By W. James Antle III, Politics Editor President Joe Biden’s team had hoped the signing of the infrastructure law last year would be a turning point for the administration. No such luck. Instead, Biden’s position has looked weaker despite some other positives he could point to — falling unemployment, a respectable January jobs report and the upward revision […]
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Charlie Savage is the reason no one trusts journalists
By Conn Carroll, Commentary Editor If you want to know why trust in journalism is at an all-time low, look no further than the latest apologia written by Charlie Savage of the New York Times. Last Friday, Special Counsel John Durham filed a motion asking a federal court to secure a waiver from defendant Michael Sussmann, acknowledging that Sussmann’s […]
How did Outkick get the goods on Stacey Abrams while the media dropped the ball?
By Becket Adams, Senior Commentary Writer Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’s campaign launched just last December, yet she is already in full-blown panic mode. Newly surfaced photos show the extent to which Abrams went unmasked at a campaign event last Friday at an elementary school in Decatur, Georgia. The images, which were reported first by Outkick, […]
The Party of Insurrection
By David Kupelian One year after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, President Joe Biden gravely informed the nation that the incident, during which exactly one person, an unarmed female pro-Trump protester, was killed – unnecessarily shot to death at close range, without warning, by a Capitol Hill policeman – was “the most significant test of our democracy since […]
Biden Administration Is Withdrawing OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
By Jack Phillips The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Tuesday it will formally withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses with 100 or more employees on Wednesday. The agency issued an announcement in the Federal Register that it will withdraw its rule, known as an emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required companies to […]
Federal Appeals Court Rules Two California Counties Violated Rights With Pandemic Gun Store Shutdowns
By Katabella Roberts A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that two California counties violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups sued the state in March 2020 (pdf) over the shutdowns after gun and ammunition stores were deemed […]
Manchin and Sinema Vote With Republicans Against Changing Senate Rules for Elections Overhaul
By Ivan Pentchoukov Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) joined Republican senators on Jan. 19 to vote down an attempt by the Democrats to change the rules of the U.S. Senate in order to pass a major elections overhaul bill that was a top priority for President Joe Biden. Manchin and Sinema […]
The Escalating Nationwide Battle Over Private Millions to Bankroll Public Elections
By Real Clear Investigations Democrats across the country are pushing to continue allowing private money to fund public elections as Republicans try to limit the practice, which they say gave Joe Biden an unfair and perhaps decisive advantage in his victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential contest. So far at least 10 Republican-controlled states […]
White House Report Card: Biden’s shrinking presidency stalling out
By Paul Bedard Washington Secrets Columnist This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden and his agenda stalled out, leaving him little to brag about on his one-year anniversary Thursday. The biggest events of the week look like former President Donald Trump wrote them: a 33% approval rating, a sloppy voting rights speech that insulted even Democrats, […]
Fact-checker busts Biden and Harris as they demand death of filibuster
By Bob Unruh Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are campaigning right now for the Senate to kill its longstanding filibuster rule that essentially requires at least a small level of participation from the minority party for legislation to move forward. And they have been caught using “hyperbole.” Or as the Washington Examiner characterized them, “false or misleading […]
‘Very Disturbing’: Watchdog Finds Fundraising Surges for Secretary of State Candidates in Swing State
By Isabel Van Brugen Fundraising has spiked for candidates running for secretary of state in the key swing states of Georgia, Michigan, and Minnesota compared to past cycles, according to a new report. The report, released on Wednesday by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, showed that campaign donations across the three states so far, based […]
Stocks of Trump SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp Soar After Social Media App Sets Launch Date
By Katabella Roberts Shares of the company which is taking former President Donald Trump’s social media platform public rose nearly 20 percent on Thursday after a listing on Apple’s app store showed an expected start date of Feb. 21—the U.S. Presidents’ Day holiday. Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Corp., a Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicle (SPAC), announced in October that […]