March 16, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — With massive leaks of classified information, some of them stemming from undiscovered moles in the intelligence community, the media continue treating former officials of the CIA and NSA who have presided over this debacle with honor and respect.... (more)

March 16, 2017

WORLDNETDAILY — Whereas, generations of children have been raised on wholesome Disney movies that, whether animated or live-action, were stories of character and virtue, from "Old Yeller" to "Cinderella" -- even including explicitly Christian allegories like Pinocchio ("Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy");... (more)

March 16, 2017

GREG COROMBOS — The U.S. Marine Corps needs to punish whoever posted and disseminated photos of women in compromising moments, but the military must also realize its relaxing of rules regarding sexual conduct was a huge mistake, according to a top researcher on military personnel.... (more)

March 16, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER EDITORIAL BOARD — House Speaker Paul Ryan says the nation has just two options. It can accept his repeal and replace bill or it can keep the mess it already has. "It really comes down to a binary choice," he said, trying to whip recalcitrant conservatives into line behind the American Health Care Act. "This is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing Obamacare."... (more)

March 16, 2017

YAHOO NEWS — US Republicans clashed Wednesday over plans to replace Obamacare, with President Donald Trump and top allies in Congress pitching a health care plan that is staring at defeat unless party rebels' demands for changes are met.... (more)

March 16, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The uncertain future of the Republican proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare is threatening to complicate President Trump's working relationship with House Speaker Paul Ryan.... (more)

March 16, 2017

BYRON YORK — President Trump is up to his ears in the House Republican struggle to repeal and replace Obamacare. So, amid reports of dissension and disarray in the GOP effort, when Trump traveled to Tennessee to address a campaign-style rally in Nashville Wednesday night, what did he do?... (more)

March 16, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump slammed a federal judge's decision in Hawaii that put his second travel ban on hold -- calling it "unprecedented judicial overreach" that "makes us look weak." "We are going to fight this terrible ruling," Trump told supporters Wednesday night at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. "We are going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the Supreme Court.... (more)

March 16, 2017

LEO HOHMANN — President Donald Trump needs to score a "big hit" on the one issue that helped catapult him into the White House, and he needs it soon, say some of his staunchest supporters. After more than 50 days in office, Trump has struggled to hit a "home-run" on immigration, the kind that would solidify his base and send a message to his enemies.... (more)

March 16, 2017

NEWSMAX — The nation's commitment to religious liberty is being tested, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Wednesday night. The Associated Press said the conservative jurist's remarks came in a speech in Madison, N.J., at an event sponsored by a Catholic organization.... (more)

March 16, 2017

PAUL BEDARD — In a clash with President Trump's environmental team, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has declared that climate change is a threat to national security and one military planners must consider in drawing up strategies.... (more)

March 15, 2017

NEWSMAX — Fox Business Network host Lou Dobbs says House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. has accomplished "next to nothing" in his entire political career and should resign.... (more)

March 15, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump's desire to see the American Health Care Act survive in the House has, for now, aligned his interests with the conservatives who say they won't support the bill until it does more to roll back Obamacare. But the White House's alliance with congressional conservatives may not extend to upcoming legislative battles, when Trump's preference for ends over means may redirect his focus on any given issue.... (more)

March 15, 2017

CHELSEA SCHILLING — On her show Tuesday evening, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow publicly presented what she says is part of President Trump's 2005 tax return -- and even after major buildup by the news organization, the "big story" about the president's taxes appeared to fall flat.... (more)

March 15, 2017

WORLDNETDAILY — Former President Obama used the British to spy on President Trump -- both as a presidential candidate and as president-elect -- to avoid having American "fingerprints" on the scandal, according to Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano.... (more)

March 14, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Powerful conservative groups wary of alienating President Trump are blaming their opposition to his healthcare initiative on House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.... (more)

March 14, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Sen. Tom Cotton said Tuesday that it's vital for Republicans to get legislation repealing Obamacare right on the first try because he doesn't believe there are going to be three steps to the process, as proponents have outlined. "There is no three-step plan. That is just political talk," Mr. Cotton, Arkansas Republican, told radio host Hugh Hewitt.... (more)

March 14, 2017

WESLEY PRUDEN — Paranoia is suddenly what's for dinner in Washington. The most fervent patriot can be a spy and never know it until someone posts a video of the high crime and misdemeanor of someone shaking a Russian hand. "There I was," recalls Trevor Potter, the former chairman of the Federal Election Commission and a prominent Washington lawyer, "standing in the entrance hall," about to join a lavish holiday party of diplomats, journalists, consultants, lobbyists and former officials of several governments at the home of the French ambassador.... (more)

March 14, 2017

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Monday to reorganize the executive branch, making it "less wasteful and more productive."... (more)

March 14, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Faced with students who won't buy lunches low in salt and sugar and jacked up with bland-tasting grains, the nation's 54,000 school cafeteria workers are urging Washington to junk health-focused rules pushed by former first lady Michelle Obama.... (more)

March 14, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Nearly 500 jurisdictions are now sanctuary cities, according to a group that's tracked the issue for more than a decade, and who said there's been a massive surge in the number of places trying to thwart federal immigration agents since President Trump's election.... (more)

March 14, 2017

Trump never promised to free health care from government control

ALAN KEYES — As things are going right now, it looks like sincere conservatives who accepted the "lesser-of-evils" reasoning to vote for Donald Trump will soon be choking down its consequences when it comes to policy. President Trump is praising the bill to "repeal and replace" Obamacare offered by the GOP's House Leadership.... (more)

March 13, 2017

LARRY KLAYMAN — This morning I turned on Fox News only to watch Rep. Peter King of New York trash some in the Republican Party and the so-called "far right," undoubtedly meaning yours truly, over our outrage at the apparent misuse of the nation's intelligence agencies to not only wiretap President Trump and his associates, like Gen. Michael Flynn, but also to conduct surveillance on the populace as a whole.... (more)

March 13, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — One of The Washington Post's big disclosures on Sunday was a front-page story about President Donald Trump's choice of a cemetery. It was the latest contribution from reporter David A. Fahrenthold, whose job it is to probe every aspect of the life of the new President, no matter how esoteric and trivial.... (more)

March 13, 2017

GARTH KANT — The woman who is perhaps the nation's top investigative journalist is fighting back against Big Brother. Sharyl Attkisson shared with WND a detailed and harrowing description of what it was like to experience a reality straight out of Orwell: The reporter claims she was spied on by the Obama administration while investigating its scandals.... (more)