How Liberal Judges Took Control of 70 Percent of US Appeals Courts

On the campaign trail in 2008, Barack Obama promised to fundamentally transform the United States of America. After nearly eight years as president, he has delivered on one front by reshaping the federal judiciary. That revolution has been comprehensive, dramatic, and under the radar. When Obama entered the Oval Office, liberal judges controlled just one […]

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How Liberal Judges Took Control of 70 Percent of US Appeals Courts

On the campaign trail in 2008, Barack Obama promised to fundamentally transform the United States of America. After nearly eight years as president, he has delivered on one front by reshaping the federal judiciary. That revolution has been comprehensive, dramatic, and under the radar. When Obama entered the Oval Office, liberal judges controlled just one […]

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Congress Must Close New $10 Billion Gap in Government Spending, Report Says 

To meet current obligations, the government will need $10 billion more next year, forcing Congress to make new cuts, according to lawmakers’ nonpartisan budget office.  The Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary new projections, obtained by The Daily Signal, show current government operations without changes would cost nearly $1.08 trillion, up from $1.07 trillion. Lawmakers returning to […]

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Back Again: This Time Obama Administration Wants a Taxpayer Bailout for Puerto Rico

Less than two months after Congress passed a package aimed to provide financial relief for Puerto Rico, the Obama administration is already at it again—this time seeking an outright taxpayer bailout for the U.S. territory through additional Medicaid funds and access to the earned income tax credit. Why does Puerto Rico need help? After decades […]

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3 Reasons Congress Can Defeat Corporate Welfare This Fall

Last December, lobbyists successfully resurrected one of their favorite corporate cash cows: the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government agency dedicated to subsidizing wealthy and well-connected businesses at the taxpayers’ expense. But those special interests didn’t get everything they wanted. For all of this year, the Ex-Im Bank hasn’t had a full board of directors—meaning it hasn’t […]

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Globe & Mail: Hamas a “Resistance Movement”

It is unfortunate enough that terrorist groups are consistently referred to as “militants” in many media outlets. Patrick Martin’s description of Hamas as a “resistance movement” in his most recent article for Canada’s Globe and Mail is entirely inappropriate and bestows a legitimacy on the actions of an organization recognized by Canada (and others) as a terrorist […]

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Sarkozy hopes terror fears, burkini ban will return him to power

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned of threats to the French national identity in his first major campaign speech for next April’s presidential election. Speaking Thursday evening at an event in Provence in southeastern France, Sarkozy warned that the failure of Muslim immigrants and their descendants to assimilate poses a long-term threat to the French […]

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Clinton Continues to Lead Trump – Tell Trump to Keep His Promise and Get Out Now

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among likely voters, but that is down from a peak this month of 12 points, the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released on Friday found. The August 22-25 opinion poll found that 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton ahead […]

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UN Aid Money Going to Assad and Cronies

If you thought recent disclosures of NGO and UN aid benefiting Hamas was bad enough, you won’t believe the scope of the shenanigans going on in Syria. The Guardian reports that UN aid money is propping up the regime. Businessmen whose companies are under US and EU sanctions have been paid substantial sums by the UN mission, as […]

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