News That Defies The Status Quo!

In rare public remarks, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker spoke at an event celebrating religious freedom Wednesday. Whitaker delivered the keynote address on “The Religious Freedom Restoration Act At 25: How It Fosters Peaceful Pluralism,” held at the Heritage Foundation to celebrate 25 years since the act was passed. Whitaker noted that the Religious Freedom Restoration […]

A Pittsburgh City Council member told a local radio show on Tuesday the city would move forward with passing new gun-control legislation despite a warning from a local district attorney that it would violate state law. “We believe we’re on the right side of history,” Pittsburgh City Council member Corey O’Connor told KDKA. “We’re doing […]

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) warned Wednesday against leaving a “vacuum of power” for ISIS in Syria by which they could regain strength. The Texas congressman also said securing the border, including through a southern border wall, “shouldn’t be controversial.” Fox News’ “The Daily Briefing” host Dana Perino asked Crenshaw about Syria in the wake […]

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R., N.C.) said Wednesday he would not try to pursue avenues to obtain notes—to the extent any exist—from meetings between President Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The remarks from Burr come on the heels of a weekend report by the Washington Post which said that Trump had taken […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) said on Wednesday that she will not accept campaign donations from corporate PACs or federal lobbyists because her “values are never for sale,” but she previously accepted millions from those same entities during her time as a politician, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Gillibrand held a news conference […]

MSNBC Hosts Ali Velshi and Katy Tur advocated “spreading the wealth” for a better school system while discussing the Los Angeles teachers strike while hosting MSNBC on Wednesday. Velshi said schools need more money to ensure better education in the future. “We have thought that, if you just keep on defunding schools, it will adjust […]

While robots are not yet ready to take your jobs, a new paper released Monday by two Harvard labor economists argues there is cause for major concern in the future. The replacement of human workers by unpaid, ceaselessly working robots—what economists calltechnological unemployment“—is a source of major debate among policy makers, commentators, and the general […]

An ESPN host suggested Wednesday it was racist for President Donald Trump to serve fast food to the Clemson football team at the White House, saying such food being given to players of a “predominately black sport” gave her pause. Paid for by Trump, the White House offered a spread of Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King […]

The Iranian government is demanding the “immediate and unconditional” release of a correspondent for its state-controlled press organ who was detained over the weekend by U.S. authorities. Marzieh Hashemi, an American-born correspondent for Iran’s state-controlled Press TV, was reportedly detained by federal authorities on Sunday upon landing St. Louis, Missouri. The FBI, Department of Homeland […]

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan referred to former Vice President Joe Biden as the “quintessential centrist” in the 2020 Democratic primary on Wednesday, should he decide to run. Analyzing the entrance of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) into what could be the most crowded Democratic primary field in history, Bolduan wondered what “lane” she might occupy […]

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace opened today’s Deadline: White House by saying, “There’s plenty to celebrate today in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin’s goal of weakening the West by sowing chaos and discord is having a banner week in the UK and in the US.” She brought up the shutdown––”a political crisis [Trump’s] created for himself and his […]

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TSA agents across the country have reportedly been calling in sick at much higher rates than normal due to the government shutdown. But the ones who are showing up to work are apparently eager to engage in political discussions…which just happen to conform perfectly to the beliefs of their screenees. This week, Rep. Rashida Tlaib […]

After taking a brief Twitter hiatus last year over controversial posts, Darla Shine, wife of White House communications director Bill Shine, recently popped back up on the platform. Since rejoining, she has already warned that America will fall under Sharia Law in 50 years, attacked “pompous ass” CNN host Erin Burnett, and endorsed a social […]

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) disagrees with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s approach to the government shutdown, saying she shouldn’t have rescinded her invitation to President Donald Trump to give the State of the Union address before Congress. “I’m not sure what her intentions are,” said Manchin, regarding Pelosi’s claim that she wanted to delay the SOTU […]

Donald Trump is taking heavy criticism after a suicide bombing in Syria that claimed the lives of 4 Americans, including two U.S. servicemembers, and according to Fox News, at least one senior foreign diplomat is directly blaming Trump for the attack that ISIS has claimed responsibility for. On Wednesday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared to […]

In a new leak to Breitbart, YouTube employees admit that they manipulate search results on the platform to promote certain liberal values. They also “blacklist” videos whose arguments they disagree with. While YouTube’s sister company, Google, has denied any manual changing of search results to promote certain ideas over other ideas, it seems as if YouTube […]

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