January 19, 2017

WES VERNON — In the middle of the 20th century, the world made an almost seamless transition from the residue of World War II straight into a highly troubling aftermath. Reports and hearings, in and out of Congress, showed that a demonstrably hostile force on both a worldwide scale and here at home had attained influence in many of the areas of society -- education, entertainment, news media, powerful foundations, family relations; also government, especially our own State Department, whose propaganda and "diplomatic" efforts had the effect of foisting upon us a Communist China.... (more)

January 19, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — The civil rights "icon," Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), has suddenly discovered the dangers of Russian influence in the U.S. political process. He tells Chuck Todd of NBC News, "I don't see this President-elect [Donald J. Trump] as a legitimate president. I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton."... (more)

January 19, 2017

BRYAN FISCHER — The chances are good that William Pryor is at the top of Donald Trump's list of nominees to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. William Pryor, however, would be a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad" choice to take Scalia's seat on the bench. (For a profile of Judge Pryor's judicial career, go here.)... (more)

January 19, 2017

ERICK ERICKSON — President Obama intends to release a bunch of people from GTMO. Some of the people he has already released have gone back to the battlefield to try to kill Americans again. So Ted Cruz is offering up a really commonsensical piece of legislation -- declassify the histories of those Obama is releasing from GTMO.... (more)

January 19, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — It was the defining promise of the early days of the "hope and change" administration: President Obama would signal a new era of U.S. engagement with the world by closing, within a year, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... (more)

January 19, 2017

NEWSMAX — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted decisively Wednesday to approve Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, clearing the way for retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be confirmed shortly after the president-elect is sworn in.... (more)

January 19, 2017

NEWSMAX — A prominent California pastor claims President Barack Obama pardoned national-security secrets leaker Chelsea Manning because of an affinity for supporting people who "are confused about who they are" or believe in same-sex marriage.... (more)

January 19, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The National Education Association is urging students and teachers to skip school Thursday to protest the presidency of Donald Trump at school.... (more)

January 19, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — It's clear: According to liberal dogma, one can only be a feminist if they are pro-choice. Organizers of the anti-Trump Women's March, which include abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and NARAL, were put into an uncomfortable position, when some pro-life groups wanted to join them.... (more)

January 19, 2017

DAILY WIRE — As the Daily Wire reported Tuesday, the Hollywood trade Variety released its latest issue, a special Inaugural edition that features five left-wingers opposed to Donald Trump, the man who will be sworn in as our 45th president Friday. The cover features CNN's Van Jones, Chelsea Handler, rape-hoaxer Lena Dunham, Michael Moore, and Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon. All five stand together holding a large American flag... A flag that, in full-violation of United States Code, is dragging on the ground.... (more)

January 19, 2017

NEWSMAX — President-elect Donald Trump will "come out smoking" as soon as he takes over the Oval Office, bestselling author David Horowitz told Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News Wednesday night.... (more)

January 18, 2017

NEWSMAX — Nearly seven in 10 Americans say President-elect Donald Trump's use of Twitter is a bad idea, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reveals.... (more)

January 18, 2017

THE BLAZE — In the state of Iowa, lawmakers are discussing an abortion-related bill that would be the first of its kind in the entire country if passed. The bill would allow a woman to sue an abortion provider if at any point in her life she experiences emotional distress due to having the abortion. The bill provides that there will be no statute of limitations for this private cause of action. GOP State Senator Mark Chelgren, who introduced the proposal, said he wanted to make sure women were protected.... (more)

January 18, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES) — President Obama oversaw the deepest legislative malaise in modern political history, according to the Washington Times Legislative Index, which captures his struggles to find ways to work with a Congress that ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile toward him.... (more)

January 18, 2017

THE BLAZE — Typically, presidents don't make sweeping policy decisions or diplomatic agreements with foreign countries in the final days of their tenure in the White House. President Barack Obama's final days, however, have been anything but typical.... (more)

January 18, 2017

DAILY WIRE — On Tuesday, President Obama used what was left of his executive authority to commute the sentence of Bradley Manning, the notorious transgender army traitor who provided purloined and classified U.S. military documents to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He is accused of leaking roughly 150,000 diplomatic cables, 750,000 documents total, many of which are of vital national security interest to the United States.... (more)

January 18, 2017

THE RESURGENT — Suddenly, leaking classified information is in vogue and even admirable. The abject moral cowardice and duplicity of President Obama cannot be understated, pardoning those who leak classified data literally in the last 36 hours of his presidency.... (more)

January 18, 2017

NPR — The abortion rate in the United States fell to its lowest level since the historic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide, a new report finds. The report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports legalized abortion, puts the rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (ages 15-44) in 2014. That's the lowest recorded rate since the Roe decision in 1973. The abortion rate has been declining for decades -- down from a peak of 29.3 in 1980 and 1981.... (more)

January 17, 2017

THE RESURGENT — Donald Trump is about to be sued for sexual harassment according to attorney Gloria Allred. The report from the Daily Beast cites an announcement of a press conference by Allred to take place in Los Angeles at 11:30 a.m. local time. At this point, there is no indication of who Trump's accuser is.... (more)

January 17, 2017

LIFE NEWS — A new Live Action investigation reveals that Planned Parenthood did not fulfill its promises to change after its employees were caught willing to help sex traffickers cover up abuses of young girls.... (more)

January 16, 2017

ALAN KEYES — Abraham Lincoln was a man who typified the character of many of the Americans of his time. As I wrote in a recently published article: Judging by things that he said -- even in the speeches he gave in opposition to slavery -- it's not hard to show that Abraham Lincoln was a racist, with prejudices like those of many slaveholders, who regarded him as their enemy.... (more)

January 16, 2017

JOAN SWIRSKY — In 2009, America experienced a genuine coup d'etat, exquisitely formulated and flawlessly executed after decades of planning by the socialists, communists, and jihadists among us who loathe America and have wished for nothing less than transforming our great country into a mecca of far-left, anti-American policies, punctuated by preposterous liberal constructs like political correctness and multiculturalism, and ultimately subservient to Sharia law.... (more)

January 16, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — Echoing New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer's warning that the intelligence community is out to "get" President-elect Trump, a Brookings Institution expert who served in the Clinton administration says that Trump's treatment of his spies will "come back to bite him" in the form of "devastating" leaks to the media that will make him look foolish or incompetent.... (more)

January 16, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President-elect Trump promised his replacement health care plan would have the goal of providing "insurance for everybody" and that drug companies would have to negotiate with the government on prices.... (more)

January 15, 2017

LIFE NEWS — On Friday afternoon, the House of Representatives approved a Senate-passed budget resolution that is the first step in defunding the Planned Parenthood abortion business. This repeal resolution is the first step in the process to re-direct Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding to legitimate health care entities and repeal Obamacare using the budget reconciliation procedure. President-Elect Donald Trump has promised to sign the bill into law.... (more)