By Ali Motamedi The withdrawal of all US government personnel from Afghanistan marked the end of what is often considered to be one of the least popular wars in American history and, more importantly, the end of a costly decades long nation-building initiative. While the operation was horrifically botched at the expense of American lives,…
Amid the current partisan push by Democrats to provide permanent residency for millions of immigrants, some lawmakers are still doing the thankless work of reaching across the aisle in pursuit of sensible reform. Recently, Senators from across the political spectrum introduced the America’s CHILDREN Act, a bill that allows kids who came to America legally…
The Tea Party was born in February of 2009, shortly following the inauguration of Barack Obama. It was an opposition movement to the higher taxes and the proposed individual mandate to fund his promised ObamaCare proposal. It was a political wave that boosted Liberty Republicans into office in the 2010 midterms, such as Rand Paul,…
The COVID-19 crisis has taken an enormous human toll, with more than 200,000 Americans having succumbed to the virus, according to government data. So, too, the sweeping government response has wrought both unprecedented economic and public health consequences. Thus, in addition to the obvious health consequences, one major concern posed by the COVID-19 crisis is…
Following the Thursday night Republican National Convention, Senator Rand Paul and his wife Kelly Paul were swarmed by Black Lives Matter protesters after attempting to leave the event. Rand Paul has been fighting for police reform since he got to Congress.. and it didn't matter tonight. — Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 28, 2020 The…
With the nation still in chaos from the fallout of George Floyd’s murder, the political response has been a mixed bag, to put it mildly. Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul are working to demilitarize the police; Michigan Representative Justin Amash is introducing legislation to end qualified immunity; and a gaggle of…
On April 7th, Senator Rand Paul posted a picture of himself in a white coat on Twitter, thanking his supporters the world over for wishing him the best after his diagnosis of having COVID-19. In the post, he explained he had now tested negative, and that he had decided to go back to his roots…
Shelby Talcott Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made an appearance during President Donald Trump’s Kentucky rally Monday night and demanded that the media print the name of the whistleblower whose complaint led to an impeachment inquiry. An official impeachment inquiry launched following the August whistleblower complaint, which largely centered around a July 25 phone call between Trump…
Audrey Conklin “The View” co-host Ana Navarro said Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is “not a socialist” during a Friday segment of the show. Navarro was responding to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s statement, “If you vote for a socialist, you might get socialism,” which earned applause from the audience. “Maduro is not a socialist,” Navarro interrupted….
Over the past week, Trump has made an anti-war, or at least ‘anti-endless war’ sentiment a central focus of his messaging. He’s talked about wasted American dollars and wasted American lives. He’s at least hinted at the possibility of troop withdrawals (as opposed to merely re-positioning troops within the countries they’re already deployed in). These…