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By Zogby – zogbyanalytics.com – December 29, 2019 The president’s numbers remain solid: 50% at least somewhat approve of his job as president and 48% at least somewhat disapprove; 2% were not sure. Trump is doing well and winning back support with important swing voters: Independents (42% at least somewhat approve/52% at least somewhat disapprove), Hispanics (45% at least somewhat approve/55%…

By: Mary Margaret Olohan – dailycaller.com – December 30, 2019 Lawmakers passed a slew of pro-life legislation in 2019. President Donald Trump declared taxpayer funds could no longer be used to support abortion in the same year. “Pro-life momentum is surging across the country leading into 2020,” one leader told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Pro-life lawmakers and advocates passed a…

By: Colby Itkowitz – sfgate.com – December 21, 2019 After three years in office, President Donald Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November’s election. Trump nominees make up 1 in 4 U.S. circuit court judges. Two of his picks sit on the Supreme Court. And this past…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – December 30, 2019 Regarding the movement of equity prices, we associate with the words of Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the head of Bear Stearns during the 1987 market crash: “Stocks fluctuate, next question.” The good news in 2019 is that mostly they fluctuated up, which offers a lesson or two. Stock prices fell Monday, no…

By: Kevin D. Williamson – nationalreview.com – December 29, 2019 On the hypocrisy of celebrity activists I love Emma Thompson’s acting. I wish somebody would tell her about Skype. The great English actress is a climate-change activist, “activist” here meaning “a celebrity who cares about popular causes in public.” When she recently was accused of hypocrisy for jumping on a jet to…

By: Bronson Stocking – townhall.com – December 29, 2019 Following a spate of antisemitic attacks in Democratic-led New York, Democratic politicians have been busy trying to shift the blame on Donald Trump. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, New York City Mayor Mike de Blasio blamed Donald Trump for creating an “atmosphere of hate” that has somehow fueled antisemitic attacks…

By: Alex Parker – RedState.com – December 29, 2019 If you haven’t seen the video of the church shooting in Texas, beware: It’s harrowing. Yet, it illustrates such a simple idea which some in politics seem hellbent on ignoring. There’s largely only one way to defend oneself against a gun. And it isn’t a law, since murderers aren’t intimidated by…

By: Dana Branham, Nataly Keomoungkhoun, Tom Steele & LaVendrick Smith – dallasnews.com – December 29, 2019 A gunman killed two people during a Sunday morning service at a church in White Settlement before members of the congregation fatally shot him, authorities say. Police in White Settlement, about eight miles west of Fort Worth, were called before 11 a.m. to the West Freeway Church…

By: Jordan Lancaster – washingtonexaminer.com – December 26, 2019 Administrators tracking someone’s personal cellphone to monitor their location sounds like something the Communist Party might do in China. But it’s happening right here. Multiple colleges across the country have started tracking the exact location of their students at all times, according to the Washington Post. In a move that school administrators claim will…

By: Cal Thomas – townhall.com – December 26, 2019 Like swallows returning to Capistrano, socialism makes an appearance on a regular cycle. The current presidential campaign features self-confessed socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who doesn’t self-describe as a socialist, but whose policies closely resemble those of Sanders. Sanders has the luxury of condemning millionaires and billionaires…

By: Cal Thomas – townhall.com – December 26, 2019 Like swallows returning to Capistrano, socialism makes an appearance on a regular cycle. The current presidential campaign features self-confessed socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who doesn’t self-describe as a socialist, but whose policies closely resemble those of Sanders. Sanders has the luxury of condemning millionaires and billionaires…