Michael Bastasch The Obama administration is offering coal country $14.5 million in federal funding for programs to retrain out of work coal miners and for economic development after imposing regulations to shrink the coal industry. It’s been called a “grim solace” to coal workers who lost their jobs by the thousands in the past few…
Kelsey Petruzzi writes at Hypeline.org: A student at Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Maryland is suing the college after being denied the authorization to start a conservative group on campus. Moriah DeMartino, a second year student at HCC, was denied the right to launch a Turning Point USA chapter on campus and told no such…
By Lina Bryce NowThis Politics has posted a video on their Facebook page that’s going viral this week, asking, ‘is CNN trying to make Hillary Clinton look good?’ The question has ignited further outrage from Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters. Already suspicious of CNN’s agenda, the video feeds into speculation that CNN is in the tank for the former Secretary of State,…
Juliegrace Brufke Speculation around whether Joe Biden will seek the 2016 Democratic nomination has been circulating for months, but one of the vice president’s long-time advisers said America can expect a decision soon. Former Delaware Sen. Ted Kaufman, Biden’s close friend and confidant, sent an email to former staffers laying out a plan, saying he would quickly…
The federal government collected a record $3,248,723,000,000 in tax revenue for the 2015 fiscal year, amounting to a whopping $21,833 per worker, according to the recently released Monthly Treasury Statement. From CNS News, “It is also up about $212,927,100,000 in constant 2015 dollars from the $3,035,795,900,000 in revenue (in 2015 dollars) that the Treasury raked…
Mark Tapscott It’s an Obamacare story with every imaginable outrage – blatant conflicts of interest, millions of tax dollars going to political cronies, thousands of Americans left without health insurance, lavish pay for incompetent executives, federal funds diverted illegally, multiple congressional investigations, insider trading convictions and big decisions made behind closed doors. Tragically, there is…
The FBI has released figures demonstrating that over the course of 15 years, NICS background checks for gun ownership have increased 82 per cent, while violent crime has dropped by 18 per cent. In the 2014 version of Crime in the United States, the estimated number of reported violent crimes dropped 0.2 per cent and…
Stephen Cicero writes at Bankable Insight: 1. Property Rights To begin: In order to function optimally, markets require strong (easily defended), clearly defined, and transferable property rights; when those rights are weak or vague (as they often are) or when there is active political interference, we sometimes see unfortunate consequences which are then blamed on…
By R. Brownell McAuliffe Effectively Declares “War on Guns” Oct. 15, 2015- VA Gov. Terry McAuliffe has put together a task force to prosecute gun crimes, along with a special hotline so Virginia residents can call and report their neighbors for suspicious activity if firearms are involved. Below is the press release issued today: NUMBER FIFTY…
Bernie Sanders Less than Enthusiastic for Debate with Rand Paul The idea of a debate between Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders is a popular one; scores of young Americans from all sides of the political spectrum are attracted to the idea of the two outsiders debating at their local town hall. The idea of Rand…