Protests continued in Paris this weekend for the fifth week in a row, even after President Emmanuel Macron caved to the demands of the “yellow vest” protesters. The turnout at this weekend’s protest numbered at only around 3,000, by police estimation. Last weekend was the pinnacle of the civil unrest. Over 8,000 protestors stormed upscale areas,…
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…
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent the last year resisting draconian COVID-19 lockdown orders, I applauded his commitment to individual liberty. But by signing HB1 a few weeks ago, DeSantis failed to honor that same commitment. This so called “anti-riot” bill goes far beyond combating riots—it threatens Floridians’ constitutional rights, doubles down on overcriminalization, and…
MEMPHIS, TN – A Memphis police officer stands accused of trying to rob a Make-A-Wish family at the Memphis International airport. According to the police report, a St. Jude employee brought a bag including a $1,500 prepaid credit card for the Make-A-Wish family on a vacation. Off duty cop Ronald Harris allegedly followed the…
Congress is again fighting over the funding of undeclared wars or U.S. proxies (Ukraine, Israel) involved in wars in which the U.S. asserts an interest. The U.S. has been involved in 32 similar-type wars since the Korean War in 1950. The U.S. has been absent from war only 14 of the 73 past years. More…
Luke Rosiak After a federal employee assaulted a female colleague on the job, the American Federation of Government Employees took the side of the abuser — even though the woman was also a union member — and made bosses give a cash payout to the man. The union convinced an arbiter that management was in the wrong for trying to keep…
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