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Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi believes “the enemy is within,” meaning she sees her Republican colleagues in Congress, not as political rivals, but enemies to their country. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believes a slightly different version of the Pelosi Theorem, suggesting the nation’s military is…
Read More GOP Senators to Biden Administration: Why is the U.S. Navy Falling Behind the Chinese?
For five years, each time former President Donald Trump uttered the phrase “fake news” or “enemy of the people”, in reference to the national media, we heard a crescendo of denials, outrage, and ruminations about how Trump was threatening the further existence of the republic…
Read More Canceled: Arizona TV News Anchor Self-Cancels Over Dishonesty in the Media
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly has an economics degree from Boston University. One wonders when BU may start asking her to stop advertising that fact. In recent comments, the socialist Democrat from New York has argued for a minimum wage exceeding $20 an hour. But…
Read More AOC Talks Minimum Wage, and Leaves Out Facts While Getting Schooled
Last July, as the protests and riots over the death of George Floyd, the Black Minneapolis man who died in police custody, the Washington Redskins believed one way to solve racism was to change the team’s name. The Redskins changed their name to “Washington Football…
Read More Canceled: Farewell To The ‘First Ladies Of Football’ in D.C.
Joe Biden’s return to the White House, this time as president instead of vice president, seems fraught with a revival of misguided Obama administration policies. At least that’s what U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio fears for one of Florida’s prime niche industries: cigar-making. The Florida Republican…
Read More U.S. Sen. Rubio: Florida Cigar Makers Need Protection From An Excessive Obama-Biden Era Mandate
Conservative Christians may want to give U.S. Rep Greg Steube an amen – and skip the a-woman. The Sarasota Republican is refusing to kneel to a Democratic colleague’s assertion that God’s will is unimportant or unworthy of consideration in policy debates. In a recent interview…
Read More U.S. GOP Lawmaker Defends Standing by Bible In Equality Act Debate
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has called on the Senate to reject the “disastrous” bill known as the “Equality Act” for its blatant, if largely underreported, inequalities. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, spelled out the bill’s problems in his weekly newsletter to his constituents. He noted the…
Read More U.S. Rep Gaetz: ‘Equality Act’ is ‘Disastrous,’ and Senate Should Take a Hard Pass
Libertarian columnist John Stossel has long argued that gamblers make better prognosticators than polls, pundits, pollsters, and profs. Stossel operates off “the wisdom of crowds” theory, which holds that a large group of people has more collective knowledge about those events being wagered on, than…
Read More DeSantis’s Presidential Chances Improve Among One Interest Group, Gamblers
Six Dr. Seuss books, including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo,” will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said. “These books portray people…
Read More Six Dr. Seuss Books Get The Axe, Prices Sky Rocket on Amazon
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis delivered his first State of the State address to a joint session of Florida’s legislature, outlining his vision and priorities for the future of Florida. During the address, Governor DeSantis called for a focus on education, the environment, law and order,…
Read More Florida Gov. DeSantis: Big Tech, Law and Order, Election Integrity