I made a rookie mistake. There’s no excuse for it. A few weeks ago I wrote this ridiculously optimistic article about the new marijuana laws in New York written and passed by Democrats. I complimented them, and at the time I thought to myself, “Self, why are you doing this? You know Democrats never act
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Author Philip Roth poses in New York, September 15, 2010. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) The book publisher Norton has removed Blake Bailey’s biography of Philip Roth from publication. And already existing copies are disappearing from online booksellers. In the publishing world, this is monster news. Why is it being pulled from publication? Books are sometimes abandoned by
A reporter said that she resigned from the New York Post after she was “forced” to write the “incorrect” story about Vice President Kamala Harris’s book being given to migrant children. Laura Italiano tweeted about the story and her resignation on Tuesday, a day after the article was retracted and clarified by several news outlets.
USA Today admitted that they allowed an edit to an op-ed written by Stacey Abrams be made without citing the change, and that op-ed was erroneously used by Politifact to defend her from her critics. The piece was published at USA Today on March 31, just days before Major League Baseball pulled their game from
When Democrats get caught in a political pickle, they can count on the borrowed authority of “journalists and fact-checkers” to bail them out. Take failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams pressuring corporations to put a financial squeeze on Georgia. In a March 31 op-ed in USA Today, her article began “Boycotts work. The focused power
When the University of Chicago Press brought out Richard Weaver’s book Ideas Have Consequences in 1948, it was instantly hailed as a landmark text on American conservatism. The title itself has become a sort of rallying cry for the conservative intelligentsia. I’d wager that 98 percent of those who utter the phrase “Ideas have consequences!” have never
Can a judge who orders plaintiffs’ counsel to call biological boys “females”—even though the very nature of the Title IX lawsuit involves questions of males’ competitive advantage in scholastic sports—render an impartial ruling on defendants’ motion to dismiss the suit? It would seem the answer is “no.” A federal district court judge in Connecticut
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks on during his speech about the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and other issues at a weekly news conference after the Senate Democrat Policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) will not say whether he supports court-packing until he
Trump declared an all-out war on delusional RINO Liz Cheney after she sided with demon Pelosi. As reported earlier, Liz Cheney sided with Pelosi and attacked Trump’s historical support in 2020. Earlier this week at the GOP House members retreat in Orlando, Liz Cheney stabbed GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy in the back and sided with
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that the White House “respectfully disagrees” with the Catholic Church on the use of aborted fetal tissue for research. EWTN reporter Owen Jensen asked the White House press secretary Tuesday to address a statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops condemning President Joe Biden’s decision
In this article SBUX Starbucks’ president and CEO Kevin Johnson speaks during a press conference in Shanghai on August 2, 2018. AFP | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to report its fiscal second-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are expecting: Earnings per share: 53 cents expected
US health officials have updated their guidance on what activities fully vaccinated people can safely do without the need to wear a mask. It comes as more than half of all adults in America have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Joe
Without someone from the Daily Caller, the Fox News Channel, or Real Clear Politics’s Philip Wegmann in the room, the White House reporters seated for Tuesday’s briefing refused to follow up on Wegmann’s attempt from Monday to ask Press Secretary Jen Psaki about former Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly selling out Israel to his
I made a rookie mistake. There’s no excuse for it. A few weeks ago I wrote this ridiculously optimistic article about the new marijuana laws in New York written and passed by Democrats. I complimented them and at the time I thought to myself, “Self, why are you doing this? You know Democrats never act
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, April 17, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, who has done invaluable work in calling attention to the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab, broke some news during
Loved ones and strangers are mourning the death of NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos, a beloved husband and father of two young children who died in the early hours of Tuesday morning after being hit by an allegedly drunk driver while directing traffic. What are the details? The New York Times reported that Tsakos, 43, was
A former White House adviser to President Barack Obama has been arrested and charged with embezzling $218,000 from a charter school network he founded. What are the details? WNBC-TV reported that Seth Andrew, 42, has been charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and making a false statement to a bank after prosecutors say he stole
Ahead of President Biden’s address to Congress tomorrow, NBC Nightly News spent part of its Tuesday newscast gaslighting the American people about the President’s foreign policy successes in his first 100 days and trying to memory hole former President Trump’s seismic moves around the globe. At one point, they pushed the lie that Trump had
Florida, the nation’s third-most-populous state, could join scores of other states in enacting election reforms as the state Senate advanced a bill Monday to apply the same voter ID requirements to absentee balloting as in-person voting. The proposal, which awaits action in the Florida House of Representatives, is similar to a measure that passed as
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) Former president Trump lashed out at Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) on Tuesday after Cheney said she wouldn’t rule out running for president. “Liz Cheney is polling sooo low in Wyoming, and has sooo little
(Note: Thank you for supporting American businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message below and publishers like Gateway Pundit. We appreciate your support!) Big banks and the IRS want you to think, the only way to save for retirement is to load up on stocks – and feed the Wall Street beast. I’m sure
When Donald Trump first said, “America will never be a Socialist country” the Left and their minions fumed. They knew he was committed to that from the start but he had finally said it to the public without apology. Trump’s stunning resilience resolve against their spying, booby traps, false accusations frame-ups and constant public humiliation
Many runners were seen not wearing masks as they went on their runs along the Esplanade, the Mass. Ave. Bridge and Memorial Drive in Cambridge. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its public health guidance Tuesday, saying fully vaccinated people can exercise and attend small
An application has been made to pardon George Floyd for a 2004 drugs conviction. Mr Floyd was arrested in Houston in February 2004 by Gerald Goines for selling $10-worth of crack in a police sting. After pleading guilty, Mr Floyd was jailed for 10 months. Image: Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. Pic: Houston Police Department
“Power to the People” was a chant used by anti-war and civil rights protesters in the ’60s. John Lennon wrote a song with that title in 1971. The idea flowed from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution which begins, “We the people.” The concept behind that phrase was that the people, not the government, are
It’s known as an “Article V” convention and it would utilize the second constitutional device to amend our founding document. Article V allows for congressional passage of amendments that would then be sent to the states for ratification. Two-thirds of states must approve in order for ratification to be successful. But there’s another way to
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 27, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Communist China is the most villainous government since the Third Reich. It is committing actual genocide against the Uyghurs. It organ harvests Falun Gong and other political prisoners who are killed to fill
There may be a raging humanitarian crisis at the southern United States border, but Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wants you to know his department is taking serious claims of “domestic violent extremism.” What are the details? Despite facing the largest influx of migrants in two decades that is overwhelming and quickly depleting American immigration
A new Michigan mask mandate applying to children ages 2 through 4 went into effect Monday, requiring them to wear masks in all public places, including schools, child care centers, and camps. WZZM-TV noted that in April, the state has tallied a spike in COVID-19 cases among children, and last week some hospital leaders said
Conservatives have raised the alarm about Big Tech censorship for years. But now a far-left senator has admitted that Big Tech’s power may be a problem. Newly elected Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) spoke out against Facebook’s power in an April 27 hearing. He claimed that Facebook has “an obligation to remove certain content, for example,