Watch: Cruz, Rubio Slam Trump on Health Care

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By Oliver Darcy. Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz cross-examined 2016 rival Donald Trump on Thursday’s GOP debate stage, getting the billionaire businessman on record denying many of his former positions on health care.

“True or false: you said the government should pay for everyone’s health care?” Cruz asked Trump.

“That’s false,” Trump flatly said.

“You’ve never said that?” Cruz asked, seemingly surprised by the denial.

“I said it worked in a couple countries,” Trump quipped.

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Watch What Happens When Rubio Repeatedly Demands Trump Lay out His Plan on Health Care

By Oliver Darcy. Marco Rubio turned a familiar attack often used against him into a weapon against Donald Trump Thursday night, accusing the billionaire of failing to have a comprehensive plan on health care and instead only robotically repeating one line when asked about the subject.

The confrontation happened when Trump was asked for his plan on health care by CNN debate moderator Dana Bash. The real estate mogul replied that he would “get rid of the lines around the states” which block competition between health care companies.

“But, just to be specific here, what you’re saying is getting rid of the barriers between states, that is going to solve the problem?” Bash passed.

“That’s going to solve the problem,” Trump insisted. (Read more from “Watch What Happens When Rubio Repeatedly Demands Trump Lay out His Plan on Health Care” HERE)

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Watch: Protesters Threaten Conservative Student Group Over Pro-Life Flyers

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Gettysburg College has established a “bias response team” after the Black Student Union threatened to hold a pro-life group accountable if the university ignored their demands.

The protest was organized in response to students in the school’s Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter who distributed flyers on campus promoting pro-life ideals. One of the posters displayed a picture of a black child with the words “Let’s talk about race… Abortion is the number one killer of black lives in the United States #blacklivesmatter.”

Protesters gathered Tuesday afternoon in a university common area, standing on top of desks and tables, speaking one by one in retaliation of YAF’s demonstration . . .

Protesters argued that the statistics presented by YAF, which claimed that black women have more abortions because of an unequal access to healthcare, were false and inaccurate.

“She was taught from young age that her blackness does not belong to her, that she must shrink herself inward and make room for them to enter; break into her. But they will not shipwreck the wild geography of her body, YAF will not shipwreck the wild geography of her body. Her name is black woman and if you get close enough, you can almost taste the blood from centuries of forced entries of bastard babies, but YAF is too busy trying to kick what has already been beaten. Maybe black woman should nail herself to her dart board just to give YAF the opportunity to aim somewhere other than her heart,” one protester shouted through the speakers in the school’s common area. (Read more from “Watch: Protesters Threaten Conservative Student Group Over Pro-Life Flyers” HERE)

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Speaker Ryan: ‘We Are Making Legal Preparations If the President Tries to Break the Law’ [+video]

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President Obama “can try” to go around Congress in his attempt to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, House Speaker Paul Ryan told news conference on Wednesday. “He has no authority to do so,” Ryan added.

Ryan reminded reporters that Congress voted overwhelmingly for the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains a provision saying the president may not move Guantanamo inmates to U.S. soil.


“We are making legal preparations if the president tries to break the law,” Ryan said. “And what boggles my mind, is that the president is contemplating directing the military to knowingly break the law.

“Our law is really clear, and by the way, Democrats wrote this law when they were in the majority, when they ran Congress, which is, these detainees cannnot come to American soil.

“So if the president proceeds with knowingly breaking the law and asking the military to break the law, he will be met with fierce bipartisan oppostion here in Congress, and we’re taking all legal preparations necessary to meet with that resistance. (Read more from “Speaker Ryan: ‘We Are Making Legal Preparations If the President Tries to Break the Law'” HERE)

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Carson: ‘I Think the Way That I Am Treated by the Left Is Racism’

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GOP presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson told Politico on Tuesday that he hasn’t experienced racism by Republicans and the last time he experienced real racism was by liberals.

“You don’t have to go too far. I think the way that I am treated by the left is racism,” Carson said when asked what was his last personal experience with racism. “They’re saying because you’re black you have to think a certain way, and if you don’t think that way, you’re an Uncle Tom. You’re worthy every horrible epithet they can come up with, whereas if I weren’t black, then I would just be a Republican.”

“You have an entirely unique perspective on these issues than a lot of Republicans. I mean you’re very much in the minority in the Republican Party on this,” Politico’s Glenn Thrush said during the “Off Message” podcast.

Thrush: “In terms of– we’ve seen major party candidates who’ve been African American before, but talk a little bit for me about what is it like in 2016 perhaps compared to previous generations of African-American candidates – even Herman Cain. What has that experience been like, and have there been any surprises?”

Carson: “First of all, I don’t find any particular problem being an African-American in the Republican Party. The people– I know that in the progressive side of things they like to say that the Republicans are racist, I know that. I haven’t experienced that.” (Read more from “Carson: ‘I Think the Way That I Am Treated by the Left Is Racism'” HERE)

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Watch: Obama May Not Be Able to Replace Scalia After This Rare Footage Was Just Discovered

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By Randy DeSoto. Video which recently surfaced of top Democrats talking about the Senate’s role in judicial appointments appears to hand Republicans game, set and match the debate whether Justice Antonin Scalia should be replaced this year.

C-Span tweeted video from 1992 on Monday of then Senator Joe Biden admonishing the Senate not to move forward on any potential nominees to the Supreme Court because it was a presidential election year.

“It would be our pragmatic conclusion that once the political season is underway — and it is — action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over,” Biden said in June of 1992. “That is what is fair to the nominee and essential to the process.”

“It is my view that if a Supreme Court justice resigns tomorrow, or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, President Bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors and not — and not — name a nominee until after the November election is completed,” the senator stated . . .

In 1992, Sen. Biden argued that not only should the Senate not vote on a nominee, it probably should not even go forward with a hearing in committee. “It is my view that if the president goes the way of Presidents Fillmore and Johnson, and presses an election year nomination, the Senate judiciary committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over,” he said. (Read more from “Watch: Obama May Not Be Able to Replace Scalia After This Rare Footage Was Just Discovered” HERE)

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Supreme Court Holds First Session After Justice Scalia’s Death

By Pete Williams. Chief Justice John Roberts began Monday’s Supreme Court session — the first since Antonin Scalia’s death — with a tribute.

Roberts noted that the black drapery on Scalia’s chair and his spot on the bench “signifies a period of mourning the loss of our friend and colleague.” The seat will remain draped for roughly the next month.

It was a somber and emotional return to business for the court which is expected to hear 10 cases over the next two weeks, include a challenge to restrictions on Texas abortion clinics on March 2. Scalia’s unexpected death earlier this month brought the future of the court’s ideological makeup into sharp relief as a partisan showdown over his replacement on the bench looms.

Monday, however, was a day of reflection for the court . . .

Roberts noted — to laughter in the courtroom — that Scalia “argued his first and only case before the Supreme Court in 1976. He prevailed, establishing a perfect record before this court.” (Read more from “Supreme Court Holds First Session After Justice Scalia’s Death” HERE)

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Watch: Actor Tim Allen Perfectly Obliterates Hillary, Then Reveals Surprising Pick for 2016

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In a candid interview with Megyn Kelly, Tim Allen, the conservative Republican and Hollywood actor, talked politics. Kelly asked Allen who “Mike Baxter,” his character on ABC’s Last Man Standing, would vote for. “Mike,” by way of Allen and the show’s other writers, has been poking fun at Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for years.

Allen said he thinks “Mike” probably planned on voting for Donald Trump at first, but said that since Trump “took a shot at you (Kelly),” and “Mike” has a few daughters, he would probably vote for Rubio.

Then, Kelly asked Allen who he would vote for.

Allen said he had attended a John Kasich rally in Los Angeles and that Kasich really has a “great resume” and “a good heart.” He also said, “I know this may be the kiss of death for him, but he’s almost a Republican that the Democrats would like.”

The Home Improvement star was then asked about Hillary Clinton. He gave a funny and perplexed look and then asked, “Did she actually bark like a dog?”

Allen was making a reference to an occasion where Clinton actually barked like a dog while referencing Republican arguments. (Read more from “Watch: Actor Tim Allen Perfectly Obliterates Hillary, Then Reveals Surprising Pick for 2016” HERE)

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Clinton: Two-State Solution, Support for Palestinians in ‘Best Interest’ of Israel [+video]

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By Aaron Kliegman. Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton reaffirmed her call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Sunday and added it is in Israel’s best interest to provide greater support for the aspirations of the Palestinian people.

“I happen to think that moving toward a two-state solution, trying to provide for support for the aspirations of the Palestinian people is in the long-term best interest of Israel, as well as the region and, of course, the people themselves,” Clinton told Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union.

Tapper had asked Clinton to comment on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent statement that he would be neutral when it comes to negotiating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R., Texas) subsequent criticism of Trump’s comment.

Clinton told Tapper both men “missed the mark” with their comments because supporting Israel and working toward a two-state solution are not mutually exclusive. (Read more from “Clinton: Two-State Solution, Support for Palestinians in ‘Best Interest’ of Israel” HERE)

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Reid, Powerful Union Come to Clinton’s Aid

By Ben Kamisar. Harry Reid and the powerful Culinary Workers Union were huge players in Hillary Clinton’s victory Saturday in Nevada’s caucuses.

Clinton racked up big wins in caucuses held in six major casinos on the Las Vegas strip, which helped her roll out a big majority in Clark County, home to about three-quarters of the state’s registered Democratic voters.

Reid, the Senate minority leader and longtime Nevada Democratic political pro, encouraged the head of the Culinary Workers Union to get casino workers to turn up at the caucuses, according to The New York Times.

“He’s been extremely cooperative,” Reid told the Times about union head D. Taylor. “Probably 100 organizers will be at the caucus sites and in hotels to make sure people know what they’re doing.” (Read more from “Reid, Powerful Union Come to Clinton’s Aid” HERE)

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Ben Carson: ‘I Would Much Rather Lose Than Lie’ [+video]

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By Melanie Hunter. In an interview Friday with MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would “rather lose than lie” when asked if he would ever lie to the American people if he were president.

“I would much rather lose than lie. I take my examples from the life of Christ. I make no bones about the fact that I’m Christian, and I have Christian values, so that to me is much more important than any political ambition,” said Carson.

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough asked Carson, “I’ll ask you a question that was asked of Hillary Clinton and she couldn’t answer it. So I’ll ask you yes, no. Would you ever lie to the American people if you are president?”

As CNSNews.com reported, Scarborough was referring to a CBS News interview with Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday. (Read more from “Ben Carson: ‘I Would Much Rather Lose Than Lie'” HERE)

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Ben Carson: We Cannot Give Away Freedoms That People Died For

By Melanie Hunter. GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson told attendees at the Conservative Convention hosted by the Conservative Review Thursday night in Greenville, S.C., that people gave up everything including their lives so that we could have freedom of speech, expression, religion, and more, and those freedoms cannot be given away.

“There were so many people who gave up everything including their lives so that we could have freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, all of our other freedoms. We cannot give those away,” said Carson.

Carson said there are some “who like to denigrate” America and “say that we’re the source for all the evil in the world, and that we’re not exceptional.” (Read more from “Ben Carson: We Cannot Give Away Freedoms That People Died For” HERE)

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THE DOCUMENTARY THEY TRIED TO CENSOR: Trump — What’s the Deal?

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By Doug Ross. A commenter alerted me to a documentary on Donald Trump — recently uploaded to YouTube — that appears to have been produced in the late 1980s. Rumor has it that one of Mr. Trump’s legendary lawsuits suppressed its distribution.

It’s very — very — interesting.

The vid features NYC icons Jimmy Breslin and Ed Koch as well as some New York Times punks, along with a range of typical, workaday jamokes like you and me.

It seems to get to the heart of who Donald Trump really is.

There’s stuff to admire — and condemn.

Watch it here:

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Donald Trump Is a Bigger Frontrunner to Be the Republican Nominee Than You Think

By Chris Cillizza. Barring some sort of cataclysm, Donald Trump is going to easily win Saturday’s Republican presidential primary in South Carolina. It would be his second straight large victory out of three contests so far in the presidential contest. In the other — the Iowa caucuses — Trump got the second most votes of any Republican candidate ever, but he finished second behind the guy who got the most votes in the history of the caucuses: Ted Cruz. Three days after the South Carolina vote, the race will move to Nevada where a poll released on Wednesday showed Trump ahead by almost 30 points. Then comes the March 1 “SEC” primary, when voters in 13 states across the country — including six Southern states — vote. Polling puts Trump first in most, if not all, of those states.

All of which raises a simple but profound question: Why isn’t Trump being covered as the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican nominee?

Substitute any other Republican in the race into Trump’s current position. There is a 100 percent chance that that person would be touted as the prohibitive favorite or the odds-on nominee. Imagine Marco Rubio — he of the third-place finish in Iowa and fifth-place finish in New Hampshire — with the same poll numbers as Trump in South Carolina, Nevada and beyond. The coronation would be on. Hell, Rubio is now seen as a likely third-place finisher in South Carolina — behind Trump and Cruz — and laurels are virtually being thrown at his feet. (Read more from “Donald Trump Is a Bigger Frontrunner to Be the Republican Nominee Than You Think” HERE)

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Watch: Even Trump Doesn’t Know Difference Between Bernie Sanders… and Trump

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Look, we here at LWC have always been fair to Trump. Sure, I’m not a huge fan, but I’ve praised him when warranted. I like that he’s bulldozing political correctness. But there has been growing evidence that – if conservatism is important to you – The Donald isn’t your guy (see Worried Yet? Donald Trump Sounds more like Michael Moore than Hillary… and Obama Voters Are Voting for…Donald Trump?).

For example, this video where even he can’t tell the difference between his own platform and that of… Bernie Sanders.

You know, the guy who admits he’s socialist . . .

While he still crushes in most of the primary polls, if it comes down to Trump vs. Rubio or Trump vs. Cruz one-on-one, he loses. Which is interesting. If it comes down to a national poll, any GOP candidate currently running beats Hillary…. except for Donald Trump or Jeb Bush. Rubio wins by the largest margin, Cruz by a thinner one. Kasich too, though there really isn’t as much polling data so it can’t be considered accurate as of yet. As seen by the most complete analysis of all polling data available from RealClearPolitics. (Read more from “Even Trump Doesn’t Know Difference Between Bernie Sanders… and Trump” HERE)

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