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May 24 2019
News
Trump campaign views healthcare as a 2020 campaign weapon
President Donald Trump’s campaign believes he can turn Republicans’ biggest liability from last year’s congressional elections - the debate about the future of healthcare in America - into a winning issue for his reelection.
That would have appeared highly unlikely just months ago, when Democrats seized upon the issue of coverage for pre-existing medical conditions to capture control of
ReutersOct 22 2012
News
What we can learn about relationships from politically divided couples
The first sign of their political differences surfaced on the first date, when she noticed the photo on his wall of him posing and smiling with George H.W. Bush. He was a 30-year-old petty officer in the Navy and a Southern Baptist from Georgia. She was from a liberal family in San Diego, a 19-year-old who had protested military recruitment on her high school campus. Still, he was charming and
CNN (Online News)Jul 03 2022
Headline Roundup
How Did The Latest Supreme Court Term Place Limits on Federal Power?
The most recent Supreme Court term ended with a number of significant decisions that placed limits on the federal government’s regulatory powers.
Some recent consequential decisions include giving states the power to pass laws that criminalize abortions, overturning New York’s concealed-carry law for handguns, and weakening the separation between church and state. Many analysts noted
Associated Press Fact Check Axios Fox News (Online News)Apr 24 2019
News
Mueller’s ‘Scarlet Letter’ Impeachment Road Map
Nathaniel Hawthorne, call your office. Hester Prynne, your fictional protagonist, had a scarlet letter “A” imprinted on her dress, to wear in public and thus advertise to the end of her life her adulterous relationship. Hester was ostracized, a punishment visited on Donald Trump by various public- and private-life segments of the Never Trump coalition: academics, Hollywood and above all, left-
The American SpectatorJul 04 2019
News
Happiness Depends on Freedom, and Freedom Depends on Courage
The Currency of American Freedom is Blood. We Would Do Well to Remember it.
The absence of signage made finding it a challenge. It was a steamy-hot summer day on Okinawa. Leaving the comfortable air conditioning of the taxi, my sunglasses immediately fogged-up. As a native of the American South, I am used to heat and humidity, but this was something different. Half an hour later, my son
The American SpectatorJul 03 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Democrats’ Leftward Turn Was a Reaction to Hillary Clinton
She’ll never be president, but she’s made history nonetheless.
The consensus view on the right is that Hillary Clinton was a primary reason for Donald Trump’s success in 2016. But not all conservatives agree about why that was.
For devotees of the Trump-as-savior narrative, Clinton — and all the allegedly nefarious forces at her beck and call — was a uniquely formidable opponent
Guest Writer - RightOct 06 2014
News
Wendy Davis Struggles to Gain Traction in Texas Governor’s Race
Despite raising millions of dollars and attracting international media attention, Democrat Wendy Davis is struggling to make her campaign for Texas governor competitive.
Democrats had high hopes that the state senator, who became an overnight sensation among liberals last year with a marathon filibuster of an abortion bill, could turn the tide in Texas, where the party hasn’t won a
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 20 2019
News
Joe Biden refuses to apologize, getting in his own way on race
Joe Biden can't seem to get out of his own way.
His campaign started the day by defending his nostalgia for a more civil Washington -- when getting things done meant working with segregationists on occasion.
His comments at a campaign fundraiser in New York Tuesday night drew swift rebukes from his Democratic rivals for president, drawing the controversy into the next news cycle
CNN (Online News)Jun 13 2019
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Latest Polling and Dems 2020 Update
On Tuesday, Quinnipiac released a poll in which “several Democratic challengers lead President Donald Trump, with former Vice President Joseph Biden ahead 53 - 40 percent.” (Quinnipiac)
Last Thursday, Democratic candidate Joe Biden “declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions.” This came days after his
The Flip SideOct 14 2020
Analysis
Amy Coney Barrett: Scalia protege in outlook, not temperament
Jennifer Brady, a centrist Democrat and former English professor at Rhodes College, can’t reconcile two things: her strong admiration for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett – one of the top two students she had in 36 years of teaching – and her deep concern about Senate Republicans pushing through her nomination so late in an election year.
“Had the Republicans not cynically
Christian Science Monitor