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Report: More Conservatives Than Liberals Say They Have ‘Excellent’ Mental Health

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Conservatives are apparently doing well when it comes to their mental health compared to people who vote liberal, according to a blog post from election pollster Nate Silver.

Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk shared a screenshot of the percentage table on Monday which showed the differences in numbers.

The post showed 51 percent of conservatives reported having “excellent” mental health, while only 20 percent of liberals reported experiencing “excellent” mental health:

“Democrats have turned themselves into the party of the neurotic, the unstable, and the miserable. If you’re happy and well-adjusted, vote Republican,” Kirk wrote in his post.

In his post that included the screenshot, Silver also touched on how the Democrat Party is losing young male voters:

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YETI Refuses To Customize Cups With The Word ‘Conservative’

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YETI, the pricy cooler and cup company, is apparently not for everyone. While the company partners with organizations promoting left-leaning politics, it does not want its brand associated with conservative customers.

YETI just turned down a small bulk order of mugs from the Virginia-based Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women. The group went through its first batch from last year, so it reordered 48 customized mugs printed with its name and logo. YETI agreed to replenish the group’s supply for about $1,600.

But soon the Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women received a note from YETI canceling the order.

“YETI is unable to customize products with text or logos that are licensed, copyrighted, profane, or political in nature,” the note said.

Over the phone, a YETI representative said multiple times the word “conservative” was the problem, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women President Kimberly Begg told The Federalist. Why did YETI complete the order last year? (Read more from “YETI Refuses To Customize Cups With The Word ‘Conservative’” HERE)

Woman Reportedly Disinvites Conservative Uncle From Her Wedding, Then Is Shocked at the Consequences

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. . .A woman’s conservative uncle was allegedly still expected to gift her money despite being uninvited from her wedding.

The brazen bride’s mother wrote to the “Ask Amy” column of the Chicago Tribune after experiencing the consequences of acting as her daughter’s mouthpiece.

The apparently politically progressive bride told her mother that her uncle, known to the daughter as “Uncle Dave,” caused her to “feel unsafe.” She requested her mother not invite Uncle Dave due to their political differences.

The mother explained she thought her daughter and Uncle Dave “always had a good relationship” despite his support of “candidates we all abhor.” Uncle Dave was describe to have “always been very nice,” and the mother was surprised by the sudden animus toward him. She, however, ultimately honored her daughter’s request. . .

“In short: Brides who are too afraid of family members to invite them to a family wedding don’t then get the pleasure of receiving their money,” the columnist responded. (Read more from “Woman Reportedly Disinvites Conservative Uncle From Her Wedding, Then Is Shocked at the Consequences” HERE)

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No One Should Be Surprised Social Conservatism Is on the Rise

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Liberals love to claim they are on the “right side of history.” They talk about history as if it inevitably goes one direction: toward a progressive utopia.

This article of faith is the crux of the liberal worldview. But “history” and the social values it is said to produce are not pre-determined. Insisting otherwise tends to alienate many normal people, as a recent Gallup poll seems to suggest.

The poll found that the percentage of people describing their social views as “conservative” or “very conservative” reached its highest point in over a decade. It increased from 33 percent last year to 38 percent in 2023. A five point bump is notable because the social conservatism figure has remained relatively stable since 2012, the last time it stood at 38 percent, and it also tends to shift in smaller increments.

Republicans experienced a 7 point increase over the past year, Independents saw a 3 point bump, and even Democrats gained a point. Social conservatism increased 6 percent among young people aged 18-29, while Millennials and Generation X (30-49) saw the largest increase at 13 percent.

The new trend towards social conservatism comes at a time when social issues are increasingly top of mind. As the poll points out, “transgender matters, abortion, crime, drug use and the teaching of gender and sexuality in schools” are all hotly debated topics taking up an outsized portion of daily headlines. The radical positions Democrats have adopted on these issues represent the ideal in progressives’ dream society. (Read more from “No One Should Be Surprised Social Conservatism Is on the Rise” HERE)

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Good Eye!: AI Model Identifies Conservative Women as More Attractive and Happy Than Leftists

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A recent study reveals that an AI model has found conservative women to be more attractive and happier in photographs than leftist women. The AI model’s findings specifically indicate that high attractiveness scores were associated with females identified as likely to be conservative.

The New York Post reports that according to a recent study, an AI model recognized conservative women as more attractive and happy in photographs. Modern artificial intelligence algorithms were used in the study to analyze a large number of photos and rate various qualities, such as attractiveness and happiness.

Interestingly, the AI model’s analysis revealed a correlation between political inclination and attractiveness scores among women, with the study stating, “For females (though not males), high attractiveness scores were found among those the model identified as likely to be conservative.”

The revelation has sparked a wide range of responses from the political and technological worlds. Some people have suggested that the results may point to biases in the AI algorithms, while others have suggested that they may reveal minute cultural differences in how conservatives and leftists present themselves. (Read more from “Good Eye!: AI Model Identifies Conservative Women as More Attractive and Happy Than Leftists” HERE)

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Shock: America Turns Right, Conservatives Top Liberals 40%-26%

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Despite the best efforts of the media and the White House to promote a liberal agenda on issues from abortion to gender change, America has turned back to being more conservative.

Gallup’s latest Values and Beliefs Survey said that conservatives top liberals on social policies and the economy, the two biggest topics America is grappling with.

“For most of the past eight years, Americans were about as likely to say they were liberal as conservative on social issues. This year, there is a more obvious conservative advantage,” said the nation’s biggest pollster on Thursday.

“The shift is mostly due to increasing social conservatism among Republicans, at a time when social issues such as transgender rights, abortion and other hot-button concerns are prominent in the national public debate,” explained Gallup of the conservative backlash.

In the poll, 38% said they were conservative on social issues, while 29% said they were liberal. A year ago, the split was even at 34%. Today, 31% claimed to be moderates. (Read more from “Shock: America Turns Right, Conservatives Top Liberals 40%-26%” HERE)

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How Conservative Men Can Help Solve the GOP’s Single Women Problem

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Last week’s election revealed an ever-deepening divide between the voting preferences of single women and everyone else. Single women broke +37 for Democrats, whereas single men, married men, and married women all favored Republicans. Perhaps “toxic feminism” or “AWFL discourse” is the problem. But whatever the explanation, given the slim margins of the recent election, this is a real issue for Republicans.

Such voting trends are problematic yet understandable. Single women who lack the protection and security that a husband or father provides are likely to look elsewhere, such as to government, for the securing of their interests. Increasingly atomized and isolated from family and community, it is understandable that many single women vote for politicians who will help shape society to be more amenable to their natural instincts. Women naturally pursue harmony and avoid conflict. A public square defined primarily by such qualities will be very different than one characterized by rational argument and directness.

Moreover, when women observe male behavior that is genuinely degrading to women, as can be sometimes seen in circles in the online right, it is understandable that they flee politically to groups they perceive as more welcoming.

Yet the political right ought to be the landing place for women. Those on the right tend to value tradition, order, and the family. Such qualities are good and right in themselves, but also good for women. A single mother without family or community is in a precarious spot, but a wife with children might look to her husband, her parents, or her church community for security.

So how ought men of the right to respond, recognizing that the flight of single women into the party of Drag Queen Story Hour and abortion is a massive problem? Before answering that question, let me make one caveat and then consider a few wrong responses. (Read more from “How Conservative Men Can Help Solve the GOP’s Single Women Problem” HERE)

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Data Shows Conservatives Are Happier Than Leftists

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A tweet from the researcher Brad Wilcox recently caught my attention. “Liberals,” he wrote, “are about 15 percentage points less likely” to be truly satisfied with their lives. On the same day that he tweeted out this compelling piece of information, Wilcox, a researcher studying family growth and economic trends, wrote an enlightening article expanding on this topic.

Liberals, he wrote, “are about 18 percentage points less likely to be ‘completely satisfied’ with their ‘mental health’ than conservatives.” Interestingly, he added, the issue of satisfaction, or lack thereof, appears to be especially “acute” for liberal women. According to the author, only 15 percent of liberals are “completely satisfied” with their lives and mental health. On the other hand, 31 percent of conservative women are “completely satisfied” with their lives, and 36 percent with their mental health.

As Wilcox noted, two family-related factors help explain this “ideological gap.” They are marital status and family satisfaction. In short, conservatives between the ages of 18-55 are “about 20 percentage points more likely to be married” than their liberal peers, “as well as 18 percentage points more likely to be satisfied with their families.” Marriage and family are directly associated with happiness, psychological and spiritual growth, and fewer mental health issues. Marriage is a key predictor of party identification; it’s also a key predictor of satisfaction.

The problem — one that is growing in size, I might add — facing liberals involves fully embracing a false narrative. Wilcox argued that too many on the left “have embraced the false narrative that the path to happiness runs counter to marriage and family life, not towards it.” Wrongly, they believe independence from the supposed shackles of domestic life will make them happier. They fall for the harmful narratives being pushed by mainstream media outlets, celebrating the dissolution of marriage and the rise of childless women. Wilcox criticized a recently published and widely read story by the author Molly Smith that appeared in Bloomberg. In the piece, Smith made a wholly inaccurate claim: Women who stay single and don’t have kids get richer and will continue to get richer. In reality, stressed Wilcox, married mothers tend to be richer. (Read more from “Data Shows Conservatives Are Happier Than Leftists” HERE)

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Disturbing New Bill Proposes Removing Cops Who Express Religious or Conservative Beliefs

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A new bill introduced by California State Assembly Member Ash Kalra in San Jose would prohibit police officers from serving if they have used arbitrarily defined “hate speech” or are affiliated with a “hate group.”

The bill, known as the California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act (CLEAR Act), claims to combat “the infiltration of extremists in our law enforcement agencies” and would mandate a background check for all officers who have “exchanged racist and homophobic messages.”

Kalra claims that AB 655 is necessary to prevent “the apparent cooperation, participation, and support of some law enforcement” in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.

The bill defines hate speech as “as advocating or supporting the denial of constitutional rights of, the genocide of, or violence towards, any group of persons based upon race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.”

Pacific Justice Institute Senior Staff Attorney Matthew McReynolds said this broad and purposefully arbitrary definition could give way for Christians and conservatives to be classified as “hateful” based on the premise of rejecting abortion or supporting Proposition 8 in California, a same-sex amendment that passed in 2008. (Read more from “Disturbing New Bill Proposes Removing Cops Who Express Religious or Conservative Beliefs” HERE)

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Thought Police on Steroids in Britain: Party Membership Revoked for Conservatives Who Criticized Islam Online

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A number of Conservative party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing Islamophobic content online. . .

Incidents were said to have ranged from individuals “liking” Islamophobic pictures or statements on one or two occasions, to people who said they were Tory members regularly posting anti-Muslim content.

The government minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that action had been taken when the members were suspended, but he did not directly respond to a question on whether he thought an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the Conservative party was necessary. . .

Announcements of the suspensions came as the former Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim said that senior Conservative party members, including a serving minister, had made Islamophobic remarks about him.

“I have experienced conversations taking place with Islamophobic content directly about me, being conducted by very senior members of the Conservative party – in fact parliamentarians, one of whom is in fact a serving minister at this moment in time,” he told the BBC. (Read more from “Thought Police on Steroids in Britain: Party Membership Revoked for Conservatives Who Criticized Islam Online” HERE)

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