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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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"Axelrod is endeavoring not to panic." So reads a sentence in John Heilemann's exhaustive article on Barack Obama's campaign in this week's New York magazine.
When I first heard "For Greater Glory" (originally titled "Cristiada," which I prefer) was being shot, I was stunned -- and skeptical.
After taping John Stossel's show on March 16 in New York, the Mrs. and I took the 10 a.m. Acela back to Washington. Once we had boarded the train, who should come waddling up the aisle but Bill Kristol.
WASHINGTON -- In one of his characteristic conniptions about people who frustrated him, Theodore Roosevelt, progressivism's first president, said of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, "I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that." TR was as mistaken about Holmes' spine as are various progressives today about Chief Justice John Roberts'.
This is a plea for tolerance.
Liberals are just like the rest of us.
They marry, breed at least those of opposite sexes and live among us.
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By Kevin Derby
Is this the end of the road for Tim Tebow?
While there was speculation the former Gator legend could end up back in the National Football League (NFL) with the St. Louis Rams, it looks like that team went a different route. With starting QB Sam Bradford down, the Rams are desperate for quarterbacks since veteran backup Kellen Clemens hasnt exactly set the world on fire during his eight years in the NFL.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is ramping up his opposition to President Barack Obamas nomination of Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve. Paul is teaming up with the Campaign for Liberty, chaired by his father former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, to stand in opposition to Yellen and push legislation taking aim at the Fed.
On Thursday, the Campaign for Liberty announced a video on the subject featuring Sen. Paul and John Tate, the president of the group.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Middle East and North Africa House Subcommittee, reached out across the aisle to work with U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., to demand historical items currently on display at the National Archives be returned to the Jewish community in Iraq. These items had been found by American and allied forces in Iraq and sent to the United States for repair and preservation. Ros-Lehtinen and Israel sent a letter to U.S.
By Kevin Derby
With Democrats heading to Orlando for the state partys convention, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) launched a new website -- www.FloridaDems.com -- on Thursday bashing the Florida Democratic Party and its leaders
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The government shutdown may be over, but more than half of likely U.S. voters expect another one because they believe Congress won't be able to reach a long-term budget deal that cuts federal spending.
Just 15 percent of likely U.S. voters favor a federal budget that increases spending, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Fifty-four percent prefer a budget that cuts spending instead, while 25 percent say they want a budget deal that keeps spending levels the same.
By Kevin Derby
Responding to U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., comparing the tea party to the Klu Klux Klan, conservative group FreedomWorks is gathering petitions demanding the congressman apologize.
Florida Democrat and arch-progressive Alan Grayson compared the tea party to the Klu Klux Klan, FreedomWorks wrote in their call for signatures. He even used a picture of a burning cross as the T in tea party in an email fundraiser. This is outrageous. He must apologize!
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., ripped President Barack Obamas federal health-care law after Florida Blue ended health insurance for more than 300,000 Floridians who were dropped from their rolls due to the new law.
By Kevin Derby
With a joint committee led by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., being launched to iron out $90 billion in budget differences between the Democratic Senate and the Republican House, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., continues to insist their meetings should be open to the public.
On Wednesday, Buchanan sent a letter to Murray and Ryan making his case:
By Kevin Derby
On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that Nanotherapeutics Inc. will expand its operations in Alachua, creating 150 new jobs and bringing in $122 million in new investments.
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While most continue to put more border control first in any immigration reform plan, fewer voters than ever trust the federal government to actually control the border if a new plan is passed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.
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