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Politics, Not Personalities, Will Likely Determine Presidential Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2016/06/16…alities-will-likely-determine-presidential-election-n2178905
– But take some of our most iconic political figures and one can find comparable extremist rhetoric. … Trump likely would oppose further gun control and follow a National Rifle Association agenda. … We have become exhausted by the flurry of daily political news -- Trump's latest outrages, the fallout from Clinton's email scandal…
Orlando shooting reaction has the feel of eternal recurrence
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/06/15/orl…hooting-reaction-has-the-feel-of-eternal-recurrence-n2178216
– As soon as news broke, pundits and politicians returned to dog-eared scripts to repeat lines memorized long ago. … rote thinking, the president was truly a representative if not of the American people then at least of much of the media and the political … The New York Daily News blamed the attacks on the National Rifle Association.…
Mr. Williams, Let’s Not Crack Jokes While Reporting On The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/13/mr-willia…reporting-on-the-worst-mass-shooting-in-us-history-n2177134
– It was a busy day for the Media Research Center’s Newsbusters crew, as news coverage was dominated by the horrific mass shooting ( … Speaking of, the inevitable political reaction to this. Kelly O'Donnell in our newsroom in Washington with that. Kelly? … tragedy given that we are in a political season, but the words right below us there, “deadliest mass shooting in American history.…
GOP Delegates Should Block Trump at Convention to Make America Great Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2016/06/11/gop…ock-trump-at-convention-to-make-america-great-again-n2176680
– You wouldn’t know it based on the headlines promoted by news outlets across the country, but more than 15 million Republicans, a majority … As Andrew Romano explains in a fantastic piece for Yahoo News, “The rules of the Republican National Convention have never permitted … Trump must be stopped, no matter what the political ramifications.…
Oh Boy: Was A National Security Position Given As Payback To A Clinton Foundation Donor?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/10/oh-boy-wa…ition-given-as-payback-for-clinton-foundation-donor-n2176502
– ABC News’ Brian Ross was threatened with arrest for merely asking Fernando about his appointment during the 2012 Democratic National … Copies of dozens of internal emails were provided to ABC News by the conservative political group Citizens United, which obtained them … the news organization to State.…
Going to Extremes to Start a Conversation
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/06/10/going-to-extremes-to-start-a-conversation-n2176248
– The other day, former CBS News darling Katie Couric was speaking at an event organized by something called "TheWrap." … Almost invariably, when I hear calls for "frank talk," "honest dialogue" or a new "national conversation," I immediately translate … It's a way of luring dissenters from political correctness out into the open so they can be smashed over the head with a rock.…
White House Admits FBI Probe of Hillary's Emails Is a 'Criminal' Investigation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/06/09/white…robe-of-hillarys-emails-is-a-criminal-investigation-n2176225
– The Republican National Committee caught the remark during Earnest's answer to a question regarding whether the FBI can remain neutral … "They don't have political jobs," Earnest said.  … their political party, regardless of their political stature and regardless of what political figure has endorsed them.” …
For Never Trump, What Follows the French Mistake?
https://townhall.com/columnists/deroymurdock/2016/06/09/for-never-trump-what-follows-the-french-mistake-n2175981
– Army Reserve Major and Iraq War veteran, and a subsequent career as an attorney, legal scholar, and thoughtful essayist with National … And now, Kristol and his Never Trump army propose to stop Trump with a constitutional lawyer unencumbered by name ID, political experience … Bill Kristol and Never Trump need to imagine waking up every day for the next four to eight years and hearing these words on the news
Brutal: New Ad Destroys Rubio's Likely Opponent Over Fabricated Accomplishments
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/06/28/new-ad-slams-rubio-opponent-n2184894
National Republicans are referring to Marco Rubio's likely Democratic Senate opponent in Florida "privileged Patrick."   … It seems he hasn't accomplished much on his own merits, so he's relied on his family's money to help bankroll political campaigns in … savage report exposing numerous fabricated elements of Murphy's resume: The National Republican Senatorial Committee…
Why the Left Hates Referendums
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2016/06/28/why-the-left-hates-referendums-n2184036
– For the left, real people are either political fodder or, when they support the left, useful idiots. … To the left nations are archaic constructs, impediments to the left-wing ideal of a world without national identities. … As long as the left controls education and the news and entertainment media, brainwashed populations will vote to destroy their nations…
After Brexit, a Trump Path to Victory
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2016/06/28/after-brexit-a-trump-path-to-victory-n2184035
– The French National Front of Marine Le Pen and the Dutch Party for Freedom both want out of the EU. … In Britain, all the mainstream parties -- Labor, Tory, Liberal Democrat, Scottish National -- supported "Remain." All lost. … Yesterday, news arrived that in May alone, the U.S. had run a trade deficit in goods of $60 billion.…
Can We Harness the Worldwide Populist Movement?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2016/06/28/can-we-harness-the-worldwide-populist-movement-n2184034
– The vote to leave the European Union won decisively in Britain, which doubtlessly shocked the elites and political forecasters. … And though this by no means ensures a Trump victory in November, it is nevertheless encouraging news for him. … processes, which are largely national.…
From ‘Never Trump’ to ‘Maybe Trump’
https://townhall.com/columnists/mattbarber/2016/06/26/from-never-trump-to-maybe-trump-n2183501
– While I maintain many of my original reservations, after Tuesday’s meeting, and as I told CBN News in an interview immediately following … While Great Britain just voted to reclaim its national sovereignty, a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to completely relinquish our … , as most credible legal scholars agree, unconstitutionally muzzles pastors from the pulpit on issues relating to politics and political
The Redcoats Opt for Independence
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2016/06/26/the-redcoats-opt-for-independence-n2183498
– After reading newspapers and watching television news, it would seem that this was not how the British people (and Welsh and Scottish … But it also resonates with the very American ideal of political independence. … Perhaps our illustrious leaders would leap to provide us with a national referendum on term limits for Congress.…
If Donald Trump Is the Nominee, Hillary Clinton Has Already Won in November
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2016/06/26/if-do…nominee-hillary-clinton-has-already-won-in-november-n2183450
– This is not rocket science and you don’t have to be a political genius to figure it out. … Via National Review:  In the latest ABC News poll, Trump’s unfavorable ratings among all Americans have hit 70 percent; and … His favorable rating among his base of white men is 46 percent, down from 54 percent in last month’s ABC News poll.…
Stop Traffic: Even Gawker Says Democrats Are Fighting Over A Useless Gun Control Bill
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/24/stop-traf…c-no-fly-no-buy-gun-control-push-a-useless-exercise-n2182397
– Gawker might have angered both the political left and right with their stories, which finally caught up with them when they decided … Moreover, it's a real waste of political capital on a “useless” bill, but I won’t stop the trainwreck [Warning: it’s Gawker, so there … Democrats, on the other hand, have a chance to bash the National Rifle Association.…
After Brexit: With Britain Filing For Divorce From EU, Others May Follow Suit
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/24/draft-n2182949
– Some are calling this the end of the massive decades-long political project that has bedeviled UK conservatives. … UK’s exit from the EU has erased the nation’s mandate on guiding the socioeconomic destiny of Northern Ireland, according to ITV News … on the #EUref, "We'll have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired." https://t.co/4D5aUNakkU — Sky News
BREAKING: UK Prime Minister David Cameron Resigns
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/24/brexit-how-long-can-cameron-remain-prime-minister-n2182966
– As Britain absorbed the stunning news, the political fallout reached to the highest level with Prime Minister David Cameron saying … The United Kingdom itself as a political entity could be on the line: It doesn’t matter that the result was narrow. … national editor Allegra Stratton.…
The GOP’s Cleveland Message to Trump: You’re Fired
https://townhall.com/columnists/brianandgarrettfahy/2016/06/24/the-gops-cleveland-message-to-trump-youre-fired-n2182918
– concern – Muslim terrorism – but appropriately vilified for his proposal to address it – banning Muslim immigration – was given a political … The political moment didn’t require Trump to do anything new or novel: express sympathy for the victims and condemn the shooter, and … Despite the torrent of bad news, Hillary Clinton is still Hillary Clinton.  …
Man Who Set Up Hillary's Private Server Pleads the Fifth More Than 125 Times
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/06/23/man-wh…up-hillarys-private-server-pleads-the-fifth--times-n2182602
– he would be invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege however not to quite to every single question that we asked," Cotca told Fox News … It’s important to remember that this wasn’t just any staffer; this was a longtime aide who obtained an unusual political appointment … as Secretary of State, and it ultimately led to the exposure of classified information on more than 2,000 occasions and put our national
Silly Sit-In
https://townhall.com/columnists/richgalen/2016/06/23/silly-sitin-n2182599
– Those who have similarly chilly feelings toward Trump are in the mid-to-high 60s, although in a Washington Post/ABC News poll released … Bill Clinton broke onto the national scene.  Let’s look at that.   … Still, it adds to the problem Trump is having with his negatives which continue to hover well into the political stratosphere.  …
At Least Bush Kept Us Safe At Home
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2016/06/23/at-least-bush-kept-us-safe-at-home-n2182330
– shows how concern over the civil rights of the would-be attackers has greater merit to this administration apparently than does national … Robert Spencer, director of jihadwatch.org, once told me how political correctness toward Islam makes us less safe. … Art Moore, news editor for WND.com, co-wrote the book with Phil Haney.…
Rubio's Risk: Why He Changed His Mind and is Running for Re-Election
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/06/22/rubio-statement-n2182188
– Here he is with Fox News' Chris Wallace, via the Free Beacon: Rubio's campaign also released a fairly lengthy statement … It's also true that Rubio's move holds obvious political risks.   … If the Trump undertow does sink Rubio, his political future will be severely crippled, if not dead.  …
Horror and Hush-Up in Twin Falls, Idaho
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2016/06/22/horror-and-hushup-in-twin-falls-idaho-n2181979
– On June 7, a brief news item appeared on local Twin Falls, Idaho-based KMVT about a "reported sexual assault that possibly occurred … The social media groundswell, untethered from the constraints of political correctness, forced government authorities to respond. … These critics now have Twin Falls' political leaders sputtering to cover their backsides and police brass defending themselves against…
The Truth Has Been (Omitted)
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2016/06/22/the-truth-has-been-omitted-n2181945
– But there's good news: At least he controls the information flow. … run-up to the Iran deal the Obama administration simply altered reality to fit its narrative: It had fiction writer and deputy national … We won't find out where they hid most of the political bodies until too late -- just as we won't find out what Clinton hid in her private…
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