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By: Rachel Bade, Carla Marinucci, & Elana Schor – politico.com – November 4, 2018 House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election Day. But Trump, unsurprisingly, had another issue on his mind. He boasted…

By: Al Perrotta – stream.org – November 5, 2018 Good news for Alec Baldwin. He no longer holds the title of most obnoxious act by an SNL star this week. No, sir. The loser and new champ is Pete Davidson. During this weekend’s episode, the Saturday Night Live cast member and the writers decided to mock a wounded war veteran,…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – November 5, 2018 Tens of millions of Americans have mailed in their ballots already. Tomorrow, tens of millions more will go to the polls. I’m not confident how they’ll vote, but I am absolutely certain of one thing: Not one of them will see the name “Donald Trump” on the ballot. Instead, they will…

By: Erin Anderson – empowertexans.com – November 2, 2018 Voters at a polling place in Dallas County are allegedly being told they’re allowed to vote only for Democrats, according to complaints filed with authorities accusing Democrat election workers and others of illegally electioneering and influencing voters. Casey Littlejohn, Republican write-in candidate for Texas House District 109, told Texas Scorecard he…

No longer reluctant to speak out, former President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for Democrats that seeks a firm check on President Donald Trump’s policies in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Source: Obama, Trump Offer Dueling Final Pitches to Midterm Voters | Newsmax.com

By: Liberty McArtor – stream.org – November 4, 2018 The memorial honors 49 men who died serving in WWI, but the American Humanist Association argues it is unconstitutional because of its shape. If a war memorial is shaped like a cross, is it unconstitutional? That’s what the U.S. Supreme Court will decide next year. The court announced Friday it will…

By: Jeremy Dys – wsj.com – October 11, 2018 As a lowly corporal, Milton Edward Hartman’s death shouldn’t have drawn much attention. But on a summer day in 1919, it seemed as if half the town of Forestville, Md., came to his memorial service. His commanding officer attended, as did the bishop of Washington. As the Churchman periodical reported on…

By: George T. Conway III & Neal Katyal – washingtonpost.com – October 30, 2018 Sometimes the Constitution’s text is plain as day and bars what politicians seek to do. That’s the case with President Trump’s proposal to end “birthright citizenship” through an executive order. Such a move would be unconstitutional and would certainly be challenged. And the challengers would undoubtedly…

By: Hans von Spakovsky – dailysignal.com – November 01, 2018 President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship has the left and even some conservatives in an uproar. But the president is correct when he says that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not require universal birthright citizenship. An executive order…

By: Merrill Matthews – arcamax.com – October 30, 2018 President Donald Trump is sending federal troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and taking other steps to stop the Honduran migrant caravan headed for the United States. It’s unfortunate that it’s come to this, but it’s the right thing to do. Millions of foreigners dream of coming to the U.S. because of…

By: Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – October 2, 2018 Synopsis: The health insurance system has failed America. Most of the blame lies with state and especially federal government intervention. Lawmakers have increasingly abandoned long-standing actuarial principles, culminating in the Affordable Care Act. The result is insurers are increasingly covering small and routine health expenditures and exposing patients to very expensive…