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The NRA has released a new ad starring Charlie Daniels that warns Iran not to mess with America’s heartland. by Joey Clark As part of a series of new campaign videos, the National Rifle Association has chosen to call out Iran. The video stars country music legend Charlie Daniels who delivers a folksy yet threaten…
By Jonah Bennett The Obama administration is pushing for the United Nations to end a 2011 embargo on arms shipments to Libya in order to save the current regime from falling to the Islamic State, but some experts caution a U.S. arms shipment may end up in the hands of terror groups. In an effort to…
Veterans Affair Secretary Robert McDonald compared the time veterans wait to receive healthcare at the VA to the waiting times at Disney World. He said that his agency shouldn’t use wait times as a measure of success because Disney doesn’t. “When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in…
By Jacob Bojesson The parents of two victims who died in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks wrote a letter to French President Francois Hollande, notifying him they will no longer pay taxes and by extension fund the president’s “jihadist friends.” The parents are furious with Hollande’s policies, which they claim allowed for the attack to happen. Paying…
Venezuela’s love affair with socialism is a walking nightmare, as crushing price inflation destroys the middle class. by Joey Clark Not so long ago, a Venezuelan governor remarked that his people were capable of eating sticks and rocks before giving into the evil capitalist pigs trying to bring down Venezuela’s socialist revolution. Well, the way things…
By Richard Pollock A little known Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation’s biggest donors, thanks to a $100 million pledge in 2007, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. “Blood minerals” are related to “blood diamonds,” which are allegedly mined in war zones or…
By Mary Matalin After a considered review of the 2016 candidates’ philosophies and positions, I am proud to endorse Austin Petersen for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. Petersen has had a distinguished and dedicated career in advocacy for the principles upon which this unique country was founded and under which…
Once Latin America’s richest country, present-day Venezuela has reached such low points in its economic and social development that it is not out of the question to consider it a failed state at this juncture. Lurid imagery of soldiers stealing goats, citizens turning to vigilante justice, public hospitals lacking supplies, and long lines to get…
By JP Carroll The embattled socialist government of Venezuela has sent out troops to fight anti-government protesters and justified it by claiming the U.S. could invade the country soon. Venezuela has been dealing with widespread protests since Wednesday, a response to Socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s rejection of 1.85 million signatures submitted by the conservative opposition to start the recall…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos While attempting to argue it’s “bad for women” to ban abortions on the basis of sex, pro-choice Professor Carol Sanger actually ends up explaining why it’s logically inconsistent for feminists to oppose the bans. Legislators in eight states have already banned abortions on the basis of the unborn child’s sex, and a number of other…