November 17, 2016

WES VERNON — The left and their backers often argue their case by resurrecting parts of their closetful of smear paint, including the vilification of anyone who disagrees with them.... (more)

November 17, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Media bias won't let up just because the liberal media were humiliated on November 8. The bias is now being directed at the President-elect's conservative appointments. On Monday night's CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley proclaimed that the Southern Poverty Law Center had declared that Donald J. Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon "has no business being in the White House." Bannon was named as chief strategist and counselor.... (more)

November 17, 2016

BRYAN FISCHER — In the late stages of the campaign, President Obama made a feeble attempt to coax people into voting for Hillary Clinton to protect his legacy. Discerning voters have a right to ask, "What legacy?"... (more)

November 17, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Rep. Nancy Pelosi formally announced Wednesday she is running to retain her spot as House minority leader and sent a warning shot to potential rivals by informing her colleagues that she has already locked up "the support of more than two-thirds" of the Democratic caucus.... (more)

November 16, 2016

THE HILL — Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday persuaded Republicans to postpone votes on bringing back legislative earmarks until 2017 after reminding members of President-elect Donald Trump's promise to "drain the swamp" of Washington.... (more)

November 16, 2016

CONSERVATIVE TRIBUNE — One of former President Bill Clinton's closest advisers revealed what he believed to be the reason why former first lady Hillary Clinton suffered a humiliating loss in the presidential election, and it had nothing to do with James Comey or the FBI. "Bill didn't buy the excuse that Comey would cost Hillary the election," the source told author Ed Klein.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — After five days of anti-Trump protests and mayhem led by left-wing groups, including one linked to top Clinton donor George Soros, Republicans said Sunday that it's time for Democrats to call off the dogs... (more)

November 16, 2016

BOB UNRUH — Judicial Watch, the Washington watchdog that has for years been fighting to access Internal Revenue Service documents that reveal the extent of its discriminatory actions against Christians and conservatives, now is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to have his administration consider criminal counts against the much-feared federal agency.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to extend an Iran sanctions law for another 10 years, amid growing worries that the U.S. needs to keep some leverage over Iran as it pushes for that country to implement the nuclear agreement.... (more)

November 16, 2016

NEWSMAX — Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key posts in his Cabinet. But the transition team appeared to be straining under the enormous challenge of setting up a new administration.... (more)

November 16, 2016

THOMAS SOWELL — The good news is that we dodged a bullet in this election. The bad news is that we don't know how many other bullets are coming, or from what direction. A Hillary Clinton victory would have meant a third consecutive administration dedicated to dismantling the institutions that have kept America free, and imposing instead the social vision of the smug elites. That could have been the ultimate catastrophe -- not just for our time, but for generations yet unborn.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President-elect Trump's White House transition team is going lobbyist-free. The Washington Examiner has learned Vice President-elect Pence and White House transition team executive director Rick Dearborn are clearing out any lobbyists serving in official roles as they begin the 10-week transition process until Trump's inaugration on Jan. 20.... (more)

November 16, 2016

NEWSMAX — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is under consideration for attorney general in Donald Trump's administration, a Bloomberg News reporter tweeted Tuesday night. Cruz was seen earlier in the day visiting Trump Tower in Manhattan, where Trump's transition team is talking about Cabinet level positions.... (more)

November 16, 2016

NEWSMAX — Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, a strong Donald Trump supporter, said she is honored to be under consideration to be White House press secretary. "It's a big decision, but I'm at the point where if my country needs me and if I can do something to actually advance the Trump agenda -- which is stuff I've written about now for 15 years, with trade and immigration and just renewing America -- then I obviously have to seriously consider that," Ingraham said on Fox News.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — House conservatives will push a proposal Tuesday in their meeting with newly elected GOP lawmakers aimed at expediting the repeal of President Obama's executive orders, memorandum and regulations after President-elect Trump's victory.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank hit President Obama for painting a hopeful picture of the Trump administration that will soon replace his. Obama on Monday held a press conference wherein he sought to allay fears among his supporters and President-elect Trump's opponents.... (more)

November 16, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — Thomas Jefferson may be the father of the University of Virginia. But the nation's third president is too controversial for the current scholars at the prestigious school he founded, as a group of professors and students are demanding the college president stop quoting him.... (more)

November 16, 2016

LEO HOHMANN — New evidence suggests China is engaged in large-scale forced organ harvesting, killing prisoners of conscience, including many Christians, and selling their organs on the lucrative international market. Just as the establishment politicians and media in the U.S. tried to cover up and hide the Planned Parenthood trade in baby body parts after it was exposed by undercover journalists, the Chinese government and media have also denied any such trade exists in China.... (more)

November 15, 2016

WES VERNON — Look, you lefties out there are just going to have to suck it up. The heart and soul of America loves America and rejects the America-haters. That is the essence of what happened Tuesday. We want our country back. You wanted to shove it in the other direction. We (hopefully) have settled that argument.... (more)

November 15, 2016

STEFANI WILLIAMS — Finally, this grueling election is over -- one of the most polarizing and bizarre elections in our nation's history. Here we had two of the least liked or trusted contenders ever to run for the Oval Office: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Had the Democrats nominated anyone other than Clinton to run against Trump, it's likely they would have one of their own sitting in the White House on January 20th.... (more)

November 15, 2016

Self-government of the heart makes self-government of the people possible

ALAN KEYES — According to Plutarch, before Rome's greatest orator, Cicero, began his ultimately ill-starred political career, he consulted the oracle at Delphi. He asked "how he should attain most glory." Came the answer: "by making his own genius and not the opinion of the people the guide of his life."... (more)

November 14, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Aware that their credibility is shot with the American people, the publisher and executive editor of the New York Times sent a "To our readers" note on Friday, saying, "we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism."... (more)

November 14, 2016

NEWSMAX — President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday chose Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the favorite of the party's establishment and a low-key Washington insider, to serve in the influential position of White House chief of staff.... (more)

November 14, 2016

CBS NEWS — The following script is from "The 45th President," which aired on Nov. 13, 2016. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Rich Bonin and Ruth Streeter, producers. During what seemed an interminable campaign, a divided country found all kinds of ways to describe Donald Trump: visionary businessman, vulgar self-promoter, political neophyte. But after Tuesday, for all Americans, there's only one description that counts: president-elect.... (more)

November 14, 2016

WASHINGTON POST — In three distinct segments last night, "Saturday Night Live" pretty well encapsulated many of liberal America's reactions to Donald Trump's election as president. It was a little like working your way through the five stages of grief on live TV.... (more)