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January 30, 2018

Too Many Wars. Too Many Enemies. By Patrick J. Buchanan

If Turkey is not bluffing, U.S. troops in Manbij, Syria, could be under fire by week's end, and NATO engulfed in the worst crisis in its history.

Turkish President Erdogan said Friday his troops will cleanse Manbij of Kurdish fighters, alongside whom U.S. troops are embedded.

January 29, 2018

39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending January 25.

January 29, 2018

Democrats Take the Edge in Generic Congressional Ballot

With midterms on the horizon, voters now seem to want a shift in Congressional leadership.

January 29, 2018

Voters Less Wary of Government, Big Business Ties

While a majority of voters continue to be skeptical of big business and its ties to government, that number is down significantly from previous surveys.

January 27, 2018

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 27, 2018

President Trump at week’s end was encouraging other world leaders to join in the new American economic boom.

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January 27, 2018

Democrats Have Hijacked the Anti-Trump Resistance By Ted Rall

Leftists want to change the world. They want peace, equal income, equal wealth, equal rights for everybody.

January 26, 2018

Americans Still Favor Use of Protective Tariffs

President Trump this week imposed heavy tariffs on foreign manufacturers of washing machines and solar panels to protect U.S. businesses. Americans by a two-to-one margin think tariffs are a good way to go.

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January 26, 2018

Eschewing Euphemisms Frames Immigration Issue Trump's Way By Michael Barone

He who frames the issue tends to determine the outcome of the election. That's an old political consultant's rule, and its application has never been more apt than in the Senate Democrats' failed government shutdown over immigration policy.

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January 26, 2018

In a Trump Hunt, Beware the Perjury Trap By Patrick J. Buchanan

Asked if he would agree to be interviewed by Robert Mueller's team, President Donald Trump told the White House press corps, "I would love to do it ... as soon as possible. ... under oath, absolutely."  

January 26, 2018

Most Don't Favor Big State Tax On Tax Reform Savings

Democratic legislators in California want large companies to give over at least half the savings they get from the new national tax reform bill to the state government. But most voters aren't ready to go that way in their state.

January 25, 2018

Fewer Than Ever Now Say Economy is Fair to Women

Amid renewed calls for pay equality across many industries, including Hollywood, fewer voters than ever now think the U.S. economy is fair to women.

January 25, 2018

Voters See Economic, Not Personal Impact From Shutdown

Nearly half of voters think the recent government shutdown will have a negative impact on the economy, but few believe it will affect their personal lives.

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January 25, 2018

Schumer and Democrats Loyal to Illegals a Expense of Americans By Charles Hurt

Watching Senate Democrats high-stepping and hopping around like a bunch of Mexican jumping beans in a hot skillet this week sure has been hilarious — if not entirely illuminating.

January 25, 2018

Voters See Russia as Biggest Spying Threat

A former CIA officer was arrested this week for retaining highly classified information relating to the U.S. spy network in China. While most voters consider spying a serious threat to the United States, they’re slightly more likely to see Russia as the culprit than China.

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January 25, 2018

Mixed Signals: Analyzing Elections Since Trump Won the Presidency By Geoffrey Skelley

This past Tuesday marked the 75th time a Democrat and a Republican faced off in a special election for a state or federal office since President Donald Trump won the 2016 election. The result in District 35 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a solidly Democratic seat in the Pittsburgh area won easily by a Democrat, did not tell us much on its own. Yet taken as a whole, the 75 special elections and the regular elections in New Jersey and Virginia in November 2017 may offer some clues as to how the political environment is developing as we head toward November 2018.

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January 24, 2018

Keep It Closed! By John Stossel

The government is open again. That's too bad.

One day, one of these shutdowns should be permanent. We would still have far more government than the Founding Fathers envisioned.

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January 24, 2018

Voters Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate FBI

Voters think a special prosecutor is needed to see if the nation’s top cops have been playing politics.

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January 24, 2018

Home Schooling Is Not a Crime By Michelle Malkin

It's elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on competition. With two million K-12 students now educated at home (including our 9th grade son), the temptation to exploit the most marginal cases of alleged child abuse by home-schoolers has proven irresistible to statist politicians and government apologists.

January 24, 2018

Should California Stay or Go?

Will rising tensions between the state of California and the federal government push the so-called "Calexit" initiative over the finish line? Most Americans hope not.

January 24, 2018

Americans Concerned Amazon Will Run Out Businesses

With the opening of the first all-automatic grocery store, Amazon Go, Americans worry the tech giant will eventually take over the retail sector and force out both smaller and larger businesses.