It’s a simple idea — Count down until former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton follows through with her promise. But it has gotten a lot of attention. 40-year-old Jed McChesney awoke Friday morning to find that his new website had crashed. When he glanced up at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” he… Read More
Mourners pay respects, grieve the loss of Justice Scalia
Justice Antonin Scalia’s flag-draped casket was carried up the marble steps of the Supreme Court Friday in a somber procession that began a day of ceremony and tribute to one of the court’s most influential members. Scalia’s eight Supreme Court colleagues, his family and nearly 100 former law clerks watched… Read More
Harper Lee, author of “To Kill A Mockingbird,” dies
Lee was born April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. As a child, Lee attended elementary school and high school just a few blocks from her house on Alabama Avenue. In a March 1964 interview, she… Read More
Bush set to drop out of GOP race?
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush entered the 2016 presidential race as the odds-on favorite to win the Republican nomination. In the year since, his campaign has withered despite overwhelming backing by the GOP establishment and big money donors. This week, rumors began circulating that the end is near. Internal sources… Read More
[Revealed] Dems rigged Nevada, South Carolina primaries
The news headlines have been blaring the good news for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders following his big win in New Hampshire. In poll after poll, the Sanders campaign has been gaining ground on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s so-called “firewall” primary states, Nevada and South Carolina. But fearing revolt… Read More
Bombs away! Air Force destroys major ISIS camp
They joined ISIS as jihadist terror recruits, training for bloody war against the United States, and thought they were safe in a training camp far away from the bloody battle for Iraq and Syria. But scores of Islamic State militants learned the hard way Friday that there’s nowhere the United… Read More
Pope, Trump engage in war of words
Billionaire Donald Trump and Catholic Pope Francis engaged in a war of words Thursday after the Pope implied Trump wasn’t a Christian. Now, the Pope is learning the hard way not to mess with The Donald. The exchange started when Pope Francis spoke as he traveled home from a visit… Read More
Cruz’s citizenship question heads to court
Legal scholars have squared off in public debate on whether Republican Ted Cruz is eligible to become president. Now, the issue is heading to the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. A judge has agreed to hear arguments, starting today, on Cruz’s eligibility to appear on the Illinois ballot. Even… Read More
Farmers outraged as Oregon announces huge minimum wage increase
Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S., and does so through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography. The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed Senate Bill 1532, which now heads to Democratic Gov…. Read More
Islamic State flags recovered in evidence from Mohammad cartoon attack
Jurors at the trial of an Arizona man accused of helping plan an attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas were shown evidence Thursday found in the aftermath of the gunfire, including two flags bearing the logo of the Islamic State terrorist group. Other items recovered from the… Read More