Oct 27, 2017 – It also served as fuel for media snark around the Trump/Russia collusion story that has dominated political news since Clinton lost … The Democratic National Committee has run for cover. And Republicans demand -- what else? … , on cable, where the appetites are sated, and even in happy-talk banter of radio and TV news anchors.…

Oct 26, 2017 – The Democratic National Committee is washing its hands of new reports that it, along with the Hillary Clinton campaign, funded research … BuzzFeed News published the dossier in January - at which point Hillary Clinton reportedly became aware of it. … Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper agreed, telling CNN "it doesn't matter" who paid for the dossier.…

Oct 26, 2017 – First, on the Democrats: The Washington Post revealed Tuesday that the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee … This news is all the more explosive because the DNC and Clinton campaign hid their role, even amid the media furor after BuzzFeed published … He could best serve the country by resigning to prevent further political turmoil over that conflict of interest.…

Oct 26, 2017 – to me -- is that Trump is suggesting that the dossier itself was funded by some combination of a foreign power, the opposition political … Marc Elias, a lawyer with the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, retained Fusion GPS who then paid former … gathering intelligence about Trump and Russia, but the bureau pulled out of the arrangement after Steele was publicly identified in news…

Oct 26, 2017 – Six years later, most of my friends seem exhausted by the constant news media coverage of the current political back and forth, middle … political news, "the net effect of the first year of the Trump presidency has not been to augment the considerable powers of the president … Fueling that fear was this week's news that the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign helped pay…

Oct 25, 2017 – everything they had at Trump -- a Russian dossier intended to sway the election, an illegally obtained hot-mic tape, 100 percent negative news … He called the Democrats' sudden decision to treat illegal immigrants as a beloved constituency "political suicide." … Presidents wear the mantle of national security like an amulet.…

Oct 25, 2017 – Steinle’s unthinkable murder forced destructive sanctuary city policies to the forefront of the national debate on immigration. … The editorial then takes a subtle jab at Bill O’Reilly—"when he still had a job at Fox News”—because he demanded the arrest of all … Here we find how deep the liberal bias distorts the news and these troublesome trends.…

Oct 25, 2017 – Goldwater would follow up with a letter to National Review calling for Welch's resignation. This approach was risky. … In "A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. … Others, like Sean Hannity of Fox News, have gone all in. Part of the problem is structural.…

Oct 24, 2017 – Russia's insidious meddling in our political system is unacceptable and alarming -- a view that ought to be shared by Americans from … And no matter what, active steps must be taken to mitigate and prevent future political tampering by hostile powers.   … Others raise serious questions about Russia's interests potentially aligning with Democrats' political priorities.…

Oct 23, 2017 – Late last week, the political media's collective heart was aflutter, as former President Barack Obama re-entered the electoral fray … Self-referential as ever, Obama noted his relative absence from our national politics over the past eight months; this only rings true … You won't be able to unite them later" pic.twitter.com/TPAkycVMXQ — CBS News (@CBSNews) October 19, 2017 Division doesn't work, he…

Oct 23, 2017 – Rather than reporting real news, they continue to churn out phony news about phony news that Russia swayed the 2016 election with Facebook … The Clintons’ chief political go-to guy Mark Penn, recently disproved the conspiracy theory that Russia swayed the 2016 election with … Fox News reports that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa has asked the DOJ to “lift an apparent ‘gag order’…

Oct 23, 2017 – The sudden frenzy already is old news and much picked over, but maybe insufficiently considered.The flurry happened fast. … The next day, news reported that Congresswoman Wilson claimed Trump told the bereaved woman: “He knew what he signed up for.” … Wilson had given a political rah rah speech at a solemn occasion.…

Sep 27, 2016 – presidents, Madison and Obama led during a time of terrorism and both were accused of being weak executive leaders in the area of national … He made a political decision rather than a decision for our national security. … Madison also fought a political battle ending in a close vote in Congress to keep Washington as the nation's capital city.…

Oct 16, 2016 – do know is that the Republican Party headquarters in Hillsborough, North Carolina was firebombed this weekend, with a menacing political … Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of state GOP, called the bombing “political terrorism.” … In almost all cases, individuals are responsible for their actions, not the political speech of others. …

Oct 16, 2016 – I can think of three on the fly: Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Marine Le Pen of Le Front National in France, Nicholas Sarkozy, former … Obama has lied, bullied, and trolled his political opposition, expanding the role of the state into our daily lives with no regard … At least Johnson-Weld are hurting Hillary Clinton's chances in key states (good news for me!) Let's face it.…

Oct 16, 2016 – What happened was wrong, but there's something gratuitous about applying 2016 standards for political candidates to the actions of … He who liveth by sensational news dies by the same sword. … Many voters, for example, want to see immigration law enforced, but to the national media, there are only two immigration stories:…

Oct 15, 2016 – When asked by NBC News about whether the Obama administration was considering retaliatory measures against Russia, Vice President Joe … "We've always hesitated to use a lot of stuff we've had, but that's a political decision," a former CIA officer told NBC. … A joint statement released last week by the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence…

Oct 15, 2016 – This extraordinary presidential campaign has generated so much news and attention that even children are wondering what is happening … Jackson was a tough, blunt, and strong-willed leader with no political background who came to office promising to shake things up. … The results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that students score worse in American history than in any other…

Oct 14, 2016 – In short, two Fox News sources familiar with the federal criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton say career agents and lawyers … More than 100 FBI agents and analysts worked around the clock with six attorneys from the DOJ’s National Security Division, Counter … “It is safe to say the vast majority felt she should be prosecuted,” the senior FBI official told Fox News.…

Oct 14, 2016 – tasteless, and utterly vulgar 2016 presidential campaign is remembered for anything, it will be its failure to deal with significant political … parts, saying his taped remarks were nothing more than "locker room banter," the stalled economy has been erased from the nation's news … news media and threatening to sue them.…

Oct 14, 2016 – basically a reality star, whose wealth and celebrity as a business tycoon pushed him into the spotlight of the 24/7 world of television news … This is the new political realism: sensationalism over substance, emotion over analysis, titillation over thoughtfulness, greed over … If that meant reprise after Bill's sexual offenses on national television, that was a small price to pay for a ticket to power.…

Oct 13, 2016 – Other than making us change the channel on the TV in the kitchen from a cable news program to something on the History Channel about … As I write this on Thursday morning, the RealClearPolitics average of national polls has Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 6.2 … In this we are not enemies, but only political opponents. Is it possible I'm wrong about the outcome? Certainly.…

Oct 12, 2016 – Virtually every single national poll shows Clinton leading the race. … "They" -- presumably meaning political machines -- "put [people] in a bus and go poll site to poll site" in "certain neighborhoods, … I'll leave you with another twist on a similar theme, via Fox News host Brit Hume: Next time some guy says there's not enough…

Oct 11, 2016 – Upon my return Sunday, I found out the political world had exploded. … This is not news to us, it’s just normal. … But right now, those two convictions are in the national spotlight, seemingly pitted against one another.…

Oct 10, 2016 – The reason why the media has been so intent on dragging extraneous, personally damaging information into the national debate is because … start-up called “Natter ” which enabled pundits to instantly publish short, pithy attacks on political candidates. … This is not, nor should it be news to people.…