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
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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
(haveseen/Getty Images) What are people expressing when they display a flag in front of their home but fail to take care of it? Surely nothing as simple as contempt for the nation. Sometime before he died in 2012, my grandfather gave me an American flag. It was not the truly unusual flag he had once
Ashli Babbitt‘s husband Aaron Babbitt and Attorney Terrell Roberts joined Tucker Carlson on Monday night to discuss the continued challenges they have had getting any information on her death or the identity of her government-employed killer. During the discussion, Tucker Carlson asked Attorney Roberts about the report that Ashli’s shooter also left his loaded gun
People shop at a steamed food stall at a street market in Wuhan, China February 8, 2021. (Aly Song/Reuters) On the menu today: New evidence shows that despite the contentions of Peter Daszak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology did indeed have live bats within its walls; a spectacularly inaccurate op-ed attempting to dispel the lab-leak
It’s President Trump’s birthday today. In recognition of his birthday patriots in Arizona just completed their ballot count of 2020 Election results in Maricopa Country. There are very few men who have given more for their country and yet suffered more for doing it than President Trump. President Washington held on for years while the
Tom Hanks presents at the Oscars show during the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif., February 9, 2020. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) How an ideology leads to mental contortions — and to not-so-quasi-totalitarianism. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE L ast week, the actor Tom Hanks responded to calls for a more robust accounting of America’s racial history
The Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong, China, October 17, 2013 (Bobby Yip/Reuters) The U.S. has for the past week been investigating a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant. French company Framatome, which partly owns and operates the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, warned of an “imminent radiological threat” at the plant
Benjamin Netanyahu was officially ousted as Israel’s Prime Minister on Sunday. Naftali Bennet was sworn into office as the country’s new leader after a close vote: 60 in favor, 59 against. ABC News reported: Benjamin Netanyahu has been ousted as Israel’s prime minister and Naftali Bennett is now the country’s new leader following Knesset’s vote
A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by a nurse against Houston Methodist hospital over its requirement that all employees be vaccinated against Covid. 117 employees filed a lawsuit against a Houston-area hospital over its Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse at the hospital said that doctors are being forced from their practices and ultimately
A Chinese-owned online Real Estate company called Fundrise is emerging as an important part of what appears to be the takeover of the American Real Estate Market; evidence has emerged that US Government funds enriched the company under the PPP loan program. US House prices are currently being pushed up by pension funds and private-equity