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  1. Centennial of Britain Entering WWI Open Thread https://redstate.com/ironchapman/2014/08/04/centennial-britain-entering-wwi-open-thread-n49976
    A delegation from the City [of London] called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to argue that ‘the only means of saving the world … Hitler was able to play back some of the themes of German popular mobilisation in the First World War — the ideas of the Burgfreiden … democracy in government, and the development of an embryonic welfare state.…
  2. In search of a GOP foreign policy https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/08/04/search-gop-foreign-policy-n49970
    If you look at the reason given for our intervention in Libya and Syria it is the treatment of the citizens of those nations by their … realm of national security policy particularly when it came to the use of military force, which is the central focus of Mr. … anticipation of having the presidency, the House and the Senate in 2016.…
  3. EPA goes from Environmental Protection Agency to Extremist Political Agenda https://redstate.com/energyrabbit/2014/08/04/epa-goes-environmental-protection-agency-extremist-political-agenda-n49971
    Marita Noon with the members of the UMWA Several of the union members who testified in Atlanta assailed the EPA representatives because … I spent some time on Tuesday talking with many of the union representatives. … father worked in one of the first large coal-fired powerhouses built in the state of Georgia.…
  4. Putin's Potemkin rebellion in Ukraine https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/08/01/putins-potemkin-rebellion-ukraine-n49935
    into a Russian client state when the people wanted a closer association with the European Union, an insurgency developed in Eastern … Now that the separatist movement seems on the verge of collapse, some of its leaders have fled and key towns have been taken by the … Even before the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, Strelkov was complaining of the lack of military ardor on the part…
  5. US and EU impose new sanctions on Russia. https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/07/30/us-eu-impose-new-sanctions-russia-n49908
    The European Union—Russia’s largest trading partner—approved a package of sanctions that target Russia’s state-owned banks, and will … Roughly 50 percent of the economy is state-run, and the loyalty of those who direct such companies to Mr. Putin remains absolute. … “The situation began changing dramatically after the crash of the Boeing,” Mr. Gudkov said.…
  6. Don't Rule Out a Riot https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2014/08/14/dont-rule-riot-n50093
    towards instinctual defense of the police as the alleged guardians of that order. … of the state is that we are entitled to expect that they will respect the freedoms and constitutional rights of the citizenry even … I guess in the final analysis I’m fine with the criticisms of the very obvious excesses of the Ferguson riots but I’m not as willing…
  7. On Leadership, Governor Nikki Haley Shares How South Carolina Is 'Open For Business' At #RSG14 https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2014/08/09/leadership…nikki-haley-shares-south-carolina-open-business-rsg14-n50049
    rate from 11% to 5.3%–making South Carolina one of the fastest state growing economies in the nation, reforming the state’s agencies … as well as—very importantly—attracting new, good-paying (and union-free) jobs to the Palmetto State. … She could use the support of RedState readers like you.…
  8. MT-Sen: Things aren't going well for Dem Nominee Amanda Curtis https://redstate.com/ironchapman/2014/08/28/mt-sen-things-arent-going-well-dem-nominee-amanda-curtis-n50256
    Check the video: And while all of this is embarrassing, there’s still more issues about her views that we can dig up. … and destroying some property along the way, and at one point, her Facebook profile photo was of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the head of … the Communist Party USA and recipient of a state funeral from the Soviet Union.…
  9. The Atlantic's Factually Challenged Attack on the Supreme Court https://redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2014/08/28/atlantics-factually-challenged-attack-supreme-court-n50263
    The rest of his article is a confusing mish mash of half truths, contradictions, and non-sequiturs, such as the fact that the 2013 … The real reason for this article, of course, is the protection of Obamacare. … Argue all you want about the overall intent and structure of the statute, to say nothing of the overarching difficulty of unwinding…
  10. Race: A Conservative View https://redstate.com/ironchapman/2014/08/29/race-conservative-view-n50258
    As an example, the experiences of the blacks who are descendants of slaves brought to the United States are different from the blacks … The consequence of this realization was the abandonment of “race” as a biological category during the last quarter of the twentieth … This is the means of the conservation of a nation, quite as it is the means of conservation of a living organism.…
  11. Coal Miners Union Abandons Workers in Key Senate Races https://redstate.com/freedomworks/2014/09/16/coal-miners-union-abandons-workers-key-senate-races-n50442
    Signaling total disregard for its workers, the United Mine Workers of America Union (UMWA) endorsed two Democrats over Republican … The UMWA backed West Virginia Secretary of State Democrat Natalie Tennant over Republican Representative Shelly Moore Capito for the … In Kentucky, the union endorsed Secretary of State Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes over Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell…
  12. Ted Cruz and the Continuation War https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2014/09/12/ted-cruz-continuation-war-n50404
    its military forces out of the Nazi chain of command. … So in 1941 when the Germans wanted to use Finnish territory to aid in their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Finns were happy to accept … I think in the case of the Arab Christians, we’re seeing much of the same thing.…
  13. Tea Party Keeps Winning in Wisconsin https://redstate.com/mattbatzel/2014/09/11/tea-party-keeps-winning-wisconsin-n50391
    ** Promoted from the diaries. – Aaron ** No other state in the union saw as big of a transformation of political control in the … the state to avoid a vote on the collective bargaining reforms. … have cost the state in the long run.…
  14. Pre-game prayer ban defied in Tennessee https://redstate.com/streiff/2014/09/20/pre-game-prayer-ban-defied-tennessee-n50487
    The comically misnamed American Civil Liberties Union and the bigots of the Freedom from Religion Foundation objected and sent a letter … When it gains the upper hand, its vanity always requires the destruction of the good and the innocent, because the example of good … power of the state, and the sovereignty of God.…
  15. Scotland and the end of centralization https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2014/09/18/scotland-end-centralization-n50465
    Turning Scotland from a welfare state funded by British taxpayers into a welfare state funded by German taxpayers of the European Union … The corrosive welfare state is a toxic byproduct of centralization.   … part of the union as well as the uncertainty about the future of a Scottish currency as well as Scottish membership of the EU and…
  16. Media Discovers John Kelly is a Partisan, Racist Buffoon https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/31/media-discovers-john-kelly-partisan-racist-buffoon-n79068
    He has to know that at the time of the Civil War that state loyalty was a significant factor in American politics. … Federalism, is, at its core, a recognition of the primacy of state government over the federal government. … Lee resigned his commission, obviating any oath he’d taken to the Union, before accepting a commission from the state of Virginia at…
  17. Spanish Government Signals Harsh Response to Catalan Independence Declaration https://redstate.com/patterico/2017/10/28/spanish-government…gnals-harsh-response-catalan-independence-declaration-n78906
    the head of the local police force. … While voters cast ballots overwhelmingly in favor of independence, virtually all voters who favored continuing the union stayed home … The EU rejects the Catalonian declaration of independence and refuses to recognize Catalonian independence.…
  18. Is The National Weather Service On The Verge Of Collapse? https://redstate.com/joesquire/2017/10/28/national-weather-service-verge-collapse-n78898
    The NWS workers union predicts the agency is on the verge of collapse, and they are blaming the agency’s misappropriated spending as … The National Weather Service (NWS) is dealing with hundreds of vacant positions in the wake of a series of extreme weather events that … “The National Weather Service … for the first time in its history is close to teetering on the brink of failure,” the NWS’s labor union…
  19. Did Trump Just Harm His Re-Election Prospects By Kowtowing to King Corn? https://redstate.com/rs_insider/2017/10/23/trump-just-harm-re-election-prospects-kowtowing-king-corn-n78665
    cost” of RFS compliance, adding that pricey and volatile RIN prices are “undermining the continued viability” of the Northeast’s refining … Ryan O’Callaghan, the president of United Steelworkers Local 10-1, said the EPA announcement makes him fearful for the fate of his … If Trump loses the Keystone State in 2020 but holds all others, he would have a margin of just fourteen electoral college votes.…
  20. China and North Korea's Friendship May be Over in a Very Dangerous Way https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2017/10/23/china-north-koreas-friendship-may-n78651
    According to the Daily Caller, the two leaders within the communist countries of North Korea and China are not the biggest fans of … With Kim’s consistent agitation of the United States and its allies with the continuation of its nuclear missile program, and launching … However, also like the U.S., it’s not finding a lot of success.…
  21. Key Democratic staff hire pushing "racism" claims against high-skilled, legal immigration? https://redstate.com/rs_insider/2017/11/10/key-democratic-st…pushing-racism-claims-high-skilled-legal-immigration-n79641
    of the National Education Association (America’s largest labor union), the international president of the United Steelworkers, the … of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the president of the Communications Workers of America, the president … of the American Federation of Teachers (arguably America’s most aggressive union), and the president of the United Auto Workers.…
  22. Democratic Socialist Wins Virginia Delegate Seat, Highlighting Party Division https://redstate.com/jon-street/2017/11/07/dem-socialist-wins-virginia-delegate-adding-party-division-n79475
    pic.twitter.com/aN7srUIqAH — DSA 🌹 (@DemSocialists) November 8, 2017 Carter won the seat in the House of Delegates after the … “I’m to the left of [Democrats] on economic policy,” Carter told the Richmond Times Dispatch last month. … has not seen very much of since the days of Henry Howell,” Carter said, referring to Virginia’s populist state senator and Lt.…
  23. Numbers Don't Lie: Media's Near Non-Existent Menendez Trial Coverage https://redstate.com/jon-street/2017/11/07/medias-near-non-existent-menendez-trial-coverage-n79457
    Bob Menendez’s corruption trial is now in its final phases, but much of the mainstream media have yet to cover the story on the air … Lead” and “State of the Union.” … The Newsbusters study is just the latest example of why most Americans distrust the media.…
  24. Did the Democrat Candidate for Virginia Governor Just Self-Immolate? https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/11/03/democrat-candidate-virginia-governor-just-self-immolate-n79282
    He’s the guy who airbrushed the black candidate for attorney general out of some of his leaflets. … Northern Virginia is also one of the most liberal areas of Virginia on immigration. … lot of resources from the fight: DFA’s criticism of Northam is largely symbolic.…
  25. Democrat Senator: No Decision By Neil Gorsuch Should Carry Any Weight https://redstate.com/streiff/2017/11/03/democrat-senator-no-decision-neil-gorsuch-carry-weight-n79270
    One of the longstanding fights conservatives have had with the progressive machine is over the issue of forced unionization. … is required to pay the union an “agency fee” as a condition of keeping his job. … The Democrats are not happy: “Here is the majority of the Court prepared to fight for exploitation on behalf of the 1 percent…