Politics | Politics

Trump Gave Most Americans a Tax Cut and They Didn’t Notice

Republicans passed a sweeping tax cut for two-thirds of Americans in 2017, saying it would pay for itself and the American public would thank them.

Politics | From the HuffPost

Ocasio-Cortez's Clapback At Ted Cruz's Croissant Tweet Exposes GOP's Hypocrisy | HuffPost

The New York congresswoman told the Texas senator the GOP's policies treat people as disposable.

Politics | From CNN

How 'weak' a 2020 candidate is Donald Trump? - CNNPolitics

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is thinking about challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican presidential primary for one simple reason: He's not sure Trump can actually win a second term.

Politics | Interesting Links

Reagan at CPAC | National Review

Edwin Meese recalls Reagan’s speeches at CPAC. An excerpt from a new book.

Unquestionably the greatest president of my lifetime.

Politics | Conservatism

The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party | PragerU

When you think of the Republican Party, what comes to mind? If you’re like many Americans, you may associate the GOP with racism, sexism, and general inequality. It’s a commonly pushed narrative by left-leaning media and academia, but as former Vander

News | The News

GOP puts AOC's deleted summary of her 'Green New Deal' into the Congressional Record

House Republicans have entered into the Congressional Record a controversial blog entry about the "Green New Deal" that was temporarily featured on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's website and then removed.

Sweet.

Politics | Politics

Mitch McConnell is going to force the Senate to vote on Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

The bill is not expected to pass the Republican-dominated Senate, but could force Democrats to make a politically awkward calculation.

News | News

Vowing to confront Iran, Trump scolds ‘the vile poison of anti-Semitism’

In key address to joint session of Congress, president brings Pittsburgh survivor as guest, says Jerusalem embassy move fueled by 'pragmatic realism'

At a time when antisemitism is becoming a real problem, even in the United States Congress, we needed this and I am proud of the President. I never thought I’d be saying that. I am very happy to however.

News | The News

Talking Point, RIP: House Democrats Defeat THIRD Bipartisan Effort to Pay Federal Workers During the Shutdown

Caring.

Not that a fact will stop democrats from endlessly lying.

Politics | Op-Ed

The Right Should Reject Tucker Carlson’s Victimhood Populism | National Review

Carlson accurately identifies certain maladies, but they are maladies that public policy can’t cure.

Politics | Other Politics

An obituary for old Orange County, dead at age 129

Orange County, the California collection of 34 cities and 3.2 million residents described by President Reagan as where “all the good Republicans go to die,” died Tuesday. It was 129 years old.

Bye bye GOP!

News | Israel/Jewish Community

You Aren't Fighting Anti-Semitism By Voting Democrat | National Review

Trump is not the source of the true threats to Jews — anti-Semites are more prominent on the left than the right.

Politics | Politics

The Inconvenient Truth About the Republican Party

When you think of the Republican Party, what comes to mind? If you’re like many Americans, you may associate the GOP with racism, sexism, and general inequality. It’s a commonly pushed narrative by left-leaning media and academia, but as former Vander

Politics | Media Bias

Reporter Thinks She Hung Up Phone, Lets GOP Senate Candidate Know What She Really Thinks About Him | Daily Wire

Michigan Republican Senate Nominee John James received an interesting voicemail on Monday from a reporter for the Huron Daily Tribune who thought she hung up the phone after leaving his campaign a message.

I love this guy, tonight he said "I'm red white and blue baby!" We need MORE politicians with that attitude. If I lived in Michigan, I would vote for him. This reporter is yet another atrocious human being who we're supposed to believe is an noble defender of the First Amendment. This is why it is absurd to believe that calling the press out for their malfeasance is somehow anti-American. These are not examples of the free press digging for the truth that the Founders had in mind. These are political operatives, period.

Politics | Election: 2020

Gillum intern arrested in Florida for throwing chocolate milk at College Republicans | Fox News

An intern for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested and charged with battery after she threw chocolate milk on a group of College Republicans tabling on campus.

I would love yo know if her mother is Jewish. She is anti-Nazi but a member of "Students For Justice In Palestine," one of the most antisemitic groups in the United States? I am not so naive to believe that that's not possible, sadly, but it is unlikely if she is Jewish.

Politics | POLITICS

Jewish GOP group calls for resignation of 7 Democrats over 'ties' to Farrakhan

Keith Ellison and Maxine Waters among the lawmakers singled out by the RJC.

It has been repellant for decades that the Democratic Party allows its own to at best tolerate the man, and at worst venerate him. He called Jews “termites” just last week. How much longer are we going to tolerate the democrats who do this to sit in our government? Side point, Maxine Waters, the woman who calls for harassment of republicans, venerates Farrakhan. That alone gives to an idea of what we’re dealing with.

Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy

Ebony Magazine Leaves All 6 Republicans Out Of Profile Of Black Candidates - The Daily Caller

Odd that they all got left out

Politics | Election: 2020

Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds

Republican-affiliated voters have outpaced Democratic-affiliated voters in early voting in closely watched states, according to data provided by TargetSmart.

VERY bad news for Democrats.

News | The News

Trump approval jumps ahead of Obama’s midterm approval rating

President Trump's approval rating before the November elections has jumped to a higher level than former President Obama's ahead of the 2010 midterms,

Politics | Election: 2020

Beto O'Rourke's Mother, Who He Says Is A 'Lifelong Republican,' Donated To Obama, Voted In 15 Of 17 Democratic Primaries

Rep. Robert "Beto" O'Rourke, a Texas Democrat running against Sen. Texas Cruz in this November's election, has a curious relationship with the truth.

Maybe his mother is 1/1024th Republican?

Politics | Politics

Kavanaugh Will Join The Supreme Court And Republicans Have The 2018 Momentum. Here's Why.

In the space of three weeks, Democratic fortunes have turned in a shocking way.

Politics | Trump

Trump the Indestructible | National Review

The fact that the learned anti-Trump clarion call has become so faint is a persuasive barometer of the pre-electoral weather.

Today’s Kavanaugh vote will transform America and undo much of the legislative damage from the Obama years

Politics | Politics

Is Kavanaugh Helping Republicans’ Midterm Chances? | FiveThirtyEight

In midterm elections, with different candidates on the ballot in every state and district, it’s rare to see the sort of sharp, turn-on-a-dime shifts in the poll…

The GOP WILL retain the Senate, the House...probably not. It doesn't look like the Kavanaugh situation has helped their chances in the lower house. Obviously, that can change. Polls ALWAYS tighten up just before election day.

Politics | Politics

NPR: Amid Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle, Democratic Enthusiasm Edge Evaporates

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that amid the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation battle, the share of Republicans saying the 2018 midterms are "very important" has spiked.

Politics | Op-Ed

After Kavanaugh’s Stand, Republicans Abandon Him at Their Peril | National Review

Brett Kavanaugh fought with passion, evidence, and compassion, and he united the conservative movement.

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

WATCH: Sen. Mazie Hirono Says She Doubts Kavanaugh's Credibility Because He's A Conservative Judge | Daily Wire

In a shocking interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) claimed that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had "broad credibility issues" and implied that Kavanaugh should not be afforded a presumption of innocence because he is

This woman is an idiot. Of course democrats love her.

Politics | Election: 2020

The Key Question That Could Keep Congress Republican | National Review

“Are you better off now than you were two years ago?”

Politics | Politics

The Democratic Party versus the Jewish People (Michael Lumish) ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

I understand that most American Jews do not want to hear this message, but there is no getting away from certain obvious political truths.

Politics | Op-Ed

Kimberley Strassel: Mueller's one-sided probe cannot be justified

The country has watched the FBI treat one presidential campaign with kid gloves, the other with informants, warrants and eavesdropping.

Politics | From CNN

Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted for using campaign funds for personal expenses - CNNPolitics

Politics | Politics

University Of Georgia Journalism Dean Forced To Apologize For Having A Republican Friend

The dean of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia was forced to apologize, Campus Reform reports, because he tweeted out a congratulatory message to a friend, who just so happens to be the state's Republican candidate

News | The News

BOMBSHELL: Liberal Publication Says Twitter Is Censoring Republicans | Daily Wire

Twitter is censoring prominent Republicans and conservatives in the media with a technique known as "shadow banning" that limits how many people are able to see content from the affected accounts, according to a report from a liberal publication

Politics | Election: 2020

POLLS: Republicans Trailing BADLY In Congressional Match-Ups

While President Trump’s approval rating continues to maintain his record highs, two new polls show a tremendous gap opening between Democrats and Republicans on the generic Congressional ballot.

News | News

Poll: Israel not an important partner for US Democrats - Israel National News

Pew poll finds that, while Republicans see Israel as an important partner for US foreign policy, Democrats ignore it.

Given that the democrats voted to drop support of Israel from their platform at the DNC a few year ago, this is no surprise.

Politics | Op-Ed

PRAGER: If We're Nazis, Expect More Violence

Because of the ever-descending moral and intellectual state of the mainstream news media, there has been no outcry against the leftists who call President Donald Trump and all Americans who support him Nazis. Indeed, members of the media now regularly do

Politics | Interesting Links

Michael Knowles Explains What The Republicans Can Learn From Elvis

In today’s episode of The Michael Knowles Show, Michael explains how Elvis’s comeback in 1968 has some lessons for the Republican Party.

Miscellaneous | Interesting

The future of the GOP looks a lot like this fast-growing community in Florida

Will Trump get re-elected in 2020? It could come down to America’s most reliable voters: baby boomers

Politics | Politics

George Will: Vote against GOP in midterms | TheHill

Conservative columnist George Will is making the argument to vote against Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. 

This is a shocker.

Politics | Election: 2020

The GOP’s Midterm Prospects Brighten by the Day | National Review

The Democrats’ missing agenda and their manic “RUSSIA!” obsession have driven them to the same destination: nowhere.

Yeah. The Democrats hubris is about to defeat them again.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

In Jerusalem, Not A Single Democrat Attends US Embassy Opening

Ted Cruz blames Obama's Iran deal for eroding bipartisan support for Israel, says: 'All 435 House members could have come. All 100 senators'

Not a single democrat attended the US embassy opening. Their cowardice is indicative of the now complete takeover of the Democratic Party by the far left. When will the few democrats left who still support Israel understand that the left is Israel’s enemy? It’s time to wake up, and it has been for years. The Democrats’ hatred for western society runs so deep that they will side with despotic Arab regimes before a pro-America western style democracy like Israel.

Politics | Politics

Neo-Nazi Senate candidate kicked out of California GOP convention

Patrick Little is running against Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and his campaign website advocates for "limiting representation of Jews in the government"

Politics | Other Politics

Justice Dept. Won’t Be Extorted, Rosenstein Warns Republicans - The New York Times

Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, pushed back after lawmakers aligned with President Trump drafted articles of impeachment against him, the latest salvo in a long dispute.

Politics | Politics

Ryan to retire as Speaker in January

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is retiring at the end of this Congress, ending his speakership a little more than three years after it began.

This is not good for Republicans.

Politics | Politics

Inside the bitter Oval Office tariff fight

Trump's top economic advisers fighting it out in front of him

Very concerned that the free market wing of the GOP continues to be drummed out of the White House.

Politics | POLITICS

A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider | National Review

Gun-violence restraining orders can make us all safer while empowering the individual and protecting liberty.

Politics | Other Politics

Holocaust denier is sole GOP contender in Illinois race for Congress | TheHill

A Holocaust denier is currently the only candidate on the ballot in the GOP primary for Illinois's third congressional district, according to

This is atrocious and not good for the GOP.

Politics | Trump

The Night the Democratic Party Committed Political Suicide

Their response to Trumps speech was out of bounds.

Overall 75 percent of Americans approved of the speech. And a shocking 8 out of 10 felt President Trump was trying to unite the nation, rather than divide it. Two-thirds reported the speech made them feel proud.

Which means anyone who isn’t a bitter, nasty, arrogant, hateful, Kool-Aid drinking socialist loved what they saw. Unfortunately, that leaves the entire Democrat Congress.

News | The News

SHOCK: State Rep Kills Himself Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations. Here’s What His Suicide Note Said.

On Wednesday, news broke in Kentucky that Republican State Rep. Dan Johnson, who authorities were investigating over allegations of sexual misconduct, committed suicide.

The progressive fascists are winning. Allegations are now fact and costing lives. Sexual predation is horrific, but ruining lives because every accusation is treated equally is sick.

Politics | Op-Ed

Alabama Conservatives Made Their Stand | National Review

While Roy Moore may have lost, Conservatism may have won ...

"Tonight, Alabama conservatives told Steve Bannon and, yes, Donald Trump that integrity matters."

Politics | POLITICS

NYT’s Bret Stephens says he can never vote Republican again

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens declared he can never vote Republican again because of the party’s backing of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Bret Stephens is a solid republican, this is shocking.

Politics | Trump

Trump and His Supporters Care about ‘Wins,’ Not Ideology

Donald Trump’s ill-conceived debt-ceiling deal with congressional Democrats is just the latest proof that he’s driven by a desire for good press above all else ...

He is a fraud.

Politics | Op-Ed

The RINO Hunters Become the Hunted

As Donald Trump sides with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over their Republican counterparts, one of his allies lobs a telling insult at a movement conservative.

Led by unprincipled talk show hosts and internet pseudo-pundits, it's obvious to me that Republixans are now fully engaged in the type of disconnected from logic emotionalism that they have accused democrats of for decades. P

"A surfeit of bombastic huckster-enablers in right-wing media ensured that, over time, attacks on so-called RINOs were less and less grounded in substantive disagreements."

Politics | Trump

6 Things You Need To Know About Trump's Decision To End DACA ... Six Months From Now

On Monday, the Trump administration leaked via Politico the news that President Trump had decided to end President Obama’s executive amnesty — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arriva

Shapiro is 100% correct, this was a very misguided strategy.

News | That's News to Me

University of Tampa professor fired over Harvey 'karma' tweet

University of Tampa sociology professor Kenneth Storey was fired Tuesday for a tweet he made referring the weather events in Texas as "karma."

Politics | Op-Ed

My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump

We created him, and now we're rationalizing him. When will it stop?

Fantastic opinion piece by a principled GOP senator.

Politics | Politics

Nearly half of Republicans approve closing media outlets for inaccuracy, bias: poll | TheHill

Almost half of Republicans say they are in favor of courts shutting down media outlets that publish inaccurate or biased information, according to a new survey.

Politics | POLITICS

GOP reeling after healthcare collapse  | TheHill

Republicans offered competing ideas for what to do next on healthcare Monday night, now that the current ObamaCare replacement effort has fallen apart

News | News

Peter W. Smith, GOP operative who sought Clinton's emails from Russian hackers, committed suicide, records show

A Republican donor and operative from Chicago's North Shore who said he had tried to obtain Hillary Clinton's missing emails from Russian hackers killed himself in a Minnesota hotel room days after talking to The Wall Street Journal about his effo

HA!!!

Politics | Politics

House Republicans release long-awaited plan to repeal and replace Obamacare - The Washington Post

With income-based tax credits, the GOP is considering an approach to health care it has long been against.

Politics | Other Politics

Trump called the press ‘the enemy.’ Reince Priebus says he meant it. - The Washington Post

Priebus echoed his boss's criticisms, dismissing recent media stories as “stupidity” and blasting the use of anonymous sources.

There are no adults in the room.

Politics | Politics

How President Trump finally destroyed Reagan's Republican Party

Now can he actually deliver on his promise and give power to the people?

News | News

News from The Associated Press

Politics | Politics

23 Times Donald Trump Proved He Hates Women - The Hollywood Gossip

Donald Trump has said many unfavorable things about women. Like, REALLY unfavorable things. Relive the worst of the worst here.

Politics | Other Politics

Condoleezza Rice Responds to Trump Calling Her a ‘B*tch’

She pretty much ethered him in six words.

I am not a Republican, but I have always had respect for Condi Rice. She has always been graceful, intelligent and talented. Her response to a repulsive man demonstrates why.

Politics | Politics

Poker Explains Why Republicans Can't Abandon Trump | WIRED

The nominee isn't likely to win, but is the Republican party pot committed?

Politics | Politics

Bombshell report on Trump taxes sends GOP nominee reeling

It puts an exclamation point on what was already one of the worst weeks for any presidential candidate in recent memory.

Politics | Illegal Immigration

Trump: ‘Obama Got Tremendous Numbers of People Out of the Country.’

From the Tuesday Morning Jolt: Trump: ‘Obama Got Tremendous Numbers of People Out of the Country.’ Meet Donald Trump’s new immigration stance, which is to… praise how tough President Obama has been on deportations. Huh? What? “We’re going to o

Played the GOP like a pathetic fiddle.

Politics | Trump

Ex-GOP senator urges RNC to replace Trump

He called Trump's Second Amendment comments on Tuesday "the last straw."

Politics | POLITICS

50 G.O.P. Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’ - NYTimes.com

Fifty of the nation’s most senior Republican national security officials, many of them former top aides or cabinet members for President George W. Bush, have signed a letter declaring that Donald J. Trump “lacks the character, values and experience” to be president and “would put at risk our country’s national security and well-being.”

Politics | Trump

For America’s sake, Donald Trump, drop out of the race now

Donald Trump’s campaign is in disarray. He should drop out and let the GOP replace him with Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan.

Politics | Trump

Conservatism’s Moral Crisis: Defending Trump’s Lies | National Review

If Trump is elected, conservatism will become Trumpism, and we'll have lost the only possible solution to our country’s woes.

"We know Hillary will be a terrible, hard-core ideological leftist; there is probably a 75 percent chance that Trump would govern less badly than Hillary. There is also a 25 percent chance that Trump would do something so catastrophically awful that he seriously harmed the country in ways Hillary wouldn’t dream of. His trade policy alone could cast America back into recession; his foreign policy is a shambles. Any talk of him listening to advisers must be based on conjecture — so far, Trump hasn’t just been a bull in a china shop, he’s been a tank in a glass factory."

Politics | Other Politics

Hewlett Packard's Meg Whitman joins CEOs endorsing Clinton

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Calling Donald Trump an "authoritarian character" and a threat to democracy, Meg Whitman, a prominent Republican fundraiser and chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton's

Another very prominent republican jumps ship.

Politics | Trump

To the Go-Along Republicans - WSJ

Global View columnist Bret Stephens writes a memo to Paul Ryan and the Go-Along Republicans: Donald Trump’s problem is his character, not his “ideas.”

This is an EXCELLENT article, that elucidates perfectly why it is so foolish to ignore the realty of Trump's character.

Politics | Election: 2020

Democrats’ Hysterical Rhetoric Could Help Make Donald Trump President

Democrats have used overheated rhetoric to attack Republicans for so long that their attacks on Donald Trump may be ineffective.

"If there exists a formula for Democratic defeat, this is it. If they turn Trump into a normal (albeit larger-than-life and more entertaining than usual) Republican, then millions of GOP voters are apt to see him that way and come back home. As someone remarked on Twitter last night, it’s almost as if the Democrats would rather lose than admit that not all Republican politicians are racist, misogynistic know-nothings."

Politics | POLITICS

George Will: Trump Doesn't Want to Release Tax Returns "Because He Is Deeply Involved In Dealing With Russia"

FOX News' Bret Baier said the Democratic party would "not go down" the road of making a connection between Russia and Donald Trump, but on Monday's Special Report conservative columnist George Will said the Republican nominee for president may n

The amazing thing about this is that it might be true.

Politics | Politics

RNC in Cleveland: Do Republicans Think Donald Trump Can Win? - The Atlantic

Nonpartisan prognosticators and party officials seem bleak about the GOP’s chances in November. But delegates in Cleveland were at least somewhat more optimistic.

The Republicans ignore he evidence at their own peril. For the past several elections, the Democrats have run far more sophisticated campaigns (at the national level). They need to understand the reality of the situation outside of their direct universe.

Politics | POLITICS

Trump’s RNC address: Fact or fiction?

The GOP nominee rolled out a series of frightening statistics about the state of the nation. They ranged from accurate to incomplete to outright false.

Politics | Politics

At the Republican Convention, Millennials Search for Signs of the Future | WIRED

It's not all that easy to find.

Agreed. That is a challenging search.

Politics | Other Politics

A physicist has calculated the probability Melania Trump didn't plagiarise her speech - ScienceAlert

A Canadian physicist has calculated that there's only a one-in-87-billion chance that Melania Trump wasn't heavily influenced by Michelle Obama's 2008 speech when she addressed the Republican National Convention last night.

Politics | Election: 2020

In 2016, No One Should Be Proud of an Orderly Convention

For approximately twenty minutes this afternoon, the GOP convention degenerated into chaos. Good. On an otherwise sad day, it was heartening to see so many conservatives refusing to consent to the destruction of their party. In a strange way, it as also o

"The GOP has nominated the only serious contender who’s likely to lose to Hillary. The Democrats have nominated the only serious contender who has a chance to lose to Trump. We’re watching a race to the bottom of American political competence and integrity. Those who stood and shouted “no” today on the Republican convention floor shouldn’t hang their heads. And Democrats should take no solace in their discipline. Now is a time for dissent. Unity is for sellouts."

Politics | Other Politics

Melania Trump Apparently Plagiarized a Section of Michelle Obama's 2008 Convention Speech

Tonight at the Republican National Convention, potential first lady Melania Trump delivered the night’s headlining speech in what was her most important moment in the public eye since she married Donald Trump 11 years ago. The speech was praised by hack

Politics | Politics

Anti-Trump delegates consider several attempts to upend convention

What, if anything, they can do is still up for discussion.

It's probably a lost cause, but they have to try.

Politics | POLITICS

Trump to Pick Mike Pence, Says Source

Donald Trump is planning to announce that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is his choice for his vice presidential running mate.

Of his four choices, this is the most reasonable. But, demographically, not having a woman, African-American or Hispanic on the ticket is a very poor strategy.

News | Israel/Jewish Community

In Major Shift, GOP Rejects Two-State Solution, Says Israel Not “Occupier” - News – Forward.com

Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Instead, it defers to Israel to determine whether it is interested in negotiatin

I applaud this move. Very few Israelis still support the "two state" solution. For very different reasons, very few Arabs do either. It was a serious proposal for decades, and Arabs rejected it for decades. Now it is obvious that a two state solution would be a serious security concern for the Israelis and not enough for an Arab population that believes that ALL of Israel is theirs.