February 9, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — The epitaph of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is being written by cowardly corporations, spineless politicians, politically correct adults afraid to say anything, and of course the liberal media. The Washington Post and The New York Times have been on the front lines of the "progressive" movement that now seeks to abolish the differences between the sexes by using our children as guinea pigs in the latest version of their sick social experiment.... (more)

February 9, 2017

NEWSMAX — The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday accepted its first transgender member, the Independent reported. Joe Maldonado, 9, was originally denied a membership because of a 100-year-old Boy Scouts rule that based eligibility on the gender that appeared on the child's birth certificate. But that rule changed Jan. 30, when the BSA announced the change, saying they had done so based on states and communities changing how gender is defined.... (more)

February 9, 2017

RICH LOWRY — If the law means anything, the Trump administration will succeed in overturning the so-called court ruling against its travel ban. The nationwide stay of the ban issued by Judge James Robart, a Washington state-based federal district judge, is tissue-thin. It doesn't bother to engage on the substance, presumably because facts, logic and the law don't support Robart's sweeping assertion of judicial authority in an area where judicial power is inherently quite limited.... (more)

February 9, 2017

NEWSMAX — The ongoing legal proceedings regarding President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration are walking on the edge of the justice system's rulebook, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy told Newsmax TV.... (more)

February 9, 2017

SELWYN DUKE — Does our current status quo make our Constitution a suicide pact? Thomas Jefferson certainly said as much, warning that accepting judicial supremacy would make our founding document just that, a felo de se, as he put it in Latin.... (more)

February 9, 2017

BOB UNRUH — The U.S. Senate confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as U.S. attorney general by a vote of 52 to 47 on Wednesday after rancor in the body reached a low not seen in decades. Democrats, unable by sheer lack of numbers to force their will on majority Republicans, resorted to publicly impugning the integrity of Sessions during a hearing on his nomination by President Trump and watched as one member embarrassingly was officially reprimanded by the body and told to "take her seat."... (more)

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Sen. Jeff Sessions is on the verge of achieving the ultimate personal vindication when the Senate confirms his nomination to be attorney general as expected Wednesday night, and many law enforcement groups can't wait for his installation.... (more)

February 9, 2017

NEWSMAX — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attacks on Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed Wednesday as attorney general, reflected the Democratic Party's "rage and fury" over the outcome of the November election, Sen. Ted Cruz told Newsmax TV.... (more)

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — After roughly two decades in the Senate, Jeff Sessions formally resigned Wednesday night after being confirmed as President Trump's attorney general. In a near party-line 52-47 vote, Sessions was confirmed. He abstained from voting on himself.... (more)

February 9, 2017

SUSAN FERRECHIO — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is expected to move very quickly to appoint someone to fill the U.S. Senate seat that will be left vacant after Sen. Jeff Sessions is confirmed as attorney general Wednesday evening.... (more)

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Congress must hurry up and repeal Obamacare this spring to avoid the wrath of voters who expected Republicans to ease the anxiety about soaring rates and dwindling insurance options in their home states, conservative lawmakers said Wednesday.... (more)

February 9, 2017

THE HILL — Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge on Wednesday said that the Republicans should be "sued for fraud" for not prioritizing tax cuts and ObamaCare.... (more)

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Pentagon has been stripped of almost all of its political appointees from the Obama administration, but an uncertain Senate future awaits the candidates whom President Trump will nominate to remake the armed forces in his image.... (more)

February 8, 2017

NEWSMAX — Republicans cheered Tuesday's historic confirmation vote for Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary -- Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote -- slamming Democrats as obstructionists and saying that President Donald Trump was entitled to his Cabinet picks.... (more)

February 8, 2017

NEWSMAX — Senate Democrats fought the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary because their power over inner cities is largely tied to teachers unions, best-selling author David Horowitz, author of the bestselling book "Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America," says.... (more)

February 8, 2017

THE HILL — On the same day the Senate confirmed President Trump's secretary of Education pick by a historically narrow margin, a House Republican introduced legislation to abolish the entire department Betsy DeVos will lead. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie's bill is only a page long, after merely stating the Department of Education would terminate on Dec. 31, 2018.... (more)

February 8, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Six sheriffs from some California's biggest counties met with Sen. Jeff Sessions Tuesday on Capitol Hill to back his nomination for attorney general, just a day before his expected Senate confirmation, and as President Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding to cities that shelter illegal immigrants.... (more)

February 8, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Senate Republicans late Tuesday voted to block Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., from engaging in any more debate over President Trump's attorney general nomination, after deciding that Warren impugned the motives and conduct of the nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.... (more)

February 8, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — First lady Melania Trump settled a defamation lawsuit against a Maryland blogger after he retracted the statements and apologized to the Trump family.... (more)

February 8, 2017

DAILY WIRE — In a shocking admission from a former Planned Parenthood clinic manager, Planned Parenthood reportedly has quotas for abortions, with incentives for clinics to reach certain numbers and admonishing clinics that don't reach those goals.... (more)

February 8, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The men charged in connection with the 2014 armed standoff at the Bundy ranch are hoping that a Bureau of Land Management agent with a taste for Burning Man will derail the government's case against them. Jury selection began Monday in the first of three trials on the showdown at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada, but defense attorneys have already moved to dismiss the charges against at least two of the 17 defendants based on the agent's conduct.... (more)

February 7, 2017

ALAN KEYES — "I was deeply saddened to hear the new administration say something along the lines of upholding the rights of the LBGTQ community. It was my relearning of the lesson about not putting your trust in princes....... (more)

February 6, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — In a recent article, "Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges," The Washington Post stumbled on the truth about one of the factors affecting the rising cost of college for American students. The percentage of foreign students enrolling in both public and private colleges and universities has skyrocketed.... (more)

February 6, 2017

NEWSMAX — Some Republicans are slamming President Donald Trump for his kind words about Vladimir Putin. Trump in an interview that aired Sunday during the Fox Super Bowl pre-game show said he had respect for the Russian president and asked whether the U.S. was innocent when Fox News' Bill O'Reilly called Putin a killer.... (more)

February 6, 2017

BYRON YORK — James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries. Robart simply declared his belief that Washington State, which in its lawsuit against Trump argued that the order is both illegal and unconstitutional, would likely win the case when it is tried.... (more)