Julian Assange said that choosing between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is akin to choosing “cholera or gonorrhea,” in an interview with Democracy Now on Wednesday. “Personally, I would prefer neither,” the WikiLeaks founder said. Assange has been back in the news recently due to his organization’s release of secret DNC emails revealing collusion between…
Maybe Trump’s scare-tactics are not so effective after all. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that a majority of American voters support free trade and immigration. The national poll comes in light of incessant attacks from both the left and right on the merits of free-trade, and the fear-mongering from Republicans about the…
A recent hack of the Democratic National Committee has proven embarrassing for the party but left many talking concernedly about foreign influence in U.S. elections. The concerns are amplified by the Trump campaign’s reported ties to Russia. As if he were deaf to these concerns, Donald Trump today called for Russian hackers to commit espionage against…
Trump Wants to See a $10/hr Minimum Wage Donald Trump is never afraid to say what’s on his mind, even if it makes no economic sense. Given his previous refutations of free market principles, it probably should come as no surprise. Once more, Trump is testing the limits of his conservative supporters by advocating a…
By Connor D. Wolf A Reddit moderator made the decision to end his thread supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders Monday in response to vicious attacks and death threats. Sanders was a contender for the Democratic nomination but conceded when it was clear primary rival Hillary Clinton would win. Subreddit moderator Aidan King made the decision to shut…
By Blake Neff Make way for the Daredevil. The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned from a source that Democratic vice presidential pick Sen. Tim Kaine’s Secret Service codename, undisclosed until this point, is “Daredevil.” The name is so ill-fitting it comes across as a deliberate self-parody. Kaine is famously moderate and hardly a bold risk-taker…
By Blake Neff Participants in a “black resistance” protest at the Democratic National Convention ordered white attendees to move to the back of the demonstration, as they were not wanted at the front. “I need all white people to move to the back. This is a black and brown resistance march,” a woman with a…
By Richard Pollock IRS Commissioner John Koskinen referred congressional charges of corrupt Clinton Foundation “pay-to-play” activities to the tax agency’s exempt operations office for investigation, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The request to investigate the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation on charges of “public corruption” was made in a July 15 letter by…
Sanders Followers Oppose the TPP Without Appreciating Benefits While watching the Democratic National Convention, you may have noticed a group of protesters chanting “No TPP” on the conference floor. During Representative Elijah J Cumming’s speech, supporters of former-candidate Bernie Sanders chanted this call while waving “No TPP” signs. Watch below, as the protesters disrupt the…
By Connor D. Wolf Republican party leadership expressed doubt Monday that Democratic voters are truly behind Hillary Clinton, since so many at the Democratic National Convention are still supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders. Clinton secured the nomination June 6 over Sanders, her primary rival. Clinton has still struggled to unite the party, even with Sanders endorsing her himself. The…