Republicans could dominate the midterm elections with an intensity not seen for four decades. according to an ABC News poll. “Republican congressional candidates currently hold their largest lead in midterm election vote preferences in ABC News/W…
Author: Jennifer Harper
Inside the Beltway: Military families go hungry
Thousands of military families are now struggling with food security, according to a significant report from The Associated Press released Sunday. This distressing phenomenon is already well known to the nation’s food banks, plus many nonprofit o…
Inside the Beltway: ‘Private citizens’ maintain the border
It is a simple but telling insight into the ongoing and unsolved challenges of the southern U.S. border. “Private citizens should not have to maintain an international boundary,” advised Russell Johnson in a podcast conversation with Mark K…
Inside the Beltway: Only 91 military veterans in Congress
There are currently 19.5 million military veterans in the U.S., according to statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. But there are only 91 vets — 63 Republicans and 28 Democrats — in Congress, the lowest number “at least s…
Inside the Beltway: America’s fractured political landscape
Political division in the U.S. is no longer limited to disagreements between two political parties. An extensive new study released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center is intended as a “road map to today’s fractured political landscape&rdquo…
Inside the Beltway: America wakes up to Biden failures
The American public is finally “woke” to the disintegration of productive politics in the nation. Yes, of course there’s a 180-page poll which reveals the extent of this erosion. Let’s just look at the unembellished numbers from…
Inside the Beltway: Kirk Lippold, USS Cole commander, on peace through strength
Inside the Beltway recently had a short conversation about the state of national security with retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold, who was the commanding officer of the USS Cole in 2000 under a suicide terrorist attack by al Qaeda in the Port of Aden, Yem…
Inside the Beltway: Democratic party image weakens
It’s enough to cause sleepless nights and hand-wringing among the marketing gurus who craft the public image and message of the Democratic Party. That image and message did not do so well after the elections on Tuesday — considered an &ldqu…
Inside the Beltway: Jack Ciatterelli ignored by broadcasters: Report
The liberal bias in the news media can get very local indeed. Consider that the national broadcast networks essentially ignored New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli during his entire quest to become governor. This treatment, however, apparently did n…
Inside the Beltway: ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ becomes a culture force
It is an emerging cultural force. And a very telling one. “Let’s Go, Brandon” — an emphatic phrase that grew out of a misheard crowd chant during an Oct. 2 NASCAR race — was instantly magnified on social media and became a…