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Jeffrey H. Anderson contributor to City Journal: As Thomas Jefferson put it when describing government actions that lead to “misery” and “suffering,” the “fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.” Debt is a choice; we choose it at our peril. Jessica Geraghty contributor […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general and strategist: “An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.” Ben Whedon reporter for Just the News: Fifty-two percent of voters said they or a household member owned a gun in a recent NBC News survey. The result marked […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Patriot Party Fails To Qualify For 2024 Ballot New Poll Shows Rep. Gallego […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Christopher Roach contributor to American Greatness: . . . a commitment to free speech comes from the recognition that our beliefs about the truth and the actual truth may have some distance between them. The principle of free speech also recognizes that besides truth and error, there are other categories, like opinion, taste, […]
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THANKSGIVING WILL BE CELEBRATED ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2023. Rush Limbaugh III: The True Story of Thanksgiving Read the transcript/Watch the 24:33 minute video: https://officialrushlimbaugh.com/the-true-story-of-thanksgiving/ THANKSGIVING QUOTES Psalm 118:29 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” Henri Frederic Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher: Thankfulness is the beginning […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES David Stockman contributor to LewRockell.com: During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every day including weekends, holidays and snow-days. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s $4.2 million of red ink per minute. Albert Einstein, “Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?,” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES David Stockman contributor to LewRockell.com: During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every day including weekends, holidays and snow-days. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s $4.2 million of red ink per minute. Albert Einstein, “Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?,” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jordon Boyd contributor to The Federalist: While the Department of Justice works overtime to imprison top political foe and 2024 presidential poll leader, former President Donald Trump, over mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Robert Hur plans to let President Joe Biden off scot-free. Micah Meadowcroft contributor to The American Conservative: The goal is clear: to […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Katie Hobbs Broke The Law To Take Credit For The Republican Tax Rebate […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jordon Boyd contributor to The Federalist: While the Department of Justice works overtime to imprison top political foe and 2024 presidential poll leader, former President Donald Trump, over mishandling classified documents, Special Counsel Robert Hur plans to let President Joe Biden off scot-free. Micah Meadowcroft contributor to The American Conservative: The goal is clear: to […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Kurt Schlichter contributor to TownHall.com: Well, California’s rulers finally decided to clean up the junkie-strewn and poop-positive streets of San Francisco. But, of course, they didn’t do that because foul boulevards and medieval subways are a problem for normal people. California’s rulers did it because China’s Winnie-the-Pooh-looking dictator Xi is coming to town. […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES A. Dru Kristenev contributor to Canada Free Press: Understanding that sheriffs are empowered to deter and restrain unlawful actions by the FBI, other federal agencies or officials, it is incumbent on citizens to elect individuals to that office who will enforce their constitutional authority. If any sheriff is complicit with overreaching federal agencies, […]
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Editors’ Note: At The Prickly Pear, we often run as many as ten fresh videos a day. We think all of them are important or we would not select them. But as with most things, some videos are more important, and more eloquent, than others. With so little time, and so much to read or […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES J.B. Shurk contributor to American Thinker: There will one day be a reckoning when those who have aided and abetted this pernicious American police state find themselves in the dock. The government’s program of censorship, political persecution, and human rights abuses will be judged. People will gasp in disbelief as they learn just […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Paige Hauser contributor to The Federalist: American marriage laws are dysfunctional and a legal undermining of the family structure. We have cut the branch upon which we sit and eroded the stability and authority of the family. The family is the most fundamental institution of society, and we must restore laws that teach […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Paul Sperry investigative journalist for Real Clear Investigations: “The seeds for 9/11 were planted in 1948,” according to a draft of a “Proposed Muslim Platform” found at CAIR’s headquarters. “A resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be based on recognizing and correcting the harm that was done to the Palestinians since 1948,” when […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Confusion Over Voting Locations Had Voters Scrambling to Cast Ballot on Election Day Ethics […]
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FREEDOM ISN’T FREE: VETERAN’S DAY IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023 Hazard: Country star John Rich pays tribute to WW2 vets in new song, saying they’re why America exists For the music video, Rich had veterans from the Korean War, World War II, Vietnam and the Gulf War featured where they held up pictures of themselves […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Daniel Greenfield describes Princeton professor of bioethics & media darling Peter Singer’s modified position: He modified his previously published view that parents should be able to kill a child up to 28 days after birth. On second thought, he said, “you can’t really propose any cutoff date,” but the decision should be made […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Michael Devon contributor to American Thinker: America has crossed the tipping point. We can clearly see that the inevitable politically caused disasters such as terrorism, overseas conflicts, and economic downturns will not be met with rational, coherent, and comprehensive solutions from the current federal or state authorities. Each of us is now personally […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Crisis At Arizona’s Southern Border Continues To Wreak Havoc On Local Communities Republicans […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Travis posted on X: Meet Letitia James, current AG of New York whose primary focus is getting Donald Trump. She claims Donald Trump uses his status to overvalue his properties and secure better loan terms. In 2010 her alleged net worth was $100,000. From 2013-2018 she served as the New York City public […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Steven Hayward contributor to PowerlineBlog.com: There’s a great book yet to be written about the full scope of destruction purposely wrought by Barack Obama’s presidency. Many of the deepest divisions and identity-based hatreds of the moment accelerated markedly during his two terms, and he usually inflamed them deliberately, but always subtly, so as […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Mark Weaver contributor to The Federalist: At a glance, this trial is about the former president. But stopping the leading presidential candidate from criticizing his opponent’s Justice Department’s attempt to imprison him actually means the First Amendment is on trial as well. And it’s just the latest in a sordid history of those […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Mark Weaver contributor to The Federalist: At a glance, this trial is about the former president. But stopping the leading presidential candidate from criticizing his opponent’s Justice Department’s attempt to imprison him actually means the First Amendment is on trial as well. And it’s just the latest in a sordid history of those […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Donald Trump current frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary: “The fight between Israel and Hamas is between civilization and savagery, between good and evil. There is no comparison between a group that worships death and a group that cherishes life. Every single life lost in this conflict is on the shoulders of Hamas, Hamas […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Donald Trump 45th POTUS and current leader in the Republican presidential primary: “I want a future that protects American labor, not foreign labor. A future that puts American dreams over foreign profits. And a future that raises American wages, that strengthens American industry, that builds national pride, and that defends this country’s dignity.” […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Jack Hellner contributor to American Thinker: The choice gets easier every day of which party and people to support. Either vote for the people who want the people to have more power, money and freedom or vote for the people who want the government to have more power and money to control all […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Unstaffed Drop Boxes Jeopardize The Safety And Security Of Our Elections Secretary Of State’s […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Donald Trump 45th POTUS in a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition: “Joe Biden’s weakness caused the attack on Israel. Everywhere he goes, Biden’s weakness provokes war and death — because as history shows, evil only respects one thing: unyielding strength.” Warren Beatty contributor to American Thinker: “Under Trump’s sanctions, Iran’s funds had […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Scott McKay contributing editor at The American Spectator: It might have been embarrassing, and it might have given the enemies in the political class ample opportunities to snicker and hurl insults. But at the end of the day, the result reached when Mike Johnson won a 220–209 vote over wannabe Def Poetry Jam […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Scott McKay contributing editor at The American Spectator: It might have been embarrassing, and it might have given the enemies in the political class ample opportunities to snicker and hurl insults. But at the end of the day, the result reached when Mike Johnson won a 220–209 vote over wannabe Def Poetry Jam […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Hours before President Joe Biden gave a rare primetime address last week, his head speechwriter sat down with a group of senior Arab and Muslim-American officials to go over the draft and take suggestions. Cliff Sims contributor to The Federalist: Unlike Trump, Biden is not shaping global […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Sundance contributor to The Last Refuge: Lawfare, in its most obvious construct, is not a legal approach per se’, it is the intentional manipulation of the legal system to create the optics around information that is intended to be used by media to influence public opinion. That’s what Lawfare is all about, manipulating […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Thomas Sowell author: “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” George Edward Griffin author of The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve: Fear of conquest and pillage by an enemy […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES: Auron MacIntyre contributor to Blaze Media: The Bill of Rights might hold a sacred place in the American civic religion, but if our rulers can throw their opponents into jail on a flimsy pretext, then the document is simply an artifact of a constitutional order that is already dead. Collin Rugg, co-founder of […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizona Secretary Of State Sued Over Unstaffed Drop Boxes Katie Hobbs Owns The Arizona […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES: Auron MacIntyre contributor to Blaze Media: The Bill of Rights might hold a sacred place in the American civic religion, but if our rulers can throw their opponents into jail on a flimsy pretext, then the document is simply an artifact of a constitutional order that is already dead. Collin Rugg, co-founder of […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Victor Davis Hanson contributor to Frontpage Magazine: . . . shaken and shamed Biden administration—guilty of an open border and its de facto support for Hamas and Iran, but suddenly scared of a furious election-cycle American public—may for a while not call off Israel. Robert O’Brien former Trump White House National Security Advisor: […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Thousands Of ‘Special Interest Aliens’ Apprehended By Border Patrol In Last Two Years U.S. […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Winning against Hamas does not mean dropping a few bombs on buildings, staging a limited incursion, taking out a few Hamas leaders and then letting Turkey and Egypt negotiate a truce. That’s not a war. Winning means destroying Hamas, its leaders, its terrorists and its supporters by […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Maricopa County Admits To Voter Disenfranchisement Maricopa County Recorder: Progressive Social Issues Are […]
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Editors’ Note: The Daily News Roundup in its usual format will not be published again until approximately October 23. The creator of this superb and comprehensive column in The Prickly Pear is taking a well deserved vacation and will resume the column around the aforementioned date. Until the Daily News Roundup resumes its usual format […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Hobbs asked Mayorkas for more border support, continuing to bus migrants north America […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. August border encounters of more than 322,000 highest monthly total in U.S. history […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Former National Intelligence Director: Democrats Didn’t Count All AG Votes in Arizona Arizona officials […]
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The Prickly Pear will provide current, linked articles about Arizona consistent with our Mission Statement to ‘inform, educate and advocate’. We are an Arizona based website and believe this information should be available to all of our statewide readers. Arizona officials share outcry in mass release of migrants Hillary Clinton Lawyer Celebrates […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES Julie Kelly investigative journalist: As the body count, excessive prison sentences, and new arrests related to January 6 pile up, the twisted bloodlust of the Left is on full display. Molly Slag contributor to American Thinker: If the Democrats can truly persuade the courts that January 6 was an “insurrection,” then a future […]