Throwing cold water on the project, new research from UCLA and Yale suggest that independent redistricting doesn’t improve competition within districts.
Independent Redistricting Commissions Gerrymander Just As Bad As Politicians
Tom Davis Takes Strong Stand Against Renaming JEB Stuart High School
Former Congressman Tom Davis took to the pages of the Washington Post to defend the legacy of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart.
Has Russia Been Financing Radical Left-Wing Environmentalist Groups?
Did Russia help finance leftist anti-energy and anti-fracking groups? The U.S. House Science Committee wants to find out.
FACTCHECK: Secretary Mattis Killed The Transgender Bill
The Defense Department asked for the six month review process to follow through to prevent a July 1 deadline to allow transgenders to openly serve.
Donald Trump Approval Ratings: Ugly, Bad, and the Kind of Good
To no one’s great surprise, poll numbers for President Donald Trump in the recently released ABC/Washington Post are headed in the wrong direction — maybe. Well, it’s the wrong direction if you are President Trump or want him to pass his agenda. It’s the right direction if you are trying to slow, hinder, stop or #RESIST the […]
NBC: Trump’s Approval Rating at 50 Percent in Counties Fueling His Win
This isn’t news that should shock a soul, but President Donald Trump’s anti-liberal approach is just the sort of rhetoric his supporters want to hear. From NBC News, we are given two graphics that illustrate not just the fact that Trump shifted the American electorate in the Rust Belt, but that his support among working […]
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Northam’s Pipeline Position Baffles The Progressive Left
How much more oxygen does Northam have left to breathe before he either decides he wants to win the election, or placate the extremist wing of his own party (again)?
AEI: Where Are We Going On Health Care?
Some interesting thoughts from John Capretta over at AEI regarding the GOP health care bill, focusing entirely on Senator Mike Lee and Ted Cruz’s proposal to get more competition into the marketplace in order to keep costs more competitive. Which is where the accolades come to a screeching halt, as the Senate GOP bill doesn’t […]
McConnell Warns Senate Democrats Over Obstruction
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has some strong words for Senator Dianne Feinstein and the other Democratic obstructionists — and McConnell isn’t mincing words anymore. “If our Democratic colleagues keep up this current rate of obstruction, only allowing about one confirmation every three-and-a-half days, it will take the Senate almost 11-and-a-half years to […]
