Why Dissolving the Election Fraud Commission Is a True Loss for the Nation

Jan. 8, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where Republicans are gleeful as tax reform spurs higher pay and bonuses across the land while Trump administration policies drop black unemployment to the lowest level on record. On the flip side, Planned Parenthood's latest numbers are gruesome, Rachel del Guidice reports. Where are the Iran protests heading? Fred Lucas has guideposts. Plus: Kelsey Harkness on U.S. women who think they're in the same boat as sisters in Iran, Jason Snead on the unfortunate demise of the voter fraud commission, and Ginni Thomas' revealing interview with a certain Supreme Court justice.
Commentary Why Dissolving the Election Fraud Commission Is a True Loss for the Nation Liberal advocacy groups, which for months worked to obstruct the election commission's efforts to examine the integrity and security of the ballot box, ecstatically declare victory. Read More
News Black Unemployment at Lowest Rate on Record "The lowest in nearly 5 decades and a credit to [President Donald Trump's] economic policies!!" tweets White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah. Read More
Commentary Justice Clarence Thomas Opens Up on Life, Faith, and His Interracial Marriage Ginni Thomas interviews her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas, about life as a Supreme Court justice. Faith, he says, gives him "the strength to do what I have to do every day, to assert the independence, to be willing to take the beatings, the criticism, the unfairness." Read More
News What's Next for Iran After Protests? 4 Elements to Watch "The difference with this [protest] is that it's centered on the rural poor. Up to now, that has been the pillar of support for the regime," says The Heritage Foundation's Jim Phillips. Read More
News 5 Key Numbers From Planned Parenthood's New Annual Report The abortion giant's excess revenue increased from $77.5 million to $98.5 million. Read More
Commentary As American Women Put Their Pink Hats Back On, Women in Iran Rip Off Their Hijabs Speaking on "The View," Joy Behar compares protests occurring against Iran's oppressive autocratic regime to protests against Trump. Watch the Video or Read the Article
News Analysis Finds 1 Million Americans So Far Getting Pay Raise From Tax Reform "President Trump said from the beginning that lowering tax rates, simplifying the complicated tax code, and making our companies more competitive would be the fuel that propels our economy to new heights," says White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Read More
Commentary We Hear You: Tax Cuts, the GOP Establishment, the Job Outlook, and the Trump Economy "Thank you, Heritage, for introducing me and so many others to this beautiful woman. It certainly seems Kay Coles James should and will be the 'poster adult' for every disadvantaged child in this nation," writes Mike Briggs. Read More
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