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May 31, 2017

Imperfect Trump Dominates World Stage and U.S. Media Fabricates By Charles Hurt

This being that time of year when we are supposed to remember and be grateful, it is highly appropriate that we in the damned media — we, the enemy of the public; we, the ink-stained wretches; we, the writers of history’s first draft — should pause a moment and give thanks for President Donald J. Trump, politician extraordinaire.

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May 31, 2017

Chomsky's Venezuela Lesson By John Stossel

Venezuela descends into chaos. Its people, once the wealthiest in Latin America, starve. Even The New York Times runs headlines like "Dying Infants and No Medicine."    

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May 31, 2017

Voters Oppose Removing Confederate Monuments

Four Confederate monuments were removed from New Orleans earlier this month following complaints that they celebrate racism, and now the city of Baltimore has plans to follow suit. But most voters oppose taking away these remnants of the past even if they are unpopular with some.

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May 30, 2017

President Trump's Growth Budget By Lawrence Kudlow

When Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney unveiled President Trump's new budget, he used language that is so important -- although we haven't heard it in so many years.

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May 30, 2017

What Do The Democrats Want? by Ted Rall

In the 1970s, when I was a kid, I asked my mother to explain the difference between the two major parties. "Democrats," she explained, "are the party of the working man. Republicans represent big business."

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May 30, 2017

Voters Say Islamic Leaders Should Do More to Promote Peace

Most voters continue to believe Islamic leaders should do more to promote peace in their faith, but they are split on whether the religion itself encourages violence more than other faiths.

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May 30, 2017

Breakup of the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan

By the time Air Force One started down the runaway at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, to bring President Trump home, the Atlantic had grown markedly wider than it was when he flew to Riyadh.

May 30, 2017

Confidence in High School Graduates Remains Low

It's just about graduation time for many high school seniors in this country, but most voters still don't think those graduates are ready for college or the workforce.

May 29, 2017

37% 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 May 25.   

May 29, 2017

Respect for Memorial Day Reaches New High

More Americans than ever now honor Memorial Day, today’s federal holiday that recognizes military personnel who have given their lives for our country.

May 27, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 27, 2017

Most of the major news came from abroad this week, as Donald Trump made his first foreign trip as president and England suffered the deadliest terror attack on its soil since 2005.

May 26, 2017

Americans Say Manchester-like Attack Likely in U.S.

Most Americans think it’s likely a terrorist attack comparable to the Manchester bombing will happen in the United States, but they're not afraid to attend big events. 

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May 26, 2017

Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad By Michael Barone

What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe. He left behind a Washington and a nation buzzing about his firing of FBI Director James Comey, the multiple reasons he had given for doing so, the meeting he'd had with the Russian foreign minister a day later and his statement that Comey is a "nut job."   

May 26, 2017

Voters Don't Agree With Decision to Free Manning

Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst sentenced to 35 years in prison for releasing classified government documents to the website WikiLeaks, was released from prison earlier this month after President Obama commuted her sentence as one of his final presidential actions. But few voters view Manning favorably and most disagree with Obama’s parting decision.

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May 26, 2017

After the Confederates, Who's Next? By Patrick J. Buchanan

On Sept. 1, 1864, Union forces under Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, victorious at Jonesborough, burned Atlanta and began the March to the Sea where Sherman's troops looted and pillaged farms and towns all along the 300-mile road to Savannah.

May 25, 2017

Is the Pope An Ally or Enemy of the U.S.?

President Trump and his family met with Pope Francis in the Vatican earlier this week, and while the meeting was met with mixed emotions, voters still generally believe the United States has a friend in the pope.

May 25, 2017

Most Say ISIS Must Be Totally Destroyed To Stop Terror

The radical Islamic State group (ISIS) has proudly taken credit for the slaughter of innocents earlier this week at a concert in Manchester, England, and voters here strongly agree with President Trump that ISIS needs to be totally wiped out.

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May 25, 2017

Just 29% Think Trump Can Improve Relations With the Media

Most voters still feel President Trump is to blame for his bad relationship with the media but also don't think there is anything he can do about it.

May 24, 2017

Americans Think Internet Reliance Makes Economy More Vulnerable

In the wake of the international WannaCry cyberattacks last week, Americans are more concerned than ever about the safety of the country’s online economic systems.

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May 24, 2017

The Forgotten Slaughters of the Innocents By Michelle Malkin

For now, everyone knows the sonorous name and cherubic face of 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos.