Jonah Goldberg: The right’s game of footsie with the alt-right ostensibly ended when Trump won…Like France after the liberation, it seemed everyone was suddenly a member of the resistance and nobody was a collaborator.
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Nevada Governor Declares Emergency Because of Pot Shortage
Gov. Brian Sandoval has declared a state of emergency because Nevada is running out of marijuana! Maybe Sandoval had a severe case of the munchies that clouded his thinking or maybe his priorities are just different, but mobilizing the state government because of a “wacky tobaccy” shortage breaks new ground in emphasizing trivialities.
A Trump Takedown Would Damage Democracy
Pat Buchanan: If Washington brings Trump down, will the rest of America rejoice?…My guess: The reaction will be one of bitterness, cynicism, despair, a sense that the fix is in, that no matter what we do, they will not let us win.
Texas Economy Booms While California Wheezes Along
In California they care about the environment and if workers have to be sacrificed on the altar of carbon denial, then so be it. And in California this whole idea of “growth” makes our rulers uncomfortable. It might produce carbon or encourage someone to buy a car or even worse build a car.
Trump Approval Above 50% in 17 States
The president’s highest approval ratings were in West Virginia at 60 percent, North Dakota at 59 percent and South Dakota at 57 percent
Children a Blessing from God, Not a Climate Change Curse
The assumption is that catastrophic climate change caused by human activity is real. I don’t believe it. Nor do millions of other sane and well-educated Americans — including many scientists.
Climate Alarmists Increasingly Resemble Doomsday Preachers
The Ugly Environmentalist does something similar. He exaggerates the challenge of global warming by using ever more hysterical rhetoric, thinking that if the last doomsday prediction didn’t work, this one will.
Trump Opponents Attack His Children
Chuck Morse: The war against Trump is now turning ugly and personal as his opponents harass him at his most vulnerable area by going after his children. They are uncovering minutiae, things that would have been overlooked if the perpetrator was a more acceptable establishment figure like, say, Hillary Clinton, or John McCain, or Elizabeth Warren.
Black Cops’ Lives Don’t Matter to the Left
Clarence McKee: Those so willing to be judge, jury, and executioners of cops when blacks are killed by cops were nowhere to be found when these two black policewomen were slain by black thugs.
No Crystal Ball for Long-Term Climate Predictions
Larry Bell: Temperatures were at least as warm about 2,000 years ago when Christianity arose during the “Roman Warm Period.” They were also about the same as current temperatures during the “Medieval Warm Period” about a thousand years later when followers of Erik the Red raised sheep and goats on southwestern Greenland’s coastal grasslands.
By Exposing Media, Trump Might Make It More Honest
Chuck Morse: By exposing the fake media, President Trump might ultimately force them to become more honest. They are realizing that they no longer hold a monopoly on the media and information highway.
Fake News Media Fails to Destroy Trump
The stock market is soaring. The economy is improving and employment is up. But all you get from the Fake News Media (FNM) every night is more Trump bashing.
Exploring the Importance of Israel in the Bible
Rabbi Tuly Weisz (first column): Since I work closely with so many Christians around the world, I know that the news about Israel is usually not reported accurately.
Anti-Trump Anger Helps Democrats Lose Again
Six months into a Trump presidency they still think they can somehow undo, Democrats still don’t realize that their problem is their old and tired message and their old and tired messengers.
Is Trump Under Criminal Investigation or Not?
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Of what value is a criminal investigation of a person if that person cannot be charged criminally? Can’t the president fire an FBI director without fear of a criminal investigation of his purposes? Can’t he order the cessation of a criminal investigation without fearing that the FBI will investigate the reasons for his order?
Planned Parenthood Issue Played a Big Role in GOP GA Win
Several sources in the Peach State who spoke to Newsmax agreed that the issue of Planned Parenthood and whether it should receive tax dollars played a pivotal role in Handel’s win.
Lotteries Encourage Big Government
R.J. Moeller: Lotteries were instituted for to increase revenue for the government without having to raise taxes. That might seem like a good idea. But what happens is that elected officials feel even more entitled to over-spend when they see the government’s coffers filling up
Mueller, Rosenstein Must Withdraw from Russia Probe
James Hirsen: It is not possible for a legitimate charge of obstruction of justice to be made — either legally or constitutionally. Additionally, mounting conflicts of interest involved with the special counsel investigation mandate the recusal of Rosenstein and his special counsel appointee Mueller.
NSA Leaker Hates Trump, Backed Bernie Sanders
Reality Winner, the 25-year-old federal contractor charged with leaking top secret information to the media, has a long social media trail of liberal political posts and is a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Winner also hates President Donald Trump, once posting that the president is a “piece of s***” over his moves to stop protests against the Dakota Access pipeline.
CNN’s Toobin: Trump’s Right That Comey Is Showboat
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin is not a fan of President Donald Trump, but he has found one thing he could agree with him on: James Comey is a “showboat.”