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An anti-capitalist revolutionary almost pre-empted America’s lurch toward socialism. The post The Leftist Who Almost Ended the New Deal appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

“Turn the lights down and roll the video.” The post Video: President Trump Confronts South Africa’s President With Footage of Officials Calling for White Genocide appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

How we intend to honor and carry on David’s legacy. The post The Future of the David Horowitz Freedom Center appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

“Diversity at Harvard is superficial and merely skin and gonads deep, as everyone looks different, but thinks alike.” ~ Omar Sutan Haque Harvard whistleblower Omar Sultan Haque, M.D., Ph.D, is a Harvard researcher. He revealed what we all know. Harvard has become a totalitarian organization of radical leftists.  The Supreme Court ruling and the Trump […] The post Harvard University Has Become “More of a Police Organization” appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

During the day’s hearing, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called out Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a champion of wild spending and Green scam slush funds: “We’re not going to waste dollars just because you insist on EPA lighting taxpayer dollars on fire. The American taxpayers, they put President Trump in office because of people like you. […] The post Fireworks! Secretary Zeldin Takes on Slush Fund Whitehouse appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

US District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden judge, ruled that the Trump Administration may have violated his court order to provide illegal aliens with “meaningful” due process since they were being sent to “third-party” countries. Some of the aliens are from Laos, Vietnam, and Cuba, so sending them to South Sudan puts them in danger, […] The post Biden Judge Orders “Reasonable Fear” Interviews for Illegal Aliens appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

House Republicans released a so-called manager’s amendment on Wednesday night with tweaks to President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” that emerged from negotiations to rally the GOP rank-and-file around the legislation. In a post on X, Wall Street Journal reporter Olivia Beavers highlighted what the measure looks like with the last-minute changes: — SALT deal stays — Medicaid work requirements moved up to Dec. 2026 — Incentives for non-expansion states — Faster phase out of energy tax credits for wind, solar, and battery storage in 2028 w/ some exceptions — Changes to federal pension — Ditching the federal requirement that firearm suppressors must be registered Posts on social media from journalists also pointed out that several pages in the manager’s amendment dealt with renaming “MAGA accounts,” which are featured in a proposal to create tax-preferred savings accounts for children with $1,000 in seed money, to “Trump accounts.” One significant point of contention over the past week had been the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. GOP lawmakers from high-tax blue states protested the $30,000 ceiling originally proposed in the legislation. A deal was reportedly struck to lift the ceiling to $40,000. However, the SALT bargain threatened to alienate other Republican lawmakers. “Raising the SALT deduction is a bailout for Democrat Governors — paid for by red states with low taxes. Tennesseans should not foot the bill for New York and California’s mismanagement,” said Rep. John Rose (R-TN), who is running for governor of Tennessee. Now the House Rules Committee is expected to take up the manager’s amendment with the bill. If they advance to the full House, GOP leadership could pave the way for a final vote as early as Thursday. The bill, which is progressing through Congress via the reconciliation process, aims to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, and raise the debt limit, “No Tax on Tips,” and more. With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate. Trump met with House GOP lawmakers, including conservative holdouts, at the White House on Wednesday following the president’s trip to Capitol Hill to urge Republicans to pass the bill on Tuesday.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Finding the right words to say “I’m sorry” can be hard—especially if you want the other person to know you really mean it. Fortunately, new research offers some gentle guidance: if you want to sound more sincere, it might help to use longer words. Apologies are sometimes dismissed as “cheap talk”—easy to say, even if the remorse is only skin-deep. Yet psychology tells a different story. Studies consistently show that people feel better—and are more likely to forgive and reconnect—when someone makes the effort to apologize. So, how can you make that effort more convincing? As it turns out, not all apologies are created equal. Why effort matters in an apology Research has long shown that when someone goes out of their way to apologize—by spending time, money, or effort—their regret comes across as more genuine. A 2009 study found that apologies delivered in costly or inconvenient ways (like traveling just to say sorry in person) were more effective than those offered at minimal effort. But emotional labor can also show up in smaller, subtler ways. That’s where new findings from Dr. Shiri Lev-Ari, Reader in Psychology at Royal Holloway University of London, come in. According to Lev-Ari, “a word’s length and commonness affect how hard it is to say or write.” Longer words take more effort to articulate. And uncommon words, though potentially harder to say or recall, may burden the listener too. The sweet spot? Using longer—but still familiar—words. What the research found To explore this, Lev-Ari conducted two studies. First, she analyzed apology posts from 25 celebrities and 25 non-celebrities on X (formerly Twitter), comparing them with those users’ non-apology tweets. The result? Apology tweets contained longer words on average—but the words weren’t less common. Next, she asked participants to evaluate variations of apologies that differed in either word length or commonness, but not both. Here’s an example: “My action does not show who I am” (short, common) “My action does not reflect my true self” (short, less common) “My action does not represent my true character” (long, less common) Participants consistently rated the longer-worded apologies as more sincere. Interestingly, whether the words were more or less common didn’t change how sincere the apology felt. In short, length mattered—rarity didn’t. As Lev-Ari explains, these findings suggest that people intuitively recognize and respond to the effort it takes to use longer words. That effort signals greater remorse—but only when it doesn’t make the apology harder for the other person to understand. How to put this into practice If you’re looking to offer a heartfelt apology, it might be worth choosing your words with a little extra care. Rather than defaulting to simple, short phrases, try opting for words that are slightly more formal or complex—but still easy to understand. Think “regret” over “sorry,” or “unacceptable” over “bad.” And instead of saying “That wasn’t okay,” try “That was inconsiderate of me.” The goal isn’t to sound fancy—it’s to show that you’re putting real thought into what you’re saying. That small shift in effort might make all the difference. Lev-Ari’s work highlights something many of us sense intuitively: communication isn’t just about what we say—it’s about how we say it. And when it comes to apologies, a few longer syllables might be just what we need to bridge the gap between regret and reconciliation.The post Sorry, not sorry? Science says sincerity is in your syllables first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.