Kevin McCarthy is about to get the payback he’s sought for so long. McCarthy confirmed his intention to boot Reps. Swalwell, Schiff and Omar from the influential Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees. The move is retaliation for Nancy Pelosi kicking Republican firebrands Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from their panel assignments. Greene “liked” a […]
A powerful group of Republican donors is calling for a change in leadership at the Republican National Committee (RNC). On Monday, more than two dozen Republicans wrote in a letter stating their support for former Trump attorney Harmeet Dhillon‘s challenge to current RNC chair Ronna McDaniel. Several of the individuals listed in the letter have […]
One of the House’s most well-known Republicans has suffered a stinging defeat to a congressman sworn in just days ago. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, is widely regarded as a rising star in the Republican Party. Yet his glow appears to have dimmed, at least temporarily among conservatives, after he called the hardliners who nearly derailed Kevin […]
In a new piece, Gizmodo creates its own disinformation while reprimanding others for spreading disinformation. The problem is about Damar Hamlin and what people are saying about his collapse. Some are suggesting that it’s all a result of the vaccine. Others are pointing out that cardiac arrest as a result of a severe blow to the […]
Personal lawyers for President Joe Biden discovered classified documents from his time as vice president in his former office at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. Mr. Biden had an office there from 2017 to 2020. Now, a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney is combing through the records at the behest […]
ANALYSIS – As far back as the tsars, Russian leaders have long worried about the ability of their nation to survive. For centuries they believed Russia needed to expand or die. This fear only grew with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the loss of Russia’s buffer colonies in Eastern Europe and the peeling […]
Democrats in the state of Colorado are renewing their attempt to ban some of America’s most commonly owned firearms. Two members of Colorado’s House of Representatives – Reps. Bosenecker and Epps, as well as State Senator Fields, are the original co-sponsors of new legislation that aims to classify the possession of an “assault weapon” as […]
Nebraska’s Junior Senator Ben Sasse has formally resigned from his role, effective yesterday. Sasse will be leaving Washington to take on the role of president of the University of Florida, returning to a career in higher education. Sasse was announced as a search committee’s finalist for the role last fall. Droves of students at the […]
Donald Trump has a strong message for Senate Republicans. The former President called for the ouster of roughly a third of the Republican Senate caucus following the passing of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. According to Mediaite, Trump initially took to social media to congratulate Kevin McCarthy on becoming Speaker after 15 rounds of votes […]
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has reportedly been hospitalized in Orlando, FL with “abdominal pain.” Bolsonaro’s hospitalization comes a day after a mob of his supporters stormed the government buildings in Brasilia in protest of new president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The rioting included demonstrators storming Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidential palace. […]
Two recent stories on the 2022 elections offer cautionary tales for the major political parties and the people who identify with them. The short version: ignore the noise and focus on getting out the vote. The noise to ignore: polling. That’s hard to do in a world where political narratives are sometimes almost indistinguishable from […]
What Happens if Russia Collapses? And Why It Could Be Very Bad
ANALYSIS – Previously, I wrote about why we should be preparing for a collapse of Russia, especially if the Ukraine war ends in defeat for Vladimir Putin. Russia has always been held together by raw power and repression internally and military expansion externally. And now, with a war in Ukraine (against all of NATO by proxy) that […]