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Remember This Arizona and Utah It was January 27th when Donald Trump gave a stark warning to Brussels Belgium, and the New York Times mocked him for it: (January 27th New York Times) [...] Asked by the Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about the feasibility of his proposal to bar foreign Muslims from entering the United States, Mr. Trump argued that Belgium and France had been blighted by the failure of Muslims in these countries to integrate. "There is something going on, Maria," he said. "Go to Brussels. Go to Paris. Go to different places. There is something going...

As you may know Senator Ted Cruz more or less sided with the left in Chicago, blaming the violence on Trump and his supporters. Glenn Beck supporter's also stood side by side with MoveOn in Chicago. Since Glenn Beck supports Ted Cruz, I think it's fair to say they were also Cruz supporters. Donald Trump held a rally in Arizona on Saturday, March 19th. Fascist anti-free speech leftists blocked highways, chained themselves to cars all in an effort to stop Trump supporters from getting to the rally. They do not seem to understand that their right to protest is NOT...

Now that the presidential race is down to the 'brass tacks phase', and with the glaring reality of Team Jeb Bush, Team Mitt Romney endorsement, Team Lindsey Graham endorsement, Team Carly Fiorina endorsement, and the entire DC professional political class aligning themselves with Ted Cruz, it's a good opportunity to highlight the uncomfortable truth for those new to the awakening. A freshman, two-year Senator/Presidential Candidate, Ted Cruz was presented, by intentional Wall Street conduct, as an outsider; as "a fallacy of false dilemma". If you don't know what "false choice" really means, click on the link ↑ to read the...

In light of Friday night's fracas in Chicago, Joe Scarborough writes, "America faces a deepening divide that is tearing away at the fabric of this great land." Joe continues in The Washington Post: Friday's freak show was as prepackaged as a rerun of "Celebrity Apprentice." The only difference was that Donald Trump delivered his lines on the phone from a hotel room in the Windy City instead of on the set of his made-for-TV boardroom. It was all a scam. Has anyone noticed that Trump's campaign now regularly stages media events designed to eclipse any negative coverage that predictably follows...

Cruz is constantly making a big deal about the number of people that have voted that doesn't want Trump as the nominee, using the % that didn't vote for him. Here's the tables turned on him. Asterisk denotes the states he won. Alaska* 63.6 Michigan 75.1 Miss 63.7 Idaho* 54.6 Hawaii 67.3 Louisiana 62.00 Kentucky 68.00 Kansas* 52.00 Maine* 54.00 Virginia 83.00 Vermont 90.00 Texas* 56.00 (Home State) Tennessee 75.00 Oklahoma* 66.00 Minn 71.00 Mass 90.00 Georgia 76.00 Arkansas 69.00 Alabama 79.00 Nevada 79.00 SC 78.00 NH 88.00 Iowa* 72.00 Puerto Rico 91.00

In an update to a CBS News investigation of the country's largest veterans charity, Wounded Warrior Project, the board has fired the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer. The CBS News investigation raised questions about how the charity spends the millions of dollars it receives in donations each year. Wounded Warrior Project's CEO, Steven Nardizzi, and COO, Al Giordano, were fired after criticisms from more than 40 employees about how it spends its more than $800 million raised in donations in the past four years. The allegations include lavish spending by the charity at staff retreats, and other...

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump enjoys a commanding 47 to 31 percent lead over expected Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton among independent voters, according to an exclusive Newsmax/Fabrizio, Lee & Associates survey that the organizations released Wednesday afternoon. While the online survey of 1,500 registered voters shows the former secretary of state essentially tied with the GOP front-runner, 45 to 44 percent, the poll's most eye-popping result is Clinton's pronounced weakness among independent voters, where she trails Trump by 16 points. The results fly in the face of most pundits' predictions that Trump's strong personality and tough policies would alienate the...

HR2146 (TPA “Trade Promotion Authority” or “Fast Track”): This House Bill #2146 originating April 30th ’15, became the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. HR2146 was originally introduced in the House of Representatives as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. In April of 2015 Senator Ted Cruz and House Ways and Means Chairman, Representative Paul Ryan, supported TPA being added to HR2146. Their support was most notable when they posted the following Op-Ed which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on April...

WASHINGTON Ted Cruz, tagged as "Canadian" by a needling Donald Trump since the GOP race tightened in January, rejects any idea of being ineligible to be U.S. president. While Trump hasn't followed up on his threat to sue Calgary-born Cruz over what he says is the Texas senator not meeting the constitutional requirement of being a "natural-born citizen," plenty of other people have. Trump has warned that Democrats will disrupt the electoral process by suing if Cruz is the nominee. And that's caused Cruz a bit of trouble. He has had to lawyer up to fight the more than half-dozen...

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Catholic Navy SEAL with a strong devotion to St. Michael the Archangel was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama at the White House Feb. 29. The 36-year-old Ohio native, Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr., rescued a civilian hostage in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan in December 2012. At the White House ceremony, Obama introduced Byers, calling him a "special breed of warrior that so often serves in the shadows." "The ethos -- the creed -- that guides every Navy SEAL says this: 'I do not advertise the nature...

Imagine the media frenzy that would ensue if David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan endorsed John McCain for president. Yet Louis Farrakhan's endorsement of Barack Obama has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media. Speaking to a convention of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan not only declared his support for Obama, but also told his followers that Obama was the "Messiah." "You are the instruments that God is gonna use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth," Farrakhan said. "And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't...

Donald Trump says he isn't interested in the endorsement of David Duke, the anti-Semitic former Ku Klux Klan leader who praised the GOP presidential hopeful earlier this week on his radio show. "I don't need his endorsement; I certainly wouldn't want his endorsement," Trump said during an interview with Bloomberg's Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. He added: "I don't need anyone's endorsement." Asked whether he would repudiate the endorsement, Trump said "Sure, I would if that would make you feel better." Duke sang Trump's praises on his radio show last week -- calling him the "best of the lot" of...

My bride and I saw the movie Risen in Kankakee, Illinois on Sunday at the Paramount Theater in downtown Kankakee. The Paramount Theater is a well maintained movie palace that was built in 1931. Sitting in its wide seats and viewing its art deco adornments, one is transported back to the Golden Age of Hollywood when attending movies was an event, and people did not expect to see films in cramped, one size fits all characterless shoeboxes. By popular request, this review of the movie Risen will contain only minor spoilers, below the fold. I highly recommend the film, and...

His voice was soft and soothing, composed without losing warmth. And his message was assured & steady. His eyes had that faraway look punctuated with flashes of pure presence, contentment. He was consoling the living while, into God's hands, he was commending the dead. But for Fr. Paul Scalia, this Mass of Christian Burial was different, bittersweet even. For underneath the cream colored pall draped across the casket lay his father, Antonin. "We are gathered here because of one man. A man known personally to many of us, known only by reputation to even more. A man loved by many,...

Preliminary exit poll results from the South Carolina GOP primary have been released. Record turnout by conservatives and evangelicals is helping to shape the South Carolina Republican primary, along with vast support for Donald Trump’s stance on limiting the ability of Muslims to enter the country and substantial backing for deportation of undocumented immigrants. Preliminary exit poll results indicate that three-quarters of the state’s primary voters support temporarily banning Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from entering the United States. That’s even more than the support for this proposal among GOP voters in New Hampshire, 65 percent – a core...

Without a doubt, opposition to comprehensive immigration reform that deals with the 11 million illegal immigrants in our country is a powerful issue among grassroots activists in the GOP. This year, the two leading voices against illegal immigrants have been Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz. However, his views on this issue today, are very different than the ones he supported between 2004-2008. He is often described by supporters as "the real deal," a "true unapologetic conservative" and as a "true believer that does not change his views based upon polling data or public opinion." However, on the issue of...

Donald Trump continues to dominate the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new Fox News national poll of registered voters. Trump leads with 36 percent among self-identified GOP primary voters. Ted Cruz captures 19 percent and Marco Rubio receives 15 percent. Jeb Bush and Ben Carson get nine percent a piece, and John Kasich gets eight percent. The poll, released Thursday, was conducted Monday through Wednesday evenings -- after a heated Republican debate Saturday in South Carolina (and also after Valentine’s Day Sunday). Trump’s success is due to his ability to make in-roads with core elements of the...

Donald Trump still leads in the race for the Republican nomination in South Carolina, according to a new Fox News poll. Trump captures 32 percent among South Carolina likely Republican primary voters. Ted Cruz gets 19 percent to Marco Rubio's 15 percent. These are the only three candidates earning double-digit support. Jeb Bush and Ben Carson tie at nine percent each, and John Kasich gets six percent. There's little difference among only those who say they will "definitely" vote in the GOP primary: Trump garners 34 percent, Cruz 20 percent, Rubio 15 percent, Bush 8 percent, Carson 7 percent, and...

The team of NBC and Wall Street Journal (Rupert Murdoch owned) has struck again with their latest highly coordinated and heavily manufactured latest "Agenda Poll". We have previously revealed NBC/WSJ's prior two constructs. NBC's Chief Pollster Propagandist, Mark Murray et al, is out with yet another ridiculous poll (exceptionally high Brian Williams as a verb factor). This time showing Donald Trump trailing Ted Cruz in an "explosive new development".... Oh my. However, this time it appears Murray has learned to insert an exit strategy to avoid the egg-face/embarrassing-sunlight factor of prior exhibitions. In a not-so-subtle veiled attempt to save face,...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a vital piece of legislation for supporting the country’s national security as well as state economies that benefit from an economic boost from a military presence. That is why this bill has been passed by Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support for the last 54 years. However, last year, Ted Cruz voted against the bill for a third year in a row, and in so doing jeopardized America’s security as well as the state economies that benefit from hosting our military, such as South Carolina’s.