The Freedom Report podcast today takes on the case of the killing of Eric Garner by NYPD after they put him in an illegal chokehold. Officer Daniel Pantaleo was not indicted by a grand jury, although he still faces a federal civil rights suit by the DOJ, an internal NYPD investigation and a civil suit…
By Blake Neff The State University of New York (SUNY) system, one of the country’s largest public college systems, has adopted the “affirmative consent” standard for identifying sexual assault. The policy will affect some 460,000 students spread across 64 different SUNY campuses. The new policy has been anticipated for several months, after New York Governor…
By Michael Bastasch Gasoline prices have been plummeting in recent months due to falling oil prices. That means it’s time for federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to push for a gas tax hike while prices at the pump are falling. Reps. Tom Petri of Wisconsin and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon are pushing…
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com All rise! Guardian of the Republic Judge Andrew Napolitano stated to Shepard Smith that the officer who choked Eric Garner to death should have been indicted. A grand jury in Staten Island declined to indict New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Garner was under arrest for selling cigarettes by officer…
By Michael Bastasch Published: December 3, 2014 Falling oil prices are making it harder for OPEC member states to fund their governments. Oil priceshovering around $70 per barrel is too low for most OPEC countries to cover their budgets, according to Reuters data. While OPEC countries generally have lower costs of actually getting oil out…
By Casey Harper Published: December 3, 2014 Does your state have an Ebola treatment center? Probably not. A Center for Disease Control announcement today revealed that 38 states do not have Ebola treatment centers. Meanwhile, experts continue to say that additional Ebola cases in the U.S. are definitely possible. Health and Human Services boasted today that there are…
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Detectives in the Eight District of New Orleans are on the search for a woman who was captured on security camera as she walked down the street stabbing random people. The woman can be seen holding a knife and sticking it in persons walking by. From the police: NEW ORLEANS, LA…
By TJ Wass The cross-cultural popularity of Senator Rand Paul across America and his potential run for the White House reminds me of a great scene from the famous John Hughes movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” The main character played by Matthew Broderick has earned the respect of all of the cliques at his high school….
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Democrats and Republicans in the House voted 420-0 Tuesday to stop writing Social Security checks to Nazi war criminals. “It’s pretty self-explanatory. American taxpayers should not be awarding Social Security benefits to Nazis,” said Texas Republican Rep. Kevin Brady, who serves on the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee, in a statement…
ORONO, ME – A court in Maine has decided to award a transgender teenager $75,000 after she was asked to use a staff bathroom, instead of a student one. From MSN: Nicole Maines won her lawsuit against the Orono school district in January before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The Portland Press Herald reports that…