With the death of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia this weekend, President Obama and Democratic insiders see a golden opportunity to swing America’s high court to the left. And a deal may very well be taking shape that could end with Obama being nominated to the Supreme Court. With… Read More
Trump still threatening third-party bid
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had previously vowed to run on a third-party ticket in 2016, should he feel the Republican National Committee is giving him a raw deal. On Monday, Trump repeated that threat, implying he was willing to break ranks with the GOP if the Republican establishment continues to… Read More
Clinton disaster! Hillary set to lose big in Nevada
With just days to go before the Feb. 20th Democratic caucuses in Nevada, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign is in full panic mode. According to the latest polls, Clinton’s lead — and the so-called Nevada firewall that was supposed to stop rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — is… Read More
Hypocrite! Watch Sen. Schumer say, “We should not confirm ANY Bush nominee”
Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is complaining that Republicans are being “obstructionists” when they say they plan to fight President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees. But watch Schumer say in 2007 that he wants his fellow Democrats to block ANY nomination by then President George W. Bush…… Read More
Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79
Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died. He was 79. The U.S. Marshal’s Service in Washington confirmed Scalia’s death at a private residence in the Big Bend area of South Texas. The service’s spokeswoman, Donna Sellers, says Scalia had retired for the… Read More
Romney spending MILLIONS to take down Trump?
For months GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has largely shrugged off criticism from the mainstream Republican establishment. But it’s the latest attack campaign from an unusual opponent — a super PAC with ties to former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney — that has Trump fired up. Founded by veteran Republican strategist and… Read More
States seek to block second trimester abortion
Abortion opponents in Mississippi, West Virginia and several other states are filing bills to ban an abortion procedure commonly used in the second trimester that opponents describe as dismembering a fetus. Courts have already blocked similar laws that Kansas and Oklahoma enacted in 2015. The New York-based Center for Reproductive… Read More
Congress votes for tax-free internet
Congress voted Thursday to permanently bar state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet, as lawmakers leapt at an election-year chance to demonstrate their opposition to imposing levies on online service. On a vote of 75-20, the Senate gave final congressional approval to the wide-ranging bill, which would… Read More
“Cruz Crew” app – campaign genius, or politics gone too far?
Protecting the privacy of law-abiding citizens from the government is a pillar of Ted Cruz’s Republican presidential candidacy, but his campaign is testing the limits of siphoning personal data from supporters. His “Cruz Crew” mobile app is designed to gather detailed information from its users’ phones — tracking their physical… Read More
Trump: It’s time to kill Kim Jong Un
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is known for his no-nonsense attitude. And it was on full display Thursday night, when Trump suggested that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would “disappear” during his presidency. And the billionaire businessman named an unexpected trigger man for the job — the Chinese military. “I… Read More