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January 15, 2019

The Left, the Wall, the Truth – Dennis Prager: Democrats and others on the left offer three reasons for .01/15/2019 11:32:22AM EST. Source: The Left, the Wall, the Truth

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January 15, 2019
TSA and the Shutdown

By: Jeff Martin & David Koenig – apneas.com – January 14, 2018 The number of airport security screeners failing to show up for work around the country is soaring as the partial government shutdown goes into its fourth week. No-shows among screeners jumped Sunday and again Monday, when the Transportation Security Administration reported a national absence rate of 7.6 percent…

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January 14, 2019
Human Trafficking

By: Vanessa Bouché & Mark Daku – washingtonpost.com – January 11, 2019 Friday is human trafficking awareness day, a time dedicated to reflecting on the fact that an estimated 40.3 million people in the world are still in modern forms of slavery. The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of people by improper…

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January 14, 2019
Emergencies Other Than the Wall

By: Elizabeth Vaughn – redstate.com – January 13, 2019 USA Today has never been a “must read” publication for me, but the title of an article listed at the top of the Real Clear Politics home page happened to catch my eye. So I clicked. The op-ed, written by Paul Brandus, was entitled “6 Real Emergencies That Should Be More…

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January 11, 2019
Missouri Town Ready to Defend Cross Mural

By: Todd Starnes – foxnews.com – January 11, 2018 The Freedom From Religion Foundation has earned its reputation as a notorious gang of atheists, agnostics and freethinkers waging a wicked campaign against Christian symbols on public property. The Wisconsin-based group is especially fond of preying on small-town America where many communities cannot afford to fight back against their baseless legal…

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January 11, 2019
Key Senators in Kavanaugh Confirmation See Benefits

By: Eli Yokley – morningconsult.com – January 10, 2019 Three Republican senators who could face primary challenges next year are beginning 2019 on the upswing with their party’s base after playing pivotal roles in the successful confirmation of President Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, whose fiery speech defending Kavanaugh at a…

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January 11, 2019
Bench Memos: Judicial Nominations Update #35

By: Carrie Severino – nationalreview.com – January 9, 2019 The 116th Congress has officially begun, and it has a lot of work to do on the judicial nominations front. The 115th Congress confirmed an impressive 85 new federal judges—including two Supreme Court justices and a record-breaking 30 circuit court judges. But thanks to former Senator Jeff Flake’s hold at the…

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January 11, 2019
Ironies of Immigration

By: Victor Davis Hanson – townhall.com – January 10, 2019 Estimates suggest that there are 11 million to 13 million Mexican citizens currently living in the United States illegally. Millions more emigrated previously and are now U.S. citizens. A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans (34 percent) would like to emigrate to the United States. With Mexico having a…

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January 11, 2019
No To Declaring an Emergency

By: the Editors – nationalreview.com – January 10, 2019 President Trump says he is considering declaring an emergency at the border to unlock military funds to build a fence (a.k.a. wall). It’s not clear how serious he is, although anonymous White House aides have been quoted saying they believe this will be his ultimate way out of the shutdown fight….

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January 11, 2019
Return of the Nominations Blockade

By: the Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 9, 2019 The U.S. Senate is back in session, and therefore so is the Democratic nominations blockade. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Wednesday that President Trump withdraw his nomination of Bill Barr as Attorney General, even though Mr. Barr served with distinction as President George H.W. Bush’s AG. The question is whether…

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January 11, 2019
Possible Departure of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By: Eliana Johnson & Gabby Orr – politico.com – January 10, 2018 The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure. The outreach…

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