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If you expect former President Donald Trump to fulfill even one campaign promise he is making for 2024, you would have to explain why he is openly mocking the idea that he could fulfill the promise that defined his entire candidacy in 2016. The core promise of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was that he would build a wall on the southern border and make Mexico pay for it. This is what defined his tough-on-illegal-immigration approach, and he even mocked detractors who said that he would not or could not possibly do it. As late as October 2020, less than one...

In 1977, Jimmy Carter instituted a nationwide 55 MPH maximum speed on the nation's highways. Nobody obeyed. All it accomplished was a disregard of a law by mostly law-abiding citizens. One can argue that once the populace deems that a law is nonsensical and stop obeying, it leads to the ignoring of other laws and regulations. Jimmy Carter, now considered the worst president in generations, lost the respect of the American public with one simple act. I posit that the recent u-turn on mask mandates will backfire on Biden and the Dems in a similar fashion. People see through the...

How many have died and how many $Trillions have we spent to defeat exactly what we've become? Those of us who are old enough to have actually been taught history in school can tell you about the dangers of socialism in its various forms - Bolshevism, Nazism, Maoism, etc. And yet we now have over 50% of our populace freely voting for those same principles. We've ridiculed sham elections in Russia and Venezuela for the pre-ordained outcomes but now we have state officials at the highest levels openly cheating to affect the results here. We are entering a period of...

Once upon a time we lived in a country where people knew there were risks to living. That was before the rise of the federal agencies striving to eliminate all chance of sickness or death. Why should we remain closed until a vaccine is developed? It took 30 years from the development of the Polio vaccine and mass public inoculations, to eliminate polio in the US. Vaccines for chickenpox, measles (both kinds), mumps, whooping cough, scarlet fever, etc. didn't exist until most of us were well into adulthood and had suffered through each (except scarlet fever). 57,000 people in the...

Is anyone here naive enough to think that all of the Democrat governors in PA, NY, NJ, CT, IL, CA, WA acted independently to announce economically crippling shutdowns, all on Monday morning? All for 49 deaths.

One week of FBI investigations will not change one damned thing. Even if the FBI comes back and says "we've got nothing", 49 Democrats are still going to vote no as they continue to bow at the altar called Abortion. Collins and Murkowski will still be wavering, and Mitch will throw money at their states to buy their votes. Why waste even more time and money. Pull up a chair and watch yet another week of the Nuts 'n Sluts show, airing 24 hours a day your favorite propaganda feed.

Dr. Ford is the embodiment of the liberal Democrat party. Do they really want her to be the paragon, the exemplar for women? I saw fifty-two year old woman who was confused by her own shadow. Unkempt hair, glasses that haven't been cleaned in years, little girl voice with the annoying upspeak at the end, no grasp on reality - I dunno who's paying for all of this, I dunno know if I gave notes to the WaPo, I dunno when the polygraph was done, I dunno if it was being recorded. All of that was on top of not...

Judge Kavanaugh needs to prepare a pissed-off statement for the hearings, ala Judge Thomas in 1991... Judge Thomas: Senator, I would like to start by saying unequivocally, uncategorically, that I deny each and every single allegation against me today that suggested in any way that I had conversations of a sexual nature or about pornographic material with Anita Hill, that I ever attempted to date her, that I ever had any personal sexual interest in her, or that I in any way ever harassed her. A second, and I think more important point. I think that this today is a...

When we ask the question "Do the Dems have no shame?", the answer is big, loud NO. The cast of characters: Dianne Feinstein - employed a Chinese spy on her staff for 20 years, her husband made $Millions$ doing deals with the ChiComs. Patrick Leahy - had to resign from the Intelligence Committee when caught leaking classified documents. Dick Durbin - Has a reputation in the Washington press corps for brazenly lying and then denying when presented with facts. Sheldon Whitehouse - nicknamed the idiot of the Senate. Richard Blumenthal - lied about his service in Viet Nam. Mazie Hirono...

For the umpteeth morning in a row I fired up FR only to find, again, an abundance of articles about both dog attacks and Catholics. I'm not sure why we have to have so many each day but here's what I know: Pit Bulls are vicious animals bred over centuries for a single purpose. Pit Bulls are deeply misunderstood and make great pets unless they're abused by gang members. Pit Bulls are loyal and friendly... until, randomly, they decide to eat either the new baby or Grandma. The Pope may, or may not, be Satan's minion. Some group of bishops...

ISIS or Democrats... ... use the regular murder of innocent children to further their agenda? ... persecute and ridicule Christians for their belief in Jesus and God? ... tear down historic monuments because they don't fit their propaganda? ... believe that lies are ok as long as they're told to defeat the enemy? ... are never condemned by their more moderate counterparts for fear of becoming targets themselves? ... have a history of supporting slavery and fighting against civil rights? ... call for violence to solve political issues?

"When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed" (Neh 4:1). Leaders who attempt something greater than themselves will always get attacked and it often comes from those who have a vested interest in what you are changing. Nehemiah was rebuilding the ancient wall of Jerusalem. It was a major undertaking. Not everyone was pleased with this initiative. Sanballat, another government worker, did not want this to happen. When Jesus began confronting the Pharisees about religious traditions, He was attacked by the religious establishment because they had a vested interest that would be...

This morning, as has been the case for weeks now, over half of the articles have been about Catholic church inside baseball. While I'm sure that is of interest to some, it merely squeezes out stuff that is more interesting to others. While I appreciate the importance of the topics to a few, let's keep in mind that it is not at all to others. I don't want to start a flame war but the nuances of some Latin-named paper by some unknown cardinal in a village in Germany (just a hyperbolic example) are wholly unimportant to this good old...

Power has been out in Union County, PA for over an hour. Heavy Republican area, voting at a standstill.

Just a thought... dueling impeachments

I’ll start off by saying, according to my profile, I’ve been a member of FR since September 2000, long enough to see the site evolve. I think the last three months have been a low point for FR with new lows being set every day. FR used to be a place for interesting, sometimes contentious, but always considerate debate about issues important to the Conservative movement. Yes, during election cycles there was some push and shove concerning favorite candidates, but mostly involving their true conservative credentials. Lately it is has become a reflection of the overall decline in civility in...

I've had my user name for long time, going back to when GW Bush was running fro president. I've been an active user but no longer want to be associated with that username for obvious reasons. Is it possible to change it to something new without losing my history or being seen as a newcomer?

This is exactly why, when conservatives sit on the sideline awaiting the 100% pure candidate, we damage ourselves. Election have consequences and this is one - the ability to select Supreme Court Justices who will sit for life. Look at the ages of Obama's picks - 55 and 61. They are not going anywhere for years. Abortion, gay marriage, assaults upon Christianity... and we dare to sing God Bless America. Why would he bless us when we spit in his eye.

If the NSA has everyone's email don't you think they have leverage on plenty of GOP'ers? If they're being blackmailed it explains the dumbass votes. Also, how are future campaigns to function if email is hacked? It isn't much of a stretch to think that key information is 'shared' when in a close race.

Some rhetorical questions... How arrogant and/or stupid must Obama be to schedule a speech to the nation on the literal eve of 9/11 to make the case we should come to the aid of the very people who attacked us? When did the US policy change to total appeasement to all things radical Muslim? What benefits have accrued to the average citizens after the Arab Spring? When do Christians in American stand up and demand that our foreign policy must defend persecuted Christians in the middle east rather than stand by and see them slaughtered? Are we 100% sure the...