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Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) Donald Trump is going to be re-elected in a landslide in 2020. In reality, the Democrats are behaving as if they already know their fate is basically sealed. That’s what all these congressional investigations are really all about – a panicked effort to keep portraying a duly-elected President as if he’s a criminal in the wake of the impending end of the failed Mueller Witch Hunt. Those investigations will fail, just as Mueller has failed, to “get” the President, because the President is not a crook. Jerrold Nadler and his House Judiciary...

In his three addresses in February, the Iran Supreme Leader tried to convince regimes' authorities not to be afraid of the crises that affected his power. The Supreme Leader had probably not repeat it so often in such a short period of the time: "do not be afraid"! On February 8, he first told his soldiers, gathered to mark the 40th anniversary of the regime, "Do not be afraid of the enemy and do not let yourself be overwhelmed by fear". On February 25, he spoke to executive, judicial and legislative leaders emphasizing: "Don't get caught up in depression, boredom,...

Some would say…it’s not nice to celebrate the death of someone. They say that…in that person’s own way, they were just doing the best they could to get through the shit-show that is adulthood and life. Those people who’d say that…when speaking of Joseph Stalin, can go f*** themselves with a chainsaw. Joseph Stalin will always be remembered, at least by people that read books and shit, as one of the worst people to ever live and one of the most murderous pieces of shit in the 21st century. Mao beat him out. It’s like the worst people always seem...

Things are getting interesting for sure, as Donald Trump fights back against the DNC. Late Monday night Wikileaks tweeted a full federal court filing the Trump campaign dropped onto the heads of the DNC and Russiagate. In short, it blows the DNC assertions out of the water that it was the victim of a computer hack. Did Russia hack the DNC? No, according to the filing, which asserts the DNC fabricated the hack. This story is developing. Full document here:

At the end of freshman orientation, Rep. Abigail Spanberger was in a bind. The Virginia Democrat had hoped to grab an office next to her closest buddies in the new Congress — a group of fellow military veterans who’ve dubbed themselves the “Gang of Nine.” But she hadn’t gotten a chance to check out the spot her colleagues had chosen and it was time to make a decision. “I had that split-second moment, like, do I choose an office I haven’t seen... or give up on your friends?” she recalled in an interview. Spanberger stuck with the group, solidifying the...

You all remember The Covington Crucifixion, and one of the insane takeaways was that wearing a MAGA hat made you a Nazi. And no, this isn't just coming from Hollywood jet fuel geniuses like Alyssa Milano, but from NBC News itself. Yes, really, I'm not making this up: I think people should be aware too that wearing a MAGA hat is aligning yourself with literal Nazis. It's a deliberate provocation, which is likely to spark and escalate conflict. That's what wearing them is meant to do. — Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) January 24, 2019 These are just two examples - I could go...

It was my first CPAC meeting, and it was awesome! But it was more than that. It was informative, encouraging, engaging and sobering. So from a first-timer Here are some of the more prominent issues in the minds of conservatives this year. The State Of The Union Almost to a tee, conservatives were concerned about the state of the nation. They recognized that for far too long America has been headed in the wrong direction, and they were painfully aware of the difficulty and the effort required to turn such a large and massive ship around. Despite their optimism towards...

The primary reason that mass immigration destroys the welfare state because immigrants receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. This is not true for every immigrant—some never collect government handouts—but it is true for the overall immigrant population. Studies from across the Western world prove this point. A recent, and comprehensive study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that although immigration is (theoretically) revenue-neutral in America, not all immigrants are created equal. Half of all immigrants actually receive more in government assistance than they pay in taxes, but thankfully they are balanced out by...

<p>Bryce Harper has switched sides - but not divisions. Manny Machado has a home - but not yet a fully-formed core around him in San Diego.</p> <p>At least we know where they're playing, though.</p> <p>And with that, USA TODAY Sports' projected win totals for the 2019 Major League Baseball season have arrived.</p>

DO YOU KNOW what really annoys me about the media’s coverage of U.S. politics, and especially the Democratic Party? Google the words “moderate” or “centrist” and a small group of names will instantly appear: Michael Bloomberg, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Biden, and, yes, Howard Schultz. Bloomberg is considered a “centrist thought leader” (Vanity Fair). Klobuchar is the “straight-shooting pragmatist” (Time). Biden is the “quintessential centrist” (CNN) and the “last hurrah for moderate Democrats” (New York magazine). Shultz is gifted with high-profile interview slots to make his “centrist independent” pitch to voters. Now Google the freshman House Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She’s been...

Last week, the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act was blocked in the US Senate. While a 53-44 majority voted for the measure, the bill failed to garner the 60 votes required by Senate rules and did not advance to an actual vote. If enacted, the measure would require that doctors render aid to any baby that survives an abortion procedure and impose penalties for failure to provide life-saving assistance. All the Democratic senators who have already announced their intention to run for their Party’s 2020 presidential nomination—Bernie Sanders (Vt), Kamala Harris (Calif), Cory Booker (NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Amy...

Over the weekend democrats signaled that the clown show has begun. The realization that Mueller is not going to give them what they want has brought democrats to a frenzy. hillary clinton got out of the gate early proclaiming that democracy is in crisis- a "full fledged crisis": Sunday after receiving The International Unity Award in Selma, AL, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said, we were living through “a full-fledged crisis in our democracy.” Clinton said, “This is a time my friends when fundamental rights, civic virtue, the freedom of the press, the rule of law, truth, facts and reason...

VIDEO Hillary Clinton yesterday EVADED a direct question from an interviewer as to her intentions about 2020. The TV interviewer question was this: "Can you tell me now standing here 100% that you've ruled it out?" Hillary did NOT directly answer that question which required only a "yes" or "no" reply. Instead she said she IS not running. That is ClintonSpeak for "I am not running NOW but in the future I could/will run." As you will see in this video, the Hillary Gollum MUST have her Precioussssss which was denied to her in 2008 and 2016.

Can this possibly be legal? Somebody apparently thinks so, because copies of the Mueller report are being offered for sale online right now, and according to the pre-order announcement the release date is going to be “March 26”. As a former attorney, I have no idea how anyone can legally do this. As I have documented previously, when Mueller is done with his report he is supposed to submit it to Attorney General William Barr, and then it will be up to Barr to determine how much of the report, if any, will be made available to the public. I...

Did I tell you I’m having new countertops installed tomorrow? That means today the handyman is coming to tear out the sink and cooktop so – no kitchen for Fat Tuesday! And I’ve got to to pack up EVERYTHING.  I took inventory last night and was surprised how much crap I’ve managed to cram into the cupboards and drawers of what is a very modest sized kitchen.So as I need to get busy I leave you with this gem to process: AOC’s mother left New York for the comparative sanity of Florida precisely because of the high tax policy her...

Pick the right entry point and you're already on your way to enjoying a fun, long-term shooting hobby. For a new shooter, buying their first handgun can be an intimidating experience. What brand, what style, revolver or semiauto, and most of all what caliber? Most people jump straight into picking out their favorite handgun without thinking about what caliber it is. Caliber choice is critical for new shooters. Too much gun can be a handful; too little and you might be under gunned. Beginners looking for a firearm gun to do. For example, a new shooter may desire a firearm...

Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends) The Pantsuit Princess makes it official. Sort of. Ok, not really. – The Grasping Grifter is back in the news this morning with the word that she has officially made it officially official that she’s officially not officially running for the Democrat nomination in 2020, and that’s official. Wait, no it’s not – it’s not official at all. Here is what she actually told a local reporter with Channel 12 in Westchester, New York: “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Firefly Aerospace announced Friday it will open a rocket-manufacturing facility on Florida's Space Coast on Cape Canaveral, adding momentum to a new commercial space race. Firefly Aerospace will join SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, satellite manufacturer OneWeb and a cluster of smaller companies that have kicked off a new chapter in American space exploration. Gov. Ron Desantis made the official announcement Friday morning at Cape Canaveral, with a small crowd seated atop the launch platform the company will refurbish. "It's good for the economy. It's also good for space exploration," DeSantis said. "I...

Sheila Gunn Reid of The Rebel.Media reports: Do you remember when David Menzies and I were simultaneously banned from two different UN events at roughly the same time in December 2018 - me from the Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland and David from the UN Migration Compact conference in Marrakesh, Morocco? The UN has banned us from receiving official media accreditation at their conferences since 2017, but we apply anyway, and this year, when they predictably denied our application, they said we'd been banned at the request of the Canadian delegation. That was our cue to file an access...

And thus Juan Guaido returned to Venezuela. Through the normal entry point at Maiquetia airport. He went in a triumphant caravan all the way to Caracas to attend a rally. That caravan and rally were immense... ….it was a major defeat for chavismo that had to bow to international pressure, and to a popular will favoring Guaido for which denial is now useless. True, several ambassadors were waiting for Guaido in Maiquetia to shepherd him to Caracas. But had the regime wanted to arrest Guaido it would have done so at customs.... ….the regime caved in, at least for now....