Poll: 43% of Republicans Favor Giving President Power to Unilaterally Close News Outlets

The First Amendment is under assault in manifold ways, and there’s a fresh attack lurking in the results of a recent survey of American opinions of the news media. Research conducted by Ipsos revealed that 43 percent of self-identified Republicans believe that “the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad…

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Congress Won’t Cut a Penny: Refuses to Cut Even 0.08 Percent of Federal Budget

There was a recent move to cut a pittance out of the federal budget and the Republicans in Congress couldn’t even get that done.  The GOP talks a good game when it’s not in power. For eight years, Republicans promised they were going to repeal Obamacare. After controlling both houses of Congress and the White…

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Republicans Join Democrats to Expand Obamacare in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (June 6, 2018) – After refusing to do so for years, Republicans in Virginia helped Democrats expand Medicaid, and by extension Obamacare. The Republican-controlled Senate passed a budget bill including Medicaid expansion last week after four GOP senators joined ranks with the Democrats. Nineteen Republicans also voted in favor of the bill in…

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Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Constitutional Carry Bill

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (May 14, 2018) – Late Friday, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a so-called  “Constitutional Carry” bill that would have made it legal for most Oklahomans to carry a concealed firearm without a license. Passage into law would have also fostered an environment hostile to federal gun control. Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow)…

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A Sanctuary City Conspiracy Theory?

I don’t always throw out or follow conspiracy theories, but what better way to get grassroots conservatives to support more and more centralized power than this? Run the borders like a sieve for years. Have a Republican president grant amnesty for millions. Continue running the borders like a sieve. Start putting the blame for the…

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