By: Jonathan Easley – thehill.com – September 19, 2019 Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) appears to be growing her share of support from black voters, who have been slow to warm to her campaign. A new poll from NBC News and The Wall Street Journal found Warren in second place among black voters with 13 percent support, her best showing in any poll...

By: Mollie Hemingway – thefederalist.com – September 4, 2019 The attorney for a woman who made unsupported allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh admitted that she and her client Christine Blasey Ford were motivated by their support for abortion. The admission, first reported in Ryan Lovelace’s new book “Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign Against Brett Kavanaugh,” was confirmed...

By: Dennis Prager – townhall.com – September 17, 2019 The last debate among 10 Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for president set a new low for demagoguery, contempt for America and just plain foolishness. Here are some examples: Andrew Yang: “In America today, everything revolves around the almighty dollar — our schools, our hospitals, our media, even our government.” It...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – September 17, 2019 It had blockbuster new evidence exonerating Kavanaugh but instead emphasized a flimsy allegation. It was every writer’s dream — or it should have been. Two New York Times reporters, Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly, wrote a book about one of the most controversial and most reported news stories of our time, the...

By: Jeremy Dys – firstthings.com – May 2019 Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, conservative religious voters who supported him despite reports of his personal immorality appear to have been vindicated. Religious freedom has turned out to be, as candidate Trump promised, one of President Trump’s chief priorities. And he has prioritized it to good effect. Three months into his...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – September 16, 2019 Yesterday the Kavanaugh Wars erupted again, thanks to a since-revised essayin the New York Times that purported to bring forward a new allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. According to the original story, a classmate named Max Stier claims he saw friends “push” Kavanaugh’s penis into the hands of a female student. The...

By: Ericka Andersen – thefederalist.com –  September 12, 2019 South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is on a mission to ensure America knows Republicans don’t have a monopoly on faith. At last week’s CNN climate change town hall, he was the only 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to mention God’s creation as a reason to care for the Earth, saying: If you believe...

By: Bill Barrow &  Steve Peoples – apnews.com – September 13, 2019 Joe Biden parried attack after attack from liberal rivals Thursday night on everything from health care to immigration in a debate that showcased profound ideological divides between the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings. The prime-time debate also elevated several struggling candidates, giving them a chance to introduce themselves...

By: Alex Swoyer – washingtontimes.com – September 11, 2019 The U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump’s 150th judicial nominee Wednesday, helping to fulfill the president’s campaign promise to remake the federal bench with a conservative bent. Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham called the number of confirmations a “historic milestone.” “These conservative judicial appointments will impact our nation for years to come,” the...

By: Jordain Carney – msn.com – September 12, 2019 Cruz to oppose Trump appeals court pick Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “is aware” of Cruz’s decision to oppose Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden’s nomination, a spokesperson for Graham confirmed.Cruz has long been viewed as a likely no vote by court watchers after he grilled Ozerden during a July hearing. He...