July 26, 2018

JERRY NEWCOMBE — Barely a week goes by without some news about the transgender issue. Recently, some declared that babies should be called "theybies" – since we don't know whether they're male or female until they decide for themselves.... (more)

July 26, 2018

BRYAN FISCHER — The Bible's view of human sexuality is quite direct: God created them "male and female" (Genesis 1:27). There are two sexes, or genders, and only two. Period. People may be confused about their sexual identity, but the solution in such cases is to help them reconcile their mental view of themselves with biological reality. It is not to mutilate the human body in a vain attempt to work things the other way round.... (more)

July 26, 2018

CNBC — Facebook on Thursday posted the largest one-day loss in market value by any company in U.S. stock market history after releasing a disastrous quarterly report. The social media giant's market capitalization plummeted by $119 billion to $510 billion as its stock price plummeted by 19 percent. At Wednesday's close, Facebook's market cap had totaled nearly $630 billion, according to FactSet.... (more)

July 26, 2018

JIM TERRY — James Clapper is offended that President Trump has threatened to remove Clapper's security clearance. John Brennan said President Trump committed treason in his meeting with Vladimir Putin. What do these two opponents of Trump have in common? Both are political hacks.... (more)

July 26, 2018

NEWSMAX — House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said Thursday he was tabling efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, saying after meeting with Republican leaders that he would pursue contempt measures if Congress did not soon receive subpoenaed documents on the Russia probe. "I think the very first order of business would be moving the House to a contempt vote," the North Carolina Republican told reporters at the Capitol, The Hill reports.... (more)

July 26, 2018

Public should have 'unbiased look' at spy-warrant hearings

BOB UNRUH — On heels of obtaining a copy of the FBI's application for permission to spy on former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page, Washington watchdog Judicial Watch now is asking for copies of transcripts of hearings related to the surveillance. Judicial Watch on Tuesday filed a motion in the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to obtain the transcripts.... (more)

July 25, 2018

Party leaders 'no longer appear' in drop-down search box

WORLDNETDAILY — Twitter's newest way to attack and limit the reach of the Republican Party has been found, and is being described by VICE News. The social media site is using "a technique known as 'shadow banning" to limit the visibility of prominent Republicans in search results," the news site reports its own research found. It explains Twitter calls it a "side effect" of its work to improve discourse.... (more)

July 25, 2018

Xavier Becerra pledged to 'stand with Planned Parenthood'

BOB UNRUH — A defendant in an unprecedented case brought by the state of California against undercover journalists who documented Planned Parenthood's baby-body-parts-for-sale scheme is charging the chief of the prosecution team, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, is biased because he pledged to "stand with Planned Parenthood."... (more)

July 25, 2018

Joseph Farah asks readers to help with ultimate explanation of the Good News

JOSEPH FARAH — If I asked you to define the Gospel, what would you say? Which verses of the Bible would you point out that explain it? If some stranger ask you to tell them the Good News of Jesus the Messiah, how would you respond? Have you ever shared the Gospel with others?... (more)

July 25, 2018

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — On a sleepy summer Saturday, after months of stonewalling, the FBI dumped 412 pages of documents related to the Carter Page FISA surveillance warrants -- the applications, the certifications, and the warrants themselves. Now that we can see it all in black and white -- mostly black, as they are heavily redacted -- it is crystal clear that the Steele dossier, an unverified Clinton-campaign product, was the driving force behind the Trump--Russia investigation.... (more)

July 25, 2018

Signing of FISA spy warrant makes deputy AG 'fact witness' in probe

ART MOORE — One conclusion that can be drawn from the newly released application the FBI and Justice Department used to obtain a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign in 2016 is that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should recuse himself from ongoing investigations of the matter, a congressman contends.... (more)

July 25, 2018

Trump’s critics need a scapegoat to explain why they haven’t managed to vanquish him.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Russianism is a psychological malady in which furor at Donald Trump's election victory and presidency -- and the ensuing depression resulting from the inability to abort it -- finds release through fixation on Russia.... (more)

July 25, 2018

BYRON YORK — The release of a heavily-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has spurred calls to remove the redactions, to un-black out the pages blacked out by the FBI before the document was made public.... (more)

July 24, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — Americans have a constitutional right to openly carry firearms, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, delivering a major victory to gun rights supporters. While courts previously have recognized the right to own firearms to protect the home, the decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit extends that into the public sphere, calling it a "core Second Amendment right."... (more)

July 24, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — No more "undocumented" immigrants, just "illegal aliens." CNN reported Tuesday evening that the Justice Department has told its attorneys that the term "undocumented" is inaccurate according to U.S. immigration law and that they should start using the legally correct term. "Illegal alien" is the accurate term used in the U.S. Code, the email reportedly says.... (more)

July 24, 2018

ALAN KEYES — In an article published last month, WND's Bob Unruh reported that Amazon.com is acting on information provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to subject people to the deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Now comes this further report:... (more)

July 23, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — The FBI continued to tell judges that dossier writer Christopher Steele wasn't the source of a news article the bureau used to corroborate a wiretap application when in fact Mr. Steele had publicly acknowledged that he fed the anti-Trump story. This chronology is contained in four heavily censored Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications obtained by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act.... (more)

July 23, 2018

BYRON YORK — The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo -- the brief report produced by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes detailing problems in the application.... (more)

July 23, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump on Sunday said top-secret documents prove the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign in an "illegal scam," putting him at odds with Capitol Hill lawmakers, including Republicans, who insist federal authorities were justified in tracking foreign policy adviser Carter Page.... (more)

July 23, 2018

Says he never acted as foreign agent

WASHINGTON TIMES — Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, said the warrant FBI agents used to snoop on him is "so ridiculous" and "misleading" and that he never acted as a Russian agent. "I've never been an agent of a foreign power by any stretch of the imagination," Mr. Page told CNN's State of the Union.... (more)

July 23, 2018

NEWSMAX — Ripping the redactions of the recently released FISA documents, civil liberties expert Alan Dershowitz denounced the "flawed" special counsel process that has rendered "more questions than answers." "The process is a very flawed one, and the more the American people know about it, the more distressed they are at how special counsels operate, particularly in the context of political elections," Dershowitz told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures." "We need to know more not less. We need less redaction, more transparency, and we have the right to judge for ourselves whether or system of justice is operating fairly, within the Constitution, and consistent with civil liberties.... (more)

July 23, 2018

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump plans to help set the conditions for a successful revolution by the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday. "There are times when things happen that are unexpected, unanticipated; our revolution would be one of them," Pompeo said Sunday night at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.... (more)

July 23, 2018

ROBERT KNIGHT — Last Tuesday in South Africa, Barack Obama gave a speech with some lines right out of a Donald Trump stemwinder. If you didn't pay close attention, you might have thought that he had become a born-again conservative. He defended free markets and entrepreneurial capitalism. He argued for the importance of national borders and lawful immigration. He argued for honesty and the rule of law. He even took a swipe at identity group politics.... (more)

July 23, 2018

Sees 'conspiracy' against President Trump: 'the Deep State is deep rooted'

WASHINGTON TIMES — Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro has a new book, and the title explains all: "Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy," released last week by Center Street. It currently is the No. 1 overall top-seller at Amazon, as well as topping the political categories.... (more)

July 22, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump on Saturday accused special counsel Robert Mueller of prolonging the Russia probe in order to help Democrats in the midterm elections. "The Rigged Witch Hunt, headed by the 13 Angry Democrats (and now 4 more have been added, one who worked directly for Obama W.H.), seems intent on damaging the Republican Party's chances in the November Election. This Democrat excuse for losing the '16 Election never ends!" tweeted Mr. Trump.... (more)