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FPI / By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Peering into the crystal snow globe, it’s time to predict, prognosticate and presage into the year ahead. Without a pun we need the proverbial 2020 vision to decipher the political and security landscape that awaits us in the new year with both long running static conflicts […]

FPI /December 30, 2019 Analysis by Mark Angelides, LibertyNation.com From what must have seemed a winning position, House Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry with the Constitution as their rallying flag. Determined to damage their political opponent with cries of justice, crisis, and protecting the American founding documents, there was initially an air of assurance about […]

FPI / December 29, 2019 Leaders of Virginia’s gun “sanctuary” movement are calling on supporters of the movement to actively resist Democratic proposals in Richmond, citing the arguments that led to the American Revolution. The gun “sanctuary” movement sweeping through Virginia “has in less than two months become the national model for fighting gun control,” […]

FPI / December 29, 2019 Commentary by John McNabb The day after Christmas, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached yet another all-time high. Over 100 Dow Jones highs have been recorded during the three-year Trump Presidency. The Standard & Poors Average also reached an all-time high as did the NASDAQ which closed over 9,000 for […]

FPI / December 29, 2019 Countdown: Top stories of 2019 April 10, 2019 April 9, 2019 was not a good day for supporters of former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton who have been accusing her opponent in the 2016 presidential election of “colluding” with Moscow. Attorney General William Barr confirmed to a Senate committee that […]

FPI / December 29, 2019 If he wins the presidency, 77-year-old Joe Biden says he could nominate former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court. “Biden asked here in Washington, Iowa, if he would ever nominate former President Obama to serve on the Supreme Court. ‘If he’d take it, yes,’ ” reported Wall Street Journal […]

FPI / December 29, 2019 Known for tracking Santa Clause in the wee hours of Christmas, the United States fielded four surveillance planes over the Korean peninsula Wednesday, according to aviation sources cited by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. North Korea had threatened a “Christmas gift” if the U.S. failed to make concessions in nuclear […]

FPI / December 27, 2019 Countdown: Top stories of 2019 February 26, 2019 President Donald Trump is making good on his pledge to use the “full force and weight” of the U.S. government to break up child sex trafficking rings and lock up sexual predators. In the first year of Trump’s presidency alone, authorities arrested […]

FPI / December 27, 2019 China’s practice of sending its vessels near the Japan-controlled Senkaku islands continued in the days prior to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to China this week and could raise tensions ahead of Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to Japan next year, analysts say. Japan’s Coast Guard reported […]

FPI /December 27, 2019 Analysis by Leesa K. Donner, LibertyNation.com The holiday respite from all the Democratic machinations and maneuvers to disgrace and bring dishonor to the 45th president of the United States has been brief. Now that the House of Representatives has drawn up two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, many had […]

FPI / December 26, 2019 Among the many campaign promises President Donald Trump has followed through on in 2019 is returning control of schools to the state and local level. Trump signed an executive order — the “Education Federalism Executive Order” — which called for a review of Obama-era regulations and guidance for school districts […]

FPI / December 26, 2019 Virginia’s budget bill being pushed by Gov. Ralph Northam includes an appropriation to carry out several new gun-control measures, the lobbying arm of the NRA noted. Northam, who Democrats have allowed to stay in power despite his racist past which included wearing blackface, is calling for taxpayers to fund an […]

FPI / December 26, 2019 Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei personally directed the violent crackdown on anti-government protests which, some estimates say, resulted in more than 1,500 deaths, a report said. Reuters on Dec. 23 reported that Khamenei, who has the final say on political and religious affairs in Iran, “raised his voice and […]

FPI / December 26, 2019 Countdown: Top stories of 2019 January 20, 2019 In canceling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned junket to Brussels and Afghanistan last week, President Donald Trump also saved U.S. taxpayers quite the bundle. Pelosi has a penchant for pricey travel at taxpayer expense, according to documents obtained by government watchdog group […]

FPI / December 26, 2019 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, December 26, 2019 China, Iran, and Russia will hold joint naval drills, amid tensions between Teheran and Washington. The military exercises will take place in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman from December 27 to 30, officials in Beijing and Teheran announced. China […]