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In 1961, when John F. Kennedy gave his famous inaugural speech, it wasn’t controversial. It wasn’t considered radical. There were no protesters there to suggest he was being un-American, a man of privilege and wealth, protecting his own self-interest and the status quo. “Ask not what your country can do for you,” he said. “Ask what you can do for your country.” It was common sense back then. But Kennedy, who would sign into law what was the biggest tax cut in the country’s history at that point, understood what was needed to bring greater prosperity and jobs to a...

Well, now what? Sorehead losers, who have thrived in such graceless abundance since Nov. 8, had been telling anyone who would listen, for more than a year, that Donald Trump could never, ever be elected president of the United States.

You can judge a person by the people she surrounds herself with. On that ground, Hillary Clinton should never be allowed access to the awesome power of the federal government. There is no need to mention to AT readers the bizarre background of Huma Abedin, scion of a Muslim Brotherhood family who actually worked on an MB journal. Nor the shudder-inducing practice of wearing matching outfits, nor the sometimes worshipful language used by the protégé for her benefactor.

Donald Trump accepted the nomination of the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential race by pledging to bring America “Peace, prosperity, law and order.” We will be a country of generosity and warmth,” he said. “But we will also be a country of law and order.” Trump said attacks on police and terrorism at home and abroad “threaten our very way of life. Any politicians who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.” “I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,” he...

God is truly merciful – John Boehner has announced he will step down as speaker of the House at the end of October! Boehner – like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – has long conspired against the will of the voters. And scrutiny of their weak and destructive deeds has intensified since the people overwhelmingly voted in a conservative majority in both the House and Senate to stop Barack Obama’s relentless push to destroy America. What does it say about us that we end up with leaders like John Boehner? Boehner promised to defund Obamacare, yet funded it, as he...

Republicans scored a stunning electoral rout in the midterm elections, taking control of the U.S. Senate after a bitter campaign in which anger at Washington gridlock was turned against a president who took office promising to transcend it. Full article here ===================================================== Tonight we saw nothing short of a historic outbreak of mass sanity across America. Sooooo, to gloat or not to gloat. That's the question tonight. I'm leaning heavily against any gloating. It's not an easy decision because the shellacking the Democrats took across the country tonight -- a magnificent display of Democrats' Electile Dysfunction -- presents such a...

The company chosen by the Obama administration to oversee the repair of the new federal health insurance Web site faced questions from lawmakers a year ago about whether it was an appropriate choice for earlier work on the site, given that it is owned by the country’s largest health insurance company. Click here for full article================================================================== The No Gloating Zone If you were expecting any gloating from me over how Democrats are being hoisted on their own petard -- an unread law they rammed through the House and Senate on a party-line vote, using crooked means and against the will...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel intends to order a security review at all U.S. military bases worldwide, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday, a day after a contract worker — who had obtained a security clearance despite a history of violent behavior — killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard. Full article here ====================================================================== Have gun, will hear voices As soon as news broke that a deadly attack had taken place at the Washington Navy Yard, Democrats were deeply saddened -- that the mass shooting occurred on a military installation and not at an elementary school....

President Obama will begin an intensive public and private lobbying push this week to win congressional support for a limited missile strike against Syria, but even some of the strongest supporters on Capitol Hill for military action are pessimistic that the White House will succeed. Click here for full article=========================================================================== What happens in Libya stays in Libya Back in 2011, eager to show he rightfully deserved his Nobel Peace Prize, Obama went to war against Libya to oust Gaddafi because -- from the point of view of liberals -- he had become dangerously too cozy and chummy with the U.S.,...

STOCKHOLM — President Obama took his campaign for a punitive military strike against Syria overseas on Wednesday, declaring that “the international community cannot be silent” and that its credibility is on the line as his request for congressional approval of such action moved ahead in the Senate. Click here for full article ===================================================================================== Warlord Obama's Operation 'Do Something'! If I correctly understand what the lunatics running our government are saying, Obama wants to bomb Syria to send Syria a powerful "message" via a limited war which isn't a war because bombing a sovereign country with cruise missiles isn't war "in...

The Obama administration’s plan to launch a military strike against Syria is being received with serious reservations by many in the U.S. military, which is coping with the scars of two lengthy wars and a rapidly contracting budget, according to current and former officers. Click here for full article ======================================================================================== Obama "Coalition" collapses; Bush blamed Wow! Obama sure knows how to use the element of surprise, doesn't he? Days and days of leaks, from 'well-placed sources,' 'not authorized to speak,' giving out details about the likely targets and approximate timing of when Obama will launch his war to keep America's...

An unusual alliance of advocates — including Internet moguls and evangelicals, representatives of big business and labor unions — is working across the country during the August congressional recess in an all-out push for immigration reform. Click here for full propaganda experience===================================================================== Beware of invaders bearing "asylum" claims The Obama administration and other amnesty pushers had been ridiculously claiming for some time that illegal "immigration" was down to almost zero. The amnesty crowd vociferously maintained that almost all illegal border crossings had dried up and thus the border was "secure". Obviously, they hadn't been to Southern California lately. The torrent...

House Republican leaders on Sunday showed no signs that their party would accept the Senate’s bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, instead suggesting that they want to address the issues one by one. Click here for full article================================================================== The Obama-Rubio 'Stimulus' Plan The alien amnesty lobby has become even more hysterical, especially after the dismal July jobs report from the Labor Department last Friday. Democrats tried to brag about the number of jobs created but that didn't work since a disproportionate share of the 162,000 added payrolls were low-paying and/or part-time. And the overall figure was 'less than expected'....

The White House warned Monday that U.S. farmers could experience a shortage of workers if the administration were to begin enforcing immigration laws, and President Obama made another push to rejuvenate the faltering prospects for passing an immigration bill this year. Click for full article Illegal Aliens -- Building a new America, one rape and one murder at a time Liberals -- and 14 Senate "Republicans" -- love to pretend that illegal aliens are all sweet, innocent wallflowers incapable of committing a crime. Yet they wouldn't be on U.S. soil but for the fact they broke U.S. immigration laws in...

In most places it was too hot for hooded sweatshirts. So they came with T-shirts. In Washington, Elaine Morris showed up in one bearing a picture of slain teen Trayvon Martin alongside members of the Ku Klux Klan, with the slogan “Which hoodie looks suspicious?” In Chicago, CeCe Fannin handed out white T-shirts emblazoned with the words “I mean no harm” — for black youth to wear, she said, to make clear they are not a threat. Click here for full article ========================================================================== Obama zeroes in on root cause of racism: clicking car door locks A day after the Zimmerman...

George Zimmerman’s acquittal Saturday night on all charges in the killing of a black teenager, Trayvon Martin, sparked deep emotional reactions across the country Sunday, resurrecting an intense national debate about the role of race and racism in American life. Full article here ======================================================================= Libs to Zimmerman: Drop dead Declaring 'enough is enough' after one of the worst shooting sprees last week in Chicago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders marched on the streets of the Windy City in protest against the wave of black-on-black crime plaguing that city, demanding tougher prison sentences for...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid challenged House Republicans to forgo their own debate and pass the Senate’s immigration bill instead, telling Speaker John A. Boehner to ignore his Republican colleagues in order to get a bill done. Click here for full article ============================================================================ Kill. The. Bill. During the airing of an hour-long Obama infomercial last Sunday, titled "Meet the Press," columnist David Brooks embarrassed himself again by (aside from appearing on NBC) claiming that granting amnesty to millions of lawbreakers is an 'improvement' over the current de facto amnesty. The reason for the current "de facto amnesty" is that the...

Republicans will have to pass immigration reform if they want to ever win another presidential race, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday. Click here for full article ======================================================================== I'll have a double-layered fence, no amnesty. Thank you. Make-believe "Republican" Marco Rubio and the rest of the amnesty set argue hysterically that the pressure on the Republican-run House to cave on amnesty is now "overwhelming" because amnesty was passed by the Democrat-run Senate. We shall overcome: Senate Democrats demand House Republicans commit suicide, or else they're really, really dead! According to this brilliantly irresistible logic, your typical Tea Party...

<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill does not do enough to address border security, and he does not plan to support it in its current form.</p> <p>Rabidly partisan Democrats are warning the Republicans that, unless they pass the unread amnesty bill, they will be in terrible trouble with Hispanic voters. And if they're not careful, they'll even lose the black vote!</p>

<p>The Senate immigration bill will be a major boost to the federal budget but does relatively little to clamp down on illegal immigration — cutting the future flow by only about 25 percent — according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the bill, released Tuesday afternoon.</p>