As the opioid epidemic is now contributing to deaths more than car accidents, Congresswoman Barbara Comstock has been working for solutions.
Northam: Banning Virginia Sanctuary Cities “Unnecessary”
After he supported it during his 2017 gubernatorial campaign, Ralph Northam has vetoed a bill that would ban sanctuary cities in Virginia.
The Political Argument Surrounding The Census Was Already Debated
Although the outrage over the citizenship question on the census seems to be relatively new, this argument was debated decades ago.
Taylor Believes A Deal Can Be Made On Border Security, DACA
As the White House pushes for immigration reform and funding for border security, Congressman Scott Taylor believes a deal can be made on DACA.
State Department Announces Extreme Vetting With Social Media History
President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of “extreme vetting” is now being forwarded by the State Department as they will check traveler’s social media.
Northam 2007: Abusive Driver Fees Should Target Illegal Immigrants
Just to get a sense of how much embattled Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam has changed since his 2007 state senate run, here’s an advertisement he ran against then-Republican State Senator Nick Rerras.
The topic? Abuser fees embedded within the Virginia transportation tax bill. Northam’s caging of the topic? Demonizing undocumented immigrants (back when calling out illegal immigration was cool, we suppose?)
Probably an advert the Democrats would rather have you ignore as they sell Northam as a Clinton-era “mainstream” liberal. Along with this:
…and the ill-fated Cooter for Congress campaign of 2002, where the Confederate flag was prominently displayed by Virginia Democrats in Ben Jones’ failed attempted to defeat Eric Cantor.
Northam’s leveraging of illegal immigrants to drive home opposition to “abuser fees” were perfectly acceptable campaign tactics back in 2007.
What changed?
Braunlich: Ending DACA Will Harm Virginia, U.S. Economy
Ending the lawless executive order from the Obama era was going to be a tough call when 700,000 effective hostages were held in limbo.
Watch As Stephen Miller Sinks Jim Acosta’s Battleship On Immigration
If politics had a TKO? Miller put on a clinic against CNN’s Jim Acosta, whose moral preening was on full display during this exchange.
Effectively, Acosta — supposedly a journalist and not a columnist — engaged in a tit-for-tat with White House aide Stephen Miller regarding the proposed immigration bill.
Let’s leave aside for a second who is right and who is wrong in this exchange. The difference is here: Acosta hijacked the exchange in order to score political points in an effort to make himself the story, and Miller adroitly (and to his credit) refused to fall into the trap of taking the hit as others at the podium during the Trump administration have done.
Miller fought his way out of the ambush, just like you’re supposed to do.
The entire six minute exchange is worth your time. Regardless as to where you stand on immigration policy or the particulars of this bill (we have our reservations), Acosta’s verbal sparring with Miller was the sort of exchange one expects from a journalist who is there to create the news, not report it.
It is the precise reason why Americans don’t trust the mainstream media, and despite reservations about the Trump presidency, have no stomach for returning to the media-driven Obama-era fawning over every progressive policy as a positive good.
Such are the times, folks.