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Jeb Bush: "I feel much better back here" in fifth place polling single digits than I did as frontrunner New national Q-poll has Cruz four points behind Trump 12/22/2015 8:51:25 AM  Ed Morrissey 14 Comments Looks like Ted Cruz has begun to peak at just the right moment. A new national poll from Quinnipiac puts the Texas Senator within four points of Donald Trump for the lead, within the margin of error for registered Republican voters. Trump trounces both More... Welcome to drone registration day 12/22/2015 8:01:23 AM  Jazz Shaw 79 Comments You’ll recall that the Federal Aviation Administration set a new land speed record this year in terms of rolling out regulations on the purchase and use of drones by civilians, requiring owners of the unmanned aircraft weighing more than half a More... Quotes of the day 12/21/2015 10:46:18 PM  Allahpundit 278 Comments [W]ith Jeb dead in the water, Kasich unable to gain traction and Christie struggling at the back of the pack, Rubio had what looked like a perfect political moment. Polls indicate he's the most electable Republican in a race against Clinton, and pundits More... Ted Cruz on immigration: "I oppose legalization… Today, tomorrow, forever." 12/21/2015 10:01:19 PM  Allahpundit 159 Comments A leftover from this weekend that I want to note for archival purposes, in case he wins the nomination and then starts claiming next summer he never said he was absolutely opposed to legalizing illegals in all circumstances. This sounds pretty absolute, More... ALERT: Trump Just Shared These 11 Words of Warning for the USD and Gold Barack Just Lost It over Alan Greenspan's Warning for Owning Gold IRS Tax "Loophole": Move Your IRA or 401(k) to Gold – Get this FREE Info Kit The racial divide on gun deaths in America 12/21/2015 9:01:27 PM  Jazz Shaw 48 Comments Christopher Ingraham at the Washington Post has an interesting factoid to toss out this week regarding gun violence in America. It’s particularly salient in the current political climate since Hillary Clinton keeps slinging around that More... Team Hillary: "Hell no," she won't apologize for claiming that ISIS is using Trump to recruit jihadis 12/21/2015 8:01:14 PM  Allahpundit 173 Comments Weak and unfair, but the first rule of American politics post-Trump is “never apologize.” Especially to someone detested by your own fans. Mrs. Clinton said in Saturday's Democratic debate that some of Mr. Trump's rhetoric was appearing in More... Gallup: Trust in police rebounds in 2015 12/21/2015 7:01:31 PM  Ed Morrissey 30 Comments Have Americans given a second chance to police? The past year or more has been marked by protests and demands for greater accountability and restrictions on police forces, in some cases for good cause and with some constructive proposals. Mostly, though, More... Oh yes: Jon Huntsman kinda sorta maybe open to an independent run 12/21/2015 6:01:21 PM  Allahpundit 81 Comments Maybe I’m overselling it a tiny bit in the headline. Watch the clip below, from 3:05 to 5:00, and tell me what he’s saying. When he’s asked who he’d vote for in a Trump/Hillary election, he emphasizes that he’s a Republican More... Illinois District 211 girls pushing back on "transgender" boy locker room decision 12/21/2015 5:11:20 PM  Jazz Shaw 99 Comments For those who haven’t been following the debacle taking place in Illinois school district 211, you can catch a brief recap of the action here. The short version of the long story was that the school district was being sued by the family of a More... Video: The real disaster in Las Vegas — 1 killed, dozens injured 12/21/2015 4:21:40 PM  Ed Morrissey 141 Comments Social media sites lit up with news, videos, and opinions about one disaster in Las Vegas, but another turned deadly at almost the same time. A woman in her 20s repeatedly plowed her 1996 Oldsmobile into sidewalk crowds on the Strip, killing at least one More... Post office prevents newspapers from running pot ads in states that have legalized it 12/21/2015 3:31:27 PM  Jazz Shaw 83 Comments Talk about your law of unintended consequences. Or in this case, it might be more appropriate to talk about the unintended consequences of a law. Four states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana and nearly two dozen more have medical More... Monday TEMS: Guest hosting for Relevant Radio! 12/21/2015 2:41:56 PM  Ed Morrissey 1 Comments Today I get to step outside the box and guest-host for Drew Mariani at Relevant Radio from 3-6 pm ET! The Catholic talk-radio network is heard on over 40 stations nationwide, including affiliates and O&Os in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago, as More... Norway now offering formal instruction to refugees that rape is wrong 12/21/2015 1:51:18 PM  Allahpundit 184 Comments Good advice not just for national policy but for life in general: If you find yourself in the company of someone who needs it carefully explained to them that rape is wrong, you’re probably better off not trying to cultivate that More... Some of this "active shooter training" seems a bit dubious 12/21/2015 1:01:00 PM  Jazz Shaw 139 Comments The terrorist attack in San Bernardino seems to have increased the awareness of a need for security protocols at schools and businesses around the nation. This is already resulting in an uptick in demand for training services which hopefully prepare More... Trump: Hillary owes me an apology for lie about ISIS recruitment 12/21/2015 12:11:24 PM  Ed Morrissey 267 Comments Good luck in collecting, but Hillary Clinton certainly owes Donald Trump an apology. In case you missed it, Hillary started off a debate answer with legitimate criticism of Trump, but then decided to spice it up with a massive lie, and in the process More... Jeb Bush: "I feel much better back here" in fifth place polling single digits than I did as frontrunner 12/21/2015 11:21:03 AM  Allahpundit 146 Comments You believe him, don’t you? A guy who went out and raised $100 million for his Super PAC in the expectation that it would chase his competition from the field wanted a long, hard, character-building slog to the nomination filled with personal More... Video: Lindsey Graham exits the race 12/21/2015 10:31:34 AM  Ed Morrissey 177 Comments So … who had Lindsey Grahamn as the next player in the GOP Primary Exodus Pool? On one hand, it makes sense since no one thought Graham had a prayer of surviving to the Iowa caucus, let alone get a vote in it. On the other hand, Graham has More... Obama is weak in the face of Iran says… the Washington Post 12/21/2015 9:41:54 AM  Jazz Shaw 56 Comments Earlier this month we talked about the second Iranian missile test of the season, a provocation which has largely been ignored by the west in general and the White House in particular. It’s a story which has largely been buried under a pile of news More... "She was gonna beat — she was favored to win — and she got schlonged. She lost." 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