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The 'Progressive' overreach is now heading straight off the cliff -- have a nice ride:Centrist Democrats were wiped out in the 2014 elections and in their absence emerged a resurgent liberal movement, embodied most recently by the surprisingly competitive presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. But the suddenly ascendant left — its populist overtones becoming part of the mainstream Democratic pitch — is worrying Democrats who want to compete on Republican-leaning turf. The party lost every competitive gubernatorial and Senate race in the South last year. And Democrats didn’t fare much better in the heartland.Now, as Bernie Sanders’ surge foreshadows a new burst of progressivism, moderate Democrats are looking to their counterparts in Washington with a plea: Don’t freeze us out. “The national Democratic Party’s brand makes it challenging for Democrats in red states oftentimes and I hope that going forward, the leaders at the national level will be mindful of that and they will understand that they can’t govern the country without Democrats being able to win races in red states,” said Paul Davis, who narrowly failed to unseat Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback last year.I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to happen, Mr. Davis. The Democrats are in the grip of a mania that can only end in total victory over the country as founded or their electoral destruction. Given their abysmal track record as the party of slavery, segregation, secularism and sedition, we can only hope it's the latter.

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Houston violated its own city charter by failing to put its controversial 'bathroom law' on the ballot. The court suspended the law and gave the city 30 days to either repeal it or schedule a ballot initiative to approve it.The law gave transgendered people the right to use the bathroom of their choice, while adding 'gender identity' to the city's equal rights law.The issue surrounds a petition drive by churches and conservative groups to put the law to the voters. Although the proper number of signatures was gathered, the city attorney ruled that 16,000 of the more than 17,000 signatures were invalid. The city secretary, on the other hand, ruled the signatures were sufficient for a vote.The court ruled the city attorney had no right to interfere in the process. This is the same city attorney's office that subpoenaed the sermons and other documents of 5 pastors from Christian churches who opposed the law. The order for the sermons was eventually withdrawn under a nationwide public outcry.Washington Times:'Today’s decision by the Texas Supreme Court appropriately returns jurisdiction over this matter to voters while reassuring the people of Houston that their personal values remain beyond the reach of government,” said the Republican governor in a statement.Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which defended the pastors, said Friday that the court “has rightly rectified this wrong.”“Public officials should not be allowed to run roughshod over the right of the people to decide these types of issues, especially when the citizens of Houston clearly met all the qualifications for having their voice heard,” Mr. Stanley said in a statement.“The subpoenas we successfully fought were only one element of this disgraceful abuse of power,” he said. “The scandal began when the city arbitrarily threw out the valid signatures of thousands of voters. The city did this all because it was bent on pushing through its deeply unpopular ordinance at any cost.”The city secretary certified the signatures on July 3, 2014, saying that the petitioners had turned in 17,846 valid signatures, exceeding the required 17,269, the Houston city attorney stepped in and declared invalid more than 16,000 signatures.The court ruled that the city attorney had no official role in the process, which by charter requires the city council to overturn the ordinance or place it on the ballot after the city secretary has certified the signatures.“The Charter requires the City Secretary to ‘certify’ her findings, and the only findings she expressly certified were her own,” said the court decision. “The City Attorney may, no doubt, give legal advice to the City Secretary, but he cannot assume her duties.”At that point, the council should have either repealed the ordinance or placed it on the ballot, “et the City Council decided, of its own accord, not to act, disregarding the City Secretary’s certification that the petition had enough signatures,” the opinion states.“The Charter, however, gives the City Council no discretion to reevaluate the petition; instead, it requires ‘immediate’ action by the City Council following the City Secretary’s certification,” said the court. “To give authority to the council to make the ultimate determination of sufficiency of the petition would commit the decision to a body that could not be considered impartial.”At first, Houston's openly lesbian mayor, Annise Parker, supported the subpoena demanding copies of sermons delivered in church, but later backed down under severe pressure from Austin and the rest of the country. It's not the first time we've seen liberals use the power of subpoena to undermine the Constitution and its protections of free speech and freedom of religion. The recent 'John Doe' investigations in Wisconsin were even more draconian in their intent to intimidate and silence the political opposition.If, as expected, Houston places the measure on the ballot in November, the issue will roil the mayoral election. Parker is prevented from running by term limits, but the opportunity for a conservative to run on repeal of the law, generating a huge turnout of conservatives, probably bodes well for the law's demise.

One of the biggest arguments against conservatives and libertarians is the belief that deregulation is what caused the economic collapse. However, that couldn't be

Jumps into Texas case where birth certificates aren't being issued because proper documents missing.

Yepbut this rodeo is far from over.

A new wave of progressivism and political correctness in U.S. schools -- highlighted by “trigger warnings” and “safe zones” -- has conservative groups fighting back on campuses across the country, saying “students need to get both sides of the story.”

A government official says Hillary Clinton used her private server to send emails derived from classified information and has recommended that the Justice Department launch an investigation

If investment is the problem ailing the economy, what does Hillary Clinton go out and do? She proposes jacking up the tax on investment. It’s almost inconceivably stupid.

It's common wisdom that the CIA toppled the Shah of Iran. As so often, the common wisdom is wrong.

Calling McConnell a liar overlapped neatly with his endorsement from Brent Bozell.

Her Favorite word "The Word"

Iran's supreme leader tweeted a graphic Saturday that appears to depict President Obama holding a gun to his head as Britain relaxed its travel advice to the nation, citing decreased hostility under the Iranian government.

A surprise Texas school ranks right up there with Harvard, Yale, Princeton & Cornell for the No. 1 college in America when it comes to producing major CEOs.

Campus Reform Correspondent Cabot Phillips played "Candidates' Cash" with young people on the national mall. After trying to guess which 2016 candidate has r...

Revised History – by Al Benson Jr. Recently I pulled a book off my bookshelf entitled Embattled Banner written by Don Hinkle. It was o

Cambridge Professor Peter Wadhams suspects the deaths of the three scientists were more than just an ‘extraordinary’ coincidence

The state of Kentucky has begun imposing a religious test on volunteer pastor counselors in its youth division, insisting that they refrain from calling homosexuality “sinful” and dismissing those who cannot bend their religious faith to accommodate the state requirements. The policy was uncovered by Liberty Counsel, which has sent a letter to Bob Hayter, commissioner [...]

Two former detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba were arrested by Belgian police in a counterterrorism operation targeting a recruiting network for al Qaeda in Syria.

The left sharpens its claws for gun control.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Friday she plans to review two undercover videos released by anti-abortion activists aimed at discrediting Planned Parenthood’s procedures for providing fetal tissue to researchers to see if any law was broken in the filming.

Recently uncovered documents detail how the government is scanning and storing information on hundreds of millions of motorists.

The testimony, which willl be public, follows months of disputes between the Republican-led committee and the Democratic presidential aspirant.

Democrats don't give a "fart" about legally required government email transparency, as even Democrats now admit.

Obama’s peace partner tweeted out a picture today of Barack Obama committing suicide. The caption reads: We welcome no war, ...

Seattle Sees Unexpected Fallout from $15 Per Hour Min. Wage