Kellyanne Conway: Bloomberg’s Sexist Comments ‘Far Worse’ Than Trump’s

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on “Fox News Sunday” that 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s comments reportedly made to women who worked for him were “far worse” than what President Donald Trump said on the now-infamous “Access Hollywood” tape. When asked about The Washington Post report on a booklet from […]

 

‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Shelved by Virginia Senate Committee

WAVY reports the committee voted 10-5 to shift the legislation–HB 961–to the 2021 legislation session. The shift was supported by Republicans and Sens. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Creigh Deeds (D-Charlottesville), Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax) and Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax). 4 Dems vote with Republicans Pro-gun people break into applause pic.twitter.com/C0Pb5Xs5Tf Breitbart News reported HB 961 would ban “assault weapons,” magazines holding […]

 

Breaking: Dems lose assault-weapons ban vote in Virginia; Update: “I think it will die”

An epic faceplant by Virginia Democrats and Ralph Northam, who assumed that a narrow majority meant a mandate for progressive politics. After the state House passed an assault-weapons ban last week, the centerpiece of Northam’s agenda for this legislative year, the state Senate was expected to follow suit. Instead, four Democrats defected and killed the […]

 

Liberals: The citizenship question was bad. Not asking it is just as bad.

As we all prepare to fill out our decennial census forms this year (or most of us, anyway), Boston Globe columnist Renée Graham has a reminder for everyone. Donald Trump’s efforts to include the citizenship question on this year’s short-form were racist, xenophobic and bad. But even after the Supreme Court somehow saw fit to […]

 

The South Carolina debate qualification rules are really… something

We don’t even have Nevada out of the way yet, but the DNC is hard at work getting ready for South Carolina. There will be another debate on Feb. 25 in Charleston, hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. The question on everyone’s minds, of course, is who is going to qualify. […]

 

Breaking: Dems lose assault-weapons ban vote in Virginia

An epic faceplant by Virginia Democrats and Ralph Northam, who assumed that a narrow majority meant a mandate for progressive politics. After the state House passed an assault-weapons ban last week, the centerpiece of Northam’s agenda for this legislative year, the state Senate was expected to follow suit. Instead, four Democrats defected and killed the […]

 

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Demands Lebanon Boycott U.S. Goods, ‘Part of the Battle’ of Islamic Superiority

The terrorist leader said in a televised speech on Sunday he has pinpointed “America’s weakness” and that is its vulnerability to a boycott of manufactured goods. Al-Arabiya network reports he said Lebanese everywhere can lead the way: Why are we not resorting to boycotting American products? This is part of the battle. If we do […]

 

Eurocrats ‘Fighting Like Ferrets in a Sack’ over Brexit Budget Hole

When the UK left the EU on January 31st, the bloc was faced with the multi-billion pound budgetary black hole and will have to look elsewhere to fill it. The bloc’s other rich countries, like Denmark and the Netherlands, will likely have to fill the gaps whilst Brussels makes cutbacks to the subsidies of its […]

 

Report: Good News for Netanyahu as Israel’s Economy Surpasses Expectations

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the GDP rose a seasonally adjusted, annualized 4.8 percent last quarter, which is the fastest quarterly rate in two years. At 3.5 percent expansion, 2019 topped 2018 and defied all predictions that growth would plateau as a result of deadlock elections. Bank of Israel researchers had predicted 2019 and 2020 growth would only […]

 

Labour Leadership Race: Let Men into Women’s Prisons if They ‘Identify’ as Female

Lisa Nandy, the Member of Parliament for Wigan and one of the three remaining candidates in the Labour leadership race, said that men who identify as women, like convicted child rapist Christopher Worton, who now identifies as Zoe Lynes, should be able to be transferred into female prisons. “I believe fundamentally in people’s right to […]