Sovereignty first political parties win EU elections in UK, France and Italy, as Biden runs for President of the World versus Trump:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/sovereignty-first-political-parties-win-eu-elections-in-uk-france-and-italy-as-biden-runs-for-president-of-the-world-versus-trump/

Political parties pushing sovereignty first policies did remarkably well in European Parliament elections in the UK, France and Italy in May as nations feel increasingly overregulated and held back by the European Union. And it could serve as a bellwether for the U.S. election across the pond in 2020, where President Donald Trump lines up his America first reelection bid and Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden runs for President of the World. In a fundraising call in April, Biden claimed, “I get calls from people all over the world — world leaders are calling me — and they’re almost begging me to do this, to save the country, save the world.” Can you believe this guy?

Did Smoot-Hawley alarmists get Trump tariffs wrong when they predicted another Great Depression?
http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/did-smoot-hawley-alarmists-get-trump-tariffs-wrong-when-they-predicted-another-great-depression/

In 2016, much of the conventional wisdom was that, if implemented, then-candidate Donald Trump’s tariffs would wreck the U.S. economy. It would have the same impact as the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act, and so the prediction goes, lead to another Great Depression. Trump began levying tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018, and in the second half of last year, hit China with a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of high-tech goods and another 10 percent on $200 billion of goods and then raised it this month to 25 percent. Growth in 2018 came in at 2.9 percent, the best since 2015, and the first quarter of 2019 surprised at 3.2 percent. Unemployment is at a 49-year low at 3.6 percent. Inflation is stable at 2.0 percent the past 12 months. Are we anywhere near 1930?

By calling for Trump impeachment for firing Comey, Amash is condoning the FISA spying abuse that led to the firing:
http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/by-calling-for-trump-impeachment-for-firing-comey-amash-is-condoning-the-fisa-spying-abuse-that-led-to-the-firing/

U.S. Rep. Justin Amash was against FISA spying abuses apparently until they were directed at President Donald Trump. Trump removed officials including James Comey from the FBI who abused their authorities by spying on the Trump campaign, the opposition party at the time in the 2016 election, based on false information that Trump was Russian agent, now debunked by the Mueller report, and Amash cries obstruction. Does Amash think Comey should have been promoted or something?

Did Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, the Clinton campaign and the DNC just make up the Russia collusion hoax? http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/did-christopher-steele-fusion-gps-the-clinton-campaign-and-the-dnc-just-make-up-the-russia-collusion-hoax/

In Oct. 2016, former British spy Christopher Steele — author of the false allegation paid for by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign that President Donald Trump was a Russian agent — had with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec on Oct. 11, 2016. Kavalec debunked some of dubious claims Steele made, including a Russian consulate in Miami that did not exist running a hacking recruiting operation. Did Steele just make this stuff up?

Why China left Trump with little choice but to slap on the 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion of goods: http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/why-china-left-trump-with-little-choice-but-to-slap-on-the-25-percent-tariffs-on-200-billion-of-goods/

President Donald Trump said he would do it. After China blew up months’ worth of negotiations on currency, intellectual property and forced technology transfer, reneging on the deal, and the negotiations were the only thing heading off Trump’s promised tariff, Trump has followed through and increased tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese goods. Trump had offered another week after a 5-month delay, but that was it, no deal could be reached, and so Trump hit them with the tariff. Do you think the tariff is large enough?

Border apprehensions top 109,000 in April as House Democrats move to defund wall, refuse to provide enough beds for those apprehended: http://dailytorch.com/2019/05/border-apprehensions-top-109000-in-april-as-house-democrats-move-to-defund-wall-refuse-to-provide-enough-beds-for-those-apprehended/

Apprehensions on the southern border hit 109,144 in April, the highest in a decade, according to data compiled by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. It’s already larger than last year. Seven months into fiscal year 2019, with 531,711 apprehensions it has already topped the amount of apprehensions in all of fiscal year 2018, which was 521,090. This year could top 1 million if it continues accelerating. In the meantime, House Democrats move to defund building the wall and refuse to provide enough beds for everyone being apprehended. What is it going to take for Congress to take this crisis seriously?

North Korea’s missile test happened just as trade talks with China broke down. It is no coincidence.: dailytorch.com/2019/05/north-koreas-missile-test-just-as-trade-talks-with-china-broke-down-is-no-coincidence/

It is no coincidence that just as U.S. trade talks with China were breaking down last week, North Korea on May 4 conducted its first missile test since Nov. 2017. North Korea has long been a satellite state and ally of China. For those who are thinking President Trump should just trade away his trade sanctions on Beijing in return for promises of concessions from North Korea that might never materialize, that is the fool’s path of desperation. It would virtually guarantee a nuclear North Korea, and no resolution to the trade issues. The U.S. must never be subjected to nuclear blackmail. Is North Korea China’s nuclear deterrent against trade sanctions?

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning responds to President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address.

The once well-intentioned Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been hijacked by environmental radicals and the far left to impose an agenda rather than save animals, the Executive Director of the House Western Caucus, Jeff Smalls, is warning and a bill by U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) would change that.
“This bill requires the science to be published on the internet so it can be available to the public. It can be peer reviewed. And it also requires agencies no longer just ignore states, tribal governments, and local governments. That has been a big problem that we have seen in the past,” Small explained in an interview on Conservative Commandos with Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning.

On the Conservative Commandos Radio Show, Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning sat down with President of the Frontiers of Freedom Institute George Landrith to discuss multiemployer pension plans being underfunded by $36 billion.