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Governments create problems. Then they complain about them.
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November 13, 2019
November 12, 2019
The Election is Trump’s to Lose By Brian C. Joondeph
Election season is underway, with less than a year until the mother of all elections in November 2020. Will Americans vote to keep America great or toss 250 years of liberty and prosperity to the wind in favor of socialism? Is President Donald Trump headed to a second term or will the deep state establishment thwart his reelection at any cost?
November 12, 2019
The Post and Liberal Media Again Get It Wrong About Trump Economy By Stephen Moore
First, a full admission about this article: I originally sent a version of it to The Washington Post for publication, but for reasons that will become obvious as you read on, they rejected it.
November 12, 2019
Bernie Leads His Party to Open Borders By Patrick J. Buchanan
Some 100 members of an American Mormon community in northern Mexico, nine of whom -- women, children, toddlers -- were massacred a week ago on a lonely stretch of highway, just crossed over into Arizona.
November 9, 2019
For Progressives, Capturing the Democratic Party Is More Important Than Beating Trump By Ted Rall
Nothing, leading Democrats say, matters more than beating Donald Trump. 2020, they argue, is the most important election of our lifetimes (OK, they always say that).
November 8, 2019
Will 'Sexist' White Males Derail Warren? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After celebrating Tuesday's takeover of Virginia's legislature and the Kentucky governorship, the liberal establishment appears poised to crush its biggest threat: the surging candidacy of Elizabeth Warren.
November 8, 2019
The 2 Parties' Very Different Fields of Candidates By Michael Barone
Have you noticed that the two parties' fields of presidential candidates have, in the past two election cycles, grown enormously larger than (if not necessarily superior to) those in past years? Where parties used to have two to five serious candidates to choose from, Republicans had 17 in 2016, and, by my count, Democrats this cycle have had 27.
November 7, 2019
Election 2019: Another Win for Democrats in Virginia Pushes State Further off the Competitive Map By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Virginia by five points while winning the national popular vote by two (and losing the Electoral College). This was the most Democratic the state had voted for president, relative to the nation, since FDR was in the White House. The following year, Democrats held all three statewide offices by surprisingly large margins, and made an eye-popping gain of 15 net seats in the state House of Delegates, coming within a drawing in a tied race from forging a 50-50 tie in the body. Last year, Democrats netted three U.S. House seats and Sen. Tim Kaine (D) was reelected easily. And then on Tuesday night, Democrats netted what appears to be a half-dozen seats in the state House and two in the state Senate to win total control of state government in Richmond.
November 6, 2019
Three Cheers for Refugee Reduction By Michelle Malkin
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump approved a new annual refugee cap of 18,000, the lowest since the U.S. program began in 1980. The reduction follows news that America took a pause last month and refused to admit any new refugees. On economic, public safety and national security grounds, this is a very good thing for the 325 million people already in our country. But you wouldn't know it from the grim headlines and hysterical condemnations by globalist zealots and media sympathizers.
November 6, 2019
Set Money Free By John Stossel
House members summoned Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to Washington, D.C., and grilled him -- harshly -- about his plan to create a new currency, Libra.
November 5, 2019
Nancy Pelosi's Stall Tactics Hurt America's Economy By Stephen Moore
Wouldn't it be wonderful if for one brief shining moment in Washington, Congress put good policy over politics -- and passed a bill that would benefit American workers, investors and businesses?
November 5, 2019
Where Are the 'High Crimes'? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
November 1, 2019
50 Years Ago: The Day Nixon Routed the Establishment By Patrick J. Buchanan
What are the roots of our present disorder, of the hostilities and hatreds that so divide us? When did we become this us vs. them nation?
November 1, 2019
Boris Johnson Headed to Big Brexit Victory? By Michael Barone
It has been 1,225 days since an all-time-high turnout of British voters chose, by a 52 to 48% margin, to Leave rather than Remain in the European Union. Now with a general election set for Dec. 12, it looks like Britain is finally about to escape the EU's "ever closer union."
October 31, 2019
Election 2019 Mega-Preview: Political Conformity Seeks Further Confirmation By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Looking ahead to next week’s elections in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia; House ratings changes.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Nationalized politics points to a Democratic edge in next week’s Virginia state legislative elections, and a Republican advantage in the Kentucky and Mississippi gubernatorial races.
— Yet, there remains uncertainty in all of those key contests as local factors test the durability of larger partisan trends.
— Unrelated to next week’s action, we have two House rating changes to announce, both benefiting Republicans. The pending CA-25 special election moves from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic following Rep. Katie Hill’s (D) decision to resign, and Rep. Conor Lamb (D, PA-17) moves from Safe Democratic to Likely Democratic.
— However, what appears to be a pending court-ordered congressional remap in North Carolina should benefit Democrats.
October 30, 2019
Radical Spawn Chesa Boudin: Nation's Most Toxic DA Candidate By Michelle Malkin
Socialist Bernie Sanders just endorsed the bleeding-heart candidate for San Francisco District Attorney who makes President Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, look like Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
October 30, 2019
Ending Wars By John Stossel
Four years ago, the media were talking about a "Libertarian Moment."
October 29, 2019
Trump Economy Surges, Biden and Obama Hog the Credit By Stephen Moore
Joe Biden is at it again -- living in his own parallel universe. The same former vice president who says that his son Hunter was hired by a Ukrainian oil and gas company because of his expertise in energy policy is now claiming that President Donald Trump has "squandered" the strong Obama economy he inherited.
October 29, 2019
Is Trump Facing a 1960s-Style Revolt? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Sunday morning, President Trump announced that the world's worst terrorist, the head of the ISIS caliphate who had raped an American woman, had received justice.
October 26, 2019
Generation X Faces a Bleak, Impoverished Old Age By Ted Rall
In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome "13th Gen," about Generation X -- the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention, they would have committed suicide.
