Section: The Daily Signal (USA)
Lawyers for Impeachment Witnesses Have Partisan Ties to Democrats
The lawyer for one of the first witnesses at House Democrats’ public impeachment hearings has a resume that includes the Obama White House, former Vice President Al Gore’s office, and House Democrats themselves. The lawyer for another impeachment witness in the public process raised the specter of impeaching President Donald Trump in...
7 Things to Know About Rep. Jim Jordan as He Leads GOP’s Defense of Trump
As impeachment hearings took the spotlight on Capitol Hill, Rep. Jim Jordan, one of President Donald Trump’s fiercest defenders, is temporarily reassigned to the House Intelligence Committee, where the Ohio Republican already is questioning witnesses sharply and voicing his party’s frustration with the partisan process. As recently as...
6 Key Moments From the First Day of Public Impeachment Hearings
Who’s in charge of the Trump administration’s policy on Ukraine, and the president’s focus on the business dealings there of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, were main topics of two veteran foreign service officers’ testimony Wednesday before the House committee pursuing impeachment. Offering sworn testimony as...
Impeachment Is the Left’s Sad Final Attempt to Beat Trump
If you are paying attention to the Washington circus that is the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s handling of the much maligned Ukraine call, this is what real collusion looks like: a media largely committed to advancing the goal of Democrats to severely damage or remove him from office, a series of at-first private...
Young People Might Reject Socialism If They Knew These Facts
A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm, found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that 1 in 3 millennials saw communism as “favorable.” Let’s examine this tragic vision in light of the Fraser Institute’s recently released annual...
China Poised to Benefit If Ukraine’s Western Relationships Fray
KYIV, Ukraine—As Ukraine reels from a series of recent setbacks in its relationships with the U.S. and the European Union, China ultimately stands to gain. China has been steadily increasing its economic clout in Ukraine through a broad gamut of infrastructure investments and other economic initiatives. This year, China overtook Russia as...
4 Things to Expect as the Trump Impeachment Inquiry Goes Public
After a month of closed hearings, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is slated to hold public impeachment hearings Wednesday and Friday. The committee, under Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will hear testimony from three witnesses regarding President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
The Decline of America’s Military, and Why It Matters
None of us want to think about another attack on America. But nor do we want to be unprepared if such an attack occurs. Dakota Wood, the lead editor of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength, explains that right now the military’s readiness status is “marginal.” In other words, between aging equipment and other...
This Impeachment Effort About Ideology, Not Constitution
Two American women of color. Two diametrically opposed views about America. This clash of worldviews helps us to understand that what is going on in our nation is not a legitimate impeachment process but an attempt to wipe out a sitting president for personal and ideological reasons. Rep. Rashida Tlaib was sworn in as a freshman Democratic...
We Need Steady Leadership, Not Fire-Starters, to Guide a Divided Nation
The current state of American politics is eerily reminiscent of the wildfires that recently engulfed the state of California. The conditions are right, the tinder is dry, the crosswinds are high, and the landscape is ripe for conflagration. This is why it’s incumbent upon our political leadership to refrain from lighting a match at this...
