WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A majority of Republicans believe President Trump is a better leader than Abraham Lincoln, who guided the nation through the Civil War. The Economist and YouGov conducted a poll from Nov. 24-26 of 1,500 American adults. In the wide-ranging poll, researchers asked Americans to compare Trump to past U.S. presidents.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The Democrats' impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump will likely go "off the rails" when it moves from the House Intelligence Committee under chairman Adam Schiff over to the Judiciary panel, which is chaired by Rep. Jerry Nadler, GOP Rep. Lance Gooden said Friday.... (more)

CBS NEWS — President Trump showed up in Afghanistan on Thursday for a surprise Thanksgiving visit with troops engaged in America's longest-ever military conflict. Mr. Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time and spent more than two-and-a-half hours on the ground, speaking to troops and meeting with Afghanistan's president.... (more)

NEWSMAX — China warned the United States on Thursday that it would take "firm counter measures" in response to U.S. legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfere in the Chinese-ruled city were doomed to fail.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — There are valuable lessons to be learned from the first Thanksgiving but the first grade class of Stone Bank Elementary School in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, won't be learning them. Even though no one had complained, school administrators sent the following message to disappointed parents, "Out of respect for Native Americans, and the sensitivity of this time in our history, we are not going to reenact the first Thanksgiving story."... (more)

JUDIE BROWN — The responsorial psalm this past Sunday garnered this response from the congregation: "Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord!" What a marvelous exclamation of joy and exultation from the children of God who realize that thanksgiving is an attitude and a word of love; it is not a particular day, but rather it is every day!... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — President Trump on Wednesday issued the annual White House Thanksgiving Day proclamation, and he mentioned God in every paragraph. Which is unlike Barack Obama, who referenced God five times in his eight separate proclamations, excluding quotes from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says it's "time for Christians to find a fast food alternative to Chick-fil-A" after a tax filing revealed the chicken sandwich chain donated $2,500 to the anti-Christian and far-left Southern Poverty Law Center.... (more)

ART MOORE — As he closed the final day of scheduled public impeachment hearings last Friday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff delivered a fiery speech in which he appeared determined to bring to justice an "unethical president" who considers himself "above the law" and "beyond accountability."... (more)

LIFE SITE NEWS — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is joining the race for his party's presidential nomination, the Democrat billionaire confirmed in an announcement this weekend. "I'm running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America," Bloomberg said in his announcement. "We cannot afford four more years of President Trump's reckless and unethical actions.... (more)

PAUL BEDARD — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is entering the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries because he questions the electability of others in the race, is seen by Democrats as the candidate with the least chance of beating President Trump, according to a new survey.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The latest national poll of the Democratic primary conducted by Quinnipiac shows support for Elizabeth Warren plummeting since October from 28 percent to 14 percent, while support for Biden and Buttigieg is ticking upward... (more)

NEWSMAX — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital on Sunday, the court said, after being admitted for chills and fever. "She is home and doing well," the court said in a statement.... (more)

THE BLAZE — Reality star Kim Kardashian, wife of Christian rapper Kanye West and likely equally as famous for her in-your-face sexual style, says that her husband and her experience at the White House has emboldened her to tone down her look and dress more conservatively.... (more)

REV. MARK H. CREECH — The Psalmist admonished, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name" (Psalm 103:1). "The Bible is like a melodious steeple set with thanksgiving chimes," wrote Frederick F. Shannon. "The variations of the tune are many, the spirit, the tune itself, is one. Harken to the music of these scriptural bells.... To whom shall our thanksgiving be offered? Unto God, our heavenly Father. Through whom shall it be made? Why, through our Lord Jesus Christ."... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — The late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia is what has interested the media. But his own blog, which is still active even after his death, suggests what he and his fellow elites were really interested in. He called it "cutting edge science." It is how the global elites intend to manage our lives. They already claim credit for "rewriting our global culture."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Rep. Devin Nunes of California and other Republicans may get to call their witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry after all, thanks to a clause cited in a letter signed by nine GOP representatives.... (more)

ANDREW MCCARTHY — Is this the tip of a scandalous iceberg? Or is it a signal that Inspector General Michael Horowitz's much anticipated report on investigative irregularities in the Trump-Russia probe will be much ado about nothing much? A low-ranking FBI lawyer altered a document that was somehow related to the Obama Justice Department's application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for a national-security surveillance warrant. The application, approved by the FISC in October 2016, targeted former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page -- an American citizen, former naval intelligence officer, and apparent FBI cooperating witness -- as a clandestine agent of Russia. Apparently, the document tampering made at least one of the application's factual assertions seem more damning than it actually was.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The liberal media abandoned an immigration story this past week as soon as it didn't become disadvantageous for President Donald Trump. Well, whatever. You get used to that kind of stuff in this day and age.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, lauded the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico program, which has sent tens of thousands of asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Hong Kong pro-democracy movement achieved a stunning victory in Sunday's district-council elections. With turnout exceeding 70 percent, close to 90 percent of the seats went to pro-democracy candidates, who took 17 of the 18 district councils. As the first electoral barometer of public sentiment since protests began in June, the results are a turning point in the conflict that has wracked Hong Kong for the last six months.... (more)

AMERICAN THINKER — The American Thinker commenters' responses to my book review of Foresight: How the Chemistry of Life Reveals Planning and Purpose, by Physical Chemist, Spectrometrist Researcher Dr. Marcos Eberlin were, in many cases, well informed and insightful, but one extraordinary commentary was provided by Dr. Ronald Cherry of East Tennessee, who is board certified in four specialties of medicine and an energetic researcher in matters of biochemical cellular physiology and micro anatomy and physiology.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The atomic scientists of the Manhattan Project were infiltrated by spies who fled to the Soviet Union, and the fourth one has been revealed after years of FBI secrecy, according to The New York Times.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Citing a House rule and the "fairness" promised by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Republicans are demanding a day of hearings with their own witnesses in the impeachment investigation.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A new poll shows support for the impeachment of President Trump has declined since public hearings have started. The Emerson poll released Thursday found support for impeachment has dropped from 48% to 43% since October, while opposition to impeachment has risen from 44% to 45%.... (more)