WASHINGTON TIMES — Tim Allen of "Last Man Standing" let fans know this week -- with a smile -- that ABC couldn't keep him down. "Mike Baxter" and his family will soon be back on the airwaves to the delight of millions of fans. An extra bonus for those who protested ABC's sudden cancellation in May 2016, however, came with a teaser released Tuesday.... (more)

TWITTER — Lisa Page grilled on Capitol Hill... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — The state Supreme Court decided Wednesday that California will remain intact geographically, at least for now, while it decides whether the voters can consider a proposal to divide the Golden State into three new states. The three-state initiative, Proposition 9, had gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Nine days after opponents filed suit, the court issued a unanimous order removing the measure from the ballot and ordering further legal arguments on whether it should be placed on another ballot in 2020 or struck down altogether.... (more)

(YOUTUBE) — JFK researcher Jerry Kroth, author of two previous books on the Kennedy assassination, has released a new book (with a video) based on 50,000 secret documents newly released by President Trump that implicate Vice President Lyndon Johnson in the November 22, 1963, assassination. In his video, "The Kennedy Assassination: what really happened," Kroth says, "There are at least 80 huge revelations in this book that just came out. The media mentioned about six. The media missed virtually everything." Among his conclusions is that LBJ orchestrated a coup d' etat involving members of the CIA, the FBI, and the mafia that enabled him to illicitly gain the presidency of the United States, and then successfully covered up his involvement. [language alert]... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — President Trump has been blistered, lampooned, reviled, and skewered over his performance in Helsinki, Finland. He has been raked over the proverbial coals by friend and foe alike for his supposed obsequious acquiescence to Vladimir Putin.... (more)

BYRON YORK — Was Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 election the most important issue on the table at President Trump's Helsinki summit with President Vladimir Putin? No. But it's not an unimportant issue either, and Trump knew the American press is obsessed with it. So he knew it would play a big role in the Trump-Putin post-summit news conference.... (more)

THE HILL — Top conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are defending President Trump's performance at the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Members of the group applauded the president's diplomatic efforts, arguing the media has placed too much focus on his remarks at a post-summit press conference with Putin and not enough on his actions.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump attempted Tuesday to douse the political firestorm over his kid-glove treatment of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Republican leaders were already preparing an end run around the White House with legislation to stop Moscow from meddling in U.S. elections again.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — Seeking to constrain the fallout from President Trump's widely maligned press conference with Vladimir Putin, the White House stressed his past acceptance of the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered with the 2016 election in talking points distributed to congressional Republicans Monday evening.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan told Newsmax TV on Tuesday that President Donald Trump averted the "second Cold War" and Buchanan added a slam of the "absurd" fallout over misspoken comments at the press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump blasted former CIA director John Brennan as "a very bad person" in an interview to air Tuesday night -- even as he publicly declared that he's got "full faith and support for America's great intelligence agencies."... (more)

THE HILL — Lawmakers clashed Tuesday at a contentious hearing over claims that social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints.... (more)

BY WES VERNON — Edward Griffin, in his Need to Know column, wrote that he has seen the film Revelation: Dawn of Global Government. Even though he himself was in a part of the movie, actually seeing the film in final form left him "stunned." When his commentary was joined by "scores of others who spoke from first-hand knowledge about the loss of liberty and the growth of government," the pieces came together like a giant jigsaw puzzle that revealed a disturbing picture of the social and political Hell that is rapidly approaching.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — Because Christ teaches using parables, people who learn from him gain an advantage. They are accustomed to remembering that things are not always what they seem, and to use their imagination to think beyond the apparent significance of a story for its additional meaning.... (more)

CHARLES HURT — Well, that certainly was not The Art of the Deal. And that was not the tough guy from Queens we so enthusiastically elected. President Trump is the most courageous, imaginative, and dynamic American political leader in more than a quarter-century. He is willing to tackle huge problems and fiercely pursue bold and inventive courses in search of solutions to problems that cowardly politicians have ignored for decades.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump on Monday stood beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and rejected the findings of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies that Moscow interfered in the 2016 election, drawing bipartisan blowback from lawmakers dismayed by his performance on the world stage.... (more)

WESLEY PRUDEN — How does Donald Trump test the patience, forbearance, loyalty and endurance of the millions who trusted him to drain the swamp, restore a strong American voice in the world, cast out evil-doers and deliver America from the clutch of those who would trash the dream?... (more)

NEW YORK POST — Watching FBI agent Peter Strzok battle with Congress, my initial reaction was pure anger. His repeated, arrogant insistence that he had done nothing wrong despite tons of evidence to the contrary convinced me he deserved immediate firing -- if not the firing squad.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Peter Strzok's 'insurance policy' is the Russia collusion investigation.... (more)

DAVID KUPELIAN — Is it just me, or is everyone missing the biggest, most mind-boggling part of the never-ending "Trump-Russia collusion" drama?... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Over the weekend, in addition to being in the World Cup soccer final against tiny Croatia, France got to celebrate Bastille Day, which commemorates the July 14, 1789, storming of the infamous Paris prison. It's fair to say the soccer match was worthier of feting. The Bastille takeover sparked the French Revolutionaries' overthrow of the royal aristocracy and the onset of the Reign of Terror.... (more)

NEWSMAX — During her testimony on Capitol Hill on Friday, several lawmakers said former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was "cooperative," forthcoming" and "transparent" as she answered questions about anti-Trump texts and agency bias during the 2016 presidential campaign, The Washington Post reported.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — It's illegal, but these Chinese parents say they so much want the best for their children, they're willing to homeschool them, hiding from the government on an as-needed basis. Homeschooling has been booming for years in America, where there are millions, and there are several countries in Europe where's it is thriving even though officials don't like it much at all.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Bible remains a fixture in American culture and lifestyle according to the "State of the Bible" report, an annual poll conducted by the Barna Group, a California-based research organization, and the American Bible Society. "The results show that, despite shifting cultural trends, Americans still read the Word, and it remains a powerful, transformative tool in their life. These and other snapshots are included in our list of top seven findings from this year's State of the Bible report," the survey said.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — A Russian tech entrepreneur accused in the infamous Christopher Steele dossier says Friday's indictment of 12 Kremlin intelligence officers exonerates him. The indictment signed by special counsel Robert Mueller didn't refer to Aleksej Gubarev or make reference to any of his companies that supply computer servers worldwide.... (more)