The Washington Post reported Thursday that U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to protect Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have been forced to go to great lengths to use the bathroom because the couple forbids their protectors from using the facilities in their home. But a spokesperson for the Secret Service says The Post’s claims were
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NBC’s Superstore is an obnoxiously woke show that is, thankfully, in its final season. This year it jumped on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon by calling BLM protests “99% peaceful.” But it took the “systemic racism” propaganda to new heights this week in the episode “Hair Care Products” on January 14. In this episode, the store, Cloud Nine, makes
One is battling a scandal about his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. Two pushed for removing President Donald Trump during his first year in office. One built a reputation for trolling Trump, while another is the son of a lawyer for the Mafia. The sequel to last year’s Trump impeachment trial will feature a
It is illegal, or at least on paper it is, for the CIA to spy on American citizens on American soil. So why was the CIA spying on Mr. Edward Butowsky and/or Matt Couch? If you have read Joe Hoft’s excellent piece (see here) on the latest trials and travails of Ty Clevenger, an intrepid
Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney President Donald Trump, holds what he identified as a replica mail-in ballot as he speaks about the 2020 election results in Washington, D.C., November 19, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Loyalty, to Donald Trump, has always been a one-way street. But even so it’s gobsmacking to read a report (in the Washington Post)
Donald Trump has become the only US president to be impeached twice. He was first impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine about political rival Joe Biden. The 45th president was acquitted by the Republican-led Senate last
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S. December 20, 2020. Paul Sancya | Reuters The Biden administration’s plan to release nearly every available dose of Pfizer and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines to states shouldn’t cause any supply issues down the road, a
The left have moved beyond simply censoring conservatives on Big Tech platforms. Now Big Tech leaders like Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker are calling for conservatives to be financially crippled. “[U]se of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality,” Baker wrote in a Jan 8
I’m not saying Tom Cruise is a demigod or some other sort of immortal being, but he’s pushing 60 and looks about 40, he’s still making huge action movies that keep getting crazier and more death-defying at an age when most of his peers are easing into grandpa roles, and he uses the unstoppable power
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we welcome: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson brings us up
Well, I knew this was coming considering the massive number of followers that have disappeared over the last few weeks, but I still have no idea which post(s), retweets, or replies ticked off the snowflakes over at Tweep overwatch. Regardless, the site got hit with the ShadowBan Hammer. No notification – email, DM, or otherwise.
President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, N.Y., from the South Lawn at the White House, December 12, 2020. (Cheriss May/Reuters) Representative Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.) has been willing to take tough stands at odds with President Trump in the past: He voted against the emergency declaration that Trump used to get around
The Missouri House of Representatives has censured Democratic state Rep. Wiley Price in a near-unanimous vote after determining that the lawmaker harassed a former aide and lied under oath while under investigation for allegedly having sex with an intern early last year. The vote followed a recommendation from the state’s ethics commission, which in December
We have all heard horror stories of unruly airline passengers making life miserable for hundreds of fellow passengers. Flyers will fight with each other or with airline staff. And things have reportedly gotten much worse with the airlines’ adoption of mask mandates and the recent riot at the U.S. Capitol. In response to increasing unruliness
Despite Big Tech’s efforts to silence conservatives on Parler, one state’s Attorney General will not stand for it. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has demanded answers from several Big Tech companies about the suppression of the free speech-oriented platform Parler. Paxton has “issued civil investigative demands (CIDs) to Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Web Services, and
January 6 represented a turning point, not just for the U.S., but for the broader Western world. The riot on Capitol Hill was preceded by weeks of political fantasies, dreams of some decisive action that would knock the U.S. political system out of a morass that Donald Trump neither created nor proved capable of shifting.
To say that this is a difficult time in our nation’s history might be something of an understatement. For many people, the 2020 election didn’t go as they hoped it would. And now, there is also a tremendous amount of anger and grief over the riot that took place at the Capitol last week. Even
National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C. for the Biden inaugural in the wake of the storming of the Capitol last week have been authorized to use lethal force, according to a report by U.S. News that cited a Defense Department official. The D.C. National Guard had issued a statement Wednesday that troops under its
In an opinion today in United States v. Collazo, a limited en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled by a 6-to-5 vote that a conviction for conspiracy to distribute drugs does not require proof of a level of criminal intent greater than that required for the underlying drug-distribution offense. The court divided along ideological
Donald Trump has called for “no violence” ahead of what the FBI has warned are “armed protests” being planned at all 50 state capitals ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration – as removal vans were spotted outside the White House. One group has vowed an uprising will take place and government offices will be stormed if
A person walks into the Nordstrom store open for business as New York City moves into Phase 2 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic on June 29, 2020 in New York, New York. Rob Kim | Getty Images Nordstrom on Wednesday reported a sales decline of 22% for the nine-week period
In a Wednesday night appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, Federalist Founder Ben Domenech scored a critical hit on CNN’s Jake Tapper after the CNN host made disparaging comments against Congressman Brian Mast, questioning the wounded veteran’s dedication to America and democracy. In his rhetorical thrashing, Domenech used his cutting words to call
When the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had already announced that the Senate would not reconvene until January 19, one day before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. This means that the process of impeachment would be guaranteed to continue
With their wins in Georgia earlier this month, Democrats will now be in control of a 50-50 Senate and that means Senator Bernie Sanders will become the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. The NY Times reports Sanders is already chomping at the bit to make some “aggressive” moves. Just how aggressive will be part
President Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for Thursday. President Trump’s Itinerary for 1/14/21 – 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 several sources of publicly available information. No sensitive
Wind-turbine generators in Desert Hot Springs, Calif., 2011. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Writing from the U.K. in an article for CapX, Bill Blain (who “absolutely believe[s] climate change is the biggest challenge humanity faces”), takes a look at wind power and other renewables and is not impressed: The brutal reality is offshore wind is far less efficient
“It’s pretty difficult to do this show right now,” Pat Gray said on Wednesday’s show. Pat’s comment came on the heels of intense censorship policies implemented across social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Pat explained how the censorship of conservative voices is unlike anything that he had witnessed his lifetime. “We are in a
Former Democratic presidential candidate and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang said on Wednesday that he would be running for mayor of New York City. He made the announcement on his official Twitter account with a campaign video. “I moved to New York City 25 years ago. I came of age, fell in love, and became a
It was another day of faux somberness Wednesday afternoon on MSNBC as Congress impeached President Donald Trump a week after some of his own supporters terrorized the U.S. Capitol. MSNBC used this second Trump impeachment as a front in its ongoing campaign to relabel tens of millions who think and vote differently as domestic terrorists.
Peace protesters taunt a line of soldiers with the military police during an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the Pentagon in Washington DC. Credit: Getty Images What’s cool in politics these days? God knows it isn’t me, a thirtysomething right-winger living in a suburb who remembers when libertarians used to be hip and also Tamagotchis. One