U.S. adversaries are exploiting the void
left by withdrawn American leadership
Written by Sebastian & Katharine Gorka
When President Barack Obama took office, Osama bin Laden was in hiding, al-Qaida in Iraq was in retreat, and the governments of the Middle East, while not necessarily exemplars of democracy, were at least stable.
Today, seven-and-a-half years later, as we near the end of his presidential term, al-Qaida is resurgent under the leadership of Ayman al Zawahiri, the Taliban rules half of Afghanistan, and al-Qaida in Iraq, after becoming ISIS, has declared a caliphate with more territory than the United Kingdom and with “fully operational” affiliates in 18 nations around the world and dozens more groups sympathetic to its totalitarian religious ideology of global jihad.… Continue Reading
Tags: al-Qaida, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Cold War, ISIS, Islamic State, Kremlin, Michael Moore, NATO, Noam Chomsky, Osama bin Laden, Taliban, Ukraine
Federal Issues, Islam & Sharia | David E. Smith | 
September 11, 2016 4:00 AM | 
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Written by Heather Clark
Some Americans are stating this election that they do not believe that the inauguration of Mitt Romney and the appointment of Republican judges to the bench will result in overturning Supreme Court decisions such as Roe v. Wade and other critical rulings.
“Most Christians don’t have a clue that Republican-appointed judges are making bad rulings that destroy our Christian institutions in our nation,” Pastor Matt Trewhella of Mercy Seat Christian Church near Milwaukee, Wisconsin told Christian News Network.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, George W. Bush, John Roberts, Judicial Activism, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court
Federal Issues, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture, Political, Sanctity of Life | Admin | September 8, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on From Roe to Obamacare, Are Republican-Appointed Judges Ruling As You Think?
Don’t they know we have Google?
Written by Heather Wilhelm
Sometimes I like to think back to the olden days, when it was easier for politicians to tell a good old-fashioned fib. Think of the age of the majestic woolly mammoth, for instance. Trudging along on a typical Ice Age morning, a caveman named Og could blithely tell his rivals Garglon and Thag that he had just run an ultra-marathon, clubbed the neighborhood’s fiercest saber-tooth tiger, and invented the Internet, all in one morning.
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Tags: Conor Friedersdorf, Donald Trump, Enrique Nieto, Fox News Sunday, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Meet the Press, NAFTA, Peña Nieto, Rush Limbaugh, The Atlantic
Federal Issues, Media Watch | David E. Smith | September 3, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Golden Age of Fibbery
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Anyone who has worked in immigration policy or has spoken to ranchers and border agents over the years knows that Middle Eastern jihadists have been infiltrating our southern border for quite some time. It wasn’t until today, however, that an intelligence report vouching for this reality was leaked from the U.S. Military’s Southern Command.
The Washington Free Beacon’s Bill Gertz got wind of the intelligence report and solicited an on-the-record comment from a spokesperson for Southern Command:
“Networks that specialize in smuggling individuals from regions of terrorist concern, mainly from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, the Middle East, and East Africa, are indeed a concern for Southcom and other interagency security partners who support our country’s national security,” Garcia told the Washington Free Beacon.
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Tags: Bill Gertz, border control, Daniel Horowitz, Hamas, illegal aliens, immigration, Islam, Jihad, La Raza, Palestinian, Sharia Law, Stolen Sovereignty
Federal Issues, Islam & Sharia | Admin | August 30, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Jihadists Being Smuggled Through Southern Border. But Can We Even Deport Them?
Written by Robert Knight
Socialism is still in vogue, regardless of its sorry record all over the world for the last century. The Free Stuff Army is on the march, especially in the United States.
There’s something about deploying the government as a mugger to obtain the fruits of someone else’s labor that appeals to the worst in us. But it invariably leads to poverty, dishonesty and even tyranny.
Years ago, I visited Jamaica when it was under a socialist government. … Continue Reading
Written by Hollis Hurd
In the case of King v. Burwell, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2015, President Barack Obama won the day by convincing six justices that Obamacare would collapse if he lost. The case involved the so-called “individual mandate,” which imposes a financial penalty on those who neglect to buy health insurance. To many observers, the wording of Affordable Care Act seemed to impose the financial penalty only in states where a state exchange had been set up, not in states where the federal exchange operated by default.… Continue Reading
Written by Peter Tapsak and Jason Snead
With this November’s election looming just over the horizon, the topic of voter fraud is popping up much more frequently in our news feeds.
Progressives insist that voter fraud is a myth, a charade meant to justify repressive voting laws. The facts, however, tell a different story: Voter fraud is real, and if we ignore it, we leave our ballot boxes open to fraudsters who would rather steal elections than risk losing in a fair and open contest.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bruce Landgraf, Erin Venessa Leeper, Graciela Sanchez, Guadalupe Rivera, James Steven Robinson, James “Red” Robinson, Jason Snead, Peter Tapsak, Robert Monroe, Ruth Robinson, Voter Fraud, voter ID laws
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | August 20, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Voter Fraud Is Real. Here Are 4 More Cases
Written by Andrew C. McCarthy
Despite weeks of Obama administration stonewalling of refreshingly persistent media inquiries about its outrageous – and, I believe, illegal – transfer to Iran of $400 million in foreign currency in an unmarked cargo plane, the Wall Street Journal has confirmed that the payment was, in fact, a ransom payment for the release of American hostages.
The White House and State Department have insisted that there was absolutely, positively, cross-their-hearts no connection between (a) an agreed-upon prisoner swap in which American hostages held by Iran were released, and (b) the settlement of Iran’s claim regarding $400 million (plus interest) withheld by the United States in connection with a failed 1970s arms deal.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Carol E. Lee, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Hassan Rouhani, Hostages, Iran, Jay Solomon, John Kirby, Mike Lee, Qods Force, Ransom Payment, Ted Cruz, Wall Street Journal
Federal Issues, Islam & Sharia | David E. Smith | August 19, 2016 11:00 AM | Comments Off on Yes, It Was a Ransom Payment
Written by Dr. Mark Creech
Was it simply a faux pas? Was it ignorance? Or was it intentional? These were the questions running through my mind as I listened to Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC).
After mentioning that she and other Democrats were meeting in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, Clinton briefly talked about the struggle that our nation’s 13 colonies had in coalescing around the shaping of our Republic. “The revolution hung in the balance,” she said, but they found “common purpose.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Barrack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Dr. D. James Kennedy, Dr. Mark Creech, E Pluribus Unum, Hillary Clinton, In God We Trust, Mary Eberstadt, Mike Fuljenz
Faith & Religion, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | August 9, 2016 4:00 AM | Comments Off on Why It Matters Hillary Clinton Erred in Stating Our National Motto
Written by Nancy Hayes
History tends to repeat itself – good or bad. In 2012, President Obama needed a good campaign narrative to get re-elected. Obama ignored the intelligent reports, missed half of his intelligent meetings because the campaign narrative was to minimize the threat of ISIS even after all of the horrors of the Benghazi attack on 9/11. Obama needed his campaign narrative to stay on topic – Osama bin Laden is defeated and never mind the Benghazi attack.… Continue Reading
