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    Is a Restaurant Safe for Trump Supporters? New App Aims to Inform You

    An app developer launched a program designed to tell customers which restaurants and business are safe for Trump supporters following a slew of attacks on persons who support President Donald Trump. The new app, 63red Safe, provides “reviews of local restaurant and businesses from a conservative perspective, helping [ensure] you’re safe when you shop and…
    Grace Carr
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    Not Waiting for Mueller, House Panel’s Democrats Cast Wide Net Aiming to ‘Document’ Case Against Trump

    The House Judiciary Committee, under its new Democratic leadership, on Monday issued 81 document requests as part of a multifaceted investigation into President Donald Trump. The requests went to some familiar individuals and entities as the Democratic majority laid out a game plan for seeking to build a case of obstruction of justice, public corruption,…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Green New Deal: The Left’s Phony Attempt to Co-Opt Trump’s Labor Populism

    The florid Green New Deal proposed by newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been widely panned by critics on both the right and the left–but perhaps most notably by Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. What many critics of the deal fail to note, however, is that the supposed “New Deal” is the…
    Armstrong Williams
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    Van Jones Rejects ‘Sellout’ Label, Credits Trump for Helping Achieve Prison Reform

    Van Jones, a former Obama administration official and leading commentator on the left, responded Friday to liberal critics who call him a “sellout” for agreeing to talk about prison reform at a major gathering of conservatives. “If you’re on Twitter calling me a sellout for working with Trump on criminal justice reform, here is what…
    Joshua Q. Nelson
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    Lindsey Graham Credits Trump for ‘Tough’ Leadership

    When President Donald Trump first entered the Oval Office two years ago, Sen. Lindsey Graham was a little reticent to give him his phone number. “President Trump and I did not start well,” the South Carolina Republican said in remarks Thursday to hundreds of conservative activists. “But now I’ve given him my phone number.” Trump…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Rick Perry and Elaine Chao Call Out Democrats for Obstructing Trump Nominees

    The booming economy could grow even more if Senate Democrats would stop obstructing President Donald Trump’s nominees, two Cabinet secretaries said Thursday. “One thing that has slowed us up a little bit is getting the nominations [through the Senate],” Energy Secretary Rick Perry said at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Our friends on the Democratic…
    Fred Lucas
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    6 Takeaways From Cohen’s Hill Testimony About Trump

    Soon to serve a prison sentence for, among other things, lying to Congress, Michael Cohen took a parting shot Wednesday at his old boss, President Donald Trump, in testimony on Capitol Hill. “He’s a racist, he’s a con man, and he’s a cheat,” Cohen told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Democrats on the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s Protect Life Rule Is Good News for America

    The Trump administration has taken another critically important step in strengthening the moral health of our nation, and hence our future. The Department of Health and Human Services has issued the Protect Life Rule, stopping the flow of Title X federal funds to family planning clinics that perform abortions or do abortion referrals. It also…
    Star Parker
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    Ivanka Trump Criticizes Green New Deal: ‘People Want to Work for What They Get’

    First daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump tore into New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal,” in an interview with Fox News’ Steve Hilton that will air Sunday. “I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something,” Trump said. “I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country…
    Paul Ingrassia
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    How Trump Can Scale Back Birthright Citizenship Without Congress

    President Donald Trump last fall floated the idea of ending universal birthright citizenship by way of executive order. The reaction from the political and chattering classes was uniformly hysterical. Democrats called it racist. Many Republicans, including then-outgoing Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, dismissed the move as “obviously” unconstitutional. Yet the case for ending birthright…
    Walter Myers
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    House Democrats Introduce Resolution to Block Trump’s National Emergency

    Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency that could allow him to build a wall on the southern border. Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro introduced the resolution, which he said will pass the House, as 222 co-sponsors have jumped on board. Castro sent out a tweet saying…
    Henry Rodgers
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    Trump Weighs in on Jussie Smollett’s Arrest

    President Donald Trump weighed in on Twitter after actor Jussie Smollett was arrested Thursday and charged with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report following an alleged hate crime hoax. “[Jussie Smollett]—what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA,” Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday….
    Evie Fordham
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    Podcast: Trump’s National Emergency Faces Legal Challenges

    Sixteen states have announced they’re filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. The Heritage Foundation’s John Malcolm, an expert in legal affairs, joins us to discuss what will likely happen as the case winds through the courts. Plus: A CBS reporter says the media is biased. We also cover these stories: The…
    Katrina Trinko
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    As Investigations Find No Collusion, Trump Haters Learn Nothing

    Here is the problem for Trump critics. They began with the wrong premise. They believed that Hillary Clinton should have won the 2016 presidential election. Then they deluded themselves by embracing the notion that Donald Trump was illegitimate, unstable, stupid, and an offense to everything they consider normal. This led the Obama holdovers in the…
    Cal Thomas
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    Trump Predicts Supreme Court Will Give Him a Win in Legal Fight Over National Emergency

    President Donald Trump predicted the Supreme Court will ultimately vindicate his declaration of a national emergency for constructing a wall on the southern border. “I’ll sign the final papers as soon as I get into the Oval Office, and we will have a national emergency, and we will then be sued, and they will sue…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump to Declare National Emergency, Sign Spending Bill Criticized by Conservatives

    The Senate passed an omnibus spending bill Thursday that conservative lawmakers expressed disappointment over, citing the legislation’s immigration provisions and rushed process. The White House announced Thursday President Donald Trump would sign the legislation. The House is expected to pass the legislation imminently. “President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Senate Panel May Probe Alleged Plot to Oust Trump

    A new book by the FBI’s one-time No. 2 official seems to support suspicions of a Justice Department bias against President Donald Trump, said Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who wants to put the former deputy director under oath. Andrew McCabe, ousted from the FBI last year after an internal investigation, talks about his…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘You Have Trafficked in Hate Your Whole Life’: Rep. Ilhan Omar Responds to Trump’s Call for Her to Resign

    Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar responded to President Donald Trump’s calls to resign over her anti-Israel comments. “You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you?” the first-term congresswoman tweeted Wednesday morning. Hi @realDonaldTrump– You have trafficked in hate your…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Trump ‘Not Happy’ With Border Agreement, Hedges on Another Shutdown

    President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “not happy” with the agreement reached by congressional appropriators on border security, but predicts there won’t be another partial federal government shutdown. “Am I happy, at first glance? I just got to see it. The answer is, no, I’m not,” Trump said at the start of a Cabinet meeting…
    Fred Lucas
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    Ivanka Trump Says Art Exhibit Depicting Her Vacuuming Is ‘Sexist’

    Ivanka Trump detailed what “infuriated” her about a “sexist” art exhibit featuring a look-a-like model vacuuming up crumbs that viewers throw at her, during an interview that aired Friday. “Well, I think it’s a very sexist representation of a woman, but what bothered me about this image is they hired a 16-year-old girl to stand…
    Evie Fordham
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