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April 19, 2021

BLM Blocks Stillwater Man from Getting Home, Police Intervene and Detain Him

When Black Lives Matter (BLM) blocked a Minnesota man from his home, police intervened — arresting the man. BLM protested Saturday outside the home of a county attorney responsible for bringing charges against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter,...

April 19, 2021

Commentary: Keep Nine to Keep the Independent Judiciary

Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would add four more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, boosting the number of justices on the bench from nine to 13, as Democrat congressional leaders are going all-in on packing the Supreme Court....

April 19, 2021

Michigan: ‘Strongest Public Health Order in the Midwest’ Now Requires Masks for 2-Year-Olds

The Michigan state government this week directed state residents as young as two years old to begin wearing masks in the hopes that doing so will help bring down the state’s coronavirus numbers. The Michigan Department of Health and Human...

April 19, 2021

Fauci Admits Biden Administration is Flouting CDC Guidance in Border Facilities

White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci on Thursday conceded in a tense exchange with Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise that the Biden administration is violating major Centers for Disease Control and Prevention coronavirus guidelines by packing countless illegal immigrants into...

April 19, 2021

Biden’s Court Packing Committee Contains an Army of Professors Open to Altering Supreme Court

President Joe Biden unveiled a new commission to explore the possibility of packing the Supreme Court. Although the commission does contain some constitutional originalists, it is heavily staffed by legal professors with revisionist views on the nation’s top judicial body....

April 19, 2021

Medical Journal Forces Out Editor Who Questioned ‘Structural Racism,’ Professors Rejoice

A leading medical journal terminated an editor who questioned the existence of structural racism. His fellow medical professors expressed approval of the firing. The American Medical Association wrote in a statement that it was “deeply disturbed” and “angered” by a recent Journal...

April 19, 2021

West Virginia Governor Will Not Veto Bill Banning Biological Males from Women’s Sports

The governor of West Virginia signaled that he will not veto a bill banning biological males from women’s sports. Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice discussed HB 3293 during a coronavirus briefing Wednesday saying that he would either “let it become law...

April 19, 2021

Commentary: Biden Intelligence Community Breaches Authority to Target the Right

The freshly reelected Republican senator from Nebraska had kind words this week for Joe Biden’s intelligence chiefs. “The American people are blessed to have an as serious as ours,” Senator Ben Sasse said during Wednesday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. He called...

April 19, 2021

Abbott Calls for Biden to Label Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations as Texas Ranchers Fend off Criminals

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris asking them to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The cartels are bringing terror into Texas communities, Abbott said in his...

April 19, 2021

Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead in NYC Mayoral Race, Poll Shows

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang holds a commanding lead over his Democratic opponents in New York City’s mayoral race, according to a Thursday Data for Progress poll. The poll found Yang with 26%, double the support of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams....

April 19, 2021

Trump’s Post-D.C. Plan Takes Shape with Rollout of America First Funding, Policy, Messaging Arms

Nearly three months after Donald Trump's departure from the White House, his plans for a politically active post-presidential role are coming into public focus After a comparatively quiet first five weeks in Palm Beach, Fla., following a final five in...

April 19, 2021

Maxine Waters Shows up in Brooklyn Center, Tells Protesters to Get ‘More Confrontational’

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters made a brief appearance Saturday night outside a police station in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where crowds have gathered for seven consecutive nights to protest the shooting of Daunte Wright. Wright was killed last Sunday by former Brooklyn Center...

April 19, 2021

Music Spotlight: Exit 216

New Nashville Country Soul Duo EXIT 216 find harmony in their debut song, “Brothers.” Also listen to their newest song, “Robbery” and learn what they have planned for the future.

April 19, 2021

Defund the Police Movement Contributed to Rise in Violence, Experts Say

Calls to defund the police have once again been thrust into the national spotlight after a string of high profile police shootings, but data show the rallying cry for police reformers may not hold water. After the death of Daunte...

April 19, 2021

Michigan House Oversight Committee Continues Debate on Assuming Subpoena Authority

The Michigan House of Representatives Oversight Committee continued to debate last week whether the committee should grant itself authority to issue subpoenas in specific instances, but postponed a vote until next week’s scheduled meeting. At its meeting Thursday morning, the...

April 18, 2021

Poll Finds That Most Americans Oppose Left-Wing Corporations Influencing Politics

A new poll found that well over half of Americans are against large and left-wing corporations attempting to influence government and everyday politics, as reported by Breitbart. The poll of registered voters, conducted by NPR and PBS, asked if they are...

April 18, 2021

Commentary: The Washington Post Fact-Checker and Holding Biden Accountable

After four years of relentless fact checks of statements by President Trump, many wondered whether fact-checkers would apply similar scrutiny to President Biden. Responding to right-leaning critics who “have been urging fact checks of ‘Biden lies,’” Glenn Kessler, editor and...

April 18, 2021

Report: Three-Fourths of All 2019 Property Insurance Suits in U.S. Were Filed in Florida

In 2019, Florida homeowners accounted for 8.16 percent of the nation’s property insurance claims, but more than 76 percent of property insurance lawsuits lodged against insurers. Pointing to this “disparity,” Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier in a five-page April 2 letter to...

April 18, 2021

Arkansas Legislature Passes Bills Tightening Signature Verification, Absentee Ballot Requests

Arkansas became the latest state to pass a series of voting reforms this week, sending multiple bills to Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s desk. The bills, overwhelmingly passed by the state’s Republican legislature, focus on in-person and absentee voting, while a...

April 18, 2021

‘God Loves Me’: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible to Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn’t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures for Minors

A 10-year-old transgender child quoted the Bible testifying before Texas lawmakers on bills banning transgender procedures and surgeries for minors. Kai Shappley spoke to lawmakers Monday regarding Texas Senate Bill 1646, legislation that classifies it as child abuse for anyone to...

April 18, 2021

Trump Critics in Congress Have Spent Tens of Thousands on Private Security Since the Capitol Riot

Prominent lawmakers have spent tens of thousands of dollars in private security following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, according to first-quarter Federal Election Commission reports obtained by Punchbowl News. Security expenditures were especially common among high-profile Democrats and Republicans...

April 18, 2021

Michigan’s Bar and Restaurant Job Losses During Pandemic Lockdowns Greater Than Neighboring Great Lakes States

A new study published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy concludes states in the Great Lakes region with the strictest lockdown measures also suffered the greatest increases in job losses. “The Costs of Michigan’s Second Lockdown” was authored by...

April 17, 2021

Border Agents Report Being Overworked, Understaffed and Exposed to COVID-19 During Migrant Surge

Border officials in south Texas consistently face exposure to COVID-19, don’t have the resources to do their job and are regularly called in for overtime shifts, two active agents told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Many Customs and Border Protection...

April 17, 2021

Commentary: Why We Black Leaders Support Voter ID Laws

America is a country of over 300 million people. We are comprised of every shape, size, nationality, and opinion. This diversity has proven to be one of our greatest strengths. However, if you listened to largely white liberal media personalities...

April 17, 2021

Commentary: India’s Anti-Religious Freedom Laws

Three state governments in India have recently passed new “freedom of religion” laws, also known as anti-conversion laws. The new laws are an attempt to suppress the alleged “love jihad” – an attempt by Muslim men to marry Hindu women with...

April 17, 2021

James O’Keefe Vows to Sue Twitter After He’s Permanently Banned from Platform

James O’Keefe, president and founder of Project Veritas, was permanently banned from Twitter after he posted a series of embarrassing and damning videos exposing the left-wing activism of CNN.

April 17, 2021

Facebook Bans Story About BLM Co-Founder Buying Expensive Real Estate

In the latest example of Silicon Valley censorship, Facebook has banned the sharing of a story about a high-profile Black Lives Matter member purchasing expensive real estate. "Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently...

April 17, 2021

Analysis: Scientific Survey Shows Voters Across the Political Spectrum Are Ideologically Deluded

During the late 1800s when the renowned scientist Louis Pasteur was trying to overturn the medical community’s deadly belief that germs are not communicable, he wrote: “The greatest aberration of the mind is to believe a thing to be, because...

April 17, 2021

Schiff and Swalwell Went All in on the Dubious Russia Bounty Story

Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, hyped reports last year that the Russian government paid bounties to kill American soldiers, an allegation that the Biden administration now says is based on inconclusive intelligence....

April 17, 2021

CNN Tech Director Admits Black-on-Asian Violence Is a Problem, But Network Focuses on White Criminals to ‘Help BLM’

A CNN employee tacitly admitted on tape that the network is a propaganda arm of the Black Lives Matter movement, and won’t pursue any stories that undermine its racial grievance narrative. CNN Technical Director Charlie Chester told an undercover journalist...

April 17, 2021

Commentary: Big Business Joins the Other Crumbling Pillars of Society

What a pitiful trajectory the woke leaders of large American corporations have traced as American business, once a pillar of American society and political science, has crumbled along with other pillars as if in a choreographed sequence. The senior levels...

April 17, 2021

Florida Transgender Sports Ban Advances Despite Potential Backlash

Florida Republicans are advancing bills banning transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports despite – perhaps, in spite of – potential corporate criticism and likely sanctions by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). “I certainly couldn’t care less,” House Speaker...

April 17, 2021

Tlaib Falsely Claims Republicans ‘Stole’ Supreme Court Majority

After introducing legislation to pack the Supreme Court, a far-left congresswoman from Michigan justified the action with blatantly false statements. "Republicans damaged the Supreme Court and stole the majority. It's time to #ExpandTheCourt to ensure we restore power to the...

April 16, 2021

Jobless Claims Drop to 576,000, Lowest Level Since March 2020

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 576,000 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 large decrease...

April 16, 2021

Commentary: Who Funds the Riotous American Left and Why?

Why do giant corporations and billionaires fund Black Lives Matter and Antifa, both avowed socialist groups? And why do the leftists accept their aid? They both want a kind of socialism, but only one of them could get their way....

April 16, 2021

‘Return to Learn’ Tracker: 42 Percent of U.S. School Districts Are Providing Full In-Person Instruction

About 42% of more than 8,500 public school districts in the country have returned to full in-person instruction, according to a “Return to Learn” tracker developed by the American Enterprise Institute and the College Crisis Initiative of Davidson College. Iowa...

April 16, 2021

Commentary: Joe Biden’s Uncertain Foreign Policy

Wars often arise from uncertainty. When strong powers appear weak, truly weaker ones take risks they otherwise would not. Sloppy braggadocio and serial promises of restraint alternatively trigger wars, too. Empty tough talk can needlessly egg on aggressors. But mouthing...

April 16, 2021

Small Number of Vaccinated Adults Later Tested Positive for Coronavirus, CDC Says

About 5,800 individuals tested positive for coronavirus after receiving a complete dosage of the vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of people who have reportedly contracted coronavirus after vaccination represent a tiny sliver of the nearly 77 million fully-vaccinated...

April 16, 2021

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Ashli Babbitt Will Not Face Charges

The U.S. Capitol Police officer who fatally shot 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt on January 6 will not face federal charges, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. An investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s Public Corruption...

April 16, 2021

Commentary: Latinos Increasingly Leaning Conservative

According to a new study conducted by the Democratically aligned research firm Equis Labs, former President Donald Trump succeeded in peeling away significant amounts of Latino support, and not just in conservative-leaning geographic areas. The post-election analysis by Equis found that certain demographics...

April 16, 2021

U.S. Intel Chief: ‘Indications’ That China Is Attempting to Influence World Health Organization

Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers on Thursday that the intelligence community has seen “indications” that China is attempting to influence the World Health Organization’s assessment about the origins of the coronavirus. “We’ve certainly seen indications that...

April 16, 2021

Chauvin Avoids Testifying, Defense Rests in Dramatic Final Day of Murder Trial

In dramatic final day of Derek Chauvin's trial for second and third degree murder of George Floyd, Chauvin invoked his Fifth Amendment right remain silent during his own trial. After a series of questions and answers between Chauvin and his...

April 16, 2021

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Touts Therapies to Slash COVID-19 Deaths, Hospitalizations as State Hits 18 Percent Case Positivity Rate

As Michigan enters its sixth straight week of rising COVID-19 cases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expanded the use of monoclonal antibody therapy to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths for high-risk patients. “We are using every mitigation strategy, every medication, and every...

April 15, 2021

Officer Involved in Daunte Wright Shooting Charged with Second Degree Manslaughter

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced Wednesday that the police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center will be charged with second degree manslaughter. Kimberly Potter resigned from her post Tuesday after she shot and killed Wright...

April 15, 2021

Commentary: Daunte Wright’s Death Is a Tragedy for Us All

We will never hear the last of these names. Eric Garner. Alton Sterling. Michael Brown. George Floyd. Rashad Brooks. And now Daunte Wright.