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BIGGEST WINNER OF THE YEAR: PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP NOW CONSIDERED AMERICA'S GREATEST PRESIDENT... pjmedia.com 2019 Year in Review: McLaughlin Style By Jeff Reynolds 2019-12-31T09:00:41 Every year since college, my best friend Dan and I have compiled our best observations on a wide range of topics that reflect on the year that has just expired. We follow the well-established template of "The McLaughlin Group" program. We lost the venerable John McLaughlin in 2016, but the 2018 reboot of the program, hosted by Tom Rogan, features the familiar roundtable of guest talking heads to discuss the issues of the day. It is in this spirit that I offer my reflections on 2019. Biggest Winner of the Year Clearly it’s Donald Trump. The impeachment process – which began before he even took office – is an obvious partisan sham. Barring an economic downturn, this will cement his reelection, and possibly lead to the GOP retaking the house. Biggest Loser of the Year House Democrats. Under Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, they have obsessed so much over impeachment that they have completely failed to pass any meaningful legislation that would benefit the American people. Best Politician of the Year Mitch McConnell, who helped President Trump completely remake the federal judiciary. When you can legitimately claim to have retooled the 9th Circuit Court, that’s a serious accomplishment. The Worst Politician of the Year Award So many to choose from, it’s hard to narrow it down. This has to be a group award this year – the entire primary field for the Democratic nomination for president. Not an original thought or a consensus builder among them, as they fight relentlessly to lurch further to the left. It's almost as if they're trying to lose. Most Defining Moment of the Year Robert Mueller’s report and subsequent congressional testimony that revealed him as nothing more than a doddering old fool. What a waste of time, money, and the nation’s attention. Best Spin of the Year Actor Jussie Smollett creating a hoax about a hate crime by MAGA-hat-wearing racists in Chicago, in a desperate attempt to avoid being fired from the TV show on which he had a part. This move took what a urologist might refer to as chutzpah. Most Boring Politician(s) of the Year Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg. These two billionaires have proven that one can’t simply buy one's way into the White House, especially if the campaign platform involves lecturing American voters on how they conduct their daily lives. Most Charismatic Politician of the Year Love him or hate him, Donald Trump clearly knows how to use his charisma and personality to get people to pay attention to him. He continues to lead the mainstream media and the DNC – but I repeat myself – around by the nose with his Twitter account. Bummest Rap of the Year The mindless attacks on The Salvation Army and their so-called homophobia. Fairest Rap of the Year Democrats can get away with anything with no repercussions in the media. Chief example: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam surviving the scandal of appearing in photos in blackface in college. The Washington Post took the time to exonerate him recently due to his “year of penance.” Barf. The mainstream media has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the DNC. Best Comeback The Far Side. After 25 years, Gary Larson teased a return late in 2019, and has begun publishing collections of classic strips on thefarside.com. Most Original Thinker Comedian Dave Chappelle, who used the time-honored method of making fun of everyone in his Netflix special, not just those deemed acceptable targets by the PC police, social justice warriors, and cancel culture. Honorable Mention: The Babylon Bee, which has mastered the art of satire, to hilarious effect. Most Stagnant Thinker I’d nominate Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler, but I’d have to see evidence of thought first. Best Photo Op Protesters in Hong Kong waving American flags and singing the National Anthem of the United States. Worst Photo Op Eric Swalwell, “presidential” “candidate.” Damn near everything, really, but his bout of flatulence on live cable TV really encapsulated his entire year. Honorable Mention: The Obamas buying a mansion seven feet from the coast on Martha’s Vineyard despite years of railing about manmade global warming. Enough, Already (also known as the "Shut Up and Get Out Award") Can we just shut down the unconstitutional, extra-legal, irrevocably corrupted, and tyrannical FISA Court already? Worst Lie of the Year Every on-screen appearance by Jim Acosta. Goodness, just go away already. Honorable Mention: Colin Kaepernick’s supporters continuing to claim that a conspiracy is keeping him out of the NFL. Capitalist of the Year Every online streaming service. Whether it’s podcasts, binging on TV shows, movies, or new content, the world has been transformed by on-demand entertainment and information choices. This has blown up the old model of cable television permanently and is threatening terrestrial radio. Like social media a decade ago, streaming gives today’s consumers access to exponentially more choice in entertainment and news. Bonus: BABY YODA! Person of the Year The Hong Kong protesters. Loud protests against governmental malfeasance broke out across the globe in 2019, notably in France, Sudan, Venezuela, and others. But none captured the spirit of personal liberty as laid down in the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution quite like the Hong Kong protests. Indeed, they cited the United States of America as their inspiration to create a free nation. If only the antifa and social justice types in America would realize how good they have it here. Destined for Political Stardom Nikki Haley, who will be on the shortlist of candidates for the 2024 presidential nomination for the GOP. Destined for Political Oblivion Beto O’Rourke. This guy actually thought he would win the Democratic nomination for president by saying, “Hell yes, we’re taking your guns!” Destined for the Other Kind of Oblivion Time Magazine. Naming Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year cemented its irrelevance. Best Political Theater In a July hearing, Texas Senator Ted Cruz questioned Dr. Robert Epstein, a supporter of Hillary Clinton, who estimated that upwards of 15 million people could be manipulated by Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other big-tech companies. Talk about a bombshell! Worst Political Theater The exploitation of Greta Thunberg. The poor girl became the inspiration for teenagers all over the world to become depressed, angry, and deliberately ignorant about how the world works. Instead of inspiring hope, Thunberg and her handlers turned the climate debate into a reason for school children to protest things they couldn’t possibly understand. Most Under-reported Story The consolidation of power of Xi Xinping, and the increase in totalitarian actions against China’s citizens. The massive increase in reeducation camps in Xinjiang province should serve as a cautionary tale about how citizens should always keep government in check. Honorable Mention: The largest pay raise for military members in a decade. Most Over-reported Story The Green New Deal, Medicare for All, $15 minimum wage, universal basic income, and all the other socialist dreams. No word yet on how we'll pay for any of that. Biggest Government Waste Cannot be encapsulated in a mere paragraph. I’ll just use the instructive example of local, state, and federal school activists getting gender-neutral and gender-fluid language inserted into elementary school curricula. Not just sex-ed, but every lesson – math, reading, science, it’s a deliberate effort to normalize transgenderism among elementary school students, while exposing them to sexualizing content at an all-too-early age. Best Dollar Spent The restoration of appropriate budgeting to the United States military. Boldest Political Tactic Donald Trump’s gamble not to cooperate with the impeachment investigation. He calculated, correctly, that the American people would be more inclined to support him the further this thing went. Best Idea of 2019 Uber founder, former CEO, and board member Travis Kalanick, selling 100% of his investment in the company and resigning from the board. The IPOs of both Uber and Lyft have drastically underperformed, and Kalanick can’t be faulted for divesting from a company that has veered away from his founding vision as it still struggles to become profitable. If either ride-hailing company had stuck to core competencies, they would have a chance. Instead, they continue to take turns whacking at the neck of the goose that laid the golden egg. Worst Idea of 2019 Allowing the rise of anti-Semitic violence globally, as well as right here in the USA. Along with the increase in violence against Christians, we seem once again to be turning a blind eye to religious violence. Sorry to See You Go Don Imus, who got millions of Americans to work every day in a radio career that dominated the airwaves for four decades. Honorable Mention: Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson. Oregon's first statewide elected Republican in over 35 years was dealt the cruelest blow, a brain tumor to which he succumbed in February. A truly decent gentleman. The Kim Jong-il Not Even a Little Bit Sorry to See You Go Award ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died like a dog. Honorable Mention: Robert Mugabe. 15 Minutes of Fame Michael Avenatti, who should really have known better than to allow his character and morality to come to national prominence. Turncoat of the Year This one’s easy. Chick-fil-A’s new CEO knuckling under to the outrage mob and ending the company’s donations to Christian charities. He and the board of directors sold out every steadfast supporter who helped the chain overcome years of protests. Most Honest Person of the Year Clint Eastwood, with his damning indictment of the mainstream media in his film Richard Jewell. Most Overrated Person, Event, or Story of the Year Impeachment. The Democrats planned and plotted this move since November 2016, and moved ahead despite knowing they had nothing. The articles of impeachment were nothing more than a political tactic. Most Underrated Person, Event, or Story of the Year Nicholas Sandmann, whose lawsuit was allowed to proceed against media outlets that deliberately misreported his protest at the March for Life. Americans everywhere should applaud his courage to stand up to media bullies. Grade the Planet (A through F, pluses and minuses accepted) B+. Every defender of personal liberty should remain fearful of governmental encroachments, but buoyed by the global demonstrations giving voice to that fundamental human yearning for freedom. Macroprediction Barring an economic downturn, Donald Trump wins reelection and the popular vote along the way. New Year's Resolution To create more content, and be more deliberate with my time and productivity. Jeff Reynolds is the author of the book, Behind the Curtain: Inside the Network of Progressive Billionaires and Their Campaign to Undermine Democracy. You can follow Jeff on Twitter @ChargerJeff.

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Canadian Landshark hates Regan, thinks he was a joke.

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Based on achievements Trump has already surpassed Reagan. Reagan did not face what Trump has from both sides of the aisle, the 0bama insurance plan coup, and prudish baby boomers like you who are triggered by alpha males. It can't be said enough times that .@realDonaldTrump began his presidency under surveillance. That is not what our intelligence community should ever be doing - spying on the opponent's campaign team. https://t.co/ef6Nydoe8w — Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) August 29, 2019

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ENJOY FIVE MORE YEARS FOR AMERICA'S GREATEST PRESIDENT. SOAK IT UP... President Trump Delivers Impromptu Remarks on New Years Eve From Mar-a-Lago – (Full Video and Transcript)… theconservativetreehouse.com Incredible. Continuing a legacy of transparency and availability the People’s President stops to hold an impromptu presser upon arrival for the Mar-a-Lago New Year’s eve celebration. [Video and Transcript Below] Dressed in formal attire with our stunning First Lady Melania Trump beside him, President Trump responds to a variety of media questions. WATCH: [ Transcript] THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. We’re going to have a great year, I predict. I think it’s going to be a fantastic year. We had the best economic year, I think, in our country’s history. And I think we’re really set for additional growth and jobs and everything else. It’ll be great. Kevin? Q What do you want the American people to know, Mr. President, about how you’re handling the situation in Iraq, as it relates to Iran? THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think it’s been handled very well. The Marines came in. We had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job. And they were there instantaneously, as soon as we heard. I used the word “immediately”; they came immediately. And it’s in great shape, as you know. This will not be a Benghazi. Benghazi should never have happened. This will never, ever be a Benghazi. But we have some of our greatest warriors there. They got in there very quickly. As soon as we saw there was a potential for problem, they got in, and there was no problem whatsoever. I also want to thank the Iraqi government. They really stepped up. I spoke to the Prime Minister today. I thanked him. But they stepped up very nicely. Q Mr. President, do you foresee going to war with Iran? THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think that would be a good idea for Iran. It wouldn’t last very long. Do I want to? No. I want to have peace. I like peace. And Iran should want peace more than anybody. So I don’t see that happening. No, I don’t think Iran would want that to happen. It would go very quickly. Q Mr. President, can you — what is your message tonight for — what is your message tonight for North Korea? THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’ll see. I have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un. I know he’s sending out certain messages about Christmas presents, and I hope his Christmas present is a beautiful vase. That’s what I’d like — a vase — Q Do you think it will be, sir? THE PRESIDENT: — as opposed to something else. I don’t know. I — look, he likes me; I like him. We get along. He’s representing his country. I’m representing my country. We have to do what we have to do. But he did sign a contract. He did sign an agreement, talking about denuclearization. And that was signed. Number-one sentence: denuclearization. That was done in Singapore. And I think he’s a man of his word. So we’re going to find out, but I think he’s a man of his word. Q I know it’s a night of celebration, Mr. President, but are you spoiling for a political fight in January, with the impeachment? THE PRESIDENT: Well, the impeachment thing is a hoax. It’s a big, fat hoax. We had, I guess, 196 to nothing, with the Republicans. We had three Democrats come over. One actually joined our party, as you know — which is, I think, a record. I don’t think that’s been done before, in terms of somebody coming in like that on a vote like that. But he joined our party — from New Jersey. He’s going to be fantastic. And, no, I think — I look forward to it. I mean, we’ll see. We have absolutely — we did nothing wrong. All you have to do is read the transcripts. If you read the transcripts — or you could also do something else. You could go see or speak to the President of Ukraine. And the President of Ukraine said, loudly and boldly — and I appreciate his statement — he said it many times: There was no pressure. The foreign minister of Ukraine said there was absolutely no pressure, and that’s the whole case right there. There was no pressure whatsoever. I do say two things: We have to check corruption, and we also have to find out why is it that the United States is always giving foreign countries money. And Germany and France and all of Europe — they’re not doing much. In fact, they’re not doing anything, relative to this. Why is it always the United States? I’ve been asking you those questions and making those statements for a long time to everybody standing here. Nobody ever mentions that. That was part of it. In fact, that’s in the transcript also. I talk about — a very good woman, to be honest with you — Chancellor Merkel. But I said, “Where is Chancellor Merkel? Where is President Macron of France? Why aren’t they putting up money? Why is it always the United States?” Nobody ever covers that, but that’s a big factor. So I think that’s going to go very quick. I think it’s going to go very easy. We have tremendous — and, you know, I have to say this — we have tremendous Republican support. What the Democrats did in the House was a disgrace. What they did — how unfair it was. We didn’t get lawyers. We didn’t have witnesses. We didn’t do anything. And still, we got 100 percent of the Republican votes. And it was bipartisan, because we got three Democrats. So I think the impeachment thing — I call it “impeachment light.” It’s a disgrace. And Nancy Pelosi should be ashamed of herself. She’s a highly overrated person. I know her well; she’s highly overrated. Q (Inaudible) about vaping? THE PRESIDENT: Vaping is coming out. We’re just going to be announcing it very shortly. Some people already know about what we’re doing. We have to protect our families. At the same time, it’s a big industry. We want to protect the industry. And, as you know, we’ll be taking it off — the flavors — for a period of time — certain flavors. We’re going to protect our families. We’re going to protect our children. And we’re going to protect the industry. Hopefully, if everything is safe, they’re going to be going very quickly back onto the market. So the flavors will come off. They’re going to be checked. We want to make it — people have died from this. They’ve died from vaping. We think we understand why. But we’re doing a very exhaustive examination, and hopefully everything will be back on the market very, very shortly. Look, vaping can be good from the standpoint — you look at the e-cigarettes — you stop smoking. If you can stop smoking, that’s a big advantage. So we think we’re going to get it back onto the market very, very quickly, but we have to protect the children. We have to protect the families. At the same time, we have a very big industry. It’s become a very big industry. We’re going to take care of the industry. Q Do you want there to be a trial in the Senate? Or do you want there not to be a trial in the Senate? THE PRESIDENT: I don’t really care. It doesn’t matter. As far as I’m concerned, I’d be very happy with the trial because we did nothing wrong. We didn’t even have a witness, and we won 196 to nothing. Okay? We didn’t have a witness. That was all the Democrats’ witness. Look, Adam Schiff is a corrupt politician. He’s corrupt. He got up — he made a speech, said something I never said. And when I released the transcript — which is absolutely a perfect, totally appropriate conversation with a very good man, a very good President — I hear he’s doing a great job. But a big reason he got elected was corruption. There’s tremendous corruption. But the other thing — and, again, I ask: Why aren’t other countries — Germany, France, and others — why aren’t they putting up money like we put up? And I’ve asked that question for a long time not only about Ukraine, about a lot of other places. I was able to get, recently, at NATO — and you have to speak to Secretary General Stoltenberg — $530 billion additionally, over a very short period of time; $130 billion immediately. He has never seen anything like that. That’s NATO. This is something different. Those countries should be putting up money. They should also be giving to Ukraine. All right, one more question. Go ahead. Q (Inaudible) China trade. THE PRESIDENT: On trade? We’re very excited about trade. The China deal will be signed probably on January 15th. We put out a notice today. And I’ll be going, at some point, to Beijing, to be with President Xi. We have a great relationship. And we’ll be doing something reciprocal. But I think, more importantly, we’ll be starting negotiations very soon on phase two. And I think phase two can be complete. A lot of people said, “Well, are you going to have phase two, or phase two and phase three?” I think we’ll have phase two. I think that should complete it. But we’ll be starting those negotiations very soon. I want to thank everybody. I want you to have a great year. Look, you’re honorable people. You have to stay honorable. If you’re honorable, I’m going to win the election by a lot. If you’re not honorable, I’m just going to win the election by a little. So I’d rather have you be honorable, okay? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Jeff. Good luck. Thank you, Kevin. Q How about Mrs. Trump’s New Year’s resolution? Melania? Q What is your resolution? MRS. TRUMP: Happy New Year. Q Happy New Year. How about your New Year’s resolution? Q What is your resolution? Q What’s your goal for the New Year? MRS. TRUMP: Peace on the world. THE PRESIDENT: Peace is right. But I’m — I’m not sure you’re supposed to say resolutions out loud, okay? So we don’t want to — I don’t want to say what my resolution is because I think we jinx it, all right? But I can tell you, we have a good re- — we really have a good resolution, and it’s a resolution for our country. We love our country. Our country has never done better than it’s doing right now. We have the best unemployment numbers. We have the best employment numbers. Almost 160 million people are working. African American, Asian American, Hispanic American — they have the best numbers in the history of our country. We’re very happy. And we rebuilt our military. We cut taxes down — the lowest in history, biggest tax cut ever. We’re doing great. Our country is really the talk of the world. Everybody is talking about it. Thank you very much. [ End Transcript]