Governor Gina Raimondo, then-President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of Commerce, speaks at Biden’s transition headquarters in Wilmington, Del., January 8, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo’s nomination to lead the Commerce Department sailed out of the Senate Commerce Committee in a 21-3 vote Wednesday morning, in spite of her refusal to
Month: February 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) fired off an angry statement criticizing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for refusing to censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and promised to take action. Greene has been under fire for comments she made on social media posts and videos extolling various conspiracy theories and advocating for the execution
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming survived a campaign by allies of former President Donald Trump to expel her from GOP leadership after she voted with Democrats to impeach him after the riots at the Capitol on January 6th. House Republicans voted in a secret ballot to keep Cheney in her position as Republican Conference chair
While the liberal broadcast networks were busy gushing over all of President Biden’s nominees and appointments and accepting them without any critical vetting, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson took a rhetorical sledgehammer to climate czar John Kerry Wednesday night, and his hypocritical use of a private jet to fly off to climate conferences. “The climate
The Congressional Budget Office now projects that economic recovery in 2021 will be faster than it predicted last July. It projects that the economy will be back to its pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021. This very good news reflects the fact that the economic turndown was not as severe as the federal agency had expected, and
GOP lawmakers reportedly gave Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation Wednesday night at the Republican Conference meeting. This was reportedly after Marjorie apologized for previous positions and social media posts. Fwiw other sources saying it was likely less than half the conference but all say it was a substantial chunk of the conference. And
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) The House GOP voted on Wednesday to keep Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) in her position as the third-highest ranking Republican in the caucus. GOP representatives voted 145-61 to retain Cheney as
A person wears a protective face mask outside McDonald’s in Union Square during the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images McDonald’s on Wednesday said that it has entered its final phase of testing a U.S. loyalty program before it launches nationwide later this year. The fast-food
America’s top infectious diseases expert says double masking is a “common sense approach” to preventing the spread of coronavirus. Dr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, recommended using two masks at a COVID-19 response news conference on Wednesday, saying there was “no harm” if people wanted to for added protection. He said
YouTube has removed video footage of a U.S. Senate hearing — at least the second time the platform has censored a Senate hearing. YouTube took down “two videos of doctors testifying under oath,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) tweeted on Jan. 27. The testimonies, uploaded to YouTube by Johnson, were during a Dec. 8 Senate Homeland
I suppose if the wacko QAnon conspiracy nut Republican Marjorie Tayler Greene is going to lose her committee assignments, the Loony Tunes Democrat Ilhan Omar should be kicked to the curb as well. Republicans want to strip Omar of her committee assignments due to her nauseating anti-Semitism. The problem with doing that is if you
Immediately after progressive DA George Gascon was sworn in he put in place a series of new rules including one that prevented prosecutors from attending parole hearings. That decision is one of several that have generated controversy. Now LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has informed Gascon that in the absence of prosecutors at these hearings,
House Democrats are preparing to force a vote on Thursday that would strip Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments unless House Republican leadership does so first. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Wednesday that he spoke with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, suggesting that he was leaning towards not removing
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, accused of flouting the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, February 2, 2021. (Press service of Moscow City Court/Reuters Handout) Via Radio Free Europe, the courage Alexei Navalny displays in this speech in court is breathtaking: MUST WATCH: #Navalny’s speech from court.
New York state Democratic Attorney General Letitia James recently reported that the state’s coronavirus nursing home deaths could have been undercounted by as much as 50%. In response, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said, “But who cares — 33 [percent], 28 [percent] — died in the hospital, died in a nursing home. They
What is a left-wing city to do when its own, union-dominated school district refuses to even come up with a plan to reopen, which is required by state law? In San Francisco, city leaders are suing their own school district and board of education, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. A California state law passed last
Talk about high praise! Or was it the soft bigotry of low expectations? On today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough said: “AOC’s never, actually, threatened to kill a Republican.” Scarborough made his remark for purposes of contrasting Ocasio-Cortez with unhinged, bizarre conspiracy-supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene. Scarborough noted that Greene liked a tweet calling for the assassination of
The Golden State has long been a hub of progressivism, but the hell wrought by big tech and big government might yet change that. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference at the California Department of Public Health on February 27, 2020 in Sacramento, California.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California bashing is something
Freshman Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., has entered the House with a bold plan to develop America’s natural resources and push back on the agenda of the far left. Rosendale joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” during a recent trip to the U.S.- Mexico border to discuss why he ran for Congress, his former service in the
Biden’s DOJ notified a federal judge on Wednesday that it is dropping a race-based discrimination lawsuit against Yale University. Trump’s Department of Justice opened an investigation into Yale in 2018 in response to a complaint alleging Yale discriminates against Asians in its admission process. Last summer, a Justice Department investigation found that Yale University illegally discriminates
The campus of Yale University (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters) As I noted yesterday, it’s expected that the Biden administration will reverse the Trump administration’s position supporting the appeal to the Supreme Court by Asian-American students who maintain that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants in admissions (Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard). Today, the Justice Department notified the
Planters Peanuts Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kraft Heinz is nearing a deal to sell its Planters brand to Spam owner Hormel for roughly $3 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Hormel’s stock spiked more than 6% on the report before closing up 3.9% at $48.75. Shares of Kraft Heinz closed down
Doctors say a 22-year-old man, badly burned in a car crash, is recovering well after receiving a rare face and hands transplant. Mr DiMeo fell asleep at the wheel after working a night shift. His car hit a curb, flipped over and burst into flames. A passing driver who saw the accident pulled him out
It’s no wonder Sia keeps herself hidden under exotic wigs. In her attempt to showcase a new film featuring a beautiful story of love and family the woke Twitter mob still found a way to clap back over her casting. Now she is blaming white men for her perceived casting mistakes. UPI news reporter Fred
You silly person, you thought that since the kids were sitting at home, glued to their COVID Chromebooks for something like three hours hours a day that snow days would be a thing of the past. In fact, we were assured in September by no less an authority than the thought leaders over at The
As you probably recall, President Joe Biden made good on his promise to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline “on day one.” (Though that move may wind up being blocked in court.) This decision was cheered by the “keep it in the ground” crowd, who have been rather down in the dumps over the past
President Joe Biden will receive his daily briefing Wednesday evening. There is nothing else on his schedule for the day. President Biden’s Itinerary for 2/3/21 – note: this page will be updated during the day if events warrant The schedule is comprised of information available from the public schedule released by the White House and
College professors ought to be able to write their course syllabi and teach as they think best. That’s how things have been since America’s Founding. Unfortunately, there is a new trend, with administrators demanding that they include various statements with “woke” sentiments and requirements that they conduct their classes in specific, “anti-racist” ways. Advertisement In
Amanda Ensing has spent the past nine years as a beauty vlogger, posting online videos that propelled her to 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube and Instagram along with endorsement contracts from brands eager to grab the attention of her audience. But the influencer says she has been hit with a barrage of attacks after she
A political organization co-founded by former staffers of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are taking aim at moderate Democrats in an attempt to clear the way for their far-left legislative goals. The No Excuses PAC was founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff for Ocasio-Cortez, and Corbin Trent, the former communications director for the
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