John Stossel: As Republicans struggle to agree on a tax plan, Democrats and much of the media label each attempt at reform a “gift” to rich people…But the media and Democrats (is there a difference?) are wrong because they routinely portray rich people as parasites who take from other people.
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Why Mike Pence Is the Most Important Man in America
Arthur Herman: The election of Donald Trump was a political earthquake. What we all need now is someone who can sift through the rubble…but also prepare the way for reconstruction on new…foundations. Not many of us have a destiny; Mike Pence may be one who does.
Trump Tweets at Lavar Ball and Mainstream Media Falls All Over Itself
Tomi Lahren: Mr. Ball, your klepto kid doesn’t have to worry about that because Donald Trump personally stepped in and made sure he got home…This is just another instance in a series of BS where Donald Trump is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.
Lena Dunham Embodies the Myth of White Liberal Tolerance
Jeremy Hunt: It turns out that despite being a figurehead for liberal “tolerance,” Dunham has a troubling track record with people of color.
Public Grade School Shuts Down “Illegal” Bible Study
Thou shall not study thy Bible — at least not during lunchtime.That’s the new commandment at Hudsonville Elementary School in Michigan. The school district shut down a lunchtime Bible study for fifth graders that was led by a teacher.
California Mandates Send Electric Prices Skyrocketing, But Texas Free Market Policies Keep Prices Low
California’s rush to impose harsh government mandates cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the generation of electricity is raising the electricity bills of families and businesses across the state. Poor families are suffering the most.
Trump Represents the US Far Better in Asia Trip Than Obama Ever Did
Steve Mosher: President Trump did us all proud on his Asia trip – at least those of us who are still prouder to be Americans rather than citizens of the world. He scored points by simply behaving like the leader of our nation and the free world. President Obama was never comfortable in either role.
GQ Should’ve Named Kaepernick “Coward of the Year”
Todd Starnes: Apparently, GQ seems to think that disrespecting our military and spitting on our flag is a symbol of heroism and manliness. That’s not citizenship – that’s cowardice.
Attacking “Toxic Masculinity” Won’t Stop Sexual Assault
Tom Shillue: Masculinity is not toxic after all. In the hands of someone who’s been raised in a religious home, with parents who stayed together, and with the influence of good role models, masculinity can be very positive, indeed.
British vs. American Press: A Race to the Bottom
If there’s one politician who can understand Donald Trump’s frustration with a wildly biased news media, it’s British Prime Minister Theresa May. Her country’s press is on an all-out campaign to force her resignation.
Texas Shooting: Gun Laws Aren’t the Problem. It’s Government Incompetence
If our government cannot perform simple tasks like filling our criminal record forms and entering information into databases, then why in the world would we burden federal employees with new gun laws that do nothing but restrict the constitutional rights of citizens and vendors in full compliance with the law?
Liberal Media Fixates on Laws that Wouldn’t Have Stopped Texas Attack
One thing is certain: the proposals put forward by gun control advocates wouldn’t have stopped this attack. What they ignored was what stopped the killer was a good guy with a gun.
Students at Liberal Reed College Stage Occupation Over Whitewashed Curriculum
An anti-racism group at Reed College in Portland, Ore., called for the school to cut ties to Wells Fargo Bank over its relationship with privately run prisons and stop teaching what it called a “whitewashed” curriculum that is too focused on the ideas and accomplishments of white Europeans and their descendants.
Get Used to Conservative Outsiders, America
Ed Rollins: Last year, team members at my organization, Great America PAC, placed 30 million phone calls and sent over 2.5 million pieces of direct mail. We motivated millions of active, engaged Trump supporters across the country. And we will do so again in 2018 to elect real representatives who will stand behind our president’s America First agenda and drain the swamp.
New York Terror Attack — We’ve Seen the Face of Evil But Our Politicians Want Us to Look Away
John Moody: It’s legitimate to debate about whether President Trump is unfairly singling out Muslims in his efforts to make America safe. But when a terrorist kills Americans – this time, with a rental truck – and then shouts “God is great” in Arabic, the president’s zeal is understandable.
It’s Paul Manafort’s Indictment, Not Trump’s
Erick Erickson: Much of the political left is cheering about the indictment of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. They think it will undermine President Trump. The problem, though, is that it appears increasingly likely that Manfort’s indictment has nothing to do with the Trump campaign.
Ellen DeGeneres Proves She’s a Hypocrite with a Sexist Tweet of Herself Staring at Kate Perry’s Breasts
TV show host Ellen DeGeneres made an impassioned – and blatantly hypocritical – speech recently on her program condemning sexual harassment. And then she went on to do what she condemned.
IRS Admits Conservative Groups Were Targets During Obama Era
Jay Sekulow: It took many years to resolve. But I am delighted to report that we have just obtained a resounding victory in our legal challenge to the IRS’s political targeting of conservative organizations.
Trump Is on the Verge of a Big Win. Brace Yourself for Hysteria from the Left
Stuart Varney: President Trump is on the verge of a big win on taxes and the economy. The left is very worried that a tax cutting deal would grow the economy. They don’t want the president to get credit for that.
The Rich Pay Their Share of Taxes, and They Will After Tax Reform Too
Ari Fleischer: Our tax system is unfair, at least if you measure fairness by the fact that a very small number of taxpayers carry almost all the income tax burden. The top ten percent of earners, those making more than $138,000 in 2015, made 47 percent of the nation’s income, but they paid 71 percent of the nation’s income tax.
Stop Throwing Money at Poor Nations
Brad Lips: The international community has donated more than $1.8 trillion to poor countries since 2000 – but this development aid hasn’t lifted many people out of poverty. Arguably, it has made some recipient nations poorer.
The Clinton Cover-Up, Brought to You By the Same Guys Who Are Investigating Trump
Gregg Jarrett: Damning new evidence appears to show that Hillary Clinton used her office as Secretary of State to confer benefits to Russia in exchange for millions of dollars in donations to her foundation and cash to her husband. It seems it was all covered up for years by the same three people who are now involved in the investigation of President Trump over so-called Russian “collusion.”
All Men Are Not Like Harvey Weinstein — But the Left Wants You to Think So
Karol Markowitz: Maligning half the population as exploiters of women mixes in the bad guys with the good ones–and it’s the Weinsteins of the world who benefit.
CNN’s Latest Smear: Evil Trump Appointee Ravages Environment
John Stossel: If these zealots and their sycophants in the media get their way, America will become a place with no mining, no pipelines, no oil drilling, no new … anything.