A key distinction between propaganda and journalism is that manipulative propaganda relies on exaggeration and deceit while honest journalism provides context and perspective. But what happens when the major news outlets of the world’s superpower become simply conveyor belts for warmongering propaganda? That is a question that the American people now face as The New […]
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From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories…
Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives as dominant, or as domineering, as Harvey Weinstein. As the co-founder of the production-and-distribution companies Miramax and the Weinstein Company, he helped to reinvent the model for independent films, with movies such as “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “The English […]
Top Executives Ditch Clinton’s Laureate Education Company…
Top executives at a company with ties to former President Bill Clinton called Laureate Education are leaving the firm only months after they launched its IPO, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. The Baltimore-based company became an issue during the 2016 presidential election campaign when the public learned it paid Clinton nearly […]
‘Harvey Weinstein’s Media Enablers’? The New York Times Is One of Them…
A whole lot of fur has been flying since last Thursday, when The New York Times published a game-changing investigative story about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct that in lightning speed brought the mogul to his knees. He apologized and took an immediate leave of absence from the company he co-founded, but that wasn’t enough. His […]
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Here’s Everything Else the Dianne Feinstein Bump Stock Ban Would Outlaw…
While Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) presents her latest piece of gun control legislation as narrowly focused on bump stocks, the reality is that the language of the bill includes bans on other firearm accessories too. This means those who have worried that Feinstein’s bill would create slippery slope—leading to the passage of more bans—need to […]
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Top House Democrat Linda Sanchez: Nancy Pelosi Must Go…
A top House Democrat called on Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her immediate deputies to step down so that newer lawmakers can assume the party leadership. “I do think we have this real breadth and depth of talent within our caucus and I do think it’s time to pass a torch to a new generation […]
Price Makes Good on Promise to Repay Taxpayers $50k for Private Flights…
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price did pay nearly $52,000 to the government to reimburse part of his private jet travel before he left his position in the Trump administration. “HHS official tells me Tom Price did write personal check 2 Treasury prior 2 stepping down & processing of payment by HHS has […]
Congressional Baseball Shooter ‘Casing’ Field Days Before Attack…
The gunman who attacked GOP lawmakers at a baseball practice in June had previously visited the practice field before going on to fire “at least 70 rounds” at lawmakers, according to an official report released Friday that found police officers were legally justified in using force. The report from Alexandria Commonwealth Attorney Bryan Porter focuses […]
Angry GOP Donors Close Their Wallets…
Republicans are confronting a growing revolt from their top donors, who are cutting off the party in protest over its inability to get anything done. Tensions reached a boiling point at a recent dinner at the home of Los Angeles billionaire Robert Day. In full view of around two dozen guests, Thomas Wachtell, a retired […]
Governor Brown Signs Bill Making California a Sanctuary State…
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said Thursday that he signed legislation to bar state law enforcement officials from enforcing federal immigration law, making the state a sanctuary for immigrants in the country illegally. The measure, passed last month by the overwhelmingly Democratic California legislature, will bar California police and sheriffs from asking about a detainee’s […]
Pennsylvania GOP Lawmaker Tim Murphy to Resign…
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) will resign later this month following a report this week that he urged a woman with whom he was having an affair to have an abortion. Murphy had originally announced Wednesday night that he would not seek reelection and serve out the rest of his term through 2018. But he will […]
Donors of Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Group Revealed…
The hidden donors to a prominent anti-Trump “resistance” organization are revealed in unredacted tax forms obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The Center for Community Change Action, a Washington, D.C.-based progressive community organizing group that does not reveal its donors, has been involved in direct action against President Donald Trump and Republicans before and after […]
Judge: Black Lives Matter Is a Movement That Can’t Be Sued…
Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can’t be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday. A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent activist in the movement, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over a […]
UNDERCOVER IN ANTIFA: Their Tactics and Media Support Exposed!…
What happens when two guys infiltrate Antifa, live amongst them for weeks, and take part in their deeply rooted tactics of disruption and violence?…
REPORT: 78 Obama Appointees ‘Burrowed’ into Career Jobs…
A government watchdog found that 78 political appointees of President Obama managed to “burrow” into career government jobs over a six-year period. A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Washington Times on Wednesday shows that seven of Mr. Obama’s political appointees switched to career jobs without obtaining necessary approval from the Office of Personnel […]
Problematic Women: Michelle Obama’s Hypocrisy…
Speaking at a marketing conference on Wednesday, former first lady Michelle Obama suggested that women who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election voted “against their own voice.” “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice,” she said, according to video from the Inbound 2017 conference in Boston. “What does […]
RSC chairman: McConnell Should Call It a Career…
The chairman of the Republican Study Committee says Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should step down as majority leader. “I think he’s a huge part of the problem,” Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told NBC News, comparing McConnell to the manager of a losing baseball team. He noted that usually when a team goes on a bad […]
Librarian Who Rejected Melania Trump’s Dr. Seuss Books Dressed As ‘Cat in the Hat’…
Horton hears a hypocrite. The Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected Dr. Seuss books donated by First Lady Melania Trump because the publication’s artwork contained “racist mockery,” was previously photographed dressed as the Cat in the Hat and holding a “Green Eggs and Ham” themed breakfast…
Warner Blasts Twitter’s Russia Presentation…
Twitter’s presentation Thursday to Senate staffers about possible Russian election interference brought a caustic reaction from top Intelligence Committee Democrat Mark Warner, who called it “deeply disappointing” and “inadequate on every level.” The Virginia senator said he was especially disappointed that much of Twitter’s findings were based on user accounts that Facebook had already flagged […]
Leave Veterans and Soldiers Out of the Anthem Debate…
As the earth warms, storms surge, soldiers deploy, and bombs drop, America finds itself riven over…football. The litany of arguments and absurd social media posts fervently attacking or lionizing Colin Kaepernick and other kneeling NFL players are simply exhausting. What is much more difficult to countenance is the recurring appropriation of American soldiers and their […]
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