Former vice president Joe Biden slammed the “bonehead idea” of packing the Supreme Court during a 1983 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, saying the last attempt put into question the independence of the Court for a decade.
Trump Leads Beto and Bernie By Double Digits With White Working-Class Voters
President Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over his two most prominent Democratic challengers among white working-class voters. A new poll released by CNN on Tuesday found that 54 percent of non-college educated whites had a favorable opinion of Trump. Meanwhile, only a fraction felt the same way about two of the Democratic Party’s leading …
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ Paper Publishes a Second Op-Ed From World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists
The Washington Post published a second op-ed in five months from Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the world’s worst curtailers of press freedom.
Ocasio-Cortez Attends NY Panel Encouraging Boycott of Standardized Tests
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) spoke Saturday at an event focused on eliminating private education and boycotting “racial” and “gender-biased” standardized testing.
Inslee: Filibuster and Electoral College Have to Go to Defeat Climate Change
Washington Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee said Wednesday that climate change can’t be solved unless the Senate filibuster and the Electoral College are both eliminated.
Castro Moves to Lock Up Spot in First Primary Debate After Beto’s Entrance
Julian Castro’s presidential campaign is moving to lock up a spot for their candidate in the Democratic Party’s first primary debate following the entry of former congressman Beto O’Rourke, a fellow Texan, into the 2020 race.
Abrams Discusses ‘Plotting’ for Days After Georgia Election: ‘Revenge Can Be Very Cathartic’
Defeated Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday she spent the 10 days between Election Day and her non-concession speech “plotting,” telling an audience “revenge can be very cathartic.”
Max Rose (D) Apologizes to Jewish Constituents for Omar’s Comments: ‘I Failed You’
Rep. Max Rose (D., N.Y.) began a town hall with Jewish constituents by apologizing for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent anti-Semitic remarks.
Gillibrand Acknowledges ‘Human Errors’ in Staff Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) acknowledged “human errors” were made in her office’s handling of staff sexual misconduct allegations.
Buttigieg: Democrats Need to Stop Being ‘A**holes’ About Challenging Republicans
South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said members of his party have to stop being “a—holes” when challenging Republicans.
House Doubles Down on DeSantis’, Senate School-Choice Expansion Plans
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senate leaders both proposed plans to significantly grow Florida’s school choice programs — already the nation’s largest — before the 2019 legislative session began on March 5.
New Sanders Speechwriter Attacked Rival Dems While Informally Advising Campaign
The newly announced speechwriter and senior adviser to Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has advised him for months and attacked his Democratic primary opponents without disclosing his relationship to the Vermont senator.
CNN Parkland Town Hall Receives Award for Helping ‘Advance the National Conversation on Gun Control’
The 2018 CNN gun town hall in Parkland, Florida, has won a Walter Cronkite award for best “National Network News Program” for helping to “advance the national conversation on gun control and violence.”
Report: O’Rourke Torments His Wife With ‘Psycho’-Style Shower Scares, Pranks Her With Child Feces
Beto O’Rourke is quite the prankster, according to a recent profile in the Washington Post. The former congressman and failed Senate candidate proposed to his wife on April Fool’s Day, for example.
Sanders’s Newest Hire Wrote He Hoped the Boston Marathon Bomber Was White
David Sirota, one of the newest additions to the 2020 Bernie Sanders campaign, once wrote that he hoped the Boston Marathon bomber was a white American.
Local Residents File Lawsuit Against Mass. School System for Anti-Semitic Curriculum
Taxpayers in Newton, Mass. have filed a lawsuit accusing the Newton School Committee, Superintendent of Schools David Fleishman, Newton high school principals, and multiple high school history teachers of indoctrinating students with curriculum laced with anti-Semitism and bigotry against Israel.
Chinese National Sentenced for Plan to Distribute Illegal Sports Supplement
A Chinese national was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute an illegal synthetic performance enhancing drug, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday afternoon.
Data Review Contradicts Hickenlooper Claim on Colo. Gun-Check Law
A review of Colorado data on gun background checks contradicts recent claims by former Colorado governor and Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper.
Media FOIA Requests to EPA Spiked After Trump Election, Data Reveal
The number of Freedom of Information Act requests the Environmental Protection Agency received from mainstream outlets such as the New York Times and Washington Post spiked immediately after Republican President Donald Trump took office, according to a Free Beacon analysis of FOIA requests by the media from 2013 to the present.
Former DIA Officer Who Spied for China Hated Trump
A former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who spied for China worked secretly as a Beijing agent for five years and revealed in an intercepted phone call he was motivated in part by hatred for President Trump.
Beto Backs Late-Term Abortion
Pro-life groups are criticizing former representative Robert Francis O’Rourke after he endorsed late-term abortion at an Ohio campaign rally.
Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Cause 400,000 New Crimes Per Year
A $15 per hour minimum wage would lead to $2.4 billion in property crimes, a new paper released Monday argues.
Ocasio-Cortez, Chief-of-Staff Removed as Governors of Justice Democrats PAC
Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and her chief of staff, Saikat Chakrabarti, were removed as governors of the Justice Democrats PAC late last week amid increased scrutiny of the PAC, according to filings to Washington, D.C.’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs verified Monday afternoon by an individual at the department.
Congress Unloads on Pro-Iran Deal Forces in Trump Administration
Leading Republican senators are uniting against what they describe as a bid by some elements of the Trump administration to keep the Iran nuclear deal on life support via a package of waivers exempting Tehran and its allies from new sanctions spearheaded by President Donald Trump, according to multiple conversations with top congressional officials both on and off the record.
More Than 120,000 Californians of Color Sent to Prison on Harris’s Watch
While serving as California’s top cop, Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) oversaw the incarceration of at least 127,000 Black and Hispanic Californians, data obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.
Castro Silent on Fundraising Total Since Announcing Presidential Run
Former secretary of housing and urban development Julian Castro is silent on how much his campaign raised in the first 24 hours of his candidacy, despite the transparency of his competitors for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Iran Building Two New Nuclear Plants
Iranian leaders announced on Monday the construction of two new nuclear plants, and it remains unclear if the Trump administration views this as crossing a red line since its abandonment of the landmark nuclear deal, which included provisions permitting Iran to work on heavy water nuclear reactors that could provide a plutonium-based pathway to a bomb.
Controversial Counterintelligence Nominee on Hold In Senate
The nomination of U.S. intelligence community’s most senior counterintelligence official, under fire for overlooking major counterspy failures in the Obama administration, is on hold in the Senate.
One U.S. Family’s Tortuous Battle In Dubai’s Sharia Courts
Human rights activists are raising concerns about the United Arab Emirates’ new claims of ground-breaking religious tolerance while its legal system —with its reliance on Sharia law—has forced a Christian American family into a five-year, tortuous court fight to recover its rightful inheritance.
Playing Politics With the Bard
The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., just closed its production of Richard III this week—but not before opening it to a host of revisions intended to promote the tragedy’s “parallels to the contemporary moment.”
Ohio Union Faces Class Action Suit
An Ohio woman is suing one of the state’s most powerful unions for its continued collection of dues payments over her objections.
Trump Leads Beto and Bernie By Double Digits With White Working-Class Voters
President Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over his two most prominent Democratic challengers among white working-class voters. A new poll released by CNN on Tuesday found that 54 percent of non-college educated whites had a favorable opinion of Trump. Meanwhile, only a fraction felt the same way about two of the Democratic Party’s leading …
Wexton (D) Defends Omar: Trump, Foreign Governments ‘Trying to Divide Us’
‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ Paper Publishes a Second Op-Ed From World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists
The Washington Post published a second op-ed in five months from Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the world’s worst curtailers of press freedom.
Ocasio-Cortez Attends NY Panel Encouraging Boycott of Standardized Tests
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) spoke Saturday at an event focused on eliminating private education and boycotting “racial” and “gender-biased” standardized testing.
Inslee: Filibuster and Electoral College Have to Go to Defeat Climate Change
Washington Governor and presidential candidate Jay Inslee said Wednesday that climate change can’t be solved unless the Senate filibuster and the Electoral College are both eliminated.
Chinese National Sentenced for Plan to Distribute Illegal Sports Supplement
A Chinese national was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute an illegal synthetic performance enhancing drug, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday afternoon.
Castro Moves to Lock Up Spot in First Primary Debate After Beto’s Entrance
Julian Castro’s presidential campaign is moving to lock up a spot for their candidate in the Democratic Party’s first primary debate following the entry of former congressman Beto O’Rourke, a fellow Texan, into the 2020 race.
Inslee Doesn’t Rule Out States in U.S. Climate Alliance Becoming Separate Nation
Abrams Discusses ‘Plotting’ for Days After Georgia Election: ‘Revenge Can Be Very Cathartic’
Defeated Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday she spent the 10 days between Election Day and her non-concession speech “plotting,” telling an audience “revenge can be very cathartic.”
Max Rose (D) Apologizes to Jewish Constituents for Omar’s Comments: ‘I Failed You’
Rep. Max Rose (D., N.Y.) began a town hall with Jewish constituents by apologizing for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent anti-Semitic remarks.
Gillibrand Acknowledges ‘Human Errors’ in Staff Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) acknowledged “human errors” were made in her office’s handling of staff sexual misconduct allegations.
Gillibrand: Illegal Immigrants ‘Must Have the Right to Pay Into Social Security’
Buttigieg: Democrats Need to Stop Being ‘A**holes’ About Challenging Republicans
South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said members of his party have to stop being “a—holes” when challenging Republicans.
Continetti: Democrats Want to ‘Change the Structure’ of the United States to Win Elections
Data Review Contradicts Hickenlooper Claim on Colo. Gun-Check Law
A review of Colorado data on gun background checks contradicts recent claims by former Colorado governor and Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper.
Media FOIA Requests to EPA Spiked After Trump Election, Data Reveal
The number of Freedom of Information Act requests the Environmental Protection Agency received from mainstream outlets such as the New York Times and Washington Post spiked immediately after Republican President Donald Trump took office, according to a Free Beacon analysis of FOIA requests by the media from 2013 to the present.
Former DIA Officer Who Spied for China Hated Trump
A former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who spied for China worked secretly as a Beijing agent for five years and revealed in an intercepted phone call he was motivated in part by hatred for President Trump.
House Doubles Down on DeSantis’, Senate School-Choice Expansion Plans
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senate leaders both proposed plans to significantly grow Florida’s school choice programs — already the nation’s largest — before the 2019 legislative session began on March 5.
New Sanders Speechwriter Attacked Rival Dems While Informally Advising Campaign
The newly announced speechwriter and senior adviser to Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has advised him for months and attacked his Democratic primary opponents without disclosing his relationship to the Vermont senator.
Trump: Democrats Only Want to Expand Supreme Court to ‘Catch Up’
CNN Parkland Town Hall Receives Award for Helping ‘Advance the National Conversation on Gun Control’
The 2018 CNN gun town hall in Parkland, Florida, has won a Walter Cronkite award for best “National Network News Program” for helping to “advance the national conversation on gun control and violence.”
Beto Backs Late-Term Abortion
Pro-life groups are criticizing former representative Robert Francis O’Rourke after he endorsed late-term abortion at an Ohio campaign rally.
