It’s no secret that relations between politicians and the press are particularly strained these days. It comes with the territory – the press and the powerful are supposed to have an adversarial relationship. The result, usually, is accountability – a definite public good. But public good is not what will result if a bill introduced […]
A new report in The Washington Free Beacon outlines, in excruciating detail, how an ISIS terror attack that killed at least 183 people — including 13 U.S. service members — during the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan might’ve been prevented. According to gripping testimony on Capitol Hill, given by one of the soldiers who was […]
State Department officials announced spokesman Ned Price will exit his role with the department later this month to pursue a new role. Secretary of State Antony Blinken credited Price for being the “face and voice” of U.S. foreign policy throughout the Biden administration. “For people in America and around the world, Ned Price has often […]
A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has revealed that American taxpayers pay at least $151 billion annually to cover the cost of illegal immigration. The 2022 costs represent a 30 percent increase to taxpayers in just five years, with most of the additional costs being added in the past two […]
On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland provided an update into the Justice Department’s nearly two-year investigation into the practices of the Louisville Police Department in the wake of Breonna Taylor‘s 2020 death. During a press conference, Garland announced the DOJ found Louisville police officers have discriminated against Black people, noting the Louisville Police Department “relied […]
Is Donald Trump close to selecting his running mate? While the former president still has months to pick his next potential vice president Axios reports the 2024 White House contender has already narrowed the pool of candidates to four. According to Axios, Trump is searching for a running mate with ferocious loyalty but that doesn’t […]
ANALYSIS – It isn’t news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proven to be vulnerable to political pressure. Just look at the threat assessments produced in 2020 that single out ‘white supremacists’ as the ‘most lethal domestic terror threat’ in the U.S., despite their numbers being minuscule. According to that report, self-described ‘white […]
New court documents are pulling back the curtain on the not-so-rosy relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News star Tucker Carlson. More of Carlson’s private messages were revealed as part of Dominion Voting Systems‘ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. According to Mediaite, Carlson admitted his negative opinion of Trump during a text conversation […]
Gigi Sohn has withdrawn her nomination to serve on the Federal Communications Commission amid a bruising battle on Capitol Hill. Republicans — and some Democrats — had voiced concerns about Sohn, Biden’s pick for FCC telecommunications regulator. Critics painted her as a partisan activist, not the type of impartial figure who should oversee the nation’s […]
The Stevens Model 15, actually to be completely accurate the Stevens-Springfield Model 15, was released in 1938. First published in the Spring 1938 Sears & Roebuck Catalog, it was originally priced at $3.19 and for a time was virtually synonymous with the Boy Scouts of America. It was also the weapon with which Carlos Hathcock learned to shoot. […]
“Disgusting” and “bullsh*t” were two responses to Tucker Carlson’s claim that the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, was “mostly peaceful.” From prominent Republicans. Carlson showed selected clips from the thousands of hours of CCTV footage that day on his top-rated cable news program last night. They included officers escorting Jacob Chansley, the so-called […]
Will America Use Military Force Against Violent Drug Cartels in Mexico as Trump Has Warned?
WEDNESDAY PDB – Back in 2019, after the killing of nine Americans by drug traffickers, President Trump repeatedly asked his advisors if he could launch missile strikes or send special forces into Mexico to destroy cartel drug labs. In January 2023, Trump vowed that if elected again as commander-in-chief, he would deploy U.S. special forces and […]