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Former Trump official Alyssa Farah Griffin said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that a second Trump term “could mean the end of American democracy as we know it.” Anchor Jonathan Karl said, “President Trump saying he’ll be a dictator on day one of his second term. Here’s a continuation of my conversation with three women who served in his White House. What would it mean in your mind if he became president again?” Farah Griffin said, “Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it. I don’t say that lightly. We all witnessed...

Capital punishment is back in the news. There were actually those who protested the execution of mass-murdering Islamic terrorist John Muhammad, just as there will, no doubt, be those who protest the execution of mass-murdering Islamic terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan. More alarming to me is what appears to be an increase in people saying that capital punishment doesn't square with their "Christian faith." Let's get something straight: There are few things the Bible is more clear about than the fact that God commands us to put murderers to death. Not only does he command it, but he says that failure...

"The Capitol Insurrection," "the Siege," "the armed insurrection in Washington, D.C." It's also been described as a "military-style formation" of "anti-government right-wing fringe organizations," "the storming of the Capitol," "the Capitol riot," "armed" protests, and even "a medieval battle." And now it's been called "the Capitol bombing." A bombing! By no less an authority than the next attorney general, Merrick Garland. This is getting ridiculous. It was bad enough when someone decided to call it the "Capitol Insurrection." It was not a good choice. I don't know who it was – maybe Nancy Pelosi. But it was not appropriate to...

In the feverish heyday of the “birther movement,” conspiracy-hungry readers swarmed to a website called WorldNetDaily for the latest on the specious yet viral theory that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. The site’s founder, Joseph Farah — a former newspaperman with a dense, jet-black mustache and a cloak-and-dagger mystique — boasted in 2010 that he was well on the way to generating $10 million a year in revenue. His Northern Virginia-headquartered news site, known by the acronym WND, was having its moment by stoking rumors about Obama. But Farah — a conservative Internet pioneer who’d...

I don’t get it. Why are Democrats giving advice to the Republicans about how dangerous Donald Trump is to the GOP plans for capturing the White House? Does that make sense? If you were a Democrat, and you really believed Donald Trump posed a toxic threat to Republican efforts to regain the presidency, why would you warn the GOP about their folly? Something doesn’t make sense here. Do you know what I mean? The establishment media’s at it, too. We all know how what we euphemistically call “the mainstream media” are really a bunch of partisan Democrat jackals, right? Why...

Those attempting to conquer Syria and turn it into a jihadist, Shariah-compliant hellhole are all Sunni. So, first I have to ask myself why 93 percent of the “refugees” Democratic politicians in America are recruiting to the U.S. are Sunnis. It would be like recruiting Nazi “refugees” from Germany during World War II instead of Jews. The numbers of these so-called “refugees” from Syria are disproportionately Sunnis, even when considering the heavy percentage of the Sunni population there. What’s behind this madness? If we want to be a land of compassion to real refugees, I’m all for it. But that’s...

Exclusive: Joseph Farah warns of 'Red Dawn' scenario becoming real-life catastrophe Have you seen “Red Dawn”? I don’t mean the old movie starring the late Patrick Swayze. It was good. But I’m talking about the more recent version. I hesitated watching it for a long time, mainly because I thought the producers of the movie sold out when they opted to substitute a North Korean invasion of the U.S. for what was originally planned as a more likely Chinese invasion. Supposedly they did so because the Chinese movie market was too lucrative to pass up. But, having seen it recently,...

The federal government bought firearms in the U.S. and sold them to the Mexican drug cartels – guns that ended up killing American law enforcement officers and an untold numbers of civilians in the U.S. and Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security purchased 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition, including hollow points – a supply that, according to some sources, should be enough to last 100 years. The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of automatic weapons already banned for sale to U.S. citizens. Nearly every federal agency – from the Environmental Protection Agency to FEMA – arms its field...

Exclusive: Joseph Farah urges family, friends not to serve for 'corrupt and dangerous' boss This may sound like a strange idea coming from someone who loves and respects the U.S. military. It’s time to deny it our sons and daughters and our grandchildren. For those young enough to serve, it’s time to deny it yourselves. It’s time to boycott the U.S. military. What am I talking about? Have I completely flipped my lid? Who will protect the nation from foreign enemies in these turbulent times without manpower? Let me begin with something that put me over the edge: When foreign-serving...

For many of us, the unthinkable has happened. America has decisively turned the corner away from the constitutional principles of limited government and self-government with the re-election of Barack Obama. There may be no way home for us. For those of us who fundamentally reject Obama’s policies, things are going to get very rough for the next four years. We have allowed our fellow Americans to pronounce judgment on the nation. That’s what Obama represents to me – God’s judgment on a people who have turned away from Him and His ways and from everything for which our founders sacrificed...

Exclusive: Joseph Farah explains why he won't buckle on Obama eligibility issue It’s clear Republicans in office and seeking office this year are not going to attack Barack Obama where he is most vulnerable – his very legitimacy to hold office under the Constitution as a “natural born citizen.” He’s not a natural born citizen. At least by his own admission, he was a dual citizen at birth. Of course, Obama is not known for telling the truth – or even the same lie. Prior to presidential ambitions he apparently got in 2007, he and his literary surrogates boasted of...

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If you have any doubts government-mandated minimum-wage laws kill jobs for the poor rather than lift them out of poverty, just take a look at what is happening right now in American Samoa. The latest minimum-wage law passed by Congress calls specifically for hikes in the U.S. territory – 50 cents a year annually until the continental rate of $7.25 is reached. This Washington-knows-best, one-size-fits-all approach is killing jobs in Samoa already – just days after it was signed into law by President Bush last Friday. StarKist had planned to expand its tuna production next month by hiring some 200-300...

As President Bush "goes on tour," trying to sell his still ambiguous Social Security Reform plan to the American people in 60 different cities, the one idea that is clear is that the program, as we know, it should be reformed. If Social Security was one of its own recipients, it would already be retired and collecting, now at age 70. Come to think of it, retirement doesn't sound like a bad idea, either. It seems President Bush is not the only one who can be accused of ambiguity on this issue. Many members of Congress have differing opinions about...

What does it take to get a tenured professor fired from a university in America today? We might find out later this week in Colorado. A special meeting of the Colorado University regents is scheduled for tomorrow in Aurora to consider the possibility of dismissing professor Ward Churchill for an essay he wrote after Sept. 11, 2001, called "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens."

John Kerry says he likes multi-lateral solutions to international problems. He says it all the time. But does he mean it? Is this just political, election-year rhetoric? Or is it that he really just craves power and will say and do anything to achieve it? Let's take a crisis that could arguably be characterized as the most serious one facing the West today – terrorist Iran's efforts to build nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has been endorsed by the national Reform Party, giving him ballot access in seven states, including Florida and Michigan, party leaders announced Wednesday. Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese said Nader welcomes the support but plans to continue running as an independent. He said Nader would decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept the ballot lines in each state. "This shows that Nader can garner support from across the political spectrum, including conservatives who supported Bush in 2000," Zeese said. "The naysayers who said Nader could only get liberal votes are being proven wrong....

The Libya ruse Posted: December 22, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Libya and its allies in the Middle East would like you to believe Muammar Ghadafy has had a change of heart and has simply decided unilaterally to abandon the development of nuclear warheads and other weapons of mass destruction. Here are the real possibilities behind Libya's announcement: International sanctions against the country have truly hurt the economy; Libya has found a good place to hide its weapons of mass destruction and feels comfortable they can never be found by international arms inspectors; Libya is fearful it may...