Democratic New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew officially switched to the Republican Party on Thursday after informing his staff about his intention to do so last week.
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Month: December 2019
House Overwhelmingly Votes to Pass USMCA
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a trade deal with Mexico and Canada on Thursday, just one day after it voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
Read MoreDemocratic Presidential Candidates Assail Trump as Corrupt
WASHINGTON – Seven leading U.S. Democratic presidential candidates squared off in a spirited debate late Thursday, with quick attacks on the newly impeached President Donald Trump as the most corrupt leader in the country’s history.
Read MoreCommentary: Love of One’s Country Won the British Election and It Will Win Again Here
The Conservative Party won big in Great Britain’s parliamentary elections last week, prompting many analysts to wonder how it happened. The popular observation is that the Conservatives won due to Jeremy Corbyn, the controversial leader of the Labour Party. Corbyn’s associations with the IRA, Palestinian terrorists, Communist guerrilas, and anti-Semites didnt endear him to many voters. But too many conservatives think Corbyn’s controversial record, particularly the anti-Semitic accusations, is what decided the election.
Read MoreTrump-District Dems Who Voted for Impeachment Take Phone Calls, Hide Behind Binders to Dodge Questions
Several Democratic lawmakers from congressional districts carried by the president in 2016 were recorded hiding behind binders and taking phone calls when asked about their votes to impeach President Donald Trump.
Read MoreTulsi Gabbard Explains Why She Voted ‘Present’ on Impeachment
Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard explained Thursday how a “deep love of country” motivated her to vote “present” on Wednesday’s impeachment ballot.
Read MoreCommentary: The Toxic Swamp Gas Polluting the American Right
It’s about time we had a conversation about the racket in D.C., though it’s probably not the one that springs first to mind. I’m talking about Conservatism Inc.—that ecosystem of mostly worthless and ineffective think tanks and conservative organizations that are part and parcel of the swamp. They came riding into town, some decades ago, all gung-ho about breaking up the administrative state and restoring constitutional government and now, lo and behold, discovered that the swamp could start to feel like a warm, soothing hot tub.
Read MoreHere’s How Much the Formal Impeachment Inquiry Has Cost Taxpayers So Far
House Democrats spent at least $3 million of taxpayers’ money in under three months pursuing the impeachment of President Donald Trump, counting the cost of lawyers and staff time spent readying for hearings, according to Heritage Foundation research.
Read MoreDHS Chief Says $1.4 Trillion Spending Bill Will Help Build ‘Significant Amount of Wall’
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Thursday the $1.4 trillion spending package making its way through Congress will pay for an enormous amount of new barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreCommentary: The Witch Hunt Continues as House Democrats Impeach President Donald Trump
House Democrats have voted to impeach President Donald Trump under the unproven premise that he leveraged $391 million of U.S. military and security assistance to Ukraine in exchange for investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and the corrupt natural gas firm Burisma his son worked for after Biden said he had the prosecutor who says he was investigating Burisma fired.
Read MoreCommentary: The Powerful Messages of Christmas Carols
This is the time of year when we hear Christmas music on the radio, in the mall, and in school concerts. Unfortunately, attempts to meet the mandates of political correctness have resulted in less air time for traditional selections. “Away in a Manger” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” have been replaced by such insipid fare as “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” or festive but somewhat meaningless songs such as “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.” While cultural literacy wanes for some, others know that powerful messages can be found in the old favorites.
Read MoreNew Jersey Governor Restores Voting Rights for 80,000 on Probation, Parole
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Wednesday that restores voting rights for convicted criminals who are out on parole or probation. The measure will apply to roughly 80,000 convicts who are on probation or parole starting in March, ABC News reports.
Read MoreTrump Campaign Says POTUS Raised More Than $5 Million on the Day Dems Voted to Impeach
President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Wednesday night that it raised over $5 million on the day House Democrats voted to impeach the president.
Read MoreOhioans Share Why Trump Support Among Black Voters is Soaring
The Washington Examiner revealed polling data this week that found President Trump has a 34% approval rating with African Americans. The Ohio Star spoke with four African American Trump supporters in Ohio and asked them why they support the President. State Representative Candidate Bobby Mitchell of Canal Winchester, Columbus entrepreneur Tyrone Jackson and Pastor Walter Moss of Canton gave their insights about the phenomena.
Read MoreJeff Webb of The American Populist Encourages Those Confronting Democrats Vulnerable Over Impeachment
Jeff Webb, founder of The American Populist, offered encouragement to the grassroots activists who are confronting Democratic members of Congress abusing their powers by supporting impeachment.
Read MoreCommentary: We Three Kings of America Are Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg
This Christmas season, decorate your trees and hang your stockings, and know that three kings come again, bearing gifts. But this time, 2,020 years later, these three kings bear gifts not for the baby Jesus, but for the Democratic Party.
Read MoreBorder Patrol Agents Open Up Tractor Trailer, Find Over 70 Illegal Aliens Inside
Border Patrol agents busted a major illegal immigration operation, uncovering a tractor-trailer at the Texas-Mexico border carrying more than 70 illegal aliens.
Read MoreGallup Poll Finds Majority Now Oppose Impeaching and Removing Trump From Office
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has inched up six percentage points since House Democrats opened an impeachment inquiry against him, according to a Gallup poll published Wednesday.
Read MoreTrump’s Approval Rating Is Higher Than Obama’s at Same Point in Presidency
President Donald Trump’s approval rating is higher than former President Barack Obama’s at the same point in his administration, despite Trump being on the precipice of becoming the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
Read MoreCommentary: Poll After Poll Finds Democrats Underwater On Impeachment
When more voters oppose a candidate or issue than support it, we say the candidate or issue is “underwater” and when even CNN finds more Americans oppose impeachment than support it Democrats are not just underwater, they are drowning.
Read MoreImportant Chirstmas Shipping Deadlines
Christmas season is in full swing as people try to buy and send presents to loved ones all over the country. Here are the deadlines for major shipping carriers.
Read MoreFormer Kasich Strategist Partners with George Conway to Launch Never-Trump Super PAC
An alumnus of former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s presidential campaign has joined George Conway in launching a new never-Trump super PAC with the explicit purpose of “defeating President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box.”
Read MoreTrump Impeached: U.S. House Impeaches President for Third Time in Nation’s History
The U.S. House of Representatives officially impeached President Donald J. Trump Wednesday evening, making him just the third president in the country’s history to be impeached.
Read MoreOn Eve of Impeachment Vote, Trump Punches Back Against Pelosi
One day before the Democrat-led House is set to vote on impeachment, President Donald Trump sent a scathing six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asserting the House majority was “declaring open war on American Democracy.”
Read MoreCommentary: Making the Anglosphere Great Again
The greatest significance in last week’s decisive and seminal British election is the victory it contains for the solidarity of the English-speaking peoples and the strength, coherence, and legitimacy of what Europeans frequently refer to as the Anglo-Saxons.
Read MoreMcConnell Rejects Schumer’s Bid for More Testimony at Trump Impeachment Trial
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s bid to have key aides to President Donald Trump testify at a Trump impeachment trial in January.
Read MoreAndrew Malcolm Commentary: California Is a Wondrous Place, But I’m Leaving
To me, California has always been an amazing place with wondrous geography far more diverse than the other two largest states.
Read MoreTrump Blasts Commission on Presidential Debates, Says It Is Stacked With ‘Trump Haters and Never Trumpers’
President Donald Trump slammed the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying it poses as bipartisan but is actually “stacked with Trump Haters & Never Trumpers.”
Read MoreSupreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Protecting Homeless
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case that would allow cities to make it a crime to sleep on the streets.
Read MoreCommentary: What Makes Christmas Movies So Popular?
If you are one of those people who will settle in this evening with a hot cup of apple cider to watch a holiday movie, you are not alone. Holiday movies have become firmly embedded in Americans’ winter celebrations.
Read MoreCommentary: James Comey Would Spy on the Trump Campaign All Over Again
Another key takeaway from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’ report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses by the Justice Department, FBI and intelligence agencies against President Donald Trump and his campaign in 2016 is that no attempt was made to corroborate allegations by former British spy Christopher Steele by interviewing his sources until after the allegations were published by Buzzfeed on Jan. 10, 2017 and subsequently discredited.
Read MoreFISA Judge Blasts FBI for Providing False Information to Wiretap Carter Page
The top judge on the federal court overseeing surveillance activities accused the FBI on Tuesday of providing false and misleading information about Carter Page in applications to wiretap the former Trump campaign adviser.
Read MoreModerate Democrats Are Trying to Distance Themselves from Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal
Moderate Democrats who are working on getting reelected in a partisan environment are doing their best to keep a distance from the so-called Green New Deal.
Democratic Reps. Lauren Underwood of Illinois, Henry Cuellar of Texas and Harley Rouda of California are keeping their distance from the GND as they campaign for reelection in Republican-leaning seats. Cuellar called the group supporting the measure “Justice Socialists.”
Read MoreMichigan Trump Republicans Hold Rally at Rep. Slotkin Community Conversations Event
Supporters of President Trump held a rally at a “community conversation” event held by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-8-MI) at Oakland University on Monday. The representative recently published an editorial in the Detroit Free Press voicing her support for the impeachment, as well as a follow up piece defending her decision.
Read MoreCommentary: ‘Abuse of Power’ and ‘Obstruction of Congress’ Are Not High Crimes or Misdemeanors, Bribery or Treason
“The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
That is Article II, Section 4 of the Federal Constitution, outlining what a case for impeachment is supposed to consist of, namely, crimes. Therefore, without a crime there cannot be an impeachment.
Read MoreFBI’s Top Lawyer During Russia Probe ‘Distressed’ Over Scathing FISA Report: ‘Sloppiness Is Completely Unacceptable’
by Chuck Ross Former FBI general counsel James Baker said Monday that he felt “distressed” after reading the Justice Department inspector general’s report laying out “significant” errors and omissions in the bureau’s applications to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. In an interview on CNN, Baker went further…
Read MoreJudge Rejects Entrapment Allegations, Sets Michael Flynn Sentencing for January 28
A federal judge on Monday scheduled Michael Flynn to face sentencing on Jan. 28 in a case stemming from the special counsel’s probe, while rejecting the former national security adviser’s allegations that he was entrapped by the FBI and forced into entering a plea deal.
Read MoreTrump Spars with Democrats as Impeachment Vote Nears
President Donald Trump, facing impeachment this week, sparred Monday with House Democrats who accused him of “multiple federal crimes” in the abuse of the presidency.
“The Impeachment Hoax is the greatest con job in the history of American politics!” Trump contended on Twitter. “The Fake News Media, and their partner, the Democrat Party, are working overtime to make life for the United Republican Party, and all it stands for, as difficult as possible!”
Read MoreJoe Biden Says He’ll End Standardized Testing in Public Schools After Questioner Calls Them ‘Rooted in a History of Racism’
Former Vice President Joe Biden committed Saturday to ending the use of standardized testing in public schools if he’s elected president in 2020.
Read MoreCarly Fiorina: It’s ‘Vital’ That Trump Be Impeached
Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said she supports the impeachment effort against President Donald Trump but left open the possibility that she will vote for him in 2020.
Read MoreCommentary: Liberal Billionaires Fund Left-Wing Scam Group Southern Poverty Law Center
Liberal billionaires John and Laura Arnold would like for you to believe that they are not ideological, are guided by the facts, and are motivated by a desire to improve society. But the facts are otherwise: they have given millions of dollars to the abortion lobby, support a carbon tax, have donated millions to study ways of eroding gun rights, and have given generously to liberal Democrats. As if all of that is not bad enough, they have also awarded four grants worth more than $4.8 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which loves to falsely claim that conservative organizations are “hate groups.”
Read MoreJustice Department Awards $6 Million to Combat Opioid Crisis in Southern Ohio
The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs announced more than $333 million in awards Friday to help communities affected by the opioid crisis, including $6.1 million for public safety and health professionals in southern Ohio.
Read MoreGovernment Lobbyists Oppose House Bill Requiring Levy Transparency and Clarity
Multiple government lobbying groups spoke in opposition to House Bill 76 in the Senate General Government and Agency Review Committee. The bill, “Enacts the Ballot Uniformity and Transparency Act for tax levies.”
Read MoreCommentary: Trump’s Real Offense Is That He Dared to Make Politics Political Again
As Democrats in the House of Representatives prepare themselves for a vote on the articles of impeachment against President Trump – preparing the way to boot him from office and nullify the results of the 2016 election – Americans should reflect on the audacity it takes to do that.
Read MoreCleveland Minority Organization that Supports President Trump Gives Away $25K to Low-Income Residents
The Urban Revitalization Coalition gave away $25,000 to low-income housing residents and other guests during an event Saturday in Cleveland organized by a minority non-profit that supports President Donald Trump.
Read MoreGowdy: ‘Too Damn Late’ for Comey to Admit He Was Wrong About FISA Abuse
Former Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that it is “too damn late” for James Comey to admit he was wrong about FBI abuse of the FISA process, as the former FBI director did in an interview on Fox News earlier in the day.
Read MoreNadler: Trump Is a ‘Threat’ to National Security
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said Sunday that President Donald Trump is a “threat” to national security.
Read MoreCampus Conservatives Call Out Professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau for Quiz Comparing Trump’s ‘America First’ Slogan to KKK
A professor at Texas State University gave a quiz in film class asking students whether President Donald Trump’s “America First” platform is comparable to white supremacy and the KKK.
According to the student publication at Texas State, The University Star, English professor Rebecca Bell-Metereau asked students in an Introduction to Film course, “What is true about the ‘America First’ slogan in the film and present day?”
Read MoreBiden Paid Women Staffers Less Than Men for Decades, Report Says
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden paid his female staffers less on average than male staffers over several decades, new analysis finds.
Read MoreBill to Grant Tax Exemptions to Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Resource Centers Advances in Ohio Committee Process
A bill that would provide tax exemptions for anti-abortion pregnancy resource centers in Ohio, which provide non-abortive pregnancy care and do not refer women for abortions, advanced in the committee process Tuesday.
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