(Erin Schaff/Reuters) Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down its decision in California v. Texas, in which over a dozen states and two individuals sued the federal government in an attempt to have the Affordable Care Act declared unconstitutional. Their argument rested on Congress’s lowering of the statute’s monetary penalty to zero in the Tax Cuts
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A homeless man was arrested for assaulting California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday during his visit to downtown Oakland, authorities said Friday. According to local media reports, Newsom was walking to a barbershop and pizza joint in Old Oakland when a man approached him and allegedly threw a water bottle at the governor. Newsom
MacKenzie Bezos at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Beverly Hills, Calif., April 3, 2018. (Danny Moloshok/Reuters) Charity is becoming just another low-risk method for people to engage in politics and virtue-signaling. After consistently being ranked the most-generous country in the world from 2010 to 2019, the United States has plummeted to 19th place, according
Wandrea Shaye Moss was an elections supervisor at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, on election day November 3, 2020.Shaye is the daughter of Ruby Freeman who was filmed feeding the same stacks of ballots through voting machines late at night at the center — after observes were sent home. On Thursday plaintiffs Caroline
(Matt Anderson/Getty Images) The Court’s unanimous judgment in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia yesterday is yet another resounding victory for religious freedom and against religious discrimination. Remarkably, particularly given the voting pattern of the liberal bloc in cases involving sexual orientation, all nine justices agreed that Philadelphia violated the free-exercise rights of Catholic Social Services (CSS) when
Democrats and the Biden administration are constantly talking about how concerned they are about domestic terrorism. They claim that it’s a very real threat. And yet, Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management is accused of working with eco-terrorists in the 1990s. Shouldn’t that automatically disqualify her for this job? FOX News reports:
Rebekah Jones during an interview with CBSN in 2020 (Screengrab via YouTube) Jon Taylor’s desire to help Floridians understand a pandemic that was remaking their lives nearly cost him his career. Taylor, a 37-year-old Ph.D. candidate at the Florida Atlantic University College of Business, waded into the world of COVID data analysis last spring after
Four young and healthy British Airways pilots recently passed away and the airline is claiming there is no link to the Covid-19 vaccine. The photo of the four books of condolence sitting next to framed pictures of the pilots was posted to Twitter and authenticated by Reuters. “Reuters presented the claims to British Airways, which
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Ill., July 23, 2020. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot declared racism a public-health emergency on Thursday, citing racism as a leading factor in the 9.2-year life-expectancy gap between black and non-black Chicagoans. “At almost every single point
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who sought to protect their property and lives from the rabid BLM mob marching down their private street pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and agreed to forfeit the firearms they used in the showdown last year. Mark McCloskey spoke to reporters from the courthouse steps on Thursday
The Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., June 19, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Biden on Thursday signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday just two days before the occasion. “Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments,” Biden said before signing the bill. “They don’t ignore those moments in the past. They embrace
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Obamacare in the latest GOP challenge arguing a recent change to the individual mandate made it unconstitutional. The highest court of the land in a 7-2 vote ruled the GOP challengers, 18 red states led by Texas, did not have legal standing. Two out of three Trump appointees, Amy
Then-President Trump holds a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 23, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) A scientist who recently endorsed the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab has revealed that she and some of her colleagues waited to legitimize the hypothesis until President Trump left office so as not to
Republicans managed to take the wind out of Nancy Pelosi’s sails this week. She was using a procedural trick to fast-track two bills through the House but Republicans didn’t play along. This needs to happen more often. Who says the GOP has no power? Breitbart News reports: TRENDING: Victoria’s Secret Does Away with ‘Angels’ –
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, N.Y., May 24, 2021. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) I find it odd that the New York Times chose to put forth a “triumphant” (Oliver Darcy, CNN), full six-column headline trumpeting: “‘Momentous’: New York and California Open” today. I live in
Ravenna, Ohio – A woman went berserk and became violent Monday morning after a McDonald’s manager told her she could not mix slushie flavors. According to the witness who took video of the fight, 44-year-old Cherysse Cleveland became enraged after McDonald’s employees told her they wouldn’t mix her slushie flavors. “I heard her ask for
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference after the U.S.-Russia summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters) Asked Wednesday about his dismal human rights record and the jailing of dissident Alexei Navalny, Russian president Vladimir Putin tried to turn the question around by raising the CIA’s enhanced
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski weighed in on the Trump’s future political plans this week during an interview with Rose Unplugged 1320 AM WJAS. Lewandowski said he is 100% focused on taking back the House, retiring Nancy Pelosi and making sure Schumer is no longer the leader of the Senate in 2022. Advertisement – story
President Biden holds a news conference after the U.S.-Russia summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) What the Marshall Plan can teach us about the Belt and Road Initiative Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a staple of Chinese foreign policy, is a multitrillion-dollar investment project that
Wholesale prices in the U.S. increased at their fastest annual rate ever in May, driven by rising food prices, as soaring inflation threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery. The producer price index, which measures inflation pressure before it reaches consumers, rose 0.8 percent in May for an annual gain of 6.6 percent, the biggest jump
Anthony Fauci discusses the coronavirus outbreak with the media outside the White House, March 12, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Dr. Anthony Fauci joined CBS This Morning on Wednesday for a segment in which he defended and misrepresented his record of public statements on the coronavirus’s origins. “If you go back then, even though you lean towards feeling this
The Gateway Pundit Joins ‘The Scoop TV’ The list of hardworking conservative creators continues to grow at ‘The Scoop TV’ since its launch last week Wednesday. The Scoop TV app is available for download from the App Store for iPhone and the Google Play store for Android. If you have an iPhone, you can download
The sun sets behind the Capitol dome in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2018. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) Over the past week, some pundits have warmed to a 55-vote threshold for cloture in the U.S. Senate (compared with the current requirement of 60 votes). Writing for the Washington Post, Greg Sargent brought in a former Robert Byrd
A Trump-appointed federal judge for the Western District of Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction halting the Biden Administration’s pause on new oil and gas leasing on public land. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s injunction follows several lawsuits filed by Republican controlled states that stand to be devastated by Biden’s moratorium. The judge did
Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos unveils his space company called Blue Moon during an event in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2019. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters) ProPublica, billionaires, and you. Editor’s note: The following is an edited version of the Capital Letter published on June 12, 2021. However much some on the left might
The recall effort for Rep. Mark Finchem fails. Free speech lives in Arizona. Finchem can now focus on the Secretary of State Race – Because God knows Arizona is ready for a person of integrity in that office. In spite of official public records regarding the truth about Representative Finchem’s advocacy for our First Amendment
A fourth grade class does an activity in Allentown, Penn., April 13, 2021. (Hannah Beie/Reuters) Classical liberalism without culturally conservative content is an empty glass that will leave us parched. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE D avid French has written a characteristically sharp essay on why “The Conservative Legal Movement Is on a Collision Course with the
All Seasons Press LLC, a new conservative publishing house committed to free speech, was launched recently to give voice to the majority of Americans today who believe in American Greatness, an accurate portrayal of history, traditional values, and constitutional rights. The founders Louise Burke and Kate Hartson established the publishing firm over growing concerns over
I wrote today about the incoherence at the heart of Biden’s China policy: Joe Biden isn’t known for his austerity, except when it comes to the nation’s defense. As part of his welcome emphasis on competition with China, the president cajoled reluctant European countries at the G-7 summit into releasing a statement critical of China,
In a recent monologue, Bill O’Reilly suggested that backlash is building for Joe Biden and his administration. O’Reilly describes going to a hockey game and being approached by numerous fans who are deeply concerned about the direction of the country. He says that if the economy continues on its current trajectory, people are going to