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Thursday, September 21, 2017
College Students Clueless on First Amendment
College Students Clueless on First Amendment, Think Violence Against Opposing Ideas Acceptable: A new survey published by The Brookings Institution sheds a very dark light on the minds of today’s college student when it comes to free speech and perceptions of what is, and isn’t, covered under the First Amendment. Senior Fellow John Villasenor explains the study:
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Trump's Stand at the UN for America
Trump's Stand at the UN for America: A bold call for freedom and a stern warning to its enemies.
Why Obama Really Spied on Trump
Why Obama Really Spied on Trump: Obama had to spy on Trump to protect himself.
Zuckerberg Shut Down Anonymous Facebook Employees Group that Attracted Conservatives
Zuckerberg Shut Down Anonymous Facebook Employees Group that Attracted Conservatives: Business Insider is reporting that an anonymous Facebook group was shut down by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in late 2016 because it attracted many conservative voices that often discussed Donald Trump and debated Black Lives Matter.
‘Alt-Right’ Gets an Official Entry in Merriam-Webster Dictionary
‘Alt-Right’ Gets an Official Entry in Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Well, it’s official: “Alt-right” is now in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, along with over 250 other modern words and phrases.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
5 More Reasons Ending DACA Was the Right Call
5 More Reasons Ending DACA Was the Right Call: Facts you've never heard from the mainstream media.
Hillary Now Blames Women for Crushing Defeat
Hillary Blames Women for Crushing Defeat: In her new book What Happened, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton places the blame for her political demise squarely where she believes it belongs: on other people. According to Breitbart, the wife of two-time POTUS Bill plants particular responsibility for her crushing loss on the shoulders of American women.
Thursday, September 07, 2017
Associated Press Refers to Illegal Immigrants as 'Undocumented Citizens'
George Orwell would be proud. If there was any doubt The Associated Press was in the tank for the radical left, look no further.
Associated Press Refers to Illegal Immigrants as 'Undocumented Citizens'
Associated Press Refers to Illegal Immigrants as 'Undocumented Citizens'
Backlash: Anti-Trump ‘American Horror Story’ Draws Smallest Audience Yet
Backlash: Anti-Trump ‘American Horror Story’ Draws Smallest Audience Yet: The numbers are in for the premiere of season seven of American Horror Story: Cult and it’s not good news for the franchise. It would appear that a story line which makes President Trump the boogeyman didn’t fly in Trump’s America. Deadline reported:
20,000 Illegally Voted in 2016 Election in Chicago, New Hampshire
20 Thousand Illegally Voted in 2016 Election in Chicago, New Hampshire: Reports of voter fraud have cropped up after investigations into the 2016 election, and both Chicago and New Hampshire have some explaining to do.
Anti-Trump Congressman Charlie Dent is not seeking re-election
It appears there will be one less anti-Trump member in the House if Republicans can hold this Pennsylvania Congressional seat in 2018. Just days after a Republican Pennsylvania state representative announced plans to challenge Congressman Charlie Dent in a primary race, Dent announced he will not run for another term in 2018. Dent liked to think of himself as a "moderate" Republican, but critics had another term for him: RINO.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent not seeking re-election | Reading Eagle - NEWS: The GOP lawmaker from Lehigh County represents part of Berks County.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent not seeking re-election | Reading Eagle - NEWS: The GOP lawmaker from Lehigh County represents part of Berks County.
Saturday, September 02, 2017
Homeland Security Makes it Official: Antifa ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Homeland Security Makes it Official: Antifa ‘Domestic Terrorists’: Put this in the “it’s about time” file. The Department of Homeland Security has officially deemed Antifa a domestic terror organization. Politico learned of this classification from obtaining confidential documents from the law enforcement community. Politico reports: Since well before the Aug. 12 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly, DHS has been issuing warnings about the growing likelihood of lethal violence between the left-wing anarchists and right-wing white supremacist and nationalist groups.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Hillary Charging Big Bucks to Tell You What Went Wrong
Hillary Charging Big Bucks to Tell You What Went Wrong: The Clintons never squander an opportunity to capitalize on anything and everything. Not that you needed her to tell you (again) one of her contrived excuses for why she lost the 2016 presidential election, but Hillary Clinton is happy to do so -- for a price.
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Harvey Victims: 'There Are No Politics in Eight Feet of Water'
Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Harvey Victims: 'There Are No Politics in Eight Feet of Water': At least some people in Hollywood don't exploit a tragedy in the name of politics. Actress Sandra Bullock is a class act, and not only for the fact that she's donating $1 million to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, but because she understands that there is no room for political agendas when human life is at stake. 'There are no politics in eight feet of water,' Bullock told People Magazine. 'There are human beings in eight feet of water.' Indeed.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Climatologist, Former NASA Scientist: ‘Houston Flood Not Sign of Climate Change’
Climatologist, Former NASA Scientist: ‘Houston Flood Not Sign of Climate Change’: Houston is underwater after being slammed with rain brought to shore by Hurricane Harvey. Officials say it could be weeks before the roads are traversable. While the mainstream media and other alarmists are eagerly pegging human-caused global warming on the rising waters, others are saying, 'Not so fast.'
Unhinged Professor Suggests Texans Deserved Harvey For Supporting Trump
Professor Suggests Texans Deserved Harvey For Supporting Trump: A University of Tampa professor grotesquely suggested on Twitter Sunday that Texans deserved Hurricane Harvey because they vote Republican. 'I don’t believe in instant Karma but this kinda feels like it for Texas,' Professor Ken Storey wrote. 'Hopefully this will help them realize the GOP doesn’t care about them.' Campus Reform captured the disdainful tweets:
Monday, August 28, 2017
The Time Has Come To Stop The War On Free Speech
The Time Has Come To Stop The War On Free Speech: If local authorities won’t do it, the Federal government must.
JFK on tax reform, growth & jobs
John F. Kennedy would no place in today's Democratic Party.
Ralph Reiland: JFK on tax reform, growth & jobs
Ralph Reiland: JFK on tax reform, growth & jobs
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
2.7 Million Page Views at Tony Phyrillas on Politics
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Nine Months Later, NBC News Still Stunned, Still Analyzing How Hillary Lost
NBC News Still Stunned, Still Analyzing How Hillary Lost: It’s been nine months since Donald Trump was elected president and NBC News still can’t believe it. Like Hillary Clinton herself, they are still wondering exactly what happened on that fateful November day.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Personal Income in Majority of States Grew In First Quarter of 2017
After the morass of eight years of economic stagnation under Barack Obama, the US economy is moving forward under President Trump. Imagine what would happen if the do-nothing Congress would repeal Obamacare and enact tax reform.
Personal Income in Majority of States Grew In First Quarter of 2017
Personal Income in Majority of States Grew In First Quarter of 2017
ICE Busts 36 Sex Offender Criminal Aliens in Sanctuary City of Long Island
ICE Busts 36 Sex Offender Criminal Aliens in Sanctuary City of Long Island: As part of Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Alien Removal), a 10-day operation that ended on August 3, Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 32 criminal aliens previously convicted of sex crimes in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Long Island, New York. Welcome to Trump's America.
Monday, August 07, 2017
New England Colleges Dominate Top 20 ‘Most Liberal’ Student Bodies
New England Colleges Dominate Top 20 ‘Most Liberal’ Student Bodies: A new survey ranks the 20 “most liberal” student bodies at U.S. colleges today.
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DOJ Releases 400-Plus Pages of Lynch-Clinton Meeting Emails – After Comey FBI Said No Records Existed
DOJ Releases 400-Plus Pages of Lynch-Clinton Meeting Emails – After Comey's FBI Said No Records Existed: The Department of Justice on Friday released 413 pages of emails related to a controversial private meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch during the FBI’s investigation into then-presidential-candidate Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi emails. The FBI earlier said such records did not exist.
Thursday, August 03, 2017
W. Virginia governor switches parties, Republicans now control majority of states
When was the last time a sitting governor switched political parties?
This is the biggest political story in the country today. And the MSM
ignores the story? The Fake News networks have taken another giant step
to oblivion.
W. Virginia governor switches parties, Republicans now control majority of states: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice is now a Republican, he officially announced at a rally for President Donald Trump. The ex-Democrat has just tipped the scales to give the GOP control of 26 state legislatures and governorships.
This is the biggest political story in the country today. And the MSM
ignores the story? The Fake News networks have taken another giant step
to oblivion.
W. Virginia governor switches parties, Republicans now control majority of states: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice is now a Republican, he officially announced at a rally for President Donald Trump. The ex-Democrat has just tipped the scales to give the GOP control of 26 state legislatures and governorships.
Monday, July 31, 2017
GUEST COLUMN: Pa. Taxpayers Lose Again
Columnist
There is a lot of wailing and rending of garments these days over the hyper partisan atmosphere in both Harrisburg and in Washington, D.C. Conventional wisdom holds that if Republicans and Democrats would just work together we could solve the problems confronting our state and nation.
But there is ample evidence that when Republicans and Democrats do work together the outcome is worse than no action at all. The recent collusion between the parties in the Pennsylvania Senate to pass a revenue plan to fund the 2017-18 state budget is a prime example.
So, let's pull back the curtain and take a look at how elected officials from both parties work together to preserve their own political careers at the expense of taxpayers.
In theory Republicans stand for smaller, less intrusive government and for fiscal responsibility. Were that actually true the debate in Harrisburg over how to balance the budget would be focused on cost-savings and spending reductions. Instead, leaders of both parties in the state Senate have focused solely on what taxes to increase and on an even more irresponsible course of action - borrowing from future revenues to cover current expenses.
The GOP holds 34 of 50 seats in the Pennsylvania Senate. That is a veto-proof majority that again - in theory - should be able to pass a fiscally responsible state budget. The sordid truth is that Harrisburg is not divided by political party, but rather is governed by an incumbent party dedicated first and foremost to political self-preservation putting up a united front against taxpayers and job creators.
Thus that 34-seat Republican majority was rendered irrelevant when leaders of both parties went behind closed doors to craft a revenue package. What emerged was a toxic cocktail of tax hikes that would harm businesses such as gas drillers by implementing a severance tax; and add to the burden of homeowners by hiking taxes on gas and electric bills. Oh, and that wasn't enough to sate the appetites of the big spenders - they approved borrowing hundreds of millions from future tobacco settlement revenue meaning our children and grand-children will get to share in the pain.
When the final vote was held the revenue package passed 26-24. How the Senate got to that number is the truly disgusting part of the story. There is an old saying that you should never watch sausage or legislation being made. But we will. If all Democrats had voted for the revenue package it would only have taken 10 Republicans to craft a majority. But 14 Republicans went astray.
Why?
The goal was to provide political cover to four Democrats in competitive districts. It is all about incumbent protection. Party leaders conspired to determine who would vote for and who would vote against the bill. Those Republicans and Democrats voting for higher taxes and massive borrowing all represent "safe" seats because they are relatively immune to serious electoral competition.
A few Republican Senators who actually favored the bill, but who would face conservative primary challenges if they voted for higher taxes were given a "pass" to vote against the plan. Those Republicans representing more moderate districts and less likely to face a serious primary challenge voted for the tax plan. Likewise Democrats deemed vulnerable to a tax vote were also given a "pass."
So everyone wins - except We the Taxpayer.
And, of course, "leadership" of both parties all voted for the revenue package on the mistaken belief that they have to be "responsible" and provide revenue to fund a state government beset by out-of-control spending. Real leadership and a truly responsible course of action would have been to craft a budget that spends within our means rather than go looking for every way possible to wring more tax dollars from Pennsylvania's working families, senior citizens and small businesses.
The bottom line: the Senate's revenue plan vote was nothing more than business-as-usual backroom Harrisburg politics of the type that cynically preserves incumbents at taxpayer expense.
Remember that the next time you hear someone crying out for "bi-partisan cooperation."
(Lowman S. Henry is Chairman & CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research and host of the weekly Lincoln Radio Journal. His e-mail address is lhenry@lincolninstitute.org.)
'Little Shop of Horrors' Opens August 4-5 in Mount Penn, Pa.
Antietam Community Theatre presents "Little Shop of Horrors" at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, at the Mount Penn Primary Center, 201 N. 25th St., Mount Penn, PA 19606 (across from the Mount Penn Municipal Building.) Use the Filbert Street entrance. Tickets ($15) on sale at the door. And yes, Patrick and James Phyrillas are in the cast.
Saturday, July 29, 2017
The Left’s War on the First Amendment
The Left’s War on the First Amendment: … and the crisis of an illiberal media.
Friday, July 28, 2017
2,675,000 Page Views at Tony Phyrillas on Politics
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3 Republicans Join Democrats To Save Obamacare
Chief Justice John Roberts is no longer alone on the list of Republicans who betrayed the American people by saving Obamacare. Add the names of these three RINO senators: Susan Collins (R., Maine), John McCain (R., Ariz.), and Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska).
Skinny Repeal of Obamacare Fails In Senate With 49-51 Vote
Skinny Repeal of Obamacare Fails In Senate With 49-51 Vote
Ex-ESPN Reporter Believes Conservative Views Led to Firing
Ex-ESPN Reporter Believes Conservative Views Led to Firing: Britt McHenry was one of the nearly 100 employees laid off at failing ESPN earlier this year and she believes her outspoken conservative political views are at least part of the reason.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Hillary Names Failed Election Memoir ‘What Happened,’ But We Already Know
Hillary Names Failed Election Memoir ‘What Happened,’ But We Already Know: The unfortunate title for Hillary Clinton’s new memoir about her failed 2016 presidential election has caused a tremendous outpouring of Hillar-ity on the Internet. Since emerging from a deep depression in the woods behind her home in upstate New York, Clinton has been on the war path blaming everything and everyone but herself for her November defeat and now it’s in book form, aptly titled, What Happened. The Simon & Schuster-published book will hit shelves September 12, and promises to give us an unguarded Hillary Clinton.
22 Million Kicked Off Obamacare? Most Would Opt-Out Voluntarily
22 Million Kicked Off Obamacare? Most Would Opt-Out Voluntarily: Democrats want everyone to think that repealing Obamacare would result in about 22 million people dying instantaneous deaths. That’s no more dramatic than what they’re selling. But the truth of the matter is, most Americans would love the option of not being forced to purchase health care. According to the Congressional Budget Office, that number is 15 million:
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
How Kid Rock Can Win Michigan's 2018 Senate Seat
After Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, anything is possible ... And let's not forget former D-List TV comedian Al Franken is already in the US Senate.
How Kid Rock Can Win Michigan’s 2018 Senate Seat: Kid Rock starts out with an advantage in the Detroit area that no other Republican has ever enjoyed. He is a matchup nightmare for Debbie Stabenow.
How Kid Rock Can Win Michigan’s 2018 Senate Seat: Kid Rock starts out with an advantage in the Detroit area that no other Republican has ever enjoyed. He is a matchup nightmare for Debbie Stabenow.
So-Called Fact Checkers Keep Butchering The Facts About Obamacare
So-Called Fact Checkers Keep Butchering The Facts About Obamacare: Since its passage, and in a way that is unlike any policy issue in modern American history, the press have rallied to the defense of Obamacare.
Fake News Blowback: NPR, CNN, Other News Sites Hit The Mute Button On Readers
NPR, CNN, Other News Sites Hit The Mute Button On Readers: News sites are eliminating online comment sections. They would do well to remember that they should be encouraging conversation about the nation.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Democratic Party Donations Dry Up
Already devoid of any new ideas on issues that matter to voters, the Democratic Party is also losing support where it really counts - the bottom line. Donations to the "Party of No" are drying up. Things are not looking good for the Democratic Party in the Age of Trump. The only thing keeping the Dems from slipping to third-party status is their MSM allies propping them up.
Friday, July 21, 2017
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
USA Today Figures Out Everyone's Sick of Media’s Anti-Trump Obsession
USA Today Figures Out Everyone's Sick of Media’s Anti-Trump Obsession: Most Americans have had it with the media’s obsession with painting everything President Trump does in a negative light. Finally picking up on this reality is USA Today, which found out from Republicans and Democrats around the country that “enough is enough.”
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