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2016 The turth is the gold of today
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Glick: Ted Cruz’s American Restoration
Caroline Glick
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Hilly's Continuing Saga of Malfeasance
Anyone who works in the intelligence community, defense industry or any other capacity that requires a secret clearance or higher knows that there is information that must be safeguarded at all costs. A breach of security, mishandling of classified information and failure to follow policies results in termination, fines and/or imprisonment. For the average worker, these penalties are enforced rather quickly. Yet in the case of Hilly Clinton, this is not the case — at least not yet.
The FBI's investigation into Hilly's malfeasance has most recently revealed that her private server contained not just classified material, but also information that an intelligence agency has identified as being extremely sensitive and "HCS-O." According to two sources who were not authorized to speak on the record, this is the code used for reporting on human intelligence sources in ongoing operations.
This new evidence, along with the Special Access Programs (SAP) that were identified by the FBI last week, is very damaging for our national security. Dan Maguire, former Special Operations strategic planner for Africom, states, "There are people's lives at stake. Certainly in an intel SAP, if you're talking about sources and methods, there may be one person in the world that would have access to the type of information contained in that SAP."
Despite the mounting evidence against her, Clinton continues to lie about her deliberate mishandling of classified information. In fact, during a recent interview on "Meet the Press," she insisted again, "I never sent or received any material marked 'classified.' I cannot control what the Republicans leak and what they are contending." So it's the Republicans' fault (vast right-wing conspiracy, anyone?), it's all made up and they are only doing it to derail her campaign for the presidency.
In the Democrats' town hall Monday night, she repeated her claim of innocence: "[N]othing I did was wrong. It was not in any way prohibited."
Both of her claims are outright lies. -The Patriot Post
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Cruz hits Trump hard in Iowa - Dallas Morning News: “Entering the Iowa homestretch under attack and still overshadowed by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz hit back Monday by painting the billionaire as a phony conservative and evangelical. And he projected confidence that he’ll finish strong in the first test of the 2016 contestnext Monday night. He asserted that Trump supports taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood and “Bernie Sanders-style socialized medicine.’ And he launched a coordinated effort to portray Trump as a ‘New York liberal.’” -Fox News
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nOBAMACARE MISSES MARK
NYT: “When the Affordable Care Act was drafted, the Congressional Budget Office expected people to sign up quickly for new health insurance. Now, two years into the law, it’s clear that progress is going to be slower. The nObama administration acknowledged as much in late 2014, and again in October, when it presented its own modest predictions. Monday, the budget office also agreed, slashing its 2016 estimate by close to 40 percent. … The new budget and economic outlook now predicts that about 13 million people will get their health insurance through the nObamacare market places this year, down from an earlier estimate of 21 million. The budget office’s estimates for future years won’t be released until March, but it seems reasonable to assume they will also come down. Currently, the 2017 estimate is 24 million.”
NYT: “When the Affordable Care Act was drafted, the Congressional Budget Office expected people to sign up quickly for new health insurance. Now, two years into the law, it’s clear that progress is going to be slower. The nObama administration acknowledged as much in late 2014, and again in October, when it presented its own modest predictions. Monday, the budget office also agreed, slashing its 2016 estimate by close to 40 percent. … The new budget and economic outlook now predicts that about 13 million people will get their health insurance through the nObamacare market places this year, down from an earlier estimate of 21 million. The budget office’s estimates for future years won’t be released until March, but it seems reasonable to assume they will also come down. Currently, the 2017 estimate is 24 million.”
Chinese Military Revamps Cyber Warfare,
Intelligence Forces
Bill Gertz.
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Emails Show Steyer-EPA Coordination to
Undermine Agency Critics
Lachlan Markay.
Tom Stever
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{freebeacon.com} ~ The business arm of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer’s political advocacy network worked behind the scenes with senior administration officials to undermine a study by a federally commissioned group that criticized environmental regulations, internal emails show... Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a Steyer-funded trade association, briefed senior administration officials on ways to preemptively debunk an anticipated study questioning EPA regulations’ impacts on the U.S. power grid. Leading AEE’s effort was an executive who just months earlier had left a prominent position at the EPA. However, the agency says that he did not meet the statutory definition of a “senior official” and hence was not subject to lobbying restrictions placed on recently departed federal employees. http://freebeacon.com/issues/emails-show-steyer-epa-coordination-to-undermine-agency-critics/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=d4dec35cc4-WFB_Morning_Beacon_01_27_161_26_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-d4dec35cc4-45611665.
Hostages, Hostages, and Other Deals
Dr. Michael Ledeen
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Largest Ever Solar System Discovered:
Planet 2Mass J2126-8140 Orbits
a Star 1 Trillion KM Away
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Protester killed in
Oregon standoff with feds
CHELSEA SCHILLING.
Ammon Bundy taken into custody, shots fired during incident
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Is Sexual Assault of Women
Condoned in Islam?
Tony Costa
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{answeringmuslims.com} ~ Following New Year's Eve celebrations the world was shocked to learn that over 600 women in Cologne, Germany were sexually assaulted en masse by men who were described as predominantly as "North African" and "Arab"... News later appeared that this was not an isolated incident, but that other similar attack took place in other cities in Europe. The media kept this disastrous news under wraps for about four days before reporting on it. Reports also suggested that the police were also complicit in keeping this story under cover. There is a practice in Arab world known as Taharush, an Arabic word meaning "harassment" usually associated with sexual harassment. Where does this practice come from and what is the motivation for it? Is it cultural? If so, then we have a culture that actually endorses the sexual harassment of women. So much for the politically correct view, better known as social Marxism or cultural Marxism that pervades most if not all of Western societies today which views all cultures as essentially equal. But the question must be asked, is this practice endorsed by Islam and its sacred texts? Islamic scholars who have weighed in to the events of Cologne have actually blamed not the perpetrators of these sexual assaults and rapes, but the victims, namely the women because they were wearing perfume and were not modestly dressed! As is becoming more and more common as evidenced in the media, the victims become the guilty party, and the perpetrators become the innocent party. While the Qur'an does not explicitly say that men should sexually harass in public, there is an interesting passage in the Qur'an 33:59 which seems to implicitly infer that if women are not properly covered, they may become subject to molestation. I have provided a number of English translations below of Qur'an 33:59 and have highlighted in bold the relevant words:
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How stupid and vicious do
elites think ‘we’ are?
Michael Barone.
A memorial to the victims of the San Bernardino terrorist attack still remains outside as workers return to work for the first time at the Inland Regional Center (IRC), California, January 4, 2016
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Hilly's Tax Plan: Robs From the Rich,
Steals from the Poor
Jeff Dunetz
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Press Misleads Nation on
Illegal Immigration
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{totalconservative.com} ~ According to a new report from the Justice Department, illegal immigrants are being prosecuted at a much lower rate over the last five years... Recently released statistics show that criminal prosecution has fallen 36 percent from 2011 to 2015, partly because local and state authorities are shying away from detaining illegal immigrants on behalf of the feds. In the meantime, The Washington Post analyzed a report this week from the Center for Migration Studies, which says that the number of illegal immigrants in the United States has fallen by more than a million individuals since 2008. In part, the CMS study says, because Mexican illegals have decreased in number by about 600,000 since President nObama took office. The report, coming as it does in the middle of an election cycle, is meant to portray this administration (and, by proxy, Democratic contender Hilly Clinton) as being tough on illegal immigration. Of course, the Washington Post’s story neglected to mention that nObama presided over mass legalization of these immigrants. Nearly a million illegals who came here as children were given amnesty as a result of the president’s 2012 executive order. That number alone is almost enough to completely nullify any decline in the total illegal immigrant population. That, of course, is if we have any reason to believe that the federal government has a good grasp on that population to begin with. http://totalconservative.com/press-misleads-nation-on-illegal-immigration/.
Russia Could Trade East Ukraine
For Sanction Relief
Natalie Myers
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Glick: Ted Cruz’s American Restoration
Caroline Glick
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In the Middle East, the new America is treacherous, and pathetic. It is despised by its allies and scorned by its enemies.
In the Middle East, the new America is treacherous, and pathetic. It is despised by its allies and scorned by its enemies.
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Consider the state of America’s relations with Saudi Arabia.
Consider the state of America’s relations with Saudi Arabia.
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Following US Secretary of State John hanoi-Kerry’s trip to Vienna last week, where together with his European sidekicks he met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif and announced the end of the international sanctions against Iran, the top US diplomat traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Following US Secretary of State John hanoi-Kerry’s trip to Vienna last week, where together with his European sidekicks he met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif and announced the end of the international sanctions against Iran, the top US diplomat traveled to Saudi Arabia.
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The purpose of the trip was to demonstrate America’s continued commitment to its chief ally in the Persian Gulf.
The purpose of the trip was to demonstrate America’s continued commitment to its chief ally in the Persian Gulf.
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It was a bluff and no one fell for it.
It was a bluff and no one fell for it.
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The deal nObama and hanoi-Kerry concluded with Iran sells Saudi Arabia and the rest of the US’s allies in the Middle East down the river. Quite simply, you cannot be pro-Iranian and pro-Israel or pro-Arab Gulf states at the same time.
The deal nObama and hanoi-Kerry concluded with Iran sells Saudi Arabia and the rest of the US’s allies in the Middle East down the river. Quite simply, you cannot be pro-Iranian and pro-Israel or pro-Arab Gulf states at the same time.
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The Saudis know it. They have given up on America.
The Saudis know it. They have given up on America.
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hanoi-Kerry’s only major media appearance in the kingdom was at the US embassy. Speaking before an audience of people whose paychecks he signs, hanoi-Kerry insisted emptily, “We have as solid a relationship, as clear an alliance and as strong a friendship with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as we have ever had, and nothing has changed because we worked to eliminate a nuclear weapon with a country in the region.”
hanoi-Kerry’s only major media appearance in the kingdom was at the US embassy. Speaking before an audience of people whose paychecks he signs, hanoi-Kerry insisted emptily, “We have as solid a relationship, as clear an alliance and as strong a friendship with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as we have ever had, and nothing has changed because we worked to eliminate a nuclear weapon with a country in the region.”
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It is a sign of America’s reduced status that no one bothered to question hanoi-Kerry’s ridiculous pronouncement. Seven years into nObama’s fundamental transformation of America, no one cares what the Americans say.
It is a sign of America’s reduced status that no one bothered to question hanoi-Kerry’s ridiculous pronouncement. Seven years into nObama’s fundamental transformation of America, no one cares what the Americans say.
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America’s spurned allies are making their peace with its global self-destruction. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t praying that America will come to its senses. Unfortunately, history cannot wait forever. Time is running out.
America’s spurned allies are making their peace with its global self-destruction. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t praying that America will come to its senses. Unfortunately, history cannot wait forever. Time is running out.
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Incremental change simply will not do. The world is changing too quickly and dangerously for a hesitant successor or one that fails to recognize that the entirety of nObama’s foreign policy must be rejected from the outset.
Incremental change simply will not do. The world is changing too quickly and dangerously for a hesitant successor or one that fails to recognize that the entirety of nObama’s foreign policy must be rejected from the outset.
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And no, although it is impossible to know what tomorrow will bring, the safe bet is that the US can’t afford to elect the wrong leader in November. 2020 will in all likelihood be too late.
And no, although it is impossible to know what tomorrow will bring, the safe bet is that the US can’t afford to elect the wrong leader in November. 2020 will in all likelihood be too late.
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And so, a week before the first votes are cast in the 2016 presidential election, who among the candidates has the courage and the competence to enact a counterrevolution in American foreign policy?
And so, a week before the first votes are cast in the 2016 presidential election, who among the candidates has the courage and the competence to enact a counterrevolution in American foreign policy?
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Who has the courage and the competence to restore America’s greatness at home and abroad, restoring its stature not only as the land of the free and the home of the brave, but as the most trustworthy ally and feared enemy throughout the world?
Who has the courage and the competence to restore America’s greatness at home and abroad, restoring its stature not only as the land of the free and the home of the brave, but as the most trustworthy ally and feared enemy throughout the world?
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Seeing as both former secretary of state Hilly Clinton and Vermont’s socialist senator Bernie Sanders have endorsed nObama’s foreign policy, the Democrats are not the answer.
Seeing as both former secretary of state Hilly Clinton and Vermont’s socialist senator Bernie Sanders have endorsed nObama’s foreign policy, the Democrats are not the answer.
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This leaves us with the Republicans. According to Real Clear Politics, 64 percent of Americans believe that their country is going in the wrong direction. An angry electorate historically goes with the party that has been out of power. So the Republicans have every reason to believe that they can win in November.
This leaves us with the Republicans. According to Real Clear Politics, 64 percent of Americans believe that their country is going in the wrong direction. An angry electorate historically goes with the party that has been out of power. So the Republicans have every reason to believe that they can win in November.
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But which candidate is up to the task? Although the field of candidates remains large, the polls indicate that the race today has become a contest between businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Florida Senator Marco Rubio remains the choice of the Republican elite, despite his low polling, and so must also be considered.
But which candidate is up to the task? Although the field of candidates remains large, the polls indicate that the race today has become a contest between businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Florida Senator Marco Rubio remains the choice of the Republican elite, despite his low polling, and so must also be considered.
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On the face of it, both Trump and Cruz answer the yearning of voters for an American restoration. Both channel the anger Republican primary voters feel toward their congressional leadership and party elite which voters believe refuses to fight for them. Both highlight their outsider status.
On the face of it, both Trump and Cruz answer the yearning of voters for an American restoration. Both channel the anger Republican primary voters feel toward their congressional leadership and party elite which voters believe refuses to fight for them. Both highlight their outsider status.
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Trump’s anti-establishment bonafides are based on the fact that he has never held elected office. True, Trump admits that as a businessman he played politicians and politics to maximize his profits, and so benefited from the worst aspects of the American political system.
Trump’s anti-establishment bonafides are based on the fact that he has never held elected office. True, Trump admits that as a businessman he played politicians and politics to maximize his profits, and so benefited from the worst aspects of the American political system.
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But, Trump insists, with some credibility, since he is self-funding his campaign, as president he will be able to act against the wishes of the donor class to whom presidential candidates are generally beholden, due to their dependence on political contributions.
But, Trump insists, with some credibility, since he is self-funding his campaign, as president he will be able to act against the wishes of the donor class to whom presidential candidates are generally beholden, due to their dependence on political contributions.
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Cruz is a much different person. Cruz is, to borrow Margaret Thatcher’s term, a conviction politician. He isn’t in politics to make a deal. He is in politics to make a difference.
Cruz is a much different person. Cruz is, to borrow Margaret Thatcher’s term, a conviction politician. He isn’t in politics to make a deal. He is in politics to make a difference.
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By all accounts, Cruz is one of the most gifted living litigators. If Cruz had wanted a successful career outside of politics, he would have had his pick of top firms and corporations beating a path to his door.
By all accounts, Cruz is one of the most gifted living litigators. If Cruz had wanted a successful career outside of politics, he would have had his pick of top firms and corporations beating a path to his door.
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In other words, if he had wanted to make billions and be a deal maker like Trump, the road was open before him.
In other words, if he had wanted to make billions and be a deal maker like Trump, the road was open before him.
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Cruz opted out of a lucrative career in the private sector because he believed that it was more important for him to serve his country. Over his four years in the Senate, Cruz has worked tirelessly to block nObama’s domestic and foreign policy agenda. He has been Israel’s most outspoken ally. He has been the most outspoken critic of nObama’s nuclear and financial capitulation to Iran and his betrayal of America’s Sunni allies.
Cruz opted out of a lucrative career in the private sector because he believed that it was more important for him to serve his country. Over his four years in the Senate, Cruz has worked tirelessly to block nObama’s domestic and foreign policy agenda. He has been Israel’s most outspoken ally. He has been the most outspoken critic of nObama’s nuclear and financial capitulation to Iran and his betrayal of America’s Sunni allies.
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Cruz has used all the power of his office as senator to fight the nObama administration’s radical policies. But that is not all he has done. Cruz has worked with grassroots organizations in Texas and throughout the country to empower the public to stand up for its rights.
Cruz has used all the power of his office as senator to fight the nObama administration’s radical policies. But that is not all he has done. Cruz has worked with grassroots organizations in Texas and throughout the country to empower the public to stand up for its rights.
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One of the strangest lines of attack against Cruz has been the claim that he is an opportunist. Cruz, it is argued, doesn’t actually believe in the causes he fights for. He’s just doing it to get donations, or media exposure, or votes.
One of the strangest lines of attack against Cruz has been the claim that he is an opportunist. Cruz, it is argued, doesn’t actually believe in the causes he fights for. He’s just doing it to get donations, or media exposure, or votes.
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But this is preposterous. Most of the things that Cruz has done for Israel for instance, have brought him no advantage. Cruz did more than any other Republican to force the administration to end its ban on US flights to Israel during Operation Protective Edge. The same is true of his leading role in galvanizing opposition to nObama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
But this is preposterous. Most of the things that Cruz has done for Israel for instance, have brought him no advantage. Cruz did more than any other Republican to force the administration to end its ban on US flights to Israel during Operation Protective Edge. The same is true of his leading role in galvanizing opposition to nObama’s nuclear deal with Iran.
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No large Jewish donors have rallied to Cruz’s side as a result of his tireless efforts to defend Israel and the US alliance with the Jewish state. Conservative Jewish commentators have lined up behind Senator Marco Rubio, who has taken the lead far less often than Cruz in defending Israel.
No large Jewish donors have rallied to Cruz’s side as a result of his tireless efforts to defend Israel and the US alliance with the Jewish state. Conservative Jewish commentators have lined up behind Senator Marco Rubio, who has taken the lead far less often than Cruz in defending Israel.
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Even worse, unlike Cruz, Rubio has supported some of nObama’s worst policies in the Middle East. These include nObama’s decision to support the overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and instigate the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. These policies, which Rubio and his conservative Jewish supporters backed, rival nObama’s nuclear pact with Iran in terms of their disastrous impact on pro-American governments, including Israel, on global security and on US national security.
Even worse, unlike Cruz, Rubio has supported some of nObama’s worst policies in the Middle East. These include nObama’s decision to support the overthrow of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and instigate the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. These policies, which Rubio and his conservative Jewish supporters backed, rival nObama’s nuclear pact with Iran in terms of their disastrous impact on pro-American governments, including Israel, on global security and on US national security.
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In perhaps one of the strangest developments of the Republican race, not only have conservative Jewish commentators lined up behind Rubio, they have directed inordinate ferocity and hatred toward Cruz, whom they oppose more than they oppose Trump.
In perhaps one of the strangest developments of the Republican race, not only have conservative Jewish commentators lined up behind Rubio, they have directed inordinate ferocity and hatred toward Cruz, whom they oppose more than they oppose Trump.
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Trump, for his part, has advocated Middle East policies that are barely comprehensible and wracked with inconsistency and surprising hostility toward Israel.
Trump, for his part, has advocated Middle East policies that are barely comprehensible and wracked with inconsistency and surprising hostility toward Israel.
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On the one hand, Trump continuously insists that as president he will be the greatest thing that ever happened to Israel.
On the one hand, Trump continuously insists that as president he will be the greatest thing that ever happened to Israel.
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But on the second hand, a month ago, he told Jewish Republicans that he won’t recognize that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and blamed Israel for the absence of peace with the Palestinians.
But on the second hand, a month ago, he told Jewish Republicans that he won’t recognize that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital and blamed Israel for the absence of peace with the Palestinians.
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But on the third hand, a week ago, he told an evangelical Christian reporter that he backs moving the US embassy to Jerusalem “one hundred percent.”
But on the third hand, a week ago, he told an evangelical Christian reporter that he backs moving the US embassy to Jerusalem “one hundred percent.”
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Got that?
Got that?
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And that brings us back to the key question of whether America wants to be great again, trusted by its allies, feared by its enemies, and safe at home. Because if so, voters need to ask not who channels their rage the best, but who has the courage and the competence to roll back nObama’s policies. How can Rubio, who supported some of nObama’s most devastating policies, or Trump who has no coherent policies, be expected to do what needs to be done?
And that brings us back to the key question of whether America wants to be great again, trusted by its allies, feared by its enemies, and safe at home. Because if so, voters need to ask not who channels their rage the best, but who has the courage and the competence to roll back nObama’s policies. How can Rubio, who supported some of nObama’s most devastating policies, or Trump who has no coherent policies, be expected to do what needs to be done?
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Through Ted Cruz’s willingness to match his words with his deeds, and do what he believes even when doing so bring him no benefit, and through his clear recognition that American foreign policy must rest on the simple rule of being good to your allies and bad to your enemies, Ted Cruz has proven that he alone has the courage and the competence to lead an American restoration.
Through Ted Cruz’s willingness to match his words with his deeds, and do what he believes even when doing so bring him no benefit, and through his clear recognition that American foreign policy must rest on the simple rule of being good to your allies and bad to your enemies, Ted Cruz has proven that he alone has the courage and the competence to lead an American restoration.
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