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    Media Misses: Reporters Make Bush’s Funeral About Trump

    The nation has been in mourning this week after the passing of former President George H.W. Bush. But this didn’t stop the liberal media from making the funeral about 45 instead of 41. On three separate occasions, The Washington Post published articles criticizing President Donald Trump’s behavior at the funeral. According to the Media Research…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Media Exploits Bush’s Death to Express Their Hatred of Trump

    Impolite question, but it needs to be asked: Is there a Republican dead body that left-wing partisans won’t use to bash Donald Trump? This week’s partisan corpse abusers callously exploited the passing of George H.W. Bush, America’s 41st president, to get in their digs at the current commander in chief. Their vulgar level of incivility…
    Michelle Malkin
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    Cohen, Manafort Developments Don’t Reveal Any Illegal Conduct or Collusion by Trump, His Campaign

    Amid the media hysteria over Michael Cohen’s guilty plea and discussions between the lawyers representing Paul Manafort and President Donald Trump, it’s important to understand from a legal standpoint what this means—and what it does not. We don’t know what other evidence special counsel Robert Mueller may have that hasn’t yet been disclosed. But the…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    How Trump Can Get Over the 50% Hump

    President Donald Trump’s challenges are not really his economic policies and foreign affairs agendas. For the most part, they are supported by the American people and are resulting in prosperity at home and security abroad. The economy continues to deliver near-record low unemployment, wage gains, strong growth, and unmatched energy production. No nation can remain…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Podcast: Liberals Say Trump Is Destroying Their Marriages

    A New York Magazine article chronicles how some couples think their marriages are struggling because of the emotions surrounding politics in the Trump era. And first lady Melania Trump’s red Christmas trees are creating an uproar. The “Problematic Women” discuss this, and more in today’s show. We also cover these stories: President Donald Trump is…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Before Trump v. Roberts: 3 Biggest Clashes Between a President and a Chief Justice

    The jousting last week between President Donald Trump and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was hardly the first time presidents and chief justices have had notable disagreements. The tit-for-tat ensued after Trump criticized a lower court federal judge in California who temporarily blocked the administration’s bid to revise asylum policies for would-be immigrants….
    Fred Lucas
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    Democrats Will Use US Climate Report Against Trump In Court

    President Donald Trump can expect Democrats to use the latest National Climate Assessment in lawsuits against his administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. “We’ll use every piece of that report that we can,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday, referring to lawsuits against the Trump administration. Becerra, a Democrat, has filed nearly two…
    Michael Bastasch
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    ‘I Don’t See It’: Trump Doubles Down on Global Warming Skepticism

    President Donald Trump doubled down on disagreements with dire predictions made in the latest U.S. government global warming report. “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Trump told The Washington Post in an Oval Office interview Tuesday. “As to whether…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Debunking 3 Myths About Trump Border Enforcement

    The mainstream media and Democrats have criticized the Trump administration’s response to the migrant caravans storming the nation’s southern border. However, many of the critiques either don’t provide full context or are factually incorrect, based on information released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. Here are three narratives that the Department of Homeland Security…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Responds to Dire Predictions in the Latest US Climate Report

    President Donald Trump disagreed with the dire economic projections in the U.S. government’s latest climate report. “I don’t believe it,” Trump said when asked by a reporter outside the White House on Monday if he agreed with the latest National Climate Assessment (NCA) report’s projections that global warming could hurt the U.S. economy. “And here’s…
    Michael Bastasch
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    In a Turkey Day ‘Recount,’ Trump Pardons Both Peas and Carrots

    President Donald Trump has pardoned Peas, a 39-pound turkey that traveled all the way from South Dakota to be dubbed the 2018 National Thanksgiving Turkey. Reporters, White House officials, and families gathered Tuesday in the White House Rose Garden to witness one of America’s most unusual traditions. Americans this week were given the opportunity to…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Rips 9th Circuit, Next Stop for Asylum Case, as ‘Disgrace’

    The Trump administration will defend its policy on asylum after a federal judge temporarily halted it as thousands of migrants in a “caravan” wait to enter the United States at Tijuana, Mexico. Speaking to reporters late Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump said he was upset the case has to be appealed to the 9th U.S….
    Fred Lucas
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    Schumer Calls for Probe on Whitaker’s Ties to Trump

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a probe into Matthew Whitaker’s ties to President Donald Trump in a Tuesday letter to Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Department of Justice. “I am particularly concerned about whether Mr. Whitaker may have shared with the White House, or could share in his new role, confidential…
    Henry Rodgers
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    • Opinion

    Trump Is Losing His Top Regulatory Reformer. Here’s How He Can Keep the Progress Going.

    Neomi Rao, the Trump administration’s regulatory “czar,” may soon have a new job. On Tuesday, she was nominated to fill the vacant seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals left by now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Rao is a good choice for the D.C. Circuit, considered the second-most important court in the land. Her…
    James Gattuso
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    Conservative Group Calls on Senate to Confirm Trump Nominees Before End of Year

    A long list of prominent conservative leaders released a memo Wednesday calling on the U.S. Senate to confirm the rest of President Donald Trump’s nominees in quick order. The group known as the Conservative Action Project, which is chaired by Alfred Regnery with former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese as its founding chairman, wrote, in…
    Tristan Justice
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    • Opinion

    Podcast: Trump’s Fight Against ‘Fake News’

    On today’s show, we talk politics and culture with Emily Jashinsky, an editor at The Federalist and regular guest on Fox News’ “Media Buzz.” A week after Election Day, Jashinsky shares the most important lessons for conservatives. Plus, she gives her take on President Donald Trump’s fight against “fake news,” the leftist mobs who attack conservatives,…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    We Hear You: Democrats Take the House, Republicans Hold the Senate, Trump Declares Victory

    Editor’s note: Election Day brought some surprises, if not as many as either party anticipated. Here’s a sampling of our audience’s initial reactions to the midterm election results. Be sure to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Take heart, my friends. Whether it was Democrats or Republicans, they were going to continue to…
    Ken McIntyre
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    6 Ways House Democrats Plan to Put Heat on Trump

    Democrats have been promising oversight of the Trump administration for months if they get a House majority—and now they will have the numbers to investigate the president’s business interests, tax returns, possible Russian ties, and other matters. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who will be House Judiciary Committee chairman when the new majority takes control in…
    Fred Lucas
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    On the Street: Trump Rally Attendees Weigh in on Media Treatment of President

    On Wednesday, journalists at the White House once again displayed their hostility to President Donald Trump. We asked Americans at a Trump rally recently their thoughts on the media’s behavior toward Trump—and they didn’t hold back. We took our camera “On the Street” to find out.
    Genevieve Wood
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    House Democratic Majority Will Face Pressure to Impeach Trump

    A new Democratic House majority, now predicted to occur by NBC News and Fox, could be poised for impeaching President Donald Trump, many experts say. Special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly is set to release a report shortly after the midterm elections regarding whether the 2016 Trump presidential campaign colluded with Russians to affect the outcome…
    Fred Lucas
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