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    In Past Years, Feinstein, Schumer Said Nominee’s Judicial Record Most Important
    When President Donald Trump last month announced his nomination of federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the “American people deserve to know what kind of a justice” Kavanaugh would be. He’s right. How do you measure something like the “kind of a justice” a nominee…
    Thomas Jipping
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    To Save More Lives, Reform FEMA
    Since October 2017, California has suffered severe fires and more extensive fire-related destruction than at any other point in its history. The fires have sadly killed dozens of people, turned over 10,000 homes to ash, scattering them to ever-hotter wind. Newspapers and first responders have decried the lack of communication among agencies, poor funding, and…
    Georgia Cline | David Inserra
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    Ukraine’s Soviet-Era Space Program Boosts a US Commercial Spaceflight Company’s Chances for Liftoff
    DNIPRO, Ukraine—From a 15th-floor balcony overlooking this city's Yuri Gagarin Park, American John Isella looks east beyond the skyline toward the Dnieper River. A forested expanse stretches to the horizon in the direction of the war,  about four hours away by car if you wanted to drive there. “It’s hard to believe the war is…
    Nolan Peterson
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    Trump Officials Warn of Russian Meddling in This Fall’s Elections
    Top Trump administration officials pledged Thursday to go all-out in fighting Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections, announcing efforts across the government. “Our democracy is in the crosshairs,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said during the White House press briefing. Nielsen said all 50 states are working with the Department of Homeland Security to…
    Fred Lucas
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    3 Poison Pills in the Homeland Security Funding Bill
    A series of amendments to an appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, adopted in the bill’s markup last week, would devastate the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. While much of the bill has good or noncontroversial policies, there are three specific problem areas that would be exacerbated by the amendments approved by the…
    David Inserra
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    Why People Keep Falling for Socialism, Despite the Evidence
    Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income of $12,486 that year. For a two-person household, it was $16,072, and for a four-person household, it was $24,755. To beat those poverty thresholds is fairly simple. Here’s the road…
    Walter E. Williams
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    NDAA Will Give Military Critical Boost in 2019
    The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, as approved in conference and passed by the House on July 26, will continue the progress begun in fiscal year 2018 in rebuilding the capacity, capabilities, and readiness of the U.S. military services. In so doing, it will enable them to regain their competitive…
    Tom Callender
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    U.Va. Alumni Back Disputed Hiring of Trump White House Aide
    Eleven prominent members of the University of Virginia’s alumni network released a letter Monday afternoon expressing support for President Donald Trump’s former legislative director, Marc Short, whose hiring as a scholar at a presidential center affiliated with the university is under partisan fire. Short’s defenders include former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (Class of ’91),…
    Katherine Rohloff
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    The 2019 NDAA Provides Some Important New Authorities to Modernize the US Military
    The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year  2019, which is the reconciliation of earlier House and Senate versions, is good news for the military. It grants the Defense Department and the military services some significant new authorities to assist in rebuilding the armed forces. Additionally, on several issues, Congress wisely chose to…
    Tom Callender
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    7 Steps Next Director Can Take to Make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Less Awful
    The Trump administration has nominated Kathy Kraninger to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Roll Call reports that her confirmation hearing was “as politically contentious as it’s gotten in the last year and a half” on the otherwise “senatorial Senate Banking Committee.” Ignore the political drama. The real story is…
    Norbert Michel
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    Here’s How School Security Should Be Improved in 4 Easy Steps
    Since publication of an earlier commentary on four steps to achieving better school security, many organizations have been in contact to offer excellent additional ways to reach this desired end state. Again, there is no simple solution. We cannot just ban guns, or hand them out willy-nilly, and expect our kids to be safe. America must…
    Steven Bucci | Peter Bucci
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    Eric Bolling Warns High Schoolers About Opioids: ‘One Pill Can Kill’
    Following multiple calls from President Donald Trump after the death of his son, caused by an overdose on opioids, former Fox News host Eric Bolling knew that the opioid epidemic mattered to the president. “[The president] told me, ‘I don’t know how you’re doing it, but if I can help let me know,’” Bolling said…
    Jeremiah Poff
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    Sorry If You’re Offended, but Socialism Leads to Misery and Destitution
    On the same day that Venezuela’s “democratically” elected socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, whose once-wealthy nation now has citizens foraging for food, announced he was lopping five zeros off the country’s currency to create a “stable financial and monetary system,” Meghan McCain of “The View” was the target of internet-wide condemnation for having stated some obvious…
    David Harsanyi
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    Inflation to Hit 1 Million Percent in Collapsing, Socialist Venezuela
    Venezuela’s inflation may hit 1 million percent by the end of the year, the International Monetary Fund announced on Monday. This incredible hyperinflation is reminiscent of Weimar Germany during the years immediately after World War I, in which wheelbarrows full of cash were required to buy bare essential items, like a loaf of bread. That…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Problematic Women: Meghan McCain Speaks Out on Socialism
    In this week’s edition of “Problematic Women,” we discuss the backlash Meghan McCain received after tearing apart socialism and warning against it on ABC’s “The View.” We also talk about first lady Melania Trump’s office blasting media reports that the president got angry with her for watching CNN, and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s telling students…
    Bre Payton | Ginny Montalbano
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    Meet a Government Entity That’s in Worse Shape Than Social Security
    Social Security is on track to run out of money by 2034, at which point the program will be able to pay only about 79 percent of its scheduled benefits. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—a government entity that insures private pension plans—will run out of funds almost a decade earlier, in 2025, and will be…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Podcast: More Proof Colleges Have Become Insane
    As taxpayers continue to back student loans, The Heritage Foundation’s Mary Clare Amselem joins us to talk about how a college professor co-wrote a research paper with her dead cat—and what can be done on the higher ed front. Plus: Republicans accuse Twitter of treating them differently than Democrats. >>> The Daily Signal podcast is…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    Trump Targets Security Clearances of Brennan, Comey, Other Antagonists
    President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former top Obama administration national security officials who have made charges on Twitter and in the media about Russian collusion, as well as one former top Bush administration official. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday the president is “exploring” taking the security…
    Fred Lucas
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    Virginia Government Officials Not Happy With First School District to Arm Teachers
    A school district voted unanimously to become the first Virginia county to permit armed teachers, but Virginia government officials are not pleased. The Lee County School Board decided earlier in July to arm teachers in its 11-school, 3,200-student school district, but faces backlash from Virginia’s Department of Education and attorney general, according to The Washington Post Wednesday….
    Rob Shimshock
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    Lawmakers Suggest Lawsuit-Happy Environmentalists Help China, Hurt National Security
    Environmental advocacy groups that take the Defense Department to court appear to operate as foreign agents working to help China and undermine the U.S. Navy and America’s military readiness in the Asia-Pacific region, congressional leaders suggest. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., chairman of…
    Kevin Mooney
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