Month: January 2021

People stand in front of Building 10 behind Killian Court at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., November 21, 2018. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and researcher who has received almost $20 million from the Department of Energy was arrested Thursday after he allegedly failed to disclose ties to
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President Trump stands on the Truman Balcony as he returns to the White House in Washington, D.C., October 5, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) I am perplexed by John Yoo’s column today. Yoo repeatedly asserts that one of the reasons to forgo convicting Donald Trump on the charge of which he is plainly guilty is that Trump
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram post that she and several other members of Congress were exploring the possibility of setting up a commission to “rein in” the media, who she accuses of spreading “disinformation” in the lead-up to the Capitol attack. Since I don’t think she’s talking about stifling the New York Times
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A man walks along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as museums and many public areas are closed to the public for precaution against the coronavirus outbreak, March 15, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) The National Mall will close to the public on Inauguration Day next week as local and federal officials work to secure Washington, D.C.,
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President Donald Trump departs the White House on travel to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wall in Texas, January 12, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Salesforce, the company that owns the email marketing firm used by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee to send emails, said recently they had “taken action” against the RNC to “prevent its
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(Natural News) Today’s Situation Update for January 14th examines the two competing theories for the outcome of the rigged 2020 election. In one outcome, Trump has given up, Biden will be sworn in, and the United States of America will be plunged into a communist-controlled authoritarian police state that silences conservative dissent. Another theory is
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Newly elected Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on Wednesday that she would be filing articles of impeachment against President-elect Joe Biden on the first full day of his presidency. Greene made the announcement during an interview on NewsmaxTV. “I would like to announce on behalf of the American people, we have to make
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When the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had already announced that the Senate would not reconvene until January 19, one day before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. This means that the process of impeachment would be guaranteed to continue
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Rep. John Katko (R-NY) questions FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor as he testifies before a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on the national response to the coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill, July 22, 2020. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via Reuters) Ten Republicans crossed party lines on Wednesday to vote in favor of impeaching President Trump over his rhetoric
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) arrives at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 1, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) will not reconvene the Senate before Tuesday, meaning that an impeachment trial against President Trump will take place after Joe Biden assumes office. While Democrats are pushing to impeach
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Wind-turbine generators in Desert Hot Springs, Calif., 2011. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Writing from the U.K. in an article for CapX, Bill Blain (who “absolutely believe[s] climate change is the biggest challenge humanity faces”), takes a look at wind power and other renewables and is not impressed:  The brutal reality is offshore wind is far less efficient
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In a Wednesday night appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, Federalist Founder Ben Domenech scored a critical hit on CNN’s Jake Tapper after the CNN host made disparaging comments against Congressman Brian Mast, questioning the wounded veteran’s dedication to America and democracy. In his rhetorical thrashing, Domenech used his cutting words to call
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NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE M ichael Luttig is an estimable conservative legal thinker who used to be a federal judge. He reportedly helped to persuade Vice President Mike Pence that Pence did not have the power to overturn the results of the presidential election, and thus played a role in protecting the Constitution over the last
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Earlier today, President Trump released a brief statement saying there must be “NO violence” at protests (Allahpundit mentioned it here). This afternoon the President released a five-minute video in which he expanded upon the earlier statement. “I want to be very clear,” Trump said. “I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. Violence
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