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Former Clinton advisor and pollster Mark Penn on Wednesday warned on "Fox & Friends" that Democrats' ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump, including their refusal to stand and applaud at any point during the president's address to Congress, is resulting in "record lows" in the polls. MARK PENN: They didn't know how to applaud when you're supposed to applaud. I've participated in many States of the Union and, you know, the Republicans kind of knew when to sit there and when to applaud, when something that was really unifying that they're supposed to applaud, too. And look, what's been happening...

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were expecting a consequential but standard Oval Office appearance with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. Their appearance was anything but routine. The meeting to announce a rare earth materials agreement between Ukraine and the United States as part of a pathway to peace between Ukraine and Russia deteriorated quickly after a combative Zelensky protested U.S. desire to draw down the long war. “The president and vice president were caught off guard by Zelensky’s offensive antics,” a source familiar told Breitbart News. Zelensky suggested Ukraine had been fighting the war alone, insisting...

A focus group of voters showed Independents were disapproving of the Democratic Party's antics of opposition to President Donald Trump. Independent viewers in the focus group responded negatively to a protest earlier this month led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., against Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The focus group consisted of 75 Democrats, 49 independents and 32 Republicans, and was represented by blue, yellow and red lines, respectively. In the video, Schumer led chants of "we will win" and "we won't rest." During Schumer’s chants, the dials showed unfavorable reactions from the independents and...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to violence and vandalism that have grown from what had started out as peaceful protests Saturday, San Francisco officials late Saturday night imposed a curfew starting immediately, running until 5 a.m., and beginning again at 8 p.m. Sunday. The California National Guard is also on standby as of late Saturday night to respond to lawless behavior in the city, San Francisco officials said during a hastily called video news conference late Saturday night. Vandalism and attacks on police officers accelerated after nightfall Saturday, after several hours of relatively peaceful protests. Late Saturday night, police were...

Last week nasty anti-Trump robocalls started running in South Carolina. Donald Trump accused the Cruz camp of being behind the calls.Of course, Senator Cruz denied having anything to do with the ads. But it was a lie. And now there is proof that a Cruz PAC is behind the nasty anti-Trump and anti-Rubio robocalls.The Washington Post reported: Natalie Barrett, a 53-year-old schoolteacher from Westminster, got a robo-call earlier this month and ended up furious. It started off simple enough, an automated man’s voice asking her age and gender, then quizzing her on which Republican candidates she liked. But when she...

Tea party antics could end up burning RepublicansBy Amy Gardner Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 28, 2010; 12:32 AM The tea party's volatile influence on this election year appears to be doing more harm than good for Republicans' chances in some of the closest races in the nation, in which little-known candidates who upset the establishment with primary wins are now stumbling in the campaign's final days. In Kentucky, a volunteer for tea-party-backed Senate candidate Rand Paul was videotaped stepping on the head of a liberal protester. In Delaware and Colorado, Senate hopefuls Christine O'Donnell and Ken Buck, respectively,...

The St. Louis Post Dispatch has been keeping tabs on Rep. Lacy Clay's (D-Mo.) impending divorce. Sadly, it was news - literally - to Clay's wife, Ivie. Yesterday the St. Louis Dispatch reported that the congressman had his divorced filings sealed. (This after a reporter asked to see the file.) And today, Ivie Clay released a stinging statement regarding her husband, whom she married in 1992 when he was a state senator. Turns out, Ivie and her children found out about the divorce only through the media. She released the following statement: “I and my children are devastated and embarrassed...

Bob MacDonald says U.S. voters will detest antics at GOP summitWith an estimated 250,000 protesters -- including busloads from Canada -- descending on New York to harass this week's Republican national convention, a growing danger for John Kerry and his Democrats is backlash. That's a backlash from many fair-minded American voters who will resent the protesters -- many who have already broken the law and been arrested. Others have announced they plan to stage a day of civil disobedience on Tuesday. And there are so many co-ordinated protests planned to make life miserable for the GOP delegates that no...