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October 9, 2019

Surrendering to SPLC's Lazy Media Lemmings By Michelle Malkin

ACT for America, a nationwide grassroots group that educates the public about radical Islam, was founded in 2007 by my vigilant activist friend and Lebanese Christian immigrant journalist Brigitte Gabriel. I was honored to accept Gabriel's invitation to speak at her organization's annual banquet at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 7.

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October 9, 2019

Domestic and Foreign Wars By John Stossel

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is controversial within her party.

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October 8, 2019

Is Trump At Last Ending Our 'Endless Wars'? By Patrick J. Buchanan

The backstage struggle between the Bush interventionists and the America-firsters who first backed Donald Trump for president just exploded into open warfare, which could sunder the Republican Party.

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October 8, 2019

What the Presidential Candidates Are Missing: Economic Growth By Stephen Moore

While running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy campaigned against the moderate growth economy (2.5% annual GDP rise) in the last years of the Eisenhower administration. He appealed to Americans' highest aspirations by saying in his typical Boston drawl: "We can do bettah." JFK promised 4% and 5% rates of annual economic progress for the nation -- and he delivered.

October 8, 2019

Impeachment is Getting Boring By Brian C. Joondeph

If you watch cable or network news, all you hear about is impeachment. To the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC, it’s as if it already happened. Reps Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler speak as if it’s a foregone conclusion, and shed crocodile tears being “heartbroken and prayerful” over the process.

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October 5, 2019

The New York Times Repeatedly Called a Famous Cartoonist an Anti-Semite -- and Didn't Ask Him for Comment By Ted Rall

Earlier this year, Portuguese cartoonist António Moreira Antunes drew one of the most controversial political cartoons in history. His cartoon about U.S.-Israeli relations sparked so much controversy that The New York Times, whose international edition published it in April, decided to fire its two staff cartoonists, neither of whom had anything to do with it. Then the Times permanently banned all editorial cartooning.

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October 4, 2019

Life Can Improve, Even During Impeachments By Michael Barone

Underneath the clash and clang of controversy over presidential impeachment, public policy and personal initiative can slowly and seemingly imperceptibly improve life in America. That was the case two decades ago, amid the swirling arguments over the mostly party line impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton and the Senate's mostly party line refusal to remove him from office.

October 3, 2019

Trump and his Supporters are the Real Whistleblowers By Brian C. Joondeph

“Whistleblower” is the media’s word of the week. They still working tirelessly to overturn the 2016 election. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong word to describe the deep state operative accusing President Trump of “Collusion – Part Two,” namely conspiring with Ukraine to rig the 2020 election. Instead of whistleblower, the proper term is gossiper, as this person filed a complaint, likely written by others, about something he or she had been told, but had no firsthand knowledge of.

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October 3, 2019

The Senate: Ratings Changes and the Shadow of Impeachment By Kyle Kondik

If there’s a trial in the upper chamber, who might feel the heat?

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Nationalization is an increasingly important trend in American election outcomes. It’s hard to think of a more nationalizing issue than a presidential impeachment.

— Vulnerable members on both sides in the Senate will have a lot to consider if and when they have to cast a vote on convicting President Trump in a potential Senate impeachment trial.

— There are two Senate ratings changes this week, one benefiting each side. The most vulnerable senator, Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), moves from Toss-up to Leans Republican, while Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.

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October 2, 2019

ADL, Antifa and Koch: Toxic Anti-Trump League By Michelle Malkin

The Anti-Defamation League is a joke.

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October 2, 2019

Stop Blocking Us! By John Stossel

I now make my living by releasing short videos on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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October 1, 2019

'Stop Scaring the Children' By Stephen Moore

A friend of mine's third grade daughter came home from school a few weeks ago with tears streaming down her cheeks. "My teacher says we only have 10 years before the oceans rise and we are underwater," she moaned. "Are we all going to die?"

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October 1, 2019

'Heartbroken' Pelosi Fast-Tracks Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan

"This is a very sad time for our country. There is no joy in this," said Nancy Pelosi Saturday. "We must be somber. We must be prayerful. ... I'm heartbroken about it."

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September 28, 2019

Left, Center and Right, We're All in Denial About Climate Change By Ted Rall

The political left, center and right do share something in common in today's polarized America: We're all in denial.

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September 27, 2019

Joe Biden: Impeachment's First Casualty By Patrick J. Buchanan

Even before seeing the transcript of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy Pelosi threw the door wide open to the impeachment of Donald Trump by the Democratic House.

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September 27, 2019

Democrats' Risky Bet on Impeachment By Michael Barone

Precedents abound in a country whose first presidential election took place 230 years ago, that has seen 41 presidential contests between two political parties founded 187 and 165 years ago. Three of our 44 presidents have faced impeachment proceedings -- Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton -- and now it seems Donald Trump will be the fourth.

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September 26, 2019

2020 Primary and Caucus Cancellations Through the Lens of Recent History By Josh Putnam

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Republicans in several states have canceled primaries and caucuses in 2020 as President Trump seeks renomination.

— To be sure, the Trump campaign and various state GOP organizations are working to smooth the president’s path to renomination and attempting to reduce any divisiveness within the Republican primary electorate and ultimately the Republican general election coalition.

— However, the cancellation of primaries and caucuses is not unprecedented, as a review of the two most recent nomination cycles involving incumbent presidents (George W. Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2012) reveals.

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September 25, 2019

Impeach Amnesty Ana: TV's Foulest Open Borders Windbag By Michelle Malkin

Nope, it's not obstreperously obnoxious Jim Acosta of CNN, who embodies the disingenuous sanctimony of Emma Lazarus utopianists.

It's not former Washington Post reporter and illegal immigrant fraudster Jose Antonio Vargas, who represents the insatiable entitlement of amnesty mongers.

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September 25, 2019

New Countries at Sea By John Stossel

When political arguments aren't getting you anywhere, what can you do?

Start your own country!