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Winter of Our Discontent

As fall turned into winter, there were unmistakable signs of paleoconservative dissatisfaction with President Trump.

Proceed With the Neverendum

Freddy Gray

It would be fun to write a Westminster column that wasn’t about Brexit. I’m afraid I can’t. Brexit is Britain, to a large extent, these days, at least as far as the news is concerned.

It seems that a part of Donald Trump’s base is angry with the President for having reopened the portions of the federal government he had shut down for 35 days after failing to obtain congressional funding for his Big Beautiful Wall.

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A Tribute to Congressman Walter Jones
The Hon. John J. Duncan, Jr. | February 15, 2019
I just retired after serving 30 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and 16 years before that as a lawyer and Judge. Of all the great men and women with whom I have worked during my career, Walter Jones was one of the best.
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Pelosi's Warning
Tom Piatak | February 15, 2019
Nancy Pelosi is warning that, if Trump declares an emergency over the border, a future Democratic President could declare an emergency over gun violence. This argument is intended to frighten Republicans from taking action to prevent millions more potential Democrats streaming from Latin America into the United States.
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Trump’s Unsteady Performance
Srdja Trifkovic | February 15, 2019
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to fund the wall along the nation’s southern border. Speaking in the Rose Garden, Trump said there was an emergency at the border which could only be fixed by building a wall.
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Will Diversity Be the Death of the Democrats?
Pat Buchanan | February 15, 2019
Both of America's great national parties are coalitions. But it is the Democratic Party that never ceases to celebrate diversity—racial, religious, ethnic, cultural—as its own and as America's "greatest strength." Understandably so, for the party is home to a multitude of minorities.
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