By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration has taken $500 million appropriated by Congress to fight the Zika virus to fund the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which gives foreign countries money for green energy projects. “The threat to adults from Zika is relatively small, but the threat to pre-born children is very high,” Oklahoma Republican…
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 Luke Rosiak Adult men are almost as common a sight in housing projects as women, even though data show that virtually every subsidized apartment is occupied by low-income women whose “poverty” status is based on being single mothers with no man. They can be seen exiting apartments in the morning, parking their cars there overnight,…
By Ethan Barton A child-molesting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who was paid $55,000 to retire is only one of many bad agency employees who skirted termination, according to a congressional committee. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held its third hearing Wednesday focused on EPA employees who successfully avoided serious punishment or resigned or retired…
Luke Rosiak A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) worker fired for bringing a stun gun to work and repeatedly discharging it claims everyone else in her office just watches TV all day, so she doesn’t understand why she’s being singled out for rare discipline. The office in question is the “Non-VA Purchased Care Support Office,”…
As someone who has been writing about the cannabis community and industry for the past several years, it has been interesting to watch the evolution of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D) on the issue of recreational marijuana legalization. When Governor Hickenlooper was up for reelection in 2014 he called Colorado’s legalization “reckless” and warned other…
Andrew Follett There’s no link between the pro-green energy policies of states and falling carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but there is a statistically significant link between falling CO2 and natural gas electricity, according to statistical analysis conducted by The Daily Caller News Foundation. Statistical analysis and regressions run by TheDCNF found no statistically significant link existed…
Kathryn Watson House Republicans announced Friday they will begin impeachment hearings for embattled Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen over his handling of the Lois Lerner scandal. The House Committee on the Judiciary will hold two hearings, starting May 24, to determine whether Koskinen misled Congress and violated a subpoena related to the IRS…
By Ethan Barton White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday a recent oversight report exposing $35 million was spent on questionable, government-funded research is “pretty pathetic” compared to more serious issues like the Zika virus. “I think it’s pretty pathetic when we are facing a serious public health crisis, as described by our public health…
Lawmakers in Michigan want to conduct a study to see just what level of THC (the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana) in someone’s bloodstream makes them too impaired to drive. They seek some sort of “magic number” that applies to all drivers and all cannabis users. Michigan lawmakers are going to be disappointed in what they…