August 11, 2016

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The question, essentially raised in our last column, is: Are the Clintons marching toward ultimate earthly power in a virtual locking of arms with Russia's Vladimir Putin? It doesn't matter whether, as some have charged, the former Soviet KGB operative is "Stalin II," hell-bent on reviving the Cold War; the man's actions, almost from Day 1 of his regime, strongly indicate that he intends -- one way or another -- to take us down.... (more)

August 11, 2016

THE ATLANTIC — That House Speaker Paul Ryan easily won his congressional primary on Tuesday, by a nearly 70-point margin, should not have surprised anyone. Yet the political world was watching the result on tenterhooks, waiting for a surprise that never came. The fact that there was no upset was, in this season of political surprises, news of its own sort: a signal that perhaps the Trumpist ideology that has disrupted the Republican Party this year doesn't work for anyone not named Donald Trump, and may not outlast him as a force in the GOP.... (more)

August 11, 2016

SEATTLE TIMES — In the 2016 presidential campaign, it's long been an article of faith: The rules of political gravity don't apply to Donald Trump. Maybe now they do. After winning state after state while bouncing between controversies in the GOP primaries, Trump is still stumbling on the stump.... (more)

August 11, 2016

BUNDY RANCH — Ammon Bundy would like to share with you what happened to his brother Ryan today at the jail. We still live in a country where men are innocent until proven guilty, don't we? We need your help to stop these abuses, Please listen and share.... (more)

August 11, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — A physicist who foresees a 30-year period of global cooling says other climatologists have tried to "silence" her latest research on solar cycles. Valentina Zharkova, a professor at Northumbria University at Newcastle in the United Kingdom, said the Royal Astronomical Society received requests to withdraw a press release on her team's latest research pointing to a significant drop in solar activity by mid-century.... (more)

August 10, 2016

NEWSMAX — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump increased to more than 7 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, from less than 3 points on Thursday.... (more)

August 10, 2016

PHILIP KLEIN — To Donald Trump's boosters, the theory for how he could win the presidency hinged on the idea that he'd build on Mitt Romney's performance among white voters, putting even blue states like Pennsylvania in play. But things aren't quite working out that way.... (more)

August 10, 2016

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Donald Trump is unqualified to be president of the United States, and Republicans ought to be embarrassed he is their nominee. For largely different reasons, Hillary Clinton is also unqualified to be president of the United States, and Democrats ought to be embarrassed she is their nominee.... (more)

August 10, 2016

SUSAN FERRECHIO — Third-party and independent candidates are poised to have a significant impact on the 2016 presidential election, where the unpopularity of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump have left many voters looking for another option on the November ballot.... (more)

August 10, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan romped to victory Tuesday in the Republican primary for his congressional seat, dealing another setback to insurgent tea party forces that hoped to make an example out of him. The race was called soon after the polls closed at 8 p.m. CDT in Wisconsin. Mr. Ryan led challenger Paul Nehlen 84 percent to 16 percent with most precincts reporting.... (more)

August 10, 2016

NEWSMAX — Carly Fiorina is "actively laying the groundwork" to succeed Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus, Time reports. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO, who dropped her bid to become the 2016 GOP presidential nominee earlier this year, has "reached out to party chairs across the country as well as RNC committee men and women who will elect a successor" in January, Time says.... (more)

August 10, 2016

BOB UNRUH — An Iowa church just wants to be free to preach the gospel, but the state's so-called nondiscrimination requirements could block the house of worship from doing just that. Lawyers for the church are asking a federal court to prevent Iowa from censoring what the religious group can say about homosexuality, same-sex "marriage," transgenderism and other related topics.... (more)

August 10, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Richard Reid was already a two-time felon when authorities searched his Delaware apartment and found marijuana, crack cocaine divided into sales-size plastic bags, powder cocaine, a scale -- and a loaded .32 caliber handgun, an unloaded .25 caliber pistol and ammunition for two other types of weapons.... (more)

August 10, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — I don't want to be a broken record on the subject of President Obama's appalling $400 million cash payment to Iran. I am at a loss, however, to understand how the press -- and not just the pro-Obama mainstream media -- continues to accept at face value President Obama's preposterous claim that the transaction had to be structured the way it was (U.S. dollars converted to foreign currency and shipped to Tehran) because the law forbids transferring U.S. dollars to Iran.... (more)

August 10, 2016

THE HILL — Multiple women reportedly taped conversations with former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, and the recordings could play a crucial role in the sexual harassment suit against Ailes. The tapes, Vanity Fair reported Tuesday, could prompt 21st Century Fox and Ailes into settling the lawsuit filed by former network host Gretchen Carlson to the tune of eight figures.... (more)

August 8, 2016

NEWSMAX — Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump since the Democratic convention, a new poll shows. The Monmouth University survey released Monday shows the candidates' support level among registered breaks down like this:... (more)

August 8, 2016

NATIONAL REVIEW — Donald Trump is proposing a couple of big tax hikes. The first one is trivial: It's the tax hike in Trump Tax Plan 2.0 over the original version. Earlier, Trump had talked about cutting the tax code down to three brackets, at 10 percent, 20 percent, and 25 percent. The new version is 12 percent, 25 percent, and 33 percent: That's a 20 percent marginal rate hike on the bottom third, another 20 percent hike on the middle, and 32 percent increase on the fat cats at the top.... (more)

August 8, 2016

NEWSMAX — Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, in an opinion piece published by The Seattle Times, blasted Republican nominee Donald Trump as unqualified to lead the nation's armed forces, noting that the former reality TV star "sounds like a 12-year-old -- a willful and abusive braggart."... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Hillary Clinton's private emails discussing the case of an Iranian scientist who was allegedly working with the U.S. could make it more difficult for the intelligence community to gain the trust of sources in the future, according to experts.... (more)

August 8, 2016

YOURNEWSWIRE.COM — Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has revealed that Hillary Clinton earned a staggering $100,000 whilst running a company tasked with arming ISIS militants in Syria.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said Monday that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is "a straight-up cop hater" who sympathizes with the "criminal element" of the Black Lives Matter movement.... (more)

August 8, 2016

NATIONAL REVIEW — Donald Trump is losing because he is a weak candidate. Trump is weak. And I frankly question whether he has the stamina to make it through the election," newly declared independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin told National Review this morning during the first on-the-record interview of his campaign.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — A state panel has refused to dismiss an ethics complaint against Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, sending him to a trial-like proceeding on Sept. 28. The Court of the Judiciary on Monday denied Moore's request to dismiss the complaint that he violated ethical standards for judges with a January memo to probate judges regarding same-sex marriage.... (more)

August 8, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has riled conservatives by once again naming a warship after a liberal activist, in this case slain gay rights icon Harvey Milk.... (more)

August 8, 2016

ALAN KEYES — This morning, I saw a press release about an Internet documentary series called "Third Candidates" that's being put together by two filmmakers, John Farrell and Jake Simms. According to Farrell, "because of widespread dissatisfaction with the major parties, there's still some room for shakeups between now and November."... (more)