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Sam Faddis: “Congress should support the Saudis in Yemen until the Iranian proxies are defeated.” #BestOfWashTimes
The Trump administration intends to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia. The weapons will, without question, be used in the Yemeni civil war by Saudi forces fighting Houthi rebels there.
Cheryl K. Chumley: “By the numbers, it’s 34% of likely voters who think civil war beckons — 40% of Republicans, Rasmussen Reports finds.” #BestOfWashTimes
Almost a third of U.S. voters believe a civil war is on its way — a bleak commentary on the growing tensions around the country due to coronavirus shutdowns and police policies that have manifested in destruction and defacement of historical monuments and memorials, anarchist takeovers of city str...
Inside the Beltway: “The Daily Beast, NBC News and The Washington Post were among news organizations which cited Dr. Anthony Fauci’s insistence that he would not attend the Tulsa rally.” #BestOfWashTimes
The news media is treating President Trump’s upcoming campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a potential disaster, casting the event as a dire threat to humanity — in yet another attempt to sabotage the president’s reelection efforts.
Cheryl K. Chumley: “That’s an 11-plus percentage growth — or, more than $11 billion. In three months.” #BestOfWashTimes
Thanks to COVID-19 shutdowns, America’s middle class may be suffering — American small business owners may be gasping for last breaths, limping on their last legs — but the billionaire class is making out like a bandit.
Matthew Paras: “For the past … however long this coronavirus lockdown has lasted, Thursday has been the day I look forward to the most.” #BestOfWashTimes
Reporters aren’t supposed to cheer for any of the teams or people they cover. That’s part of the gig. But there’s no objectivity when it comes to Bravo’s “Top Chef.” The cooking competition show is one reason this writer is still sane in a world with no live sports.
John Barrasso and Martha McSally: “With billions in investments and a stolen technology base, China is no friend.”
China will stop at nothing for world dominance. It seeks to surpass America’s economy, our military might and our international influence. We cannot allow that to happen.
Robert Winterton: “Undermining social media as we know it.”
Conservatives claim that new proposals will defend their political speech online, yet, by using government power to force websites to host speech they don’t want to, these Republicans are fundamentally undermining free speech.
Daniel N. Hoffman: “The Kremlin's goal is to tarnish the U.S. political process.”
National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien warned last month that America’s foreign adversaries will seek to exploit our domestic crises to “sew discord and to try and damage our democracy.”
Frank Miniter: “Imagine if all of the young men who’ve looted, thrown bricks at police officers and set fires suddenly had to go home to strong fathers.”
Imagine if all of the young men who’ve looted, thrown bricks at police officers and set fires suddenly had to go home to strong fathers.
Scott Walker: “Party of slavery, Jim Crow, Ku Klux Klan and segregation has a short memory.”
Democrats were the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan, and anti-desegregation. Republicans were the party of Lincoln, Reconstruction, anti-lynching laws, and the civil rights acts.
CARTOON: “Virus hypocrisy”
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EDITORIAL: “Beyond the scope of the cameras, black men and their non-discriminatory marriage tendencies are setting the pace for blunting the cultural impact of race.”
It has happened again: A black man dies at the hands of white police officers, this time in Atlanta. Like clockwork, crowds gather, angry voices fill the air, mingling with the smoke of arson-lit fires. It’s another made-for-media performance of the nation’s race ritual, one that hardens hearts ...
Inside the Beltway: “The Daily Beast, NBC News and The Washington Post were among news organizations which cited Dr. Anthony Fauci’s insistence that he would not attend the Tulsa rally.”
The news media is treating President Trump’s upcoming campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a potential disaster, casting the event as a dire threat to humanity — in yet another attempt to sabotage the president’s reelection efforts.
Cheryl K. Chumley: “That’s an 11-plus percentage growth — or, more than $11 billion. In three months.”
Thanks to COVID-19 shutdowns, America’s middle class may be suffering — American small business owners may be gasping for last breaths, limping on their last legs — but the billionaire class is making out like a bandit.
Matthew Paras: “For the past … however long this coronavirus lockdown has lasted, Thursday has been the day I look forward to the most.”
Reporters aren’t supposed to cheer for any of the teams or people they cover. That’s part of the gig. But there’s no objectivity when it comes to Bravo’s “Top Chef.” The cooking competition show is one reason this writer is still sane in a world with no live sports.
George W. Liebbman: “In a nation with 40 million blacks and nearly a million police, there will always be abuses of power that can be fastened on.”
In a nation with 40 million blacks and nearly a million police, there will always be abuses of power that can be fastened on.
Tom Giovanetti: “You would expect Republicans to claim the tax cuts were a success and Democrats to attack them as a miserable failure.”
Did the Trump tax cuts work? Yes — GDP growth increased, which led to significantly increased personal incomes and job creation. And the individual tax cuts primarily benefitted middle-income earners rather than the wealthy.
Cal Thomas: “A Trump speech could provide some relief to tensions by emphasizing we are a united human race.”
The president should not just use the speech to fire up his base in Tulsa but should propose something substantive that might provide, if not a solution to racial tensions, then at least begin to solve the underlying problem.
Victor Davis Hanson: “Inevitably, cultural revolutions sputter when they turn cannibalistic or if they're hijacked by a thug.”
When a liberal mayor or black police chief or progressive governor or white leftist who diverges from the party line is targeted by the mob, then who really is safe? No one. And so the cultural revolution sputters to irrelevance.
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CARTOON: “Different approaches”
Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times (published June 17, 2020)
Michael McKenna: “Using data from companies like Data Trust, campaigns can sharpen their ad buys.”
Data can seem boring. But it is the essential foundation of a campaign, like the guidance system of a plane. If you have no idea where you’re going, or how to get there, you will probably wind up hopelessly lost.
Peter J. Pitts: “In 2020 parlance that war is the war against COVID-19. We have learned a lot. How are we going to share that knowledge and maximize it to the fullest potential?”
The Endless Frontier Act proposes an expansion of the National Science Foundation (NSF) — to be renamed the National Science and Technology Foundation (NTSF) — and the establishment of a Technology Directorate within NTSF to advance technology in 10 critical focus areas.
Thom Loverro: “It’s disturbing that with the passage of time we seem to have learned nothing from the history of one of the biggest frauds perpetuated on the American sports public.”
It’s disturbing that with the passage of time we seem to have learned nothing from the history of one of the biggest frauds perpetuated on the American sports public. Not only are we still seemingly ignorant of the truth, but blissfully so.
Andrew P. Napolitano: “That is not rendering to Caesar what is Caesar’s. That is rendering to Caesar what is God’s.”
Here is a pop quiz on the U.S. Constitution. What is the first freedom protected by the Bill of Rights? The first protected freedom is religion. The tyrannical behavior of many state governors has ignored this.
Tim Young: “With its Jenna Ellis smears, the left leaves the world of reality and isn't winning.”
By listening to their own biased news coverage, trusting their own biased polls and looking at their own biased social media fans, Democrats have created a cycle of ignorance to the American people that can’t be corrected.
CARTOON: “Gone with their minds”
Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate
Inside the Beltway: “Fans of President Trump began lining up outside the Bok Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, five days early to ensure they get a seat, according to KJRH, the local NBC affiliate.”
They began arriving Monday. Fans of President Trump began lining up outside the Bok Arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, five days early to ensure they get a seat, according to KJRH, the local NBC affiliate.
Sam Faddis: “Congress should support the Saudis in Yemen until the Iranian proxies are defeated.”
The Trump administration intends to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia. The weapons will, without question, be used in the Yemeni civil war by Saudi forces fighting Houthi rebels there.
Cheryl K. Chumley: “By the numbers, it’s 34% of likely voters who think civil war beckons — 40% of Republicans, Rasmussen Reports finds.”
Almost a third of U.S. voters believe a civil war is on its way — a bleak commentary on the growing tensions around the country due to coronavirus shutdowns and police policies that have manifested in destruction and defacement of historical monuments and memorials, anarchist takeovers of city str...
EDITORIAL: “Of course, who or what Columbus will be a footnote to is now a live question.”
Two days ago, the mayor of Detroit ordered a bust of Christopher Columbus removed from its pedestal. It was a peaceful removal for the Italian-born discoverer of the new world. After all, last week in Boston he was beheaded and in Richmond he was pushed into a lake. One supposes he is used to the ha...
Kate Anderson: “One of the primary purposes of Title VII was to protect women and girls. But after the Supreme Court’s decision, Title VII may end up doing the opposite.”
One of the primary purposes of Title VII was to protect women and girls. But after the Supreme Court’s decision, Title VII may end up doing the opposite.
BOOK REVIEW: “Chasing dread and a rural murder.”
Dark doesn’t even begin to describe Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel, “Death in Her Hands.” Try horrifying, macabre, fashionably self-referential and exceptionally well-written - a book, as the publisher’s blurb says, that asks us to consider how the stories we tell ourselves both reflect t...
Joseph Curl: “'Do as I say, not as I do' is the Democratic mantra.”
So thick is the hypocrisy you can cut it with a knife. Democrats applaud the race riots and looting — anything to hurt Mr. Trump’s re-election chances.
Clifford D. May: “Wars are contests of wills, and Americans have long had enemies who use guns and bombs in an attempt to force us to submit to their will.”
NATO members and Japan depend on American troops to defend them. Yet they both support and fund the International Criminal Court even as it unlawfully targets the American troops putting their lives on the line for them.
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Cheryl Chumley: Gov. Scott Walker Schools Seattle on Leadership Seattle Democrats are standing idly by as rioters and anarchists take over city streets. Leadership? Lacking. So here comes Wisconsin's former Republican governor, Scott Walker, who fought off massive angry mobs of teachers' unions in 2011 and now has some words of wisdom on how the left can actually steer calmly through the storm and -- get this: Do the jobs they were elected to do.
Cheryl Chumley: A Serious Talk on Police Powers Democrats want to defund police. Antifa thugs want to dismantle police departments. But somewhere in all this talk about radical federalization of community police departments are true ideas of reform that could actually help all Americans -- not just special interests, not just Black Lives Matter. Bob McNamara, senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, shares.
Cheryl Chumley: Black Lives Matter, a Mission of Mayhem Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013, and has since gone global. And if you think this social justice warring group is going away any time soon -- think again. BLM is here and here to stay, and it's in large part the fault of America's schools. So says Rebecca Friedrichs, a California public school teacher with amazing insights on where this violence in the streets is rooted.
As the national conversation has shifted to racial equality and social justice, so too have the dynamics of the 2020 campaign. George Gerbo talks with Washington Times national politics reporter Seth McLaughlin on what that means for Joe Biden and the contenders to be his running mate on this edition of the Campaign 2020 Podcast:
Cheryl Chumley: How To Fight Executive Orders Tired of all the executive orders being issued by governors? Tired of the overreach and unconstitutional rules placed on citizens' backs? So is Jenna Ellis, a constitutional attorney who serves as a legal adviser to President Donald Trump. Jenna offers advice on how to fight the executive powers, save the Constitution and return this nation to a state of Founding Father intent.
George Floyd Is Being Used as Puppet For Left Members of the media would have it believed that America is unjust, the Constitution racist and police awaken each morning with visions of gleefully killing black men in their communities. It's all lies. As hero military veteran and former law enforcement official Mark Geist says, America has problems -- and Floyd was horrifically killed. But America's problems, he explains, are rooted largely in the national turn from God and individual accountability.
WashTimes’ columnist Tim Young was in #Minneapolis to witness the aftermath of the riot which has caused so much destruction.
Jerry Falwell Jr. Warns America Is At Tipping Point America's coming to a crossroads, due to COVID-19 government overreach, and in the coming days-weeks-months, we're going to have to decide whether we want a Constitution or communism. Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking a stand for freedom. "Liberals are Nazis" on free speech, he says -- and the time to fight grows short.
Resisting Government in These COVID-19 Times Government's got American citizens in its chokehold right now, due in large part to COVID-19 politics. So how to fight back? How to resist? Is the resistance even worthwhile? Historically speaking: Yes. And Craig Shirley, noted historian, best-selling author, and Ronald Reagan expert, weighs in on the government's over-the-top response to the coronavirus with some comforting words that put the crackdown in context.
The Big Chill of Contact Tracing Contact tracing — what is it? The government says it’s nothing to worry about, nothing to fear. That’s a lie. Contact tracing, with technology, is one big government spy program — and it’s coming to a community near you. There are privacy problems. There are constitutional issues. And as technology security expert Quentin Rhoads-Herrera warns: there are questions about the potential for hackers and thieves to steal the data for nefarious uses.
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Rules for Defeating Saul Alinsky Radicals COVID-19 has ushered in a somewhat frightening time in America that has handed a golden key to socialists, communists, collectivists -- i.e. Saul Alinsky types -- to bring about great change to this country. So it's with great timeliness that comes this book, "Rules for Defeating Radicals: Countering the Alinsky Strategy in Politics and Culture." Author Christopher Adamo gives insights into effectively fighting off the Salinsky influence.
China's COVID-19 Guilt America's present bleak economic circumstances are due almost to China's role with COVID-19 -- and Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, has some great ideas on how to hold the communist nation accountable while winning some much-needed justice for U.S. citizens harmed by the coronavirus. You don't want to miss her words of wisdom, or her optimism.
COVID-19 War on Churches America's churches are in a war -- against America's own government. And it's all due to COVID-19. Think that's hyperbole? Think again. And while thinking, take a listen to two church leaders -- Pastor Timothy White in Washington state and Pastor Veron House in New York -- talk about the crackdowns they've personally faced. And here's an eye-opening clue of the seriousness of the situation: Police were actually involved. Did you ever think this could happen in America, a country founded on religious liberty?
We round up news and notes from the trail on the latest Campaign 2020 Podcast, including former Senate staffer Tara Reade's response to Joe Biden denying her allegations of sexual assault, Michigan Rep. Justin Amash's decision to enter the presidential race as a libertarian, and more. Listen below, and visit http://www.washingtontimes.com/elections for all of our Campaign 2020 coverage.
Tim Young was on site at Shelley Luther’s salon in Dallas, Texas. Was her arrest justified or an infringement of civil liberties? Let us know in the comments!
COVID-19, America and the Stink of Socialism So here we are in America, amid COVID-19 government crackdowns -- and for one asylum seeker who fled Venezuela for the free society of the United States, it's almost like a post-traumatic stress disorder moment with all the trampling of civil rights. Jorge Galicia, who now tours America's schools telling of the horrors of socialism from a first-person perspective, tells how socialism can seep into a culture and warp the minds of its citizens -- and how we can stop it from happening, post-COVID-19.
The trains are moving, but is anyone riding? New “On The Road w/ Tim Young” episode over on the WashTimes Instagram—>www.instagram.com/washtimes
Freedom Ain't Free COVID-19 may have the country in political, economic, even cultural binds. But we can't let the darkness overcome -- and sometimes, crises can bring out the best in people. Witness: Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, who has a sane, sound, even principled look at the current coronavirus situation -- and more than that, inspirational words of optimism on how Americans can recover and stay free.
Tim Young is on a road trip through flyover country during the pandemic, and you can watch his journey “On The Road w/ Tim Young” exclusively on The Washington Times Instagram today! —> www.instagram.com/washtimes
Fame or Family? Rocker Richie Furay Tells His God Moment Fame -- what would you do for it? It's an interesting question, particularly since America's economic and social systems drive the quest for fame from a young age. It's rare to get it, though; even rarer to give it up -- for family and God. But 1960s Hall of Fame rocker Richie Furay did. And he is here to tell his most interesting, most extraordinary tale of turning secular rocker -- to pastor and family man.
Government Gone Wild It's not just COVID-19 that is bringing about a government that's gone wild with the dictatorial style of leadership -- though the coronavirus is leading to some serious constitutional dings. But in Texas, the Supreme Court has a case of eye-opening proportions that's seeing a fit and proper biological dad having to fight for custody of his little girl -- because another guy who used to live with the girl feels like he's a dad. It's Real Dad vs Fake Dad, and Jeremy Newman with the Texas Home School Coalition has the shocking story.
What Makes America Great? During these bleak coronavirus times that see police fining church-goers and handcuffing fathers in parks and chasing down runners on public beaches, it might be easy to forget: America's an amazing country. An exceptional country, even. What makes the country so great? Tune in as William Vanderbloemen, CEO of the Christian staffing agency Vanderbloemen, gives some most inspirational thoughts. And after all, couldn't we all use some inspiration about now?
Raising Godly Kids in Secular Times It's every parent's nightmare -- you do everything right, and your kids still go astray. Or: you try and try and try to do everything right -- but the world keeps throwing in roadblocks. So how to raise godly children in a secular world? Kimberly Willingham Hubbard, who serves as communications director for Rep. Louie Gohmert, has written a book that can help. And it's sure to inspire and comfort.
Religious Liberties in Coronavirus Freefall America was founded in large part on religious liberty. And as Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel and vice president of litigation David Cortman says, without religious liberties, all others fall. Well, take a look around at modern America and see: We're in a crisis mode for freedom. When a pastor is arrested for preaching the Word and worshippers are fined $500 for listening to the Word -- we're in a crisis. David Cortman gives some hope: ADF to the litigation rescue.
Coronavirus Got You Crazed? Have Faith Yes, America's in turmoil. Yes, America's facing a constitutional crisis. Yes, panic is thy name. And as actor, producer and writer Kevin Sorbo says -- for what? Basically a really bad flu during a season that's historically known as "flu season?" Kevin weighs in on the politics -- questions the response -- then gives some suggestions on how to get through it all. Listen to him. Faith can instead be thy name.
The coronavirus pandemic has upended what the 2020 campaign is going to look like this year and how Americans cast their votes. In the latest Campaign 2020 Podcast, George Gerbo breaks down what states have made changes to their primary elections and recaps the debacle in Wisconsin this week. He's then joined by Washington Times national politics reporter Seth McLaughlin to explain why Bernie Sanders decided to drop out of the presidential race now:
Fighting Coronavirus the George Washington Way It's Easter -- and in America, churches are closed. What a sad situation for a nation built on Judeo-Christian principles, built by founders like George Washington who turned in times of trouble to prayer. William Jeynes, a California professor and a Harvard graduate and a co-creator of some religious liberties' guidelines signed by President Donald Trump in January, has an Easter season idea to tackle coronavirus, Christian warrior way -- and while it's not exactly what the doctor ordered, it is nevertheless exactly what our nation's first president would've done, as well. Listen in and learn!
A Perfect Coronavirus Socialist Storm If you think America, land of the free, will return to the same America, land of the free, once coronavirus passes -- think again. Far leftists are actively using coronavirus to advance their socialist, collectivist designs. And as Will Witt with PragerU exposes -- the march of the left has infiltrated our schools, our youth, our states. Warnings are in order.
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