It sounds too good to be true: A top secret memo in possession of the House Intelligence Committee could seriously rupture Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. The memo doesn’t really have much to do with Russia, however, just like many of Mueller’s…
Read MoreDay: January 21, 2018
NYT Changes Headline On Gov’t Shutdown To Lessen Blame On Dems For Impasse
The New York Times changed a headline in an article Saturday morning about the government shutdown that absolves Democrats of blame for the impasse. The original version of the NYT headline on an article reporting the news reads: “Senate Democrat Block Bill to Keep Government Open Past Midnight, Shutdown Looms”…
Read MoreTim Kaine, Self-Described Pro-Life Catholic, Doesn’t Mention Abortion at Pro-Choice Women’s March
Sen. Tim Kaine, a practicing Catholic who personally opposes abortion, steered clear of the topic in his remarks Saturday at the pro-choice Women’s March on Washington. The Virginia Democrat spent most of his speech talking about the government shutdown, which he blamed on President Trump.
Read MoreMattis: Countering China, Russia Now Top US Defense Priority
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the United States is losing its competitive military advantage over China and Russia, marking the central challenge to America’s armed forces. “Great-power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of U.S. national security,” Mattis said Friday as he rolled out the unclassified portion…
Read MoreCommentary: Americans Won’t Let Democrats Weaponize Compassion on DACA
Jeffrey A. Rendall It’s not a stretch to claim Americans are a compassionate people. From an early age we’re schooled by parents, pastors and teachers to look kindly on our neighbors, help them in a pinch and give regularly to churches and charities to aid the less fortunate in…
Read MoreDevin Nunes Named 2017 Congressman of the Year by Limited-Government Powerhouse
By Rick Manning House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes earned recognition as Americans for Limited Government’s 2017 Congressman of the Year for his steadfast pursuit of the truth related to the Obama Administration’s intelligence agency weaponization during the 2016 election campaign and the continued use of these tools against President Trump.…
Read MoreHackers Are Attacking the Electric Grid
Last September, news broke that hackers had laid siege to the U.S. power grid, probing deep into dozens of energy firms, looking for weaknesses to exploit. The Department of Homeland Security issued a threat warning about an ongoing stream of malware attacks that could one day lead to a Black…
Read More32 Children Rescued from al-Shabab in Somalia
A U.S.-backed operation by Somali special forces has freed 32 children who were kidnapped by militant group al-Shabab. Somali Information Minister Abdirahman Omar Osman said Friday that Somali forces rescued the kids from a school in the Middle Shabelle region. “The militants were indoctrinating the children, but now they are…
Read MoreTom Petty Died of Accidental Opioid Overdose: Family
American rocker Tom Petty died in October of an accidental drug overdose after taking a variety of medications for his ailments including a mix of opioid painkillers, his family and the Los Angeles county medical examiner said Friday. The autopsy report says the 66-year-old Petty had fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam and…
Read MoreSecrecy and Withholding of Information Characterize Move of Tyson Foods Plant into Humboldt, Tennessee
Gibson County Mayor Tom “Welcoming” Witherspoon and Humboldt Mayor Marvin Sikes claim that only positive impacts will result from the arrival of the Tyson Foods chicken plant, first rejected in Tonganoxie, Kansas, but now being relocated to Humboldt, Tennessee. The plan to put the plant in Tonganoxie was defeated by citizen-led…
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