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Would the Monroe Doctrine apply? I thought it was meant to deter imperial adventures in America's back yard. The Russians haven't invaded Venezuela, they were invited in.

Pennsylvania Muslim lawmaker: Prayer in name of Jesus is “Islamophobic"

Time for all Christians to convert to Islam. Anything else would “offend."

Movita Johnson-Harrell has now provided more proof that this was correct. By calling Borowicz’s prayer “Islamophobic,” she is in effect saying that the public expression of the Christian Faith mocks Islam and despises Islamic teachings.

The lesson is clear. If the advice of the cosseted, suburban Western Christians who were excoriating me for the Garland event is to be heeded, Christians should make no public expression of their faith at all, and convert to Islam, so as to avoid mocking, provoking, and offending Muslims, and poking them in the eye.

So Harris says that Christians must not flaunt their religion. Not coincidentally, that is exactly what Islamic law says about Christians: that they should carry on their worship quietly, behind closed doors, and never make public display of it. Oh, and by the way, speaking of flaunting one’s religion, Movita Johnson-Harrell wears a hijab. Harris is not on record objecting to that kind of flaunting one’s religion.

The lesson is clear. If the advice of the cosseted, suburban Western Christians who were excoriating me for the Garland event is to be heeded, Christians should make no public expression of their faith at all ...

Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you (Matthew 6:5-6).

be easily avoided if religion were left in the churches, mosques, and synagogues

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was in high dudgeon this week, telling reporters that she not only opposed the investigation into the Russia scandal, she was insulted by the allegations surrounding it.

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“The idea that any of us, and me as a campaign manager, would cheat, steal, lie, cut corners, talk to Russians, was an insult from the beginning.”

That’s an interesting set of complaints, especially given her use of the phrase “any of us” – as in, any of the top officials who helped run Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

What’s less clear is what, exactly, Conway finds so insulting. Let’s take her complaints one at a time.

Is it outrageous to think a top member of the Trump campaign would “cheat”? Well, no, not really. Conway’s predecessor in the president’s political operation was Paul Manafort, who was recently sentenced to several years in a federal penitentiary for, among other things, committing fraud.

Is it outrageous to think a top member of the Trump campaign would “steal”? I’m afraid not. Rick Gates, who served as the deputy chairman of the president’s political operation conceded last summer he may have helped himself to some of the money raised by the Trump inaugural fund.

Is it outrageous to think a top member of the Trump campaign would “cut corners”? Actually, Donald Trump himself has been directly implicated in a hush-money scandal that ran afoul of federal campaign-finance laws.

Is it outrageous to think a top member of the Trump campaign would “talk to Russians”? Well, as it turns out, despite Conway’s previous assertions that no one from the Republican campaign team spoke to Russians during their attack on our elections, we now know more than a few Trump campaign officials and advisers had these communications.

In fact, the last time I checked, former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about talking to Russians.

In other words, it appears that what Kellyanne Conway described as wrong to the point of being insulting happens to be true.

These people lie every day. And they lie about their lying.

After starting more political fires than he put out, Rudy Giuliani lowered his media profile recently, though Donald Trump’s lawyer did sit down yesterday with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who had some interesting exchanges with the former mayor.

The host asked, for example, “Is there an innocent explanation why so many Trump associates were meeting with Russians during the campaign?” Giuliani replied, “It wasn’t that many.”

As the Republican lawyer made the comment, viewers saw on screen a list of 16 Trump associates who met with Russians during the Kremlin’s operation against our elections.

Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr's summary

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Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr's summary

People are sure hooked on that word. Nothing amounted to a chargeable level. In this world, that is exonerated. If he were on the Left there would be parades.

Does that constitute exoneration? In the strictly legal sense it certainly does, in that there is no basis for follow-up legal action, and under our law the basic principle is that one is innocent until proven guilty.

Do you consider opinion pieces from MSNBC Such as the one you posted above to be unbiased and objective with respect to Trump? How about Fox News? I consider all of their "reporters" and a couple of others to be mere propagandists. except Baier & Wallace. MSNBC is the same, or worse.

unbiased and objective

MSNBC is the same, or worse.

I wouldn't call it a joke....it can carry a max of 88,000 pounds ordnance.

How would you do that. Military incursions by the Yankees would turn Maduro into a hero.
You weren't successful at hearts and minds in Vietnam either. Remember how that turned out?