Opinion: What does it take for Senate Republicans to decide not to confirm Loretta Lynch, who is President Obama’s nominee to be attorney general? At what point is the lawlessness simply too much?
It is entirely within the power of the newly elected Republican majority in the Senate not to confirm Ms. Lynch. The only question is whether the GOP majority will exercise its constitutional authority to do so.
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Last night, Russian Tu-95 bombers were intercepted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) off the coast of Cornwall. British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Russia is testing NATO and is a “real and present danger.”
In 2012 when Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney said the same; President Obama made a joke and declared no danger from Russia. “The 80s called and want their foreign policy back. The cold war is over…” Obama said.
Opinion: Many stories have already been written about CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s embarrassing historical gaff when he told a judge: “Our rights do not come from God, your honor, and you know that. They come from man.” Of course, American governing documents state exactly the opposite.
But what has not been adequately covered is why Cuomo might make such a statement. I, for one, am not particularly surprised by it – and I don’t say that because of his liberal pedigree as the son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, the brother of current Governor Andrew Cuomo, or because he graduated from Yale. Rather, I say that because he is 44 years old, and therefore graduated from American schools in the past three decades.
Opinion: The request for war authorization against ISIS by President Obama puts our nation in an untenable position. To limit our commitment to fighting this existential threat to just three years is shortsighted and shows a complete misunderstanding of who our enemy is, what they believe, and what motivates them.
To further complicate this request, the President’s decision to put limitations on ground combat options forces our military to fight this war with one hand tied behind its back.
Brian Williams is being ridiculed online in part with Photoshop images of the NBC star in historic photos.
Editorial: NBC’s Brian Williams and Hillary Clinton’s self-aggrandizing fabrications under fire and President Barack Obama’s lies to the nation for years on his position on gay marriage raise a question. Does truth matter?
Do all politicians lie? Is media honest in reporting the facts? Those questions fade to the base issue: What will you abide?