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May 15, 2021

Whitmer Ends Statewide Mask Mandate for Fully Vaccinated Starting Saturday

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday announced the state health department will align its policy with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance on face coverings starting Saturday at 9 a.m. “For more than a year, we’ve been...

May 15, 2021

Commentary: Bernie Sanders Proves He’s Nothing More Than an Establishment Mouthpiece

Remember Bernie Sanders? You know, the goofy socialist who nearly became the Democratic nominee in 2016 and 2020. In both presidential races, his supporters touted him as a threat to the system. His campaign was a “revolution” and, if he...

May 15, 2021

Commentary: Celebrating Our Heroes on Armed Forces Day

Every third Saturday in May, America comes together to celebrate Armed Forces Day in honor of the brave men and women who serve in the U.S. military. May 15, 2021 is the 71st anniversary of the establishment of Armed Forces...

May 15, 2021

Lawmakers Reach Deal on Bipartisan 9/11-Style Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot

The two top lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee reached an agreement Friday on legislation that would create a bipartisan, 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The bill, authored by Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and New...

May 15, 2021

Not One State Reported a Sizable Increase in Coronavirus Cases Last Week

For the first time in months, not one state reported a dramatic weekly increase in coronavirus cases. While average daily cases fell by less than 10% in 11 states, 37 states saw cases fall by over 10% and just two...

May 15, 2021

Jobless Claims Hit New Pandemic Low, Drop to 473,000

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 473,000 last week as the economy continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics figure released Thursday represented a decrease in...

May 15, 2021

Texas Bill Will Ban Abortions After an Unborn Baby’s Heartbeat Can Be Detected

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott indicated Thursday that he will sign a heartbeat abortion bill banning abortions after the unborn baby has reached six weeks gestation. Texas’ Heartbeat Act passed the state’s Senate Thursday. Abbott highlighted the bill’s passage in a tweet...

May 15, 2021

Steve Bannon Presents ‘War Room: Pandemic’

An all new LIVE STREAM of War Room: Pandemic starts at 9 a.m. Central Time on Saturday. Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon began the daily War Room: Pandemic radio show and podcast on January 25, when news...

May 15, 2021

‘Too Risky’: Progressives Are Upset CDC Lifted Mask Mandate

Progressives voiced their dismay following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors. Progressives and medical experts immediately criticized the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

May 15, 2021

Michigan House Committee Votes to Ban Vaccine Passports

The state House Oversight Committee voted Thursday in favor of a bill that would ban vaccine passports, which will now head to the floor of the House for debate. House Bill 4667 prohibits "governmental entity from producing, issuing, or providing...

May 14, 2021

House GOP Elects Stefanik as Conference Chairwoman

House Republicans elected New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik as GOP conference chair on Friday. California Rep. Darrell Issa, who voted for Stefanik, told reporters as he left the GOP meeting that "it's a very united conference."

May 14, 2021

Arizona Election Auditors Claim Maricopa County Officials Deleted Databases from Voting Machines Before Handing Them over

Maricopa County election officials tampered with election records just days before the equipment was delivered to the Arizona Senate for the 2020 election audit, according to the Senate Liaison for the Maricopa County 2020 Forensic Election Audit. Before the machines were turned...

May 14, 2021

Commentary: Biden Mocks Ancient Wisdom

Human nature stays the same across time and space. That is why there used to be predictable political, economic, and social behavior that all countries understood. The supply of money governs inflation. Print it without either greater productivity or more...

May 14, 2021

Commentary: ESG Investing Is Politics by Other Means

Before Joe Biden’s election, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was sweeping all before it. Wall Street was coming to the planet’s rescue and saving capitalism at the same time. It was a self-serving myth. As I show in my...

May 14, 2021

Biden Administration to Continue Building Part of President Trump’s Border Wall

After initially vowing to not build any more new wall along the southern border, the Biden Administration has backtracked and announced that it will resume construction on some areas of the wall, the Daily Caller reports. Construction will resume on a 13.4...

May 14, 2021

Commentary: Big Tech Censorship Is Here to Stay

Big Tech has betrayed the American people yet again – despite hopes that Facebook would finally reverse it’s ban on Donald Trump’s account, the social media giant has re-committed to a path of dangerous partisan censorship. On Wednesday, an oversight...

May 14, 2021

Commentary: Biden’s America Resembles the Bad Old Days of 1973

While President Joe Biden may look fondly back on the year 1973, the year he began serving in the United States Senate, did he really have to bring the entire country back with him to that fateful year? Today’s headlines...

May 14, 2021

Biden Admin Stops Flying Migrants to Other Cities for Easier Expulsion

The Biden administration discontinued flights carrying migrant children and family units from one part of the border to another in order to expel them to Mexico, CBS News reported Wednesday. Advocacy groups criticized the administration for flying migrant families and...

May 14, 2021

Amid Violence, UMich Student Government Pledges to be in ‘Lockstep’ with Palestinians in Their ‘Fight Against Oppression’

The University of Michigan Central Student Government released a scathing statement in support of Palestine and against Israel, prompted by the ongoing conflict in Jerusalem. The letter accuses Israel of "settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid." "We aim to do whatever is...

May 13, 2021

New Federal Data Signals More Trouble for U.S. Economy

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that prices for consumer goods have risen significantly in the past year, putting extra strain on Americans’ budgets and worrying experts. As the Biden administration fends off criticism over proposed tax...

May 13, 2021

Commentary: H.R. 1 Would Eliminate Key Signature Verification Safeguard

Democrats have already passed H.R. 1, also known as the For the People Act, in the House of Representatives; fortunately, the bill faces a much tougher road in the Senate. Among the bill’s many serious problems are a wide array...

May 13, 2021

Poll: Majority of Voters Blame Biden for Border ‘Crisis’

As the Biden administration continues to wrestle with an influx of people illegally crossing the southern border, new polling shows Americans are unhappy with the president's handling of the issue. Polling released Tuesday from Rasmussen reports that roughly two-thirds of Americans think...

May 13, 2021

Commentary: The Strange Death of the British Labour Party

I must visit Twitter periodically to renew my sense of horror. For lurid anthropological enjoyment, Twitter offers a safari to those inclined. Twitter is most satisfying when reality intrudes upon those dedicated to unreality, the “my-truthers.” Last week’s elections in Great Britain...

May 13, 2021

Consumer Prices Increase 4.2 Percent to the Highest Level Since 2008

The consumer price index has jumped 4.2% over the last 12 months, the fastest pace of inflation since 2008, according to a Department of Labor report. The consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.8% between March and April, according to the...

May 13, 2021

Arizona Adopts Election Reform Bill That Stops Some Voters from Automatically Receiving Absentee Ballots

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed an election reform bill Tuesday that could stop thousands of voters from automatically receiving an absentee ballot ahead of an upcoming election. SB 1485 would remove voters who have not participated in Arizona’s last four...

May 13, 2021

Gas Crisis in Southeastern U.S. Worsens as over 1,000 Stations Run Out of Fuel

America’s southeast is seeing the worst of the growing energy crisis after a devastating hack of a major American pipeline, with well over 1,000 gas stations running out of fuel altogether, the New York Post reports. Following the hack of the Colonial...

May 13, 2021

More Than 178,000 Illegally Crossed Southern U.S. Border in April, a Two-Decade High

U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported Tuesday that 178,622 people attempted to illegally enter America's southern border in April, a two-decade high. Officials said single adults comprised a majority of encounters.

May 13, 2021

Music Spotlight: Tyler Kohrs

NASHVILLE, Tennessee- The first time I heard Tyler Kohrs sing was on an Instagram video. He has a beautiful, bright voice and his country covers were spot on. But that wasn’t unusual. What was unusual was that he sounded country...

May 13, 2021

Representative Mark Green Introduces Bill to Sanction Russia

Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) introduced a bill Wednesday to sanction Russia for their invasion of the Donbas region of Ukraine. If enacted, the Restraining Russian Imperialism Act would instruct the Biden administration to impose sanctions if Russia does not completely...

May 13, 2021

Senator Marsha Blackburn Warns Companies Against Business with Iran

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 14 other Republican Senators issued a letter to the international business community warning against resuming business with Iran. The opportunity to resume business with Iran comes as President Joe Biden and his administration officials may...

May 13, 2021

Michigan GOP Rep Introduces Fact-Checker Registration Bill

A Republican member of the state House of Representatives is attempting to hold the news media accountable for spreading disinformation. "The 'Fact Checker Registration Act' defines a fact checker as someone who publishes in print or online in Michigan, is...

May 12, 2021

House Republicans Vote to Remove Rep. Liz Cheney from Leadership Post

House Republicans voted Wednesday morning in favor or removing Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post. Cheney was the House GOP conference chairwoman, the No. 3 Republican in the chamber. The vote to remove Cheney occurred via a voice...

May 12, 2021

More Americans Are Living Their Lives, Leaving Masks at Home, Survey Shows

A majority of Americans said for the first time in over a year that returning to their “normal” pre-pandemic lives did not pose a moderate or large health risk, an Axios/Ipsos survey shows. The survey, released Tuesday, showed just 43% of...

May 12, 2021

Commentary: Biden Must Reverse Course on Iran Before It’s Too Late

Media outlets around the world recently reported on leaked audio comments in which Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif admitted that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps controls all of Iran’s foreign policy decisions. Although President Joe Biden was careful to mention...

May 12, 2021

Army Veteran Denton Knapp Announces Bid to Challenge Rep. Liz Cheney for Wyoming House Seat

Army veteran Denton Knapp has announced a bid for Wyoming's one and only House seat, meaning that sitting Rep. Liz Cheney will face yet another challenger in the GOP primary. Knapp, who graduated from Campbell County High School in Gillette,...

May 12, 2021

Surveys Show Largest Expansion of School Choice in U.S. History

More children are likely to have increased access to educational options after state legislators across the U.S. advanced a slew of bills this year expanding school choice, according to several state-by-state surveys. "This is a banner year for the educational...

May 12, 2021

Senator Marsha Blackburn Calls for New Cybersecurity Measures

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called for increased cybersecurity measures in a recent interview with Fox News. Senator Blackburn's remarks come in response to the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline, which has greatly impacted gas prices and levels across several states.

May 12, 2021

Commentary: How ‘Woke’ May Be Leading Us to Civil War

The other day, I wrote that “woke” was the new conformism. It is, of course, but I undersold it. It’s much more than that and more dangerous. As Tal Bachman notes at Steynonline, it’s now our state religion, a state religion in...

May 12, 2021

Alabama Becomes Latest State to End $300 Unemployment Bonus

Alabama will soon cease participating in the federal government’s unemployment insurance program that grants out-of-work Americans an extra $300 per week, the state’s governor said. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the state would withdraw from the coronavirus relief program by June...

May 12, 2021

Biden Administration Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Doctors

Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has eliminated religious conscience exemptions for doctors who are forced to perform gender-alteration surgeries, according to the Washington Free Beacon. The move represents yet another crucial and widely-popular policy...

May 12, 2021

Commentary: The Government Hiding January 6 Video Footage and Why

Joe Biden calls it the worst attack since the Civil War. Attorney General Merrick Garland compares it to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The FBI is breaking down the doors of Iraq War veterans and small business owners who have...

May 12, 2021

Trump Calls Democratic VA Candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton’s ‘Bagman’ in Youngkin Endorsement

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican nominee for governor Glenn Youngkin in a Tuesday message that called Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton’s “bagman.” Trump’s endorsement comes after Youngkin, the former CEO of the private equity giant Carlyle Group, won the Republican...

May 12, 2021

Charge Up Michigan to Fund 88 New Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

More than 80 charging outlets for electric vehicles will be installed across Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced last week.

May 11, 2021

New Interim Teacher Certification Program Aims to Provide More Teachers of Color in Schools

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has approved the New Paradigm for Education program to promote alternative teacher certification in the state. New Paradigm will offer a residency-based alternative route to teacher certification to recruit, train, and retain high-quality educators,...

May 11, 2021

Commentary: Mask Mandates Promote Servitude, Not Safety

The other day, for the first time since March 2020, I embarked on a journey outside of the slave state of California. My wife and I drove to Montana. While I had heard tales of the existence of freedom in...