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Fauci's mind blowing admissions in closed door congressional testimony.

 Editor's Commentary: It's no surprise that Fauci, the so-called "medical expert," has something to hide. You can bet that his "mind-blowing admissions" are just the tip of the iceberg. This man has been misleading the American people for far too long, and it's time we demand some answers. Fauci's testimony behind closed doors only raises more questions than it answers. What is he trying to hide from the public? Why the secrecy? Our government officials owe it to the American people to be transparent, especially when it comes to matters of public health. Fauci's actions during this pandemic have been nothing short of disastrous. His ever-changing guidelines and recommendations have confused and frustrated the public. Not to mention, his support for restrictive lockdown measures has caused untold economic damage and infringed upon our cherished freedoms. It's high time we hold Fauci and his ilk accountable for their failed policies and their d...

How will Trump's conviction be reversed. Let us count the ways.

 Editor's Commentary:  The conviction of President Trump by the radical left is an absolute disgrace and a blatant attack on our great nation and its values. It's a witch hunt, plain and simple, and we must stand strong against this injustice. I believe there are a few strategies that can be employed to ensure that this conviction is overturned and justice is served. Rally the troops and remind the American people of the achievements and successes of the Trump administration. We must highlight the booming economy, the strength of our military, and the protection of our cherished freedoms and liberties. By doing so, we can garner public support and remind the nation that President Trump is a true leader who has delivered on his promises. Expose the hypocrisy and bias of the left-wing media and their Democrat allies. Their relentless attacks on President Trump, often based on falsehoods and distortions, must be brought to light. We must showcase their double standards and their ...

An Administration Hopelessly Adrift

 The Biden administration has made a big deal out of the construction of a pier on the coast of Gaza which will supposedly allow the delivery of needed emergency aid to civilians there. All of the weapons used by the Houthis in these attacks are supplied in one way or the other by Iran. There is no indication that the Biden administration intends to do anything meaningful in response. Instead, the Biden administration intends to continue its policy of rewarding our enemies and enabling them to continue to spread terror throughout the Middle East. The Biden administration's response to this has been to pressure our allies to back off on condemnation of Iran and to avoid criticism of Iran for its nuclear program. In effect, Iran is handing to Maduro and his cronies the capability to launch a campaign in the Caribbean like that the Houthis have launched in the Red Sea. We have known for some time that the Biden administration was doing massive damage to American national security. htt...

Haley mum on Trump guilty verdict as fans urge her to restart White House bid

 Nikki Haley, who campaigned on ending the "Chaos" that follows Donald Trump, found herself in a strange position as the former president's legal troubles exploded on Thursday: a silent supporter. TRUMP GUILTY IN MANHATTAN HUSH MONEY CASE Since she dropped out of the race for the presidential nomination, she has continued to be a thorn in Trump's side, amassing 97 delegates compared to Trump's 2,219 delegates, according to the Associated Press. "Given the reaction among Republicans, and some of them are rallying around Trump, I think it's extremely unlikely that there would be any kind of change in the Republican approach to this election. They've chosen to make their bed with Trump," he said. Trump "Asked everybody their opinion of who should be vice president a lot of people picked Nikki Haley," Catsimatidis told 77 WABC Radio host Rita Cosby after he attended a Trump fundraiser following the guilty verdict. "A lot of people said...

United Methodists Lose One Million Members in One Day, After Oversees Contingent Cuts Ties Over Same-Sex Support

In a continued blistering indictment against the destructive and damned United Methodist Church denomination, their largest overseas jurisdiction has voted to cut ties with them over their support of same-sex marriage and all things gay at their General Conference earlier this month, resulting in a loss of over a million members in a single day. The United Methodist Church in the Ivory Coast (EMUCI), which has been vocal about the denomination’s drift, held an extraordinary session on May 28th and pulled the trigger, casting their votes to disaffiliate “For reasons of conscience before God and His word, the supreme authority in matters of faith and life.” Denominational leaders within the EMUCI have been unyielding in their resistance to the LGBTQ, declaring that their American counterparts “deviate from the Holy Scriptures” and prefer “to sacrifice its honor and integrity to honor the LGBTQ community.” Unlike the UMC, the EMUCI has been growing steadily and has long been the denominat...

Countdown To Next Step In Dems' War On Democracy Starts Now

 You have every reason to spend the next five months anticipating anything and everything to keep voters from installing Donald Trump back in the White House through a process formerly known in America as a "Free and fair election." Up to and including assassinating the candidate whom every indicator has winning in November. While President Biden and his party have devoted every waking hour to calling Trump a "Threat to democracy," they've attempted to remove his name from the ballot, censored public information, and shoveled billions of taxpayer dollars into a corrupt Eastern European country that has canceled its elections. Immediately after the convictions were delivered Thursday afternoon, Trump's campaign website crashed multiple times with its servers overwhelmed by visitors who searched "Donald Trump donation." The Trump people said the result was a record $35 million in small-dollar gifts. In short, Trump's campaign isn't dead. And ...

Urge State Attorneys General To Sue NY At Supreme Court To Overturn Trump Conviction!

Click HERE To Urge State Attorneys General To Sue New York At U.S. Supreme Court To Stop Election Interference And Overturn Donald Trump's Conviction! State Attorneys General have a duty to sue the city and state of New York, which rewrote federal election and state business records law to interfere with the 2024 election, throw former President Donald Trump in jail and disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans' right to vote for their choice for President, all in violation of the Supremacy Clause under Article VI. Under the doctrine of preemption, states have no power, zero, to rewrite federal election laws, let alone to enforce them. States have original jurisdiction under Article III, Sec. 2 to all "controversies between two or more states," and Attorneys General have an obligation under the federal and state constitutions to ensure that one state cannot determine the outcome of any presidential election in this manner. This is a constitutional crisis, and one t...

Trump Sentencing Set for July 11 – THREE DAYS BEFORE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION – Merchan Informed There is No Bail

 The jury returned a verdict in Alvin Bragg's lawfare 'hush money' trial on Thursday: Guilty on all 34 counts! Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted Trump in April 2023 on 34 felony counts related to 'hush payments' he made to Stormy Daniels. Trump was accused of paying porn star Stormy Daniels, AKA, Stephanie Clifford, 'hush payments' through his then-attorney Michael Cohen in a scheme to silence her and stop the story about their alleged affair from being published in the National Enquirer. The jury deliberations began on Wednesday after Judge Merchan instructed them to choose among the three predicate crimes Trump supposedly committed. After deliberating for several hours on Thursday, the jury returned a guilty verdict after the judge rigged the trial by allowing jurors to choose which crime they believed Trump committed. The sentencing was set for July 11 – Three days before the Republican convention! Trump is facing four years in prison for e...

Despite Warnings, Biden Admin Finalizes Rule That Could Cripple Many Offshore Oil Companies

In June 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed a rule that would require stricter financial assurance standards for oil companies operating in the Outer Continental Shelf. This costly rule became final on April 15, 2024, but in the 10 months since its initial proposal, BOEM did nothing to alleviate concerns for smaller companies that comprise of 76 percent of oil and gas operators in the Gulf. The situation threatens an estimated 36,000 jobs, more than $570 million in federal government royalties, and $9.9 billion from our GDP. Records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act show private meetings between Interior officials and representatives of the major oil companies as they cooperated on this rule. Mega oil companies will have little problem with the rule's new credit rating requirement. Small oil companies will now have to spend, conservatively, $379 million per year on surety bonds, but some estimates are closer to $800 million. Against a conservative estimat...

Chinese Battery Makers Back Out Of Germany Amidst Cooling EV Demand

 Chinese electric vehicle battery producers are scaling back their expansion in Germany due to a drop in EV sales, according to Nikkei Asia. SVOLT Energy Technology, a spin-off from Great Wall Motor, announced the suspension of its planned battery cell plant in Lauchhammer, Brandenburg, attributing the decision to a "New European strategy" and a major order cancellation, reportedly from BMW. Additionally, SVOLT expressed uncertainty about its factory project in Ueberherrn, Saarland, due to ongoing legal challenges. If impeded, SVOLT's only operational facility in Germany will be a plant in Heusweiler, set to open on July 1, which will assemble battery cells into packs and modules. Kai-Uwe Wollenhaupt, president of SVOLT Europe said this week: "At SVOLT, in addition to the already low level of planning security at various points - from the threat of international punitive tariffs to market distortions due to lengthy and unevenly distributed subsidies - a significant c...

Sometimes People Aren’t Merely Misguided. They Really Are Evil

A difficult concept to explain to ordinary people is that some people and some ideas are unadulterated evil, not just in their implementation but in their conception. Many want to believe the best in people and trivialize or gloss over readily observable behaviors that might lead to seeing a person as evil. People misinterpret evil acts as separate and apart from having an evil soul. If people are working for an evil cause-whether they identify as a freedom fighter, Woke individual, humanist, truth-teller, or whatever pop culture phraseology they may care to use when they work for the Devil-the core evil of that cause rubs off on them. Nor is revisionist history that seeks to reform evil people. Groups like Hamas or individuals like Hitler, Marx, or AOC parroting the party line of evil agendas will always be as evil personally as the essential evil that they espouse. Of course, nothing defines evil better than the minority of people who seek and hold inordinate power over other people...

Americans Fleeing Cities For Small Towns In Droves As Crime And Taxes Skyrocket

 Americans have been leaving the nation's biggest cities in droves in recent years in favor of small towns as crime, immigration and high taxes leave people seeking a different way of life. Although big cities are still seeing a modest rise in their populations due to surging international immigrants, they're struggling to keep Americans in town. Crime is one of the top reasons people are leaving cities, with many Americans complaining that they feel unsafe in neighborhoods that were once nice places to live. Many liberal-run cities are seeing crime - and violent crime in particular - rising as criminals are not held accountable for their actions and overworked and underfunded police departments struggle to maintain order. San Francisco has been experiencing a major crime spree spanning several years, with residential areas that were once considered quiet and safe now being overrun by crime and shops closing their doors in droves. Taxes are another concern in metros like Boston...

It Seems That No One Wants To End The Ukraine War Except For Trump

 These absences and the conference's agenda indicate not that just this peace conference will be a farce, but that there is no serious interest by the international community in finding a way to end the war in Ukraine. Russia has made major gains in the war this year, seizing significant territory in northern Ukraine and northeast of Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine. Due to these factors, most experts believe Ukraine has no chance of recovering its territory from Russia and assess that this conflict has become a long-term war of attrition that Ukraine will eventually lose. Given the perilous state of the war for Ukraine, if next month's Ukraine peace conference was intended to be a credible effort to end the war, it would include negotiations with Ukrainian and Russian representatives on how to implement a cease-fire as soon as possible as well as a diplomatic process for a peace agreement or armistice. President Biden also continues to frame the war in Ukraine as a ...

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)

The WHO’s Solidarity trial examined remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, and two other drug combos for effectiveness against Covid-19. The WHO’s statement that remdesivir should not be used was ignored by Fauci and the FDA. The WHO’s sabotage of HCQ was used to suppress the life-saving drug in favor of toxic remdesivir, and also to make way for the unnecessary Covid shots. Fauci, back in April of 2020 couldn't just ignore HCQ, despite his preference for the profitable remdesivir - not with all that "Buzz on the internet." "The buzz" most likely had to do with doctors who were having success treating Covid patients with hydroxychloroquine. In April 2020 the NIH did a short retrospective study on HCQ, meaning they analyzed the records of a couple hundred men over age 65 in VA hospitals, and found "No evidence that use of hydroxychloroquine, either with or without azithromycin, reduced the risk of mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with Covid-19."...

Think Inflation Is Done? Think Again!

 The first is the destruction of credit's value through its non-productive expansion, mainly by governments running budget deficits. Budget deficits always debase the currency Margret Thatcher said something on the lines that socialism fails when it runs out of other peoples' money. Wall Street's Wa... Leopold, Les Best Price: $17.09 Buy New $17.80 Consequently, with mandated welfare and other expenses increasing, hopes that economic growth will reduce budget deficits are misplaced. Estimates for budget deficits in nearly all high-tax jurisdictions will turn out to be overly optimistic. Take the situation in the USA. As recently as February, the Congressional Budget Office forecast a budget deficit of $1,507 billion for the current fiscal year. If, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics GDP grew by 4.5% in the year to last March, allowing for a budget deficit injection of 9% means the private sector actually contracted by 4.5%. A rough and ready calculation perhaps, bu...

Millions of Chickens Killed in 5-Alarm Fire at Farina Farms Inc. in Illinois, One of Nation’s Largest Free-Range Egg Facilities

 A massive fire broke out at Farina Farms Inc. in Marion County, Illinois, on Wednesday night, resulting in the deaths of millions of chickens. The fire, which began around 6:30 p.m. along Highway 37, quickly escalated into a 5-alarm fire, requiring the intervention of at least 20 different fire departments from surrounding areas, according to WAND TV. Described as "Humongous" by Marion County Sheriff Kevin Cripps, the fire engulfed multiple buildings spanning 200-300 yards in length. "The fire at the Chicken Farm south of Farina is so hot it is actually producing a rare type of cloud over it. It's called a" pyrocumulus cloud. "If fires burn hot enough, they can create clouds that produce lighting and rain, called pyrocumulonimbus clouds. That probably isn't the case in Farina, but the fire is being spotted on radar between 12,000 to 15,000 feet high!" he added. The Beckemeyer Volunteer Fire Department alone transported nearly 30,000 gallons of wat...

1,000 New Yorkers Were Murdered While Prosecutors Went After Trump

  While New Yorkers were being killed, robbed, and raped, New York prosecutors spent their time chasing Trump to find him guilty on 34 counts of being a Republican. https://www.frontpagemag.com/1000-new-yorkers-were-murdered-while-prosecutors-went-after-trump-video/ Editor's Commentary: This is a perfect example of the dangerous consequences of the radical left's obsession with taking down President Trump. While they were wasting time and resources on their witch hunt, real crimes were being committed, and people were losing their lives. The left just can't stand the fact that President Trump beat them at their own game. They can't accept that the American people rejected their socialist agenda and chose a strong leader who puts America first. So, they spent years trying to impeach him, accusing him of all sorts of things without any evidence. And while they were doing that, the real victims were the law-abiding citizens of New York and across our great nation, who we...

Demands for Justice Alito’s Recusal are Meritless

The New York Times reported that two flag symbols used at the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot were also displayed at various times at Justice Alito's homes. Some January 6th rioters who believed Mr. Trump's claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen carried upside-down American flags and "Appeal to Heaven" flags at the Capitol on January 6th. The New York Times' vacuous reporters concluded that these same flag symbols displayed at Justice Alito's homes can only mean one thing. Justice Alito's detractors have no way of knowing for sure what was behind the flag displays at either of the justice's homes. The simple fact that the "Appeal to Heaven" flag was flown outside Justice Alito's vacation home last year does not prove Justice Alito's kinship with the "Stop the Steal" crowd. There were no such calls coming from the Left back in 2016 when, during the presidential campaign that year, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsbu...

How Did An Alien Accused Of Murder Both Here And Abroad Get Into The United States?

The defendant in this case is Angel Gabriel Cuz Choc, a 31-year-old who, as noted, he has been identified as a Guatemalan national here illegally. The victims were Amalia Coc Choc De Pec, aged 36, and her four-year-old daughter Estrella Anastasia Pec Coc - again, each Guatemalan and each here illegally. The roommate informed officers of numerous quarrels between Cuz Choc and Coc Choc De Pec, and a manhunt ensued. Cuz Choc called his brothers after the killings and one brother told investigators that his brother confessed to the murders and said he did it because his girlfriend went out with a friend for three hours instead of her allotted hour and a half. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Cuz Choc confessed to both murders and makes clear that although he and Coc Choc De Pec were "Romantically involved", Cuz Choc is not Pec Coc's father. There's a reason why Suzy Lopez, state attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida, is prosecuting Cuz Choc, and not some magis...

Don't Listen To The Elites: Trump's Conviction Is NOT A "Victory" For The Rule Of Law

 A Manhattan jury's decision to convict Donald Trump of falsifying business records to break federal election law is being heralded by The Usual Suspects as a moment in which "No one is above the law." Indeed, both prosecutor Alvin Bragg, who brought the charges, and Judge Juan Merchan, who acted as a member of the prosecution, have proven that they themselves are above the law and can act well outside legal boundaries because no one will set boundaries for them. The events afterward confirmed my fears, as Democratic prosecutors, both state and federal, have indicted Trump for various alleged offenses, all done in state and federal districts dominated by Democratic Party voters, almost guaranteeing juries that consist of mostly, if not all, Democrats. The gist of the case was as follows: Bragg alleged that by arranging for Stormy Daniels to receive $130,000 in exchange for being quiet about her having sex with Trump, the way the payments were entered into his business rec...

The Trump Verdict, Climate Science Contradictions, Protestors’ Slush Fund … And More

  Here’s what happens now that Donald Trump has been convicted   — New York Post A Grotesquely Biased Jury of Trump-haters  — Power Line ‘An outrageous day in America’: Caitlyn Jenner leads fury as Trump is found guilty  — Daily Mail A Republic, If You Can Keep It  — ADAVI San Francisco’s ‘Grand Central Station’ is more like a mausoleum  — Steven Greenhut, Pacific Research Institute Germans Rebelling Against Green Tyranny  — Committee to Unleash Prosperity It Doesn’t Matter at All Who ‘Wins’ Green Tech Race  — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets Climate science keeps contradicting itself  — No Tricks Zone Why Johnny Can’t Build  — Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox, The American Mind Why Are Oregon Counties Voting to Join Idaho?  — Intellectual Takeout Robinson-Patman Deserves Last Rites, Not Resurrection  — Gary Galles, American Institute of Economic Research Louisiana Finally Fixes America’s Dumbest Licensing Requirement  — Reaso...

Socialism by any name is impeding America’s cities

Despite the relative paucity of socialist municipal-level elected officials, large cities tend to adopt policies that can reasonably be called socialist. A number of other cities have socialist members on their governing councils. Wikipedia says there are only 100 socialists currently on city councils and county commissions combined. Read Jeremy Lott's Free Cities Center review of "Centers for Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World." Yet, the most "Meaningful improvements in the quality of life for people in their communities" come not from central planners intent on forcing their will on people but markets. " Brian Anderson, editor of City Journal, nods to Hayek's thinking by writing that the city is the source "Of the West's dynamic, world-transforming science, culture and prosperity." His article is aptly named, "Freedom and the city." Socialist and progressive frameworks make dynamism difficult. Ugo Okere, a socialist can...

Biden-Harris Campaign Immediately Fundraises Off Trump's Guilty Verdict

The Biden-Harris campaign immediately began fundraising off the guilty verdict former President Trump, telling supporters that the legal setback for the presumptive GOP nominee is not enough to keep him out of the White House. In a text message sent to supporters Thursday, "Biden HQ" said that "Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box." "Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president. But there is one other certainty - as you read this, Donald Trump's supporters are fired up and likely setting fundraising records for his campaign," the campaign said. "That's money he will use to try to get back into the White House to carry out his threats of revenge and retribution against his political opponents. So while the MAGA Right comes to the aid of Trump, Joe Biden - and those who care about democracy - need you." TRUMP...

CNN’s Jennings: Trump Guilty Verdict ‘Going to Massively Backfire on the Democrats’

 Thursday on CNN, following the announcement of a guilty verdict of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts by a Manhattan jury, CNN senior political contributor Scott Jennings predicted it would favor Republicans in the election cycle. According to the former Bush administration official, the verdict would “massively backfire” on Democrats by galvanizing Republican support and encouraging fundraising. “Well, if my phone and the text messages I’m receiving are any indication, every Republican in the country is matter in a wet hen,” he said. “I mean, people who are decidedly non-MAGA, not Trump fans are blowing up tonight saying this case never should have been brought, this is ridiculous charges. It was an egregious use of the criminal justice system. And I mean, I’m hearing people say I had no intention of voting for Donald Trump, and now I am. And then if you ask to Trump campaign, what’s happening?” “You know, they literally broke their online donation portal because people w...

Fury As Boston's Woke Democrat Mayor Claims Criminals Should NOT Be Prosecuted For These Raft Of Shocking Crimes

 Woke Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu, who has been mayor of Boston since November 2021 has long supported a progressive approach to crime but is now looking for some of the most basic offenses to be completely off-limits to prosecution. Wu has argued for charges including shoplifting and disorderly conduct to be beyond the reach of prosectors along with other serious crimes including the receiving of stolen property and even driving with a suspended license. Wu's progressive outlook goes even further with the 39-year-old seemingly comfortable with offenders that commit 'quality of life' crimes getting off scot free. In a 2021 Boston Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire, from Progressive Massachusetts, a nonprofit organization that tracks and ranks how progressive elected officials, Wu was asked if she supported Rollins list. As mayor, Wu, who is the city's first female and first Asian American to assume the role, has promised to reallocate police funds to other city priorities a...

Couple of Big Wind Developers Are Running Out of Gas

  For all the money the Biden administration has been frantically shoveling into the wind sector - I'm praying this is a last-minute, panicked gambit on their part because November looks dicey - it's all coming to late to help out some of the biggest names in wind turbine development. Speaking of shells - Shell Oil, which had been investing heavily in offshore wind to salve and stifle the ESG itches of activist investors announced yesterday it was going to have major cutbacks in their offshore wind projects and staff. British energy giant Shell is poised to reduce its workforce in its offshore wind division as CEO Wael Sawan shifts the company's focus towards oil and gas, Bloomberg has reported. Every little pig to the trough! The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed expanding tax credits that have for years boosted U.S. solar and wind energy projects to cover a wider range of clean energy technologies including nuclear fission and fusion. Global offshore wind develop...

Public Health is AWOL

 Public Health is a vast enterprise, receiving hundreds of billions in funding annually. It is considered vital for maintaining the general health and welfare of the population. However, there is an ongoing pandemic-level excess mortality, affecting all age and demographic strata, which is being ignored by public health authorities. This excess mortality is visible in death certificate data from four states, which show continuing pandemic-level excess deaths in various conditions. Death certificates are a flawed tool for data construction, but they can still provide useful information. The following conditions show clear excess mortality in every state with available data: Acute Renal Failure, Pulmonary Embolism, Hypertension (specifically Hypertensive Heart Disease), Physical Trauma Injuries, Diabetes, Protein Calorie Malnutrition, and Sepsis. The all-cause mortality charts provide a bird's-eye view of broad trends, helping identify novel factors affecting population mortality. Ea...

The Top 20 Lies of the 2020s

 Lying is an epidemic even worse than COVID. Our president and his press secretaries seem to lie with every word they say and deny facts that anyone with a pair of eyes can see for himself. What if Trump is telling the truth, the people he supports/worships are lying to him "Bigly," and the president who is deceived is Biden? Stonebridge has bought the lie that Trump is a self-serving maniac, capable of doing anything. Note the use of fear - COVID, global warming, the "Far Right" - and the word "Safe." "We will keep you safe." Another liberal, Brian Stelter, also bought the lies about Trump, and wrote in November of last year, First, the lies aren't really about the lies. Here is just a sample of commonly promoted lies starting in 2020. Covid has a 4% death rate . Masks will keep us safe from COVID . COVID vaccines are safe and effective . Oil and natural gas are going to destroy the planet . Electric cars are going to save the environment . ...

Justice Alito to Senate Dems: Kiss My Pine Tree Covered Asterisk

MY WIFE IS FOND OF FLYING FLAGS Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday rejected Democratic lawmakers' requests that he recuse himself from key cases related to former President Donald Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot following reports that flags linked to Trump's supporters were flown at his properties. Alito said in two letters to the lawmakers that he had "Nothing whatsoever to do with the flying of" an upside-down U.S. flag at his Virginia home days before the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Alito also said he had "No involvement" in flying a flag bearing the "Appeal to Heaven" symbol in the backyard of his vacation home in the summer of 2023. Rather, he said in the letters, his wife was "Solely responsible" for putting up the flagpoles and flying "a wide variety of flags over the years." "My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not," Alito wrote. From what I've heard of the neighbors involve...

"Culture War" Replaces "Fiscal Discipline" For Legislators

 The Institute for Legislative Analysis has just released the most expansive  study on U.S. Congressional voting trends    - nearly 65,000 votes - finding Republican lawmakers voted for the "Conservative position" on cultural issues and social issues 97.33% of the time, but for the limited government position on tax and fiscal issues just 50.63% of the time. View all 535 Members of Congress Ranked Most Progressive to Most Conservative The study found more than half of Republicans voted for the progressive position on fiscal issues more often than the conservative. On cultural issues all but 23  Republicans  voted at least 90% of the time for the conservative position. "The data confirms what many have suspected - the Tea Party movement is officially dead. The Republican party is in a new movement grounded on populism and focused on winning the culture wars," said Ryan McGowan, CEO of the Institute for Legislative Analysis. "The recent bankruptcy of FreedomW...