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June 14, 2021

New Movement Teaches American Kids How to Think, Not What to Think

An American educator is persuading schools to implement viewpoint diversity in the classroom. Erin McLaughlin is a teacher from Pennsylvania who is making headlines with her approach to classroom instruction. She argues that viewpoint diversity, which is teaching students how to think...

June 14, 2021

Commentary: Media Begins Its Meddling in the 2024 Primary

In March 2018, then-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) took to the lectern to announce he had received “assurances” that President Trump was not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller. “We have a system based upon the rule of law in this country.”...

June 14, 2021

Commentary: The Rise of ‘Bull Moose’ Populism Is What’s Giving Life to the GOP

Former President Teddy Roosevelt felt “strong as a bull moose” after losing the Republican presidential nomination in 1912. Now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s legacy, that “bull moose” energy is on the winning side of the GOP’s 2022 primary season....

June 14, 2021

Husband of Ashli Babbitt Files Lawsuit to Demand Name of Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Her

The widower of Ashi Babbitt, the Air Force veteran who was killed by a Capitol Police officer on January 6th, has filed a lawsuit seeking to finally uncover the name of the guilty officer, the New York Post reports. Aaron Babbitt filed...

June 14, 2021

Albion College Makes Kendi’s ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ Required Reading for First-Year Students

Albion College recently announced its selection for the 2021 Common Reading Experience: "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi. The Richard M. Smith Common Reading Experience is a mandatory program for all first-year students. According to the school’s website, “all of...

June 14, 2021

Biden Lifts Economic Ban on Chinese Military Tech Company

Joe Biden signed an executive order updating the United States’ list of blacklisted Chinese companies, dropping the ban on at least one company that was originally put on the list by President Donald Trump, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Biden lifted the...

June 14, 2021

Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents Skyrocketed During the Pandemic, CDC Report Shows

Suicide-related emergency room visits among both adolescent girls and boys spiked amid the pandemic and continued to surge as lockdowns persisted, according to a government health report. Emergency room (ER) mental health visits increased 31% among children aged 12-17 years old in...

June 14, 2021

Biden Bureau of Land Management Nominee Tracy Stone-Manning Was Involved in ‘Eco-Terrorism’ Case, Resulted in College Roommate’s Conviction, Prison Sentence, Court Records Show

President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning, received legal immunity to testify in a 1993 criminal trial, court documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. The trial resulted in a 17 month...

June 14, 2021

Four States to Slash COVID-19 Unemployment Aid Saturday

Four states will be cutting pandemic unemployment increases three months early, ending the supplemental $300 in federal aid. Alaska, Iowa, Missouri, and Mississippi will end pandemic-related unemployment relief on June 12. An additional 21 Republican-led states will slash federal aid...

June 14, 2021

New York Mayoral Candidate Refuses to Answer Whether She Thinks the U.S. Is Comparable to the Taliban

New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley would not say whether she thinks the U.S. is comparable to the Taliban Thursday, video shows. Wiley was questioned about Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments comparing the U.S. and Israel to the...

June 14, 2021

James Murdoch Gave $20 Million to Biden, Progressive Groups in 2020

James Murdoch funneled $100 million into his Quadrivium Foundation, which gives to many progressive causes, and donated another $20 million to Democratic groups, CNBC reported. James and his wife Kathryn Murdoch, who are notoriously active political donors, gave $20 million to...

June 14, 2021

The Two Chinese Scientists Who Shipped Live Ebola Viruses from Canadian Lab to Wuhan Lab Seem to Have Disappeared

The two Chinese scientists who were expelled from a high-security lab in Canada two years ago for “possible breaches of security protocols,” have allegedly disappeared amid an ongoing investigation. The scientists, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng, had their...

June 14, 2021

Commentary: Another January 6 Falsehood: $30 Million in Damages to the Capitol

The U.S. Capitol Police on Monday morning conducted what it called a “routine” training exercise on the grounds of the Capitol. The stagecraft, almost five months to the day from the January 6 protest, involved emergency vehicles and helicopters. The agency warned...

June 14, 2021

‘Dark Stores’ Squeeze Michigan City Tax Revenue

Vacant big box stores in Michigan become tax-reducing boons to retail companies statewide when those establishments have property assessed at rates sometimes 50% lower than previous rates. This is known as a “dark stores” strategy, which often leaves local taxpayers...

June 13, 2021

FLASHBACK: Atlanta’s Fox 5 Reported on COVID-19 Outbreak in October at Fulton County Election Preparation Center Warehouse Where Absentee Ballots from Drop Boxes Were Delivered

A little more than two weeks prior to the 2020 election, Atlanta's Fox5 TV reported on a COVID-19 outbreak at the Fulton County Election warehouse.

June 13, 2021

$6 Trillion Biden Budget Formally Refers to Mothers as ‘Birthing People’

Joe Biden’s proposed budget for the year 2022 was found to contain anti-scientific language that eliminates the concept of gender from the act of childbirth, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The budget plan, which costs a record-breaking total of $6...

June 13, 2021

Commentary: Make Communist China Pay for COVID-19

As the world slowly begins to emerge from the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic and American elites develop an interest in the formerly dismissed Wuhan lab leak theory, it is time to focus attention where it belongs: punishing a rogue...

June 13, 2021

Commentary: Combating Global Food Insecurity

As COVID-19, violent conflicts, and natural disasters persist around the world, an increasing number of people face an additional crisis: food insecurity. Although food insecurity existed in many low- and middle-income countries prior to 2020, it is clear that the...

June 13, 2021

Commentary: Minimum Wage Hikes Led to Lower Worker Compensation, New Research Shows

Opponents of minimum wage laws tend to focus their criticism on one particular adverse consequence: by artificially raising the price of labor, they reduce employment, particularly for the most vulnerable in society. “Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially so among the...

June 13, 2021

Activists Look to the Future of Oil Pipelines Following Keystone XL Cancellation

After the cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline struck a blow to the oil industry, energy jobs activists are pushing back by warning of increased costs and touting the benefits of transporting oil via pipeline. TC Energy Corporation announced on...

June 13, 2021

Trump Justice Department Had Previously Been Investigating House Democrats for Corruption: Report

Officials from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice had reportedly been investigating House Democrats for possibly corruption, even going so far as to subpoena Apple for data from several members’ iPhones and other devices, as reported by ABC News. The claim...

June 13, 2021

Six Times in a Row, Becerra Refuses to Admit Partial Birth Abortion Is Illegal

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra repeatedly refused Thursday to acknowledge that partial birth abortion is illegal in the U.S. Becerra falsely denied last month that there is an existing law banning partial birth abortion, apparently forgetting the law that he...

June 13, 2021

Commentary: China’s Three-Child Policy Shows Xi Jinping Is Terrified

The Chinese government has carried out a massive population control campaign since the 1970s with the hope that it would generate economic prosperity. The government unremorsefully forced women to receive abortions, pressured or forced millions of women to be sterilized, and punished families with...

June 13, 2021

Unvaccinated Students at New Hampshire High School Marked and Tracked at Prom

Unvaccinated students who attended Exeter High School’s prom on Saturday were marked with numbers and contact traced throughout the course of the night, a school spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Students attending the event “who were unable to...

June 13, 2021

Medical Journal Article Calls ‘Whiteness’ a ‘Parasitic-Like Condition’

A recent article in an academic medical journal made the absurd declaration that being White is a “malignant” and “parasitic-like condition,” with no “permanent cure,” as reported by Fox News. The racist and pseudo-scientific claim was made in the Journal...

June 13, 2021

Chauvin Trial Overtime Cost Nearly $3 million

Ramped-up security during the three weeks of Derek Chauvin's trial cost taxpayers nearly $3 million, the Minneapolis Police Department said Thursday. Citing unexpected costs, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo asked the Minneapolis City Council for an additional $5 million. The MPD has 632...

June 13, 2021

State Board of Elections Must Certify Unlock Michigan Petition, Michigan Supreme Court Rules

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday the Board of State Canvassers must certify the Unlock Michigan petition to remove Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 1945 emergency powers. In April, the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 three times on votes whether to certify or...

June 12, 2021

Feds: Illegal Immigration Continued to Worsen in May

The surge in illegal immigration at the southern border continues to worsen, May numbers show, as the Biden administration takes more criticism for its handling of the issue. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released new data on the crisis at the southern...

June 12, 2021

Commentary: Massive Government Spending Has Caused High Inflation Levels and a Weakening U.S. Dollar

Inflation is up 4.92 percent the past 12 months as of May, the most since July 2008’s 5.5 percent, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, amid a torrent of trillions of dollars of government spending, Federal Reserve money printing and...

June 12, 2021

Rare Heart Inflammation Following COVID-19 Vaccination Sparks Emergency CDC Meeting

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss reports of a rare heart inflammation following doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in an emergency meeting, it announced Thursday. The emergency meeting, set to take place on June 18, will include updates...

June 12, 2021

Judge Halts Debt Relief Program for Farmers of Color After White Farmers Sue

A federal judge Thursday afternoon suspended a loan forgiveness program that issues relief to farmers and agricultural workers of color. Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin’s Eastern District handed down a temporary restraining order after the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty...

June 12, 2021

Commentary: Letters from a D.C. Jail

This week, five Republican senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding his office’s handling of January 6 protesters. The letter revealed the senators are aware that several Capitol defendants charged with mostly nonviolent crimes are being held in solitary...

June 12, 2021

Music Spotlight: Callista Clark

NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Callista Clark hails from a very musical family in Zebulon, Georgia. She grew up singing in her Granddad’s church with her family.

June 12, 2021

Peter Navarro: ‘St. Fauci’ and Others Have Blood on Hands after Blocking Trump Admin. from Distributing 60 Million HCQ Tablets

It turns out that the anti-malaria drug former president Trump famously touted in March of 2020 as a promising treatment for COVID-19, would indeed have been a “game changer” if only it had been widely used. Use of Hydroxychloroquine to treat the coronavirus can...

June 12, 2021

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Announces Statewide Plan to Build Border Wall and Arrest Illegals

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced on Thursday that the state of Texas will take action on its own to address the worsening border crisis, including by building its own border wall and taking extra steps to arrest illegal aliens...

June 12, 2021

Hackers Steal Customer Information in McDonald’s Cyberattack

Hackers obtained customer data from McDonald’s after breaching the company’s systems in the U.S., South Korea and Taiwan, according to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. employees’ and franchisees’ contact information, seating capacity of U.S. locations and the dimensions of play...

June 12, 2021

Nessel Asked If Lockdown-Defying Restaurant Owner Could be Arrested Before Appearing on Fox News

In a shocking abuse of state power against a private citizen, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) asked if she could have a restaurateur who defied lockdown before she could join "Tucker Carlson Tonight" for an interview about her defiance. ...

June 11, 2021

Feds Subpoenaed Hunter Biden During 2016 Election, Raising Worry over Unpaid Taxes on Ukraine Work

As the 2016 election kicked into full gear, Hunter Biden’s inner circle feared an impending federal criminal indictment of his long-time business partner might expose the then-vice president’s son to legal jeopardy because he had avoided paying taxes on income...

June 11, 2021

Jobless Claims Drop to 376,000, Hit Another Pandemic Low

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 376,000 last week as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics figure released Thursday represented a decrease in...

June 11, 2021

Commentary: This Isn’t Your Father’s Left-Wing Revolution

Starry-eyed radicals in the 1960s and 1970s dreamed that they either were going to take over America or destroy it. One of their favorite psychodramatic mottos was “Change it or Lose it,” even as protests focused on drugs, music, race,...

June 11, 2021

Keystone XL Pipeline Project Terminated, Developer Says

The developer of the Keystone XL Pipeline announced that it was abandoning the contested project months after President Joe Biden revoked the pipeline’s federal permit. TC Energy permanently canceled further construction of the pipeline after conducting a comprehensive review of...

June 11, 2021

IG Report: President Trump Did Not Order the Park Police to Clear Out ‘Peaceful Protesters’ with Tear Gas for a Photo Op

The Park Police did not clear protesters outside the White House last summer to make way for President Donald Trump’s photo opportunity, according to a new report released by the Interior Department’s inspector general on Wednesday. The report determined that Park Police were given permission...

June 11, 2021

Inflation Surges Five Percent, Largest Spike Since 2008

The Consumer Price Index has increased 5% over the last 12 months, the fastest pace of inflation since August 2008, according to a Department of Labor report. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a common tool used to measure inflation, increased 0.6%...

June 11, 2021

Commentary: The Right Way to Modernize Infrastructure

Everything these days seems to count as infrastructure. Child care is infrastructure. Elder care is infrastructure. Even court-packing is infrastructure. But in a world where everything is infrastructure, nothing is infrastructure, and our existing infrastructure suffers as a result. Take, for...

June 11, 2021

Commentary: As the U.S.-China Trade War Continues, Career Training Is America’s Best Defense

Amid the ongoing trade war between China and the United States, lawmakers are moving to pass a comprehensive new bill to boost economic competition, minimize reliance on China, and promote investment in the American workforce. With our economy beginning to recover, we...