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24/10/2022

24/06/2022

Life Wins!
I will be speaking at the Stand for Life Rally at the Indiana Statehouse 06-25 starting at 2pm EST
garyvarvel.com

16/06/2022

In the wake of school shootings, some parents are buying bulletproof backpacks and others are opting for homeschooling.

16/06/2022

The attempts to denormalize gun ownership have reached new heights of stupidity in one California community.

16/06/2022

Caught with a gun and m**h in 2020, the man who shot and killed two El Monte officers this week could have been in prison.

16/06/2022

For morons incapable of shame , this is meaningless, for everyone else, the facts speak for themselves

This is likely to make Joe Biden throw a tantrum as well...

16/06/2022

We are by all normal standards tho the marxist demasses who wanted this will not admit it

This is bad news for Joe Biden and Democrats as they grasp at straws to win this November.

16/06/2022

Of course, the nation knows she is an immoral moron and woke fool

As far as we know, this is Pelosi's second appearance on the show.

16/06/2022

It is patently clear that dems and their sycophant journos are inundated with woke marxism and incapable of honesty and truth so don't bother to read them and certainly do not lend them credence.

Journos, you've wrecked your own industry.

16/06/2022

But the US is neither responsible nor sharing in responses

Is it time to halt fuel and natural gas exports?

15/06/2022

President Joe Biden spoke at the Port of Los Angeles the other day and addressed the issue foremost on the minds of Americans today -- inflation.And in the spirit of

15/06/2022

So, my stock portfolio dropped about 5% during the time that the Democrats – who include the Beltway Cowgirl and that cackling Renfield of conservatism, Adam Whatshisname – were engaging

15/06/2022

There’s no sugarcoating President Biden’s approval rating—it’s abysmal and getting worse each day. How much will it drag down Democrats come November, however, is the question and Axios’s Jim VandeHei

09/01/2022

A dream come true.

01/12/2021

The Court will begin hearing arguments today that may overturn Roe v. Wade.

30/11/2021

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., issued a warning to the Supreme Court days before oral arguments in a potential landmark abortion case, claiming that a "revolution" will take place if the high court overturns existing precedent.

11/11/2021

22/08/2021

There’s always next time, and we will win!!🥱🤩🤗

02/08/2021

Townhall recently got a first look at a brief filed by former Vice President Mike Pence's organization, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), asking that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its abortion

24/06/2021

16/06/2021

On this day in 1738, a publisher of the Declaration of Independence is born. Did you know that the Declaration, including the names of all the signers, was first printed by a woman?

Mary Katherine Goddard was the daughter of a physician and postmaster. After her father’s death, the family moved around a bit. With each move, Mary’s brother opened and ran printing presses and newspapers. But the females in the family ultimately shouldered the burden of running these publications.

To some degree, they had to. William was always engaged in some other pursuit. For instance, he helped to establish an intercolonial postal system, intended to replace the old British one.

In the meantime, the Goddard women were left behind to run the printing businesses. In 1770, Mary’s mom passed away. Mary was left to perform these duties alone.

She did a great job of it. Mary was a good business woman who worked hard to stay afloat during difficult times. Indeed, she managed to stay in business during the Revolution, when many other publishers were floundering. She opened up a book shop on the side to help bring in money. Her name soon appeared on the masthead for the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser. (You’ll remember that women’s names didn’t usually appear on publication mastheads in those days.) She also became the postmaster of Baltimore—most likely the first female to hold such a position in the colonies.

In 1777, her printing shop printed the first copies of the Declaration of Independence, complete with the name of every signer. It had been a long time coming. For many months, the names of all the signatories were not known. Signing that document was considered treason by the British, and the action was punishable by death.

Maybe that makes it even more interesting that Mary’s full name appeared immediately underneath? She was making a statement—a statement that could get her hanged! Goddard’s usual tagline was: “Printed by M.K. Goddard.”

During the first year of George Washington’s presidency, Mary was unfortunately the victim of patronage or sexism (or both). Despite 14 successful years as postmaster, she was forced to step down. The new postmaster general wanted to appoint a political ally for her position. Mary protested and even had a petition signed by more than 200 local businessmen, but to no avail.

William had, by then, returned to run his printing business. Apparently, his return was not an entirely amicable affair. Mary was left with only a book shop to run, which she did, until shortly before her death in 1816.

Another little-known woman working and sacrificing behind the scenes so that we might have freedom.

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18/04/2021

No longer simply an academic matter, critical race theory has become a tool of political power. To borrow a phrase from the Marxist theoretician Antonio Gramsci, it is fast achieving “cultural hegemony” in America’s public institutions. More and more, it is driving the vast machinery of the st...