Meet Your American Social Credit System
By James Gorrie Commentary From social media canceling to national vaccine mandates, an unforgiving and punitive social credit system is emerging in America. As I wrote about in my previous…
Former Trump Pentagon Chief Says He ‘Did Not’ Authorize Mark Milley–China Calls
By Jack Phillips Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, who briefly led the Pentagon from late 2020 until January 2021, said he did not authorize an alleged phone call between…
Democratic Amnesty for 8 Million Illegals in Budget is ‘Unprecedented and Dangerous’
By Joseph Lord Senate Democrats are trying to convince the Senate parliamentarian—a nonpartisan figure who arbitrates disagreements over Senate rules—to allow them to include about eight million green cards into…
Dems to Argue Pathway to Citizenship Be Included in $3.5T Bill
By Nick Koutsobinas Senate Democrats plan to meet with Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Friday to see if they can include a pathway to citizenship provision for undocumented immigrants in…
Too lazy to work, too callous to care: COVID’s lesson on teachers unions
by Washington Examiner, On the topic of teachers unions, COVID-19 has been a real education. In good times, teachers unions will go to the mat to defend a corpse in…
Who’s Really Being Hospitalized?
By Jennifer Margulis “I’m not going to arm wrestle with the administration about where to put you,” Dr. C., a highly skilled gastroenterologist, said gently to my friend who was…
Biden details plan to resume oil and gas leasing in response to court ruling
by Josh Siegel The Biden administration is taking steps beginning this week toward restarting oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters as it complies with a ruling by…
Court sides with Texas in dispute with Biden administration over Medicaid funding
Bethany Blankley, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker handed Texas another win against the Biden administration Friday, this time over Medicaid funding, granting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request for an…
Elizabeth Warren took aim at Jeff Bezos, saying ‘the richest guy on Earth can launch himself into space while over half the country lives paycheck to paycheck’
kvlamis@insider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) Sen. Elizabeth Warren took a jab at Jeff Bezos over his recent space flight as other Americans struggle financially. Warren said if the billionaire can go to…
Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, TERRY TANG and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through…
When black Americans choose where to live, they choose GOP-run Texas, Florida, and Georgia
Timothy P. Carney If you consult the likes of Paul Krugman or MSNBC, you’ll hear that Texas, Florida, and Georgia are failed states, run into the ground by right-wing ideologues.…
Afghanistan fiasco flips media against Biden – this should worry Dems
By Michael Goodwin For Joe Biden, bad is quickly turning to worse. A day after the president tried to defend his decision to wave the white flag in Afghanistan and…