During the 2016 presidential campaign, one of the promises Candidate Trump made to Americans was to get the U.S. out of Syria and to not get involved militarily in foreign countries going forward. He famously put it this way: “I’m not, and I don’t want to be, the president of the world.” So why all […]
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Let me first be honest: there is NO one-word term used to demean specific religions that equally compare to the word “racism” as demeaning the ethnicity of others. Why don’t we develop our own word that we can begin using in conversations like this one today? And when we do, we’ll understand the substance better.
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Christmas is a bittersweet time for me. December 22nd of 1969, my father left Mom and me. My older brother had been in the Navy for a few years. Then, December 23rd of 2013, my sister-in-law lost her long battle with cancer. The last 50 Christmases or so have been somewhat of a struggle. But
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In this never-ending battle regarding shutting down the government amid the battle over the funding for a southern border wall, Democrats keep harping on the Senate 60-vote requirement. How could the framers of the Constitution be so short-sighted to think that 3/5ths of U.S. Senators would agree on any one issue? But did the framers
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It’s Dead! No money for the border wall and the government is shut down. Trump promised Americans if he was elected, he’d build the wall. It doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. And to make matters worse, funding for the federal Government — at least part of it — ended at midnight Friday night.
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First, it was Obamacare: “If elected President, we will repeal and replace Obamacare.” (Candidate Donald Trump) Then it was government spending: “If elected President, we will cut wasteful spending that under Obama has doubled the federal debt in 8 years.” (Candidate Donald Trump) Then it was taxes: “If elected President, we will pass a massive income
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Fired FBI Director James Comey is once again in the crosshairs of Truth advocates in Congress. Comey appeared again before a joint Congressional committee hearing to answer questions. (We are waiting for the transcript of his testimony to be released and will share it when that happens) After his testimony, Comey visited with the press
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(Before reading today’s story, please read Part 1 published yesterday, December 17th) Who Remembers Sandy Berger? Berger was an American political consultant who served as the United States National Security Advisor for President Bill Clinton from March 14, 1997, until January 20, 2001. Before that, he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor for
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If you listen to those on Capitol Hill who “know” all things in D.C. better than those of us who are a-political, Robert Mueller is something akin to the Messiah when it comes to law enforcement, investigation, and ferreting out facts of any salacious story with international intrigue. But wait: there’s another side to Robert
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We are all familiar with the horrific murder of the Saudi journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Istanbul, Turkey. While the fact that an international journalist with significant U.S. ties was brutally murdered, the fact that it happened in a country with which the U.S. has close ties — Turkey — opens Pandora’s
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