When Brian Stelter Can’t Handle the Truth
No one can be surprised that when Democrats lose elections (and almost lose elections that “weren’t supposed to be close”), the liberals blame an infernal “right-wing media machine.” That’s what Brian Stelter did in his “Reliable Sources” podcast on Nov. 4. Stelter turned to professor Brian Rosenwald, author of “Talk Radio’s America: How An Industry […]
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Congress’ Wasteful Spending Spree Must End With Infrastructure Bill
The House passed the almost $1.2 trillion infrastructure package last weekend. The vote came after months of back-and-forth drama among various factions within Democratic Party. Ideally, that would be the final act in an overly long spending spree from Congress that began last year, but there’s an all-too-real chance the worst is yet to come. […]
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Current Climate Negotiations Will Have Devastating Effects on Africa
Today, a draft agreement was released at COP26. It calls on countries to accelerate the phasing-out of fossil fuel subsidies and to make pledges to reduce emissions by 2022. The draft also urges wealthy nations to “urgently scale-up” financial support for developing countries to help them adapt to the climate crisis. This comes as a […]
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Rep. Darrell Issa May Be Implicated in Fortenberry Scandal
The federal case against Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-Neb. — who was indicted last month on charges of lying to federal investigators and concealing information about illegal campaign donations — appears to have ensnared another Republican congressman. The Department of Justice stated last week that a protective order was “necessary” in the Fortenberry case to protect “evidence […]
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Pelosi Calls to Investigate Gosar After Threat of Violence Against Ocasio-Cortez
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona), tweeted a video showing an animated version of him shooting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-New York), on Monday. Democratic leaders in Congress called for an investigation into this Arizona lawmaker. “Threats of violence against Members of Congress and the President of the United States must not be tolerated,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
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Biden to Address Supply Chain Slowdowns Through Funding From Infrastructure Bill
On Tuesday, the White House announced an “action plan” to reduce congestion at U.S. ports and inland waterways, with the aim of mitigating the supply chain issues that are slowing down the delivery of goods across the country. Officials from the Administration have indicated that a large part of the plan will be funded through […]
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Petition From Youth Leaders Demands UN Declare a Systemwide Climate Emergency
A group of 14 youth climate leaders, including Greta Thunberg, a Swedish activist filed a legal petition on Wednesday imploring the United Nations to “declare a systemwide climate emergency,” a push that came amid growing angerConcerning the COP26 summit’s milquetoast commitments “The climate emergency — which threatens every person on the planet into the foreseeable […]
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‘Build Back Better’ Bill Would Build a Bigger, Not Better, IRS Bureaucracy
According to GallupOnly 37% of Americans consider the Internal Revenue Service to be a positive agency, making it one the least popular federal agencies. Even among self-identified liberals the IRS has a 38% approval rating. A paltry 8% of Americans rate the IRS’ performance as excellent. It is not surprising that the IRS is dispopular […]
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Early Outline of COP26 Declaration Fails to Mention Fossil Fuels
This column is part Covering Climate Now, a global journalism alliance cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review The Nationto increase coverage of climate stories. The United Kingdom government is taking sharp criticism for a “non-sensical” early outline of the final declaration from the COP26 climate summit, released Sunday morning, that makes no mention of the words […]
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GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism
Shortly before Virginia’s gubernatorial election on November 2, the Republican candidate, Glenn Youngkin, circulated an ad in which a white woman calls for Virginia public schools to ban classroom discussions of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved. Pandering to racist fears and white racial anxiety, Youngkin also stated he would ban from schools what the […]
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