Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell

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Jennifer Oliver O'Connell (As the Girl Turns) is a contributor at Redstate and other publications. Jennifer writes on Politics, Pop Culture, and the American story, with occasional detours into Reinvention, Yoga, and Food. You can read more about Jennifer's world at her As the Girl Turns website. You can also follow her on X and Facebook.

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Feel-Good Friday: Man at Auto Shop Overhears a Couple's Conversation, Decides to Pay It Forward
Feel Good Friday

Feel-Good Friday: Man at Auto Shop Overhears a Couple's Conversation, Decides to Pay It Forward

Susan Rice Proves Who's the A*s When She Takes Hilton to Task for Using Her Words Against Becerra
Susan Rice

Susan Rice Proves Who's the A*s When She Takes Hilton to Task for Using Her Words Against Becerra

The New Website 'B*tch-A*s Becerra' Shows Even Democrats Think He's Terrible
Xavier Becerra

The New Website 'B*tch-A*s Becerra' Shows Even Democrats Think He's Terrible

Memo Reveals Xavier Becerra's HHS Autopenned Sponsor Applications of Unaccompanied Minors
Xavier Becerra

Memo Reveals Xavier Becerra's HHS Autopenned Sponsor Applications of Unaccompanied Minors

Renee Good’s Partner, Family File Lawsuits Over Fatal ICE Shooting
Lawsuit

Renee Good’s Partner, Family File Lawsuits Over Fatal ICE Shooting

On Their Way Out the Door, Senate Confirms Keith Sonderling As Secretary of Labor
Senate

On Their Way Out the Door, Senate Confirms Keith Sonderling As Secretary of Labor

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Survey Says: Americans Are Undivided on the Urgency to Change the Census to Strengthen Elections
Polling

Survey Says: Americans Are Undivided on the Urgency to Change the Census to Strengthen Elections

HHS Sec. Kennedy Touts AI at the 2026 MAHA Summit, Says the Age of 'Trust the Experts' Is Dead
HHS

HHS Sec. Kennedy Touts AI at the 2026 MAHA Summit, Says the Age of 'Trust the Experts' Is Dead

Sen. Ron Johnson Holds a First-Of-Its Kind Exposure of What Happened in Hospitals During COVID-19
COVID-19

Sen. Ron Johnson Holds a First-Of-Its Kind Exposure of What Happened in Hospitals During COVID-19

Illegal Alien Shot by ICE in Austin Faces Charges for Resisting-Assaulting Federal Officer
ICE

Illegal Alien Shot by ICE in Austin Faces Charges for Resisting-Assaulting Federal Officer

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Delivered the Right Message...at the Wrong Time, With Terrible Optics VIP
Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Delivered the Right Message...at the Wrong Time, With Terrible Optics

Sen. Thune Forces the Democrats' Hand With Procedural Vote on Jon Husted's Ratepayer Protection Act
Jon Husted

Sen. Thune Forces the Democrats' Hand With Procedural Vote on Jon Husted's Ratepayer Protection Act

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Illegal Alien Voters, 300 Allegedly Dumped Ballots: DOJ Unveils More Election Fraud Cases
Illegal Alien

Illegal Alien Voters, 300 Allegedly Dumped Ballots: DOJ Unveils More Election Fraud Cases

The BBC Tries to Do Clean Up on Aisle 7 With Another Blow to Its 'Impartial' Reporting
Media Bias

The BBC Tries to Do Clean Up on Aisle 7 With Another Blow to Its 'Impartial' Reporting

More of This, Please: DOJ Shakes Up Immigration Courts Amid Massive Case Backlog
DOJ

More of This, Please: DOJ Shakes Up Immigration Courts Amid Massive Case Backlog

Team Trump to Launch 'America.gov' to Enhance Citizens’ Experience in Interacting With Government
Artificial Intelligence

Team Trump to Launch 'America.gov' to Enhance Citizens’ Experience in Interacting With Government

Sec. War Hegseth Encourages the War Fighters to Register to Vote, Tells Them How They Can Do It
Pete Hegseth

Sec. War Hegseth Encourages the War Fighters to Register to Vote, Tells Them How They Can Do It

Republican Megadonor Tightens His Purse Strings Over Senate's Refusal to Pass the SAVE America Act
John Thune

Republican Megadonor Tightens His Purse Strings Over Senate's Refusal to Pass the SAVE America Act

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Feel-Good Friday: One Texas Woman Stepped Up, 'Blessing' 81-Year-Old Deliveryman's Family
Feel Good Friday

Feel-Good Friday: One Texas Woman Stepped Up, 'Blessing' 81-Year-Old Deliveryman's Family

Breaking: SCOTUS Clears Way for Trump Administration's Expanded SAVE Citizenship Checks
Supreme Court

Breaking: SCOTUS Clears Way for Trump Administration's Expanded SAVE Citizenship Checks

Trump Admin Releases a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Plan on Safeguarding the Midterms
Cybersecurity

Trump Admin Releases a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Plan on Safeguarding the Midterms

Gavin Newsom Pretends He Governs California, As He Cosplays at the UN Over Climate Change
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Pretends He Governs California, As He Cosplays at the UN Over Climate Change

Maria Salazar Started Believing Her Own Press, but Her Miami Voters Gave Her a Rude Awakening
House of Representatives

Maria Salazar Started Believing Her Own Press, but Her Miami Voters Gave Her a Rude Awakening

Dan Osborn Steps in It Again: 'I'm Going to Be Senator for Six Years, Everybody Else Can Eff Off'
Senate

Dan Osborn Steps in It Again: 'I'm Going to Be Senator for Six Years, Everybody Else Can Eff Off'

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Karen Bass Declares Xavier Becerra As Governor of California: 'You Don't Need an Election on Nov. 3'
Karen Bass

Karen Bass Declares Xavier Becerra As Governor of California: 'You Don't Need an Election on Nov. 3'

In a Surprise, Back-Door Endorsement, Ken Paxton's Ex-Wife Tells TX GOP Group, 'You Vote the Ticket'
Republican Party

In a Surprise, Back-Door Endorsement, Ken Paxton's Ex-Wife Tells TX GOP Group, 'You Vote the Ticket'

Update: SCOTUS Declines to Intervene on Behalf of Surrogate Mom in the Fight for Baby Gabriel/Rumi
Parental Rights

Update: SCOTUS Declines to Intervene on Behalf of Surrogate Mom in the Fight for Baby Gabriel/Rumi

DHS Wrecks Effort to Turn 'Austin Man' Into the New Kilmar Abrego Garcia
ICE

DHS Wrecks Effort to Turn 'Austin Man' Into the New Kilmar Abrego Garcia

OpenAI and Anthropic Run a Crisis Psyop to Force the Government to Regulate Them
Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI and Anthropic Run a Crisis Psyop to Force the Government to Regulate Them

Who Knew? Affirming the Mental Illness of Gender Dysphoria Only Created Deeper Mental Illness VIP
Transgender

Who Knew? Affirming the Mental Illness of Gender Dysphoria Only Created Deeper Mental Illness

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Austin, Texas Mayor Goes Full 'Jacob Frey' As He 'Updates' on ICE-Involved Shooting
ICE

Austin, Texas Mayor Goes Full 'Jacob Frey' As He 'Updates' on ICE-Involved Shooting

Gavin Newsom Preens, Pontificates, Then Signs Election Interference Laws, Because 'Trump'!
Gavin Newsom

Gavin Newsom Preens, Pontificates, Then Signs Election Interference Laws, Because 'Trump'!

Blast From the Past: The 2015 GOP Senate Class Strikes Quite the Contrast to the 2026 Bunch
Senate

Blast From the Past: The 2015 GOP Senate Class Strikes Quite the Contrast to the 2026 Bunch

AG Secretary Brooke Rollins Announces Vast 'Operation SNAP Back,' Striking Almost 200 NYC Stores
SNAP

AG Secretary Brooke Rollins Announces Vast 'Operation SNAP Back,' Striking Almost 200 NYC Stores

Feel-Good Friday: Visionaries Rodney Smith, King Randall, and Mike Rowe Bet on Kids' Futures
Feel Good Friday

Feel-Good Friday: Visionaries Rodney Smith, King Randall, and Mike Rowe Bet on Kids' Futures

Dr. Ben Carson Turns 75; His Gifted Hands and Heart Continue to Transform Lives and Our Country
Healthcare

Dr. Ben Carson Turns 75; His Gifted Hands and Heart Continue to Transform Lives and Our Country

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Ahead of the CA Gubernatorial Debate, Hilton Drops the Latest Becerra Whistleblower Tape
HHS

Ahead of the CA Gubernatorial Debate, Hilton Drops the Latest Becerra Whistleblower Tape

Cassidy, Cornyn, Massie, and Tillis Beclown Themselves As They Make Their Inglorious Exits VIP
Republican Party

Cassidy, Cornyn, Massie, and Tillis Beclown Themselves As They Make Their Inglorious Exits

Talarico in Trouble? Some Ill Winds Are Blowing in His Direction
James Talarico

Talarico in Trouble? Some Ill Winds Are Blowing in His Direction

Trump Stumps in North Carolina for Michael Whatley: 'The Candidate of Law and Order'
Michael Whatley

Trump Stumps in North Carolina for Michael Whatley: 'The Candidate of Law and Order'

After Maligning Trump Voters, Nebraska's Dan Osborn Tries Damage Control; It Doesn't Go Well
Nebraska

After Maligning Trump Voters, Nebraska's Dan Osborn Tries Damage Control; It Doesn't Go Well

Nicole Saphier in the Hot Seat As the Senate Takes a Third Look at a Surgeon General Nominee
Senate

Nicole Saphier in the Hot Seat As the Senate Takes a Third Look at a Surgeon General Nominee

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Delaware Closes Out the 2026 Primary Season With a Whimper and a Warning
Delaware

Delaware Closes Out the 2026 Primary Season With a Whimper and a Warning

Gov. Brian Kemp Endorses Mike Collins for Senate, Unifying GA Republicans Behind the Senate Nominee
Senate

Gov. Brian Kemp Endorses Mike Collins for Senate, Unifying GA Republicans Behind the Senate Nominee

'Roaring Back': Bessent Promotes Economic Message Republicans Need to Run With During House Hearing
Scott Bessent

'Roaring Back': Bessent Promotes Economic Message Republicans Need to Run With During House Hearing

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Praises Fast-Food Chain for Giving Americans Healthier Choices
Make America Healthy Again

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Praises Fast-Food Chain for Giving Americans Healthier Choices

Newly Revealed FBI Information on Would-Be-Butler Assassin Thomas Crooks Raises More Questions
Trump Assassination Attempt

Newly Revealed FBI Information on Would-Be-Butler Assassin Thomas Crooks Raises More Questions

Congress Passed the 'Common Cents' Act Moving the Penny Into Numismatic and Linguistic History
Economy

Congress Passed the 'Common Cents' Act Moving the Penny Into Numismatic and Linguistic History

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Mitch McConnell Returns to the Senate Floor, Commits to Being Available for the 'Tough' Votes
Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Returns to the Senate Floor, Commits to Being Available for the 'Tough' Votes

H-1B Visas Remain in the Crosshairs; Labor OIG Anthony D'Esposito and Beth Van Duyne Break Down How
Markwayne Mullin

H-1B Visas Remain in the Crosshairs; Labor OIG Anthony D'Esposito and Beth Van Duyne Break Down How