Written by Daniel Horowitz
An estimated 2.2 million civilian federal workers serve at the pleasure of the president, despite only 4,000 being designated as political appointees. Donald Trump’s first priority as he prepares to retake office must be to establish that he can fire any of them. Whether they hold political appointments, U.S. Senate-confirmed positions, or civil service roles, all federal employees are subject to the president’s authority to terminate their employment. This includes workers in any department or so-called “independent” agency.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bill Clinton, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Donald Trump, Ex Parte Hennen, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Election Commission, federal employees, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, James Madison, Janet Reno, Jerome Powell, Merit Systems Protection Board, Morrison v. Olson, Myers v. United States, Politico, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, William Howard Taft, William Sessions
Executive Branch, Federal Issues | David E. Smith | November 13, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Trump Must Take Action Against ‘Untouchable’ Bureaucrats
Written by Robert Knight
It’s not even Halloween, and the election is two months away, yet the Russian hobgoblins are coming out again to scare all the boys and girls.
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department is working hard to turn some annoying Russian cyber meddling into the greatest threat to “democracy” since Hillary Clinton’s operatives hatched the Russian collusion hoax of 2016.
Here’s how it works. The FBI identifies “divisive” themes put out by Russian bots, such as citizens’ concerns over inflation or crimes committed by illegal aliens and then denounces them as “disinformation.” … Continue Reading
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Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | September 9, 2024 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The War on Truth, Deep State Style
Written by Robert Knight
The lies were thick and fast all week at the Democratic National Convention, but never so blatantly as they were in Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech.
The Democratic presidential nominee accused her opponent, former President Donald Trump, of wanting to cut Social Security and Medicare (he has not); being weak on border enforcement (he had it under control before President Biden and Ms. Harris took office) and sending an “armed mob” to the Capitol on Jan.… Continue Reading
Tags: 2024 Election, Bill Clinton, border security, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Hillary Clinton, illegal aliens, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, Marxism, Medicare, Michelle Obama, Mitch Landrieu, Nancy Pelosi, Oprah Winfrey, Pete Buttigieg, Planned Parenthood, Robert Hur, Social Security, The Washington Post, Tim Walz
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | August 26, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats’ New Way Forward, One Lie At A Time
Written by Elizabeth Vaughn
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention this week, “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream rattled off the latest batch of battleground state polls from New York Times/Siena College to U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), which showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 5 points in Arizona and by 2 points in North Carolina. She also referenced two new national surveys from ABC News/Washington Post and CBS News showing Harris ahead of Trump by 4 points and 3 points in those respective states.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC News, Bill Clinton, Bloomberg, CBS News, Democratic National Convention, Donald Trump, Fox News, Fox News Sunday, J.D. Vance, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nate Silver, New York Times, Rasmussen, RealClearPolitics, Shannon Bream, Siena Colleg, Tony Fabrizio, Washington Post
Federal Elections, Media Watch, Political | David E. Smith | August 20, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Does the Media Use Fake Polls to Depress Republican Turnout?
Written by Robert Knight
The Democratic National Convention convenes on today and runs through Thursday, Aug. 22.
“More than 15,000 members of the media will be in Chicago to cover the convention,” the convention website informs us. That is, they’re supposed to be there to cover it, not act as delegates. But it’ll work out the same way.
The media will help Democrats create a misleading portrait of the party to pump into America’s living rooms.… Continue Reading
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Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | August 19, 2024 7:11 AM | Comments Off on What to Expect at the Democratic National Convention
Written by Tim Graham
When the elected Democrat district attorney of Manhattan and his 12 (likely Democrat) Manhattan jurors convicted Donald Trump on artificially inflated felony counts of business accounting, you could count on leftist journalists to try to make it the Most Historic Event Ever.
We’re not even sure it won’t all be reversed on appeal. But “historic” is their word of choice … when they like the result.
In 1999, when Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about sex with an intern named Monica Lewinsky, Geraldo Rivera was furious on the “Today” show:
“It was a spiteful action, an action that they performed absolutely in violation of the framers’ intent.
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Tags: Bill Clinton, CNN, Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, Geraldo Rivera, James Madison, John Adams, Monica Lewinsky, NBC News, New York Times, Patrick Henry, Peter Baker, President Joe Biden, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Scott Jennings
Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Political | Alyssa Sonnenburg | June 8, 2024 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Beware When Leftist Journalists Use Founders to Attack Trump
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Creatio ex nihilo is a Latin phrase used to describe a central theological point of Christianity. It’s an axiom that captures the first event of Genesis: “In the beginning, God created.”
It says it is God and God alone who can take nothing and turn it into something. He’s the one who sets the field and draws the boundaries. He’s the one who puts the goals in place. He is responsible for the rules and the definitions.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Bill Clinton, Democrats, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Everett Piper, fascism, Hamas, Joe Biden, Republicans
Faith & Religion, Political | David E. Smith | January 23, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Creation or Chaos? It’s Up to You to Decide Come November
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
January 6 has come and gone, and we need no longer be confused. Our wise and learned betters in the White House and the media have graciously reminded us that they are the final authority. They determine definitions. They decide what the words we use daily to define our laws, culture and freedoms mean. We no longer need to wonder what our overseers intend when they talk about such things.
Here is a glossary of terms for your convenience.… Continue Reading
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Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | January 15, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on These Vacuous Words Can Mean Anything a Democrat Wants Them to Mean
Written by Daniel Horowitz
The next time you’re fondled at the airport by a TSA agent, look around. You may very well see foreign nationals ushered through security without proper documentation and disregarding every TSA rule. While Joe Biden pretends that millions of invaders from 150 countries are a natural occurrence, his administration is using taxpayer-funded nongovernmental organizations to disperse tens of thousands of them throughout the country.
This cannot be allowed to continue. Why won’t Republicans pledge to put an end to it by refusing to fund one more penny of this scheme with the budget deadline looming?… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexander Lukashenko, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Border Crisis, border security, Center for Immigration Studies, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security, illegal immigrants, immigration crisis, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Ron DeSantis, Ursula von der Leyen
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith | December 29, 2023 3:01 PM | Comments Off on Foreign Invaders Ride The Taxpayer Express
Written by Tim Graham
Polls show that voters are not thrilled at the prospect of a Trump vs. Biden rerun in the 2024 presidential election. That makes the idea of a fresh third-party candidate more interesting. One might think the media would enjoy a curveball, but there’s one big problem: Democrats think a third-party ticket would sink President Joe Biden.
The No Labels group held an event in New Hampshire on July 17 with U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews, Chuck Hagel, Citizens to Save Our Republic, Democrats, Dick Gephardt, Donald Trump, Francesca Fiorentini, George H.W. Bush, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, John McCain, Jon Huntsman, Joy Reid, MSNBC, No Labels, PBS NewsHour, Republicans, Ross Perot, Tim Graham, White House, William Cohen
Media Watch | David E. Smith | July 19, 2023 8:00 AM | Comments Off on The Media Display Hostility Toward a Third Party