RENEWAMERICA STAFF — In a decision that brings to mind the special treatment of medieval "plague doctors" – incompetent medical examiners hired by European towns during the Middle Ages – on September 9, 2019, the Utah Supreme Court rejected Callan Stone's July 8, 2019, Petition for Writ of Certiorari without comment... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — Writer's note: I wrote the following article last year, but it now appears that Hillary's mental condition and pathological desperation have devolved. Just this week, she accused the leftist presidential candidate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) -- a combat veteran and major in the Hawaii Army National Guard -- of being a "Russian asset" groomed to ensure President Trump's reelection.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — Trying to fulfill his campaign promise of getting American soldiers out of illegal and undeclared wars, President Trump encounters opposition from Democrats and Republicans in Congress. This is a body which passed the NATO Support Act (H.R. 676) by a vote of 357 to 22 in January but has now condemned President Trump for standing by NATO member Turkey.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Mexico's massive deployment of its federal forces along the U.S. southern border is blocking migrants from reaching the United States -- effectively providing and paying for President Donald Trump's border wall, CNN reported.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump's decision to move U.S. troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed "historic solutions" were possible.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday accused House Intelligence head Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., of running a "kangaroo court" in the chamber's impeachment inquiry. In an interview on ABC News' "This Week," Pompeo said he hopes foreign service officers who testify in the inquiry "speak truthfully" and "completely."... (more)

THE ATLANTIC — Mitt Romney is leaning forward in his chair, his eyes flashing, his voice sharp. It's a strange look for the 72-year-old senator, who typically affects a measured, somber tone when discussing Donald Trump's various moral deficiencies. But after weeks of escalating combat with the president--over Ukraine, and China, and Syria, and impeachment--the gentleman from Utah suddenly appears ready to unload.... (more)

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — A little over 40 years ago, Chinese Communist strongman and reformer Deng Xiaoping began 15 years of sweeping economic reforms. They were designed to end the disastrous, even murderous planned economy of Mao Zedong, who died in 1976. The results of Deng's revolution astonished the world. In four decades, China went from a backward basket case to the second-largest economy on the planet. It lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese into the global middle class.... (more)

BYRON YORK — In recent weeks, some Democrats have struggled to cite a crime committed by President Trump in the Ukraine affair. While the Intelligence Community inspector general suggested the president might have violated campaign finance laws, Democrats have generally not specified what law or laws Trump might have broken – instead pointing out that, beyond treason and bribery, the Constitution does not list particular offenses that qualify for removal from office. The House has wide discretion in deciding what conduct, criminal or not, is impeachable.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Unless House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., can bring someone in to testify they were told specifically military aid would be withheld unless Ukraine's government investigated Hunter Biden, the impeachment inquiry is "just another baseless investigation" into President Donald Trump, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, said Friday.... (more)

NEWSMAX — A new Pew Research poll that claims 54 percent of registered voters support the impeachment of President Donald Trump is stacked with Democrat respondents, according to a review of its methodology by Newsmax.... (more)

HIDE OUT NOW — What happened to Matt Drudge? Top Conservative Publisher turns on Trump! It's no longer a secret. Trump lost Drudge.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — After Hillary Clinton suggested that the Russian government was "grooming" her for a third-party run in the 2020 presidential elections, Hawaii representative and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard returned fire Friday afternoon, challenging the 2016 Democratic nominee to join her in the 2020 primaries.... (more)

DAILY MAIL — Hong Kong demonstrators donned cartoon masks on Friday as they formed human chains around the city in defiance of a ban on face coverings at rallies. Gathering along the city's subway lines hand-in-hand, pro-democracy protesters masqueraded as characters including Winnie-the-Pooh, the Joker and Guy Fawkes.... (more)

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — In a trailer for Kanye West's Jesus Is King that dropped Saturday, the rapper states, "We're here to spread the gospel. I'm not here for your entertainment." Following a passage from the Bible (Mark 1:15), West states in a voice over, "I'm an evangelist, so my music, my films, every conversation, every room I go in, we're here to save souls, save you from eternal damnation."... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — In response to one of the predictable and common "Trump Betrays the Kurds" pro-impeachment stories, a reader of the libertarian Reason magazine noted, "They are Marxist guerrillas who want to establish an independent socialist state in their ancestral lands. They've been fighting for that goal for half a century and they can and will continue doing so without US support just as they always have."... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — Donald Trump's decision to remove American troops from the Syrian-Turkish border has become a flashpoint of international controversy. The bulk of the criticism of Trump has come from two directions. Politically, he is being condemned for abandoning the Kurds, an ally in our fight against ISIS. Spiritually, he is being condemned for abandoning the Christians in Kurdish-occupied territory to an uncertain (but likely nightmarish) fate.... (more)

LLOYD MARCUS — Scouting a location to shoot a promotional video for my Trump Train 2020 song, my wife Mary and I spotted a lovely home with a huge Trump 2020 flag waving in the breeze on a flagpole. After knocking on the front door and introducing myself, I assured the elderly white homeowner that we would not show her address in our video.... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo successfully secured a ceasefire agreement with Turkey on Thursday, meaning Turkish forces will permanently suspend military operations in northern Syria after allowing Kurdish troops leave the region.... (more)

BYRON YORK — In a secret interview, Rep. Adam Schiff, leader of the House Democratic effort to impeach President Trump, pressed former United States special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker to testify that Ukrainian officials felt pressured to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter as a result of Trump withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine.... (more)

THE HILL — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday she will not stage a vote on the House floor to officially launch an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The decision came after Democratic leaders, returning to Washington following a two-week recess, had reached out to members of their diverse caucus to gauge the party's support for such a vote.... (more)

NEWSMAX — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday after meeting with the House Democratic caucus that there will not be a vote at this time to launch formal impeachment proceedings or to formalize the ongoing inquiry against President Donald Trump.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Nearly two-thirds of Republicans in the House are supporting a resolution to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Breitbart News is reporting. The GOP lawmakers are calling for the censure of Schiff, saying he fabricated a conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was told to leave a closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing for the testimony of a former National Security Council expert on Russia, complained Tuesday that as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, he should have been permitted to stay.... (more)

CLIFF KINCAID — Despite what you may have heard, America's Kurdish "allies" are not our friends. They are mostly Marxists. The founder of their movement was trained by the KGB. They are not worth one drop of American blood.In the same away that President Barack Hussein Obama supported Al Qaeda in Libya, leading to the Benghazi massacre, he armed the PKK/YPG Kurdish forces in Syria, who are in reality Marxist terrorists.... (more)