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10 Top Republicans Sitting Out the RNC Convention

Trump-resistant and election battling Republicans including two former Presidents, two former Republican nominees, and several former 2016 presidential hopefuls are offering up excuses for why they will not attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next week, notably among them a break with a history of former Presidents attending their party’s convention.

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Blame Republicans for Obama’s Transgender Bathrooms

When the Los Angeles Superintendent of Schools applauded Democrat President Barack Obama’s demand that schools honor transgender bathroom rules, she knew the original authority came from Republicans: former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former President George W. Bush.

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Obama Could Try to Appoint Garland Without Senate Vote

WASHINGTON—As President Barack Obama’s efforts to pressure Senate Republicans to confirm Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court fail, liberal White House allies are floating a trial balloon of installing Garland on the Supreme Court without Senate confirmation.

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WATCH – Muslim Cleric on PA TV: U.S., Israel Spread Sex, Pornography, and Drugs in the Arab World

JERUSALEM – The U.S. and Israel disseminate sex, pornography, and drugs in the Arab world in order to destroy Islamic values, a professor of Quranic studies said on official Palestinian TV. In a show broadcast on Thursday, Imad Hamato, who teaches at the University of Palestine in Gaza, said that the U.S.’s plan to impose American values on the Arab world began with former President George W. Bush. Hamato claimed that Bush said, “We will enter Iraq and bring in pornography and we will teach them the American civilization and culture.”

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Marco Rubio’s Grin of Desperation

As a pro-life activist and filmmaker, what motivates me most is concern for the dignity of the human person, and protecting the vulnerable from violence. That struggle is nothing new, though it takes on different forms at different times.

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Craig Shirley: The Fall of the House of Bush

That plummeting sound you hear is the fall of the House of Bush. Unfortunately for the family, it is not falling silently into the woods and there are plenty of people to hear it and witness it and, in time, kick over the dead embers of Bushism.

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Bloomberg Poll: Trump +19 in South Carolina

A new Bloomberg poll of South Carolina shows Donald Trump maintaining a strong lead in the state heading into Saturday’s primary. Trump has the support of 36 percent of likely Republican voters, followed distantly by Ted Cruz in second with

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Poll: Voters Torn On Whether George W. Bush Kept America Safe

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s statements about President George W. Bush and the Iraq war, which drew boos from the audience during Saturday night’s GOP primary debate, may not affect his support in the Palmetto state’s primary, according to a new Morning Consult poll.

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Hillary Clinton’s History: How Huma Abedin Went from Intern to Top Adviser

In Part One of this series, we looked at the people and events behind the history-making first White House Ramadan dinner, held in 1996 and hosted by Hillary Clinton — an event that revealed the shocking ignorance both Bill and Hillary Clinton had about Islam, especially in the light of events such as 1993’s attack on the World Trade Center.

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Jeb Bush Disavowed Invasion Of Iraq Months Before Donald Trump

When Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump referred to the invasion of Iraq as “a big fat mistake” during the February 13 CBS News GOP Debate, fellow presidential hopeful Jeb Bush took umbrage, saying, “While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe and I’m proud of what he did.”

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Trumpism and Reaganism

Nearly fifty years ago, former Vice President Spiro Agnew said, “A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.”

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