By: Amanda Carpenter | April 06, 2016 To listen to some tell the story of the Wisconsin primary, it would seem like Donald Trump was never competitive in the Badger State. His supporters argue that the demographics of Wisconsin, an overwhelmingly majority white state with a strong, proud history of working class manufacturing families, were […]
Merle Haggard, the country music icon who died Wednesday, credited President Ronald Reagan for playing a central role in helping him realize his dreams. “He was a wonderful man in my life. He gave me a second chance at life in the form of the pardon he gave me,” Haggard said in a CMT interview after Reagan’s death in […]
As expected, Ted Cruz had a huge victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin tonight. Cruz powered his way to a commanding victory by getting almost 50% of the vote, while Trump managed approximately 35% and Kasich came in at about 14% of the vote. As has become commonplace for unfair and unbalanced Fox News, they refused to […]
On March 30, the Supreme Court heard arguments in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. This case is one of a collection of land use cases that trickle into the Court from time to time, all representing the same problem: The Clean Water Act drastically limits the rights of landowners to build or […]
Conservatives who are normally at odds with Senate leadership are turning out to be important allies in their ongoing campaign to block President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. When the Senate recessed in March, conservative groups quickly mobilized activists across the country to reinforce the Republican blockade against Merrick Garland. Organizations like FreedomWorks, Heritage Action, […]
The stories of two businessmen who recently were denied banking services because they sell firearms suggest a secretive government program called Operation Choke Point still affects industries across the nation that the Obama administration considered undesirable. In one case, a large bank in New England denied a line of credit to a former police officer […]
Ted Cruz is now showing that a strong ground game pays off. While Trump claims to be a great businessman and that he makes great deals, it is instead Cruz that has studied the GOP nomination and delegate rules and is revealing himself to possess the qualities and abilities we need in a President that […]
Ted Cruz is ahead of Trump in at least six of the last seven polls in Wisconsin (two of them by double digits) and it would appear that the endorsement of Scott Walker along with the #NeverTrump movement have played a large part in that. In addition, the recent implosion by Trump (calling for a nuclear Japan, South […]
Despite the lack of a definitive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of mandatory union dues, workers across the nation have ample opportunity to challenge why they’re forced to pay for political activism they don’t support. That’s clear from a state-by-state map that measures the current level of worker freedom in both […]
The sponsors of the religious liberty bill vetoed by Georgia’s governor say they are disappointed and disheartened by his action. Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, vetoed the legislation—called the Free Exercise Protection Act—on Monday, saying the bill did not reflect Georgia’s image as a state full of “warm, friendly, and loving people.” Sponsors said they […]
