News That Defies The Status Quo!

When state representative Jeff Irwin introduced a bill that would automatically expunge about 235,000 misdemeanor records for marijuana use and possession without going through the costly court system, he said he wanted to save taxpayers money. “My proposal offers those who are misdemeanants who have possession or use convictions on their record be set aside […]

Maurice Sendak was responding to fan mail one day when one letter in particular caught his eye. He lingered over a drawing his young correspondent had scrawled on it, so Sendak put a drawing on his letter in return. “I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it,” he said later. “I wrote, ‘Dear […]

Mankind has long been captivated by the moon. From ancient civilizations worshipping it as a deity; to its appearance in one of the first blockbuster movies, A Trip to the Moon; to Dean Martin waxing—if you’ll pardon the pun—lyrical about it (and pizza pies) while singing about love, the moon has been ever-present in every corner […]

We live like kings these days, even while we bemoan our state like beggars. Generally speaking, the members of the American middle class possess a material splendor that would put to shame an 8th-century chieftain. Or a 12th-century princeling. Or even an early 20th-century industrialist. This isn’t something we have to guess at. The writer […]

More than half of all donations to former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign in the last quarter came from his home state, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis Those figures, obtained from federal election disclosure, are the type of statistic a politician running a statewide race might boast about, but in a national […]

Rep. David Cicilline (D., R.I.) on Friday blamed President Donald Trump for a British oil tanker being seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, saying it was the “inevitable result” of the administration withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. Cicilline appeared on CNN’s Situation Room, where fill-in host Brianna Keilar noted he was on […]

Struggling presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke pushed back on his Democratic primary rivals calling for abolishing private insurance in comments defending private plans Friday. The former Texas congressman claimed he heard from “fellow Americans” that it was important to maintain choice on health care. Recent Stories in Politics O’Rourke: Americans Are ‘Loud and Clear’ […]

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) saluted anti-Israel actor Danny Glover during a rally Thursday in Maryland. Raskin, who opposes the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, pointed out Glover to the crowd at an event featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.). Recent Stories in Politics O’Rourke: Americans Are ‘Loud and Clear’ for Not […]

By Kate Holton, Parisa Hafezi LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf after Britain seized an Iranian vessel this month, ratcheting up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Recent Stories in National Security Iranian Forces Say They Seized British-Flagged Oil Tanker […]

President Trump is continuing to plan to replace his senior intelligence adviser, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, and has considered at least one candidate, according to people close to the White House. Fred Fleitz, an intelligence veteran who until recently was chief of staff to National Security Adviser John R. Bolton, is being considered […]

2020 presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) flew to Puerto Rico this weekend to join protests calling for the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. “They are saying enough is enough. I join them in calling for this governor’s resignation. They can then begin to find a leader who will truly listen to their concerns and […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) struck back at President Donald Trump’s attacks on her and her progressive allies today, saying Trump’s policies are about “ethnicity and racism.” Ocasio-Cortez was speaking at an event in New York Saturday. “Once you start telling American citizens to quote go back to your own countries, this tells you this presidents […]

North Dakota Republican Congressman Kelly Armstrong attacked New York Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand for wanting to keep school lunches free of a pesticide that the Obama administration wanted to ban, but which the Trump administration greenlit this week. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced, this week, that it will not ban the pesticide […]

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ABC News correspondent and former CNN anchor Kyra Phillips is facing blue check backlash this weekend for a Tweet she sent on Friday thanking President Trump for the “access” he gives reporters on a “regular basis” to ask questions. No matter what your politics are, I have to say that I appreciate the access ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ […]

Alisyn Camerota and other CNN personalities have a persistently bad habit of misinforming their viewers by claiming that illegal immigrants aren’t actually breaking the law as long as they apply for asylum after being caught sneaking into the country, in spite of liberals like law professor Jonathan Turley admonishing his fellow liberals on the subject […]

Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders complained about workers “going to the media” to speak out against the wages his campaign pays, but has agreed to adjustments that will raise staffer pay to $15 an hour. Sanders came under criticism this week for failing to pay his own campaign workers the $15 […]

Sony Corporation makes some of the best consumer electronics on the market. So why is the gadget maker letting their Sony Pictures Entertainment subsidiary (through its Columbia Pictures label) go the way of the rest of mainstream Hollywood and alienate a large swath of Americans with liberal social justice propaganda, which is even inserted in […]