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Brian Mast is a veteran who lost both his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. In 2016, we endorsed him when he ran for the House. Happily, he won, and now represents Florida’s 18th District. Now, a Floridian who is active in the Democratic Party is under arrest for threatening to kill Mast’s children: Laurence Wayne Key, a volunteer for the Democratic Party of Martin County, Florida, has been arrested after he allegedly made a call to Rep. Brian Mast’s (R-Fla.) Washington, D.C. office and threatened to kill his kids over the situation at the border. “I’m going to find...

Democrats want everyone to vote: old, young, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, citizen, non-citizen. Wait, what was that last one again? We'll get to that. Voter ID laws, passed by 30 states so far, are efforts by legislatures to ensure the integrity of votes. Being asked to show a photo ID can diminish several kinds of fraud, including impersonation, duplicate registrations in different jurisdictions and voting by ineligible people including felons and non-citizens. The Democrats have made a number of arguments against voter ID laws. They argue a) that the problem of voter impersonation or in-person voter fraud is nonexistent, b)...

Was the immigration raid Thursday on local McDonald's restaurants the opening shot in a battle that will finally solve this problem in Northern Nevada? Or was it nothing more than an isolated enforcement action that will soon be forgotten as we return to business as usual?

There was a time when Fred Thompson suggested that he couldn't see himself running for office again. "For me, the George Washington example of serving eight years and riding out of town on a horse and never returning has great appeal," the Tennessee Republican said in 2002, the twilight of his eight-year Senate career. Now, five years later, he is a well-known TV actor who finds himself on the verge of a real-life presidential bid, seemingly recruited by activists hungry for someone to fill what they see as a conservative void among the top-tier GOP hopefuls. (Watch why some Republicans...

Outcry Sinks Gov. Jeb Bush's Scheme to Reward Illegal Aliens WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush's astonishing attempt to copy ousted California guv Gray Davis' doomed pandering to illegal aliens is going nowhere fast. The plot to reward foreign lawbreakers with driver's licenses "appears dead in the Legislature, as lawmakers face growing opposition from sheriffs and constituents," the St. Petersburg Times reported today. "It's a very difficult issue to move forward," complained state Sen. Rudy Garcia, who sponsored the legislation. In what the Times called "an ominous sign" (most of us Floridians would call it a hopeful sign),...