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September 13, 2017

Americans Say Sales Tax Fairest of Taxes

Even as the fight over charging sales tax for online retailers ensues in Congress, Americans still think sales tax is the most fair type of tax they pay. But they’re nearly as likely to see income tax as both the most (and least) fair type of tax today.

September 13, 2017

Most Americans Agree With DeVos on Sexual Misconduct on Campuses

During a speech at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School last week about sexual assault on campus, education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated...

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September 13, 2017

Never Forget: Muslim Hate Crime Hoaxes By Michelle Malkin

Another year. Another Sept. 11 anniversary. Another opportunity for grievance-mongering Muslim agitators to decry the imagined "epidemic" of "Islamophobia."   

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September 13, 2017

Clinton's 'What Happened' Blames Everyone Else for Presidential Loss, But We Knew That Already By Charles Hurt

Finally! The collusion with Russia we have all been looking for!

Russian operatives working for the Kremlin reportedly spent $100,000 posting “divisive social and political messages” on Facebook during last year’s presidential campaign.

September 13, 2017

Most Voters Welcome Trump’s Outreach to Congressional Democrats

Despite their failure to advance President Trump’s agenda, congressional Republicans aren’t happy about his outreach to Democrats in the House and Senate, but most voters think it’s a great idea.

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September 13, 2017

Blame for Disaster By John Stossel

"How many once-in-a-lifetime storms will it take," demands "The Daily Show" comic Trevor Noah, "until everyone admits man-made climate change is real?!"

September 12, 2017

61% Say It’s Time for Hillary Clinton To Retire

Hillary Clinton is back today with a new book, “What Happened,” to further explain why Donald Trump is president instead of her. But most voters still don’t buy her excuses and think it’s time for her to step off the national stage.

September 12, 2017

Voters Don't Believe Immigration Reform Will Lead to Border Control

President Trump has challenged Congress to come up with a long overdue comprehensive reform of the nation's immigration laws in the next six months, but voters remain skeptical that real border control is on the way.

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September 12, 2017

Tribalism Marches On! By Patrick J. Buchanan

Recently, a columnist-friend, Matt Kenney, sent me a 25-year-old newspaper with his chiding that my column had been given better play.

Both had run in The Orange County Register on June 30, 1991.

September 11, 2017

34% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-four percent (34%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending September 7.

September 11, 2017

Voters Less Convinced Taxes Will Go Up Under a Trump White House

Now that Donald Trump is in the White House, fewer voters think the president will raise taxes compared to when he was on the campaign trail. But slightly more voters see a Trump White House with more government spending.

September 11, 2017

Democrats Growing Wary of Tax Cut Benefits

President Trump has promised to cut taxes. Voters are generally on board, but Democrats are less convinced now of the economic benefits of doing so.

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September 9, 2017

Obama Screwed The DACA Dreamers Before Trump Did By Ted Rall

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' September 5 announcement that the Trump Administration is repealing Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for children brought into the United States illegally marks another political low point for a president who stages his photos so he looks tough "like Churchill" but whose governance is so wobbly and noncommittal that he's elevated waffling to an artform.   

September 9, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending September 9, 2017

Massive blows from Hurricane Harvey, which caused record rains and flooding in coastal Texas and Louisiana, and the impending threat of Hurricane Irma on Florida, sandwiched big political news this week. 

September 8, 2017

Consumer Spending Update: Spending Stalls Despite Continued Confidence in Economy

Despite a month-over-month drop in economic confidence, consumers continue to look more favorably upon the economy and their own personal finances than they have in years past.

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September 8, 2017

Trump Sidesteps Roadblock of Republicans By Charles Hurt

The swamp gets sloshed! Republicans stunned! GOP reeling! Blindsided!

September 8, 2017

Should Americans Have A Third Gender Option on Official IDs?

Canada is now the first nation in the Americas to allow citizens to list themselves as a third gender on their passports, and California is poised to be the first state to do the same when it comes to drivers’ licenses. But Americans overall aren’t quite ready to go that far.

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September 8, 2017

Can Trump and Democrats Make a Deal on Immigration? By Michael Barone

Can President Donald Trump and the Republican-majority Congress make a deal? That's a question raised by the announcement that the Trump administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months. DACA, put in place by the Obama administration, provided protection from deportation to immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children and who didn't have serious criminal records and were working or in school or the military.

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September 8, 2017

Trump Dumps the Do-Nothing Congress By Patrick J. Buchanan

Donald Trump is president today because he was seen as a doer not a talker. Among the most common compliments paid him in 2016 was, "At least he gets things done!"

September 7, 2017

Americans Still See Summer as Vacation Time

Summer may be winding down now, but more than half of Americans took advantage of the warmer months while they lasted by taking some time off for a little rest and relaxation.