[ad_1] Voters wait to cast ballots during the presidential primary election in Milwaukee, Wis., April 7, 2020. (Daniel Acker/Reuters) No one should be bullied into supporting one candidate or another by pundits who can’t be bothered to make substantive arguments for their positions. Election years bring their own unique array of annoyances. When the most

[ad_1] Control room for the Democratic National Convention before the start of the convention in Milwaukee, Wis., August 17, 2020 (Morry Gash/Reuters) Crackpot theories are as old as the Republic, but there are a few new reasons they may be more prevalent today. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n December of 2003, liberal NPR host Diane

[ad_1] Former President Barack Obama speaks in Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters) The anti-Trump Lincoln Project was forced to delete a viral tweet that falsely claimed President Trump “relished” in a convention supporter calling former President Barack Obama a “monkey,” while the video clearly shows the term was not used. “When President Trump

[ad_1] A student holds a placard during a protest against climate change in front of the Parliament building in Oslo, Norway, March 22, 2019. (Nerijus Adomaitis/Reuters) Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter (coming soon) about finance and economics. On the (abbreviated — Daniel Tenreiro is away) menu today: ESG, Trader Joe’s COVID challenges, autonomous

[ad_1] If you want to encounter Justice Antonin Scalia’s great legal mind in action, from broad questions about legal interpretation to specific disputes over constitutional provisions, I have just the book for you: The Essential Scalia: On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law, co-edited by Sixth Circuit judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and

[ad_1] (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) TikTok sued the U.S. government on Monday, accusing the Trump administration of denying the company its due process rights by moving to ban the video-sharing app. “We do not take suing the government lightly, however we feel we have no choice but to take action to protect our rights, and the rights

[ad_1] New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference in New York, August 6, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) New York attorney general Letitia James is investigating the Trump Organization for allegedly inflating the value of their assets to secure loans, according to a legal document filed on Monday. The attorney general’s office

[ad_1] Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham attends a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to consider authorization for subpoenas relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation on Capitol Hill, June 11, 2020. (Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters) Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) says in light of recently declassified documents that he believes FBI leadership showed a

[ad_1] Amy Coney Barrett (The Federalist Society via YouTube) Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, is well-known to conservatives. Many remember that during her confirmation, she endured an ugly episode of anti-Catholic bigotry at the hands of California senator Dianne Feinstein, who infamously said to

[ad_1] The Charlotte Convention Center is set for 2020 RNC delegates to gather in Charlotte, N.C., August 24, 2020. (Travis Dove/Reuters) On the menu today: The coming week promises four nights of pure, concentrated President Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention; the GOP heads into 2020 with no formal platform, and sorting out whether

[ad_1] Carter Page at a presentation in Moscow, Russia, in 2016. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters) Carter Page was a CIA asset, not a Russian spy, and the FBI knew it early on but plowed ahead with its fantasy anyway. Author’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series. To answer the question posed in last Tuesday’s

[ad_1] (Kuzma/Dreamstime) 2006—The New York Times reports that Michigan federal district judge Anna Diggs Taylor, who issued a wild ruling the previous week declaring that the National Security Agency’s Terrorist Surveillance Program is unconstitutional (see This Day for August 17, 2006), is a trustee and officer of a group that has given at least $125,000

[ad_1] (Illustration: Edgar Su/Reuters) The CCP seeks to make American campuses less conducive to open inquiry, and more dangerous for students and professors. It can’t be allowed to succeed. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W ith many American universities conducting classes online during the fall semester, some college professors are worried that the Chinese Communist Party will

[ad_1] Kamala Harris speaks to reporters as Joe Biden looks on in Wilmington, Del., August 13, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) A vote for the Biden–Harris ticket is a vote for abortion on demand, paid for by unwilling taxpayers. Presidential candidates usually move to the center in the general election to appeal to moderates, but Joe Biden

[ad_1] Desert One (Greenwich Entertainment) In a scintillating new documentary, Barbara Kopple tells the story of Operation Eagle Claw, which helped doom Jimmy Carter’s presidency. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE ‘T here’s no greater privilege than rescuing somebody,” recalls Major William G Boykin, a Delta Force operations officer who helped lead the audacious, but doomed, April 1980

[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The 2020 DNC was a stark contrast to earlier conventions. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T ransport yourself back in time to May 2019

[ad_1] (Screengrab ) The suspect in the beating of a truck driver in downtown Portland turned himself in Friday morning, police said. Marquise Love, 25, turned himself into police and is being held on $260,000 bail at Multnomah County Detention Center. He is accused of felony assault, coercion, and rioting. “I am pleased the suspect

[ad_1] Black Lives Matter protesters gather in Lownsdale Square, Portland, Ore., July 30, 2020. (Luther Abel/National Review) Earlier this week, footage emerged of a Black Lives Matter mob in Portland beating a man unconscious after dragging him out of his truck. The incident began at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday when the gentleman in question

[ad_1] Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention, Wilmington, Delaware, , August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) A party that sees itself as a force for change nominates the embodiment of business-as-usual. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE Y ou may not particularly like Joe Biden

[ad_1] Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 15, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to President Trump pardoning former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, a move Trump suggested over the weekend that he was mulling. “He was

[ad_1] Vice President Mike Pence leads a White House coronavirus task force briefing in Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he doesn’t “know anything about” the QAnon conspiracy theory and that he dismisses it “out of hand” while denying having heard President Trump’s recent embrace of its

[ad_1] Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach talks about the Kansas voter ID law in Topeka, Kansas, May 12, 2016. (Dave Kaup/Reuters) The pro-abortion group EMILY’s List and a PAC run by allies of Senator Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) funded a Democrat-linked PAC that attempted to boost Kris Kobach in the Kansas GOP Senate

[ad_1] California governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in San Diego, Calif., October 9, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) California Governor Gavin Newsom has been receiving his full monthly salary, though he pledged to take a pay cut in May in solidarity with state workers who saw a 10 percent cut in pay as a

[ad_1] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks about stalled congressional deal with the Trump administration on the latest coronavirus relief during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., August 13, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Reuters) House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) on Thursday rejected a request by some House Democrats to vote to extend unemployment benefits

[ad_1] Ed Conard (via Facebook) 1) Many liberals claim capitalism no longer works for the middle and working class. Is it true? No. According to the Congressional Budget Office, prior to the pandemic, middle-class incomes had grown 60 percent more than inflation since 1980. The income of the poorest 20 percent had doubled. Those increases

[ad_1] President Donald Trump listens during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, April 4, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Only transgender extremism will do. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D onald Trump has always been what the Left would call an “ally” to gay people. “If two people dig each other, they dig each other,”

[ad_1] Montana governor Steve Bullock speaks at the 2019 Iowa Federation of Labor Convention in 2019. (Gage Skidmore) In a mysterious video, Bullock sings the state’s praises to Chinese investors. It appears connected to the EB-5 visa program, though his campaign denies it. ‘When you invest in Montana, you have the full support of the

[ad_1] (rtolympic/Getty Images) Why has civil-asset forfeiture, which flies in the face of American expectations of due process, been allowed to persist in its current form? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S ince the death of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers in late May, Americans of all colors, creeds, and political predilections have

[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s acceptance speech was teeming with whoppers, and one of the most misleading was his assertion that

[ad_1] Steve Bannon at CPAC 2017. (Gage Skidmore) If there are convictions, the potential penalties are severe. NR’s Zachary Evans has reported on the Justice Department’s indictment of former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser Steve Bannon, along with three codefendants — Brian Kolfage, an Air Force vet who became a triple-amputee serving in