By Connor D. Wolf The Trans-Pacific Partnership could help significantly reduce forced labor by putting pressure on partner nations to end the practice entirely, the White House argued Tuesday. President Barack Obama and his administration negotiated the massive trade deal over the past several years. It was finalized Oct. 5 after a fierce debate which…
By Jonah Bennett Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson announced he is entering the 2016 presidential race on the Fox Business Network Wednesday. The two-term governor told host Neil Cavuto he’s looking for the nomination from the Libertarian Party. He stepped down from his positionas CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc. on New Year’s Eve. His entrance is undoubtedly…
Sanders’ Economic Ignorance on Twitter has No End [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]here is little more aggravating to economists than Bernie Sanders’ Twitter account. In December, for example, he tweeted to his audience criticizing banks for allowing refinances at lower interest rates than college loans (Sanders ignored banks do this because homes are collateral and allow the bank to…
Liberals across the internet are incensed that Star Wars actor Oscar Isaac has been photographed sporting an Atlas Shrugged t-shirt. The five-year-old photo of the Hollywood star sporting the shirt displaying the title and cover likeness of Ayn Rand’s controversial novel has made its way around the dark recesses of the internet where the perpetually…
Kathryn Watson Missouri Department of Social Services eligibility specialist Pamela O’Dell faces criminal charges after she went on a shopping spree with $52,000 worth of food stamps she stole, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. O’Dell was responsible for processing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applications and files and used her position…
Jonah Bennett The Department of Defense (DOD) is set to work closely with Barack Obama’s administration to implement brand new gun control measures stemming from executive orders. Congress is dead set against pushing through legislation on gun control, so the White House found a work-around through executive action, Military Times reports. “The President and Vice President are committed…
Michael Bastasch Satellite temperature data measuring Earth’s lower atmosphere shows that 2015 only ranks as the third-warmest year on record, and not the warmest year as predicted by scientists relying on weather station data. Climate scientists with the University of Alabama, Huntsville reported Tuesday the temperature anomaly for December 2015 was 0.44 degrees Celsius above…
Rocker and outspoken Republican Ted Nugent was not moved by President Obama’s tears last night. In fact, the Motor City Madman took to social media to blast the president as a “psychopath” who hates America. “I will write a comprehensive piece on the Chicago scam artist in chief on his latest lies about tyranical [sic] trampling…
A Florida university has terminated a professor who told his students that the shooting massacre at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School was staged. The AP reports: Florida Atlantic University said in a release that School of Communication and Multimedia Studies professor James Tracy was served a notice of termination Tuesday. The school sent Tracy a notice…
Mr. President, crying is not going make us want to do something that wouldn’t have prevented tragedies in the first place. Such calls may actually harden our heads and hearts. by Joey Clark Yesterday, President Obama, you asked the nation, “How did we get here? How did we get to the place where people think requiring…