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    Ron DeSantis Responds to Trump Criticisms: ‘When You’re Getting Things Done, You Take Incoming Fire’

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded Tuesday to criticisms from former President Donald Trump, telling a reporter, “When you’re getting things done, you take incoming fire.” Trump has raised eyebrows by criticizing DeSantis, also rumored to be considering a 2024 run for president, calling the Republican governor “Ron DeSanctimonious,” and describing him as “an average REPUBLICAN…
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    Biden’s Lies vs. Trump’s ‘Lies’: What a Difference an Administration Makes

    During Donald Trump’s presidency, The Washington Post kept a running tally of his alleged lies and/or misleading statements. But when Joe Biden became president, the Post’s fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, announced an end to the database operation. “Maintaining the Trump database over four years required about 400 additional eight-hour days over four years beyond our regular…
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    Cruz Talks Jan. 6, Antifa Riots, Trump, and More on ‘The View’ Appearance

    Protesters interrupted a Republican senator during a television appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Monday. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was discussing the economy ahead of the 2022 midterm elections next month when protesters in the audience began yelling about climate change. “Excuse me. Excuse me. Ladies. Ladies. Excuse us. Let us do our job. Let…
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    4 Takeaways as House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump

    The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of January 2021 voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump.  The panel’s nine members sought to make a case that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and planned before the election to claim that he really won.  Less than a month before the Nov. 8 midterm…
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    Compare Liberal Media’s Disparate Reaction to Biden’s ‘Where’s Jackie?’ vs. Trump’s ‘Coco Chow’

    By now, everyone who follows politics should recognize that the liberal media will deliberately ignore embarrassing gaffes by President Joe Biden, especially if they suggest he’s not mentally sharp enough to be the president. Biden asking, “Where’s Jackie?” about a congresswoman killed in a car crash two months ago was a TV black hole: nothing…
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    National Archives Scraps ‘Transparency’ Mission When It Comes to Trump Documents 

    The Biden administration has turned what should be the most transparent of government agencies, the National Archives and Records Administration, into one of the least transparent agencies—rivaling even the FBI.   Established in 1934, the National Archives has a mission to identify, protect, preserve, and make publicly available all historically valuable records.   But the…
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    6 Takeaways to Know on Newly Released Trump, National Archives Documents

    A public records release sheds some new light on the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, and the 15 boxes of documents that Trump previously provided.  Late Monday, the National Archives and Records Administration released 65 pages of documents in response to a public records request from the Heritage Oversight Project, The…
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    House Democrats Block Probe of Biden Family Business Deals, Ask: What About Trump?

    House Democrats on Tuesday blocked an inquiry into 150 reports of suspicious financial activity surrounding the international business dealings of Hunter Biden and other Biden family members, which Republicans said could compromise President Joe Biden.  Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee generally had a disciplined message in opposing oversight of potential conflicts of…
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    Liz Cheney’s Big Lie About Jan. 6, Trump

    When Rep. Liz Cheney was picked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as vice chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, the Wyoming Republican launched one of her biggest lies. Cheney said she took the job to ensure the committee would achieve its goal of conducting a “nonpartisan, professional, and thorough investigation” of the Jan….
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    House Democrats Pass Bill Blocking Trump-Era Order to Hold Federal Employees Accountable 

    The United States House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would prevent future presidents from imposing an initiative of former President Donald Trump—and thereby preserving and entrenching “bureaucracy,” according to one Republican lawmaker.  Introduced by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the Preventing a Patronage System Act would eliminate a category of Schedule F employees that Trump…
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    Onward, Christian Soldiers Against Trump?

    People who adopt a more modernist take on Christianity lean heavily on the Gospel of Matthew, insisting believers should not be quick to judge others, lest they be judged. But the evangelical Christians promoted by The Washington Post aggressively judge Christians who decided to vote for Donald Trump. Post columnist Michael Gerson, a former chief…
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    Biden’s Archivist Pick to Take Helm During Firestorm Over Trump Raid

    President Joe Biden’s nominee to the usually obscure and apolitical office of archivist of the United States comes as the agency she hopes to lead is in the middle of the biggest political story in the country.  On Aug. 3, Biden announced the nomination of Colleen Shogan to head the National Archives and Records Administration. …
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    Garland Says He Approved Search Warrant for Trump Raid

    Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he signed off on the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida, but provided few more details other than to announce that the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the search warrant.  “I personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in…
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    Federal Employees’ Job Satisfaction Surged Under Trump, Slips Under Biden, Survey Finds

    Federal employees’ unions decried the Trump administration for its executive orders aimed at improving accountability and integrity within the federal workforce. The American Federation of Government Employees—the largest federal workers union—said the Trump administration’s policies would “cripple,” “purge,” and “dismantle” the federal workforce. But as is often the case, the views of union elites often…
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    House’s Jan. 6 Committee Fails to Make Case Against Trump

    Will Attorney General Merrick Garland prosecute Donald Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021? That surely is the outcome fervently desired by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who in effect run the House select committee on the Capitol riot. But the odds favoring such a dramatic result—despite all the…
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    ‘Doonesbury’ Still Attacks Trump, Ignores Biden’s Many Gaffes, Policy Failures

    July 20 marked a year and a half into the Biden administration, but you’d never know that from Garry Trudeau, the liberal hack political cartoonist behind the long-running, but highly overrated “Doonesbury” comic strip. Though former President Donald Trump has been out of the White House now for more than 18 months, he apparently still lives…
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    Trump Isn’t an ‘Insurrectionist’

    In an editorial called “Trump’s Silence on Jan 6 Is Damning,” the New York Post wrote: His only focus was to find any means—damn the consequences—to block the peaceful transfer of power. There is no other explanation, just as there is no defense, for his refusal to stop the violence. It’s up to the Justice…
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    Former Trump Adviser Warns Against Ravages of Globalism

    In the wake of globalization, the industrial base of the country has been hollowed out. Booming towns throughout the Rust Belt began to hemorrhage residents as jobs dried up and were shipped overseas. Americans are beginning to seriously question whether the decision to send manufacturing overseas was worth it. Paige Willey, a former adviser to…
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    Border Deaths Surge Under Biden Compared With Trump, Obama

    Under the Biden administration, deaths of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021 increased by almost 300 from the prior year, and by 200 from the last non-pandemic year, according to a United Nations agency that now classifies the southern border as the “deadliest land crossing in the world.”  Moreover, more border deaths have occurred…
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    4 Takeaways as Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Sparked Capitol Riot

    The House panel investigating last year’s Capitol riot argued during a hearing Tuesday that a tweet from then-President Donald Trump was largely responsible for rioters’ violent breach of the building.  The seven Democrats and two Republicans on the panel have said that Trump’s use of the phrase “Will be wild” in that tweet sent early…
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