By Saagar Enjeti Poor Afghan Security Force’s Soldiers are selling US taxpayer-funded ammo to scrap metal dealers, Reuters reports. The revelation highlights the vast network of graft and corruption that permeates the Afghan security forces, and one of the major reason it has been so ineffective against the Taliban. One scrap dealer told Reuters if soldiers don’t have…
By Amber Randall Black rapper A$AP Rocky said “all lives matter” in an interview Wednesday as he talked about the “bandwagon stuff” of the Black Lives Matter movement. Rocky had an interview with the Breakfast Club to clarify comments he made in a 2015 Time Out New York interview that resurfaced earlier this week, reports The…
By Brett Chandrasekhar “Fiscally conservative and socially really don’t give a damn,” stated Gary Johnson in an interview with MSNBC in late June. “As long as you don’t force me into believing what it is you believe. Let people have choices in life.” After months and months of criticism, Johnson finally buckled. He modified his…
By Chris White Techno-wonder boy Elon Musk finally revealed Wednesday night his much-hyped second master plan for the future of his two sustainable energy projects, Tesla Motors and solar panel producer SolarCity. Musk, the CEO and chairman of both companies, wrote in a blog post on Tesla’s website that the two companies must combine if the world…
By Casey Harper Protesters faced off against law enforcement at the Republican National Convention Wednesday with several arrests, two injured officers and one person setting himself on fire. Cleveland police said 22 protesters have been arrested so far. Law enforcement said no media, only protesters, were apprehended. Protestor lit flag on fire, then lit himself on fire, catching…
By Blake Neff Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore expressed despair over the 2016 presidential race, predicting on “Real Time with Bill Maher’ that “Trump is going to win” the presidency. “To millions and millions of Americans, this was music to their ears,” Moore said following GOP convention festivities Wednesday night. “We’ve been sitting in our bubble,…
By Michael Bastasch One of the top candidates being considered for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Running mate in 2016 has had some email problems of his own. Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa and President Barack Obama’s current secretary of agriculture, was caught up in a 2004 scandal that resulted in emails…
By Blake Neff A newly-released video out of North Miami, Florida appears to show a man getting shot by police even though he is lying on the ground with his hands raised in the air, begging for officers not to shoot. Charles Kinsey works as a caregiver to the disabled at a group home in…
The most shocking thing about last night at the RNC was not that Senator Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump — that was as easy to predict as rain in April. The shock came from the reaction of Trump supporters who were delusional enough to actually expect an endorsement. As if Trump had done anything…
The primaries in 2016 featured a high degree of disdain for the eventual nominees, with both Trump and Hillary having high unfavorables within their own party. But with all of the threats, with all of the fire and brimstone, it appears that right now, the rank and file members of the two main parties are…