If you were an employer in Portland, Maine, you were likely not ringing in the New Year with nearly as much gusto as the rest of the country. At 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, the minimum wage in Portland jumped to $19.50 per hour, up from $12.15 the day before, the National Law Review reported.

The New York Times is joining left-wing activist groups to push President Biden to the left and remove the filibuster to defend “voting rights,” defined as Democratic-helpful changes to state voting laws, while emotionally labeling Republican attempts to secure the vote as “voter suppression.” A front-page “news analysis” on Wednesday by reporters Nick Corasaniti and

Have you ever wondered why so many insane things are happening simultaneously RIGHT NOW? Big corporations are going woke. The stock market got red-hot during a FORCED recession. Stores like Walmart and Target were allowed to stay open during the lockdown, but mom-and-pop stores on Main Street had to close, some of them forever. On

When asked what sort of advancement would help end the coronavirus pandemic, ultra-wealthy Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates noted that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 can still catch the illness, and that vaccines seem to be limited in their longevity. Long-lasting vaccines that protect people from getting re-infected are needed, Gates tweeted during an

With the stunning economic news out early Wednesday showing that inflation has continued to skyrocket to seven percent year over year, ABC and CBS’s evening newscasts ignored the Biden administration’s past predictions that inflation was simply “transitory” when reporting on the new numbers. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News recalled how wrong the Biden White House has

School districts across America have mostly remained open during the surge in positive virus tests, but parents appear reluctant to allow their kids to attend in-person classes. This has led to a situation where classes are almost one-third empty while teachers try to decide how best to proceed knowing that many children will simply never

A good Samaritan trying to give his coat to a homeless man received thanks in the form of an assault and mugging, and it was all caught on video. The video obtained by the New York Post shows the 59-year-old man slowly approach a homeless person and try to place his coat on top of

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has issued a statement declaring that he will not talk to the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “As a representative and the leader of the minority party, it is with neither regret nor satisfaction that I have concluded to not participate with this

During their coverage of the Democratic Party’s ongoing obsession over passing their election power grab legislation, ABC’s World News Tonight spent a minute and twenty-six seconds kvetching and strategizing on live television on how their friends in the Democratic Party can get their bill passed.  Anchor David Muir led off the segment by lying about

As the debate over vaccine mandates continues to rage here in the U.S., some of our neighbors to the north who haven’t lined up for their COVID jab are dealing with restrictions and will soon face fines over their healthcare decisions. The province of Quebec is doubling down on authoritarianism in order to crack down

After new information came out that suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci intimidated and bribed scientists into dismissing the COVID-19 lab-leak theory, Sen. Rand Paul and Fauci got into a heated debate in a Senate hearing. But instead of providing answers, Fauci accused Sen. Paul of endangering him. Sen. Paul joined “The Glenn Beck Program” Wednesday with

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced a “Climate Change Professionals Program” meant to recruit federal employees and recent graduates to assist DHS in its efforts to adjust to climate change and boost resilience, according to DHS. “The Climate Change Professionals Program will be instrumental in helping the Department adapt to our changing climate

In his first presidential campaign and during his presidency, Donald Trump was interviewed by many liberal outlets but he never granted an interview to NPR and PBS. He understood that he was running as a populist and they are elitist channels. They’re taxpayer-funded, but sound like they’re Democrat-owned. That streak just came to an end

I’ve had just about enough of the Democrats’ rhetoric these days. How many times can you listen to Democrats cry wolf about how democracy is “hanging by a thread” or that “democracy is stake” unless something is done about it and not go nuts? Using the Capitol riot as a pretext, Democrats want to overhaul

Authorities arrested a San Antonio, Texas, woman after discovering two dirty, injured toddlers trapped alone in a room in her house. What are the details? According to a report from KSAT-TV, police arrested 37-year-old Priscilla Ann Salias on Tuesday and charged her with two counts of endangering a child after receiving a tip that there

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (R) highlighted the blatant hypocrisy of Democrats, and particularly of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in an impassioned speech consisting entirely of Schumer’s past statements defending the legislative filibuster. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled meeting with Democratic lawmakers to discuss a strategy to change the Senate’s rules and ram

Former President Donald Trump reportedly slammed Twitter for rigging the electoral process, but nonetheless is fighting to regain access to the platform.  Trump has not given up on mainstream social media, access to which he said is essential for the fate of the republic itself. “In a court filing Monday night, Trump argued Twitter is

I hadn’t bothered getting a COVID booster for exactly one reason. The wildfire-like omicron variant is so mild — and getting it likely increases your natural immunity to other variants — that for a young(ish) and healthy person like myself, omicron is actually preferable to a booster. But now I have a second reason to

A Seattle-area elementary school is making headlines after a policy regarding outdoor lunch periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic circulated on the internet. What are the details? According to a Tuesday report from PJ Media, administrators at Queen Anne Elementary school have decided that their students will be eating outdoors during the winter months amid

The left-leaning American news media has so far refused to cover a bombshell report indicating that the Biden administration may have been instrumental in the drafting of a letter that compared protesting parents to domestic terrorists and requested the Patriot Act be used against them. What are the details? A newly obtained email exchange appeared

Conservative groups expressed doubt that the Facebook Oversight Board will direct the platform to stop its censorship in reaction to any critical comments it receives about a program that gives prominent users preferential treatment. The Oversight Board for Facebook is collecting public comments through Friday on Facebook’s “cross-check” system, under which the platform maintains a

Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve been told not to wear masks, to wear masks, to double mask, etc. Now, as omicron is spreading faster than any past variant, the CDC is reportedly considering recommending medical-grade KN95 or N95 masks. “The agency is currently actively looking to update its recommendations for KN95 and N95

CNN contributor Bakari Sellers compared Democrats who are opposed to ending the filibuster to those who were opposed to granting civil rights for African Americans in the sixties. Sellers made the comments on CNN Tuesday after a report detailing the lack of support among Senate Democrats needed to change U.S. Senate regulations in order to

Quebec will require adults who decline to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to pay for their decision. Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Tuesday that those who cannot get the jab due to medical concerns will be exempt from having to pay, according to Reuters. The outlet reported that he said the provincial finance ministry is

Fox News announced on January 10 that Jesse Watters would become the permanent host of their 7 pm hour in two weeks. No one was more disgusted than CNN, where Erin Burnett has been thumped by Fox in that hour by a rotating cast of substitute hosts for the last year. Brian Stelter tweeted “Jesse

Many months since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there are still around 18,000 Afghan refugees living at military bases who have not been resettled in America, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson informed the Washington Examiner. The outlet noted that while thousands of refugees remain on five bases, around 57,000 have already have been resettled

President Joe Biden (D) was mocked and ridiculed on social media after Stacey Abrams missed his pivotal speech in Georgia on voting rights and blamed a scheduling mistake for her absence. Biden announced in his speech Tuesday, that he was fully backing the campaign to end filibuster rules in the Senate in order to overcome

A bombshell report out on Tuesday revealed Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona requested the National School Boards Association (NSBA) draft the infamous letter that labeled parents who protested at school boards as potential ‘domestic terrorists’. Despite this stunning revelation, all three evening broadcast shows ignored the report.  While ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News,

“We don’t have good choices — or the choices that we want,” said Shereef Elnahal, the CEO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J. and the state’s former health commissioner. “Our staffing situation has been the worst it’s been since the spring of 2020.” Three hundred of his 3,700 workers are out, many infected with Covid-19.

Two Democrats have penned an opinion piece claiming that Hillary Clinton is probably the Democrat Party’s best hope of winning the White House during the upcoming 2024 presidential contest. “If Democrats want a fighting chance at winning the presidency in 2024, Mrs. Clinton is likely their best option,” consultant and pollster Douglas Schoen and former