Nick Givas Democratic socialist congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used children to push her anti-Trump rhetoric and asked them to promise to help her campaign, in a video she posted on Twitter Saturday. Ocasio-Cortez, who recently banned the media from attending one of her town hall events, posted a video on Twitter where she tries to…
Kyle Perisic The Senate has delayed a hearing on U.S. Postal Services reform, postponing President Donald Trump’s fight against Amazon — which he claims is taking advantage of tax payers. The hearing could have scrutinized what Amazon and others pay for package delivery, which Trump says is the cause for the U.S. Postal Service’s $65 billion loss since 2009,…
Joe Simonson A socialist millennial running for a state senate seat in New York is facing further scrutiny about her campaign after her brother implied she has been dishonest about her family upbringing in several interviews with leftist outlets. Julia Salazar, an ally Democratic Socialists of America member Alexandria Orcasio-Cortez, has centered her campaign, among…
Chris White Toxicology experts worry media coverage of Flint’s water problems painted an inaccurate portrait of the issue Hillary Clinton’s decision to use Flint as a campaign talking point might have contributed to the over-the-top coverage Data show Flint’s lead levels were not dangerously high relative to other communities Reports painting Flint’s lead problems as…
Evie Fordham Starter home affordability is the worst it has been since the Great Recession because of increasing mortgage rates and other factors. First-time home buyers had to spend an average of 23 percent of their annual income to purchase a “typical entry-level home,” according to Bloomberg. Home prices that increased faster than individuals’ incomes contributed…
Steve Birr Authorities recently busted a couple in Florida for selling fentanyl-laced drugs from a makeshift drive-thru window, causing a string of overdoses. Officers with the Ocala Police Department raided the mobile home of William Parrish Jr. and McKenzee Dobbs on Aug. 23 in Marion County following an investigation into a local narcotics distribution operation. The pair…
Peter Hasson Pastor Jasper Williams launched a scathing criticism of black-on-black violence on Friday at Aretha Franklin’s funeral, where he delivered the eulogy. “It amazes me how it is when the police kills one of us, we are ready to protest, destroy innocent property, march. We are ready to loot, steel, whatever we want. But…
Wall Street Journal recently ran an article on the soaring cost of child care for American families. As the WSJ explains, “the cost of child care and nursery school has increased nearly twice as fast as overall inflation since the recession ended” in 2009. Particularly striking is the change in child-rearing costs between 1960 and…
Nick Givas Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called intelligence abuses within the FBI “disgusting,” on “Fox & Friends” Friday, and accused the agency of colluding with the Department of Justice to bring down President Donald Trump. “We have the most disgusting both conspiracy and cover-up and I just don’t know if Americans fully understand…
Neetu Chandak A man allegedly faked his abduction by having his mouth duct-taped and his hands tied together in order to gain U.S. citizenship, according to federal authorities Thursday. Alejandro Mario Cortes, 45, allegedly told St. Paul, Minnesota, police officers that he was kidnapped by men he did not know from Chicago, had a bag…