By Blake Neff Barack Obama finally gave his endorsement to Hillary Clinton Thursday, and he did it emphatically, declaring in a video that Clinton is the most qualified person to in American history to be president. “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” Obama said in his video. Clinton…
When it comes to elections, contrarian dissent matters just as much as servile consent. by Joey Clark The mind may be a terrible thing to waste, but an independent mind is a horrid thing to use during election season. Partisans cannot abide contrarian dissent within their ranks when the outcome of an election is at…
President Obama has made his endorsement for his successor, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. Obama reportedly met with Sanders before making his announcement, presumably so he could tell him face to face that despite his reluctance to admit reality, it was time to unite the party behind their nominee. USA Today reports: President…
By Juliegrace Brufke Despite Democratic presidential 2016 hopeful Hillary Clinton’s vow to be “tough on Wall Street,” the majority of Fortune 500 CEOs said they would vote for her over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. A poll recently released by Fortune found a whopping 58 percent prefer the Former secretary of State, while 42 percent…
By Blake Neff The Philippines has just completed a momentous presidential election that ended with it electing the country’s equivalent of Donald Trump. An unofficial count of the Monday night’s vote showed Rodrigo Duterte of the PDP–Laban party easily defeating his rivals, with Duterte finishing about 6 million votes ahead of his nearest rival. Barring some stunning…
The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner went down this past Sunday in Washington D.C., and as is the custom, President Obama got on stage to tell some jokes. One of the jokes getting the most attention is his clever quip about marijuana: Obama on his approval ratings: “The last time I was this high, I…
By Michael Bastasch Republican lawmakers and ranchers relying on access to federal lands are gearing up to push back against the Obama administration’s use of a century-old law to lock up millions of acres of public lands from development. The White House has used the Antiquities Act of 1906 designate more than 260 million acres of federally-controlled lands…
By JP Carroll Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders are losing it on social media over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s connection to the file leaks from a major Panama law firm. Reporters for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in conjunction with several global media outlets leaked the names of companies and people with…
By Blake Neff The Obama administration released a warning Monday telling the nation’s landlords that it may be discriminatory for them to refuse to rent to those with criminal records. The Fair Housing Act doesn’t include criminals as a protected class, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says refusing to rent based…
By Michael Bastasch The Obama administration’s effort to eliminate red tape hampering American businesses has actually ended up adding $16 billion in new regulatory costs and 16 million hours in new paperwork, according to a report. The right-leaning American Action Forum found “executive agencies have added more than $16 billion in regulatory costs, up from $14.7 billion…