The State of Michigan and local health departments are investigating cases of severe gonorrhea in Kalamazoo and two neighboring counties, according to information released on Friday. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a statement regarding cases of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI). DIG may occur after local…
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U.S. Rep. Duffy of Wisconsin Will Leave Congress Sept. 23 Over Unborn Child’s Heart Condition
Pro-life U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI-07), an ally of President Donald Trump, will resign from Congress in his fifth term for family reasons.
Read MoreWarren Weekend Event Draws Thousands While Biden Draws Hundreds
2020 Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both held campaign events this weekend, but numbers show Warren’s event attendance heavily outnumbered Biden’s.
Read MoreSomali Immigrant Convicted Of Gang Rape Says He’s Too Depressed to Be Deported
Lawyers for a 30-year-old immigrant convicted of gang rape are arguing he is too depressed to be deported back to his home country of Somalia.
Read MoreMichael Glassner Commentary: The Trump Rally Is A Phenomenon That’s Growing Based on Real Results
President Trump’s campaign rallies were an unprecedented political phenomenon in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Read MoreFormer Rep Don Young on Left-Wing Special Interests’ Weaponization of the Endangered Species Act: ‘It Was Never for Grass … and Flies’
Representative Don Young (R-Alaska), the last remaining member of Congress who voted for the ESA has said, “The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been weaponized and misused by environmental groups for too long.” The law passed overwhelmingly, but according to Young, “You have to understand when we had this act before us … we were told it was to save leopards and other species, it was never for grass … and flies, and snails, and turtles…”
Read MoreGrand Rapids Police Department Enacts Policy Handcuffing Officers From Checking if Suspects Are Illegal Aliens
If you know of an illegal alien in Grand Rapids, don’t call the police department — their policy is now to enable the city to serve as a sanctuary.
Read MoreStephen K. Bannon Produces ‘Claws of the Red Dragon’ Film on Danger Posed by Huawei Technologies, Chinese Communist Party
“Claws of the Red Dragon” is an explosive film executive produced by Stephen K. Bannon which exposes ties between the controversial Huawei Technologies company and the Chinese Communist Party, based on the 2018 arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.
Read MoreParenting Expert Israel Wayne in Grand Rapids
Parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens came to hear parenting expert Israel Wayne on Friday and Saturday, where he addressed apathy in America in terms of family and worldview. Wayne said parents are failing to pass on their values and generational breakdown occurs in correlation to time spent with children.
Read MoreCommentary: Trump vs. the ‘Stepford Wife’ Republicans
When the protagonist in Ira Levin’s novel, The Stepford Wives, begins to suspect that other women in her Connecticut town are robots, she surmises:
That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.
Which brings to mind the viral video of Mitt Romney reacting to his Twinkie birthday cake. Lack of ample bosom aside, Mitt is a great example of someone playing a housewife unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real. He is a Stepford-Wife Republican.
Read MoreJoe Biden Forgets Which State He’s in During New Hampshire Campaign Stop
Former Vice President Joe Biden committed yet another gaffe on the campaign trail Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreMassive College Loan Scheme Bilks Taxpayers with Fake Enrollment Paperwork, Whistleblowers Say
Onetime employees of the University of Phoenix say the for-profit company conducted a potentially multi-billion dollar fraud on taxpayers by deliberately submitting false records to the federal government to enroll unqualified students and cash in on federal student loans.
Read MoreFormer GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Announces POTUS Primary Challenge Against Trump
Former GOP Rep. Joe Walsh announced Sunday morning a long-shot Republican primary challenge against President Donald Trump in 2020.
Read MoreReport: Illegal Immigration Costs Taxpayers $116 Billion Annually – Californians, Texans, Floridians Pay the Most
A comprehensive report by the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) breaks down the cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers: $115.9 billion annually.
Read MoreCommentary: Ending ‘Catch and Release’
As Congress persists in serially ignoring anything having to do with the border crisis, the Trump Administration continues to release regulations aimed at fixing the problem of illegal immigration.
Read MoreFederal Judge: Georgia and Nine Other States May Ignore Obama-era ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule
A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration’s 2015 Waters of the United States rule from taking effect in Georgia and nine other states while it is being revised.
Read MoreJustin Amash Says Trump ‘Appears Increasingly Unstable,’ Drops 2020 Hint
Independent Michigan Rep. Justin Amash attacked President Donald Trump Friday evening as a “threat to liberty in America” who “appears increasingly unstable.”
Read MoreThe Michigan Star Constitution Bee Will Be Held in September, Winners Will Compete in 2020 National Constitution Bee
The Michigan Star, as a part of the Star News Digital Media family, will host a first-of-its-kind Constitution Bee Saturday, December 14 at Oakland Community College. Top performers will earn cash scholarships, trophies, and more. The Grand Champion will get a trip for two to Washington, D.C. – in addition for a spot to compete in the National Constitution Bee in July 2020.
Read MorePending Lawsuit Wants to End Mandatory Bar Fees for Practicing Lawyers in Michigan
An attorney filed a lawsuit Thursday against Michigan’s state bar, which requires practicing lawyers to pay an annual bar fee in Michigan in violatation of their First Amendment rights.
Read MorePolitical Analyst Who Accurately Predicted House Races Thinks Trump Will Lose Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania
The Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy, a research institute at Christopher Newport University, accurately predicted that Democrats would pick up more than 40 seats in the U.S. House in the 2018 midterm elections. Now they believe President Donald Trump will lose key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in 2020.
Read MoreCommentary: The Path Forward for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I am a lowly lawyer who has never argued before the Supreme Court, and never will. I am not a constitutional scholar, Justice Ginsburg has never heard of me, and I know that in the grand scheme of things, my opinion matters to her very little (and almost certainly not at all). Nevertheless, I hope Justice Ginsburg will forgive my presumptuousness, and will entertain this immodest, yet (I believe) very respectful, sincere, timely, and practical proposal.
Read More‘They Knew I Was Kidding’: Trump Responds to ‘Fake News’ Over ‘Chosen One’ Jest
President Donald Trump hit back at “Fake News outlets” Saturday that alleged he had a “Messiah complex” after he looked up to the sky and said he had been “chosen” to take on China.
Read MoreSan Jose Mayor Proposes Mandatory Liability Insurance for Gun Owners
Gun owners in California’s third-largest city are slamming a proposal that would force them to buy liability insurance or be penalized with a fee.
Read MoreCommentary: Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows
It never fails. A split-second after a mass shooting occurs, grandstanders and ideologues issue statements demanding new gun controls—even if the laws already on the books failed or the laws they want would have made no difference. Case in point: the tragic incidents in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in early August 2019.
Read MoreFormer Trump Associate Spied for US for More Than a Decade, Unsealed Court Documents Reveal
A former Trump business associate and witness in the special counsel’s probe provided “extensive” cooperation to U.S. spy agencies in numerous terrorism and mafia-related investigations, according to a 2009 court filing unsealed Friday.
Read MoreOne of Kavanaugh’s High School Classmates Is Suing HuffPost for ‘Fabricated’ Reporting
A former classmate of Justice Brett Kavanaugh sued HuffPost for defamation Wednesday, alleging that the liberal news site concocted a false story about their high school’s “party scene” as the Senate reviewed Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual misconduct.
Read More‘I Hope You Suffered’: People on the Left Celebrate David Koch’s Death
People on the left celebrated Friday following billionaire David Koch’s death after a battle with prostate cancer.
Read MoreWashington Withdraws From Title X Rather Than Comply With Trump Abortion Rules
Washington state withdrew Thursday from the federal family funding program Title X rather than comply with new rules imposed by the Trump administration.
Read MoreMichigan Attorney General Poring Over ‘Millions of Pages’ Seized from Catholic Church
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday charged a Catholic priest with one count of False Imprisonment and is poring over millions of pages of church documents, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said.
Read MoreMinnesota Rep Calls on Hennepin County Judges to Punish Omar for Perjury in Court Filings
State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) has called on the district court judges of Hennepin County to punish U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) for committing perjury in her 2017 application for divorce.
Read MoreCommentary: Slavery Did Not Make America Richer
In the past few decades, a new subfield of history has emerged: the history of capitalism. The subfield is widely popular in the media as a result of hugely influential books such as those of Sven Beckert and Edward Baptist. These two particular authors tie the “peculiar institution” of slavery in American history to capitalism. Many media pundits, as witnessed by recent articles in the New York Times and Vox, jumped on the works of these authors to claim that slavery was “the building block of the American economy” and it made America richer.
Read MoreJim Renacci: ‘If You Ran a Business Like Congress, You’d Be Fired’
Jim Renacci, a former congressman from Ohio and chairman of Ohio’s Future Foundation, was a guest of Stuart Varney’s on Fox Business Thursday where the two discussed the ongoing “dysfunction” in Washington.
Read More64 Percent of Federal Arrests Were Of Non-Citizens in 2018, DOJ Finds
Federal arrests of non-citizens has increased exponentially over the past two decades, and account for the majority of all federal arrests, data released by the Justice Department revealed.
Read MoreDavid Koch Dead at 79
David Koch, the billionaire and political activist, has died at the age of 79, according to the Washington Examiner.
Read MoreThousands of Migrants Accept Free Rides Home Under UN-Run Program, Official Says
More than 2,000 Central American migrants have returned to their homelands using a program that offers free transportation for the trip, according to a United Nations official.
Read MoreTrump Hits Back at China With 30 Percent Tariffs on $250 Billion of Chinese Goods
President Donald Trump retaliated against China’s Friday announcement that it is increasing tariffs on U.S. goods by increasing tariffs to as much as 30% on $250 billion of Chinese goods.
Read MoreNadler Requests Impeachment Docs From House Committees
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler asked House panels investigating President Donald Trump to share impeachment documents Thursday.
Read MoreCommentary: Masters of Unreality
The latest ploy of the anti-Trump media phalanx and their weekly echo chamber of assorted Democratic candidates and legislators, is to try to move the voter-approval needle by insisting an economic recession is about to occur. The problem is, it isn’t.
Read MoreChina to Raise Tariffs on Another $75 Billion in US Goods
China will raise tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods and resume 25% tariffs on American autos to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned September 1 duty increase.
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Democratic Governor Vetoes Anti-Sanctuary Bill
Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have mandated local law enforcement officials in the state to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Read MoreRuth Bader Ginsburg Completes Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has completed another course of treatment for a malignant tumor doctors found on her pancreas.
Read MoreMovies to Watch This Weekend
This movie follows orphaned children living during the Mexican drug war while they are running away from drug cartels who killed their parents. However, the orphans have something that can help as they try to escape: Three wishes.
Read MoreAmash Challenger Faces Backlash for Preventing Down Syndrome Drag Performers from Performing at His Building
Republican congressional candidate Peter Meijer is facing criticism for banning drag performers with down syndrome from performing at his building.
Read MoreMichigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin Accuses Trump of Anti-Semitism, Calls His Comments ‘Toxic’
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-08) called President Donald Trump’s comments “toxic” after the president questioned Democrats who failed to speak out against Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5).
Read MoreCommentary: Minorities Don’t Believe Trump Is a Racist
Led by the queen bee New York Times, where the woke clichés are endless, the hive of drone-level leftists in the media and the Democratic Party are easily pivoting from the Russian collusion hoax to the next one: “white supremacism!”
Read MoreUS Charges Kansas Researcher Over Ties to Chinese University
WASHINGTON – A researcher at the University of Kansas was indicted on federal fraud charges Wednesday for allegedly concealing ties to a Chinese university while doing research funded by the U.S. government, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Read MoreCommentary: Facebook Head Fakes Conservatives With Empty Bias Report
Facebook has released its report responding to accusations of bias against conservatives, however, it bears no resemblance to the similar audit it did for the Left reports the Media Research Center’s Corrine Weaver.
Read MoreAt Least 19 Adults, 8 Minors Have Been Arrested for Mass-Killing Threats Since El Paso
Authorities have arrested at least 27 people for mass shooting threats since more than 30 people were killed in mass shootings on Aug. 3 and 4 in Texas and Ohio.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Says His $16-Trillion Green New Deal-Like Plan Will Create 20 Million Jobs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced a $16.3-trillion plan similar to the Green New Deal on Thursday, which he says will create 20 million jobs.
Read MoreFormer GOP Rep Joe Walsh Prepares a Primary Challenge to Trump
Never Trump Republican writer and pundit Bill Kristol is pushing former Republican Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh to run against President Donald Trump in 2020, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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