A couple of days after wanting Donald Trump and Republicans “to burn in hell,” left-wing commentator Keith Olbermann now wants the president to be impeached because he took his advice. President Trump announced Tuesday evening that he is firing FBI director James Comey. And this has apparently confused Democrats. Last summer, they praised Comey. In […]
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California, Illinois, and New York Keep Losing People to Other States
By: Ryan McMaken It seems that many residents of the West Coast and the Northeast are leaving those regions behind. In March, for example, the Sacramento Bee reported that California “exports its poor to Texas…while wealthier people move in.” Former Californians report that a lackluster job market, a high cost of living, and high taxes […]
Obama’s massive paydays aren’t wrong – just hypocritical
For years, former United States President Barack Obama chastised Wall Street, the big banks and the one percent. He lambasted their greed, their influence. Whether when he was a community activist or a senator, Obama championed himself as a defender of the impecunious, a leader for the middle-class and an adversary of the affluent – […]
6% of U.S. budget is spent on interest – new website looks at government spending
In 2016, the United States government spent $3.85 trillion. That is how a new website – beta.usaspending.gov – from the U.S. Treasury Department begins. You may be wondering how that money was spent. Well, you can now take a look at how each tax dollar was spent by the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington. The […]
Paging Thomas Sowell – UT-Austin students shut down YAF chapter opposing affirmative action
Political discourse, the debating of ideas and intelligent conversation on college campuses have all been eviscerated in recent years. If you don’t adopt politically correct opinion and espouse liberal/socialist ideas then you will be labeled a white supremacist, a Nazi and a card-carrying member of the KKK. It’s really ridiculous. Case in point, high school […]