Second Assassination Attempt Forces New Reckoning for Trump, Secret Service

By Susan Crabtree and Phillip Wegmann, Real Clear Wire The second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump while he was golfing at one of his Florida courses on Sunday is forcing the United States Secret Service to further tighten security around the Republican presidential nominee and to reevaluate just how much Trump should be venturing out – whether he …

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Constitution Day Reflections on America’s Founding Documents

By Mathew Riffe, Real Clear Wire When it comes to celebrating Constitution Day, it may be considered atypical to think of the Declaration of Independence. After all, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were two separate documents authored 11 years apart, written for two very distinct reasons, and penned by different authors. Yet both documents were integral in creating …

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Non-citizens Voting in Oregon: What We Know, What We Don’t

Source: Oregon Secretary of State website In case you missed it, the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles and the state’s Elections Division admitted at least 306 non-citizens had been registered to vote in Oregon, with at least two of them having voted, since 2021. The news was broken by Willamette Week in a story published at 3:54 pm Friday. Non-citizens are not allowed to …

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Trump and Other Elected Leaders Respond to Assassination Attempt

(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump released a statement responding to the assassination attempt against him over the weekend. “I would like to thank everyone for your concern and well wishes – It was certainly an interesting day!” Trump wrote on TruthSocial. “Most importantly, I want to thank the U.S. Secret Service, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and his Office …

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‘We Live In Danger Times’: Secret Service, Local Officials Speak On Apparent Second Trump Assassination Attempt

By Hailey Gomez Local and federal officials confirmed Sunday during a press briefing that the Secret Service fired upon an allegedly armed suspect in what is being investigated by FBI officials as a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Trump’s campaign announced Sunday afternoon that the former president was “safe” after shots were fired in his vicinity while …

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Looking Back at a Recall Effort During the Covid Days and Advice to a future Oregon Republican Leader

Josephine County Democrats must be eating a lot of popcorn these days as they enjoy the spectacle of some ‘conservative’ Republicans seeking to recall a conservative Republican. Republicans everywhere complain that government only gets bigger, more costly, and less efficient. Yet here in Josephine County we elect John West as county commissioner based on his promise to eliminate wasteful spending …

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Tanner Elliott Announces Candidacy To Become Chairman of the Young Republicans of Oregon

SALEM – A fifth generation Oregonian, Gen Z conservative and follower of Christ, Tanner Elliott has announced his candidacy for Chairman of the Young Republicans of Oregon (YRO). Elliott was raised in the beautiful Eastern Oregon City of John Day, where his 3rd great-grandfather was one of the original pioneers of Grant County. Growing up with rural conservative values has …

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Bizarre and Historic Trump-Biden-Harris Special Event You Won’t Believe Happened

Yesterday, we had a current President, a current Vice-President running for President, and a former President running for reelection to President all appear at the same fire station in the same city at the very same time. Unbelievable but you can see it with your own eyes below. All three were invited to the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department station to …

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Post Debate Analysis and Fact-Checking For Trump and Harris as Campaigns Continue

For 7 years I coached middle school and high school students in speech and debate. I was a judge for many speech and debates tournaments. At the first competition, I was amazed that a student could give a clear and concise speech to an impromptu question. It was if they knew what the topic would be. Later I learned that …

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