By Saagar Enjeti U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s closing memo to President Barack Obama painted a rosy picture of the U.S. role in the world since Obama took office in 2008. Kerry claimed Obama made the best of a bad situation, citing Obama’s inheritance of wars not his own in Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to a…
By Kody Fairfield Earlier this week, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sat down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity for a rare in person interview. The conversation took place at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where Assange has held asylum since 2012. During the interview, the two covered the 2016 election, the leaked DNC and John Podesta emails and the narrative that Russia was involved…
By Eric Lieberman A 74-year-old grandmother from Texas shot at a burglar after the intruder broke into her home and pointed a gun at her face. Before Rebbie Roberson even had to time to react, the gunman was in her living room. “And when I started to get up, he was in here on me…
By Steve Birr More than 100 people serving jail time for marijuana convictions in Vermont received a pardon from the governor Tuesday in one of his final acts in office. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, pardoned 192 individuals convicted on marijuana charges after receiving 450 requests before Christmas. Shumlin encouraged marijuana convicts to make a…
By Luke Rosiak An activist group is demanding to know exactly how local governments paying salaries to full-time teachers’ union officials serves a public purpose when the only business that gets done is for the labor organization, not taxpayers. If a lawsuit filed in state court in Jersey City, N.J. is successful, some teachers’ unions in…
By Kody Fairfield Chicago investigators have detained and questioned four people after discovering a Facebook Live video which shows a group torturing a disabled male, while someone yelled, “F*** Trump,” and “F*** white people,” reports Fox 32. According to the report, Chicago Police were made aware of the video, which shows at least four people holding the…
By Kody Fairfield Former Governor of Alaska and Vice Preseidential nominee Sarah Palin has had a change of heart when it comes to Wikileaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Here is what Palin said in her apology, which was released on Facebook, to the head of the whistleblower organization: To Julian Assange: I apologize. Please watch Sean Hannity‘s interview with…
Despite considerable progress in other areas, millennials seem to be sorely lacking in intellectual tolerance.
Blue Lives Matter, But Not More Than Everyone Else By 1776 The emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has resulted in some uncomfortable discussions concerning the appropriate use of force within America’s law enforcement agencies. These discussions have often centered around the historical relationship between said agencies and the ethnic minority neighborhoods they’re charged…
By Russ Read The Islamic Republic of Iran drastically increased its oil production by more than 300 percent one year after sanctions were lifted due to its nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. Iran increased oil production in 2016 from 870,000 to 3.67 million barrels a day by November, an increase of approximately…