MICHAEL GAYNOR — "[T]he BLM movement, with its senseless fires, rioting, and looting, and the liberal democratic Minnesota government and community's approval of same, turned a decades-long Democrat into a 'save me Trump' conservative."... (more)

WESTERN JOURNAL — On Thursday night, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination, President Donald Trump vowed to reach "stunning new heights." Fox News was reaching them with him. The Republican National Convention's conclusion from 10 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. Thursday, during which Trump delivered his speech, drew 9.2 million viewers to Fox News, the network said. In reporting its results, Fox noted that no other network – including CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC – had more than 2.6 million viewers.... (more)

FLORIDA POLITICS — Sen. Rick Scott, Friday afternoon on the right-leaning Newsmax TV, said the recent attack of Sen. Rand Paul exemplified what happens in "Joe Biden's America." Paul, like many other invited guests, was accosted by a mob of protesters as he left the close of the Republican National Convention at the White House.... (more)

DAILY SIGNAL — If this summer's riots and civil unrest have demonstrated anything, it is that a substantial number of young Americans have been taught to believe their country is systemically racist and thus its very system needs overhauling. Given that, President Donald Trump is calling for a return to teaching American exceptionalism.... (more)

ART MOORE — The dynamic black speakers, including non-politicians from many walks of life, featured by the Republican National Convention this past week clearly are a challenge to the Democrats' "lock" on the black vote. "Uncle Tom" hashtags are trending on Twitter, and a Georgia pastor called the black speakers Trump's "slaves" during a protest Friday at the Lincoln Memorial.... (more)

DAILY SIGNAL — Returning from a sabbatical in my 21st year at Ohio's Shawnee State University, I resumed teaching my regular political philosophy course. Taking questions in one such class at the end of my first day back, I acknowledged a male student with a "Yes, sir?" (It's my practice to address my students in this way and to call them Miss, Mrs., or Mr. to foster an atmosphere of seriousness and mutual respect.)... (more)

TEXAS INSIDER — "Today, we don't recognize the Democratic Party. It has been moved so far to the left it can no longer claim to be advocates of the working class. In a move sure to strike fear and concern into the heart of the Biden Campaign -- particularly coming from a wide swath of elected officials in the traditionally Democrat state of Minnesota -- Democrats and Democrat communities across America appear to be abandoning their party's nominee, instead embracing President Trump after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris embraced much of the socialist agenda of the radical left.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Kyle Rittenhouse is facing first-degree intentional homicide charges after he allegedly shot and killed two people and wounded a third on Tuesday, but new footage may shed light on his motive and possibly save him from the most severe charge.... (more)

C-SPAN — President Trump delivered his acceptance speech on the fourth and final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention. His speech was given at the White House South Lawn to a live audience.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — The fascinating book Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden, by Branko Marcetic, is written from the perspective of a socialist doubtful that the career politician can usher in a Marxist utopia. The subtitle reflects the failure of the Bernie Sanders campaign and the fact that the hard-core Marxists are now stuck with Obama's former vice-president, a known plagiarist with brain problems, as their 2020 presidential nominee.... (more)

C-SPAN — Vice President Mike Pence was the keynote speaker on the third night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — After the second night of the Republican National Convention, 16 of 18 callers after C-SPAN's coverage of the event enthusiastically expressed support for President Trump, including lifelong Democrats. C-SPAN typically divides its calls between lines set aside for Republicans, Democrats and independents.... (more)

YOUTUBE — The Republican National Convention offered another night of positive, upbeat messages about the promise of America.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday doubled down on comments she made about the family of Democrat nominee Joe Biden during her speech at the Republican National Convention, saying that the American people "need to know this guy is in it for himself and his family."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Hillary Clinton's call for Democrat nominee Joe Biden to refuse to concede to President Donald Trump on election night "under any circumstances" is dangerous to the country's democracy, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Wednesday.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Julia Jackson, the mother of Jacob Blake, condemned the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in response to the police shooting of her son and apologized to President Trump.... (more)

C-SPAN — Watch Day 2 of the 2020 GOP National Convention in video posted at YouTube by C-SPAN. (Note speaker menu below video.)... (more)

YOUTUBE — You have a First Amendment right to peacefully protest, not loot and riot, says White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The mother of Jacob Blake, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, man who was shot in the back multiple times by police officers last weekend, asked for "prayer" and "healing," saying Tuesday the "damage" to the city "doesn't reflect my son or my family."... (more)

NEWSMAX — More Americans tuned into C-SPAN's livestream of the first night of the Republican National Convention than those who watched night one of the Democratic National Convention. The Washington Free Beacon reports that more than five times as many viewers watched the opening night of the RNC than those who viewed the DNC opener on the livestream.... (more)

YOUTUBE — MUST SEE: Watch Day 1 of the 2020 GOP National Convention posted at YouTube by the RNC (go to 8:30).... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — At the virtual Democrat National Convention last week—where at least two caucus meetings began by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with the words "under God" omitted—the public was treated to tasteless and remarkably unfunny jokes from Hollywood's Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and a video featuring Donna Hylton, who spent 27 years in prison for the grisly murder and torture of Thomas Vigliarolo, a NY businessman found stuffed inside a steamer trunk and left to rot in Harlem.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — The shocking new Paul Kengor book, The Devil and Karl Marx, doesn't carry the same nerve-wracking impact as the much-shorter book with the provocative title, Was Karl Marx a Satanist?, but the message is still the same. The "progressive" ideas let loose on the world by the father of communism are based in the otherworldly powers of darkness that Karl Marx personally embraced.... (more)

LINDA GOUDSMIT — In 2008, candidate Barack Hussein Obama promised to fundamentally transform America. Most Americans assumed he meant uniting the country and bringing Americans closer to our forefathers' dreams of peace, harmony, prosperity, and equality. In 2008, most Americans had no idea what candidate Obama actually meant. Now it is 2020, and now we know.... (more)

STEVE A. STONE — Dear Friends and Patriots, Before this week, I intended to watch the Democratic Party National Convention and critique some of the more noteworthy speeches made there, but after watching and listening for two nights I realized there was no point in doing so. Instead, I offer the following synopsis of what I heard:... (more)