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January 9, 2018What Is America's Mission Now? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Informing Iran, "The U.S. is watching what you do," Amb. Nikki Haley called an emergency meeting Friday of the Security Council regarding the riots in Iran. The session left her and us looking ridiculous.
France's ambassador tutored Haley that how nations deal with internal disorders is not the council's concern. Russia's ambassador suggested the United Nations should have looked into our Occupy Wall Street clashes and how the Missouri cops handled Ferguson.

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                            January 8, 201838% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) 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 4.
January 8, 2018Results Matter: If Rasmussen Is “Republican-Leaning,” What Does That Make Everyone Else? By Richard Baris
Gallup announced last week that they are discontinuing their daily presidential approval tracking poll, opting instead to provide topline numbers weekly on Monday and detailed demographics monthly.
Since 2008, the well-known firm had been tracking presidential approval as a question in their privately sponsored Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. Rather than conducting landline- or cell phone-based interviews, more of those responses are instead being gathered by mailer.

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                            January 8, 2018Many Think All Our Leaders Clueless About America’s Future
Voters are closely divided when asked if any of the major power players in Washington, D.C. have an idea where the country is headed.

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                            January 8, 2018Most Still Question The Value of Foreign Aid
President Trump is withholding hundreds of millions in aid to Pakistan to force it to get tougher on terrorism. Most voters continue to agree with the president that U.S. foreign aid to other countries isn't a good deal for America.
January 8, 2018Mitch McConnell, a Swamp Creature That Trump Can Count On By Charles Hurt
Since the earliest rise of the modern tea party, no political pastime has been more joyous than doling out savage ultra-violence against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
You know, in “A Clockwork Orange” kind of way.

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                            January 6, 2018What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending January 6, 2018
Charging bulls drove stock markets to record highs this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average passing 25,000 without apparent indications of a reversal anytime soon.
January 5, 2018Fire Bell in the Night for the Ayatollah By Patrick J. Buchanan
As tens of thousands marched in the streets of Tehran on Wednesday in support of the regime, the head of the Revolutionary Guard Corps assured Iranians the "sedition" had been defeated.

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                            January 5, 2018Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Continues Upward Climb As Spending Slows
2018 has kicked off with economic confidence abound, but despite the positive financial outlook, Americans are slowing down on spending following a busy holiday shopping season.

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                            January 5, 2018Voters Support Cutting Military, Financial Aid to Pakistan
The U.S. government has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan, and most voters think that’s a good idea. 
January 5, 2018The 2010s Look More Like Trump's Ideal America Than Obama's By Michael Barone
One of my favorite Christmastime presents is the Census Bureau's release of its annual population estimates for all of the states. Comparison of the April 1, 2010, Census Bureau enumerations and the June 30, 2017, estimates for the states shows how each state fared in the Obama years, seeing as this period includes 82 of the 96 months of the Obama administration and only five months of Donald Trump's presidency.   

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                            January 4, 2018Fewer Americans Say Crime Is Up in Their Community
While Baltimore is facing its highest homicide rates to date, New York City's crime rate is reaching record lows this year. More Americans in the rest of the country also say crime is down where they live.
January 4, 2018Just 27% Say Trump Too Aggressive With Iran
President Trump continues to tweet his strong support for pro-democracy protesters in Iran and his criticism of the authoritarian regime they hope to replace, prompting an angry response from the Iranian government. But few voters think he’s gone too far.

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                            January 4, 2018Republicans, Democrats Agree Trump's In Charge
Love him or hate him, voters agree President Trump is charting the course for the country, and no one else is even close.
January 4, 2018For New Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith, a Lesser Form of Incumbency By Geoffrey Skelley
On Tuesday, now-former Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) officially resigned from the U.S. Senate following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women. As we discussed in our last newsletter for 2017, Franken’s resignation means that Minnesota will hold a special election for Senate this coming November, which will take place at the same time as the regular election for the state’s other Senate seat (a “double-barrel” election).

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                            January 3, 2018Red State, Blue State: Better or Worse?
Voters living in so-called blue states are more likely than those in red states to have had their taxes raised in recent years and less likely to see an improved economic picture where they live.
January 3, 2018An Unfond Farewell to Un-statesman Orrin Hatch By Michelle Malkin
The longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history announced this week that he will finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally retire.
January 3, 2018The Times Rides to Mueller's Rescue By Patrick J. Buchanan
What caused the FBI to open a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign in July 2016, which evolved into the criminal investigation that is said today to imperil the Trump presidency?
January 3, 2018Election Odds By John Stossel
President Trump is up 3 percent!
I refer to the betting odds. Gamblers (mostly in Europe because political bets are legal there) now give the president a 53 percent chance of finishing his first term.

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                            January 3, 2018Dems See Impeachment, GOP Voters See Reelection in Trump’s Future
Nearly half of Democrats think there’s a good chance President Trump won’t make it to the end of his first term in office, but two-out-of-three Republicans see four more years in Trump’s future.