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February 5, 2020

What Will It Take to Stop Google's Kiddie Predators? By Michelle Malkin

How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools?

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February 5, 2020

Bad Law By John Stossel

A law in South Carolina bans playing pinball if you're under 18. That's just one of America's many ridiculous laws restricting freedom.

February 4, 2020

Rasmussen Reports Weekly Immigration Index - Week Ending January 30, 2020

The Rasmussen Reports Immigration Index for the week of January 26-30, 2020 is at 99.7, down from 102.7 the week before.

February 4, 2020

Few Minds Have Been Changed by Senate Impeachment Trial

The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump may have dominated the headlines, but it has had little impact on perhaps the most important jury, America’s voters.

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February 4, 2020

Failed Coup of a Failing Establishment By Patrick J. Buchanan

It has been a bad few days for the establishment, really bad.

In a 51-49 vote, the Senate refused to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and agreed to end the trial Wednesday, with a near-certain majority vote to acquit the president of all charges.

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February 4, 2020

Don't Regulate the Rail Industry By Stephen Moore

President Donald Trump rightly touts the economy-wide savings from his deregulation initiatives. But one federal agency didn't get the memo. Some members of the Surface Transportation Board, which has oversight over the nation's network of freight railroads, wants to resurrect price controls on the industry.

February 3, 2020

42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending January 30, 2020.

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February 3, 2020

The Road to Milwaukee: How the Democratic Primary Will Unfold By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— At long last, the primary season begins tonight in Iowa.

— The calendar is frontloaded, with the heart of the action coming from March 3-17.

— If there is not a clear leader by St. Patrick’s Day, and especially by the end of April, the primary electorate may not actually be able to crown a clear winner.

February 3, 2020

Voters Like Primaries But Not Iowa, New Hampshire Always First

Voters are more supportive than ever of state primaries as the way to choose presidential nominees but are far less sure about letting Iowa and New Hampshire lead the way.

February 1, 2020

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 1, 2020

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

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February 1, 2020

Corporate Crap That Doesn't Kill Bernie Just Makes Him Stronger By Ted Rall

On Jan. 19, The New York Times oddly co-endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic presidential nomination. Two days later, a poll on the key New Hampshire primary showed Warren down 4 points. Bernie Sanders' surge continued. What happened?

January 31, 2020

Most Voters Tell Senate: Leave Trump's Future to Us in November

Most voters oppose the U.S. Senate’s removal of President Trump from office and say that decision should be left up to them in November.

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January 31, 2020

Biden Remains Democrats’ Clear Choice Nationally

Joe Biden has rebounded to a near two-to-one lead over second-place rival Bernie Sanders among Democrats nationally just before the party’s process of picking a presidential nominee begins in earnest.

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January 31, 2020

A Sanders Sweep? By Michael Barone

The old becomes the new. It's less than a week from of the Iowa caucuses, and Bernie Sanders, born in September 1941, three months before Pearl Harbor, leads the RealClearPolitics average of recent polls by 4 points in Iowa, 10 points in New Hampshire and 5 points in the biggest delegate prize, the Super Tuesday-voting California.

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January 31, 2020

Is Bernie's Hour of Power at Hand? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Can a septuagenarian socialist who just survived a heart attack and would be 80 years old in his first year in office be elected president of the United States? It's hard to believe but not impossible.

January 30, 2020

Most Still Want Tight Border Control, Not Open Borders

Voters still favor tough border control and say it’s too easy to get in and stay in the United States illegally. But they also think illegal immigration is getting a little harder these days.

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January 30, 2020

Take Two: Can Sanders Broaden His Base? By Rhodes Cook

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Unlike in 2016, Bernie Sanders has a real chance to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

— However, he likely will have to broaden his base of support to do so.

— Namely, better showings in big urban and suburban areas are important, particularly as the field narrows.

January 29, 2020

Most, But Not As Many, See A Woman President Coming

With Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s chances appearing to fade, voters are less sure a woman will be elected president than they were when Hillary Clinton was on deck, although most still think one is coming. Voters also still prefer giving a successful president a chance to be reelected.

January 29, 2020

35% Say U.S. Elections Unfair

With the Iowa caucuses just days away, voters are more confident about U.S. elections than they were four years ago. But most still don’t believe the federal government has the consent of those it governs.

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January 29, 2020

Red China's Infection of US Classrooms By Michelle Malkin

Dangerous menaces are spreading from mainland China to the United States. Surgical masks and Big Pharma vaccines, however, won't protect this nation from its infiltration. The problem doesn't lie with bats. It lies with America's batty pursuit of globalization at all costs.