Over the past week, several Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee may have stumped viewers by mentioning something called Arabella Advisors during a televised Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Take the line of questioning used by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on the second day of the hearing for the nominee, D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown
President Joe Biden announces new actions against Russia for its war on Ukraine at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 11, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) At the Atlantic, Tom Nichols criticizes the “unforced error” that Biden made during his speech in Poland yesterday, but praises the habit that led to it: What Biden was doing,
Fox News host Jesse Watters is claiming to have a source saying that Hunter Biden will be indicted. Watters added that he will probably be pardoned and that Joe Biden will not seek re-election. “[W]e all see that Emperor Joe Biden has no clothes,” Watters said during Friday night’s episode of Jesse Waters Primetime. “Joe
Drakula & Co. | Moment | Getty Images The IRS is backlogged and still sifting through tens of millions of pending returns, including many of last year’s filings. If your 2020 return is part of the pileup, there’s a special step for your 2021 electronic filing. The agency processed more than 61.9 million returns as
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had ten different substances in his system when he died – including marijuana, opioids and antidepressants, Colombian officials have confirmed. Preliminary results of the urine toxicology test found he had ingested THX (Marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and opioids, the Attorney General’s Office said. Officials said on Twitter: “The National Institute
The hearings into Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court are over, but reporters at the New York Times are still seething about her supposedly racist treatment at the hands of Republicans. They found some other voices that were angry as well for “How Black Women Saw Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation
The collapse of Joe Biden’s presidency is a remarkable story that perhaps too few people appreciate. Biden took office with respectable approval ratings, but the goodwill of the American people was slowly squandered by his pursuit of a radical left-wing agenda and his general lack of competence in handling the key issues facing the country,
In December 1985, Ronald Reagan said on his weekly radio address that “Nicaragua was an imprisoned nation… condemned by a dictator in designer glasses.” Reagan was referring to Daniel Ortega, one of the leaders of the Sandinista movement and at the time, the first elected president of the newly democratic Nicaragua. Ortega had visited the
A woman who is five months pregnant attends a sonogram at a local hospital in Shanghai, China, September 12, 2014. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) There can no longer be any doubt: The international public-health establishment has gone absolutist on allowing abortion at any time, for any reason, without restrictions of any kind. Specifically, the WHO has issued
New Orleans police have arrested a father who allegedly shot and killed a man who is accused of murdering his son. Bokio B. Johnson, 46, is accused of shooting to death Hollis Carter, 21, and wounding Carter’s mother in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Carter and his mother were headed to court around
Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to subpoena Hunter Biden after the 2022 midterm elections and force him to answer a series of questions about his foreign business dealings and the contents of his infamous laptop. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who currently serves as the House GOP conference chair, said, “We will subpoena Hunter
During the panel segment on NBC’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd openly panicked over the Republican Party’s lead in his network’s poll of the generic congressional ballot on Sunday, calling it a “huge red flag”, and remarked how the GOP hasn’t led in NBC’s generic congressional ballot poll since September 2014. Dispatch Editor and
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson could not define what a woman is, but “Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have been able to answer that question,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference, says. “You and I both know that you and I are women and we are proud to be
Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. (Tom Williams/Reuters) Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) on Sunday criticized Republican senators’ questioning of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings as “beyond the pale” but defended Democrats’ treatment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh during
Of course, COVID is affecting kids but the major effects are due to the medical community’s over-reactions and despotic orders and not due to the coronavirus itself. Respect for the US medical community has greatly diminished since the beginning of COVID. Doctors around the country just followed orders rather than looked at the data. Still
Pole position qualifier Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 26, 2022 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Lars Baron | Getty Images Sergio Perez claimed pole position in a dramatic Saudi Arabian
Russia’s president “cannot remain in power”, Joe Biden has said in a speech where he pleaded with Russians to stand up against the war, and told Ukrainians that the US stands with them. In a powerful speech in Warsaw, Poland, the US president built on earlier remarks in which he called Vladimir Putin a “butcher”,
Well that didn’t age well. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, CBS compared newly independent states like Ukraine to annoying brats running away from home. Of course, the bizarre 1991 commentary came from the late Andy Rooney. On the September 29, 1991 60 Minutes, Rooney began, “Who would have thought a
I can remember watching the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammy Awards when I was a kid. It seemed like something that everyone did, and you could pretty much count on there being people with whom to talk about it the next day at school. However, somewhere along the way, awards shows became unwatchable and
“Why do you always talk about capitalism and not the market economy? The mere mention of the word capitalism turns so many people off.” It’s a critical question that I have often been asked. First of all: Yes, it’s true. For many people, “capitalism” has a bad ring to it, probably all over the world.
. . . our nonjudgmental pope. “Pope Francis Laments War in Ukraine Without Taking Sides,” says the Wall Street Journal headline. The article suggests that the pope doesn’t want to offend the Russian Orthodox authorities and fears being seen as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Understandable, I suppose, but, here’s the thing: Unlikely though
The Beau Biden Foundation spent less than $750,000 in 2020 on its purported mission despite raking in nearly $4 million in donations the same year. The New York Post reported that the Delaware-based charity, which was started in honor of President Joe Biden’s late son, received an infusion of $1.8 million from the Biden Foundation
Elon Musk ignited a firestorm of speculation and optimism as he teased a potential “new platform” that could challenge Twitter for the title of “de facto public town square.” It all began on Friday when the Tesla CEO posted a poll on Twitter that asked the question: “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.
As NewsBusters colleague Clay Waters has noted this week, The New York Times has spent front page space playing the race card, showcasing the paper’s systemic racism. Well of course it has. As the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson proceeds, there is the Times instinctively reacting to
Inflation used to be an abstract economic concept that average Americans paid little attention to. It was a word used by economists on cable news. Now, Americans have been forced to become very familiar with the term and what it means for their personal finances. None more so than parents. The term “momflation” was coined
President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, March 26, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) President Biden said Russian president Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in a speech on the invasion of Ukraine on Saturday. “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia. For free people refuse to live in
Andi Mudryk California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday appointed an openly transgender judge to the bench. “Governor Gavin Newsom today announced eight judicial appointments, including Andi Mudryk – the first openly transgender individual appointed to the bench in California – who will serve as a Judge on the Sacramento County Superior Court.” – the
Paul Bradbury | OJO Images | Getty Images Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees’ needs in areas such as remote work, flexible hours, four-day workweeks, compensation and more. This story is part of a series
Joe Biden has said Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”, appealing to the Russian people against the killing of innocent civilians, and telling Ukraine that the US stands with them. In a powerful speech given in Warsaw in Poland, the US president built on earlier remarks in which he called Mr Putin a “butcher”, describing
The Associated Press (AP) was blasted by conservatives and Republicans on Friday for a story (and tweet) on Ketanji Brown Jackson claiming Democrats just want the Supreme Court to look “more like America,” while Republicans think “Jackson brings too much empathy to the job.” This was the tweet: Democrats praised President Joe Biden’s choice of