What is Michael Cohen up to?

I have long said – at least since Michael Cohen has become the target of a federal criminal investigation – that the one-time Trump friend, attorney, and fixer may pose the greatest threat to President Trump. He may be, as most of the anti-Trump press concludes, the most inside insider of the Trump operations with the exception of the president’s children – and maybe even more than them. But then again, maybe not. Of course, much of the media’s case against Trump-the-businessman is predicated on the assumption of guilt –…

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Are Words Important?

Two simultaneous events seem to reveal the hypocrisy of the #NeverTrump resistance movement. They both show the mainstream media’s only true principle: All things reflect badly on President Trump. The two events that drove this point home were the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing featuring Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the press conference in which Trump and European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker issued a joint statement regarding the interim results of ongoing trade negotiations. In the ever-present personality versus policy debate, Pompeo frequently reminded senators – and by…

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Are Trump Supporters the Smart Ones?

Every job has its downside. To write my commentaries for blogs and newspapers, I am obligated to follow as much news as possible throughout the day. Your sympathy is deeply appreciated. In several of my commentaries, I have tried to give an answer to the central question that the left asks repeatedly – ad nauseam. Why do so many Americans – around a respectable 45 percent of us – keep defending President Trump? I finally have an answer. Because we are smarter than they think we are – AND we…

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The Mysterious Trump/Cohen Recording

The big liberal news of the week is the existence of a taped phone conversation between Michael Cohen – the taper – and President Trump – the tapee. It is said to reveal that they had a brief chat regarding Karen McDougal, another gold digger who claims to have had an affair with President Trump. In typical elitist media fashion, the story first appeared on the pages of the New York Times. The column and the columnist, Michael Schmidt, was subsequently hyped hour-after-hour on every program on CNN and MSNBC.…

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Democrats “For the People”?

In case you missed it, the Democratic party has adopted a new slogan for the 2018 political campaigns. It is, “For the People.” Is this replacing “A Better Deal” and “Change you can believe in” because their better deal was worse than the old deal, the new deal and the fair deal of days of yore. And yes, we could believe in the changes the Democrats brought, but we did not have to like them – and we did not. It is impossible to know how much time and money…

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Is America on the Brink of a Second Civil War?

According to a recent Rasmussen Polling survey, nearly one-third of US voters believe a second Civil War is “likely” to occur during the next five years. More than 10% said it was “very likely.” Survey results suggest that women, individuals younger than 40, and non-whites are more concerned about large-scale violence than other demographics. Democrats are slightly more concerned than Republicans, with 37% worried about a second Civil War compared to Republicans’ 32%. Among non-affiliated voters, 26% said a second war is “likely.” The American Civil War broke out in…

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Who is Really Serving Putin’s Interests?

One of the mantras of Democrats and their friends in the media is that almost everything President Trump does is aiding and abetting the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is mostly based on what Trump says – or more accurately does not say. It is true that Trump’s avoidance of harsh criticism of the Russian despot is inconsistent with the harsh statements his administration issues through his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, his Secretary of Defense James Mattis, his head of Homeland Security…

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“Hillary’s Savior” Faces Congress

It has been said that the Republicans and Democrats in Congress could look at the same clock and not agree on the time of day.  The recent House Judiciary Committee hearing suggests that they might not even agree that it was a clock.  From the questions and the comments of the Committee members, it was obvious that they exist in alternative political universes. The chief witness was Deputy Assistant FBI Director Peter Strzok, author of the infamous text messages to Lisa Page, his co-worker and co-respondent, in which he assured…

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Partisan Divide Around Censorship in Social Media

A strong majority of Americans think social media companies intentionally censor political viewpoints, but Republicans believe they have it worse, according to a new Pew Research Center survey about public attitudes towards big tech. Seventy-two percent of all respondents said it was likely or very likely that social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints they find objectionable. Republicans are significantly more likely to hold that view: Eighty-five percent of Republican and Republican-leaning respondents think social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints, compared with 62 percent of Democrats. Republicans also think…

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What is the #WalkAway Movement?

There is a movement slowly spreading across social media that is not receiving sufficient attention in the major liberal media outlets. It is the #WalkAway movement. The reason this movement is not getting anywhere near the coverage of #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo or #MarchForOurLives is that #WalkAway is a movement in opposition to the liberal and media-favored Democratic Party. Basically, it is a movement of Democrats who are giving up their party because of its ever-expanding embrace of radical liberal and socialist policies – and the divisive tactics of the radical left…

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