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April 12, 2017

Americans Reject Proposed Online Access Law

Senate Republicans recently voted to eliminate proposed privacy rules that prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from selling or sharing users’ browsing history and other personal information, and voters aren’t having it.

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April 12, 2017

Who's Unsafe on Campus? By Michelle Malkin

Springtime may be in bloom, but snowflakes never go out of season at America's most prestigious colleges and universities.

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April 12, 2017

Voters Less Fearful of Worsening U.S.-Russia Relations

Voters appear to be less concerned that tense United States-Russia relations will have a negative impact on America, but they still strongly believe the two nations are headed for another Cold War scenario.

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April 12, 2017

Remember When the Establishment Thought Trump Was Crazy? By Charles Hurt

Remind me again: Who is the impulsive, trigger-happy pugnacious brute who cannot be trusted with the nuclear codes?

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April 12, 2017

Warrior Trump by John Stossel

Somehow, firing Tomahawk missiles at Syria suddenly changed people's opinions of President Trump. Now they call him a "serious" leader.

April 12, 2017

Most Democrats Still Say Trump Didn't Win

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez recently said he doesn't accept that Donald Trump is president. Most Democrats agree.

April 11, 2017

Most Support Trump’s Airstrike But See Syria As A UN Problem

Most voters support President Trump’s missile strike on Syria but feel further action against the Syrian government should come from the United Nations and not the United States alone.

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April 11, 2017

Tactical Nuclear Option Inside Reconciliation By Lawrence Kudlow

"Drain the swamp." It was one of President Trump's most powerful messages on the way to victory. Shake up Washington, D.C. Break a few eggs to create a new omelet. Overturn the establishment.

April 11, 2017

Most Americans Aren't Volunteering for Space Travel

Virgin Galactic owner Richard Branson insists he'll have commercial travelers in space by the end of next year, but a trip to space isn’t high on most Americans’ to-do lists.

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April 11, 2017

Is Trump Enlisting in the War Party? by Patrick J. Buchanan

By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our "America First" president may have plunged us into another Middle East war that his countrymen do not want to fight.

April 10, 2017

36% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-six percent (36%) 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 April 6.  

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April 10, 2017

Voters Not Convinced Obama Wasn’t In On Trump Spying

Voters are split on whether President Barack Obama or his inner circle were aware that U.S. intelligence agencies were spying on Donald Trump’s campaign, but they don’t believe Obama officials leaked names picked up in the surveillance efforts to the media.

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April 10, 2017

Trump, the 'Nuclear Option' of Presidents, Awakens the Comfortable in the Senate By Charles Hurt

One of the greatest decisions of the 20th Century was the unflinching order by President Harry S. Truman to drop two bombs on Japan.

April 10, 2017

GOP Voters See Merit-Based System As Legal Immigration Solution

President Trump has proposed moving toward a merit-based legal immigration system that grants visas based on one’s skill levels rather than their family connections. Republican voters think that’s a pretty good solution.

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April 8, 2017

Why is Trump So Hated? It's The Tribalism by Ted Rall

This one is in post-9/11 cadence: why do liberals hate Trump so much?

April 8, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 8, 2017

President Trump ended the week with a bang – first with an airstrike against a Syrian military airfield suspected of launching a chemical weapons attack and then with the confirmation of his first U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

April 7, 2017

Voters Say Supreme Court Pick Who Pleases Both Parties Unlikely

Voters think it’s unlikely President Trump could nominate anyone to the U.S. Supreme Court who would appeal to both Republicans and Democrats, but they still don’t like the Senate changing its rules to make it easier for a nominee to be confirmed.

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April 7, 2017

Mistrust of Trump Threatens Political Corrosion and Rule of Law by Michael Barone

Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign and unexpected victory have produced a culture of mistrust permeating our politics and threatening to undermine the rule of law. That's not healthy, whatever you think of Trump or his political opponents.

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April 7, 2017

Nixon, LBJ & the First Shots in the Judges' War By Patrick J. Buchanan

The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court -- a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.   

April 7, 2017

Consumer Spending Update: Consumer Confidence Falls From Record Highs

Consumers may still be riding the wave of economic enthusiasm since Donald Trump was elected, but that confidence is starting to wane.