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By JP Carroll A leading figure of the conservative Venezuelan opposition was murdered in cold blood Friday and his murderer is still at large. German Mavare who was a leader of the Un Nuevo Tiempo – A New Era – Party, was shot in the head Friday morning. The killing of Mavare comes as Venezuela…
Kathryn Watson President Barack Obama’s top transparency official in the “most transparent administration in history” is leaving after only nine months on the job. Office of Government Information Services Director James Holzer, appointed to the post in August 2015, is stepping down to go back to his old job with the Department of Homeland Security…
Francesca Collins A collection of brave individuals acting on behalf of a little-known non-profit is running daring operations to free Islamic State sex slaves, including literally cutting the chains binding a woman to a bed. The Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children in Iraq (CYCI) is a non-profit dedicated to freeing ISIS sex slaves. It’s comprised of two teams,…
Jacob Bojesson Australian officials blame pro-refugee activists for initiating a recent trend of suicide and migrants setting themselves on fire. Two separate cases of refugees setting themselves on fire have been reported from Australia’s detention camps over the last week. An Iranian man died from his injuries, while a Somalian woman was left in critical condition….
Blake Neff Minnesota’s public college sports teams are now barred from playing in North Carolina, following a decision by the state’s college system to boycott North Carolina over its transgender bathroom law. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton announced in March he was instructing all state agencies to forego non-essential travel to North Carolina until it repealed its new law…
JP Carroll Former Mexican President Vicente Fox who famously told Jorge Ramos in February that he was, “not going to pay for that [Trump’s]fucking wall,” has now apologized to Trump and invited the presumptive GOP nominee to Mexico. The former Mexican leader addressed Trump in a Tuesday interview with Breitbart News, stating, “If I offended…
Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill Raising Smoking Age to 21 After years of spouting the “my body, my choice” rhetoric, California Democrats have now turned on the concept of self ownership. Starting June 9th, it will be illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the magical, state-approved age of 21. While critics of this law have…
In the hours after Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) suspended his presidential campaign, the Libertarian Party saw membership applications double in one day. Though the number was trivial (99 membership applications), it seems to indicate a growing trend in the aftermath of the Indiana primary. In an email written to The Washington Examiner, Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes…
By Andrew Follett The United Kingdom’s former chief scientific adviser, the late Dr. David MacKay, told a prominent newspaper the country’s financial support of green energy is an “appalling delusion.” MacKay, who died in April 2016, said the U.K. should have ignored wind and solar power to focus on nuclear energy and clean coal. MacKay…
By Connor D. Wolf Federal agencies have expanded workplace regulations significantly in recent years and now 70 percent of retailers say they feel overwhelmed, according to a survey published Monday. Employers are faced with countless regulations that dictate how their business can be run. Regulations range from workplace safety to how they are allowed to…