Articles by Jenny Beth Martin
If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination for president, there are only two possible outcomes: Either he will win the general election, or he will lose it. Either outcome would be a disaster for conservatives and the Tea Party.
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March 2, 2016
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Politics makes strange bedfellows, so it should come as no surprise that three GOP presidential candidates, the liberal media, and the Republican Establishment elites have all set aside their differences to unite around a single narrative in the hopes of discrediting Ted Cruz, their most formidable opponent.
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February 24, 2016
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With the tragic passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the choice is clear for Republicans who want to win in November - Sen. Ted Cruz is now the compelling choice to be the GOP nominee, because he has just become the party's best hope for winning the White House in November.
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February 18, 2016
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What do $500,000 worth of melting walls in Afghanistan, a $600,000 public-speaking training course for teenagers in Morocco, and a series of Star Trek-themed spoof videos for IRS employees all have in common?
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February 13, 2016
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Almost seven years after the birth of the Tea Party, it's clear that official Washington still doesn't understand what led to the birth and growth of the movement. Given that the latest Gallup poll indicates that roughly 50 million Americans consider themselves supporters of the movement, that's a rather shocking fact.
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February 8, 2016
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Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund has decided to make an endorsement in the race for the Republican nomination for president.
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February 1, 2016
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Five months into presidential campaign debate season, one thing is clear: The Republicans are cleaning the Democrats' clock when it comes to debate viewership.
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January 25, 2016
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Last week, President Obama announced yet another brazen executive order - this one intended to take away the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. The executive action will make it more difficult for individuals to purchase guns, but, as many critics of the new regulations have noted, the new requirements are unlikely to prevent terrorist or other violent acts.
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January 15, 2016
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As House Republicans prepare to gather in Baltimore next week for their annual policy/legislative strategy retreat, Speaker Paul Ryan has made clear he wants to use the second session of the 114th Congress to lay out an agenda for what he calls a "confident America," a campaign vision that unifies the Conservative Movement, the Republican Party, and, in fact, all of America.
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January 7, 2016
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The First Amendment has taken a brutal beating during President Obama's time in office, despite the fact that the familiar text "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech" is one of our most cherished rights as American citizens.
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December 22, 2015
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The signature feature of President Barack Obama's foreign policy has been his administration's dangerous combination of naivete and bumbling incompetence.
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December 17, 2015
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Failing to comply with a subpoena for evidence in a major investigation; lying under oath in testimony before Congress; providing misleading and inaccurate information to Congress; hampering an ongoing investigation into the targeting of innocent American citizens. These are all serious offenses, violations of the public trust.
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December 9, 2015
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Otto von Bismarck once observed: "Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others." President Obama's seeming determination to refuse to learn from the lessons of Europe's experience with Syrian refugees puts him clearly in the former category, not the latter.
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December 4, 2015
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It's a thought that should send a chill up every American's spine: The Internal Revenue Service wants to increase its already-expansive powers.
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November 30, 2015
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