After the Senate voted on Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) tore into Trump. McConnell, who voted to acquit Trump of charges of “incitement of insurrection,” unequivocally blamed Trump for the deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6., saying Trump is
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The New York Times included in its Saturday coverage of the school re-opening debate a story by congressional reporter Carl Hulse: “Republicans Seize on Shuttered Schools as a Political Rallying Cry.” Does “seize” sound familiar? Democrats rarely “seize” or “pounce” on Republicans in headlines, but the paper makes sure to underline the partisanship when it’s
With seven Republicans voting with all Democrats to convict, the Senate nevertheless voted Saturday afternoon to acquit former President Donald Trump, in his second impeachment trial, of a single charge of incitement of insurrection. Americans, and apparently most senators, were under the impression that the Saturday session would feature closing arguments and perhaps a verdict.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is at the center of a firestorm that started this week when one of his aides admitted they covered up the number of deaths from COVID in New York nursing homes because of his policies. The governor’s brother Chris was happy to bring him onto his CNN show multiple times
After voting that Trump was “not guilty” on the purported grounds that the Senate lacks constitutional authority to convict a former president, Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing 20-minute speech on the Senate floor laying blame for the January 6 attack on Congress squarely on Trump: January 6 was a disgrace. American citizens attacked their own
Fourth generation cattle rancher Loren Poncia has made Stemple Creek Ranch carbon positive. He’s implemented rotational cattle grazing systems that allow soil and grass to recover, applied compost on pastures and planted worm farms and chicory that aerate the soil. Courtesy of Paige Green President Joe Biden has called on U.S. farmers to lead the
Former US president Donald Trump has been found not guilty in his impeachment trial. A total of 43 senators voted ‘not guilty’ which passed the two thirds majority required for his acquittal. Seven members of Mr Trump’s own party voted ‘guilty’. In a statement after the trial, Mr Trump said it was “a sad commentary
For years whenever China told Hollywood to jump, the industry had but one answer … how high? Studios drooled over China’s vast theatrical marketplace, with millions of movie goers eager to watch American popcorn franchises like “Fast & Furious.” And they did just that while filmmakers followed the country’s strict rules at every step. What
President Trump thanked his lawyers “for their tireless work upholding justice and defending truth” in a statement released shortly after his acquittal in the U.S. Senate. He also thanked the U.S. Senators and Members of Congress” who stood proudly for the Constitution we all revere and for the sacred legal principles at the heart of
Is there anyone that didn’t see this coming? It turns out the WHO trip to China to investigate the origin of the coronavirus pandemic was a big waste of time, though of course China got something out of it. Today even the White House is expressing frustration about the findings and how they were communicated.
Airlines won’t have to mandate that travelers show proof of a negative coronavirus test before domestic flights, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday domestic travelers wouldn’t need to take a coronavirus test before flights in an apparent rejection of a policy President Joe
Pennsylvania GOP senator Pat Toomey on his decision to convict Trump: “President Donald Trump’s defense team made several accurate observations at the impeachment trial. Many elected Democrats did want to impeach President Trump from the moment he won the 2016 election. The mainstream media was unrelentingly biased and hostile to the president. Both often overlooked
The pledge for a new United States Navy task force has some very progressive-sounding language in it that looks like it was written by a woke campus diversity officer. Task Force Navy One, which was “established to combat discrimination in the Navy,” requires members to “advocate for and acknowledge all lived experiences and intersectional identities
Despite President Joe Biden declaring this week that the United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans, he told Americans that they will need to wear face masks until at least 2022. Biden visited the National Institutes of Health complex in Bethesda, Maryland, this week.
Here we go again with more Omission Journalism. As the impeachment week unfolded, Maryland Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, the impeachment manager, has made a point of showing videos illustrating in graphic detail the attack on the Capitol. And no one has been more emphatic in support of Trump’s impeachment for the events of January 6th
Corporations, nonprofit institutions, the media, and countless individual Americans have expressed support of the Black Lives Matter movement, funneling millions of dollars into organizations that purport to carry out its cause. But although many Americans support the phrase “black lives matter,” the actual aims of organizations and activists committed to this cause often are far
‘Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime’ – Lavrentiy Beria to Joseph Stalin President Trump was acquitted for the second time on Saturday by the US Senate, but the crooks in New York continue to harass him with investigations. New York prosecutors, led by crooked Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., are
Nebraska senator Ben Sasse, one of the seven Republican senators who voted that Donald Trump was guilty of inciting the January 6 attack on Congress, explains his vote: “An impeachment trial is a public declaration of what a president’s oath of office means and what behavior that oath demands of presidents in the future. But
World Health Organization workers decontaminate the house of a pastor who has just tested positive for Ebola in Beni, June 13, 2019. Sally Hayden | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday confirmed a third case of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as health officials race
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has been temporarily suspended after a last-minute witness was unearthed claiming to have overheard a key phone call with the former president. Jaime Herrera Beutler claims she has contemporaneous notes of a call that House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had with Mr Trump – the contents of which, she says, proves
The Lincoln Project may be collapsing from within, but CNN and MSNBC have kept promoting their spokesmen without asking them troublesome questions about their John Weaver sex-harassment scandal. The Daily Caller counted 17 MSNBC interviews in January without a single Weaver-scandal question. On Morning Joe on February 1, co-host Mika Brezinski threw George Conway one
The Emmy Award-winning governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, enjoyed months being the golden boy of the media for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in his state. It’s gratifying to see Cuomo finally getting the criticism he’s deserved for months—which up until the past two weeks, it seemed only conservative media was willing to
The Supreme Court took up the issue of capital punishment in a Friday night ruling, though only in a tangential way. The court halted the planned Alabama execution of Willie B. Smith III. Smith, 51, was convicted of a 1991 murder where he stole $80 from a woman, took her to a cemetery and shot
EDINBURG, Texas – On Thursday, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested 68 illegal aliens at four different locations, three of which were in Starr County, Texas. Yesterday morning, RGV agents working with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) apprehended 18 illegal aliens, after receiving information that a residence was being used to
This morning, President Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, offered an eye-opening statement of skepticism about the World Health Organization’s investigation into the start of the pandemic in Wuhan, China: The mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) has never been more important, and we have deep respect for its experts and the work they
Despite having control of the White House and Congress, some Democrats do not feel comfortable about their position heading into the 2022 midterm elections. In fact, one House Democrat is already warning that defeat lays ahead for the Democratic Party if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders allow the party’s progressive members to
Following an alarming number of child suicides and suicide attempts, the city of San Francisco is suing its own school district to reopen. The University of California-San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay reported record-high numbers of suicidal children seen and treated last month. “The UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital has seen a 66% increase
With liberal journalists, the Constitution seems to go in and out of favor. During the Trump era, it was a beacon to hold the President accountable. Will the press speak truth to power with a Democrat in power, using the Constitution as a guide? History isn’t encouraging. It was just nine years ago this week, on
Some lawmakers’ push to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour is “truly maddening,” small business owner Stuart Hornsby says. Hornsby owns a frozen yogurt shop, a business he built from the ground up in 2013, in a small city in northwest Georgia. With the exception of the manager and a few other
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told fellow GOP senators via email Saturday morning that he will vote to acquit President Trump when his impeachment trial comes to a vote. McConnell, while saying his vote is a “close call”, he believes the Senate lacks jurisdiction as “impeachments are a tool primarily for removal.” McConnell also