August 8, 2016

ALAN KEYES — This morning, I saw a press release about an Internet documentary series called "Third Candidates" that's being put together by two filmmakers, John Farrell and Jake Simms. According to Farrell, "because of widespread dissatisfaction with the major parties, there's still some room for shakeups between now and November."... (more)

August 8, 2016

NEWSMAX — Democrat Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over White House rival Donald Trump to eight points after both parties' nominating conventions, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll out Sunday.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Hillary Clinton recklessly discussed, in emails hosted on her private server, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed by Iran for treason, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday.... (more)

August 8, 2016

POLITICO — After spending months scolding his rivals for being beholden to their financial backers, Donald Trump unveiled an economic advisory council last week -- and filled it with some of his biggest donors.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — This was supposed to be the post-Barack Obama presidential election when Republicans regained a modest share of the black vote, but Donald Trump has watched support among these voters fade nationwide and in battleground states where minorities could play a decisive role.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Ohio Gov. John Kasich warned on Sunday that the next commander-in-chief must not tolerate Russian aggression, sending a clear message to Donald Trump who has periodically commended Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for his "strong" leadership.... (more)

August 7, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — The famous painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware is now being sold by MAD magazine as Washington Cross-Dressing the Delaware. Elsewhere in the magazine, in a look at recycled ad slogans, the old Marine slogan "We're looking for a few good men" has become the slogan for Grindr, the gay dating app. The humor is an indication of how things have changed under Obama. But many Americans aren't laughing.... (more)

August 7, 2016

NEWSMAX — House Speaker Paul Ryan warned large Republican donors this week that his chamber's majority in Congress could be weakened this fall because of Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency.... (more)

August 7, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Did it ever occur to President Obama to ask why he couldn't just cut a check to the Iranian regime? Outrage broke out this week over the revelation that Obama arranged to ship the mullahs piles of cash, worth $400 million and converted into foreign denominations, reportedly in an unmarked cargo plane. The hotly debated question was whether the payment, which the administration attributes to a 37-year-old arms deal, was actually a ransom paid for the release of American hostages Tehran had abducted.... (more)

August 7, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — It's one of the greatest mysteries in American history. But the government conspiracy of silence surrounding the destruction of TWA Flight 800 is beginning to break down -- thanks in part to two books on the subject by crusading journalist Jack Cashill. Years ago, Cashill wrote "First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America," focusing on the evidence supporting a terrorism conclusion.... (more)

August 6, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The liberal New York Times editorial board said Hillary Clinton essentially lied last week when she claimed she had been forthcoming with the public about sending classified information over her private email server.... (more)

August 6, 2016

MILITARY TIMES, JULY 17, 2016 — American military personnel favor Donald Trump for president over Hillary Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin in an exclusive survey conducted by Military Times ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, but a strong majority of respondents say they are wholly unimpressed with both candidates.... (more)

August 6, 2016

RED STATE — That slow-motion, sinking feeling of impending disaster seems to have overtaken the GOP brass. NBC News is reporting that Weasel-boy Priebus and others are reaching critical mass over Trump's retaliatory snub of House Speaker Paul Ryan.... (more)

August 6, 2016

NEWSMAX — A federal appeals court Friday strongly chastised the IRS, ruling that it did indeed unfairly target Tea Party groups, must prove that it has stopped, and accused the agency of using catch-22 principles against the affected organizations, the Washington Times reports.... (more)

August 5, 2016

NEWSMAX — Hillary Clinton now holds a 15-point lead over Donald Trump in a new McClatchy-Marist poll.... (more)

August 5, 2016

NEWSMAX — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that he won't vote for either GOP nominee Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in November, and he does not trust either with the nuclear codes.... (more)

August 5, 2016

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER — Donald Trump, the man who defied every political rule and prevailed to win his party's nomination, last week took on perhaps the most sacred political rule of all: Never attack a Gold Star family. Not just because it alienates a vital constituency but because it reveals a shocking absence of elementary decency and of natural empathy for the most profound of human sorrows -- parental grief.... (more)

August 5, 2016

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Supreme Court has become Donald Trump's trump card. In a recent Washington Examiner column entitled "It's the Supreme Court, Stupid," Hugh Hewitt declared:... (more)

August 5, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Donald Trump is blowing his chance to remake the political map, having squandered leads in this key swing state and slumped in the other Rust Belt states he promised he would swing Republican. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Pennsylvania, which the billionaire businessman vowed to put into play this year but where voters are recoiling from the man and his mouth.... (more)

August 5, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Harvard Republican Club announced Thursday afternoon that "for the first time in 128 years," the group will not be endorsing the Republican nominee for president. In a scathing statement posted to its Facebook page, the Harvard Republican Club said Donald Trump is "a threat to the survival of the Republic" and holds views that are antithetical to the group's values "not only as Republicans, but as Americans."... (more)

August 5, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Donald J. Trump's turnaround, from having CNN feeding out of his hands during the Republican primaries, to now denouncing the "Clinton News Network," confirms the fears that conservatives had not only about the media, but also about the New York businessman. He used the media to win the Republican nomination and now they are using and abusing him, since he is playing into their hands with idiotic statements.... (more)

August 5, 2016

BUSINESS INSIDER — Russia's troll factories were, at one point, likely being paid by the Kremlin to spread pro-Trump propaganda on social media. That is what freelance journalist Adrian Chen, now a staff writer at The New Yorker, discovered as he was researching Russia's "army of well-paid trolls" for an explosive New York Times Magazine expose published in June 2015.... (more)

August 5, 2016

NEWSMAX — A statement Melania Trump released to clarify her immigration status did little to quell the issue raised by Politico earlier Thursday, the website reported.... (more)

August 5, 2016

ASSOCIATED PRESS — After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September.... (more)

August 5, 2016

LIFEZETTE — "The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has provided oversight and recommendations for improvement of police services in a number of cities with consent decrees. This is one of the most effective ways to reduce discrimination in law enforcement and it needs to be beefed up and increased to cover as many of the 18,000-plus local law enforcement jurisdictions."... (more)