In the 2020 Race Reset series, we’re taking a fresh look at the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination as we approach the start of the primaries. We’re also examining what we got right and what we got...
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Thomas Valentine
“Moderate” Democrats Think Your Tax Dollars Should Fund Their Campaigns
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are viewed as two of the most moderate candidates in the Democratic 2020 presidential field. After the most recent Democratic debate, this may need to...
Jonathan Decker
2020 Race Reset: Which Democrats Can Still Win?
About this time last year, The National Pulse ran a series previewing the 2020 Democrat presidential primaries. We looked at the favorites, the middle-tier underdogs, the long shots, and the wild cards. At the time...
Dozens of Virginia Localities Enact “Second Amendment Sanctuary” Policies
Citizens of Virginia are mobilizing around the commonwealth to defend their Second Amendment rights after November’s elections ushered in a new era of Democrat control over the state. When the new General Assembly...
New Report Shows Why Trump Could Win New Mexico in 2020
Back in September, I wrote about Donald Trump’s plan to win the state of New Mexico — something no Republican presidential candidate has done since 2004. The president’s strategy focuses on Democrats’...
Poll of 2020 Democrat Candidates Reveals Radical Pro-Abortion Stances
The New York Times recently polled the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates on the topic of abortion. The results should be of grave concern for the pro-life movement. The survey was completed by Michael Bennet, Joe...
Kelvey Vander Hart
Russian Collusion? 2020 Democrats Share Putin’s Goal to End U.S. Fracking
One interesting takeaway from Trump’s impeachment hearings occurred when former White House national security expert Fiona Hill gave testimony on her conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on fracking...
Bloomberg’s Entry Into 2020 Race Shows Democrats Are Panicking
Reports indicate that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is preparing the paperwork to qualify for the Democratic presidential primary in at least one state. This news comes on the heels of increasing...
Election Night Recap: GOP, Dems Split Victories as Ky. Gov. Race Too Close to Call
The 2019 elections are just about in the books. Below are some of the biggest story lines after last night. Kentucky Governor’s Race Still Too Close to Call as GOP Sweeps Other Statewide Races The Kentucky...
Andrew Yang Thinks Your Tax Dollars Should Fund Democrat Campaigns
Last week, Andrew Yang became the latest Democratic presidential candidate to endorse one of the craziest policies to emerge this election cycle: “Democracy Dollars.” The premise behind “Democracy...
President Trump Reveals Plan to Turn the Southwest Red
During Donald Trump’s recent campaign rally in New Mexico, the president made headlines when he told the audience, “We really think we’re going to turn this state and make it a Republican state.” As per...
Democrats Launch New Attacks on Right-to-Work Laws
One of the great accomplishments of the Trump era was the Janus decision — a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling, supported by Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch, which ruled that non-union public sector workers cannot be...
Maryland Lawmakers Prioritize Leftism over Education
The founding father, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Chase once said that “religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of...
Leo Thuman
Daines Resolution Takes Bold Stand Against Evils of Socialism
Last week, Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) introduced a resolution condemning socialism to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Its full title is “A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that socialism poses a...
Biden’s Debate Comments on the Hyde Amendment Made No Sense
During this week’s Democratic presidential debates, the moderators paid relatively little attention to sanctity of life issues. Instead, they focused on policies like health care, immigration, and foreign policy —...
Michael New
The Swamp Wins Again: New Budget Agreement Explodes Spending
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a new budget agreement that would explode federal spending by an additional $320 billion over two years in a bipartisan vote. Most disappointingly, the budget deal really...
Va. Democrats Threaten to Boycott Historic State Event over Trump Invite
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has invited President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to a commemoration of the 400thanniversary of the first meeting of representative government in the United States...
2020 Democrats Outline Big-Government Education Plans at NEA Forum
On July 5th, ten of the current twenty major Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Houston for the 2019 annual convention of the National Education Association (NEA) to discuss their education platforms before...
Karen R. Effrem, MD
Does Kamala Harris Really Want to Take Away All Americans’ Private Health Plans?
One of the more awkward moments to emerge from the first 2020 Democratic presidential debates occurred when Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) attempted to walk back her support for banning every single private health...
