Delegates Unbound, a political group responsible for funding campaign ads, has released a new video asking for the GOP delegates to #DumpTrump. According to The Right Scoop: “A group of Republicans pushing for delegates to be able to vote for and nominate someone other than Donald Trump at the convention this July is going up…
By Phillip Stucky Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s unfavorable ratings increased among women and white male voters to 71 percent in a new poll published Tuesday. In an ABC/Washington Post poll, Trump’s overall unfavorability rating rose 10 points. Trump’s favorability ratings decreased to 29 percent from 37 percent in a poll published in May. Among registered…
Donald Trump claims that free trade and immigration have lead to widespread job losses and economic turmoil for Americans. These are the signature policies of his campaign, but the evidence just doesn’t support this view. Americans rely on the benefits of trade everyday of their lives. The importation of low cost goods drastically increases…
When it comes to elections, contrarian dissent matters just as much as servile consent. by Joey Clark The mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but an independent mind is a horrid thing to use during election season. Partisans cannot abide contrarian dissent within their ranks when the outcome of an election is at…
By Eric Lieberman According to a new national Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization. State drug policies have been reflecting the public’s sentiment that the Schedule 1 substance is more benign and less nefarious than was originally portrayed by the national government. Since Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed the state medical marijuana bill into law, there are now 24 states that have some degree of measures…
Lindsey Graham has experienced the full spectrum of Trump support. He has gone from emphatically opposing Trump, to tacit indifference, to full support, and is now rescinding that support. Graham seems to be having a moral conflict between what he perceives his duty to his party to be and opposing a man who espouses ignorant…
By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration has taken $500 million appropriated by Congress to fight the Zika virus to fund the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which gives foreign countries money for green energy projects. “The threat to adults from Zika is relatively small, but the threat to pre-born children is very high,” Oklahoma Republican…
By Lina Bryce This is the year to say goodbye to President Obama‘s liberal policies draining our economy and the year Republicans would nominate a true Conservative, but Donald Trump isn’t exactly a conservative. Now what? While it may seem like a good idea to have a successful business man taking the helm of our hurting Republic, Donald Trump isn’t much…
by Lina Bryce Sen. Rand Paul addressed the recent win by Donald Trump in an appearance Tuesday for a “Reagan Ranch Roundtable” event put on by Young America’s Foundation in California. Paul’s address was focused on the idea of moving “beyond partisan politics to unite America,” positing that the GOP needs to do more to reach out to marginalized…
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill Raising Smoking Age to 21 After years of spouting the “my body, my choice” rhetoric, California Democrats have now turned on the concept of self ownership. Starting June 9th, it will be illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the magical, state-approved age of 21. While critics of this law have…