Author Archive: Mark Tapscott

PLANNED PARENTHOOD WANTS DISNEY PRINCESS WHO HAD AN ABORTION: Also a Disney princess who is an illegal immigrant, another who is transgender and one with a union card. LifeZette’s Michelle Blood saw the tweet and wrote about it before Planned Parenthood Keystone (Pa.) deleted it but it’s gone viral. Just as political correctness runs amuck in Planned Parenthood.

NO, LOYOLA-CHICAGO ISN’T THE FINAL FOUR’S ‘CINDERELLA’ TEAM, IT’S GOD’S: Well, the Ramblers do seem to have an advantage that is nun too amazing, according to LifeZette’s Maureen Mackey.

HAS THIS PARKLAND SHOOTING SURVIVOR BEEN READING GLENN REYNOLDS? Kyle Kashuv wonders why – considering all the failures of government at every level – we should “trust the government even more” to prevent future school violence?

HERE’S THE GUN DEMONSTRATORS THE MSM WON’T SHOW YOU: LifeZette went to the march in Washington, D.C. and came back with some fascinating shots.

THEY DIDN’T GET REAGAN THEN AND WASHINGTON GOPERS DON’T GET TRUMP NOW: I worked for one as a political appointee and now I cover the other as a journalist and it’s amazing how little some things change.

WHY ARE DEMOCRATS PRAISING GOP’S ‘FREDDY KRUEGER’ SPENDING BILL? When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi can barely contain their glee about House passage of that $1.3 Trillion “omnibus spending bill,” something is very wrong.

President Donald Trump supported the measure, too, so he shouldn’t be surprised in coming days when talk heats up again of a new third party, a term limits amendment to the Constitution and convening by the states of a constitutional convention. A demoralized base leads straight to Trump having to deal with a Democratic Congress that won’t hesitate to impeach him.

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW EARNINGS WERE UP IN 22 OF 24 MEASURED INDUSTRIES IN 2017: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in the Department of Commerce included that interesting tidbit of information in its announcement Thursday that statewide personal income was up in 2017 by 3.1 percent, compared to 2.3 in 2016.

Mining and agriculture took hits but everything else, especially construction, was up. As of 4 pm today, I found nothing about the BEA data on the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times homepages. Maybe I just missed it. Or they did. Coincidental, right?

HERE’S WHY TOM HOMAN IS STILL ONLY THE ACTING ICE CHIEF: Thomas Homan has been the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and the federal official at the point of President Trump’s war against illegal immigration. He’s been a visible, articulate defender of strict enforcement of immigration law and Trump nominated him as the permanent director months ago. But the Republican Senate hasn’t even held a hearing on his nomination.

LifeZette’s Brendan Kirby makes clear there is much more to this story than Homan’s explanation that there’s a lot of paperwork involved. And in the process, Kirby provides insight into why asking these Republicans to drain the swamp may be akin to speaking Olde English to an Eskimo.

WHY BOB MUELLER HAS THE SAFEST JOB IN WASHINGTON: Donald Trump.

DO YOU KNOW WHO IS U.S. AMBASSADOR FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM?  It’s Sam Brownback, the former Kansas governor and before that U.S. senator from John Brown’s former state of (brief) residence. Hardwired’s Tina Ramirez tells LifeZette that Brownback has a huge opportunity to advance religious freedom around the world.

MEET HILLARY’S OTHER, MORE POWERFUL OPPO RESEARCH FIRM: You didn’t think Clinton would only have Fusion GPS, did you? Those guys are amateurs compared to this London-based bunch of former British intel veterans and their buddies from around the world.

HERE’S THE ESSENTIAL PROGRAM TO TRACK THE FBI SCANDAL: If you aren’t reading The Last Refuge, spend 10 minutes with this and you will be henceforth and forever more. Or until Sundance retires.

THIS IS HOW CLINTONS THANK CALIFORNIA? Deadlines for disclosing charitable donations from governments are for the little people. More from master Clinton Foundation sleuth Charles Ortel. And he’s just getting warmed up. Things are about to get very hot on this front.

YOU CAN’T SAY THAT! YOU MUST SAY THIS: The Supreme Court this term is hearing a potential landmark First Amendment case from (where else?) California. It poses the issue of whether California law can require pregnancy centers to provide information about the availability of abortion services. The Ninth Circuit upheld the law as a reasonable information requirement.

But Villanova University law professor Michael Moreland told LifeZette’s Brendan Kirby and other journalists on a conference call hosted by the Federalist Society that such a claim “is a very tough argument for the government to prevail on. So I think the plaintiffs have, I think, good reason to be optimistic that it might even be more than 5-4.” One might wonder why such a case would ever be anything less than 9-0, but moving right along …

BIG STORM BREWING IN CALIFORNIA FOR CLINTON FOUNDATION: It may be Weird Central but California happens to have some tough charity rules. And telling California one thing about your foreign government grants and something else to Uncle Sam isn’t smart, according to Charles Ortel in this morning’s LifeZette.

UH-OH, JEFF SESSIONS MAY BE TRAPPED ON THE HORNS OF A FRIDAY DILEMMA: He’s got to decide by tomorrow whether to fire a key figure in the FBI scandal and deprive him of a lucrative federal pension. But wait, there’s more, so very much more. Did I mention there’s still yet more to this one?

YOU REALLY MUST SEE THIS: A “global advocacy” group’s campaign for gun-control includes littering Capitol Hill with “shoes for the dead.” Once you see it, you won’t be surprised to then learn Chelsea Handler and Bette Midler are among the project’s most prominent supporters.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HILLARY HIT NEW LOW IN UNREALITY: Came over the weekend during an on-stage interview in India. The Indian audience apparently loved it, but it is clear she has things completely “backwards” (pun fully intended).

YOU CAN’T SAY THAT IN THIS CLASS! But that’s not all Indiana University of Pennsylvania administrators are telling religious studies major student Lake Ingle, who had the temerity to tell classmates there are only two genders. He also can’t attend the “Self, Sin and Salvation” course that is required for him to graduate, according to LifeZette’s Elizabeth M. Economou.

IUP claims on its web site that its official policy is “to promote the growth of all people in their academic, professional, social, and personal lives. Students, faculty, and staff join together to create a community where people exchange ideas, listen to one another with consideration and respect, and are committed to fostering civility through university structures, policies, and procedures.” Apparently civility does not extend to students who state the obvious about males and females.

HERE’S WHY THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE WILL BE …Who else, but the ultimate victim, Hillary Clinton.

SCOTT KILLS FREE SPEECH ZONES IN FLORIDA: Well, isn’t that a refreshing idea – the First Amendment applies everywhere, so college administrators are no longer permitted to limit free speech to designated areas of Florida campuses, thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott. The measure faced some significant legislative hurdles but LifeZette’s Kathryn Blackhurst explains how they were overcome.

OAKLAND COFFEE SHOP SAYS ‘COPS NOT WELCOME:’ It’s the Hasta Muerte Coffee shop and it’s owned by its employees. The name in Spanish means “until death.” Since every Oakland thug – both those legally and those illegally present in the city across the bay – know cops won’t be inside during a robbery, that name might have more relevance than any of the employee-owners realize.

HOW MANY PRO-HILLARY HUSBAND-WIFE TEAMS DOES FUSION GPS HAVE? House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigators appear to have found another Obama administration inside-outside duo linked to Hillary’s favorite political mud drilling team, Fusion GPS.

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE THE AMERICA WHERE EVERYBODY IS A VICTIM: Former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich isn’t real thrilled with it, either, as he explains in LifeZette.

 

HERE’S WHY JEFF SESSIONS MAY BE THE SLYEST FOX IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: Words can also be used to hide things right out there in front of everybody. Sometimes you need a smart guy named “Sundance” to figure it out. And an Okie to translate.