Ryan vows to undo Obama drilling plan | TheHill
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Friday said Republicans will look to undo an offshore drilling plan released by President Obama that blocks oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean.“In its final days, the Obama administration is throwing up more barriers to American energy development. This plan to exclude the resource-rich Arctic from exploration possibilities squanders […]
Congress and a Tax Overhaul: Lots of Talk, Little Action
Is 2017 the year when a tax overhaul finally happens?Don’t bet on it.That’s despite the revelation that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could have avoided paying federal income taxes for almost two decades.And despite Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to embrace a tax overhaul as one of his signature issues during his insurgent Democratic primary campaign.And […]
Clinton Leads Left-Leaning Top 10 ‘Islamic Money in Politics’ List
The complete top 10 of recipients: Clinton, $41,165 Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who accepted $17,370 Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., who accepted $13,225 Sanders, $9,285 Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic candidate for a House seat from Washington, $6,957 Former Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., $3,500 Dwight Evan, a Democratic candidate for a House seat from Pennsylvania, $3,500 Rep. […]
Cokie Roberts: We Would’ve Been Talking About Clinton, WikiLeaks, If Not For Trump
During Thursday morning’s debate analysis on ABC, Cokie Roberts explained that the media just doesn’t have time to spend on Clinton’s scandals because they’re too busy covering Trump’s. The longtime political analyst for ABC and NPR admitted that the media “would have otherwise” been talking about Clinton, except that those stories “kept being pushed out […]
CBS Discovers Project Veritas Videos; ABC, NBC Still Censoring
Thursday’s CBS This Morning was the first Big Three newscast to notice the latest Project Veritas undercover videos that exposed how Democratic Party operatives worked to disrupt Donald Trump rallies. During a fact check of Wednesday’s presidential debate, Nancy Cordes spotlighted how “Democratic contractors were caught on video appearing to plan to provoke Trump supporters.” […]
Chart: Presidential Candidates’ Tax Returns
President Richard Nixon released four years of tax returns in 1973 to quell accusations that he was evading taxes. Since then, every candidate for president, except Donald Trump, has released some tax information, ranging from Gerald Ford’s summary document to 30 years of Bob Dole’s returns.See how many years of tax information candidates have released […]
Cyberattack Hits Twitter, Spotify, Amazon
Cyber attacks targeting a little known internet infrastructure company, Dyn, disrupted access to dozens of websites on Friday, preventing some users from accessing PayPal, Twitter and Spotify. Source: Cyberattack Hits Twitter, Spotify, Amazon
FBNews: Congress must act to permanently stop the HIT
America’s small business community, including farmers and ranchers, consistently says that controlling the rising cost of health care is the number one concern when it comes to maintaining and growing their businesses. Unfortunately, burdensome regulations and taxes, such as the Health Insurance Tax, or “HIT,” continue to raise their costs.The HIT is a largely unknown […]
Restore American Glory » Without a Fair Press, the Constitution Means Little
If you want to start blaming people for the mess of the last eight years, make sure you give yourself plenty of time. Start with Barack Obama, the president who thought he was a king. Save some for the Democrats in Congress, who danced for him like good little puppets. And reserve some special blame […]
DOJ Gets Warrant to Force People to Use Fingerprints to Unlock Their Phones
As more and more people use encryption to protect their data, surveillance hawks at all levels — local, state, and federal — continue to seek ways around the privacy protections offered by that encryption. A recently published court filing from California shows that the hawks are stooping to new lows in their treatment of the […]