Foreign Policy
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August 24th, 2018
Russian Conspiracy
By: Ann Coulter – humanevents.com – August 23, 2018 If you’ve ever wondered how Russia became America’s most fearsome enemy, long after that country gave up Communism, gulags, forced starvations and mass murder (all of which liberals were cool with), the answer is: This crackpot idea came from the same woman who blamed a “vast right-wing conspiracy” for Monica Lewinsky....
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August 2nd, 2018
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By: Paul Kengor – spectator.org – July 18, 2018 Senator John McCain described the Trump-Putin press conference in Helsinki as “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.” “No prior president,” insisted McCain, “has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant.” Easy there, senator. Your knowledge of meetings between American presidents and Moscow tyrants is...
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August 2nd, 2018
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By: Paul Kengor – spectator.org – July 6, 2018 Presidents Trump and Putin have announced the site for their first summit meeting: Helsinki. It’s a dubious choice, a place of bad history between American statesmen and Russian thugs. Hopefully it’s not a bad omen for Donald Trump. If Trump wants to nix perceptions that he’s soft on the Kremlin and...
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August 1st, 2018
Zuckerburg testifies
By: Nicholas Fandos & Kevin Roose – nytimes.com – July 31, 2018 Facebook said on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the midterm elections, with the company detecting and removing 32 pages and fake accounts that had engaged in activity around divisive social issues. The company did not definitively link the...
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July 31st, 2018
Gary Bauer - Religious Freedoms Commission
By: JTA – timesofisrael.com – June 1, 2018 US President Donald Trump named Gary Bauer, the Washington director of Christians United for Israel, to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. “We have seen a disturbing rise in anti-Semitism and persecution of Christians around the world, but especially in the Middle East,” Bauer, a veteran of top Education Department posts...
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July 27th, 2018
Mike Pompeo speaks to Ministerial conference on Religious Freedom
By: Masood Farivar – voanews.com – July 26, 2018 This week the Trump administration is hosting an international summit in Washington aimed at advancing religious freedom around the world. Government representatives say the event showcases the link among freedom of worship, human rights and economic prosperity. “America stands for religious freedom not only because it is the morally right thing...
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July 27th, 2018
Donald Trump speaks to America's Workers
By: Staff – newsmax.com – July 26, 2018 President Donald Trump declared victory for American farmers Thursday after brokering a ceasefire in a trade dispute with the European Union, but it is unclear how soon it will bring relief to those hurt by tit-for-tat tariffs. The White House painted the agreement as a vindication of the US president’s bare-knuckle tactics,...
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July 25th, 2018
Silhouette of Trump
By: Megan Cassella – Politico.com – July 20, 2018 President Donald Trump’s trade wars could become a major political drag for Republicans, with job losses and price increases piling up just as voters head to the polls in November. Trump jolted markets once again early Friday when he said he’s prepared to impose penalties on some $500 billion in Chinese...
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July 20th, 2018
Portrain of Benedict Arnold
Portrait of Gen. Benedict Arnold by an unknown artist. The American soldier joined the colonial forces during the War of Independence, 1775-83, took part in the unsuccessful siege of Quebec, and ultimately fled to the British lines after a failed plot to surrender West Point. He’s the most famous traitor in U.S. history. (Photo: Library of Congress, AP) By: Rick Hampson...
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July 20th, 2018
Trump - Putin handshake
By: Cal Thomas – townhall.com – July 19, 2018 Did President Trump bungle the moment in Helsinki by casting doubt on American intelligence findings that Russian agents “meddled” in the 2016 election? His critics, including some Republicans, say so — and on Tuesday, Trump said he had misspoken when he expressed doubt about Russian culpability — but several things need...
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