As John Adams—that passionate advocate of “independency”—wrote, July Fourth should be commemorated with “Pomp and Parade, with [Shows], Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of the Continent to the Other from this Time forward forever more.” There’s a more serious side to July Fourth when we remember what makes America exceptional,
Month: July 2021
May 1990 appears to have been a bad month for minority race relations in the City of Angels. “Gunfire, fistfights and racial tension erupted almost simultaneously at three Los Angeles-area high schools Tuesday morning,” the Los Angeles Times reported on May 2. A squad of police officers backed by a helicopter descended upon Jordan High
According to the White House payroll report, The Biden administration is set to have the most expensive payroll in history. Estimated cost under Biden: Over $200 million Cost under Trump: $164.3 million Cost under Obama: $188.5 million(first term) TRENDING: Biden White House to Deploy “Delta Variant” Response Teams Across US to Communities with Low Vaccination
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that most Americans should feel comfortable safely gathering over Independence Day weekend, citing high Covid vaccination rates and low virus infection levels in many parts of the country. However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said there are certain places where people should be more careful. “There’s very low
US forces have left their main military base in Afghanistan – the hub for a 20-year mission against the Taliban and al Qaeda – in the clearest sign yet America’s longest war is ending. The sprawling Bagram airfield, about 40 miles north of Kabul, is being handed over to the Afghan security forces in a
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a stunning defeat to the enemies of the First Amendment by invalidating a California law forcing nonprofits to disclose their largest donors — and liberals are losing it. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the Court in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, Attorney General of California. The
Despite being neck-deep in multiple scandals, earlier this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held a $10,000-a-head fundraiser at the Manhattan Rockefeller Center and managed to raise over a million dollars. Cuomo not only faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, but his actions during the COVID pandemic have also (finally) come under scrutiny. Earlier this year, the media
The federal government’s sweeping “COVID-19” relief bill gave California’s state government a whopping $26 billion in bailout money. This, combined with the fact that the Golden State was actually doing fine with local tax revenue despite the pandemic, led to something unexpected: California ran a $75.7 billion budget surplus in 2021. Yet despite the government’s
(Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images) Jason Miller, a former spokesperson for President Trump, has soft-launched a new social-media platform, GETTR. The platform will officially launch on Independence Day, with the goal of creating a space for conservative (particularly pro-Trump) media online. The platform’s style mirrors the traditional Twitter interface while substituting Twitter’s blue theme for a crimson
A federal judge in New York ruled Thursday to unseal court documents in relation to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered a trove of secret files to be made public this month, some of which could reveal financial ties to the Clintons. Judge Preska ruled to unseal the court documents
San Francisco could soon become a ghost town if residents stick true to their word. A new poll released by the city’s Chamber of Commerce found that a whopping 40% of residents are planning to leave the city over the next few years due to a rapidly deteriorating quality of life. Among the greatest concerns
Facebook is getting bashed for sending notifications to users who it deemed as having been exposed to “extremist content” that may be considered too right wing. Users across the internet torched Facebook for sending them pop-up warnings that they had been exposed to so-called “extremist” content. RedState editor Kira Davis tweeted July 1: “Hey has
Social-distancing dividers in a classroom at St. Benedict School in Montebello, Calif., July 14, 2020. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) After a year-plus of destructive behavior, these selfish organizations aren’t done abusing their power yet. The children may be on summer vacation, but the teachers’ unions haven’t taken a break from trying to harm them. This week, the
Rob O’Donnell is a former New York City Police Department detective who was involved with the response to, and rescue efforts in, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, as well as the response to 9/11. He joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about the Fourth of July, patriotism, the contempt some show for the
Those quick to dismiss the TV host’s concerns that he is being spied on by the NSA should consider the sordid history of illicit surveillance. Fox News host Tucker Carlson was mocked on social media this week for stating that he had been told that the National Security Agency was reading his private emails and spying on
It’s official. California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom is going to face a recall election and the date has been set. Democrats in the state have done everything they can to protect Newsom from this, but in the end, the recall petitioners overcame all odds. Newsom recall election will happen this fall on September 14th. FOX
Two women in face masks walk along a shopping area on April 19, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Francois Nel | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vaccination campaigns in several Middle East nations raced ahead of the rest of the world at the beginning of 2021. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
The US has stopped federal executions while its justice department conducts a review. Federal executions were resumed under Donald Trump’s presidency last July after a 17-year pause, and he oversaw more of them than any other president in more than 120 years. During his last six months in office, there were 13 federal executions. Attorney
Thursday was a less-than-stellar day for immature and venomous charlatans like MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid due to the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Arizona’s election integrity laws. So, it was only natural Reid and a cast of characters melted down over the ruling as a “racist” and “violent blow against democracy” that proved
When President Joe Biden took office, he ordered a halt to construction of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The White House’s budget proposal cut funding for Customs and Border Protection, and the Democrats’ funding bill cut it even more. Yet the Democrats’ military spending bill directs hundreds of billions of dollars to “border security”…
Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams purchased two homes worth a combined $1.4 million following her failed 2018 bid to lead the state, public records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. Abrams purchased the homes despite reporting in a financial disclosure in early 2018 during her gubernatorial campaign that she owed the
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla’s China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2020. (Aly Song/Reuters) You almost can’t blame Elon Musk for speaking so highly of the Chinese Communist Party on its 100th anniversary. On Twitter, Musk seems to be opening a new front in Tesla’s effort to clean
A 10-year-old girl said that she survived the massacre of her family by playing dead as a gunman lined them up and shot and killed them, according to authorities. The harrowing incident unfolded Wednesday in Houston. The family told WTRK-TV that the child saw her mother, father, and her 6-year-old sister be shot and killed,
Texas sheriffs and other law enforcement groups filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Biden administration for preventing the arrest or deportation of criminal illegal aliens. Five counties, five sheriff’s departments, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees with a national law enforcement organization signed onto the lawsuit filed with the federal court of the Southern District
The only thing missing from the set of MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes Thursday night was a giant whiteboard with lines connecting unrelated things. That was the manic energy Hayes gave off as he went on an unhinged rant proclaiming that the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Arizona’s election integrity laws were part of a decades-long
(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Legal constitutionalists and political conservatives have had reason to be disappointed at times with the Roberts Court, but today is not one of those days. The Court concluded its 2020-21 term with a pair of 6-3 rulings written by George W. Bush’s appointees (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito) and joined
In a clever move to utilize the existing modicum of “cultural competency” training, educators bent on revising American history and pushing equal outcomes have found a place to embed the elements of critical race theory. States are running it up the flagpole and out to local school boards in cleverly packaged messaging that demands equity.
This is CNN. CNN (Communist News Network) celebrated the Chinese Communist Party’s 100-year anniversary on Thursday. 100 years of power, death, genocide and destruction. CNN correspondent Kristie Lu Stout gushed over Xi Jinping’s speech and ‘show of strength.’ TRENDING: Biden White House to Deploy “Delta Variant” Response Teams Across US to Communities with Low Vaccination
In this article DENN Denny’s CEO John Miller told CNBC on Thursday the restaurant chain has had trouble filling open positions, but pay concerns have not been what’s kept prospective workers away during the economic reopening. “I think the starting wage for a brand like Denny’s is really not the challenge,” Miller said on “Power
US President Joe Biden has visited the families of those affected by last week’s apartment building collapse in Florida. Mr Biden’s visit came after the search and rescue effort at the 12-storey Champlain Towers South was suspended due to safety concerns. Eighteen people are confirmed dead but 145 are still missing and are feared to