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On the Real Kamala Harris: |
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"In 2019, the watchdog site GovTrack rated Kamala Harris 'the most liberal' member of the Senate.
"She was the senator least likely to sign onto bipartisan legislation.
"Look for that write-up now, however, and you find a 'Page not found.' GovTrack deleted it.
"It's just one example of how Kamala Harris, once a hero of progressives, has been, along with helpful media, hiding all her far-left positions from voters.
"A centrist Democrat has a better chance of winning the election, so a centrist she shall be.
"But it doesn't take much searching to find the real politician, not the Kameleon she presents."
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— New York Post Editorial Board
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— New York Post Editorial Board
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Posted August 12, 2024 • 07:38 AM
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On the Need to 'Drill, Baby, Drill': |
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"It's hard to imagine a political debate over the need for food or water. Not about how or from where either is obtained, but about the human need for them. We don't need to say 'Plant, Baby, Plant!' to remind us that agriculture is a critical industry, or 'Pump, Baby, Pump!' to highlight the importance of maintaining the water supply. But when it comes to oil, the politically motivated mantra, 'Drill, Baby, Drill!' invokes controversy.
"The controversy comes from the idea that petroleum is a discretionary product -- something that we can simply 'transition' away from. Yet petroleum is as essential to the health and survival of modern society as are food and water."
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— Mark P. Mills, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a Contributing Editor at the City Journal
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— Mark P. Mills, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a Contributing Editor at the City Journal
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Posted August 09, 2024 • 08:05 AM
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Reporting On Noncitizens Being Registered to Vote in U.S. Elections: |
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"As part of their embarrassing smear campaign against Republicans worried about the integrity of America's elections, legacy media have twisted themselves into pretzels trying to convince the country that foreign nationals interfering in the U.S. electoral system is a nonexistent problem.
"So-called 'journalists' and their Democrat political allies regularly claim concerns about noncitizens registering ahead of and voting in the 2024 election are baseless because it's already illegal for foreigners to cast ballots in federal contests. Of course, these self-professed 'experts' on 'misinformation' conveniently decline to mention that there's no enforcement mechanism to prevent this from happening; or that numerous Democrat-run cities have granted illegal aliens the ability to vote in municipal races.
"Yet, for all their hyperbolic grandstanding and opposition to ensuring only eligible Americans have a say in U.S. elections, Democrats have no legs left to stand on when it's revealed that foreign nationals are, in fact, registering to vote."
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— Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
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— Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
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Posted August 08, 2024 • 08:07 AM
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Reporting on Cori Bush Becoming the Second ‘Squad’ Member to Lose Reelection This Year: |
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"Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., lost her reelection bid during Missouri's primary elections on Tuesday, making her the second 'Squad' member to receive the pink slip from voters this year.
"With 99 percent of votes tabulated as of publication, Wesley Bell is projected to be the Democrat nominee in the battle for the Show Me State's 1st Congressional District this November. Preliminary results show Bell won 51.2 percent of the vote, with Bush finishing second with 45.6 percent. ...
"Bush's ouster came weeks after her fellow 'Squad' member and Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost his reelection bid during New York's June 25 primary elections."
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— Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
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— Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
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Posted August 07, 2024 • 08:23 AM
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On the Contenders to Become Vice President Kamala Harris's Running Mate: |
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"The battle to become Vice President Harris's running mate is turning increasingly ugly as a decision nears and Democrats rally around their own preferred picks.
"Progressives angered by Israel's war in Gaza have increasingly targeted Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who is Jewish, over his stances on Israel and handling of pro-Palestinian protests. Separately, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) also flagged concerns about Shapiro to Harris's team, according to Politico.
"The left wing of the Democratic Party is increasingly pushing for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) to be the Harris pick. A number of House Democrats have been trying to boost Walz, a source familiar with the conversations said.
"Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), another top contender, has seen some union leaders publicly question whether he should get the nod, though the talk has not reached the nastiness of the debate over Shapiro."
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— Julia Manchester and Amie Parnes, The Hill
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— Julia Manchester and Amie Parnes, The Hill
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Posted August 06, 2024 • 07:10 AM
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On Inflation and the Jobs Report: |
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"For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went back down.
"In fact the prices just kept rising, just not at the same clip they had been rising at the peak.
"In short, gas prices, food prices, housing prices, energy prices, and insurance costs are still blowing away everyday people's budgets, making them cut costs on essentials or drive up credit card debt despite the Biden-Harris administration consistently dismissing their plight for two years.
"On Friday, things just became worse for middle America's economic concerns when the latest jobs report for July showed that not only has job growth slowed to an alarming number, only adding 114,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis when experts had been expecting 176,00 new jobs, but the June and May jobs reports were revised lower by 29,000 jobs.
"This means that 10 out of the last 14 reports have now been revised lower."
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— Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
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— Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
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Posted August 05, 2024 • 07:51 AM
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On the State of Education and the Priorities of the American Federation of Teachers: |
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"Last week's American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention was, effectively, a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. The labor union formally endorsed Harris last Tuesday, and it spent much of the week heaping praise on her while demonizing school choice and its champions.
"The union did not spend the week talking about how to solve the devastating learning loss caused by the school closures it intentionally prolonged. It also did not meaningfully address fixing the chronic absenteeism crisis or the total breakdown of discipline that has led to many of its members being unsafe at work. Neither did Harris, who focused on student debt cancellation, gun control, and repeating a false narrative about Florida's parental rights law.
"If students were doing well, the AFT and Harris would want to shout it from the rooftops. But there is painfully little to brag about for government-run schooling. Four years since the Covid-19 lockdowns, and after $189.5 billion in federal relief funding for K-12 schools, students are still struggling."
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— Angela Morabito, a Former U.S. Department of Education Press Secretary and a Visiting Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum
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— Angela Morabito, a Former U.S. Department of Education Press Secretary and a Visiting Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum
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Posted August 02, 2024 • 09:51 AM
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On Democrats Lunacy and Hatred of Former President Donald Trump: |
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"As Michael Kinsley defined it, a gaffe occurs when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
"Joe Biden passed the test when he explained why he was pushing a radical overhaul of the Supreme Court.
"It's because Donald Trump made him do it. ...
"Whatever the reason, Biden's confession Monday at the LBJ Presidential Library perfectly captures the cause of the turmoil that has reshaped American public life in the last nine years.
"Starting in 2015, Trump's political rise set off a chain reaction of lunacy and hatred the likes of which we have not seen in modern times."
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— Michael Goodwin, New York Post
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— Michael Goodwin, New York Post
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Posted July 31, 2024 • 08:22 AM
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On President Biden's Plan for 'Reforming' the Supreme Court: |
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"This week, President Biden introduced his plan for 'reforming' the Supreme Court, featuring an unconstitutional proposal for imposing term limits on justices. This development follows years of relentless leftist attacks and unfair criticism towards the constitutionalist justices on the Supreme Court, particularly Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
"President Biden claims these 'reforms' are necessary because 'what is happening now (on the Supreme Court) ... undermines the public's confidence in recent court decisions' and has negatively impacted 'our personal freedom.' In reality, the political left simply doesn't like that recent rulings have held up the Constitution's limits on the power of government."
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— Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
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— Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
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Posted July 30, 2024 • 08:42 AM
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Reporting On Democrats Being Anxious About Vice President Harris's Ability to Beat Donald Trump: |
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"Behind the public jubilation over Vice President Harris's swift rise to become their party's likely nominee for president, Democratic lawmakers are privately anxious about her prospects of defeating former President Trump, acknowledging that she is largely untested as a candidate and faces serious challenges.
"The anxiety, for the most part, has been set aside out of a deep sense of relief that President Biden decided to drop his reelection bid. After months of unease over the 81-year-old incumbent, Democratic lawmakers are glad to rally behind Harris in hopes she will rev up Democratic donors along with young and minority voters.
"But concerns are already bubbling up over Harris's ability to connect as well as Biden did in 2020 with white working-class and union voters in three states that were critical to defeating Trump: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."
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— Alexander Bolton, The Hill
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— Alexander Bolton, The Hill
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Posted July 29, 2024 • 08:17 AM
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