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- Opinion · Sep 23, 2020Democrats Threaten to Burn Down the Republic to Stack SCOTUS
institutional checks against governmental necessity. Democrats have faithfully carried forward that vision, checked only by political reality — Wilson unconstitutionally expanded the executive branch; Franklin Roosevelt infamously sought to pack … Democrats are now panicking. And they are responding with radical threats to break every check and balance. This week, Democrats openly threatened to destroy the Senate filibuster, a traditional mechanism
- Opinion · Sep 22, 2020The Conservative Moment
Congress: “...the supposed danger of judiciary encroachments on the legislative authority...is in reality a phantom. Particular misconstructions and contraventions of the will of the legislature may now and then … power of judicial review — and hence the role of the judiciary as a check on the other branches — it does not present this as the first or most important function
- Opinion · Sep 3, 2020Biden Is a Prisoner of His Own Paradoxes
news — and there has been plenty of bad news worldwide this year. That reality was reflected in the spring and early summer polls that showed growing discontent with the incumbent … does, he risks losing the race. So his surrogates talk of mandatory fact-checking of the debates — or even canceling them entirely. Hillary Clinton recently said that Biden “should
- Opinion · Aug 25, 2020The Crisis That Democrats Dare Not Mention
course. Is the planet about to be destroyed by inaction on climate change? Check. Are systemic racism, income inequality and corporate greed blighting our national life? Most definitely. The Democrats … nonviolence, they couldn’t bring themselves to do it. Instead, the party’s alternate reality reigned. Waving the bloody shirt of the clearing of Lafayette Square prior to a Trump
- Opinion · Aug 21, 2020Twitter Goes Postal
Vote early.” Swift’s tweets are grossly misleading yet allowed to stand. No fact-check was issued by the Twitter Gods despite her unsubstantiated claims. What we do know … Contrary to Democrats’ claims, the president is not trying to “dismantle” the USPS. The reality is the U.S. Postal Service has been losing billions for many years
- Article · Aug 14, 2020The Rise of Partisan Fact-Checkers
Trump moved into the White House, more media outlets have begun to offer “fact-checking” features. With so many Americans suffering from information overload these days, many see this simply … make sure we’re getting the truth. Far from it. In reality, the media’s fact-checking services are designed to diminish conservative or alternative viewpoints. Marking one of President
- Alexander's Column · Aug 12, 2020‘Biden-Harris 2020’? Actually It’s the ‘Harris-Biden’ Ticket...
most progressive Vice President in the history of the United States. ... She checks nearly every box on Bernie’s platform: Living Wage, Choice, LGBTQ+ equality, peace, child care … United States.” Indeed, it’s the “Biden-Harris 2020” campaign, but in reality if that ticket wins, it will be Harris ’21-’22-’23-’24. I believe confidence
- Opinion · Aug 10, 2020It’s Not You, It’s the World
crash of the Hindenburg. On the Right, where facts matter and reality is not checked at the door, we don’t have such a convenient scapegoat. But we should
- Opinion · Aug 7, 2020Watch Out for the New Censors — Not a Happy Bunch
fact that The Daily Caller is running fact checks is just offensive. We have no right, in their minds. In reality, if this group would bother to read the content
- Opinion · Aug 1, 2020Return to Spender: House Passes Futile Approps Package
most people would agree: it was a doozy. Bezos, who wrote the single largest check for same-sex marriage in 2012, hasn’t exactly kept his social views a secret … kind of wondering, ‘Why are we even having this discussion right now?’ But the reality is, this is real. This is not a hypothetical question of ‘Will the Bostock decision
- Opinion · Jul 31, 2020Big Tech on Deck in Congress
wealthy as our witnesses, but I’d be doing all right.” The reality is, “Big Tech is out to get conservatives,” the Ohio Republican insisted. And “that … estimates that hundreds of thousands of Uyghur women have been subjected to mandatory pregnancy checks, forced sterilization, and even forced abortion. One Uyghur woman who worked at a hospital recounted
- Alexander's Column · Jul 30, 2020The Demos’ ‘Summer of Rage’ Urban Violence Strategy: Blame Trump
Barr’s testimony, he gave Democrats (and everyone else who tuned in) a brutal reality check on their manufactured claims of “ systemic racism “ and the absurdity of their deadly “ defund
- Alexander's Column · Jul 29, 2020When Good People Drink the BLM Kool-Aid
influences), I couldn’t start by beating him over the head with a reality check. The bottom line here is that there was a disconnect between his strong and legitimate
- Opinion · Jul 28, 2020Black Lives Matter Makes Its Marx
church — and more broadly, the nation — need to wake up to that reality. This is a crusade so menacing, Dan McLaughlin points out, that even Democratic leaders “warned their … information on the dangers of this practice — not just to babies, but to mothers, check out FRC’s Issue Analysis here . Originally published here . ACLU Fights to Keep the Cities
- Article · Jul 24, 2020Friday Executive Summary
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has Christopher Columbus statues clandestinely removed from Chicago parks ( Chicago Tribune ) Reality is enlightening: Democrat Oakland mayor votes down further police budget cuts after vandals defaced … Mars in ultra-high definition ( New York Post ) Closing Arguments Policy: Making the stimulus checks count: How Congress can better target a second round of economic impact payments ( American Enterprise
- Article · Jul 14, 2020Leftmedia Nazi ‘Fact-Checking’ Fail
eagle logo mimics the Nazi one. A recent media “fact-check” story serves to reinforce the reality that the Leftmedia has become so infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome that … differentiate between fact and opinion. On Saturday, USA Today pushed an article “fact-checking” a claim that President Donald Trump’s campaign was producing T-shirts with a design similar
- Article · Jul 10, 2020Friday News Executive Summary
should the UN be next? ( Issues & Insights ) Policy: Mines, minerals, and “green” energy: A reality check ( Manhattan Institute ) Satire: Liberals worried that without cancel culture they’d actually have
- Article · Jul 2, 2020NBA Ups the Ante on Virtue Signaling
slavery that demands reparations. Yet once again, China gets a free pass, despite the reality that as many as 3.8 million people there live in slave-like conditions, according … Shoot,” who head fakes before tossing a pass to “Check Your Privilege.” Long shot from the corner ... score! Tragically, reality intrudes. “NBA games will be 94-feet, divisive political rallies
- Opinion · Jun 29, 2020How Do Politicians Become Corrupt?
year-old Benjamin Franklin spoke and shortly after, the U.S. Constitution became a reality. Franklin stated: “Groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able … perversion of the law. Thus it is easy to understand how law, instead of checking injustice, becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to understand
- Article · Jun 25, 2020Defund America-Hating Universities
commonsense measures for reining in these America-hating entities. They include refusing to cut checks to alumni donation campaigns, enrolling students in educational programs beyond the reach of the indoctrinators … broken schools, with their tuition and tax dollars, need to wake up and face reality. Until we stop sending our kids off to intellectually bankrupt schools, we can expect nothing