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August 22, 2019Which Party’s Voters are More Divided? By Alan I. Abramowitz
Hint: It’s Not the One You Think.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— More Republicans identify as conservative than Democrats identify as liberal.
— This has led to questions about whether ideological fissures in the Democratic Party could make it harder for the party to rally around its eventual nominee.
— However, Democrats actually are more united on individual issue positions than Republicans, which may mean the Democrats are less divided than ideological self-placement suggests.

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                            August 21, 2019Voters Say Neither Major Party Represents Them
Voters still don’t see eye-to-eye with most members of Congress and continue to believe that Americans aren’t truly represented by either of the major political parties.
August 21, 2019Triggering the Google Social Credit System By Michelle Malkin
I learned last week from a Silicon Valley whistleblower, who spoke with the intrepid investigative team at Project Veritas, that my namesake news and opinion website is on a Google blacklist.
August 21, 2019Trump's Promise By John Stossel
President Donald Trump promised he'd get rid of bad rules.

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                            August 20, 2019Trump Voters Good to Go With Buying Greenland
If President Trump wants to buy Greenland, most strong Trump supporters are all for it, but like other voters, they’re wary of adding more states to the union.
August 20, 2019Why Trump Should Stop the Reregulation of Freight Rail By Stephen Moore
Recently, two major railroad operators, CSX and Union Pacific, reported a significant drop in earnings, in part due to declining rail shipments. This was partially due to the impact of ongoing trade disputes. While we generally support a better trade relationship with China (hopefully with fewer tariffs and nontariff barriers), we need to see strong freight rail traffic if the economic expansion is going to roll on.
August 20, 2019When, If Ever, Can We Lay This Burden Down? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Friday, President Donald Trump met in New Jersey with his national security advisers and envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is negotiating with the Taliban to bring about peace, and a U.S. withdrawal from America's longest war.

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                            August 19, 201937% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-seven percent (37%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending August 15.

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                            August 19, 2019Most Say Supreme Court Follows Constitution, But Some Still Say Changes Needed
Several top Senate Democrats warned the U.S. Supreme Court last week to change its current judicial direction or else face restructuring. For the first time in over 10 years of surveying, most voters agree the high court is correctly guided by the U.S. Constitution but also don’t disagree that change is needed.

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                            August 17, 2019What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending August 17, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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                            August 16, 2019Americans Question Whether ‘Peaceful’ Woodstock Is Possible Today
The Woodstock festival billed itself 50 years ago as three days of peace, love and music. Other than three accidental deaths, it lived up to its billing despite rainy weather and a near total lack of support facilities. Most Americans aren’t sure it would play out that way these days.
August 16, 2019Will Fact-Checkers Foil Democrats' Attempts to Play the Race Card? By Michael Barone
Fact-checking journalists lean left, as Mark Hemingway documented in a canonical Washington Examiner analysis that is just as valid today as when it was published in 2011. But as John F. Kennedy once said, when asked why he wasn't supported by an odoriferous Massachusetts Democrat, "sometimes party loyalty asks too much."
August 16, 2019Trump's Great Gamble By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Donald Trump's reelection hopes hinge on two things: the state of the economy in 2020 and the identity of the Democratic nominee.

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                            August 15, 2019Most Who Own Guns Feel Safer
While Americans argue over the availability of guns, most of those with a gun in their house continue to say it makes them feel safer.
August 15, 2019The End of the Filibuster May Loom By Hunter Brown
Neither side has a practical path to 60 Senate votes, which may imperil the practice.

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                            August 14, 2019Americans Say Murder More Likely Than Suicide in Epstein Case
Americans aren’t buying that disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail last weekend.
August 14, 2019Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding the Wicked War on ICE? By Michelle Malkin
All the gun control zealots out in full force last week have apparently gone to the beach. An alarming shooting took place at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in San Antonio on Tuesday. Local media reported that "multiple shots were fired on two floors targeting ICE officials." But the Second Amendment saboteurs were AWOL.
August 14, 2019Sell an Organ By John Stossel
Have you volunteered to be an organ donor? I did.
I just clicked the box on the government form that asks if, once I die, I'm willing to donate my organs to someone who needs them.

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                            August 13, 2019Voters Waver on Role of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
The Trump administration’s negotiations with the Taliban may soon bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. Fewer voters than ever see Afghanistan as important to America’s well-being, but most still stop short of supporting a complete troop withdrawal.
August 13, 2019China, Not Russia, the Greater Threat By Patrick J. Buchanan
Ten weeks of protests, some huge, a few violent, culminated Monday with a shutdown of the Hong Kong airport.