A survivor of the Florida shooting wanted to ask a question relating to hiring military veterans as armed guards during CNN’s town hall event last night. Colton Haab wrote what he wanted to say to the group of politicians and law enforcement officials, who included Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, but…
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President Trump on Thursday defended his call to arm some teachers as a way to stop a “savage sicko” from causing mass casualties, while also calling for gun control measures — including raising the age for purchasing firearms to 21. In a flurry of tweets, the president hit back at media coverage of his comments…
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The far-left cable channel CNN is facing a growing storm of criticism over its frequent use of minor children (14 to 17) to further its anti-gun agenda. Already a number of the children, those who witnessed last week’s shooting massacre at a high school in Parkland, Florida, have made countless appearances on the anti-Trump cable…
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Some Democrats are beginning to realize attacking the GOP tax law is not a winning strategy heading into the 2018 midterm elections. The law is helping the vast majority of American taxpayers and U.S. businesses and is becoming increasingly popular in polling. Thus, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi repeatedly dismissing the bonuses many companies are giving…
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Last Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement did something they should be doing 24/7: enforce federal immigration laws. Last Friday, they did a massive raid in Los Angeles, where they nabbed over 200 illegal aliens, most with criminal convictions. Over 100 businesses also have to prove that they aren’t hiring illegal aliens (via Washington Times): Federal deportation…
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Attorney General Ken Paxton today dispatched cease and desist letters to Brazosport, Holliday and Lewisville Independent School Districts regarding violations of the Texas Education Code for unlawful electioneering. These school districts used taxpayer resources to distribute messages to their staff and the public advocating for or against certain political candidates and measures. “My office fully…
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An alleged gunman accused of killing at least 17 people when he opened fire at a Florida high school as panicked students fled the bloodbath, was charged Thursday with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Nikolas Cruz, 19, arrived at Broward County Jail early Thursday morning after investigators questioned him for hours. The 19-year-old, who was…
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Then-FBI Director James Comey reportedly told lawmakers last March that agents did not think former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn lied to them — raising more questions about a key moment in the agency’s Russia probe. The Washington Examiner’s Byron York reports that Comey briefed lawmakers amid allegations Flynn had lied to Vice…
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President Trump is calling to pump $1.5 trillion into fixing America’s infrastructure while streamlining the often-cumbersome permitting process, as part of a $4 trillion-plus budget plan unveiled Monday. “World-class infrastructure is possible for the American people,” Trump said in his budget message to Congress. In the runup to the release, the president also tweeted: “This…
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Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to “Darker, Gayer, Different.” If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work. A USOC official was quoted this week expressing pride (what else?) about taking the most diverse U.S. squad…
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Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may be patting themselves on the back for brokering a compromise on the budget Wednesday, but conservative groups are not impressed with its contents. The deal would add $500 billion in federal spending – for both defense and non-defense spending. Conservatives lawmakers and organizations are decrying the…
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FBI lovers’ latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’ Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we’re doing.” The message, from Page to Strzok, was among thousands of texts…
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President Trump said Tuesday that he’d “love to see a shutdown” if no immigration deal is reached between Republicans and Democrats to tighten border security. Trump spoke during a White House meeting on the violent MS-13 gang. “If we don’t get rid of these loopholes,” he said, “if we don’t change it, let’s have a…
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President Trump blasted the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday amid the mounting fight over the panel’s ‘surveillance’ memo, calling “Little Adam Schiff” one of the “biggest liars and leakers in Washington.” The president’s early Monday tweet came as Democrats, led by Schiff, continued to condemn majority Republicans for publishing the memo claiming…
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) allegedly gave the White House a “secretly altered” version of the GOP-crafted memo about government surveillance abuses, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed late Wednesday. In a letter to Nunes, the ranking Democrat on the committee accused him of making significant changes to the memo, which he said were…
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President Trump called out Democrats Thursday morning for “doing nothing” about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program even though the deadline is “rapidly approaching.” “Heading to beautiful West Virginia to be with great members of the Republican Party. Will be planning Infrastructure and discussing Immigration and DACA, not easy when we have no support…
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President Trump appealed for unity in his first State of the Union speech, declaring a “new American moment” even as many glum Democrats in the audience sat on their hands and refused to acknowledge economic gains or calls to honor veterans. While Trump held firm on his demands for border security and used the grand…
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In one of the most heartbreaking and poignant moments of President Trump’s first State of the Union address, the 45th president acknowledged two sets of parents whose children had been killed by illegal immigrants. Nisa Mickens, 16, and Kayla Cuevas, 15, were killed by MS-13 gang members in Long Island in September 2016. Their parents,…
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With many of them clad in black, the Democrats who did show up to President Trump’s first State of the Union address Tuesday night were not happy about it. In fact, they seemed so focused on opposing everything he said they couldn’t even bring themselves to applaud things that are normally considered bipartisan. They set…
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Top FBI official Andrew McCabe has been “removed” from his post as deputy director, Fox News is told, leaving the bureau after months of conflict-of-interest complaints from Republicans including President Trump. A source confirmed to Fox News that McCabe is taking “terminal leave” – effectively taking vacation until he reaches his planned retirement in a…
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