- Alaska Institutes Opt-In Unions
Public sector unions in Alaska will no longer be able to automatically collect dues from workers after Republican governor Mike Dunleavy instituted the nation’s first statewide “opt-in” system of unionization. In 2018, the Supreme Court overturned decades’ worth of legal precedent that allowed public-sector unions to collect mandatory dues or fees from government employees. The […]
- Bloomberg: O’Rourke’s Gun Confiscation Plan ‘So Impractical’
Billionaire anti-gun activist Michael Bloomberg called Beto O’Rourke’s gun confiscation plan “impractical” and a “rallying cry” for citizens who think Democrats are overstepping their bounds in the gun control debate. The former New York City mayor criticized O’Rourke’s performance in the September Democratic debate, specifically his “hell yes” response when asked if he would take […]
- Democrats Are Very ‘Sad’ About Prospect of Impeaching Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and fellow Democrats appear to be devastated at the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump. It’s a dark day, it’s very sad, and it’s regrettable. The post Democrats Are Very ‘Sad’ About Prospect of Impeaching Trump appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
- Top Venezuela Envoy: More Sanctions Coming to Squeeze Maduro Regime
The Trump administration is readying several new salvos of sanctions on Venezuela and its regional enablers as top U.S. officials work on a range of fronts to topple the regime of Nicolás Maduro, according to the U.S. special representative for Venezuela, who told the Washington Free Beacon that despite frustrations and setbacks, the United States remains steadfast […]
- Judge Rebukes MI Dem For Targeting Religious Foster Care
A federal court ruled that Michigan’s Democratic attorney general demonstrated discriminatory “hostility” when she attempted to crack down on religious foster care agencies. District Court judge Robert Jonker said Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel demonstrated “a hostility towards a religious viewpoint” throughout her campaign and in instituting a policy that would have shuttered religious adoption and […]
- Harris Asked Nadler to Open Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry
Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) asked Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) in a Sept. 17 letter to open a formal impeachment inquiry into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh following the New York Times’s publication of new accusations that omitted exculpatory evidence. Harris argued the sexual misconduct allegations made against Kavanaugh in a Sept. 14 New York Times book […]
- Media: Save Us Bolton, You’re Our Only Hope
As Democrats move forward with an impeachment inquiry, the media is hoping that former national security adviser John Bolton testifies against President Donald Trump. Cable news hosts and pundits are eager for Bolton to turn on his former boss. C Recent Stories in Politics Democrats Are Very ‘Sad’ About Prospect of Impeaching Trump Media: Save […]
- Continetti: Dems Are Willing to Offer Biden as a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ for Impeachment
Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti said on Friday that House Democrats are willing to offer former Vice President Joe Biden as a “sacrificial lamb” in their push to mark President Donald Trump with “the asterisk of impeachment.” Democrats have launched a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump after he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to […]
- Sanders: Medicare for All Not Free for The Middle Class
Medicare for All is not free and will require anyone earning more than $29,000 a year to pay more in taxes, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said on The Late Show Thursday. “Is health care free? No, it is not,” Sanders told host Stephen Colbert. “So what we do is exempt the first $29,000 of […]
- California Probes Chinese Communist Police Impersonators
Police in California are investigating at least two cases of people posing as Chinese police driving cars with markings of the Communist Party of China’s People’s Armed Police (PAP). California Highway Patrol spokesman Florentino Olivera said an Asian man was arrested Sept. 10 after reports he was impersonating a PAP officer while driving a black […]