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Houston Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is a terror. Everyone in Houston knows it. Everyone in Washington, DC knows it. Over the last 22 years, since she was first elected to represent Houston in the district seat once held by Barbara Jordan, Cong. Lee has become a legend for her bizarre and abusive behavior. One of Lee’s most famous eccentricities comes every year on the day of the presidential State of the Union message, which is held in the House Chamber before a joint session of congress. This is the one session of congress at which there is no reserved...

<p>Tuesday was a slow news day, and slow news days always mean fewer Internet clicks for the nation’s desperate-to-survive fake news services. Thus, when the story came out that a magnolia tree on the White House grounds that was planted during the presidency of Andrew Jackson almost 200 years ago was going to need to be removed because it was in imminent danger of falling over, some fake news services couldn’t resist trying to turn this seemingly non-controversial story into click-bait.</p>

<p>The Associated Press has decided that the fact that President Donald Trump has yet to hold a formal state dinner is some sort of scandal. “Not since Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s has a president ended his first year in office without hosting a foreign leader for a state visit,” the article declares.</p>

Here is where the never-ending campaign stands two days before Christmas, 2017: New home sales shot up by 17.5% in November, the largest month-over-month gain in 25 years. Homebuyers didn’t get that Democrat/media-pushed message that the Trump tax cuts were going to kill everyone. The manufacturing growth index kept by the Philadelphia Branch of the Federal Reserve rose 4% in November. All the “experts” had projected a 1% drop. Manufacturers also failed to get the Democrat/media fake message. So much for experts. After doing a 25 minute press availability following the signing of his tax bill, President Trump then boarded...

As many of you know as I started my Christmas holiday last night and employed a new app called PostBot to fulfill my commitment and obligations as a productive and engaged member of FR while taking much needed time off. After running it for approximately 24 hours I can report the following. 1. The app kept track of what it perceived were negative replies to those it determined were positive. The ratio was approximately 20:1 positive. 2. It compiled lists from the negative responses as to belligerent (9), thin-skinned (18), irrational (6), nasty (11) and self-righteous/sanctimonious (22). A total of...

"Anarchists?" If only! Let's stipulate that Maureen Dowd's current column is absolutely brutal to Hillary. Riffing off the Republicans' letter to the ayatollah, Dowd deigns to send a letter from "America" explaining the Constitution to Clinton. Dowd denounces Hillary for being "willing to cite your mother's funeral to get sympathy for ill-advisedly deleting 30,000 emails," and describes her as "an annoyed queen, radiating irritation at anyone who tries to hold you accountable." But that won't stop us from holding Dowd accountable for her absurd shot at Republicans, whereby she writes of Hillary exploiting "our fear of the anarchists and haters...

WASHINGTON—Politicians across the spectrum on Sunday differed over the significance of the Glenn Beck-led rally that drew throngs of conservatives and tea-party supporters to the National Mall. Republicans said the rally was a reflection of the country's objections to the policies of the Obama administration, while Democrats said the tea-party movement had created a deep split in the Republican Party that could hurt the GOP in the November elections. Attendees on Saturday packed nearly a mile of the National Mall at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, in an event that carried the tone of a spiritual revival. Many at...