Special to WorldTribune.com By Joe Schaeffer Progressives are expressing anger at presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s selection of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, objecting to his Wall Street ties and support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, among other things. According to some in their ranks, they can add gay baiting […]
Special to WorldTribune.com President Gerald Ford stated in Rockford, IL, March 11, 1976: “People say why don’t you do this, why don’t you expand that program, why don’t you spend more Federal money?… I don’t think they have understood one of the fundamentals … I look them in the eye and I say, ‘Do you […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin If Black Lives Matter, then why have entrenched members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent more time enriching themselves than taking care of their neglected constituents? Too many social justice protesters are busy throwing shade, rocks, bottles, concrete blocks and vicious death threats at police officers of all colors […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin Canada’s sloppy, rushed and reckless Syrian refugee resettlement program is America’s looming national security nightmare. Donald Trump shouldn’t just be promising to build a Mexican border wall. He (and any other sovereignty-minded presidential candidate) should be vowing to rebuild the decimated “wall” of first-line watchdogs, field enforcement and patrol […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Thomas Sowell The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line. You have a good chance […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner As soon as Pope Francis left the Capitol on Thursday, the wheels were set in motion for House Speaker John Boehner to announce his resignation Friday morning. Boehner told reporters Friday he had planned to announce his resignation on his birthday, Nov. 17, but then began to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Josh Rogin If Iran strikes a deal with the West, all sanctions will be lifted very quickly and there’s nothing the U.S. Congress can do to stop it, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a New York audience Wednesday. . . . Iran’s top diplomat assured the crowd at New […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin Being a San Francisco liberal means never having to say you’re sorry. Or wrong. Take Nancy Pelosi, please. Five years ago, California’s genius Bay Area Democrat declared that government unemployment checks generate job growth. Yes, really. “Let me say about unemployment insurance,” she told reporters, “this is one of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin Did the 2014 midterms really happen? Less than three months after a red tide rolled over the country, the Senate Republican Rollover Caucus is back to its default position in Washington, D.C.: Hands up, bow down. Last week, senior GOP supplicant Sen. Orrin Hatch announced that he will support […]
Rep. David Brat, Breitbart.com Whoever runs for the Republican leadership of the U.S. House on Tuesday must communicate on paper how Congress is going to lead on the big issues. The American people elected us to solve trillion-dollar problems, not to kick the can down the road with only symbolic votes. My district expects any […]