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President Trump asserted his executive-privilege power to protect the presidency from Congress, conservative radio host Mark Levin said Tuesday. "So, why does the president exert executive privilege? Because he's trying to hide crimes or financial misconduct? Or, he doesn't want information to get out? No, because he's protecting the executive branch," Levin said on Fox News' "Hannity." Earlier this month, Trump asserted his executive privilege to protect redacted information in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation as well as the underlying evidence. "Executive privilege can be asserted for a number of reasons, including protecting the privacy of...

By 1869 Americans had completed construction of a transcontinental railroad, which spanned nearly 2,000 miles. In 1903, America’s Wright brothers flew the first powered air craft in world history. By 1969, United States citizens had walked on the moon. If all you knew of America was her citizens’ accomplishments, it would be enough. They speak for themselves. American statesmen have left such phrases as “a day that will live in infamy,” “ask not what your country can do for you” and “a shining city upon a hill” ringing in their compatriots’ ears, and for good reason. No nation in the...

Now that Hillsdale's lecture series Constitution 201 has concluded, I would like to just take a short moment to point out another series that has some segments similar to what Hillsdale presented. I initially came across this by doing research into the work of one of Hillsdale's professors, Richard M. Gamble. In The Mises series "Reassessing the Presidency", Gamble lays out very similar concepts about Woodrow Wilson as you saw in Constitution 201, or as you will find in my archives. So far I have only listened to the sections regarding Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt. Both of these sections appear...

I was only able to catch the tail end of the Presidents (yes, that's how I address him) speech the other night and he said something that at first enraged me then within seconds realized that what he had said in fact was true, maybe you caught it to, it was at the very end of his speech. He said "We certainly don't need 8 or 12 more years of tax cuts" and he was saying this to mean as way to fix the problem. So I thought, you know, he's right, we had the last Presidents tax cuts and...

Democrat legacy: Fifty million innocent American babies killed; Bush legacy: Fifty million citizens of Afghanistan and Iraq liberated! Obama (The One) is the most extreme abortionist ever to run for president. He will advance Planned Parenthood's gruesome agenda and war ON America's unborn. He will appoint abortionist judges. Abortion is his litmus test. Killing babies his legacy. Fifty million innocent Americans slaughtered is the American Holocaust. It is the Democrat legacy. Bush's legacy is fighting for life and liberty. He appoints conservative judges who interpret and abide by the constitution rather than implement the liberal agenda. He projects America's military...

Short but serious question: So, what's it gonna be folks? Turncoat RINO or America hating Marxist?

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Sometimes, the only thing a president can do is hang onto history -- the promise of that day when he has his library and all his critics have transformed into admirers who gloss over his many stumbles only to stand in awe of his accomplishments, when the naysayers and nitpickers cannot be heard, as the ears before him hear only an uplifting soundtrack of Aaron Copland. President Bush clearly was dreaming of that day as he stood at the grand opening of the Reagan Library Air Force One Pavilion, with wife Laura and Nancy Reagan by...

Kerry's Unwavering Arrogance Written by Frank Salvato Monday, September 27, 2004 It isn’t hard to see, or hear. All one has to do is listen to John Kerry for a bit. His every word drips of it. It emanates from his every action. John Kerry is arrogant. This has never been more obvious than in his recent remarks about Iraq in the face of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s speech to a joint session of Congress. John Kerry essentially said that the prime minister didn’t know what he was talking about and that he, John Kerry, did. We’ve heard about...

COVER STORY: In a White House interview, President Bush discusses his faith, his role in the battle against homosexual marriage, and his determination to fight terrorists "who conveniently use religion to kill" By Marvin Olasky BATTERED BUT not beaten, President Bush met with eight Christian journalists on May 26 and said terrorists "want to sow fear so that we'll withdraw. I will not yield to them, to their blackmail, to their murders." The "I" was not an anomaly. George W. Bush, taught to identify that one-letter word with ego, rarely used it in small groups while governor of Texas and...