Month: October 2020

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he nationalist–populist tendency that buoyed Donald Trump in 2016 has many precedents in American politics: the Tea Party, Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, George Wallace, a political bloodline that runs back through William Jennings Bryan to Andrew Jackson and Patrick Henry. But one aspect of the Trump movement has received insufficient attention:
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Muslims around the world are calling for a boycott of products made in France after the president said he would affirm free speech rights of his citizens, including that of depictions of the Islamic religious figure Muhammed. The clash in cultures came after Samuel Paty, a French teacher, was beheaded by a Muslim immigrant after
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Police are investigating a heated incident in Washington state during a pro-Trump protest and a counterprotest where a man pulled a gun after allegedly being assaulted. Video of the altercation appeared on Tik Tok and quickly went viral. It was recorded at a pro-Trump demonstration where anti-Trump protesters showed up in the city of Woodinville.
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In an epic, must-watch takedown during Monday’s Cuomo PrimeTime, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh called out and embarrassed Chris “Fredo” Cuomo for his repeated flouting of coronavirus safely protocols, and how he and brother (Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo) had made a mockery of the COVID testing with their prop comedy. During their
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Perhaps Joe Biden has no Monday events because he thinks the best thing to do is to stay out of the news and to let President Trump generate his own controversies. Then again, Jill Biden will travel to Macon and Savannah, Ga., today, and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, will travel to Winston-Salem and …
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Perhaps Joe Biden has no Monday events because he thinks the best thing to do is to stay out of the news and to let President Trump generate his own controversies. Then again, Jill Biden will travel to Macon and Savannah, Ga., today, and Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris’s husband, will travel to Winston-Salem and …
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A rare campaign appearance by First Lady Melania Trump is scheduled for Tuesday. She will campaign in Atglen, Pennsylvania, with Kellyanne Conway, former counselor to President Trump. The campaign event will be moderated by Kellyanne. This will mark Melania’s first solo campaign appearance this year. Kellyanne, Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and the first woman campaign
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Steven Crowder’s WWE parody features the presidential ‘God Emperor’ battling ‘Rapey Joe.’ Witness this highly personal showdown in the biggest smackdown of the presidential race. In this hilarious video, Commander-in-Chief ‘God Emperor’ (Steven Crowder) made his way outside just as ‘Rapey Joe’ (Steven’s Dad) steps out of his armored vehicle for the final presidential debate.
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Published online Sunday night for Monday’s print edition, New York Times media columnist Ben Smith penned a toast to the Wall Street Journal’s news division for having sunk its long-rumored story about Hunter Biden’s business dealings as “the return of the media gatekeepers.”  And thus, legacy media types have regained control to keep we, the
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Sen. Ed Markey (right) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hold a news conference for their proposed “Green New Deal” at the U.S. Capitol, February 7, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Senator Ed Markey (D., Mass.) slammed judicial originalism in a Senate floor speech hours before the expected confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on
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Senator Ron Johnson (R., WI) questions Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, at a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., August 6, 2020 (Toni Sandys/Reuters) Politico informs us that Wisconsin Democrats can’t wait to run against incumbent GOP senator Ron Johnson next cycle. Tom Nelson, a former state assembly majority leader, already announced he’ll run
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Deputy National Security Advisor Matt Pottinger speaks at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, May 4, 2020. (Screengrab via The White House/YouTube) Matthew Pottinger has emerged as a key player in the administration’s adversarial approach to China. Before Matthew Pottinger served the president as deputy national-security adviser, and before he deployed to Iraq
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) promised Sunday that if Joe Biden wins election, she will push him to become even more liberal. What did she say? Speaking with CNN host Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” Ocasio-Cortez explained why she will hold Biden’s feet to the far-left progressive fire if he becomes president. “Frankly, I
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Sen. Susan Colins (R-Maine) restated her opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court Sunday ahead of Monday evening’s scheduled final vote on the Senate floor. Noting her vote does not reflect her opinion of Judge Barrett, Collins said that it would not be “fair nor consistent” for the Senate to confirm
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