Category Archives: National

Caravan: Right to enter or existential threat?

At an assembly Nov. 7, migrants listen to leaders who tell them to press northward to the U.S. border. Photo: The Daily Signal

Nolan Peterson delivers a powerful first person account of traveling with the Migrant Caravan now headed to America that captures sentiment and propaganda, but not the cost of new unskilled workers who drive wages lower for citizens, risk social services and destabilize economy.

From this report published by The Daily Signal; the caravan is a direct result and deliberate contrivance of open border activists who declare peace, but deliver threats. Continue reading →

Ilham Omar celebrates: ‘AS-SALAM-ALAIKUM’

Rep. Ilhan Omar

Election night,  Somali Muslim refugee Ilhan Omar became one of the first Muslim congresswomen in U.S. history, joining Rashida Tlaib. At her acceptance speech, Omar greeted the audience with a powerful “As-Salam-Alaikum” [a religious salutation among Muslims]. Many Muslims felt this was a homecoming.  Continue reading →

Former SEAL with a Veterans Day message

Navy SEAL candidates train in Coronado, California.

Rep.-elect Dan Crenshaw of Texas appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to give a message of unity and connection this Veterans Day weekend.

Crenshaw, a retired lieutenant commander and now Republican congressman-elect for Texas’ 2nd Congressional District, was thrown into the spotlight the weekend prior to Election Day when “SNL” cast member Pete Davidson mocked him for the wounds he sustained while fighting for America.  Continue reading →

‘Teacher Wave’ Fizzle: Two-Thirds lost

Multiple media are reporting an Education Week analysis of midterm election data that finds that of the 177 teachers who ran for office in state legislatures during the midterms, only 42 were elected. According to the education outlet, teacher walkouts that protested teacher pay and funding for public schools spurred the campaigns.  Continue reading →

Birthright Citizenship is not Constitutional

Hans von Spakovsky for The Daily Signal, asserts from detailed research that President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship is fully within the intent of the Constitution.

Spakovsky notes, “It would face a certain court challenge that would wind up in the Supreme Court, but the president’s view is consistent with the view of the framers of the amendment.”  Continue reading →