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Dan Popp

April 3, 2017
ALAN KEYES — To say the least, the Obama administration was not notable for respecting the "special relationship" that is supposed to exist between the United States and Great Britain since the two countries led the Allies to victory in World War II.... (more)


April 3, 2017
CLIFF KINCAID — When the first President Bush nominated David Souter for a seat on the Supreme Court, the nominee was sold to conservatives as a fellow conservative but turned out to be a solid member of the court's liberal bloc. As such, Souter was labeled a "stealth nominee" to advance the liberal agenda. Could Judge Neil Gorsuch be another Souter?... (more)


April 3, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump said in an interview published Sunday he will make a deal with Democrats on legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare if he can't strike one with House Freedom Caucus Republicans.... (more)


April 3, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — In the latest sign that President Trump's feud with the House Freedom Caucus isn't abating, Rep. Jim Jordan downplayed Mr. Trump's threats to aid primary challenges against members of the Caucus on Sunday. "Competition is fine," Mr. Jordan said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I've never shied away from competition. If that's what happens, that's what happens."... (more)


April 3, 2017
BYRON YORK — Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey demanding the story behind the FBI's reported plan to pay the author of a lurid and unsubstantiated dossier on candidate Donald Trump.... (more)


April 3, 2017
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — 'Horrifying!" inveighed an indignant Hillary Clinton at the last presidential debate, less than three weeks before Election Day. What so horrified her? Donald Trump's refusal to pledge that he would accept the legitimacy of the election.... (more)


April 3, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — Al Qaeda is making a comeback in the Middle East and North Africa by expanding its armies and infiltrating new territories, complicating President Trump's priority of destroying the world's other major Salafist Sunni group, the Islamic State.... (more)


April 3, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — The Homeland Security Department has been reluctant to send helicopters on nighttime missions to aid the Border Patrol, leaving agents to face drug smugglers and illegal immigrants without critical air cover, the chief of the agents' labor union told Congress late last month.... (more)


April 2, 2017
CLIFF KINCAID — An admitted CIA mouthpiece writing for the Washington Post receives classified information and publishes it. He remains in good standing at the paper. Yet the Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News offers his informed opinion that the British helped conduct surveillance on President Trump and is suspended for several days from on-air appearances.... (more)


April 2, 2017
NEWSMAX — Numerous private citizens connected with President Donald Trump's campaign team were "unmasked" in intelligence information swept up in "incidental collection" that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes secretly viewed last week, according to news reports on Friday.... (more)


April 2, 2017
GARTH KANT — The spying by the Obama administration on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly was even worse than what he has alleged. And it had nothing to do with Russia but everything to do with politics. Sources in the intelligence community claim the potentially illegal revealing of names, or unmasking, of people in the Trump camp who were under surveillance was done purely "for political purposes" to "hurt and embarrass (candidate) Trump and his team."... (more)


April 2, 2017
NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump's declaration of war on the House Freedom Caucus for killing the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is actually a positive for the hardline ultraconservative group, one of its leading members, Rep. Mo Brooks, tells Newsmax TV.... (more)


April 2, 2017
NATIONAL REVIEW STAFF — The demise of the American Health Care Act, House speaker Paul Ryan and the White House's ill-fated effort to reform Obamacare, has prompted a cascade of finger-pointing as Republicans try to assign blame for their recent embarrassment. The White House and much of the Republican establishment have settled on a familiar scapegoat: the famously stubborn 30 or so members of the House Freedom Caucus.... (more)


April 1, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump's threats against members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus this week fit a pattern of pointed attacks that helped create his outsider appeal to voters -- but may hamper his ability to work within an insider system.... (more)


April 1, 2017
BYRON YORK — The Trump Russia investigation has spread in so many directions, and sparked so much crazy commentary, that it's hard to keep track of it all. So here is a guide to help you keep your eye on the ball:... (more)


April 1, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — White House press secretary Sean Spicer is spending more and more time behind the podium at the White House trying to contain a growing media frenzy over the Trump administration's connections to several Russia-related probes.... (more)


April 1, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — WikiLeaks on Friday released what it claims to be a stolen CIA code that would prevent hacking and virus attacks from being traced back to the spy agency.... (more)


April 1, 2017
NEWSMAX — Terrorist organizations, including ISIS and al-Qaida, may be developing laptops bombs capable of avoiding airport security, CNN reported Friday, after speaking with U.S. intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies.... (more)


April 1, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — The Treasury Department slapped sanctions on 11 North Koreans and one company Friday over Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program and violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions. "Today's sanctions are aimed at disrupting the networks and methods that the government of North Korea employs to fund its unlawful nuclear, ballistic missile, and proliferation programs," said Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.... (more)


April 1, 2017
NEWSMAX — The Russian navy says its submarines have increased combat patrols to the level last seen during the Cold War. The navy chief, Adm. Vladimir Korolyov, said Friday in remarks carried by state RIA Novosti news agency that Russian submarine crews spent more than 3,000 days on patrol last year, matching the Soviet-era operational tempo. Korolyov spoke after attending the launch of a new Yasen-class nuclear-powered attack submarine called the Kazan.... (more)


April 1, 2017
BBC NEWS — The U.S. representative to the United Nations has said that the U.S. is no longer prioritising the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters on Thursday "we can't necessarily focus on Assad the way that the previous administration did".... (more)


March 31, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump escalated his offensive against congressional conservatives who oppose the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Thursday as party leaders signal they want to take another shot at healthcare reform.... (more)


March 31, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump is taking a stunningly harsh tone with the conservative House Freedom Caucus, calling Thursday for their defeat in the 2018 midterm election if they don't get on board with the Republican agenda.... (more)


March 31, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — With Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote, the Senate approved a bill Thursday to let states strip federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood, marking the first successful strike against the country's largest abortion network.... (more)


March 31, 2017
BOB UNRUH — Dr. James Dobson, who started Focus on the Family and now delivers his Christian and pro-family advice through the newer Family Talk radio, is endorsing again the move for parents to withdraw their children from public schools.... (more)

 
 
 
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