Rachel Stoltzfoos Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk teamed up with the vast majority of Senate Democrats to block a bill Tuesday that would crack down on sanctuary cities. He was the only Republican to vote against the measure. The bill would increase penalties for illegal immigrants who return to the U.S. after they’re deported, and…
Guy Bentley Those hoping for a popular resurgence for gun control are having their ambitions smashed by two major opinion polls showing strong opposition to further restrictions and widespread support for concealed weapons. A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday shows 52 percent of Americans oppose more gun control laws compared to 46 percent who want the government…
Guy Bentley The percentage of Americans using marijuana has surged over the past decade, according to new numbers released by the National Institutes of Health. Between years 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, the percentage of adult Americans who reported using cannabis in the past year more than doubled from 4.1 percent to 9.5 percent. But on the flip…
We all know stories about driving drunk and other alcohol induced hijinks, but flying drunk is now in the spotlight. And in this era of heightened security concerns, the last thing the commercial airline, Sun Express, wanted to deal with was a cocked and loaded, drunken Irishman–yes, it was an Irishman. The Mirror reports: A drunk man…
Jonah Bennett When whites become a minority in the United States, the National Rifle Association (NRA) will fall and gun control legislation will finally pass, UCLA law professor Adam Winkler wrote Monday in a Washington Post op-ed. Democrats have long advocated for gun control, an issue which repeatedly returns to the forefront in the aftermath of…
Steve Ambrose The line in the sand has been drawn and everyone is now picking sides. While the Senate began debate Oct. 20 on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), influential technology companies have staked out their opposition to the plan before the bill has been finalized.(RELATED: Hillary Ignored Mandatory Cyber-Security Training At State Department.)…
Blake Neff Vice President Joe Biden’s speech announcing that he won’t run for the presidency included an indirect shot at the college plan of Hillary Clinton, and support for a plan recently proposed by her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. Despite rejecting a presidential run, Biden still delivered a very policy-oriented speech afterwards, which appeared very similar…
Blake Neff An appalling video posted to Facebook recently shows a Jordanian father egging on his daughter as she holds a knife and says she wants to “stab a Jew.” WATCH: The video, originally captioned “Rehf threatens Zionists with a knife,” was posted Oct. 16 on the Facebook page of Abdulhaleem Abuesha, who is a…
By Lina Bryce Jon Voight, who is notorious for criticizing President Barack Obama, has taken things a step further by drawing in nearly 200 of Hollywood’s A-List actors to support Israel’s efforts on defending their country from terrorism. Voight initiated this response when he criticized actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem for “inciting anti-Semitism around the world” in an open letter stating they…
Vice President Joe Biden has chosen to forego his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election. Speaking at the White House Rose Garden with his wife and president Obama at his side, Biden announced the window for a successful campaign “has closed”. The decision, delivered within the expected 48 hour window, ends months of media speculation…