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Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:42
A House committee has found that there was “no legitimate basis” for the Biden administration to use Justice Department resources to target supposed “threats” to school boards across the country.
“From the initial set of material produced in response to the subpoenas, it is apparent that the Biden administration misused federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources for political…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:35
In Part I of this series, I documented the dramatic decline in living standards ever since socialists took power in Venezuela.
In Part II, I compared Venezuela’s decline to the other Latin American nations, particularly the success story of Chile.
Initially, I planned on this being a two-part series. After all, what else needs to be said when a nation does so poorly that even other socialists…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:25
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WASHINGTON -- In the course of my life-long study of political science and related perfidies, I have noted that many political leaders of high achievement have an extraordinary aptitude for ambiguity, not to say dishonesty. The best example of this is President Franklin Roosevelt. He was not only a master of ambiguity, but he was also a sempiternal liar. Yet let us…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:15
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Every president wields a certain level of power. Irrespective of their party affiliation, their background, their training or their political ideologies, these elite individuals will always have bestowed upon them a unique ability -- and even understanding -- that with the office comes a level of power they can use to advance a good greater than themselves.
I'm not…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 09:11
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has more important things to do than trying to prosecute his political enemies, like former President Donald Trump, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told Bragg on Wednesday.
“If you lose most of your misdemeanor cases in court, maybe you should focus on fixing that instead of trying to indict a political opponent,” Jordan advised…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 07:38Washington
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks in Mexico City on March 18, 2023. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador "continues to take arbitrary and punitive actions against U.S. businesses operating in Mexico," Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) told Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday at a hearing of a Senate…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 05:25Washington
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sits on the Foreign Relations Committee and is a firm critic of gain-of-function research, which he believes may have sparked the global COVID pandemic. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - While some Americans complain about China's lack of transparency on the origins of COVID, the same criticism can be applied to the U.S. lack of…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 04:27International
A bank employee counts yuan banknotes in China’s Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – During their talks at the Kremlin this week, President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart that Russia supports using China’s yuan as a settlement currency for transactions between Russia and third countries, the latest move in a decade-long campaign by Moscow and Beijing to…
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 04:15International
U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s Paktika province in 2003. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – As Congress considers repealing a pair of Iraq war authorizations, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down an attempt by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to abolish another authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) – the one put in place to respond to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 19:38Washington
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre looks on during the daily briefing in the James S Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The White House is warning that a proposal by the House Freedom Caucus will be a “five-alarm fire for hard-working Americans.”
The proposal would cut current…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 19:03Washington
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - NSC spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that Russia’s decision to give awards of courage to two Russian pilots responsible for downing a U…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:54
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This week, as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg considered indicting former President Donald Trump on a flimsy felony charge over a seven-year-old hush-money payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump placed his focus on the man he perceives as the truest threat to his political dominance: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Trump backers demanded that DeSantis sound off on…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:39International
Striking French railway workers in the city of Lyon on Wednesday hold a banner reading “until the withdrawal,” referring to their demand that the government abandon its pension reform plans. (Photo by Jeff Pachoud / AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – France’s political turmoil shows no sign of letup, with thousands taking to the streets after President Emmanuel Macron’s government…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 16:36
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Rob Reiner, who played Archie Bunker’s son-in-law (“Meathead”) on All in the Family, sent out a tweet on March 18 stating that the reason he joined Twitter was to have a platform for attacking former President Donald Trump.
“When Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for president in 2016, I joined Twitter,” Reiner said in a tweet.
“I wanted to speak out against a man…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 14:55
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A growing number of electric vehicles are reportedly being written off when even the slightest damage is done to their batteries - driving up owner costs and negating any environmental benefit of going “green.”
As Reuters reports, insurance companies are writing off more and more low-mileage electric vehicles that have only minor damage, because any harm to the…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 14:31
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I have good news and bad news today. The good news is that religion and faith are percolating back into political discourse. The bad news is that it’s fake. The religions involve the Church of Climate and the Church of Sexuality, and the faith is rooted in something somebody made up five minutes ago.
From the Church of Climate, we have a newly minted theologian…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 14:24International
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(CNSNews.com) -- The Parliament of Uganda voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to pass the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023," which seeks to "protect the traditional family" by prohibiting homosexual behavior and its promotion or recognition. The legislation now goes to the desk of President Yoweri Museveni, who is expected to sign it into law.
"Homosexuality is a human wrong that…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:24
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Getty Images)
Lt. Hiroo Onoda hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades after World War II , devotedly carrying out his soldierly duties till 1974, when he returned to an unrecognizable Tokyo. Likewise, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) carries on a torch for the proletariat, long after the rest of the Left has dumped the worker for racial and sexual categories.
Even if…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:09
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shake hands during the signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace, on March 21, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Three days after being accused by an international tribunal of war crimes in Ukraine, Russian President Putin received Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his state visit to Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)…
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 11:26Washington
Former President Donald Trump (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The White House on Tuesday pushed back on comments made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in which he accused the Biden administration of trying to derail former President Trump’s 2024 presidential bid and saying that fentanyl is not a Mexican problem but a U.S. problem.
"Right now,…