Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was “attacked” by an “insane” woman while dining with her staff at a restaurant Monday night. “I was attacked in a restaurant tonight by an insane woman and screamed at by her adult son,” Greene said in a tweet. “They had no respect for the restaurant or the staff […]
AARP: Seniors’ Lobby or Insurance Company?
Washington, D.C. – Washington is full of special interest groups whose reputations make them formidable participants in the ongoing battle over what the government should be doing. Among the most powerful of these groups is AARP. Formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, it has, over the years, been transformed into a network of well-informed, […]
San Francisco Reparations Plan Recommends $5 Million per Person
Can you put a price on overcoming historical injustices? According to a commission appointed by the city of San Francisco, the answer is a resounding yes. In its draft reparations plan, San Francisco’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee recommends the city pay qualifying Black residents $5 million each, compensation for racial discrimination from decades past. […]
Is Local Media Too Big To Fail, Too?
Many news organizations are struggling to stay afloat, particularly those at the local level. As these outlets reduce staff, or close outright, there’s a growing concern…from the press…that so-called “news deserts” will engulf more of the country and eventually become so great as to threaten democracy itself. Setting aside the substantial self-interest underlying these concerns, […]
Hearing Exposes How Child Labor Overseas Helps to Power Biden’s Green Agenda
In a dramatic hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, members of the Republican majority exposed, in detail, how the billions of dollars in “green energy” spending under President Joe Biden administration’s “Inflation Reduction Act” will fuel child slave labor and create widescale toxic pollution. “U.S. dependence on foreign sources for critical minerals […]
Biden and Trump Atop the Polls Ahead of 2024, but Even Their Parties Want To Move On
Despite leading in their respective party primaries ahead of a 2024 election rematch, most Republicans and Democrats do not consider former President Donald Trump or President Joe Biden their party’s leaders and wish someone else were. The latest Associated Press/NORC survey finds that while 41 percent of Democrats consider Joe Biden to be their party’s […]
After Intense Competition, Boeing’s Military Refueling Aircraft Is the Only Responsible Choice
Have you ever had to do a complicated job without the right tools? For more than a decade, having the right equipment was a life-or-death matter for me and some of my closest friends. I was an Army Ranger whose job included, but wasn’t limited to, dropping into Afghan combat zones at night, securing them […]
Leading ‘Defund the Police’ Democrat Congresswoman Marries Private Security Guard
Democrats are once again embodying the phrase “rules for thee but not for me.” Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri’s First Congressional District has married a private security guard previously paid $62,359 by her campaign in salary and expense reimbursements, per Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. STL Today notes that per FEC regulations, members of a candidate’s […]
Biden’s Energy Department Concludes COVID-19 Likely Resulted From Lab Leak
ANALYSIS – Since the first reported outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 virus in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the ‘Wuhan Virus’ as it was originally dubbed has been surrounded by mystery, paranoia, misinformation and fanaticism. While some analysts, like me, immediately focused on the presence of a Chinese government Level 4 Biosafety Lab (BSL-4) within […]