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Obama Encourages Senate Democrats to Eliminate Filibuster
Democrats are looking again at eliminating the filibuster so that they can pass legislation in the Senate without difficulty if they retake the majority, and they gained an ally this week in former President Barack Obama. Obama said during a politically charged eulogy Thursday at the Atlanta funeral service for Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., that…Rachel del Guidice -
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AOC Gets Caught Gaslighting About New York’s Rising Violent Crime
An astonishing increase in violent crime is ravaging New York City, and some politicians, particularly Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are offering false explanations instead of taking a serious look at the cause. This does a cruel disservice to the people they were elected to represent—particularly the victims and their families. Davell Gardner, age 1, was…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Taking a Look at the Obama Record on Closing Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay is back in the news, and it may become an issue in the presidential race. A few days ago, former Vice President Joe Biden told a reporter that if he was elected, he would close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The New York Times said Guantanamo would have been closed…Cully Stimson -
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Obamacare 2.0 Bill Would Be a Windfall, but Pyrrhic Victory, for Insurance Lobby
In December 2013, 11.8 million Americans had individual health insurance coverage. The federal government provided no subsidies for that coverage. Six years later, in December 2019, enrollment in individual health insurance coverage stood at 12.4 million. According to Congressional Budget Office data, the federal government sent $248 billion in premium and related subsidies to health…Doug Badger -
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California Church Asks Supreme Court to Block Gavin Newsom’s Coronavirus Restrictions
A California church has asked the Supreme Court to block California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on religious services. South Bay United Pentecostal Church of Chula Vista, California, filed a petition over Memorial Day weekend saying that the Democratic governor’s coronavirus restrictions “arbitrarily discriminate against places of worship in violation of their right to the Free…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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A Decade After Obamacare Became Law, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Is Working to Fix Issues It Created
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was supposed to cut insurance premiums, reduce the uninsured population, and provide the option to keep your plan and your doctor, but it has fallen short in all these areas. “We have 30 million Americans today that will tell you that they cannot afford their health insurance,” says Rep….Virginia Allen -
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Obamagate Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory
Those sharing #Obamagate on Twitter would do best to avoid the hysterics we saw from Russian-collusion believers, but they have no reason to ignore the mounting evidence that suggests the Obama administration engaged in serious corruption. Democrats and their allies, who like to pretend that President Barack Obama’s only scandalous act was wearing a tan…David Harsanyi -
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Biden, Comey, Brennan Submitted Flynn ‘Unmasking’ Requests
Former Vice President Joe Biden and the directors of the three main U.S. intelligence agencies submitted so-called unmasking requests for information about Michael Flynn contained in highly classified intelligence reports, according to documents released Wednesday. The documents show that an unmasking request was made in Biden’s name on Jan. 12, 2017. Similar requests were made under the…Chuck Ross -
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How the Obama Administration Shattered the Rule of Law
This week, former President Barack Obama reemerged from hibernation to lecture Americans about the threat to rule of law posed by the Trump administration. After Attorney General William Barr announced that the Department of Justice would be dropping its case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had pled guilty to…Ben Shapiro -
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Lawsuit Aims to Stop Gov. Newsom’s Spending Over $75 Million for Illegal Immigrants
A lawsuit seeks to stop Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom from doling out roughly $75 million in taxpayer funds to foreign nationals living unlawfully in the country. Judicial Watch, a conservative legal firm, filed a temporary restraining order against Newsom to keep him from spending about $75 million of state taxpayer funds on direct cash…Jason Hopkins -
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Gov. Newsom Reveals 6 Things He Wants to See Before California Reopens After Virus Lockdown
Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed a list of six things he wants to see before the Democratic governor considers reopening California following a spate of lockdowns amid the coronavirus pandemic. Newsom laid out his “roadmap to recovery” over the virus during a news conference Tuesday, which includes a list of factors he will consider before reopening the state….Chris White -
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Sanders Dumpster Dives Through the Ash Heap of Socialism’s History
It seems that Sen. Bernie Sanders can always find a way to look at the bright side of a communist dictatorship. Right after praising Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro’s literacy programs on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Feb. 23, Sanders, I-Vt., decided to share a little praise of communist China as well. In a CNN town…Jarrett Stepman -
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Judge Orders Hillary Clinton to Appear for Deposition as Part of Email Lawsuit
A federal judge has ordered Hillary Clinton to appear for a deposition as part of a lawsuit filed by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, saying that the former secretary of state’s written responses in the case have “left many more questions than answers” about her decision to use a private email system while in office….Chuck Ross -
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House Democrats Block Resolution Condemning Bernie Sanders’ Praise of Fidel Castro
Democratic lawmakers Thursday successfully blocked a GOP resolution condemning Sen. Bernie Sanders’ laudatory comments about the Castro regime. By a vote of 224-189 that fell along party lines, the House of Representatives voted to block Republicans' resolution, which not only condemned numerous human rights abuses that took place under the Castro regime, but recent instances…Jason Hopkins -
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What Bernie Sanders Isn’t Telling You About Canadian Health Care
All Americans, regardless of political party, want access to timely, high-quality health care. The question is how to get there. Do we harness the power and innovation of the private sector, or do we hand it to the government and hope for the best? Canada has chosen the latter route, and at one of the…Peter St. Onge -
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Bernie Sanders Needs to Face Truth About Socialism, Rep. Liz Cheney Says
Socialism works in opposition to and destroys free societies. That was the message Thursday as conservatives gathered near Washington for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said America faces a wide array of threats with one commonality: They oppose American freedom. “We know that socialism extinguishes freedom, we know…Jarrett Stepman -
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My Family Came From Cuba. Sanders Should Educate Himself on Cuban Suffering.
In a “60 Minutes” segment that aired Feb. 23, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., once again praised the supposed achievements of the Castro family’s communist rule over Cuba since 1959. His remarks were ill-informed, as I can attest. “We’re very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but you know, it’s unfair to simply say everything is bad. You…Mike Gonzalez -
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The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez School of Economics
On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sat for a discussion with author Ta-Nehisi Coates. She dropped a number of shocking statements—statements that elicited nothing but murmurs of agreement from Coates. AOC claimed: “No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.” How, pray tell, are American billionaires responsible for such massive theft?…Ben Shapiro -
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Supreme Court Won’t Rush Obamacare Case, Dealing Setback to Democrats
The Supreme Court will not fast-track two petitions that ask the high court to again review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for individuals to buy health insurance. The order Tuesday morning means the high court will defer a decision on the future of the Affordable Care Act until the fall, if the…Kevin Daley -
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How Obamacare Made Things Worse for Patients With Preexisting Conditions
One of the strange features of the national health care conversation is how it has evolved. What is often referred to as Obamacare began as an attempt to insure the uninsured. In fact, the initial Congressional Budget Office estimates predicted the Affordable Care Act would be largely successful in doing just that. Yet it was…John Goodman