It’s time to actually read the report. What the MSM is reporting is not what the report says.  President-elect Donald Trump and his aides are entering a crucial week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to Russia and potential conflicts of interests. Most pressing during the […]

Sen. Mike Crapo’s power soars in U.S. Senate. Last year, Sen. Crapo was the No. 2 Republican on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Under Senate GOP rules, Chair Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby was term limited and Crapo last week acquired the chairman’s gavel. He is likely to be in the hot seat.

Really? And here I thought it was Hillary’s behavior.  President Barack Obama, after an intelligence report describing Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. election campaign, said he’s surprised by the extent to which false information has been able to influence the nation’s democratic processes. The president, going into his final weeks in the Oval Office,

It’ll never happen. They’ll never agree to anything to replace it, so it’ll never be repealed.  Top Republicans said Sunday they’ll move quickly to enact a new health care law, but they won’t say how long that might take or what might replace President Barack Obama’s version. Questions surrounding the future GOP plan have unnerved

A panel of French judges decided not to bring charges against UN Peacekeepers who were accused of abusing children in the Central African Republic. This tragic account is worth your complete reading. You’ll see that the UN didn’t take action at all on these abuse allegations.  Just another reason to shut down the UN.   The

Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott will meet with Taiwan’s President as she passes through the US. Looks like Trump will pass.  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott said they met Sunday with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America. The Republican

The Pentagon plans to conduct more war games in Europe to deter Russian aggression. Looks like Obama is hoping for another war before he leaves office.  Despite the incoming president-elect making a normalization of diplomatic ties with Russia a top priority, the Pentagon continues to move forward with bigger and more complicated wargames, vowing to

Only 5% of the 17,000 people on the Georiga sex offenders list are clearly dangerous. That list includes Shawna, who is a married mother of three. Shawna was convicted of a felony and put on the sex offenders list for life when she was 19. She got drunk and had sex with a younger teenager.

Police arrest a man after they mistake kitty litter for meth. Ross LeBeau was arrested and jailed for three days before police realized the mistake they made. The police also put out a press released with Ross’s photo claiming he was transporting a half pound of meth. Ross LeBeau, of Houston, was recently cleared of

Obama gives the City of Chicago a grant for $1.1 billion to improve its rapid transit system. I’m sure that’s a personal loan and not a taxpayer freebie since only Congress controls spending … </sarcasm> City Hall has received the parting gift it wanted from the Obama administration: just under $1.1 billion in federal grants

I guess we should give them a star for trying.  This video is pretty funny. 

University of Glasgow theology students receive trigger warnings before studying the crucifixion of Jesus, reports the Daily Mail. Those who believe they’ll be upset by seeing images of crucifixion can skip the lesson.

If the feds raise the tariff on imports, then the cost of producing many exports will rise. So, for example, if the feds impose a tariff on steel imports, the cost of producing cars will rise.

“Americans’ choice of big government, big business or big labor as the biggest institutional threat facing the U.S. in the future strongly skews toward the first of these. While Republicans are most likely to say big government is the biggest threat, about half of Democrats — the party that favors government intervention and the party

This isn’t good news for those of us who are independents. But there are still a lot more of us then either of them.  39% of Americans identified as independents in 2016 First time below 40% since 2010 Democrats maintain advantage in party affiliation accounting for leanings PRINCETON, N.J. — An average of 39% of

That was then. This is now. Via The Hill A slew of high-profile stars — including Sally Field, former “The View” co-host Rosie Perez, “Westworld’s” Jeffrey Wright, Keegan-Michael Key and “Boardwalk Empire” actor Steve Buscemi — are calling on Congress to “vigorously oppose” any of President-elect Donald Trump’s “racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic, anti-environmental