The Duty Revolver: Too Slow & Too Old This would not be the first time I mention in passing that the glory days of the double action service revolver are long past us. Revolvers are wonderful handguns and excuse the cliché, but they really were the more elegant weapons from a more civilized age. However, accurate as they may […]
Lawmakers are preparing for the nuclear option… North Carolina Congressman Dan Bishop, one of the 20 “Never Kevin” Republican lawmakers, says he’s prepared to leave Congress if McCarthy becomes the next U.S. House Speaker. “We’re going to either see improvement up here the same way we made remarkable improvements in North Carolina in the state […]
CNN has a new senior political commentator. The cable news network announced it had hired just retired Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger Wednesday. Kinzinger, a Republican, emerged as one of former President Trump’s fiercest critics before serving as one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee. In an interview with Don Lemon, Kinzinger debuted in […]
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy isn’t interested in pursuing the governor’s mansion at this time. On Wednesday, the Louisiana senator revealed that after he said late last year that he was giving the matter “serious consideration” he intends to continue with his work in the Senate. “I have looked into my heart and decided to remain […]
Michigan’s senior Senator has announced that she will not seek re-election at the end of her current term. Senator Debbie Stabenow made the declaration today via a media release issued by her congressional office. In the release, Stabenow also added the following sentiment: “As part of my own new generation, I was elected to the […]
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Former Fox Business reporter Lou Dobbs took a decidedly personal shot at former President Donald Trump. Dobbs’ salvo comes as the Republican Party has failed for a second day to consolidate power after regaining the House of Representatives in the midterms. Dobbs’ harsh words for Trump contrast sharply with his praise for the “20 patriots” […]
After Kevin McCarthy failed to win 218 votes after a fourth round of voting some Republicans are looking for a way out of the messy battle for House Speaker. Retired Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) is leaving the door open to the possibility that he could emerge as an alternative to GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) to lead the chamber. […]
Jordan Peterson may lose his license to practice psychology in the Canadian province of Ontario. What was Peterson’s crime, you ask? Fraud, drug use, professional negligence, maybe? No, according to Peterson, he’s merely tweeted criticisms of liberal policies in general and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in particular. Now, the world’s most famous conservative intellectual […]
It’s a bad week to be Kevin McCarthy. After Rep. McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to receive the 218 votes necessary to become the next Speaker of the House on Tuesday, Republican firebrand Matt Gaetz (R- Fla.) decided to add insult to injury. Ever the provocateur, Gaetz penned a letter to the Architect of the Capitol on […]
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told CNN Wednesday morning that “preliminary talks” have begun between moderate Republicans and Democrats to select a consensus candidate for speaker should Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid collapse. Bacon wrote an op-ed in the Daily Caller two days ago that he would work with Democrats if the “small handful of people” obstructing […]
Mainstream Media Misrepresents Data on Law Enforcement Once Again
Vice reports in a new piece that the police are killing ever more Americans. This is, given the method they use, true, but it’s horrendously misleading. For there are also more Americans. It is more – more that is, not exactly – true to say that the rate of police deaths is roughly steady. One […]