Bill Kristol’s Presidential Candidate: David French?

Posted on by May 31, 2016

Pro-war pundit Bill Kristol is disgusted about Donald Trump being the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Indeed, Kristol has even been searching for someone to launch an independent or third-party campaign to counter Trump.

Last weekend Kristol stirred up some interest with a tweet that “an independent candidate–an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance” would emerge. That hasn’t happened yet. But, Mark Halperin and John Hellemann report today at Bloomberg that Republican sources say Kristol is trying to recruit National Review writer David French to launch an independent presidential run and that, while French is open to the idea, French has not yet made up his mind.

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Five Minutes Five Issues: TSA Kills, Chris Kyle, Granite Nation, Marijuana Billions, McAdams/Raimondo 2020

Posted on by May 26, 2016

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted today. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.

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Five Minutes Five Issues: VA Marijuana, Stingy Clemency, Closing Guantanamo, Resisting PreCheck, Bill Weld

Posted on by May 21, 2016

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted today. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.

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DNI to Make Recommendation by Today on 28 Pages Declassification

Posted on by May 21, 2016

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper met this week with Rep. Walter Jones who is the sponsor of a resolution (H.Res. 14) seeking the publication of the redacted 28 pages of Congress’ Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001. Jones relates in a press release concerning the meeting that Clapper said that Clapper intends to make his recommendation to the White House by the end of this week regarding declassifying the 28 pages.

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Ron Paul: Improved Relations with Cuba and Iran Are ‘Best Things that Obama Ever Did’

Posted on by May 19, 2016

Speaking Wednesday with host Sandra Smith on Fox Business, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Chairman Ron Paul praised President Barack Obama for opening relations with Cuba and Iran. Paul strongly criticizes in the interview Obama’s interventions overseas — mentioning Libya, Syria, Ukraine, and Afghanistan interventions in particular. Yet, Paul also comments that improving relations with Cuba and Iran are “the best things that Obama ever did.”

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Breaking: Women Draft Provision Removed from House NDAA

Posted on by May 18, 2016

Rebecca Kheel reports in the Hill that the US House Rules Committee Rules Committee on Monday removed from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which the House Armed Services Committee approved last month, a provision requiring women to register with the Selective Services System. The bill is expected to be considered on the House floor this week. The registration requirement would pave the way for conscripting women into the US military. Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee also included the requirement in its version of the NDAA.

As reported Monday by Karoun Demirjian in the Washington Post, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), who voted against the provision when it was considered in the committee, planned to offer an amendment on the House floor to remove the women draft provision from the bill.

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Senate Committee Moves US One Step Closer to Drafting Women into Military

Posted on by May 18, 2016
Last month the Armed Services Committee of the United States House of Representatives voted to require women to register with the Selective Service System, as men are currently required, to facilitate women being drafted into the US military. The women draft provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the committee. Thursday, the US Senate Armed Services Committee joined in the call for making women subject to a potential draft when the Senate committee included such a Selective Service registration requirement in its version of the NDAA.

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Five Minutes Five Issues: Cliven Bundy, NFL Marijuana, Trump Democrats, Murder Inflation, Giuliani Commission

Posted on by May 21, 2016

A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted today. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.

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