The story Bob Woodward didn’t tell

The Washington power circuit loves insider baseball—stories that spread gossip, flatter the egos of political operatives, and give pundits new fodder for columns or TV hits. It doesn’t matter if the stories are true; it just matters that they don’t force the reader to think too much.

“While I generally enjoy reading fiction, this is a uniquely Washington brand of literature, and his anonymous sources do not lend credibility,” Defense Secretary General James Mattis said of Bob Woodward’s upcoming book. “The contemptuous words about the President attributed to me in Woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence.”

Right on cue, the Beltway media will feast on this tabloid gossip while ignoring results that actually matter to the more than 300 million Americans this Administration serves.

Just a few of those results:

More Americans now employed than ever recorded in our history
Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than 3 decades
Coal exports up 60 percent and U.S. oil production hitting an all-time high
Breakthrough trade deals-in-principle with Mexico and the E.U.
Median household income hitting the highest level ever recorded

And that’s just the economy. On defense, there’s the near-total destruction of ISIS’ self-declared caliphate. On diplomacy, at least 17 American detainees have been returned on President Trump’s watch. And the list goes on.

See a list of results—the story that Bob Woodward didn’t tell.

News that matters: Working Americans are prospering under President Trump

On Judge Kavanaugh, Democrats tip their hand

Several Democratic Senators want to suspend Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week because they claim to need more information about the nominee. Here’s the problem: Those same Senators apparently had enough information just hours after Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination in July to state their intent to vote against him.

When it comes to actual substance, as day two of the confirmation hearing unfolds, Judge Kavanaugh continues to show why he’s among the most qualified High Court nominees in history. Throughout a day of questioning—some legitimate, some political theater—he has calmly explained the importance of separation of powers, precedent, and the principle of equality under the law.

“No one seriously questions Kavanaugh's qualification to serve on the Court,” the Investor’s Business Daily editorial board writes this week. “But stunts are all Democrats have left.”

Why Judge Kavanaugh is exceptionally qualified to serve

Investor’s Business Daily: Democrats’ tantrums are “an embarrassment”