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Saturday marked the one-year anniversary since the US House passed H.R. 2 – the strongest border security bill in US history. But Senate Democrats refuse to sign the bill and Biden won’t get behind it. Biden’s Border Crisis is bursting wide open, just weeks after my first visit to the US border. Where are the Democrats? Not a SINGLE one showed up to a special field hearing in Arizona this week. Bombshells are dropping. Does anyone hear? Does anyone care? And WHERE are the 85,000+++ MISSING CHILDREN who came across the border? Every American should witness firsthand, as I did, the parade of illegal immigrants flooding across the southern border of the United States. It will shake you to your core. When you see it with your eyes and feel it in your bones you know the truth: America is changing forever. The real shockwaves are just starting to hit. Border patrol agents are now testifying that the Biden regime has forced them into silence. Speak out, and lose your job. Speak against the criminals pouring in, the women and children being trafficked and the drug cartels gaining ground—and you can just retire early. With no pension. I heard similar stories… For this particular story, I am traveling on what seems to be an unbelievable journey to the Arizona/US border with Matt and Mercedes Schlapp, their CPAC team and members of Kari Lake’s US Senate campaign. On a bright and sunny day, we arrive in Nogales, Arizona. Escorted by friendly and knowledgeable ex-border patrol agents, we head down dirt roads and dodge potholes until suddenly, we turn a sharp corner. Trump’s big Border Wall rises from the earth to meet us. We have arrived. The wall is breathtaking. Comforting. Foreboding. Much taller and more secure than the adjacent Obama wall, which is easy to scale. A joke. We travel alongside Trump’s impressive barrier, stretching for miles in the middle of nowhere.  All is calm. For a few moments. “There they are!” our guide suddenly announces right on cue, and we pull over. About 50 yards away, dozens of migrants are pouring through a massive breach in the barrier, where Biden left the Border Wall unfinished. Young, well-dressed fighting age men and women with children and cell phones confidently and assertively stroll into America. They smile and wave to our cameras. They tell us they’re going to see relatives and friends and coming to find jobs. This group is traveling from Guatemala and Central America. One place they are NOT going— to the LEGAL port of entry up the road. No, that is NOT required under Biden’s America. No background checks, no DNA tests, no special investigations to uncover potential human trafficking cases—those procedures under the Trump administration were REVERSED as soon as Biden took office. The border patrol agents are directed to give the illegals a special bag of supplies and usher them to their next destination. We know they receive everything from money to cell phones to mopeds, hotel rooms and airline tickets. All free—funded by US taxpayers. They can apply for asylum and if rejected, they are to be deported. But they are not. Most board charter buses and head to nearby migrant camps that stretch for blocks by the Tucson airport. See it for yourself. Then you notice: the migrant camps are heavily guarded by barbed wire fencing AND security— but the border is NOT? Certainly, Biden’s America is NOT America First. Around the corner, parents tell me they are afraid of strangers lingering around local parks at their children’s soccer games. They notice nearby hotels are packed with migrants. They testify how they have lost children, multiple children, to fentanyl and drug overdoses as poison pours across the border and crime soars. And now, reports say that Biden officials have ceded authority of a New Mexico mountaintop to a Mexican drug cartel. Are we really living in America? The worst shockwave hit as I arrived at the airport to head home. Illegals entered through an expedited security line next to me, carried special papers, then sat at my gate and boarded my plane. I held my breath. I know Biden is now welcoming Gaza refugees, who have voted in favor of Hamas terrorists. The war on our border, against our communities, our children and US taxpayers is nothing short of a full scale invasion of our country. The Biden regime and Congress are complicit and have blood on their hands. They refuse to shut down the border. They are aiding and abetting our enemies.  This is treason.

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President Donald Trump is bearing the brunt of the Left’s lawfare and putting the full extent of it on public display. Mike Davis of the Article III Project, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, North Carolina Congressman Dan Bishop, and Stephen Miller America of First Legal sat down at a CPAC in DC 2024 panel to discuss strategies to combat such lawfare. The panel of legal experts suggests conservatives start by electing good attorneys general on the state level. As Miller commented, “The only way out of this nightmare is going to be filling every legal office in this country with Dan Bishops and Ken Paxtons.” From there, attorneys general can follow the lead of Ken Paxton and Dan Bishop and reign in big tech’s monopolies and censorship and establish additional safeguards to protect Americans’ constitutional rights and the integrity of the justice system. Paxton, who was subjected to lawfare by members of his own party, issues the warning that while conservatives are fighting lawfare, they need to be on guard for attacks from all sides, “We need to be very aware that it’s not just the liberal Democrats that are doing this but some in our own party and we need to hold them accountable.” The Left’s lawfare is spreading deep roots across the nation, and conservatives need to create a network of legal officials with integrity to match. “We’ve got to lean. We’ve also got to use every tool at our disposal to fight them back,” urged Bishop. Watch the full conversation between these patriotic legal warriors on Rumble @CPAC.

Coleton Furlow covers antisemitic protests on college campuses, the Met Gala, and more on the second episode of Battle Belongs. Furlow‘s updates on antisemitic protests on college campuses include the resignation of Cornell University’s president and the revelation that most of the Columbia University protests were not even students but were hired professional protestors. Representative Andy Ogles has proposed a solution to these protests with a bill that punishes protestors by sending them to Gaza for six months for community service. Ogles’ proposal is more proactive against terrorism than President Joe Biden who though has publicly appeared to support Israel has not given them full material and military support they need to end the war and end Hamas. Furlow commented, “We are America...We do not support terrorists. We do not stand with terrorists. In fact, we stand on terrorists’ necks. That’s what we do. We annihilate terrorism. Terrorism has no place in America. Terrorism has no place in the world. So, why is Joe Biden siding with terrorists? I want an answer.” Furlow also commented in the episode on a viral video of a couple renting the womb of woman and then ripping the distressed newborn baby from the arms of its mother, the Met Gala or what he calls, “the worst costume party of all time,” and on hate mail from commenters on social media. Watch the full episode on CPAC+ and follow @CPAC or @coletonfurlow on social media for more.

April was Second Chance Month, a month dedicated to celebrating and advancing criminal justice reform programs, and CPAC Foundation’s Nolan Center for Justice closed out the month with a fireside chat and by participating in Clean Slate Initiative’s Clean Slate Act Champions Roundtable. Nolan Center for Justice joined criminal justice reform advocates, Representatives Kelly Armstrong and Lisa Blunt Rochester, and more at the Clean Slate Act Champions Roundtable to celebrate the progress of the Clean Slate Act. The Clean Slate Act is a bipartisan effort to seal the criminal records of non-violent offenders, making it easier for them to find gainful employment and rebuild their lives as productive citizens. As Armstrong summarized, “The Clean Slate Act is bipartisan legislation that aims to remove barriers to give Americans with low-level and nonviolent criminal records a second chance to find meaningful employment.” The act was first introduced in Congress in 2021 by Rochester and was introduced again in April of 2023. The bill has since gained two cosponsors from both the Democrat and Republican sides and has spread across the country on the state level to twelve different states. Nolan Center for Justice continued the discussion about second chance policies by hosting a fireside chat with Re-entry Working Group, Prison Fellowship Advocacy, and Safer Foundation. Together they celebrated a successful Second Chance Month and talked re-entry policies that will support offenders’ successful transition back into society. Nolan Center General Counsel David Safavian said of the event on X: “Had the opportunity to discuss the importance of supervision reform, rehabilitation and re-entry with a room full of Capitol Hill staffers. Why are these things important? Because if we can keep ex-offenders from re-offending, we make every neighborhood safer.” Learn more about Nolan Center for Justice’s Second Chance Month initiatives and all of their projects at conservativejusticereform.org and on X @ACUforJustice.

Former Pennsylvania Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum powerfully called for religious revival in America at CPAC Hungary 2024. After World War II, America fell into the dangerous trap of naive contentment. Americans took for granted that they lived in the greatest and freest country on earth and forgot that freedom requires hard work to maintain. As such, they let their guard down and allowed Leftism to slowly creep into the country. “Who needs an invading army when you can use the freedom in the West to systematically gain control of every lever of power, unions, schools, colleges, news media, entertainment, social media, big business, and increasingly the Church to indoctrinate masses to believe their lies? How did they do this? Well, the most benign answer is the axiom, ‘Evil triumphs when good men and women do nothing,’” explained Santorum. They became lax in their faith and their family lives. They entrusted their children to schools and universities infected with the disease of Leftism and failed to pass on conservative values to them. As time went on, conservatives isolated themselves from the rest of the country rather than taking the conservative message out into the world and bringing more people into their ranks. “We stopped participating in social groups, including churches, clubs, and institutions that shape society, but not on the Left. They joined, contributed, and they organized. We became self-sufficient, disconnected, and blissfully ignorant of the dramatic changes in our institutions and in our culture,” recalled Santorum. Though the Left made great headway in overhauling American society and culture, it’s not too late to reverse course. But doing that requires conservatives to return to their roots. They need to place God at the center of their values and politics and return to a core Christian morality that respects life and defends the family. Hungary is a light in the darkness to Americans, demonstrating that a cultural revival is possible. To achieve that cultural revival in America, Americans need to start with themselves. “Do the hard work of strengthening your faith, committing to your spouse, and forming your children in truth, and you and your country will triumph in more ways than one,” advised Santorum. Revival starts with each person looking in the mirror and practicing what they preach. Watch Santorum’s full speech on here.

Washington, D.C. has become corrupted with career, self-interested, and weak politicians. The Republican Party especially has been afflicted for years with disloyal, lukewarm conservatives. Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz lets those swamp creatures like Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, and Mike Pence know that there days in Washington are numbered. Gaetz and his staunch conservative colleagues are draining the swamp and challenging the status quo by caring about the priorities of average Americans and bringing common sense to Congress. “I actually want orderly things like budgets that balance, single-subject spending bills, term limits, block grant Medicaid, drill for oil, export liquified natural gas to anyone willing to buy it in dollars, demand that, I don’t know, if the government wants to spy on Americans, they should have to get a warrant and we should secure the southern border,” stated Gaetz. Republicans still have a lot of work to do. Many lukewarm representatives still need to be ousted and many others need to learn to take a stand for the principles on which they campaigned. Watch all of Gaetz’s comments from the CPAC 2024 stage on Rumble @CPAC.

During the Obama Presidency, when it came to regulations, one was reminded of the Simpsons episode where Homer changed his name to "Max Power", and told his son, Bart, that there were three ways of doing things: the right way, the wrong way, and the "Max Power" way. To which Bart retorted, "Isn't that the wrong way?" and Homer replied, "yes, but faster!". But the Obama administration had nothing on the Biden administration's "Max Power" approach! Under the Biden administration, the United States has seen an unprecedented surge in the cost of federal regulations, presenting a clear and present danger to our economic prosperity and the financial well-being of every American citizen. Let's put the numbers in perspective: under President Obama, the cost of federal regulations doubled, climbing from $1.1 trillion to $2.25 trillion over eight years. During President Trump’s term, these costs held relatively steady, growing by a mere $30 billion. On a percentage basis, that's the least growth we've had in the modern regulatory state for any president, only 1.3% (the prior Republican president, George W. Bush, grew the cost of regulation by 10% in his eight years in office, and he was considered by the left to be "anti-regulation"!). In stark contrast, in just over three years, President Biden has added a staggering $1.37 trillion in direct regulatory costs, according to a recent report by the American Action Forum (AAF). This surge in regulatory costs under Biden is approximately 45 times the amount accumulated under Trump and nearly matches the entire regulatory cost of the Obama presidency. The magnitude of these costs cannot be overstated. The most expensive single rule—the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tailpipe vehicle emissions rule—racked up $870 billion in costs, nearly equating the total regulatory costs of the entire Obama administration. Such astronomical figures signal a dramatic escalation in the regulatory state, one that promises to ripple across the economy, stifling growth and burdening industries and consumers alike. The broader economic impact of these regulations is even more alarming. For every dollar of direct regulatory cost, there is an estimated $19 in lost opportunity cost. This implies a total economic impact running into the tens of trillions of dollars—costs that will ultimately be borne by American businesses and consumers through higher prices and reduced economic activity. House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington has rightly pointed out the dire implications of such policies: "Biden’s burdensome regulations along with his tax hikes and unbridled spending are fueling the cost of living crisis under which working Americans are suffering." This statement captures the essence of the regulatory overreach we are witnessing—an overreach that not only impacts our immediate costs of living but also our long-term economic sustainability. What is required now is a concerted effort to reverse this trend. The solution lies in cutting wasteful spending, reducing taxes, and importantly, rolling back unnecessary regulations. Such measures would not only alleviate the cost of living pressures but also spur economic growth and help reduce our unsustainable national debt. The trajectory of regulatory costs under the Biden administration serves as a stark warning: without immediate action, we risk entrenching a bureaucratic quagmire that could undermine the economic gains of the past decade and curtail our future prosperity. As policymakers, industry leaders, and citizens, we must advocate for a regulatory environment that fosters innovation and growth, not one that suffocates it under the ever-growing weight of costly and unnecessary rules. Homer Simpson's quip about the "Max Power" way being the "wrong way, only faster" makes for good comedy. It's a cartoon, after all, and a parody of real life. For the Biden Administration to double-down on their predecessor using this approach to grow the impact of the federal regulatory is just the opposite - it's real life, in the most-real way, and is anything but funny.

Elaine Beck joins America Uncanceled to discuss antisemitism on college campuses. Beck remembers and witnessed Vietnam War protests on college campuses. The difference she finds between them and the current protests is that law enforcement and the country’s leadership did not tolerate the disruptive protests in the past, but today they are not just tolerating it but are even encouraging it in some cases. Those Leftist leaders are attempting to justify the Pro-Hamas protests under the rights to free speech and protest, but the protests are far from the peaceful demonstrations protected by the Constitution. “There’s no such thing as a right to do evil things,” Beck commented. The solution that she suggests is to return to our Christian roots. “The only thing we can do is turn back to God,” said Beck. American society has lost respect for life and the family, and Beck advises we take a page out of Hungary’s book and use our laws to encourage life, the family, and Christian values. For more, follow @CPAC on social media. You can also follow Matt Schlapp @MSchlapp or Mercedes Schlapp @MercedesSchlapp to keep up with current events.

That many of America’s elite colleges and universities are hotbeds of moral decay is not news to the conservative movement. Conservative political leaders, activists, and journalists have been ringing alarm bells about this phenomenon for decades, and now the proverbial chickens have come home to roost in a most disturbing way. Decent Americans know evil when they see it, and the vast bulk of our nation’s populace  - on both sides of the political aisle - still rise to the occasion to unequivocally stand on the side of good. However, rhetoric that started at the fringes of the Democratic Party has become increasingly mainstreamed, exposing an underbelly of left wing radicals who are disturbed by the basic notions of American patriotism and - more importantly - lack a basic moral instinct to differentiate between good versus evil. The “anti-Israel” protests that swept many American campuses in recent weeks is another symptom of this moral rot. Pro-terror activists in the service of Hamas succeeded in weaponizing their cause by disingenuously linking it to other popular left-wing causes, like the anti-police movement and BLM. In doing so, they mobilized large numbers of low-information students and anti-American activists to take to the streets in support of what they call the Palestinian cause. One of the defining characteristics of anti-semitism is the double standard. Ask yourself: are these students similarly activated by true massacres and war crimes being committed in numerous parts of the world? A simple google search will easily bring up numerous humanitarian crises that are claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands; despots cavalierly flaunting human rights and getting a pass from the world. But when the world’s one Jewish state is brutally attacked on its sovereign soil by a recognized terrorist entity - resulting in 1,200 deaths, thousands of wounded, and hundreds of hostages taken- and responds by taking military action to defeat those who have vowed to continue to massacre and maim - that is the sole “human rights” cause championed by these campus activists. This is a textbook example of antisemitism because of the stark double standard on display, in addition to the numerous publicly available sources pointing to Israel’s military taking precautions to avoid civilian casualties literally unprecedented in the history of modern urban warfare. So when these young people use violence to occupy university buildings and try to take down the Stars and Stripes, it is natural for good and decent Americans to realize that these fringe protests are just another example of the moral relativism that threatens America’s core ethos as a lighthouse for moral clarity and a force for good. In recent weeks many Americans are waking up to the dangers of allowing this relativism to fester, and in addition to the dark images coming from some campuses we have also seen some bright moments. Young Americans are reconnecting to what our nation stands for, and recognizing their obligation to stand up for good. Almost 80 years ago the American flag led the fight against evil that culminated in the utter defeat of Nazi Germany and the moral decay and unmitigated evil it represented. For Jews around the world that flag became synonymous with all that is good in the world, a republic that has its imperfections but instinctively rises to the occasion to be a force on the side of good time after time. During this unique moment in history, the Biden administration needs to stop equivocating and needs to start leading with clarity on this issue. The United States of America has an opportunity now to reinforce its core ethos by standing unequivocally with Jewish students, standing with Israel in its war for basic security, and living up to the virtues that our ancestors sacrificed so much for. CPAC is taking action to stand up against antisemitism on college campuses. Join us in calling for the defunding of these woke and bigoted universities at CPAC.org.

The House of Representatives COVID select committee called for an investigation into criminal charges for the gain-of-function virus research in Wuhan this week. Dr. Robert Malone weighs in on America Uncanceled. Six hours of testimony with Dr. Peter Daszak from federally-funded EcoHealth Alliance went around in circles but ultimately revealed that the organization had been illegally using federal funds to fund COVID research at the Wuhan lab all while denying the laboratory-origin of the virus. “He was held accountable for a series of actions that he took or didn’t take in his repeated failure to comply with NIH regulations in terms of disclosures and transparencies, and the committee really got a bit testy over the fact that every time they got Daszak kind of cornered on one of his, let’s say gently, misrepresentations about the facts they had been able to ascertain through other testimony..., he resorted to saying, ‘Well, it’s in documents that I have [that] I will get to you,’ and they were just sick and tired of hearing this because he’s had quite a long time to produce all of the documents,” explained Malone. Daszak and EcoHealth Alliance are now facing possible criminal charges and banning from receiving federal funding again and doing research on behalf of the federal government. The House COVID committee is working through doctors involved and is approaching Dr. Anthony Fauci’s turn to face the committee, which Malone expects to be an important testimony. As to a future pandemic, according to Malone, the United States is “overprepared” based on the federal government’s excessive promulgation of fear of a pandemic, its overreaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing industrial government sector that benefits from public health crises. The World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly is coming up on May 27 and Malone predicts that the new treaty and governing laws of the WHO will be “rammed through” though he has heard talk of revising some of the problematic pieces. For more, follow @CPAC on social media. You can also follow Matt Schlapp @MSchlapp or Mercedes Schlapp @MercedesSchlapp to keep up with current events.

CPAC Hungary 2024 once again revealed Hungary to be an oasis of conservatism in a world ravaged by radical Leftism. The stunning architecture, preserved historic sites, buildings, and statues, clean and safe cities, thriving culture, decreased abortion rates, and high marriage rates of Hungary are a testament to the effectiveness of conservative policy. In her recorded message to CPAC Hungary 2024, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake shined a light on these accomplishments and presented Hungary as an example to the United States and the rest of the world of what a nation can be when it is united in freedom. Lake credited Viktor Orbán with championing these accomplishments. “It’s a testament to the country’s first leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a man who has delivered historic peace and prosperity to your country. Through strong leadership and national conservatism, he’s done all of that. He reminds me of a certain man who led my country not too long, man who will be leading us again in the not-so-distant future,” said Lake. According to Lake, a recent conversation with Prime Minister Orbán “changed [her] life”. Hungary’s innovative tax policies that have nearly cut the abortion rate in half without changing the laws on abortion blew her mind. Hungary’s policies, such as this one, on life and the family can be an inspiration for the rest of the free world, and a victory for President Donald Trump in November poises the United States to follow Hungary’s example and once again enter a powerful partnership with our ally in Hungary. Watch Lake’s full remarks here.