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MILWAUKEE – In a year when political tensions already are running high, a group of protesters is fueling the acrimony by showing up to political rallies and events with a large American flag – and stomping on it. The members of the self-described “F*** Your Flag Tour” most recently popped up at a Donald Trump rally Sunday in West Allis, Wis. They posted themselves next to the line of thousands of people waiting to get into the Republican presidential front-runner’s event at the local high school. They proceeded to lay the muddied flag on the ground and stand on it,...

The idea of American exceptionalism has been embedded in our collective DNA for generations. It is the faith-based belief that, as Ronald Reagan put it, America is a "shining city on a hill." Do modern liberals believe that? I almost never try to get into the other side's head or ascribe ill motives to those on the left. They are, I've always believed, misguided, not malign. But I'm having second thoughts after listening to Barack Obama's defense of communism/socialism when he was in Argentina. He advised young people to get behind "what works" economically -- as if there is some...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Many of you in this audience think that we are losing America, that we are losing the country. Many people outside this audience think the same thing. Those of you who believe that have specific reasons for it. It's not quackery. It's not conspiracy theory related. It's not kookism. It's legitimate, careful analysis. And I want to explain to you how Europe is losing itself. I just want to close the sentence here. I want to dot the I's and cross the T's on this and wrap this up so that you are able to put all...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Politico story: "Insiders to Trump: No Majority, No Nomination -- Republicans say it's 1,237 delegates or bust for Donald Trump." Now, I have to tell you, before get into the details of this story, if you are interested in history, that has always been the way it is. In the primaries, you hit the number or exceed it, and the nomination is yours. If you don't hit the number, it isn't. It has never been the case. I don't think it has. I can't recall. The rules have never been changed to say that a plurality, if...

ItÂ’s the first day of spring in Southern California. And itÂ’s cool and windy, with a shot of warmth from the sunlight. The weather has an unexpected fall or even winter touch to it. Nothing at all like what Californians were enduring for two years in a row. Unprecedented heatwaves in January 2014 and even throughout 2015 had everyone worrying about water rationing, water rates, and the rising costs of business. More Californians are waking up. El Nino has brought unprecedented rainfall the driest, largest (in terms of population) and one of the most liberal states in the union. ItÂ’s...

Why wonÂ’t Ohioans vote for their own governor for president? That is a questions IÂ’ve been asked a lot lately. The short answer is he is no conservative. When you have a liberal media personality saying Kasich would make a great running mate for Hillary Clinton, well, that kind of says it all. I was just one of the thousands of Ohioans across the state who volunteered countless hours to help get John Kasich elected governor. His passionate speeches about repealing the death tax, phasing out personal income tax, protecting gun rights, and standing against Obamacare had a lot of...

Let me make three unequivocal statements about the wave of protests and violence at recent Donald Trump events.First, anyone attempting to attack Trump supporters, let alone trying to attack Trump directly, is completely wrong and without any justification.Second, the protesters that shut down the Friday night Trump rally in Chicago were not just anti-Trump. It appears that many of them were ultra-liberal and would be no friends of the conservative movement as a whole.Third, Trump bears some responsibility for these outbreaks because of his inflammatory and irresponsible rhetoric.As Senator Marco Rubio stated, words have consequences, and you cannot run for...