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By: John McCormack – nationalreview.com – October 31, 2019 What kind of nominee suggests in his ABA interview that he would not be a ‘fair’ judge? Lawrence VanDyke, a judicial nominee for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, choked up during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday when he was asked if he might be a bigot. The day before the hearing, the…

By: Nick Arama – redstate.com – October 31, 2019 Conservatives are calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) out for her failure to adhere to proper procedure in regard to the ‘impeachment inquiry.’ While Pelosi finally held a vote today on rules to move forward with in the matter, 40 conservative groups have just filed an ethic complaint against her. They excoriated her for…

By: Hans von Spakovsky – dailysignal.com – October 30, 2019 Why are House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats so against following historical practices in their impeachment inquiry regarding President Donald Trump? And why—with their resolution introduced Tuesday to continue their “ongoing investigation” of the president—don’t the Democrats want to provide Republican members with the ability to fully participate in the probe? What are…

By: Dr. Jim Denison – denisonforum.org – October 29, 2019 Kayla Mueller was born in Prescott, Arizona. She attended Northern Arizona University, where she graduated in two and a half years with a political science degree. No one who knew Kayla could have imagined the way her life would end or that the US Special Forces operation to capture or…

By: Alexander Bolton – thehill.com – October 31, 2019 Senate Republicans are taking the House impeachment proceedings against President Trump more seriously as damaging revelations against the president mount and the possibility of a quick dismissal of the charges shrinks. Earlier this year, GOP senators pledged to quickly quash any articles of impeachment passed by the House. But as the…

By: Jim Denison – denisonforum.org – October 28, 2019 President Trump made an announcement Sunday morning that has dominated global headlines: “Last night, the United States brought the world’s No. 1 terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world.” The…

By: Jim Denison – denisonforum.org – October 31, 2019 If Halloween is supposed to be frightening, the holiday came early for me last night. The Nationals defeated the heavily favored Houston Astros last night to bring Washington their first World Series title since 1924. As a native Houstonian, watching my team lose was painful. But the Nationals are a great…

By: Peter Wehner – theatlantic.com – July 5, 2019 Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump. No one!” Reed is partially right; for many evangelical Christians, there is…

By: Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino – dailysignal.com – July 15, 2019 At 7:33 p.m., a lawyer named Michael Avenatti tweeted: I represent a woman with credible information regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The…

By: Katie Hall and Aaricka Washington – statesman.com – October 29, 2019 The Austin school board unanimously approved a new sex education curriculum that, for the first time, will teach elementary students about sexual orientation, gender identity and sexually transmitted diseases. The vote, which came in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, had at least one conservative group considering legal action…

By: Ed Zwim – nypost.com – October 28, 2019 Welcome to a boo-tiful new world. Halloween used to be an occasion to spook your neighbors in person, with costume and candy sales driven by trick-or-treaters and/or those looking to make the scene at parties and clubs. But even as Halloween continues to generate strong retail revenue, not only is the shopping…