NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE U nder our nation’s pre-1789 government, a single legislative branch managed to select the right military commander for the American War of Independence and with him defeated the most powerful nation on earth to achieve full political independence. No president needed. When Alexander Hamilton was asked about the problem of that American
A 12-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after fatally shooting one of two armed robbery suspects. What are the details? Goldsboro, North Carolina, police say that two armed robbery suspects entered 73-year-old Linda Ellis’ home on Saturday demanding money, WTVD-TV reported Sunday. One of the suspects reportedly shot Ellis in the leg, prompting
Mitch McConnell trying to have it both ways, by voting to acquit and then condemning Trump, is trash. But that shouldn’t be surprising, because as I’ve been saying for years, old Ditch is trash. He was trash before Trump, one of the main reasons people turned to the likes of Trump, and he’s trash now.
Trump defense lawyer Michael van der Veen appeared on CBSN after the impeachment trial ended on Saturday, and launched into anchor Lana Zak over her implication that his charges of House Democrats doctoring evidence were trivial. It belongs on an all-time list of media smackdowns. Zak started the interview with a typical CBS approach, drawing the
In the wake of the Democrat’s second failed attempt to impeach and remove President Trump, Lindsey Graham, in an appearance of Fox News Sunday, said that Democrats have now opened Pandora’s Box, and that by the standard they’ve set, Kamala Harris has met their requirement for impeachment. “The trial record was a complete joke,” Senator
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) conducts a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, December 1, 2020. (Tom Williams/Pool via Reuters) Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) indicated that he will support Senate candidates in 2022 based on “electability,” in comments to Politico published on Sunday. McConnell made the comments shortly after the
NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE L ast year, as the pandemic was just striking the U.S., there was a minor kerfuffle over Congress’s plan to give the unemployed an extra $600 a week. Some Republicans initially assumed it was a drafting error, because it would give many laid-off workers more money than they’d made while working. It
New York City residents are breathing a sigh of relief this morning after the NYPD finally apprehended an individual who had been on a spree of violence and mayhem over the course of Friday and Saturday. Dubbed “the A-Train Ripper,” this lunatic carried out at least four separate knife attacks inside the subway, leaving two
Democratic lawmakers were scorned by their own supporters on Saturday after they reached an agreement with Senate Republicans to not call witnesses in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. What happened? Early on Saturday, the Senate voted 55-45 to call witnesses in the trial, which would have indefinitely extended the proceedings against Trump. As TheBlaze
Department of Defense officials are considering keeping National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. through the fall, according to internal communication obtained by WTTG-TV. There are currently approximately 6,000 National Guard troops patrolling Washington, D.C., following the Capitol riot on Jan 6. At one point, there were an estimated 26,000 National Guard members in D.C. to
There’s more The Bachelor drama off-screen than on this season, much of it centering on host Chris Harrison and racism. Harrison’s already done one apology tour, but it wasn’t enough of a sacrifice to the woke gods, so now he’s “stepping aside” from the show as a sign that he’ll be walking the straight and
Wrongheaded public policies implemented in attempts to stem the spread of COVID-19 have caused more harm than good in many cases here in the United States. But in the United Kingdom, outrage is growing about a particularly pernicious public health directive: ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders for categories of patients with COVID. These DNR orders first
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. (Tami Chappell/Reuters) Earlier this month, I pointed out that the excuses for keeping schools closed are crumbling. Case counts are falling, vaccine shots are going into arms, and the Centers for Disease Control recently published a paper showing that schools are not big COVID-19 spreaders
Michael van der Veen, one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys, tore into the mainstream media and Democratic House impeachment managers in an explosive interview on Saturday that ended with the attorney ripping off his microphone and walking away. What happened? CBS News host Lana Zak began the interview by asking van der Veen
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bashed President Joe Biden for his coronavirus hypocrisy regarding a potential domestic travel ban while simultaneously welcoming untested immigrants at the U.S. southern border. Last week, there was a Miami Herald report circulating that claimed the Biden administration was considering enacting domestic travel restrictions to states with highly-contagious new variants of
For the better part of 2020, Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters burned and looted large and mid-size cities across the United States, leaving over 2 billion dollars in damaged property, lost livelihoods, destroyed communities and dozens dead. In fact, they are still causing violence from Portland to New York. As recently as Saturday, February 13, Black
Joe Biden’s immigration agenda along with the executive orders he’s already signed are creating a “perfect storm” of conditions at the border for a surge, says Tom Homan, former ICE director. Biden’s halt to deportations, his dismantling of the “Remain in Mexico” policy and the cancellation of border wall construction are sending powerful signals to
NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T hree months ago, no one expected a recall of Governor Gavin Newsom to make the ballot. Then Newsom broke his own coronavirus protocols and attended an opulent dinner at French Laundry, one of the most expensive restaurants in the country, with lobbyists. Photos show that no one was wearing masks or
George Will has a superb, and as far as I can tell, spot-on column on what McConnell was thinking when he coupled his vote to acquit with a condemnation of Trump’s conduct: McConnell knew that if he voted on Saturday to convict Donald Trump, he would have been lionized, briefly, by many of his detractors,
A political flashpoint erupted last week when it became apparent the Dallas Mavericks skipped playing the Star-Spangled Banner before their first 13 preseason and home games. Let’s ignore the fact fans were present for just one game and no one noticed until The Athletic noticed and reported it. The Internet and political horde immediately grabbed
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, claimed Sunday that Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package should be passed before schools can safely reopen. Fauci’s comments came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance last week that declared, “It is critical for schools to open as safely
The Minneapolis City Council’s mission to defund the police has failed spectacularly. Following an increase in crime, Minneapolis has had a change of heart about defunding or abolishing the police. In fact, the city is going to spend millions to beef up its law enforcement. Nearly two weeks after the death of George Floyd in
Remember when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was almost universally hailed by the left over his many coronavirus briefings to the extent that he even won an Emmy in November for them? Of course, the Emmy Founders Award was given to Cuomo in November not so much for what he said but more for the fact
God bless him. Trump impeachment Part Deux attorney Michael T. van der Veen is just the latest civilian to walk into Trump World and walk out shaking his head, mouth agape, and fire coming out of his ears at his and his client’s treatment by the Democrats in the media. What used to be in
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On the third anniversary of the Parkland school shooting, President Joe Biden called on Congress to implement “commonsense gun law reforms.” On Sunday, Biden made remarks about the horrific 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. “Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Sunday that Democrats may have opened “pandora’s box” by pursuing a second impeachment against former President Donald Trump. What is the background? Although Trump was impeached for the second time prior to leaving office, one of the biggest questions looming over his Senate trial last week was the constitutionality of
During Sunday’s State of the Union, CNN co-host Jake Tapper broke with the rest of the Zucker-controlled network and issued a full-throated condemnation of Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo; following a bombshell New York Post report exposed how the Governor covered up the COVID deaths of nursing home residents. It came after CNN had
She’s definitely not Michelle Obama — she doesn’t have the toned arm muscles — but Jill Biden’s politics and heart are in the right place, and the media is signaling it’s OK to love the first lady again. Melania Trump is a beautiful, gracious, smart, compassionate, accomplished person. But she was married to orange hair
Lara Trump, an adviser to the Trump re-election campaign and wife of the president’s son, Eric, delivers a pre-recorded address in Washington, D.C., August 26, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) touted Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, as a potential candidate in the North Carolina Senate race for 2022, in comments to Fox