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Author Archives: Joe Benning
Quick Hits 2
House Democrats, led by James Clyburn, seized the floor in a sit-down in violation of the rules to demand votes on proposed gun control legislation that is clearly unconstitutional. Similar legislation has already gone down to defeat in the Senate … Continue reading
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Brexit: Will They Stay or Will They Go?
By all accounts the polls are very tight—within the margin of error—on whether Britons will vote to exit the European Union (EU) come June 23. The uncertainty has financial markets on edge and the usual cast of grandees is weighing … Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s Alternate Reality
The panic in Republican ranks picks up steam as Trump insinuates that President Obama secretly sympathizes with ISIS. JFB
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Edmund Burke and the Trump Problem
The conventional wisdom has had it that another terrorist attack along the lines of San Bernardino would put Donald Trump in a strong position to capture the White House. But in the aftermath of the Orlando attack, Trump’s poll numbers … Continue reading
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Enter the Libertarians
The Libertarian Party held its convention over the Memorial Day weekend and nominated credible candidates for the Presidential elections. For President they chose Gary Johnson, a 2-term Republican governor of New Mexico who served in that post from 1995 to … Continue reading
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Quick Hits…Republican Officeholders Supporting Trump
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said that Donald Trump’s comments about a federal judge constituted “the textbook definition of a racist comment” – but then Ryan went on to say that he would back Trump anyway. Meanwhile Senate … Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton Gets One Right… Well Sort of
On June 2, 2016 Hillary Clinton made a speech in San Diego that was billed as a major foreign policy address. But it wasn’t really a foreign policy address so much as an attack on Donald Trump. The attack is … Continue reading
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Privatize Social Security…Before It’s Too Late
The overwhelming majority of Americans believes that the Social Security Trust Fund has the cash it needs to pay its obligations to current and future retirees. They also think that they are legally entitled to it. Nothing could be further … Continue reading
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Donald Trump: Legal Philosopher
Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, appears to be trying to make the best of a bad situation. The Washington Post reports that he says he is supporting Trump because “…[He] doesn’t want four more years just like the last … Continue reading
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Hillary’s Tangled Web
Is there anyone this side of sanity who truly, seriously believes a word that escapes from Hillary Clinton’s lips? Of course not. And that is a very big problem. The reason is that Mrs. Clinton’s lies have a special character … Continue reading
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