Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., joins this edition of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss key questions and issues in our current politics. Blackburn, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2019 after 16 years in the House, articulates the major themes and principles that Republicans need to articulate as they head into the 2022
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Joe Biden has been in office for less than two years and he is already outpacing his recent predecessors on vacation time. All those weekends in Delaware are adding up quickly. Oh well, it’s not like there’s anything important going on at the moment, right? The Washington Examiner reports: TRENDING: SHOCKING UPDATE: JUDGE IN SDNY
From the Covid-19 pandemic and supply chain shocks to rising inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, governments and businesses around the world are attempting to tackle and solve major crises — many of them interlinked — on multiple fronts. Against this challenging backdrop, energy markets have been roiled, with gas and oil prices surging and
US President Joe Biden has called for Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and bring in a number of other gun control measures. Speaking from the White House after a number of recent mass shootings, Mr Biden asked how many more deaths would be needed to force change. He said “too many everyday
On MSNBC Prime in the “Maddow hour” on Wednesday night, host Ayman Mohyeldin pushed “bold” new ads from Democrat candidates Stacey Abrams and Charles Booker that aim to make Republicans “pay” for extreme positions on issues like abortion, guns and lynching. After noting The New York Times found guns have been featured in over 100 Republican ads
There is plenty of news in this episode, but Kevin and I wandered down a stand-up path, reminiscing about some of our favorite comics who left us all too soon. via GIPHY We’re fortunate to have been hanging around this business for a long time. The memories are good but they do tug at the
The Uvalde school district police chief who was the commander on the scene of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School was not aware of 911 calls made from children inside the classroom, according to Democratic Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez. Chief Pete Arredondo became the subject of blame after law enforcement revealed that
President Joe Biden called for gun control during an address to the nation on Thursday about the ongoing problem of mass shootings in the U.S. Biden called for banning assault firearms and large capacity magazines, or alternatively, for increasing the age to buy those guns to 21-years-old. He specifically called for reimposing a ban that
Gal Beckerman, a senior editor at the Atlantic, has written a piece proposing a movement in which students do not return to school next fall until Congress passes gun control legislation. “Today, I’m left with one conclusion: The children and parents of our country need to take the summer to organize locally, build a set
On Thursday night’s The 11th Hour on MSNBC, host Stephanie Ruhle went on multiple deranged rants on gun control throughout one segment with two of her guests leftist political activist Juanita Tolliver and turncoat Republican and Bulwark editor Bill Kristol. Turning to Tolliver first, in reference to President Biden’s unhinged and rabidly partisan speech earlier
“We are ready to progress negotiations on [a free trade agreement] when the U.S. is ready to do so, but we weren’t going to sit still.” That unambiguous point—made by Ranil Jayawardena, the United Kingdom’s minister for international trade—reflects a forward-leaning, pragmatic trade-policy posture of post-Brexit Britain. Jayawardena underscored London’s intention to take a “twin-track
Should the nation’s highest court overturn Roe vs. Wade, supporters and opponents of abortion rights will need to shift their focus to the state level. The issue will become a matter of state legislation, and the battleground will no longer rest in the nation’s Capital. Many states have either passed or proposed new laws that will
In this article SBUX A protester waves a sign that read "unionize" near the Country Club Plaza Starbucks store where dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company Thursday, March 3, 2022. Jill Toyoshiba | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The union backing organizing efforts at Starbucks is
A gunman who killed four people at a hospital in Oklahoma targeted the doctor who performed back surgery on him, the Tulsa Police chief said. The man who carried out the shooting at the St Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa on Wednesday was identified as Michael Lewis by police. The gunman blamed the doctor –
On Wednesday evening’s edition of Peacock’s Mehdi Hasan Show, the unhinged host Mehdi Hasan invited MSNBC’s favorite race-baiting guest Elie Mystal who serves as the justice correspondent for The Nation to misinform viewers on the founder’s intentions for the Second Amendment to the Constitution. During a segment on the left’s most hated amendment to the
Joe Biden ran as the complete opposite of Donald Trump. According to his campaign, Biden had the experience, temperament, and competence to be a good Commander-In-Chief, while Donald Trump (he said) lacked those qualities. The media did its best to boost Biden, and as such, when he took office, he started off with respectable approval ratings.
The shame of the situation is that proponents of a bill to cancel or forgive outstanding student loans do not understand the process. Or worse, they know and are comfortable with someone else paying their debt. Either situation is disappointing and indicative of a generation weaned on entitlements. The Squad is pushing for total forgiveness
A Republican congressman from Florida caused a stir during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday when he displayed several home- and self-defense firearms he owns that would be banned under newly-proposed Democratic gun control legislation. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who attended the meeting virtually from his home, ripped his Democratic colleagues during the meeting,
A concerning percentage of Americans believe that the country is on a collision course with a civil war, according to a new poll. The survey also revealed there is an alarming number of Americans who would support carrying out political violence against government leaders. The Tulchin Research group conducted a survey of 1,500 Americans in
Daniel Garza, Director of the LIBRE Initiative, has a message for the masterminds behind the “paused” Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) and their lackeys at the Spanish-speaking media: don´t tell Latinos to shut up because they won´t. In an opinion piece published by Inside Source on May 31st, Garza delves into the subject of disinformation and
Mexican state police deploy at the bank of the Rio Grande to stop migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on September 23, 2021, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent actions to delay commercial trucks driving north demonstrated how such an approach can motivate Mexican authorities to do
Tragedies like those recently suffered in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, cause many Americans to voice an understandable—if misguided—urge for politicians to “just do something.” Many of the laws for which they reflexively call—such as universal background checks and bans on so-called “assault weapons”—suffer from a host of constitutional and practical defects. They wouldn’t
Remember when flying was a pleasant experience? A passenger was dragged off a flight from London to Crete, Greece after urinating on his brother before a brawl. Greek police dragged the belligerent, half-naked passenger off the Jet2 plane on May 3rd, but the video was making the rounds on Thursday. The brawling brothers, Alfie and
BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — Walmart’s cavernous stores are known for aisles of low-priced groceries, paper towels and apparel. Now, those big boxes are hubs for its e-commerce business, serving as launch pads for delivery drones, automated warehouses for online grocery orders and departure locations for direct-to-fridge drop-offs. Eventually, they will help pack and ship goods for
Amber Heard has said she will appeal against the verdict in the multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit brought in the US by her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Heard, 36, said she was “heartbroken” and felt “disappointment beyond words” after Depp was awarded $15m (£11.9m) by a court in Virginia on Wednesday. Sources close to the actress, who won
On Tuesday night’s All In, MSNBC host Chris Hayes pressured Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on why he and other top House Democrats would endorse Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) against an AOC-style challenger when he is anti-abortion and gets an “A” rating from the NRA? Is it just because he’s an incumbent? HAYES: Final question for you about a contested primary
As PJ Media’s Jeff Reynolds previously reported, Disney is accusing Star Wars fans of racism for panning the performance of actress Moses Ingram for her portrayal of Third Sister Reva in the new Disney+ limited series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ingram claims she’s received racist messages via Instagram regarding her performance, prompting responses from the official Star
Longtime readers of this column may remember the reader who wanted to know where she could donate her fabric scraps. I offered details on a small organization in Texas that turns new fabric scraps into quilts for shelters, churches and other charities. Apparently, reader G.W. was not the only reader with fabric scraps too good
It’s June, which means that people can expect to be bombarded by a deluge of rainbows as businesses and government entities recognize so-called “Pride Month” — and right on cue, NASCAR issued a tweet on Wednesday celebrating the cause du jour. “As we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, we acknowledge that recent actions have not aligned
Police arrested a 16-year-old California student after learning that he was reportedly recruiting students to conduct a mass killing at a Berkeley-area high school. What are the details? According to a Thursday report from CNN, the unnamed student received a tip in late May outlining the purported plot. The plan, according to the report, “also