On Thursday, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pleaded guilty to intentionally leaking former President Trump and others tax information. According to the Justice Department, Charles Littlejohn, 38, disclosed the tax returns of “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals” to news organizations and tax information associated with a “high-ranking government official” to a […]
Israel has warned 1.1 million Gaza Strip residents to relocate within 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground assault to root out Hamas terrorists in the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Hamas officials are advising Palestinians to defy the sweeping evacuation order. U.N. officials are saying a mass evacuation is “impossible” and urging Israel to reconsider. […]
The House Republicans’ nominee for speaker, Steve Scalise, has withdrawn his name from consideration. The New York Times has more on the latest updates involving the Louisiana congressman: Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana on Thursday withdrew from consideration for the speakership he was on the cusp of claiming after hard-line Republicans balked at rallying around […]
THURSDAY PDB – Sending two carriers and a Marine MEU is good, but more may be needed. This war could involve the United States very quickly and seriously. Lawmakers mull deeper military role in Israel as ‘dozens’ of Americans are held hostage by Hamas. This, as Americans were killed and taken hostage, and others were struggling […]
While we’re on the topic of the Department of Defense and how it spends all those hundreds of billions of dollars every year…it looks like they splurged on office furniture to the tune of more than a billion dollars. During the pandemic. When most of the workforce was doing its thing at home. As Open […]
Ex-Fox News personality Juan Williams is raising eyebrows yet again. In an op-ed for The Hill, the liberal commentator referred to President Biden as “our third Black president.” The unprecedented claim sparked backlash online. The United States has had only one African-American president, though Toni Morrison famously called Bill Clinton “the first Black president.” Williams […]
Former adviser to President Trump, Jared Kushner says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) told family friends the President’s son-in-law was heading for jail over his link to a since-debunked claim the Trump 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. “My poor mom, I told her to stop, you know reading whatever, I said, ‘I promise you, […]
The Biden administration ignited controversy last month when it released $6 billion in Iranian oil profits to secure the release of five American citizens imprisoned by the Islamic Republic. However, the U.S. and Qatar have now decided to block Tehran’s access to the funds. Despite restrictions on the money, critics believed unfreezing it would help […]
By Tom Knighton Bearing Arms Many of us are parents. Our kids are either young or were at one time. My daughter is closing in on being 12-years-old and it amazes me how much she’s grown. Yet like most kids her age, she’s interested in all sorts of things not entirely different than what girls were […]
Former president and current GOP front-runner Donald Trump made news last night with his take on the Israel-Hamas war. With hundreds of Jewish families slaughtered and Israeli airstrikes bombarding Gaza, Trump criticized Israel’s leaders, beginning with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for not participating in the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Trump also […]
Senator Bob Menendez’s legal woes have gotten worse. The Justice Department has announced additional charges against New Jersey’s senior United States senator and his wife for conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. Thursday’s superseding indictment alleges Menendez “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” Menendez […]
Harvard Students Bolster Anti-Semitism On Campus
Thirty-four student groups at Harvard University signed a letter earlier this week in response to the attack on Israel by Hamas that left 1,200 dead and at least 2,700 wounded. That letter blamed Israel for the attacks. “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence. The apartheid regime is the only […]