A former governor and three-term U.S. senator who became one of President Richard Nixon’s most outspoken Republican critics during the Watergate scandal has died. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. made a name for himself as a prominent Rockefeller Republican in the latter half of the 20th century. In 1988, he lost reelection to then-Democrat Joe Lieberman, […]
How embarrassing. In the latest in a long line of mistakes, President Joe Biden appeared to confuse Ukraine with Iraq on Wednesday after making a blunder just one day before. A reporter asked Biden on Wednesday morning to comment on the extent to which Russian President Vladimir Putin has been “weakened” by the Wagner Group coup. “It’s hard to […]
ANALYSIS – A woman holding a controversial sign claims she was physically assaulted by a crowd in New York City. And it was all caught on cellphone video. K. Yang, said the incident occurred Sunday in Washington Square Park during a New York City parade. Yang was carrying a sign in the crowd defending biological […]
The oft-beneficial, complicated and increasingly messy relationship between former President Donald Trump and Fox News continues. Trump voiced his latest grievances with Fox News while taking a break from campaigning in New Hampshire. The former president claimed “three people” asked why the network “uses such ‘horrible pictures’” of him when “doing or promoting a story.” […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made an urgent phone call to Mar-a-Lago Tuesday after he expressed doubt about whether former President Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate for president. On national television. McCarthy’s musings came during his morning appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” after being asked if Trump could win next year’s election. “Can he […]
A new report from The New York Times confirms a vital piece of information from an IRS whistleblower claiming constraints were placed on the federal investigation into Hunter Biden. The New York Times reported that IRS supervisory special agent Gary Shapley’s whistleblower testimony claimed that a mid-2022 bid by Delaware’s U.S. Attorney David Weiss to pursue […]
ANALYSIS – It was an exceptional event this past weekend, even with all the prior posturing by the Wagner Group founder and the recent chaos in Russia’s border region. It was the first armed uprising since the 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev. But as suddenly as it was launched, it was over. […]
Ahead of reports that President Joe Biden may grant Iran “sanctions relief” in exchange for promises of denuclearization, members of the U.S. Senate are moving to ensure no deal moves ahead without congressional review. In response, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), a member […]
ANALYSIS – For those conservatives who say that Republicans are weak or ineffective, take note of all the actions this GOP-led House has taken so far. And with only the slimmest of majorities. The latest effort targets a distasteful anti-Christian group that focuses on influencing Pentagon policy. While operating under the misleading name of the […]
Republicans must win Georgia in 2024 to win the White House. There is no path to 270 electoral votes without the Peach State. Republicans have carried Georgia in every presidential election since 1996 except in 2020. In 2022, every statewide Republican except for scandal-tarnished Herschel Walker easily won election. The legislature is solidly Republican. So, carrying the […]
TUESDAY PDB – The race for strategic partners in the Western Pacific has been heating up for a while between the U.S. and China. The most recent point of competition is Vietnam, where both the U.S. and China fought wars in the past 50 years. US aircraft carrier makes Vietnam port call. The USS Ronald […]
Congress Has The Power To End Corruption At The Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices are among the most powerful figures in the country. Appointed for what amount to lifetime terms, justices are at the center of, if not the prime motivator behind, the biggest social and political issues of our day. This makes it all the more troubling that some justices have such a cavalier attitude […]