

DOJ Pushes Phoen⁠i⁠x For Cour⁠t⁠-Ordered Mon⁠i⁠⁠t⁠or⁠i⁠ng Of Pol⁠i⁠ce Depar⁠t⁠men⁠t⁠

Jul 27, 2024

By Paul Parisi | On June 13, 2024, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released a critical report following a nearly three-year investigation into the Phoenix Police Department (PPD), alleging misconduct including excessive force, discrimination, and...

Maricopa County Recorder Rebuffs Legal Request To Clean Foreign Citizens Off Voter Rolls

Jul 26, 2024

By Merissa Hamilton | This week, the Maricopa County Attorney’s office, on behalf of their client, the Maricopa County Recorder, rebuffed all of the concerns about cleaning foreign citizens from voter rolls that America First Legal (AFL) raised in a letter sent on...

Arizona Has The Blueprint To Stop Illegals From Voting, Other States Should Follow

Jul 26, 2024

By the Arizona Free Enterprise Club | The surge of border crossings continues. There is an election in just over 3 months. Many voters want to know—can illegals vote? Obviously, it’s illegal for non-citizens to vote. The real question is whether voters...

The Reason Maricopa County Schools Are Failing: New Leadership Is Needed This November

Jul 24, 2024

By Tiffany Benson | I’ve consulted with several Maricopa County constituents and learned very few of us understand the role and responsibilities of the Superintendent of Schools. One thing's for sure, we cannot allow a simpleton to remain in office. For those unaware,...

There’s A Way To Stop Noncitizens From Voting And Dems Are Fighting It

Jul 23, 2024

By Jason Snead | American elections should be decided by American voters. That is why the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislation that defends that basic principle by requiring proof of citizenship...