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HOUSTON, TEXAS– US Representative Dan Crenshaw recently announced on Twitter that he tested positive for RINO, but is asymptomatic because he hides his Democrat leanings while out in public. Crenshaw said he took an at-home RINO test and that’s when he discovered he had the deadly virus known as RINO, which is an acronym for Republican In Name Only. “I decided to take a RINO test after I began having a deeper connection to the Democrat Party,” said Crenshaw the day after calling Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene an idiot Democrat in disguise. “I knew something was wrong with me when...

Former Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake issued a scathing rebuke of those in his party who stand with President Trump during his impeachment. Flake, 56, who did not run for reelection in 2018, published an op-ed titled, "Jeff Flake: The president is on trial. So are my Senate Republican colleagues," in the Washington Post on Friday. "As we approach the time when you do your constitutional duty and weigh the evidence arrayed against the president, I urge you to remember who we are when we are at our best. And I ask you to remember yourself at your most idealistic,"...

First off, by waiting to strike, the U.S. keeps Syrian air defense forces in a state of very high readiness and forces Assad to continue guessing whether the U.S. knows where his high-value assets have been relocated. At the tactical level (front line Syrian military units) and strategic level (Assad and his commanders), the U.S. approach here means significant stress and abundant fear. This matters because effective military force and strategy is largely determined by the ability of individuals to operate effectively. But if individuals are fearful and exhausted, their operability will suffer. Even if marginally, this mitigates the threat...

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) slammed his competitors for the GOP presidential nomination Thursday evening, accusing them of mishandling the debt-ceiling debate. Santorum singled out Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), three House members also running for president. "They didn't do what needed to be done; we needed to balance the budget. We need to limit the size and scale of government. They kicked the can down the road," he said on Fox News. "We've got three members of Congress who want to run for president, who are out there talking about how they're going...

Tim Pawlenty’s campaign manager yesterday sent out an e-mail outlining Pawlenty’s accomplishments and assuring supporters that the former Minnesota governor’s fan club will continue to grow, while enthusiasm for other candidates — most implicitly, Michele Bachmann — will fade.“In 2008, voters elected a member of Congress with no executive experience. We can’t afford the cost of inexperience any longer, and Iowans are getting that,” Ayers wrote. “[A]s more Republican primary voters start to tune in to the race, they are finding out that the governor’s record and message will stand the test [of] a brutal campaign. Other candidates’ records (or...