Amid the calls by Democrats for California Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign, there’s speculation the chamber’s Republican caucus is bracing for a major announcement. From none other than Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. After falling at a private event for the Senate Leadership Fund held at the Waldorf Astoria on March 8 in Washington, D.C., […]
A former Obama administration staffer is accusing President Joe Biden of being involved in a “kickback scheme” concerning his son Hunter’s overseas business dealings while he was vice president. Mike McCormick, a stenographer for the White House for years, told “Fox & Friends First” the FBI has been ignoring his alarms on the matter despite […]
A former Nickelodeon star has gone missing, and police believe his life may be in danger. Drake Bell, 36, known to millions for his starring role on “Drake & Josh,” was reported missing by Florida police Thursday morning. The former child star was last seen in the vicinity of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, […]
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly under investigation by federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for alleged wire fraud related to his fundraising efforts between the 2020 presidential election and President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The Washington Post reported the news on Wednesday evening, citing “eight people with knowledge of the investigation” who “spoke on the condition of anonymity to […]
UPDATE: The New York Times reports that the charismatic young man allegedly behind the massive leak of secret documents is a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s intelligence wing. According to interviews and documents obtained by the Times, the suspect’s name is Jack Teixeira. Teixeira became the de facto leader of […]
As everyone knows baseball has been going downhill since Babe Ruth stopped pitching. But now we have a new problem, climate change is making home runs easier. If only Babe had been able to be here to hit these days, right? This is the latest insistence, climate change is going to change baseball. Gizmodo reports: Climate […]
Another Kennedy is running for office. Usually this is not a shocker of a headline especially from my home state of Massachusetts. However, Robert Kennedy Jr. announcing that he is going to challenge President Joe Biden in the primary is going against the norm in modern day Democrat politics. The nephew of President John F. […]
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reported that it received a second envelope containing a white, powdery substance intended for DA Alvin Bragg. The envelope was addressed to Bragg and reportedly contained a letter that used an expletive to refer to his weight. It allegedly included a photograph of Bragg and former President Donald Trump. The […]
According to a leaked Pentagon document, special forces from multiple Western countries operate in Ukraine. A classified document dated March 23 shows that NATO has 97 special forces personnel in Ukraine, with the United Kingdom having the largest contingent at 50. The United States has 14. The document doesn’t say where the units are stationed […]
The media circus surrounding former President Donald Trump’s arraignment of 34 felony charges was every bit as tawdry, tiresome and predictable as every other media circus surrounding Trump. Regardless of how it plays out over the next few months, there are a few larger lessons to be learned from it all. Among the most important, […]
Former President Donald Trump is known for being highly litigious and today proves no exception. The 45th president filed a federal lawsuit against his one-time fixer Michael Cohen, alleging a breach of his attorney-client relationship, unjust enrichment and contract violations. Trump’s legal team filed the 30-page suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern […]
Both Parties Caught Embracing Constitutionally Dubious Restrictions
It’s no secret that politicians of both major parties dislike the initiative and referendum process. I&R has been used to do all sorts of things pols hate – cutting property taxes (like California’s Proposition 13), limiting taxes overall (Colorado’s TABOR Amendment) or, worst of all in politicians’ eyes, imposing term limits. Sometimes that great dislike […]