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Larry Kudlow Is a Big Upgrade for the White House
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2018/03/16/larry-kudlow-is-a-big-upgrade-for-the-white-house-n2461371
– President Donald Trump will reportedly name Larry Kudlow head of the White House National Economic Council. … For fans of pro-growth policies -- deregulation, low taxation and open trade -- it's great news for obvious reasons. … And if tariffs are indeed merely a "negotiating point," that's good news.…
Is the GOP Staring at Another 1930?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2018/03/16/is-the-gop-staring-at-another-1930-n2461354
– and states, rather than of the national party of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders. … There is, however, troubling news from Pennsylvania for Nancy Pelosi. … At the national level, Democrats will turn 2018 into a referendum on the Trump persona and Trump presidency.…
Let's Hope Bannon Never Comes Back From European Tour
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2018/03/16/lets-hope-bannon-never-comes-back-from-european-tour-n2461253
– Last week, just after the sixth anniversary of Andrew's demise, the man who replaced him at Breitbart News, Steve Bannon, launched … The climax was a speech to the ultra-right French National Front in which he perverted Andrew's defiant message, preferring to embrace … -- and famously misunderstood -- essay, "Why I Am Not a Conservative," Friedrich Hayek, the Nobel prize-winning economist and political
Disgrace: Tennessee Students Tear Down American Flag, Jump On Police Car During Gun Control Walkout
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/15/disgrace…flag-jump-on-police-car-during-gun-control-walkout-n2461074
– The latter part of the law is grossly unconstitutional and the National Rifle Association has rightfully filed a lawsuit against it … These walkouts were supposed to be a peaceful event, meant to put more pressure on the political class to do more on gun control. … Some students jumped on a police car, Nashville police told News Channel 5. […] A spokesperson for Metro Nashville Public Schools…
Midterm Tea Leaves: This Chart Shows Why Shrugging Off the GOP's PA-18 Loss Would be a Mistake
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/15/data-this…shrugging-off-the-gops-pa18-loss-would-be-a-mistake-n2460856
– In response to my analysis on Fox News Tuesday night, as well as this post from earlier, some conservatives and Trump supporters are … If there's a wave brewing, mediocre standard-bearers can benefit from the national climate and win.   … But I refuse to look away from hard political truths in order to make myself feel better.  …
Analysis: The GOP's Apparent Loss in PA-18's Special Election is an Unspinnable Warning Sign
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/14/pa18-analysis-n2460100
– And that's in spite of lots of good economic news Republicans can crow about. … Outside groups and the national party poured in giant amounts of resources to compensate for that shortcoming, but Democrat Conor Lamb's … Inject those dynamics into the current political environment, and that's how an upset happens.…
Find Out How We Rated Homeland's New Season--and Why
https://townhall.com/entertainment/johnhanlon/2018/03/14/review-homelands-new-season-is-timely-and-important-n2460762
– Homeland has always aimed for political relevancy. … Now, in season 7, the show continues to offer timely and important stories about the consequences of fake news and how political divisions … Keane recruits Berenson as her new national security advisor.…
Battleground PA: Democrats Hope To Keep Electoral Momentum Going In Special Election
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/13/battlegro…election-dems-hope-to-keep-electoral-momentum-going-n2460627
– Nearly every corner of the national party was involved in the final push over the weekend — from the Republican National Committee, … The National Rifle Association also came to the aid of Saccone, though not nearly as much as the DCCC with Lamb (via ABC News): The … NBC News noted that the GOP was “not feeling good” about tonight.…
WaPo: A Teen Warned That MS-13 Was 'Taking Over' Her New York High School. Then She was Murdered.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/13/wapo-ms13-basically-took-over-a-virginia-high-school-n2460046
– Over the course of our national immigration debate -- speaking of which, has anyone noticed that the DACA deadline expired without … he makes it sound like the biggest issue in the United States, the biggest threat is MS-13, a gang nobody that doesn't watch Fox News … This isn't some tiny, limited, or phony problem dreamed up by Trump to appeal to a certain political base.  …
To Hell With California? Hell No!
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2018/03/13/to-hell-with-california-hell-no-n2460206
– Not only that, but the vast majority of residents are outraged with the rampant lawlessness defining the current political class—on … There are millions of citizens in California who are still Americans, regardless of their political affiliation.  … We also need the National Guard to step in. With Trump’s upcoming visit to the border wall, they just might have to.…
It's Not a Good Time to Be a Critic of President Trump
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2018/03/13/how-do-trump-critics-respond-to-success-n2460069
– At the other end of the political spectrum, talk show host Rush Limbaugh described the good economic news as "The epic Trump economic … countries that dump cheap steel in the United States, undermining U.S. steel production and, as the president said, threatening U.S. national … That's "last gasp" stuff, the bottom of the barrel, the place where one goes when all the news is bad for your party and political
Transgressing the Diversity Dictate
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2018/03/13/transgressing-the-diversity-dictate-n2460026
– In that spirit, here are two items in the news that shed light on our current culture. … Turn on the news or flip through your phone and it seems as though someone or something is trying to drive us apart.”   … But the oddest part of this well-meant ad came below, and it shows the power of political correctness:   “Sport shows us that the…
Anti-NRA 'March For Our Lives' Features Celebrity Fans of Fidel Castro and Emma Gonzalez
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2018/03/31/a…es-celebrity-fans-of-fidel-castro-and-emma-gonzalez-n2466380
– Also hailed alongside Emma Gonzalez by Castro’s media is Delcy Rodriguez, “President” (rubber-stamper) of the “National Assembly” ( … Earhart, Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale and Wonder Woman, as we’re given to understand daily (almost hourly, actually) by the FAKE news … to the truth,” wrote Oliver Stone, “wanting the best for the United States, and digging away at the hypocrisy of so much of our political
Here’s How A Liberal Father Whose Son Was Killed By An Illegal Alien Is Fighting CA’s Sanctuary Law
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/29/heres-how…hose-son-was-killed-by-an-illegal-alien-is-fighting-n2466161
– happening to other people,” Rosenberg said of losing his son Drew, a street-savvy law-school student who took a keen interest in news … Rosenberg, a former Democrat who today doesn’t identify with any political party, usually receives several calls a month from bereaved … Sacramento, numerous times in front of the Los Angeles Police Commission and appeared on many radio and television programs and news
Uh Oh: New Texts Suggest Obama WH, CIA, FBI, And Harry Reid Colluded At Outset Of Russia Probe
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/28/uh-oh-new…ama-wh-cia-fbi-and-harry-reid-colluded-at-outset-of-n2465737
– Fox News reported that “D” referred to White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. … The news network noted that GOP investigators don’t want to draw any conclusions, but noted that this is enough to call for a special … The FBI and the CIA aren’t supposed to engage in what appears to be a coordinated political activity during an election. …
The Left's 'Collusion' Narrative Takes Another Hit: NYT Reporter Admits WH Policies Demonstrate Trump Hasn't Been Weak on Russia
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/28/nyt-repor…ence-trump-has-actually-been-pretty-tough-on-russia-n2465254
– unearthing the extent of Russia's malfeasance, his co-primary charge should be to determine whether Team Trump (or any American political … that even a New York Times correspondent, of all people, recently made this very point on CNN, of all places: New York Times national … I'll leave you with this finding from the latest Fox News poll, in which a majority of Americans reach the correct conclusion, in my…
BOOM: Anti-Gun Antics Spur Massive Spike In Donations To The NRA's Political Victory Fund
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/03/28/boom-anti…ssive-spike-in-donations-to-the-nras-political-vict-n2465171
– So, with these anti-gun antics spewed over the news media for weeks on end, it’s not really shocking that the National Rifle Association … : Donations to the National Rifle Association's (NRA) political action committee more than tripled in February in comparison to its … Supporters of the NRA appear to have responded by infusing more money into the organization's political action committee.…
Conservatives, Beware of Hoaxes Designed to Discredit Anti-Gun Parkland Survivors
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/27/conservat…and-hoaxes-designed-to-discredit-leftwing-survivors-n2465148
– Even in our turbocharged political climate, it's important to respect boundaries and maintain a sense of propriety, even when 'the … Beyond that, we must guard against, and reject, fake news and slanders targeting these kids and their families.   … pic.twitter.com/HXHG3dBdIm — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) March 27, 2018 Second, a CBS News video that ostensibly "proved" that another…
PHOTOS: ‘March for Our Lives’ Displays the Left’s Hatred, Hypocrisy, and Naiveté
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/03/26/photos…r-lives-displays-the-lefts-hatred-hypocrisy-naivete-n2464795
– overarching message of the "March for Our Lives" was pretty simple — supporters of the Second Amendment must be stripped of both their political … lawmakers and groups like the NRA who oppose “common sense” gun control legislation only do so because they love their guns or their political … As the protestors approached the National Mall, an anti-free speech chant erupted from the crowd calling for the abolition of the NRA…
Where Oh Where Has the Presidential Fitness Council Gone?
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertholland/2018/03/26/whe…oh-where-has-the-presidential-fitness-council-gone-n2464748
– In my opinion, one of the redeeming qualities of fitness councils has been the ability to bring people together across political lines … In an op-ed on the NBC News website, First Daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump said the administration particularly hoped to reverse … That is a fine national objective. The leadership to carry it out should come from local communities.…
New Poll: The Left is Losing the Argument on Gun Ownership
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/23/nbcwsj-po…rge-majority-believe-gun-ownership-increases-safety-n2464037
– Well, let's look at another fresh data point in this larger national debate, via NBC News and the Wall Street Journal's pollster.   … Less than one-third of Democrats agree with the new American consensus on this issue, placing the country's left political flank far … subject of meaningful progress toward reducing the likelihood and lethality of shooting incidents at schools, I'll leave you with news
Big Brother Is Watching
https://townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/2018/03/23/big-brother-is-watching-n2463786
– I also felt compelled to answer political comments and to post my own take on events, especially during the 2016 election. … It wasn't so much my irritation at something someone posted as it was the news that Cambridge Analytica, an outfit Steve Bannon helped … But opening ourselves up to political manipulation is a bridge too far.…
The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica 'Scandal' Is a Nothingburger
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidharsanyi/2018/03/23/the…ebookcambridge-analytica-scandal-is-a-nothingburger-n2463711
– revelations of the apparent skulduggery that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election keep sending shock waves across the political … According to CBS News, in September 2016, it had "tested the RNC data, and it proved to be vastly more accurate." … Of course, people shouldn't get their news from Facebook.…
Dershowitz: Trump is Right, the Mueller Probe Should Never Have Started in the First Place
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/03/22/dershowit…probe-should-have-never-started-in-the-first-place-n2463257
– , Alan Dershowitz argues that Robert Mueller's special counsel probe is doing a disservice to what ought to be the overarching national … Even if it's not a full-blown national commission, the partnership of Richard Burr and Mark Warner has been constructive -- to the … Translation: McCabe was sacked for cause, based on misconduct, not due to political considerations or pressures.  …
Goodbye, Andrew McCabe. And No More Tears
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2018/03/22/goodbye-andrew-mccabe-and-no-more-tears-n2463351
– Others were speaking out in his favor, for instance the glabrous former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the reformed … Maybe NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell will hold a bake sale to raise money for McCabe if her suggestion on Twitter that Democrats hire … administration's skittishness about enforcing the law against Islamic extremism has been replaced by the Trump boldness in dealing with the political
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