Are you ready to expand your civic activity beyond Facebook memes and snappy tweets? Consider becoming part of the political process. If you have the interest, you can find many opportunities to become engaged beyond voting. Start Local Democracy doesn’t just happen in Washington, D.C. Leaders in your local community make policies that impact your…
by Kitty Testa The political appropriation of Jesus by the progressive left has reached new lows this Christmas. From memes depicting the Holy Family as “Middle Eastern” refugees at Christ’s birth (they weren’t) to The People for Bernie Sanders Facebook fan page comparing their hero to Jesus, the trolling of Christians by people who probably…
By Jordan LaPorta Nothing is more frustrating than re-fighting a battle you have already won. With trade, libertarians will spend the next four years trying to reassert a fact that has been long settled: free trade is a net positive. A Trump Administration raises many concerns for limited-government conservatives and libertarians. Unlike past Republican presidents,…
By Blake Neff A Drexel University professor who called for “white genocide” on Christmas Eve isn’t apologizing, and instead says critics of his “satirical” remarks are “violent racists” who are apt to commit genocide themselves. Drexel, meanwhile, is promising an investigation. George Ciccariello-Maher got more than he bargained for with a tweet on Christmas Eve…
By Michael Bastasch President Obama thinks the media is to blame, at least in part, for rural Americans not voting Democrat this election despite his administration pumping billions of dollars into rural economies. “Tom — Tom Vilsack, my agriculture secretary from Iowa. We — we devoted more attention, more focus, put more resources into rural…
By Robert Donachie Snapchat, a California-based messaging app platform, is set to buy Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine Media. Cimagine created a technology — True Markerless Augmented Reality — that allows users to preview furniture and appliances they wish to purchase by virtually placing the objects in their homes via a mobile app. Essentially, users…
By Phillip Stucky President Barack Obama believes he would win re-election if he were able to run for a third term, according to a CNN interview published Monday. Obama told CNN he would win because he achieved the “change” he ran on in 2008, asserting he successfully shifted America’s culture. “In the wake of the election…
By Thomas Phippen What do an Iranian millionaire, a state senator, a drug dealer and a polygamist have in common? They all face charges of misusing food stamps this year. Around 44 million people received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also called food stamps, in 2016. The whole program cost about $70 billion….
by Blake Neff A professor at Drexel University says the only thing he wants for Christmas is the genocide of white people. George Ciccariello-Maher is an associate professor of politics and global studies, and a self-described “radical political theorist.” In a Tweet posted late Christmas Eve, Ciccariello-Maher said his biggest wish for the holiday season is…
By Blake Neff A former GOP gubernatorial candidate in New York isn’t backing down from his expressed hope that President Barack Obama will die while his wife Michelle “return[s] to being a male” and goes off to live with wild gorillas. Carl Paladino launched a failed bid for New York governor in 2010, and more recently…