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February 22, 2020

Whitmer Creates Prescription Task Force to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order on Friday that created a task force aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs.

February 22, 2020

Commentary: Trump Will Be Judged by the Present State of the Economy in 2020

“Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in American history.”

February 22, 2020

Keith Ellison Asks for Examples of Bernie Bros ‘Being Bad,’ Steve Scalise Responds

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, said on Twitter this week that he has “never seen” a supporter of the Vermont socialist “being unusually mean or rude.”

February 22, 2020

Commentary: Rescuing the GOP’s Climate Policy From Absurdity

For the fanatics on the far Left, and perhaps even for those deranged millions in the middle of the Democratic pack, there is nothing a Republican can say about “climate” that would impress them. As far as they’re concerned, Republicans...

February 22, 2020

Minneapolis Source Says Ilhan Omar Told Her Friends That Her Second Husband Was Her Brother

A source in Minneapolis’ Somali community said this week that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) told her friends years ago that her second husband was in fact her brother.

February 22, 2020

Parents Ask Court to Stop Schools From Helping Children Make Gender Transitions

A group of Wisconsin parents is asking a state court to halt a public school district’s policy that they say instructs teachers to assist and encourage children in adopting transgender identities without notifying—and possibly while deceiving—parents.

February 22, 2020

President Trump, RNC Announce $10 Million Initiative to Fight Democrat Voter Fraud

A joint effort between President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee has been announced, with the two groups vowing to spend at least $10 million in various lawsuits against Democratic efforts to commit voter fraud in key...

February 22, 2020

ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens in California Courthouse, Flouting New State Law

US immigration agents arrested two illegal aliens at a Northern California courthouse this week, ignoring a new state law requiring a judicial warrant to make immigration arrests inside courthouses.

February 22, 2020

Bloomberg to Release Women From NDAs After Warren Slams Him With ‘Horse-Faced Lesbian’ Comments

2020 presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg announced Friday that he will release women from their non-disclosure agreements related to sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuits.

February 22, 2020

US, Taliban Set to Sign Deal

ISLAMABAD - In simultaneously issued statements, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the Taliban announced Friday that a deal between the U.S. and the Taliban will be signed February 29, paving the way toward ending the longest American war...

February 22, 2020

Rashida Tlaib Speaks at Democratic Socialists Event, Says Student Debt Tied to ‘Racial Discrimination’

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) spoke this week at an event hosted by the Young Democratic Socialists of America at Wayne State University.

February 21, 2020

University of Michigan Encouraging Former Students Abused by Athletic Doctor to Reach Out

The University of Michigan released a statement on Wednesday asking for any former patients of an athletic doctor at the school who believe they were sexually abused to contact the university.

February 21, 2020

Report: Trump Administration Mulls Guest Worker Proposal

President Trump is reportedly considering a guest worker proposal that has conservative immigration hawks ringing alarm bells.

February 21, 2020

Bloomberg Is Reportedly Paying Californians to Post Pro-Bloomberg Content Ahead of Primary

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is deputizing hundreds of Californians to post and text their friends messages supporting the candidate, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

February 21, 2020

Commentary: California Dreaming

The California Republican Party has become sclerotic and impotent. A fresh policy agenda and political strategy could go a long way towards rebuilding the party. But part of rebuilding the party is not losing sight of why we need to...

February 21, 2020

K.T. McFarland Says Mueller Interrogators Put Her Through ‘Hell’ and Left Her ‘Traumatized’

Longtime Republican politico K.T. McFarland said in a radio interview Wednesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team pressured her for “20, 30, 40 hours of hell” to either cop a plea or implicate other Trump associates in crimes, even though...

February 21, 2020

Few Asylum Seekers Have Legitimate Claims, Latest Data Indicate

The majority of asylum applications are being denied in the U.S. immigration court system, supporting a narrative by border hawks that most asylum seekers are lodging bogus claims.

February 21, 2020

Michigan Dems Want to Amend Sex Ed Curricula to Be ‘Inclusive of Same-Sex Relationships’ and ‘Gender Expression’

Michigan House Democrats have introduced a slate of bills to provide what they describe as "much-needed updates to the sexual education curriculum" taught in the state’s public schools.

February 20, 2020

Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Roger Stone to 40 months in prison Thursday.

February 20, 2020

Commentary: The Impatience of the Democratic Primary

A few takeaways after two weeks of stomping where the candidates were stumping and stalking Democratic voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. “It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes.” Or in the case of the Democrats’...

February 20, 2020

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Target Bloomberg at Fiery Nevada Debate

WASHINGTON - Six U.S. Democratic presidential candidates squared off in a contentious debate late Wednesday, with billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg the target of sharp attacks from his challengers in their first face-to-face encounter.

February 20, 2020

Architect of Michigan’s ‘McDonald’s for Drugs’ Operation Gets 30 Years

The architect of a Detroit-based drug ring described by many former customers as the “McDonald’s for drugs” was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last Friday.

February 20, 2020

Carol Swain Commentary: A Dangerous Revisionist History of America’s Founding Pushes a False and Destructive Narrative

Under the guise of a venture called the “1619 Project,” revisionist history about race in America is being introduced into classrooms across America without undergoing the normal peer review expected of educational materials. August 2019 marked the birth of the...

February 20, 2020

Massachusetts City Allowing Illegal Aliens to Drive Without A License

City councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, voted to prohibit police officers from arresting illegal aliens if they are caught operating a vehicle without a license.

February 20, 2020

Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 2,000

WASHINGTON - The death toll from the new coronavirus climbed past the 2,000 mark Wednesday, China's health commission announced, even while the number of confirmed cases hit a monthly low.

February 20, 2020

Mexican Citizen Arrested for Working with Russians

A Mexican citizen was charged Tuesday with being an “unregistered foreign agent” for Russia. He is accused of spying on at least one U.S. informant in South Florida.

February 20, 2020

Emails: Burisma Consultant Linked to Hunter Biden Approached Top State Department Official to Arrange Ukraine Meeting

A Democratic consultant working for Burisma Holdings and connected to Hunter Biden approached Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken at an event for a liberal think tank in June 2016 to arrange a meeting to discuss “troubling events” in Ukraine,...

February 20, 2020

The Trump Admin Is Waiving Contracting Laws to Expedite Border Wall Construction

The Trump administration is waiving federal contracting laws to hasten the time it takes to build border walls between the U.S. and Mexico.

February 20, 2020

Commentary: How the Ruling Class Might Elect Bloomberg and Realign American Politics

The Democratic Party’s establishment might well succeed in making Michael Bloomberg president of the United States—not on Election Night 2020, however. But it could happen if a third party were to win some electoral votes and, with no candidate receiving...

February 20, 2020

Bill Aimed At Reducing Teacher Shortage Introduced to House

A bill proposed to the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday could help ease the teacher shortage in Michigan.

February 19, 2020

State Land Bank Announces Open Applications for $50,000 Grant to Remove Blight from Small Communities

The State Land Bank Authority announced on Tuesday that it will be opening a second round of applications for the Michigan Rural Community Demolition Grants. The $50,000 grants allow smaller communities in Michigan to eliminate blight to help improve their...

February 19, 2020

Commentary: Bernie Sanders, Not Jeff Bezos, Is the Face of Greed

Until Bernie Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1981, he had never held a steady job. Almost 40, he had been “virtually unemployed” his entire adult life. Those who knew Sanders before he was elected mayor say “he...

February 19, 2020

Buttigieg: Legal Immigration Not Letting Enough People in America

Breitbart reports former Mayor Pete Buttigieg complained on Monday that America’s legal immigration system was not allowing enough immigrants into the United States.

February 19, 2020

Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy Admits He Secretly Met With Iranian Foreign Minister

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) admitted Tuesday morning that he and several other Democrats did indeed hold a secret meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference last week, arguing that it would be dangerous NOT...

February 19, 2020

George Soros Demands Facebook Oust Zuckerberg for Supposedly Being in League With Trump

Billionaire financier George Soros stepped up his campaign Tuesday to thwart what he says is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to help President Donald Trump win reelection in 2020.

February 19, 2020

Commentary: The Chinese Threat the Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want You to Know About

While we were distracted, the communist Chinese government, the largest dictatorial regime on earth, has been lobbying all fifty of our U.S. governors to make deals. These “deals” promise infusions of cash into state budgets, but with insidious strings attached...

February 19, 2020

Trump Commutes Blagojevich’s Sentence, Pardons Other High Profile Individuals

After thinking about it for over a year, President Trump announced on Tuesday that he has granted clemency to Rod Blagojevich, the Democrat Illinois governor who was convicted in 2010 of a wide array of corruption charges.

February 19, 2020

‘Pandering to the Left’: Former ICE Chief Reacts to 2020 Democrats’ ‘Flip-Flop’ On Immigration

Former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan accused 2020 Democrats of “pandering to the left” when discussing changes in their immigration positions.

February 19, 2020

Trump Activists Mobbed on Ohio University Campus While Officers Watched

Two conservative activists were mobbed and harassed Monday on Ohio University’s Athens campus while multiple police officers watched.

February 19, 2020

Whitmer Declares February Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared February as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, encouraging Michigan resident to educate themselves, their families and their communities about the dangers of abuse within relationships.

February 19, 2020

Michigan Democrat Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving Charge

State Rep. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) pleaded guilty Tuesday to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a lower charge than she initially faced.

February 18, 2020

Superintendent Rice Praises Whitmer Education Budget Proposal

State Superintendent Michael Rice (pictured above) praised the school funding increases included in the budget proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying it set the path for a growth within the Michigan school system.

February 18, 2020

Commentary: The Myth of the Moderate Democrat

Our friend Deroy Murdock posted a great column about the Democrat candidates for President which we caught on NewsMax. Mr. Murdock’s point was that while not all of those still in the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President may...

February 18, 2020

Trump Raises Stakes in Fight with Boris Johnson, Says Using Huawei Jeopardizes US Intelligence

President Donald Trump issued a warning Sunday to countries that use Chinese tech company firm, Huawei.

February 18, 2020

ICE Slaps Another ‘Sanctuary’ State with Subpoenas to Force Cooperation

Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) served immigration subpoenas to the State of Connecticut demanding information on three criminal illegal aliens, whom local officials refused to hand over and instead released back into the community, ICE said in a statement.

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