May 15, 2016 – [...]He had just explained to the reporter riding along that he wanted no role in a Trump administration when news arrived of … It'd certainly be an unorthodox pick if Trump were to go with Palin--she hasn't really had a major presence in the political arena … in quite a while, and her recent appearances on the national stage have been...in serious need of polish.…

May 15, 2016 – News websites like the The Hill and Daily Caller released their already-written columns with many of the usual suspects on the list … He served on both the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council as part of his position running the OMB. … In the meantime, Hillary will pick some run-of-the-mill political hack to be on her ticket. Sen.…

May 14, 2016 – The national print publications and broadcast television networks have historically tilted to the left. … Thanks to an expose by Gizmodo, Facebook’s internal operations involving trending news stories were revealed. … Former news “curators” reported that Facebook suppresses conservative news reports, while promoting stories involving radical leftists…

May 13, 2016 – The Clinton Foundation is back in the news. … An Energy Department news release in 2010 announcing a grant to Energy Pioneer Solutions called it “a women-owned small business,” … the world’s uranium supply, the Committee on Foreign Investment, of which Clinton is part of, had to approve the sale, given the national…

May 13, 2016 – The digital "information" is where the public, particularly the millennial generation, gets most of its "news." … When "news" does get a once-over edit, it tilts left. … A former "news curator" at Facebook told Gizmodo, a technology blog, that Facebook routinely suppresses news stories "of interest to…

May 13, 2016 – government-funded honor: the Jefferson Lecture, the "nation's highest honor for intellectual achievement in the humanities," awarded by the National … As PBS "NewsHour" lovingly recounted (as "news," not PBS public relations), Burns summarized, "I do not believe, ladies and gentlemen … He claimed: "in our media and political culture, we don't disagree, we demonize, condemning us to a kind of partisan purgatory.…

May 13, 2016 – National Police Week is fast approaching. May 15-May 21 is a sacred time for the men and women of law enforcement. … During these events, law enforcement and political leaders will be featured. They will speak of honor and of duty. … Each day brings news of another shooting, stabbing, or random targeting via a violent attack.…

May 12, 2016 – Although, there were a lot more facts in my book than you will find in all the news reports that appeared last week. … Then, as we approach the Republican National Convention, ever more Republicans will come aboard the national ticket, and they will … Stories of the FBI's mounting investigation are circulating in political circles now.…

May 11, 2016 – Obama considers his signature foreign policy achievement -- the public was told there was “a new political reality in Iran, which came … Rhodes’s title: deputy national security advisor for strategic communications. … He framed it as a “non-binding political agreement,” an imaginative construct that Congress could neither check nor balance.…

May 11, 2016 – President Obama's political appointees are not only celebrated by the media as the best and brightest America has to offer; they are … The New York Times Magazine wrote a long profile of Obama's deputy national security advisor for strategic communications -- his foreign-policy … The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns.…

May 11, 2016 – And the micro-blogging network's political pandering to liberals through the formation of an Orwellian Trust and Safety Council earned … Its staff sends clients valuable analyses and alerts of "unfolding terror attacks, political unrest and other potentially important … For the past two years, Dataminr has worked with government surveillance operatives to detect and flag real-time patterns and national…

May 10, 2016 – Now, however, this overly used phrase, “move on” has been hijacked by the political-cultural Left, and it has become a synonym for … As for examples of this new normal, one need only consider the current political-cultural climate. … In more local news it was suggested here in the great Midwest, by the St.…

May 10, 2016 – A Donald Trump Presidency May Have Unpredictable Economic Outcomes Trumponomics – Pragmatic Populism in the National Interest … achieved this status by challenging the establishment, promising to build a wall along the Mexican border and railing against political … Political ideology and the U.S. Constitution will probably not guide Mr. Trump’s economic decisions. Rather, Mr.…

May 27, 2016 – Something else was going on in Washington, D.C., the political capital, where an older generation was in power. … Along with political theater, trends in drama have changed. … Absurdity merely changed venues; it now exists inside the two political parties as they choose their presidential candidate.…

May 27, 2016 – It was conventional wisdom among the political cognoscenti during most of the primary season that Donald Trump could not win the general … Over 12 months of polling from May 2015 to April 2016, Hillary Clinton ran ahead of Trump in 63 national polls, while Trump led her … the narrow range of 41 to 46 percent of the vote in the four May polls sponsored by television networks -- CBS/New York Times, Fox News…

May 27, 2016 – Judicial overreach is moving beyond a theoretical political debate, as one Delaware state judge could throw the livelihoods of nearly … The state’s laws have not only been a boon for Delaware state revenue, but it’s what numerous multi-national corporations have come … danger the court presents to the state’s business climate, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani raised a similar concern with The News…

May 27, 2016 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is going up in smoke, Bern-ing away (yes, you read that … The news is spreading fast and everyone is rubber-necking as they drive by. … Of course, her biggest failure as chairwoman falls on her larger-than-appropriate presence in the national media.…

May 26, 2016 – That, from the Katie Couric of Yahoo News, of “CBS Evening News,” of “60 Minutes,” of the “Today” show and so on. … though they’re trying to do so by integrating possibly unconstitutional, and widely inaccurate, government no-fly lists into the National … incorporating these lists into NICS, which are not transparent and lack due process, is horrifying—and is nothing more than cheap political…

May 26, 2016 – Of course, neither Kristol nor any of the other radio show hosts, Fox News contributors, and commentators who share his vehemence for … Neoconservatives also prefer to use the national government in order “to interfere with the market for overriding social purposes,” … Regarding “a great power,” like America, “the ‘national interest’ is not a geographical term [.]”  It is “ideological.”…

May 25, 2016 – This is what national Democrats fear is going to happen in front of every major news network in the country: a devoted cohort of Sanders … Then again, Sanders told the Associated Press that life and democracy is messy—and that our political order isn’t always so gentle. … "condemn any and all forms of violence" but his campaign was bringing in newcomers to the process and first-time attendees of political…

May 25, 2016 – Clashes erupt outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico https://t.co/f08JSRR5I3https://t.co/a0L8ARU6aC — Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld … It’s intentional and it’s from the candidate himself,”  said Washington Post National Political Reporter Robert Costa.…

May 25, 2016 – The revelation is quite serious: National Public Radio, a supposedly neutral broadcast entity funded by taxpayers, was paid six … It also funded reporters and partnerships with other news outlets. … Over time this group created a sophisticated campaign to reshape the national narrative on Iran.…

May 24, 2016 – Enter the pollsters, with the news that Trump actually leads Clinton in voter preference (ABC/Associated Press) or trails her (NBC/ … One could call Trump a relic, as well, of an easier, looser time that overlaps with Clinton's, but his public exposure in the political … She's basically clearance merchandise; he, by contrast, has a style not seen around the national scene since ... probably ever.…

May 23, 2016 – Wang was previously delegate to China's National People's Congress, the country's ceremonial legislature. … Clinton, McAuliffe and DeBlasio are friends and political allies. … News of the McAuliffe probe comes one day after he held a high-dollar fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/eGAm8QKdUK (h/t…

May 23, 2016 – Really interesting stuff from National Review's Eliana Johnson, whose latest campaign dispatch sheds light on just how close Newt … Culvahouse to vet potential nominees, and Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that Gingrich is among a handful of people Trump … One thing is clear: Trump is not remotely averse to following his gut and taking astronomical, almost unthinkable, political risks.…