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By: Kimberley A. Strassel – wsj.com – August 8, 2019 Democrats insist there’s no more urgent job than ensuring Donald Trump is a one-term president. Which is odd, given how hard they are simultaneously working to alienate the voters they most need to make that happen. See this week’s debate on gun control. The weekend’s shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,…

By: Alexandra Desanctis – nationalreview.com – August 13, 2019 The Harvard Law professor has trouble with basic facts — or perhaps he prefers to disregard them to suit his agenda.A  cherished myth of abortion-rights supporters is making the rounds again, this time peddled by someone who should know better: Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe. Despite having argued dozens of cases before the…

By:  James Jay Carafano – Foxnews.com – August 14, 2019 Hong Kong International Airport has been crippled as protests continue over a Chinese extradition bill; Greg Palkot reports. The outside world can do little to assure the future of freedom in Hong Kong beyond making the case that preserving the principles of liberty are at stake. Nevertheless, the plight of…

By: Monica Anderson & Dennis Quinn – pewresearch.org – August 8, 2019 Well over a year before the 2020 presidential election, many social media users in the United States are already exhausted by how much political content they see on these platforms. Some 46% of adult social media users say they feel “worn out” by the number of political posts and discussions they…

By: David Jackson & John Fritze – usatoday.com – August 12, 2019 President Donald Trump’s administration issued a new rule Monday that would enable officials to deny green cards to migrants if they believe the recipients will receive public benefits like food stamps, Medicaid, or housing vouchers. The rule, in the works for months, is the administration’s latest effort to reduce legal immigration – despite Trump’s…

By: Edward C. Baig – usatoday.com – August 12, 2019 Trying to break free of the constant lure of your smartphone could make you feel like Michael Corleone in “The Godfather Part III”: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Bill Johnson tried taking a break. The 46-year-old sales director from Marion, Iowa, stopped using social media for 30…

By: Jessie Li – axios.com – Aug 10, 2019 An ongoing movement of “death cafes” — open salons for discussing death, with no set agenda — is spreading across America with the goal of ending the taboo around talking about dying. The big picture: The number of Americans 65 and older is on course to double from 46 million to over 98…

By: Jim Denison – denisonforum.com – August 6, 2019 The event is one of the most iconic in history. The 1936 Olympic Games are being held in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler intends them to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy. But a black man from America named Jesse Owens defeats Germany’s athletes and Hitler’s racism, winning four gold medals. One…

By: Jason Hopkins – dailycaller.com – August 11, 20019 The acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection defended the decision to conduct a recording-breaking operation, and he made clear that his agency’s crackdown of illegal immigration is not solely focused on violent criminals. “You and the president said just a few weeks ago that the pending ICE raids coming down…

By: Byron York – washingtonexaminer.com – August 07, 2019 The manifesto written by accused El Paso mass killer Patrick Crusius is the basis for the argument that the shootings were inspired by President Trump. Media commentators, Democratic presidential candidates, and all types of Trump critics have made that case in the days since the murders. Much discussion was spurred by an article in…

By: Tucker Carlson & Neil Patel – dailycaller.com – August 08, 2019 What’s the point at which rhetoric forces action? When do words become incitement? At what point do political attacks get so reckless and unhinged that you can no longer heal the divide they create with politics? It’s hard to know exactly, but the left is getting very close. Take,…