Republicans are more likely than Democrats to back certain reforms targeting major tech companies like Amazon, Google and Apple, including a key bipartisan antitrust bill, according to a new poll. There is a bipartisan consensus among voters in Republican-heavy Iowa to update legislation to hold tech companies accountable, though more Republicans than Democrats back measures
The Houston Chronicle reports: “Harris County can spend public money to counter Texas’ strict new abortion law, analysts say.” I have more on the story on the homepage. “President Biden and congressional Democrats spent trillions of dollars in reckless spending earlier this year without the Hyde Amendment to protect taxpayer dollars from creating a slush
The Power Hour is back! Join panelists Stu Burguiere, Chad Prather, Half-Asian Lawyer Bill Richmond, Jason Buttrill, Lisa Paige, and designated driver Sara Gonzales as they attempt a shot of beer every minute for a full hour. Place your bets on how long the group can stay on topic and in control of their mouths
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was forced to ask one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees the same question nine times this week to elicit a response — but the question still was ultimately dodged. What happened? During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Anne Traum to become a U.S. District Judge
GoFundMe is facing criticism online after a group with violent practices was found fundraising on the platform. GoFundMe has a history of decrying fundraisers allegedly tied to violence. The fundraising platform previously banned fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal defense fund because the crimes he was accused of were violent in nature. “Once charges for a
Dem Rep. Dina Titus is angry at her own party. Titus is upset that the legislature drew “three, competitive, risky districts” instead of creating “two safe seats and one swing.” Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada):“I totally got f—ed by the Legislature on my district… They could have created two safe seats for themselves and one swing.
Despite the triumph of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, liberal celebrities didn’t get much happier in 2021. It began with Donald Trump refusing to concede that he lost the presidential election. A year ago, one actor engaged in violent fantasies over this stubborn resistance to the facts. “Who arrests Trump if he refuses to concede? Who
Then-Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stand after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November’s presidential election during a joint session of Congress, January 7, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via Reuters) The 2020 presidential election concluded with a political and constitutional crisis unmatched in the United
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court has reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine and testing requirement for private businesses that covers about 80 million American workers. The ruling by the 6th
A man was kicked off a flight in the US for wearing women’s underwear as a face mask. In footage taken by another passenger and shared widely online, Adam Jenne can be seen wearing a pink thong over his face as he sits in his seat before the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Washington took
Okay, vaccinations and protocols are not working, and professional sports were not supposed to be looking at a COVID-induced long dark winter. The experts and the politicians had all the “scientific answers.” Talk of temporary shutdowns and bubbles were supposed to be things of the past. Nearly 100 percent of NBA, NFL and NHL players
Are you still struggling with what to get for your family and friends this Christmas because you don’t want to support woke corporations that hate you? You’re in luck. My good friend and author Jon Del Arroz and I spent today’s podcast talking about all the alternative gifts that are not only fun and entertaining
“The character of the open conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement as widespread and evident as socialism or communism. It will largely have taken the place of these movements. It will be more; it will be a world religion.”—H. G. Wells
In front of Grand Central Terminal, New York City, December 2021 (Jay Nordlinger) A couple of links for you — starting with this one, to my latest Music for a While, which is a Christmas episode. This year, as usual, I have a variety of music associated with the season: from the Baroque era on
Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools has announced that the school district will shift to virtual learning until mid-January. The school district’s chief executive officer Monica Goldson said that the move is being made due to an increase in COVID-19 cases. “In light of the stark rise in COVID-19 cases throughout our school system, all
A panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling that will allow the Biden administration to implement a controversial COVID-19 vaccine or testing mandate on companies with 100 or more employees. The mandate will require those employers to ascertain each worker’s vaccination status and will require that unvaccinated workers
TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, in a crowded Republican field. The first controversy he’s exploiting to build his campaign is the Philadelphia Inquirer insisting that they will NOT be calling him “Dr. Oz,” even though is an actual doctor and professor of surgery. This is kind of
Maryland – All of Prince George County public schools are going back to virtual learning amid a surge of Covid cases. Earlier this week three schools in Prince George County were forced to close due to a high rate of infection. Parents were blindsided by the decision to shift to virtual classes for the rest
Dear Santa Claus: Here is what I want for Christmas: The longest-possible time behind bars for Jussie Smollett. A tungsten-stiff prison sentence for the convicted racial hoaxster and weapons-grade pathological liar would be a huge gift, not just to me, but for all of American society. After a jury found Smollett guilty of five counts
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the authorization of the coronavirus vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 at the White House in Washington, D.C., November 3, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Biden administration’s employer vaccine mandate on Friday. By overturning the 5th Circuit Court’s stay of Biden’s order,
Cruise Automation COO Dan Kan (l to r), Cruise Automation CEO Kyle Vogt and General Motors President Dan Ammann Tuesday, November, 20, 2018 at Cruise Automation offices in San Francisco, California. Source: Noah Berger | General Motors DETROIT – General Motors has been mum about the abrupt departure Thursday of Dan Ammann, the CEO of
Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team at her trial has tried to discredit her accusers by suggesting there were discrepancies between the statements they gave to the FBI and what they have said in court. Four women, testifying for the prosecution, allege Maxwell recruited and groomed them when they were teenagers for sexual abuse by her ex-boyfriend
New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak is once again suggesting that the court must uphold the (constitutionally non-existent) right to abortion if it wishes to maintain credibility with the public (although abortion isn’t actually popular with the public) in Tuesday’s “With Roe at Risk, Justices Explore a New Way to Question Precedents.” Liptak
The Biden administration has its fair share of problems that it’s either unwilling or unable to fix. Historic inflation, high gas prices, COVID-19, the border crisis, and so on. But there’s another problem that the White House has no control over. No matter what they do or say, they can’t stave off speculation that Joe
The “Shopping Cart Killer” may be responsible for at least four deaths in Virginia, and one suspect is in custody, according to police. At a joint press conference held Friday, Harrisonburg Police Chief Kelley Warner and Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis explained that evidence pointed toward 35-year-old Anthony Robinson as the “Shopping Cart Killer,”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Reuters) The Senate parliamentarian for the third time has ruled against inclusion of an amnesty for illegal aliens in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. Two questions remain: Can Democrats conjure
The No. 1 killer of Americans aged 18-45 is fentanyl overdoses, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Families Against Fentanyl – a nonprofit with a mission to “fight illicitly manufactured fentanyl” – carried out an analysis of CDC data and discovered that fentanyl overdoses have become the No. 1 cause
During an interview on CNBC, chief medical advisor to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci described the term “mandates” as “a radioactive word,” but noted, “requirements, people seem to respond better to that.” The public health figure said that “we’re never gonna get outta this outbreak if we still have 50 million people who for reasons
Conservative commentator Steven Crowder has been suspended from YouTube again. If a user receives three strikes within a 90 day period, the user will be permanently banned. Strikes expire after 90 days, but Crowder is one strike away from being permanently suspended from the platform. He went on to stream his show on Rumble, a
The NFL postponed three games over a Covid surge. 95% of NFL players and over 99% of coaches and staff are fully vaccinated against Covid. More than 100 vaccinated NFL players have tested positive for Covid in the past week. Two games were moved to Monday and one game was moved to Tuesday. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE