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During a recent appearance at a tech conference in Las Vegas , Former President Barack Obama told the audience: “I didn’t have scandals, which seems like it shouldn’t be something you brag about…No one in my White House ever got in trouble for screwing up as long as there wasn’t malicious intent behind it.”   President Obama apparently made that statement in an effort to contrast himself with the current Administration.     During Saturday’s edition of “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” host Jeanine Pirro read the quote aloud and then asked the one and only Ann Coulter to weigh in on that statement: “As long as The New York Times doesn’t call it a scandal, then it’s not a scandal as far as Democrats are concerned.”   She concluded by saying, “There were many scandals.   I have no healthcare.   Thank you, Obama.” Perhaps President Obama could use a little refresher on some of the scandals that his cheerleading squad in the mainstream media either refuse...

Over the past nearly one quarter of a millennium, millions of brave men and women have died serving their country in an effort to preserve freedom at home and abroad.   In order to encourage the American public to reflect on the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces, the Federal government has set aside the last Monday in May as “Memorial Day” since 1971, when the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act” first took effect.   For the previous century, Americans celebrated Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day” on May 30.   In its earliest days, Americans would celebrate Memorial Day by decorating the graves of fallen soldiers.   For years, the American public held a consensus that the American flag and military personnel deserved an enormous amount of respect.   Americans of all political persuasions and backgrounds could unite around the American flag as a symbol of national unity and pride.   A half a century after the culture war first bega...

On Tuesday night, three more states held primary elections while Texas held runoff elections for candidates who failed to capture 50 percent of the vote in the March 6 primary.   Voters in Arkansas , Georgia , and Kentucky went to the polls for the first time this election cycle on Tuesday night.   All three states voted for President Trump and none of the three states have a Senator up for re-election this year.   Only two of the states, Arkansas and Georgia , have gubernatorial races this year.   Arkansas ’s popular incumbent governor, Republican Asa Hutchinson, looks like he will sail to re-election in the fall.   While Texas does have a Senate race this year, the candidates had already been decided on March 6; when the nominees of both parties captured their nominations with an overwhelming majority of the vote, avoiding the need for a runoff. For these reasons, I decided not to do a “preview” of primary night as I have done for the past two weeks. ...

Earlier this month, First Lady Melania Trump unveiled her “Be Best” initiative from the Rose Garden.   The “Be Best” initiative will focus on improving the health and well-being of children across the country, similar to other initiatives started by previous first ladies such as Barbara Bush’s literacy campaign and Michelle Obama’s decision to insert Big Brother into school lunches with her “Let’s Move” initiative. Liberals got bent out of shape because the title of the initiative does not include a definite article.   Melania Trump’s first language of Slovenian does not include definite articles.   If liberals really have that much of a problem with immigrants who don’t speak perfect English, then they would surely support the RAISE Act, which would award points to potential immigrants based on categories including English proficiency.   But they won’t support the RAISE Act because it does not give preference to immigrants who will end up voting for the Democra...

During a White House roundtable with elected officials from California opposed to the state’s politically correct “sanctuary” policy, a local sheriff brought up the scourge of MS-13: “Thank you.   There could be an MS-13 member I know about, if they don’t reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about them.”   President Trump responded: “We have people coming into this country, trying to come in…we’re stopping a lot of them.   But we’re taking people out of the country.   You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are.   These aren’t people. These are animals.” During her weekly press conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi repeated the left-wing talking point that President Trump had directed his reference to MS-13 as “animals” to all illegal immigrants: “There’s a spark of divinity in every person on Earth and that we all have to recognize that as we respect the dignity and worth of every person and as we recognize the responsibilities of the s...

Earlier this month, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a “heartbeat bill,” which would ban abortions after an ultrasound can detect a fetal heartbeat, typically at around six weeks gestation.   The bill passed the Iowa House 51-46 and the Iowa Senate 27-19. Previous governors have vetoed similar legislation, citing that they knew that the laws would not hold up against court challenges.   Reynolds, unlike her counterparts in other states, stood her ground and refused to back down in order to appease the rabid pro-abortion lobby: “This is bigger than just a law; this is about life. I am not going to back down from who I am or what I believe in.” While no other governor besides Reynolds has actually signed a “heartbeat bill” into law, a “heartbeat bill” did become law in Arkansas after the State Legislature voted to override the governor of Democratic Governor Mike Beebe.   Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright struck down the law as unconstitutional.   Fo...