On Thursday, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) tapped former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) to fill the Senate seat vacated by former Sen. Ben Sasse (R) earlier this month. Ricketts will now serve until January 2025, according to The Hill. Under Nebraska state law, Rickets will have to run in a special election in 2024 to fill the remaining […]
Teen Vogue pushes very heavily on its readers on the subjects of trans legislation and critical race theory. The magazine claims that its mission is to “Educate the influencers of tomorrow.” This is different from what they’re doing here, which is to demand adherence to the extreme end of the ideological spectrum. This goes far […]
After nearly a year in Russian detention, a U.S. Navy veteran is on his way home. The welcomed news for Taylor Dudley and his family comes after months of negotiations with Russian authorities spearheaded by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D). Russian border police arrested Dudley after the 35-year-old from Lansing, Michigan, crossed the […]
There’s a new turn in the Boston bomber case. On Tuesday, The attorney for the surviving Boston Marathon bomber asked a federal appeals court to overturn his client’s death sentence. Daniel Habib, who represents Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is arguing his client’s death sentence should be overturned because of juror misconduct during the trial. The death sentence was first […]
Multiple outlets have reported tonight that Biden aides discovered a second trove of classified documents from the days of the Obama White House. The newly disclosed documents were in Biden’s possession at a separate location from the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. Per Fox News: A source told NBC News, which first […]
It is energy, stupid. While the progressive press acted like the world was ending with the 15 rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy, it was not a do-or-die moment. Now comes the time for Speaker McCarthy to be a hero or a zero. The inside-the-beltway Republican activists and commentators are all clamoring for investigations […]
Legislators in the midwestern state of Nebraska are plowing ahead at full speed toward making their state the 26th in the nation to enact permitless carry laws. A permitless carry bill – known this term as Legislative Bill 77 – has again been introduced in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, after efforts to pass similar legislation stalled […]
A Detroit suburb’s city council has approved the use of in-home animal sacrifices for religious reasons. The Hamtramck City Council’s 3-2 vote allows for the practice, which is relatively common in the Muslim community during the holiday of Eid al-Adha. A goat or sheep, most often, is slaughtered. The animal’s meat is then shared between […]
A second California Democrat is preparing to announce their campaign for the seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. According to reports from The Hill, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) is planning to become the second prominent entrant into California’s Senate race. A source informed The Hill that Lee told members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) […]
Democrat Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning “assault weapons” in his state. The legislation, known as the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” seeks to immediately ban “the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in IL.” Earlier this week, the legislation was passed through both chambers of the Illinois legislature. […]
Globalization is out of fashion in politics, and there’s no near-term sign the practice will rise to its pre-COVID, pre-populist level again. But do global businesses feel the same way? Are they prepared, or even willing, to shorten their supply lines, reshore their operations, and root for the home team? Conventional wisdom says “no.” But […]
House Democrats Join Republicans to Help Pass GOP Majority’s First Pro-Life Measures
Some Democrats — we’re looking at you, Jerry Nadler — balk at the idea of babies receiving appropriate care after surviving a late-term abortion. The New York congressman criticized the concept again yesterday before the House of Representatives passed a new pro-life bill. H.R. 26, also known as the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, would […]