By Connor D. Wolf White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz denounced a plan Friday to let Puerto Rico set a minimum wage for younger works below federal standards. Puerto Rico faces profound fiscal problems over its growing $70 billion in debt. Congressional lawmakers introduced a measure Wednesday aimed at getting the region out of financial…
By Steve Birr The prospect of District statehood is “literally” giving city officials “chills.” The effort boasts diverse supporters including presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, but decades of bureaucratic mismanagement and the ceaseless specter of political corruption leaves doubt over whether D.C. is ready to govern itself as a state. “As president, I will be a vocal champion for D.C….
By JP Carroll President Barack Obama arrived Sunday in Vietnam to discuss the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) as well as loosening a U.S. arms embargo, much to the frustration of China. Obama is the third U.S. president to visit the communist country since the end of the Vietnam War. The visit will last three days…
By JP Carroll Dead Socialist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was praised throughout his life by many figures in academia, journalism and Hollywood despite his brutal regime. This praise included Salon writer David Sirota’s piece after the leader’s death, titled “Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle.” In British publication The New Statesman, a headline as Chavez was nearing death in…
I have to offer a sincere apology to our readers. In an effort to beat our competitors in getting a write-up of our founder Austin Petersen’s interview with Glenn Beck out, excitement may have turned to haste. I was busy working and not listening to live stream when Petersen joined the Glenn Beck show. What I…
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is criticizing to America’s criminal justice reform movement and any proposed legislation of allied intent, referring to said views on Thursday at a speaking engagement as “baseless,” and adding that, if anything, America has an “under-incarceration problem.” Keep in mind, however, that the U.S. does in fact have the highest incarceration rate and largest…
Why I Question Gary Johnson’s Libertarian Credentials by Lee Enochs Is Gary Johnson really a Libertarian? This might seem like a ludicrous question to those who follow politics in America. Since Johnson came to national prominence in 2012 when he became the nominee of the LP, he has become the quintessential Libertarian and virtually…
Russ Read The final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will cut the size of the National Security Council (NSC) from over 400 employees to just 150 for fiscal year 2017. The provision intends to curb the exponential growth the NSC staff has seen over the past 25 years. Since the start of…
Michael Bastasch The world’s largest solar energy plant known for incinerating birds just got a taste of its own medicine. A fire at the plant Thursday morning, which may have been caused by “misaligned” mirrors used to reflect sunlight at boiler towers, broke out in the facilities interior — literally scorching parts of the plant. NRG…
By Lina Bryce Presidential Libertarian candidate, Austin Petersen appeared on Glenn Beck‘s show today, scoring major points with the host and his viewers. The show will be aired in its entirety later today on The Blaze, but according to a status update on Austin Petersen’s Facebook page, Glenn Beck has already given Petersen a glowing endorsement….