Tag: Politics

[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] [EXCLUSIVE] Matt Taibbi: How Hidden Actors Distort Reality, Manipulate the Public, and Enforce Consensus

“This is the new technology of speech in America: You can dial people all the way up to ‘everybody sees it,’ and you can dial someone else down to ‘it’s almost impossible to see them.’ And that is extremely dangerous, and it’s especially dangerous if it’s done in secret and nobody knows exactly how it…


Highlights from RFK Jr.’s House Testimony on Censorship

A July 20 House Judiciary Committee hearing examining the federal government’s role in censoring Americans Democrats was marked by explosive exchanges between Democrats and Republicans about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum also included discussion about social media companies’ handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story and government…


Biden Elevates CIA Director William Burns to Cabinet

Not many CIA directors serve as members of a U.S. president’s Cabinet. CIA Director William Burns will now be one of the few.  President Joe Biden, underscoring the confidence he holds in and how much he relies on Mr. Burns, announced on July 21 that the intelligence chief is now a Cabinet member. There is precedent for…


Lawmakers Seek Review of Ford’s Agreement With Chinese Battery Maker

U.S. lawmakers are seeking to review the license agreement between Ford Motor and a Chinese battery maker. They are concerned that the deal will facilitate China’s global dominance in electric vehicle battery technology with American taxpayers’ money and increase America’s reliance on Chinese critical raw materials. According to the lawmakers, the Chinese battery maker’s supply…


Kamala Harris Blasts Florida History Curriculum, GOP Says Her Focus Should Be on Fixing Border

Florida’s new school rules “want to replace history with lies,” Vice President Kamala Harris said. “Extremists, so-called leaders for months have dared to ban books. Extremists here in Florida pass a law saying ‘Don’t say gay,’ trying to instill fear in our teachers that they should not live their full life and love who they love,”…


Chris Christie Says He Would Give Mexican President Ultimatum on Stopping Drug Cartels

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told South Carolina voters, that if elected president, he would give the president of Mexico 90 days to help stop the drug cartels in his country. “If I’m elected president on my first day, I will sign an executive order that sends the National Guard to the border,” Mr….


Expert Proposes Solution to Student Debt: Tax the Universities

Less than a month has passed since the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s 2022 student loan forgiveness plan as unconstitutional. Yet, Inez Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum points out, the commander-in-chief still got what he wanted that year. Young Americans seeking relief from their debt burden turned out to vote for a…


Cruz and Manchin Join Forces to Stop Sale of Oil From Strategic Stockpile

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban oil exports to China from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which sits half empty after President Joe Biden ordered a drawdown to reduce soaring inflation. The amendment, spearheaded by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) passed the…


Trump Campaign Says New Trial Date a ‘Major Setback’ for DOJ

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on July 21 called the new May 2024 court date for his federal criminal trial a “major setback” to Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors. Scheduled to begin on May 20, 2024, the new trial date was set earlier that day by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon following extension requests from…


Border Patrol Chief Relieved of Command Same Day He Testified Before Congress, Raising Retaliation Concerns: House GOP

House Republican leaders have raised the prospect that a Border Patrol chief was the target of retaliation by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief after the Border Patrol official sat for a transcribed interview with Congress. Gregory K. Bovino, the chief patrol agent of the El Centro Border Patrol sector in California’s imperial…