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    Exposing the Lie That Trump Supporters Are Racists

    Every non-liberal leftist—that is, nearly every Democrat running for president, nearly every New York Times and Washington Post columnist, nearly every CNN and MSNBC host, and your left-wing brother-in-law—labels every Trump supporter and, of course, President Donald Trump, a “racist.” And they don’t stop there. Leftists don’t only label the half of the country that…
    Dennis Prager
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    Trump Pulls Intelligence Nominee Amid Unflattering Coverage

    Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, withdrew Friday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of national intelligence. Trump’s nomination of Ratcliffe to replace National Intelligence Director Dan Coats came after Ratcliffe’s questioning of former special counsel Robert Mueller during a July 24 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Ratcliffe, a former U.S. attorney from…
    Fred Lucas
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    A Health Reform Plan Trump Can Get Behind

    President Donald Trump says he wants health reform that will be better than Obamacare, better than what we had before Obamacare, and better than the Democrats’ “Medicare for All.” And he’s not alone. Numerous surveys show that health reform remains a top priority for Americans, who are concerned about high costs, access, and choice. To address these…
    Marie Fishpaw
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    Senate Confirms 13 More Trump Judges

    The Senate this week confirmed 13 judges nominated by President Donald Trump. Though Senate Republicans initially planned to confirm 19 Trump judges before leaving Washington, D.C., for August recess, they successfully confirmed four nominees Tuesday and then nine Wednesday. Speaking of the judiciary: Two nights of debates, zero questions about the Supreme Court. — Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) August…
    Audrey Conklin
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    Menacing Invective Against Trump Lowers the Bar for Violence

    Former Vice President Joe Biden has bragged on two occasions that he would like to beat up President Donald Trump. In March 2018, Biden huffed: “They asked me would I like to debate this gentleman, and I said no. I said, ‘If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and beat…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ACLU Accuses Trump Administration of Separating More Families at Border

    In a court filing, the American Civil Liberties Union accuses the Trump administration of separating nearly 1,000 migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border after a court order to end the practice. “The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge today to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate hundreds of families in defiance of…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Judge Dismisses DNC Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign, WikiLeaks Over Stolen Emails

    A federal judge in New York on Tuesday dismissed the Democratic National Committee lawsuit against members of the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, saying they were not legally liable for publicizing emails that Russian hackers stole from the party’s computer systems. “The DNC has now had three chances to plead a viable complaint and it is…
    Chuck Ross
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    Judges Seated by Trump Begin to Transform ‘9th Circus’

    The Trump administration gained a rare victory this summer in the most unlikely of venues—the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is widely viewed as the most liberal federal appeals court.     One big reason: President Donald Trump’s appointments to the 9th Circuit have moved it closer to ideological balance. The court, long known for…
    Fred Lucas
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    Views of Rep. John Ratcliffe Under Microscope After Trump Picks Him as Intelligence Chief

    Hours before President Donald Trump tapped him Sunday as director of national intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, urged investigations into potential wrongdoing during the Obama administration, including illegal leaks to the media. “What I do know as a former federal prosecutor is it does appear that there were crimes committed during the Obama administration,” Ratcliffe…
    Chuck Ross
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    Proposed Trump Administration Rule Would Close Eligibility Loophole, Reducing Food Stamp Rolls

    The Trump administration is pushing a reform of the food stamp program that could remove as many as 3.1 million recipients from the rolls, in response to persistent questions about whether only genuinely eligible needy people are recipients.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to close a loophole that allows states to make those…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Media Requests for EPA Records Soar Under Trump

    Major news outlets, seemingly more prone to investigative reporting in the Trump era, are much more aggressive in seeking records from the Environmental Protection Agency than they were in the final years of the Obama administration, The Daily Signal has learned. ABC News, CBS News, the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post,…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Art of the Budget Deal: Trump, Pelosi Agree to Up Spending and Debt

    When President Donald Trump begrudgingly signed a budget deal he called “ridiculous” in order to get increases for the military budget, he asserted: “I’m not going to do it again.”  That was 16 months ago.  Now, the Trump administration and House Democrats reportedly have reached a deal to suspend the debt limit temporarily and increase…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump on the ‘Squad’: It Is Not ‘Capable of Loving Our Country’

    President Donald Trump said Sunday he doesn’t believe congresswomen in the “Squad” are capable of being patriotic Americans, adding that they are “destroying” the Democratic Party. “I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said,” Trump said in…
    Chris White
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    Trump Just Earned a Big Win Over Public-Sector Unions

    Public-sector unions and their progressive allies just lost a major battle in their ceaseless legal campaign against this president. Last summer, one district court judge struck down nearly every provision in a package of executive orders meant to curtail the overweening power of federal employee unions. Almost a year later, the United States Court of…
    John York
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    Carson Says Trump ‘Not a Racist’

    While many Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of “racism” because of a controversial tweet, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is countering the narrative by touting the president’s policies. “I have an advantage of knowing the president very well, and he’s not a racist, “ Carson said in a Wednesday interview on Fox…
    Joshua Q. Nelson
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    Trump to Nominate Justice Scalia’s Son as Labor Secretary

    President Donald Trump will nominate the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s son Eugene Scalia as labor secretary. The New York Times was first to report that Trump is considering Scalia for the position. The pair reportedly met at the White House on Thursday afternoon. The president confirmed the news in a late Thursday tweet. “I am pleased to…
    Kevin Daley
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    Trump Wins Big in Emoluments Lawsuits: 2 Down and 1 to Go

    President Donald Trump has won the second of three lawsuits alleging he violated the Constitution because foreigners and state officials patronize his businesses, such as the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the claim by Maryland and the District of Columbia that Trump was violating the Constitution’s domestic…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump Gets It Right on Uranium Imports

    President Donald Trump should be commended for separating fact from fiction in his decision late Friday not to employ trade barriers on uranium imports. At issue was a year-and-a-half-long investigation into uranium imports brought to the Department of Commerce by two small uranium mining companies. The petitioners argued that uranium imports—which make up 93% of…
    Katie Tubb
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    Americans Are the Real Casualties of the Trump-‘Squad’ Showdown

    Many Americans probably have no idea of the long history of the “go back to your country” taunt and how it was used to denigrate ethnic minorities. If they did, they would better understand the visceral reaction to it. To understand what is unfolding, one must understand the history of this awful saying. One must…
    Kay C. James
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    Not a ‘Racist Bone in My Body’ Says Trump, as Pelosi Urges House to Condemn

    President Donald Trump is pushing back against critics of the tweets he posted Sunday, saying that they were not inappropriate or racist, even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promotes a resolution condemning the president.  “Those Tweets were NOT Racist,” Trump tweeted Tuesday, referring to tweets where he called out “’progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came…
    Rachel del Guidice
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