Dec 9, 2015 – As the White House continues its crusade for gun control in response to the San Bernardino terror attacks, many on both sides of the political aisle are coming out against the "no fly, no buy" plan proposed by President Obama over the weekend. As a reminder:  Last night in a...

Dec 9, 2015 – For months we've heard warnings from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security that there isn't a proper vetting system in place to ensure terrorists are not entering the United States from Syria through our refugee program.  Now, Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul is warning yet again about ISIS...

Dec 8, 2015 – UPDATE II: Looking back at the timeline and considering the statement below released by the Select Committee, this information isn't new. In fact, there were multiple military positions that readied to respond, but the specific email in question shows assets being mobilized in Germany. Assets were also mobilized in Tripoli....

Dec 8, 2015 – Speaking to reporters from the White House Tuesday, Press Secretary Josh Earnest suggested the 1990s, Clinton era ban on semi-automatic sporting rifles, better known as the assault weapons ban, is common sense and should be reinstated to prevent terrorism and crime in America.  "I think what the President would...

Dec 8, 2015 – According to the family of Islamic terrorist Tashfeen Malik, who helped her husband Syed Rizwan Farook kill 14 people at a San Bernardino office Christmas party last week, Malik was very religious and covered her face with a burqa. Because of this, some liberal media outlets and personalities are...

Dec 8, 2015 – The "contained" ISIS "jayvee team" has been doing some serious recruiting over the past year. According to a new report, the number of foreign fighters flocking to Iraq and Syria to help fulfill the ISIS caliphate has doubled.  From Libya to Norway, the number of foreign fighters traveling to Syria...

Dec 7, 2015 – Just a few hours before President Obama gave his Oval Office address to the nation about gun control and his plans to contain ISIS, CNN's Sunday morning Inside Politics panel absolutely destroyed his narrative and rush to judgement when 14 people were killed by jihadists last week in San Bernardino....

Dec 7, 2015 – Last night in a rare primetime address to the nation from the Oval Office, President Obama called on Congress to pass legislation stripping anyone, including American citizens, on the terrorism no-fly list of the ability to purchase a firearm in the United States. Sounds pretty reasonable right? Nobody wants terrorists...

Dec 7, 2015 – Over the past three weeks, we've heard President Obama claim ISIS is contained and that the terror army isn't gaining strength. Within that same time period, we've seen the worst terror attack in France since World War II and an ISIS inspired attack here at home in San Bernardino. We've...

Dec 26, 2019 – U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in the Tucson Sector arrested a previously deported child sex offender and multi-felon last weekend. Gustavo Gonzalez-Rodriguez, a Mexican national, has committed multiple felonies across the United States. "Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the State Route 83 immigration checkpoint near Sonoita apprehended...

Dec 25, 2019 – Former Vice President and 2020 Democrat hopeful Joe Biden, like most candidates running for president, tweeted a photo with family on Christmas Day.  May your time with loved ones be full of peace, laughter, and joy. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. With love, from my family to yours. pic.twitter.com/L7mwR4nBKd —...

Dec 25, 2019 – President Trump has issued a special proclamation for Christmas.  Melania and I send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Christmas in the United States and around the world.  During this joyous time of year, we join a grateful Nation in thanking God for His abundant blessings and boundless love. As...

Dec 25, 2019 – Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem last night and attended a midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity. From the Associated Press:  Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, celebrating Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus....

Dec 24, 2019 – Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, President Trump was asked if he plans to pardon General Michael Flynn and Roger Stone.   “I haven’t thought about it," President Trump said. "He got hit very hard as did General Flynn and a lot of other people. And now they are finding...

Dec 24, 2019 – Former prosecutor and Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy is weighing in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's continued refusal to turn over two articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate for a trial.  "If he [President Trump] really is an existential threat the Republic, if he really has committed...

Dec 24, 2019 – UPDATE: Here are the names of the participants, courtesy of the White House.  ARMY Unit: 103 Sustained Command Location: Camp Arifjan, Kuwait  Captain Roxanna Flores MARINE CORPS Unit: Task Force Southwest 19.2 Location: Camp Shorab, Afghanistan Brigadier General David Odom NAVY...

Dec 24, 2019 – During last week's Democrat debate in Los Angeles, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren attacked South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg for attending a fundraiser in a "wine cave." She slammed him for hanging around millionaires and billionaires who drink $900 bottles of wine.  But it turns out Buttigieg, who...

Dec 23, 2019 – President Trump has nominated two more judges to sit on the federal bench. Here are their biographies, courtesy of the White House.  John Leonard Badalamenti of Florida, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. John Badalamenti currently serves as...

Dec 23, 2019 – Republican Senator Rand Paul is out with a Festivus addition of his quarterly report about how the government wastes taxpayer money.  "Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management (FSO) Subcommittee for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), released his...

Dec 23, 2019 – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued her refusal to deliver articles of impeachment to the Senate Monday, drawing out the timeline for a trial.  The House cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of trial the Senate will conduct.President Trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the...

Dec 20, 2019 – UPDATE: President Trump has accepted.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has officially invited President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union Address on February 4, 2020, two days after the Iowa Caucuses.  "In their great wisdom, our Founders crafted a Constitution based on a system of separation...

Dec 20, 2019 – U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is conducting a criminal investigation into the origins the Russia probe and FISA abuse, is focusing in on former CIA Director John Brennan.  During an interview with Fox News Thursday night, Attorney General Bill Barr broadly discussed Durham's efforts and his pursuit of information...

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Jul 6, 2018 – During a campaign style rally in Montana Thursday night, President Trump went after Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and challenged her to a DNA test.  "We will say, ‘I will give $1 million to your favorite charity paid for by Trump if you take the test and it shows you’re...

Jul 6, 2018 – As Democrats continue their war on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with calls to abolish the agency, the Trump administration is standing strong behind the men and women who work there.  During a speech at ICE headquarters in Washington DC Friday, Vice President Mike Pence fully backed the agency and...