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    Trump Ties Successes in Middle East to Reversing Obama Actions

    Days after announcing a push to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, President Donald Trump said the country known as the world’s chief state sponsor of terrorism is facing a shelled economy because the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran crafted by the Obama administration.  “They don’t have so much money now,” Trump said…
    Fred Lucas
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    Senate Chairman Hits Attempt to ‘Undermine’ Subpoena for Diplomat Linked to Anti-Trump Document

    Sen. Ron Johnson on Thursday accused his Democratic counterpart of trying to “undermine” efforts to subpoena a former Department of State official linked to dossier author Christopher Steele. Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said on Twitter that ranking Democrat Sen. Gary Peters was using “absurd process arguments to delay or derail”…
    Chuck Ross
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    Trump Keeps His Distance After Bannon’s Indictment in Wall Scheme

    A month ago, President Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter about a 3-mile section of border wall built by a private company.  On Thursday, after former campaign and White House adviser Steve Bannon was indicted for fraud for his role in the privately funded wall project, Trump offered little sympathy. He said he thought Bannon’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony on 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage

    President Donald Trump issued a posthumous pardon Tuesday to celebrated women’s suffragist Susan B. Anthony to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution recognizing the right of women to vote.        Anthony was arrested in 1872 for voting in an election at a time in America when only men could vote. She…
    Fred Lucas
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    Some Great Picks Trump Should Consider for Supreme Court

    President Donald Trump recently announced that by Sept. 1 he would release “a new list” of conservative Supreme Court nominees, “which may include some, or many of those already on the list.” If presented with the opportunity to nominate someone to fill a vacancy on the high court, Trump added, he would “only choose” from…
    John G. Malcolm
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    FBI’s Ex-Counterintel Chief Scrutinized Over Briefing on Anti-Trump Dossier

    Sen. Lindsey Graham, who is investigating the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign, on Friday accused former FBI counterintelligence chief Bill Priestap of providing misleading information to the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding the Steele dossier. “You’ve got Bill Priestap on Feb. 15th, 2018, with four other people from the FBI briefing this Senate Intel Committee,…
    Chuck Ross
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    Trump Considers a Cut in the Capital Gains Tax

    President Donald Trump has suggested cutting the capital gains tax as part of the economic recovery from COVID-19. And indeed, cutting capital gains taxes could help spur new businesses, increase the availability of funds for existing businesses, and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Reducing taxes on capital gains also could be a good thing for the…
    Adam Michel
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    What’s Next After Trump Administration Brokers Israel-UAE Peace Pact

    The historic peace accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a major victory for the Trump administration’s “outside-in” negotiating strategy. More Arab nations soon may follow. By assisting negotiations between Israel and the outer ring of Arab states, the administration sought to jump-start regional peace proceedings while encouraging greater Palestinian flexibility by depriving the…
    James Phillips
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    Parents, Educators, Doctors Join Trump in New Push to Reopen Schools

    Dr. Melanie McGraw Piasecki is both a pediatrician and a mother of three who wants to see kids back in school after the COVID-19 lockdown that shuttered classrooms in the spring and is on the cusp of doing so this fall across the country.  “My children did not have a particularly great experience in the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Is Right About Mail-In Ballots

    I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York state. The postage was correct, as was the address and ZIP code. One week passed and the recipient emailed to say the envelope had not…
    Cal Thomas
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    Kurt Schlichter Wants You to Know ’21 Biggest Lies About Donald Trump (and You!)’

    Lawyer and commentator Kurt Schlichter’s new book, “The 21 Biggest Lies About Donald Trump (and You!),” goes straight to the heart of why the political left has such a disdain for the president. Schlichter, a retired Army colonel, joins the podcast to discuss his motivation for writing the book, why he always has been a…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Trump Touts Education, Economic Opportunities for Hispanics

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a program aimed at improving Hispanic Americans’ access to education and economic opportunities. “We will expand our efforts across all of the federal government to create educational and economic opportunity for Hispanic Americans,” Trump said to applause in the Rose Garden, describing the White House Hispanic…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Administration Pushes for Schools to Reopen in Fall

    Some school districts were successful in distance learning during the spring COVID-19 outbreak, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Wednesday, but far too many were disappointments and “just gave up.” “Things like this cannot happen again in the fall. It would fail America’s students. It would fail taxpayers who pay high taxes for their education,” DeVos…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Hails Second Month of Rebound as Economy Adds 4.8 Million Jobs

    President Donald Trump is touting the “spectacular” addition of 4.8 million new jobs in June and a drop in the unemployment rate to 11% as the economy continued to recover from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “This is not just luck, what is happening,” Trump told reporters Thursday morning in the White House briefing…
    Fred Lucas
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    Prospects for Freedom in Venezuela Are High Under Trump

    According to media reports, President Donald Trump recently stated he would consider meeting with the illegitimate leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. Specifically, the president stated: “I always say, you lose very little with meetings. But at this moment, I’ve turned [the Maduro regime’s request to meet] down.” In the same interview, he also expressed concerns…
    Ana Quintana
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    What These 6 Black Leaders Told Trump He Needs to Do

    A half-dozen black leaders and influencers met with President Donald Trump and other administration officials Wednesday to discuss issues of concern to the black community.  Trump held the meeting as issues critical to African Americans came to the forefront in unrest after George Floyd’s May 25 death in police custody in Minneapolis.  “You go down the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Applies More ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran

    The Trump administration’s lead official on Iran policy is underscoring its determination to relentlessly prosecute a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, which he says has yielded “excellent results.” In a Heritage Foundation webinar Tuesday, special envoy Brian Hook criticized the “Marxist-theocratic regime” in Tehran for acting as the “principal driver of instability” in the Middle…
    James Phillips
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    A Loss for Anti-Trump Media Forces: Michael Pack Confirmed as Agency for Global Media Head

    After a delay of two years, on Thursday the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Pack as the new chief executive officer of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. About time! Pack’s confirmation follows a period of unconscionable delay, strategizing, and obstructionism by Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He…
    Helle Dale
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    Trump Touts ‘Rocket Ship’ Recovery Amid Surprise Job Rebound

    President Donald Trump touted a nascent economic comeback Friday, as a resurgence of 2.5 million jobs were added in May, marking what could be a turnaround from the economic hemorrhaging caused by the COVID-19 shutdown. “We’ve been talking about a ‘V.’ This is far better than a ‘V.’ This is a rocket ship,” Trump said…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Administration Shows Support for Female High School Track Athletes Involved in Transgender Case

    Chelsea Mitchell finally beat her foes on the track—but now she’s ready to beat them where it counts: in court. The runner, one of the three Connecticut girls suing to stop biological boys from competing in their races, got some good news on that front last week, when a letter from the Department of Education…
    Tony Perkins
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