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May 29, 2019

Is the Liberal Hour Ending in the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Hillary Clinton called them "the deplorables." Barack Obama called them losers who "cling" to their Bibles, bigotries and guns.

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May 29, 2019

'Victims' Dictate By John Stossel

"I don't feel safe," says a Harvard student in a video.

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May 29, 2019

The Fed Hurts Farmers More Than China Does By Stephen Moore

There's no question that many farmers are struggling this year with incomes down and bankruptcies up. Though some of the more dire reports on the farm sector recorded in the media are exaggerated, what is indisputable is that prices for major commodities such as corn are on a downward trend and are significantly lower than they were less than a decade ago, when prices were at or near record highs.

May 28, 2019

Most Don’t Trust Government Spending, Want It Smaller

While Democratic presidential hopefuls attempt to outbid each other by offering more government freebies, most voters still call for smaller, cheaper government and don’t trust the feds with their money.

May 28, 2019

Opposition Grows to Scrapping Electoral College

Most Americans still understand the reason the Founding Fathers established the Electoral College and are increasingly opposed to efforts to get rid of it.

May 27, 2019

38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 May 23.

May 27, 2019

Americans Honor Military on Memorial Day – and the Start of Summer

Americans continue to view Memorial Day as one of the nation’s most significant holidays – and the beginning of summer.

May 25, 2019

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 25, 2019

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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May 25, 2019

Why Joe Biden Is the Least Electable Democrat By Ted Rall

As one of the few pundits who correctly called the 2016 election for Donald Trump, it would be wise to rest on my laurels rather than risk another prediction, one that might turn out wrong.

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May 24, 2019

Americans Aren’t Eager for Ban on Fur Sales

New York City is considering joining San Francisco and Los Angeles in banning the sale of fur, but Americans aren’t eager to extend that ban to the area where they live. Few think it’s government’s job to regulate what’s legitimately for sale to the public anyway.

May 24, 2019

White House Watch: Warren Tops Trump One-on-One

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts edges President Trump in the latest White House Watch hypothetical 2020 matchup.

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May 24, 2019

Using the Big Lie to Delegitimize Election Results By Michael Barone

The Big Lie is back in style. Wikipedia tells us that the term was invented by Adolf Hitler to describe what others did -- though he was the biggest liar of all. "The broad masses of a nation," he wrote in "Mein Kampf," "more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie."

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May 24, 2019

Are We on the Ramp to Impeachment Road? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After a stroke felled Woodrow Wilson during his national tour to save his League of Nations, an old rival, Sen. Albert Fall, went to the White House to tell the president, "I have been praying for you, Sir."

May 23, 2019

Voters Are Cool to Making Post Offices Serve As Banks, Too

Voters feel good about the U.S. Postal Service but aren’t sure they want to expand its job description to include banking services as prominent Democrats are proposing.

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May 23, 2019

Notes on the State of the Senate By Kyle Kondik

GOP remains favored to hold the majority overall.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Senate retirements are not having a dramatic effect on the partisan odds in any race so far.

— Democrats have missed on some Senate recruits, and that may (or may not) matter in the long run.

— Alabama and Colorado remain the likeliest states to flip, with the Democratic-held Yellowhammer State the likeliest of all.

— Arizona is the purest Toss-up.

— Republicans remain favored overall.

May 22, 2019

Most Still Favor Armed Guards in Schools, But Support Is Down

An armed guard is credited with dramatically limiting a school shooting in Colorado earlier this month, but while most Americans still like the idea of armed school guards, support is down from past surveying.

May 22, 2019

67% of Democrats Think U.S. Has 12 Years to Fight Global Warming - Or Else

Voters tend to agree with Senator Bernie Sanders that America will be in big trouble very soon if it doesn’t aggressively tackle climate change, even though they question the integrity of politicians who champion the issue.

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May 22, 2019

In Money We Trust? By John Stossel

Look at the dollar bills in your wallet. They say they are "legal tender for all debts."

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May 22, 2019

DUH: HUD Housing Should Put Americans First By Michelle Malkin

We no longer live in a constitutional republic. We live in an idiocracy.

Only in modern-day America, under the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, is the basic proposition that federally subsidized public housing should benefit American citizens and legal residents slammed as "despicable" and "damaging."

May 21, 2019

Voters Think Feds, Not States, Should Decide Abortion Policy

Few voters think it’s too hard to get an abortion in America today, but several states are moving to make it harder. Voters still tend to think abortion policy should be set at the federal level, however.