January 21, 2020
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The American Mind
Ronald R. Cherry

January 21, 2020
RENEWAMERICA STAFF ? RenewAmerica has partnered with multi-national pro-life organization Real Estate for Life to help sustain the work of RenewAmerica. Real Estate for Life is a faith-based real estate network that funds "gospel of life groups worldwide."... (more)


January 19, 2020
REV. MARK H. CREECH ? It seems providential that Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 19th, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 20th, fall so close together. Both days have something in common, as if the need for their recognition calls upon us not to forget the same error.... (more)


January 19, 2020
CLIFF KINCAID ? Billionaire George Soros was named "Philanthropist of the Year" by Inside Philanthropy magazine for his "fight for academic freedom in Central Europe, and his resistance to the rising tide of authoritarianism worldwide." The former is a reference to gender studies programs, and the latter concerns his ongoing campaign to undermine existing governments, causing chaos that makes more money for hedge fund currency manipulators and short-sellers like himself.... (more)


January 19, 2020
REAL CLEAR POLITICS ? CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who was recently added to President Trump's impeachment defense legal team, debate constitutional grounds for impeachment. "Do you get paid for this? How does that work?" CNN host Anderson Cooper asked Dershowitz. "That hasn't been discussed," he said. "But if I were to be paid, all the money would go to charity. I will not take a single penny.... I'm doing this because I strongly believe in the Constitution, I strongly oppose the impeachment. I worry about the weaponization of impeachment and it could be used in other cases."... (more)


January 19, 2020
FOX NEWS ? A gun-rights rally in Richmond that brought thousands of people from across the country to protest a push by Virginia Democrats for comprehensive gun control ended peacefully without any major incidents. Threats of violence had escalated in the days leading up to Monday's demonstration following reports that white supremacists, armed militia and other extremist groups were planning to attend.... (more)


January 19, 2020
84% of GOP voters and 74% of Democratic voters believe the media has fanned political polarization
NEWSMAX ? Most voters blame the news media for making the United States more politically divided, a new poll showed. In the HarrisX survey of 1,001 registered voters, released by The Hill on Friday, 75% say they believe the way news is reported increases the political divide, compared with only 7% who say it's made the nation less politically divided, and 17% who say it's had no effect.... (more)


January 19, 2020
Judges refuse 'to open Pandora's box of pronouns'
WORLDNETDAILY ? The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the request of an inmate convicted for child porn to change his name on his prison paperwork to a woman's. Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel, said the Fifth Circuit "made a wise decision not to open Pandora's box of pronouns." "Once that door is opened, there is no limit. This would open the floodgates to a mutiny of legal cases addressing the galaxy of delusions in today's society," he said.... (more)


January 19, 2020
'No right more fundamental than the right to follow one's religious convictions'
WORLDNETDAILY ? Arguing the Founders "understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous, and virtuous society than the right to follow one's religious convictions," President Trump announced new protections Thursday for prayer and religious expression in public schools.... (more)


January 19, 2020
NEWSMAX ? A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by 21 young people who claimed the U.S. government's climate policies and reliance on fossil fuels harms them, jeopardizes their future and violates their constitutional rights, potentially dealing a fatal blow to a long-running case that activists saw as an important front in the war against environmental degradation.... (more)


January 19, 2020
Supremes to rule on defiance of voters' wishes
WORLDNETDAILY ? The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will take a case on whether presidential electors are bound to support the popular vote winner in their states. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled a "faithless elector" who did not abide by Colorado law and vote for the candidate chosen by voters could not be punished.... (more)


January 19, 2020
Democrats do not have an impeachable offense
THE BLAZE ? Former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy says there is a major "hole" in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Donald Trump. McCarthy wrote in National Review that it's obvious that the Democrats obviously "do not have an offense sufficiently grave for invocation of the Constitution's nuclear option." If they had one, McCarthy said, their "machinations and the posturing would be unnecessary -- even ridiculous."... (more)


January 18, 2020
'We look the same...but we couldn't be further apart'
THE BLAZE ? Controversial Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will face an unexpected Republican challenger in this November's election -- from a Muslim refugee woman like herself. Dalia al-Aqidi, a journalist and former White House correspondent from Iraq, argues that since taking office in 2019, Omar has done nothing but seek to divide and undermine America, and that despite apparent similarities with Omar, she herself is nothing like the freshman Minnesota congresswoman.... (more)


January 17, 2020
YOUTUBE ? The two articles of impeachment against President Trump are deficient on their face.... (more)


January 17, 2020
CRUZ.SENATE.GOV ? WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, on Wednesday appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" after the House took a vote to name their impeachment managers and send the articles of impeachment to the Senate.... (more)


January 16, 2020
THE HILL ? Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tapped seven impeachment managers on Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation over who in the House will step into the political spotlight and make the case before the Senate to remove President Trump from office.... (more)


January 16, 2020
WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named seven impeachment managers on Wednesday morning as she prepares to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. The head of the team will be House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.... (more)


January 16, 2020
THE HILL ? Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday ripped House Democrats and made the case for the upper chamber acquitting President Trump as he waits for the articles of impeachment to be transmitted. McConnell, speaking from the Senate floor, did not directly call for senators to vote to acquit Trump but argued that senators cannot follow the House's lead... (more)


January 16, 2020
WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? California Rep. Devin Nunes said he now remembers a phone call he received from Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. During a Fox News appearance Wednesday evening, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee belittled that conversation when asked to respond to a clip of Parnas saying during an MSNBC interview that his dealings in Ukraine, now the subject of impeachment scrutiny, were done with Trump's knowledge.... (more)


January 16, 2020
WORLDNETDAILY ? House Democrats refused Tuesday to formally support anti-government protesters in Iran and to condemn the Islamic regime's shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people.... (more)


January 16, 2020
'American voters see through these lies and through this never-ending charade'
WORLDNETDAILY ? Christian evangelist Franklin Graham is calling out Democrats and liberal media for their "hatred" of President Trump. He's raised the issue several times in recent months, repeatedly calling on Americans to pray for the president and Vice President Mike Pence to carry out God's will for the country.... (more)


January 16, 2020
WORLDNETDAILY ? There were plenty of big moments that took place even before LSU defeated Clemson 42-25 Monday night at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans to win the college football national championship. For one thing, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump made an appearance, walking out onto the field for the pregame playing of the national anthem.... (more)


January 16, 2020
NEWSMAX ? Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., of calling her a liar in front of a national TV audience at the end of Tuesday's Democratic primary debate. Cameras caught the tense exchange, but it was originally unclear what was said between the two progressives. CNN, however, obtained the audio and published it Wednesday evening.... (more)


January 14, 2020
Francis enjoys ?Aqua Circus,? a show about a mermaid and a man under the sea who fight against contamination of the ocean
ROME REPORTS ? At the end of the General Audience, the "Aqua Circus" put on a show for the pope and pilgrims. Pope Francis participated in the spectacle by tossing a hoop at one of the acrobats. The "Aqua Circus" proposes to defend the environment.... (more)


January 14, 2020
New anti-constitutional norms now in place, following three years of destructive precedent by Democrats
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ? The Left sees Donald Trump's comportment, rallies, and tweets as a new low in presidential behavior that justifies extraordinary countermeasures. But Trump's personal characteristics are idiosyncratic and may or may not become institutionalized by subsequent presidents. And it is not as if liberal icons such as FDR, LBJ, JFK, and Bill Clinton suddenly became saintly in office.... (more)


January 14, 2020
Project Veritas secretly recorded shocking rhetoric of radical campaign insider [LANGUAGE ADVISORY]
PROJECT VERITAS ACTION ? A Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign Field Organizer, Kyle Jurek, was secretly recorded bragging about his extreme left-wing fringe views, calling for violence and death to those who oppose Sanders' radical policies. Kyle Jurek, who works out of the Sanders campaign Iowa office, has been paid at least $9,775 since starting in his official campaign role. Project Veritas Action Fund's undercover journalists secretly recorded Jurek's statements for months, recording footage on multiple occasions where he lashes out against Sanders' Democratic opposition, President Trump's supporters, and others.... (more)

 
 
 
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