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Hillary Clinton’s promise to regulating hydraulic fracking out of existence during the recent presidential debate in Flint, Michigan would be alarming if anyone took it seriously. However, according to Fortune Magazine, neither the energy companies and energy independence advocates nor environmentalists believe her.

Charlie Baker had better stick to his day job of governing. Because politics is not his thing. The late New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said it best: "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." Baker, the Republican governor, gets the prose part pretty well. It is the poetry piece that has him puzzled. He said early on that he was not going to get involved in national politics or campaign for anybody but would stick to the business of running the state. But he ended up endorsing and campaigning for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a guy he likes,...

The results of last night's Super Tuesday primary elections would have, in a normal Republican Primary cycle, made Donald Trump the presumptive Republican nominee for President and most certainly driven the also-rans, Dr. Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich from the race. But in case you hadn't noticed, this isn't a normal Republican Primary election cycle. Normally in Republican politics the stronger a candidate for the nomination gets the more the self-interested powerbrokers in the professional political class come around to supporting him. However, this year the GOP appears to be fracturing into three segments: the "vote for Trump...

Shortly after he claimed to be a “unifier” during his Super Tuesday press conference, Donald Trump was at it again, lambasting “so-called conservatives” who don’t share his liberal position on Planned Parenthood, continuing to insist he applauds the group because it allegedly “does a lot of good of good things” for women’s health. Similar logic applies to his position on ObamaCare. He loves the coercive freedom- and job-killing individual mandate, which is the heart of ObamaCare, because he doesn’t want to see bodies in the street, a classic liberal rhetorical scare tactic. Planned Parenthood may do the occasional mammogram referral,...

A GREAT ANALOGY explaining the Trump phenomenon to the Washington elite by an 80 year old American. You’ve been on vacation for two weeks, you come home, and your basement is infested with raccoons. Hundreds of rabid, messy, mean raccoons have overtaken your basement. You want them gone immediately…You call the city and four different exterminators, but nobody could handle the job. There is this one guy however, who guarantees you he will get rid of them, so you hire him. You don’t care if the guy smells, you don’t care if the guy swears, you don’t care how many...

We the undersigned, members of the Republican national security community, represent a broad spectrum of opinion on America’s role in the world and what is necessary to keep us safe and prosperous. We have disagreed with one another on many issues, including the Iraq war and intervention in Syria. But we are united in our opposition to a Donald Trump presidency. Recognizing as we do, the conditions in American politics that have contributed to his popularity, we nonetheless are obligated to state our core objections clearly: His vision of American influence and power in the world is wildly inconsistent and...

Earlier this week, CNN asked me to write an op-ed on Ted Cruz, and whether he’s a realistic contender for the presidency. My reaction: Of course he is — but probably not in 2016. And for that matter, neither are the Republicans who seem to get the most mention for that position: No one doubts that Cruz has a bright future in the Republican Party, but that doesn’t mean the future is now.Cruz, like Rubio and Rand Paul, have only barely arrived on the national stage and are many years younger than their sell-by date. None of the three has...

As Super Tuesday draws near and Americans from 12 different states choose their candidate, I want to make one final plea to my friends, fellow tea partiers, patriots, conservatives, and Christians, who will be voting on Super Tuesday. I know you're tired of losing. I am too. I know it feels good to have someone voicing our frustrations and be heard for a change. I know it feels like voting for Trump will send the establishment, the media, and everyone who has ignored us for the past eight years a powerful message. I know it feels good to finally feel...

Sen. Ted Cruz: TrevorLoudon.com vs. FR Post #28 by Liz | Victim of a Smear vs. Cruz is a fraud Website Logo: Trevor Loudon presents NEW ZEAL - Shining the Torch for LibertyEditor-in-Chief Trevor LoudonFrom Christchurch, New Zealand, Trevor Loudon has been researching the radical left for more than 30 years.< Trevor Loudon discovered the long-hidden relationship between notorious Hawaiian Communist Party member Frank After extensively researching Obama's ties to the New York and Chicago Marxist movements, Loudon began publish Excerpt From: http://www.TrevorLoudon.com/2016/02/watch-debunking-anti-cruz-myths-video/ WATCH: Debunking anti-Cruz myths (video) Submitted by renee nal on February 11, 2016 – 5:14 pm...

During the debate among Republican presidential candidates last month, Jeb Bush hammered Donald Trump on his abuse of eminent domain. But Trump apparently sees nothing wrong in having government officials force people to sell their property. Trump replied, Eminent domain is an absolute necessity for a country, for our country. Without it, you wouldn’t have roads, you wouldn’t have hospitals, you wouldn’t have anything. You would have schools, you wouldn’t have bridges. And what a lot of people don’t know because they were all saying, oh, you’re going to take their property. When somebody — when eminent domain is used...

Not only has Trump funded open borders politicians like Schumer, Durbin, McCain, Graham and Menendez, but he’s also been bailed out by George Soros. Trump actually spent Christmas Eve with George Soros in 2009, according to the New York Post. But hey, billionaires gotta stick together, you know? Nevermind that Soros is for a One World Order, an anti-Zionist and an anti-constitutional funder of all things unholy. The funder of all things unholy also funded the Trump Tower in Chicago. According to the Chicago Tribune: Donald Trump has lined up three New York hedge funds, including money from billionaire George...

In hindsight, that would make sense...  How else to explain Christy's complete '180' from 'Trump lacks temperament to be POTUS' just last August to 'the man who can solve our problems' today. And I like the way Trump -at the Christie endorsement press conference- goes into how he 'doesn't usually care' about endorsements, they're mostly a 'waste of time', but 'this one is special'. Pretty rich coming from a guy some intelligent people suspect of buying such endorsements. Except for David Duke of course- he says he doesn't like that one. As for Chrispy Creme, if you'll rewind to last...

"Data from the Federal Election Commission and state elections offices provided by the two websites show that Trump has given $584,850 to Democrats and $961,140 to the GOP over the last 26 years." (this is at the Federal level and does not include state or local)

‘What else is part of your health care plan?” That was Marco Rubio bashing Donald Trump at the Thursday night debate on Trump’s lack of specifics on health reform. Rubio complained that all Trump would talk about is “eliminating lines around states, whatever that means.” And indeed, when asked if Trump had any other specific reform ideas to offer, he said: “No, there’s nothing to add.” It is true that Trump has been incredibly vague about his post-ObamaCare plans. But neither Rubio nor Ted Cruz, the two other leaders in the race, have offered much by way of specifics either,...

MSNBC host Chris Matthews was stunned on Tuesday night by the Republican leadership’s failure to take down Donald Trump. He mocked them for not being like the Democrats and letting voters decide on their nominee. (SNIP) Democrats, unlike Republican, have used unelected super delegates to give Hillary Clinton an enormous advantage in winning their parties nomination despite the fact that Sanders has received more votes, especially with millennials.

While the Republican presidential candidates who are left standing battled it out in Houston, Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose quest for the Oval Office never quite caught fire, addressed the Washington Press Club Foundation Dinner and said some pretty alarming things. He demonstrated how much he detested his fellow senator Ted Cruz by joking about him being murdered. "If you kill Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody could convict you.” One wonders if that is a breach of Senate etiquette. Cruz has said some pretty raw things about his fellow senators,...

No, they're not. The question is, of course, a rhetorical one. I subscribe to several popular Civil War publications and enjoy all of them very much. However, if you agree with the "logic" of some folks, one might be able to at least make the accusation. Allow me to explain.

(Full Title) 2013 Flashback: Donald Trump meets with illegal immigration activists, says 'You’ve convinced me' In 2013, Donald Trump actually met with illegal immigrant activists. According to Fox News Latino, Trump was swayed by their stories, saying "You’ve convinced me." But that was then. While there is quite a bit of discussion on a “wall,” which Trump uses as an “applause line,” it is much more difficult to pin down a strategy on...

To Counter Turkish Threat, Russia Sends Fighter Jets to Its Base in Armenia By Julio Severo Russia has moved several MiG-29 fighters and other aircraft to its military base in Armenia, after Turkish threats of a more direct military intervention in Syria. The Russian base in Armenia is located some 40 kilometers from the Turkish border. Four Russian MiG-29 jets, a modernized MiG bomber and a transport helicopter have been dispatched to the air base near the Armenian capital Yerevan. Relations between Turkey and Armenia have always been tense, because Turkey refuses to recognize its Ottoman Empire committed a...

The Washington Times is reporting that Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas has forced the Justice Department to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities are places where the local government has forbidden its police department to cooperate with Homeland Security and ICE where illegal aliens are concerned. Thus far the Obama administration has taken a laissez faire attitude toward the practice.