Finally, a breakthrough. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has become the 55th speaker of the House after a historic 15 rounds of voting. Following a days-long impasse, Republican leadership broke the deadlock on the 12th ballot when 14 Republicans switched their votes to Kevin McCarthy. It wasn’t enough to give McCarthy the majority needed to wield […]
High Profile Correspondent Announces Departure from CNN
CNN is losing one of its top journalists. National correspondent Suzanne Malveaux announced Friday she is leaving CNN after two decades. The Hill reported that Malveaux wrote in a letter to colleagues announcing her decision to leave the network, Malveaux said she would be working with the family of Nelson Mandela on a project that will […]
Finally, a Good Use for Facebook? Putin Forces Europe to Get Creative With Energy Sources
Europe’s forced transition away from Russian gas and oil has led to inflation, civil discontent and…a possible effective, real-world use for crypto mining, data centers, social media sites and so on. As The Wall Street Journal reports, all that online activity not only consumes a lot of energy, it also produces a huge amount of […]
Trump Repeats Plan to Send Special Ops to Deal With Mexican Drug Cartels Amidst Broken Border
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with respected national security expert Paul Crespo and the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries […]
Chaos Erupts in Mexico Ahead of Biden’s Border Visit
A wave of unrest has gripped Northern Mexico ahead of a visit to Mexico City by President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The state visit by Biden includes a stop at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a pre-dawn raid Thursday, Mexican authorities arrested Ovidio Guzmán, the son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín […]
Russia’s Wagner Group – Dangerously Effective or Ruthlessly Impotent?
ANALYSIS – The Wagner Group, Vladimir Putin’s ruthless but unofficial private mercenary army, deployed for years in Africa with mixed results, is again raising concerns in the West. I have written about them here, here and here. Most recently, it has deployed to Ukraine to stiffen the resolve of the less than effective regular Russian army troops […]
Democrat Governor to Cross Party Lines and Nominate Republican to Key State Office
Incoming Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro appears ready to work with Republicans and can even prove it. New reports indicate his plans to cross party lines to nominate Republican Al Schmidt as secretary of the Commonwealth. “Al Schmidt has a proven track record of defending our democracy, protecting voting rights, and standing up to extremism […]
Matt Gaetz Says He’ll Resign From Congress if Republicans and Dems Elect Consensus Speaker Candidate
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said he would resign to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham last night on the off chance Democrats and the Republican establishment join forces to elect a moderate Republican speaker of the House. With 222 Republicans in the House, McCarthy went in to the first vote for speaker on Tuesday, knowing he could […]
South Carolina Supreme Court Strikes Down Fetal Heartbeat Law
Abortion rights activists have scored a significant victory in deep red South Carolina. In a 3-2 decision, the South Carolina Supreme Court struck down the Palmetto State’s six-week abortion ban, saying it didn’t give women sufficient time to obtain an abortion and violated the right to privacy. The ruling means that the deliberate termination of […]
Key Reagan and Bush Spokesman Dead at 81
Peter Roussel, known for his work with three past presidents has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 81 years old. Roussel worked as the Press Secretary for George H. W. Bush prior to his presidency when Bush was a member of the U.S. Congress and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He […]
Media Still Lying About Florida’s Conservative Cultural Revolution
ProPublica tells us the terrifying story of a sociologist having to change his teaching because of the oppression of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Stop Woke Act means that he can no longer teach his college classes about how white oppression and racial injustice are the base structure of American society. There are two problems […]