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“The word Trump is a modern day swastika,” said Dean Obeidallah on Monday during an MSNBC segment.

SALEM, Utah -- Parents are expressing concern after a teaching intern at a middle school in Utah asked students to create a propaganda poster for the barbaric Islamic group ISIS or another terror organization. The intern gave the assignment to both of her World Civics classes at Salem Junior High School to "help students better understand the…

Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach used by Republicans. However, the point is that Democrats must not only continue to get nine-tenths of black votes, they also need to get a high turnout of black voters on election day.

Danke, Merkel! Diversity is our strength! "'We'll kill you all!' - Armed Arabs storm hip club in Frankfurt/Oder," translated from "'Wir stechen euch alle ab!' – Bewaffnete Araber stürmen Szene-Club in Frankfurt/Oder," by David Berger, Philosophia Perennis, August 29, 2018 (thanks to Searchlight Germany): With cries of "Allahu Akbar" and "We'll kill you all," more...

Gloria Estefan, one of Cuba’s most famous immigrants in America, is reflecting on the death of former Cuban president and revolutionary Fidel Castro

The White House expressed its firm belief Thursday that recently-released videos attacking Planned Parenthood are

"You have the other side, even on positive news, really positive news… they were like death, and un-American.”

On Friday, President Trump threatened to veto the massive omnibus package passed in both houses of Congress by Republicans. This represented a change from his statements one day beforehand, in which he endorsed the omnibus.

The two lawmakers introduced a constitutional amendment.

There are many people to thank for the coming accession of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Donald Trump for winning the election. Hillary Clinton for losing it. Mitch McConnell for holding open the High Court seat through 2016, resolute and immovable against furious (and hypocritical) opposition from Democrats and media. And, of course, Harry Reid. God bless Harry Reid. It’s because of him that Gorsuch is guaranteed elevation to the Court. In 2013, as then–Senate majority leader, Reid blew up the joint. He abolished the filibuster for federal appointments both executive (such as cabinet) and judicial, for all district- and circuit-court judgeships (excluding only the Supreme Court). Thus unencumbered, the Democratic-controlled Senate packed the lower courts with Obama nominees. Reid was warned that the day would come when Republicans would be in the majority and would exploit the new rules to equal and opposite effect. That day is here. The result is striking. Trump’s cabinet appointments are essentially unstoppable because Republicans need only 51 votes and they have 52. They have no need to reach 60, the number required to overcome a filibuster. Democrats are powerless to stop anyone on their own. And equally powerless to stop Gorsuch. But isn’t the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees still standing? Yes, but if the Democrats dare try it, everyone knows that Majority Leader McConnell will do exactly what Reid did and invoke the nuclear option — filibuster abolition — for the Supreme Court, too. Reid never fully appreciated the magnitude of his crime against the Senate. As I wrote at the time, the offense was not abolishing the filibuster — you can argue that issue either way — but that he did it by simple majority. In a serious body, a serious rule change requires a serious supermajority. (Amending the U.S. Constitution, for example, requires two-thirds of both houses plus three-quarters of all the states.) Otherwise you have rendered the place lawless. If in any given session you can summon up the day’s majority to change the institution’s fundamental rules, there are no rules. McConnell can at any moment finish Reid’s work by extending filibuster abolition to the Supreme Court. McConnell can at any moment finish Reid’s work by extending filibuster abolition to the Supreme Court. But he hasn’t. He has neither invoked the nuclear option nor even threatened to. And he’s been asked often enough. His simple and unwavering response is that Gorsuch will be confirmed. Translation: If necessary, he will drop the big one. It’s obvious that he prefers not to. No one wants to again devalue and destabilize the Senate by changing a major norm by simple majority vote. But Reid set the precedent. Note that the issue is not the filibuster itself. There’s nothing sacred about it. Its routine use is a modern development — with effects both contradictory and unpredictable. The need for 60 votes can contribute to moderation and compromise because to achieve a supermajority you need to get a buy-in from at least some of the opposition. On the other hand, in a hyper-partisan atmosphere (like today’s), a 60-vote threshold can ensure that everything gets stopped and nothing gets done. Filibuster abolition is good for conservatives today. It will be good for liberals tomorrow when they have regained power. There’s no great principle at stake, though as a practical matter, in this era of widespread frustration with congressional gridlock, the new norm may be salutary. What is not salutary is the Reid precedent of changing the old norm using something so transient and capricious as the majority of the day. As I argued in 2015, eventually the two parties will need to work out a permanent arrangement under which major rule changes will require a supermajority (say, of two-thirds) to ensure substantial bipartisan support. There are conflicting schools of thought as to whether even such a grand bargain could not itself be overturned by some future Congress — by simple majority led by the next Harry Reid. Nonetheless, even a problematic entente is better than the free-for-all that governs today. The operative word, however, is “eventually.” Such an agreement is for the future. Not yet, not today. Republicans are no fools. They are not about to forfeit the advantage bequeathed to them by Harry Reid’s shortsighted willfulness. They will zealously retain the nuclear option for Supreme Court nominees through the current Republican tenure of Congress and the presidency. After which, they should be ready to parlay and press the reset button. But only then. As the young Augustine famously beseeched the Lord, “Give me chastity and continency, only not yet.” — Charles Krauthammer is a nationally syndicated columnist. Copyright © 2017 The Washington Post Writers Group.

Students at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday sued the Indiana school and the Trump administration over a move this year to drop coverage for some forms of birth control from the university's health insurance plan, citing religious objections.

CNN is being accused of racism after commentators Bakari Sellers and Tara Setmayer bashed Kanye West over his support for Trump.

The move escalates a clash that could complicate the Democratic front-runner’s likely bid for president.

Last Monday, conservative commentator Ben …

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Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani refuted speculation Sunday that White House counsel Donald McGahn had flipped on President Trump, accusing “desperate” investigators of leaking information about the attorney’s cooperation with the special counsel in order to lure the president into a perjury trap.

There is more than one figure in the administration who may fit the bill of the anonymous op-ed writer, but not many do.

Polls have not yet factored in Vukmir's strong debate performance.

Trump gets Trumpcare through the House, but how will it play in 2018, and does it help? Plus, we talk about the budget deal, and whether spewing racism in public should be policed.

India and Israel have agreed to jointly develop a medium-range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) system for the Indian Army to replace Russian-made air defense systems, said a source in the Indian Defence Ministry.

Mo Brooks: Ted Cruz Could Be as Great as Ronald Reagan

"The one government agency that is the most dedicated to the proposition that black lives matter is the police"

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The Swedish government is planning to put more pressure on tech giants to end anonymity for 'online trolls' who post 'hate speech'.