On Tuesday, Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of legislation striking down the Biden administration’s controversial decision to block federal funding for school shooting sports courses. In a 424-1 vote, the House approved the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act with 216 Republicans and 208 Democrats voting in its favor. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) was the sole legislator to vote […]
San Fransisco Mayor London Breed (D) unveiled a controversial proposal Tuesday to require anyone receiving welfare to comply with mandatory drug testing and treatment programs as the city struggles to get a handle on its drug and homelessness issues. While announcing the plan with Supervisor Matt Dorsey, a recovering addict and former spokesperson for the police […]
ANALYSIS – Even as the indictments pile up, or maybe because of them, a new national NBC News poll finds former President Donald Trump expanding his national lead in the Republican presidential nominating contest to 43 points over his nearest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump leads the first-choice field with 59% of national Republican primary […]
On Wednesday, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D) pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges. Menendez’s wife and other two businessmen, Uribe and Daibe, are set to be arraigned later Wednesday. Last Friday, the Democrat Senator and his wife were indicted on multiple charges including conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and […]
WEDNESDAY PDB – Beijing hits back at Manila over Scarborough Shoal barrier ‘farce.’ Chinese foreign ministry insists the shoal is Chinese territory and dismisses the removal of its barrier of buoys by the Philippines. I wrote about this here. Beijing backed down last month over the Second Thomas Shoal when Filipino vessels resupplied a small Filipino outpost […]
Under a new Biden administration rule, private companies seeking government contracts must reveal their “greenhouse gas” emissions, and a plan to eliminate them, to a foreign organization run by a secretive Democrat Party donor. U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas has sent a letter to Biden’s Director of the Office of […]
The North Korean government has reportedly released U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King back into U.S. custody after months of imprisonment in the totalitarian nation. The Associated Press reported later that two Defense Department officials — speaking anonymously — confirmed that King had been turned over to U.S. custody in China. “The relevant organ of the […]
ANALYSIS – As tens of thousands of undocumented migrants flood into the country weekly, former President Donald Trump is vowing to deport many of them. While other GOP presidential candidates have talked tough on the border, only Trump has promised to go this far. There should always be exceptions, but Trump believes most who have […]
Senate negotiators have unveiled a 79-page bill to fund the government until Nov. 17 in hopes of averting a shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described the measure as a “bridge” to avoid a shutdown. The Hill has more: “Senate Democrats and Republicans, together, worked in good faith to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution […]
A New York judge delivered some bad news to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday. New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron found former President Trump liable for fraud in Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) case against Trump’s businesses. The New York Judge granted James’s request to find Trump liable for the first of seven causes […]
As the political class slinks almost inevitably towards a government shutdown, there will be consequences far beyond simply closing down national parks and assorted government offices. There are the political consequences, of course. Traditionally, that’s meant Republicans getting the blame in the press, if not necessarily at the polls. There are economic consequences too, which […]
Is Donald Trump An Insult To Reagan’s Conservative Legacy?
There’s a feud within the GOP that has tongues and fingers wagging. The opposing sides: the fans, defenders, and true believers in Ronald Reagan’s conservative legacy and their equally fervent counterparts who’ve enlisted in the populist ranks of Donald Trump. It’s the sort of feud that doesn’t have ripples much beyond those most directly involved. […]