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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has previously served as a Congressman from one of the wealthiest parts of the city and later as President Obama’s Chief of Staff, proudly declared the largest city in the Midwest a “Trump-free zone” during a recent appearance on “Late Night With Stephen Colbert.”   Liberal protesters had successfully prevented Trump from holding a rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago in March 2016 ahead of the Republican Presidential Primary in Illinois ; which he ended up winning. Emanuel had previously tried to declare Chicago a “Chick-fil-A free zone”, describing the company as inconsistent with “Chicago values,” but he ended up losing that battle and Chicago residents now have the opportunity to enjoy chicken, waffle fries, breath mints and friendly service every day except Sunday.   As nearly 4,000 murders have taken place during his roughly seven-year tenure as mayor, Emanuel clearly has more important things to worry about. Chicago ...

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...

Happy Election Day eve!   While the elections tomorrow night will not affect the balance of power in Washington , they will have an effect on politics at the local level.   They also may serve as a referendum on the first year of the Trump Presidency.   That’s exactly what happened in 2009 when Republicans swept both gubernatorial races in left-leaning states won by President Obama in 2008.   Voters in those two states effectively gave Saint Obama a vote of no confidence.   Tomorrow night, two gubernatorial races and a special election to fill Jason Chaffetz’s old House seat in Utah will take place.   Chaffetz resigned in June after expressing disgust with “the swamp.”   A good night for Democrats requires that they sweep both gubernatorial races.   A terrible night for Republicans would ensue if the Democrats actually managed to pick up Chaffetz’s old House seat.   The two states holding gubernatorial elections this year, New Jers...