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The Pentagon fails to send absentee ballots to active military service members
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The Pentagon fails to send absentee ballots to active military service members

By Sarah Arnold | Townhall Republican lawmakers demand answers from the Pentagon after military service members complained that they have not received enough absentee ballots to vote before Election Day. GOP Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Mike Waltz (R-FL) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin citing their “grave concern over deficiencies in the Defense Department’s protocols” for the U.S. military because they said the absentee ballot stockpile has been “depleted and had not been replenished.” “Our nation’s brave men and women in uniform brought to our attention that there has been inadequate education at the administrative level on how to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and fill in a federal write-in absentee ballot if their state-...
House Republicans Demand Answers on IRS Whistleblower Retaliation
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House Republicans Demand Answers on IRS Whistleblower Retaliation

By Rebecca Downs | Townhall The saga of IRS whistleblowers, Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joseph Ziegler, remains in the news after all this time. On Friday, the Republican chairman of three House Committees--Rep. James Comer (R-KY) of Oversight and Accountability, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) Judiciary, and Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) of Ways and Means--sent a letter to Karen Gorman, the Acting Principal Deputy Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, regarding alleged retaliation against IRS whistleblowers. Their letters comes in response to what the chairmen are referring to as a "stunning development," as Shapley's attorneys have come out with quite the update. As Jennifer Van Laar covered at our sister site of RedState, Shapley dared to speak with ...
How Trump plans to help compensate victims of ‘migrant crime’
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How Trump plans to help compensate victims of ‘migrant crime’

By Leah Barkoukis | Townhall Former President Donald Trump announced how he plans to help families affected by “migrant crime” if elected next week.  “Today, I’m announcing that for the first time under my administration we will be seizing the assets of the criminal gangs and drug cartels and we will use those assets to create a compensation fund to provide restitution for the victims of migrant crime and the government will help in the restitution,” Trump said during an address at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL
A case on ‘transgender care’ for minors is headed to the Supreme Court
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A case on ‘transgender care’ for minors is headed to the Supreme Court

By Madeline Leesman | Townhall This month, medical watchdog organization Do No Harm (DNH) launched a first-of-its-kind database revealing the medical facilities that are providing so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors. This encompasses irreversible sex reassignment surgery, as Townhall covered. DNH revealed that over 5,000 children in the United States had undergone some form of gender transition surgery. This includes procedures like mastectomies. READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL
Benson: Kamala Harris sidesteps free speech concerns while advocating for top-down control
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Benson: Kamala Harris sidesteps free speech concerns while advocating for top-down control

By Guy Benson | Commentary, Townhall.com In an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented America's divisive politics, arguing that her desire to 'turn the page' is really about "closing the page" -- whatever that means -- on "an era that suggests Americans are divided."  It's true that Americans are divided.  Figures in both major political parties and across the political spectrum bear some responsibility for that reality, including both her and her opponent.  Part of the polarization and acrimony is stoked and fueled for cynical purposes.  But a lot of it is simply a reflection of profound differences on policies and values.  Voters have divergent views on what they want the country to look like, what sort of leaders t...
Overbeck: Will Americans vote for their own survival or choose Trump hatred?
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Overbeck: Will Americans vote for their own survival or choose Trump hatred?

By Joy Overbeck, Commentary | Town Hall I have a bumper sticker on my car that asks, “Had enough? Vote Republican!” That’s really the critical question on which the presidential election hinges. Have voters had enough of crime, unsafe streets, high inflation, the erosion of their savings accounts, unaffordable gas, groceries and homes; have they had enough of the Democrats’ destruction of their way of life and pursuit of happiness?  Put another way, will voters take the rational route of voting for their self-interest and against the ruination of their happiness? Or will they ignore their family’s self-preservation and fall for the rabid pushers of orange man bad Trump Derangement Syndrome? I ask because there’s a bizarre disconnect rearing its head a few weeks before election day. ...
‘Release the memes’: Babylon Bee scores free speech win after Newsom tried to make parody illegal
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‘Release the memes’: Babylon Bee scores free speech win after Newsom tried to make parody illegal

By Leah Barkoukis | Town Hall Free speech advocates are celebrating after California agreed it would not enforce one of its new censorship laws targeting political satire and parody. The development comes less than a month after Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, on behalf of The Babylon Bee and attorney Kelly Chang Rickert, sued the state over two new laws that aim to censor online content.  “All of it’s on a knife’s edge. It’s on a knife’s edge right now. So this is really, really, really, really important right now. Folks, look, think about it. He is talking about doing away with the entire Department of Education — he means it, this is not a joke. This [is] a guy who also wants to replace every civil servant, every single one,” Biden said. "Because one of ...
Harris campaign backtracks after discriminatory loans proposal
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Harris campaign backtracks after discriminatory loans proposal

By Katie Pavlich  | TownHall With just three weeks to go until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris issued a list of proposals in effort to regain support from black voters -- specifically men.  " 1) Providing 1 million loans that are fully forgivable to Black entrepreneurs and others to start a business. (2) Championing education, training, and mentorship programs that help Black men get good-paying jobs in high-demand industries and lead their communities, including pathways to become teachers. (3) Supporting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets so Black men who invest in and own these assets are protected. READ THE FULL STORY AT TOWNHALL
Biden and Harris’ response to Hurricane Helene is part of a disturbing pattern
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Biden and Harris’ response to Hurricane Helene is part of a disturbing pattern

By Matt Vespa  | Town Hall Hurricane Helene dissipated over the weekend, but not before smashing into Florida’s Big Bend as a category four storm, inflicting “biblical” damage across the southern United States. After landfall, the heavy rains led to catastrophic flooding that’s killed almost 100 people so far. In the Newport area of Tennessee, about 60 miles outside Knoxville, residents were forced to scramble after the Waterville Dam failed. And where’s Biden and Harris throughout this crisis? It’s part of an unseemly pattern with this administration: when disaster strikes, everyone runs away. A train derails in East Palestine, Ohio—the Biden White House drags their feet. Severe wildfires strike Maui, the deadliest in 100 years, and it takes Joe forever to get out there. Joe’s mind ...
What did Kamala Harris do with a $42 billion project? Well…
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What did Kamala Harris do with a $42 billion project? Well…

By Katie Pavlish | Town Hall During an interview with MSNBC Wednesday night, Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris promised to build three million homes should she be elected President in November. She also made the promise during an economic speech Wednesday.  But Harris' record shows she isn't capable of building anything, and it's been costing Americans billions of dollars.  First, Harris was the tie-breaking vote for the "Inflation Reduction Act," which even President Joe Biden admits was a massive handout to the global warming lobby, with expensive subsidies and tax breaks. She also advocated for Biden's infrastructure bill, which included $8 billion to build 500,000 electric vehicle chargers across the country by 2030.  So far, they've built e...