Democratic presidential candidate and self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders pledged to raise taxes at a CNN Democratic town hall this week, mere days before the Iowa caucus, where Sanders is neck-and-neck with rival Hillary Clinton. But just how much more does Sanders intend to burden Americans with? According to analysis by The Tax Foundation, an independent…
From our friends at Hypeline.org by Emily Hennig Feminism: “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” By the Merriam-Webster definition I am a feminist. When the feminist movement started it was about women having the same rights as men. At this time women did not have rights; they couldn’t vote,…
Andrew Follett Liberal billionaires Elon Musk and Warren Buffett are locked in combat over lucrative solar power subsidies in Nevada. For now, Buffett has the upper hand. He scored a major win in December, when Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) imposed rules that effectively ended net-metering, a policy which forces electrical utilities to buy the energy produced…
Ethan Barton Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders may be obstructing oversight, accountability and management of the Postal Service for what appears to be old-fashioned pork barrel politics. The Democratic socialist from Vermont has blocked five appointments to the board that will select the Postal Service’s new watchdog, according to the sole remaining presidentially-selected…
Ted Cruz Again Throws Another “Friend” Under the Bus by Josh Guckert For months, Ted Cruz has refused to take any shots at Donald Trump, claiming that the media and Establishment’s “only hope” is to have the two in a “cage match.” Cruz retorted to such suggestions as recently as December by Tweeting that he…
Kathryn Watson California Attorney General Kamala Harris is being deluged with requests from non-profit officials to withdraw her “unconstitutional” demand for public disclosure of donor names because it creates a “back door” around the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United. Harris’ critics claim her demand violates the First Amendment and privacy laws, compromises…
The feud between Donald Trump and Fox News is escalating with the network now releasing a statement that alleges the Trump camp levied a threat against Megyn Kelly. The Kelly-Trump feud goes back to August when the real estate mogul unleashed a string of nasty attacks at Kelly because he took issue with the questions…
As if the story of Russell Taylor – former head of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s charitable foundation – wasn’t bizarre enough, it turns out that he was allegedly deeply involved with the key players of an international “Spice” ring that operated out of central Indiana, a ring that was brought down by authorities last…
Martin O’Malley is taking the Bernie Sanders approach to getting headlines: say ridiculously stupid things. O’Malley astutely observed that animals don’t have employment problems. Of course, they also don’t have any system of trade, commerce, or an organized society– but whatever. This is the Democratic debate; it’s a contest to see who can say the…
It appears that Rand Paul may have climbed his way back onto the main stage for tomorrow’s debate in South Carolina. Fox has set a 5 PM cut-off for new polls that can count toward qualification and the Paul team is confident they will make it. If Paul does qualify it will vindicate his decision…