Written by David E. Smith
For years, conservatives have warned that America’s welfare system—especially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—has been riddled with fraud, waste, and abuse. Now, at long last, someone in Washington D.C. is taking the problem seriously. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food stamps program, and the changes could not be more timely.
Roughly 43 million Americans—about 12 percent of the population—are enrolled in SNAP.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Brooke Rollins, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Food Stamps, Hakeem Jeffries, JB Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Lisa Hernandez, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, SNAP, USDA
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
November 20, 2025 7:00 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
Since the 1990s, federal agencies and the media have fed Americans a steady diet of panic about shadowy “right-wing militias” — usually ex-military guys obsessed with guns and ready to wage war against the government at a moment’s notice.
The panic went into overdrive after January 6, 2021. But now, in a staggering act of projection, the threat they’ve spent decades warning about has arrived — only it’s coming from the radical left.… Continue Reading
Tags: Andy Ngo, Antifa, Benjamin Song, body armor, Brian Thompson, Chuck Schumer, Cody Balmer, Elias Rodriguez, Elon Musk, Free Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, helmets, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, January 6th Riots, John Brown Gun Club, Josh Shapiro, Kevin Krebs, Kevlar vests, Luigi Mangione, militias, Mohamed Soliman, Molotov cocktail, No Kings, Party for Socialism and Liberation, pro-Israel, radios, Socialist Rifle Association, tactical gloves, Tesla, Trump Administration
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
July 16, 2025 6:18 AM |
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Written by Terence P. Jeffrey
“Let’s talk about the deficit.”
That is what U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on the Senate floor on Monday, June 2.
“For years, Republicans screamed about fiscal responsibility. But now Republicans are backing a bill that could add over $50 trillion to the national debt over 30 years,” Schumer claimed — without citing a source — in a speech about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“Senate Democrats,” he said, “will fight this bill in committee, on the floor, and in the court of public opinion every step, every day, and every possible way.”… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
Pritzker publicly calls for “mass protests, mobilization, and disruption”
After reading and listening to almost a week’s worth of commentary about Gov. JB Pritzker’s campaign speech to New Hampshire Democrats on Sunday, April 27, 2025, and despite a wise recommendation to ignore him, some problems need to be tackled. His militant comments and calls for mass protests against Republicans in general — and the Trump administration specifically — stirred significant controversy on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Tags: 2028 Election, abortion, Brett Kavanaugh, Brian Thompson, Chuck Schumer, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Family Research Council, George Floyd, JB Pritker, marijuana, New Hampshire Democrats, Northwestern University, Robert Garcia, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, Steve Scalise, Tesla, THC, Think Big America, UnitedHealthcare, Wisconsin Family Council
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith |
May 2, 2025 3:00 PM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
The Trump Administration recently announced a freeze in funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and ordered all its employees to pause their work. USAID’s website states,
“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs.”
Unsurprisingly, this action has sparked outrage amongst a variety of groups.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Allie Beth Stuckey, Christianity Today, Chuck Schumer, DEI, Marco Rubio, Nayib Bukele, Tax dollars, taxpayers, The Washington Stand, Transgenderism, Trump Administration, USAID
Federal Issues | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
February 8, 2025 4:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
In hosting the second presidential debate of the general election season, ABC News once again exposed themselves as left-wing ideologues and staunch allies of Kamala Harris.… Continue Reading
Tags: ABC News, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, Cathy Blaeser, Center for Garden State Families, Chuck Schumer, CNN, David Muir, Diane Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Gregory Quinlan, Guttmacher Institute, Hillary Clinton, infanticide, Jill Stanek, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Journal of Medical Ethics, late-term abortion, Linsey Davis, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Moses Bratrud, personhood, Planned Parenthood, Ralph Northam, Roe v. Wade, SB 25, WTOP radio
Media Watch, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
September 13, 2024 5:18 AM |
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Written by Jorge Gomez
The U.S. Supreme Court is under all-out attack. Recent headlines reveal a concerted effort to manufacture an “ethics” scandal about Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court’s leading conservative and one of the foremost defenders of religious liberty. Justice Neil Gorsuch has also been the target of this smear campaign.
Democrats in Congress, along with their allies in left-wing radical groups and the media, are bringing back calls for radical court “reform.” A constitutionally suspect “judicial ethics” bill was introduced and the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, court packing, Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, First Liberty, Hank Johnson, Michael Mukasey, Mike Berry, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Thomas Jipping, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith |
May 12, 2023 10:00 AM |
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Written by David Harsanyi
As with ProPublica’s recent smear of Clarence Thomas, there’s a lot of excitement across the left-wing Twittersphere over a Politico hit on Neil Gorsuch. But even as a transparent piece of partisan propaganda, it is poorly conceived.
Politico kicks off the piece, “Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property,” with a purposefully deceptive claim: “For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Barack Obama, Brian Duffy, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, David Harsanyi, Dick Durbin, Elena Kagan, Greenberg Traurig, Harlan Crow, Heidi Przybyla, Hillary Clinton, LLC, Neil Gorsuch, New York Times, Obamacare, Philip Anschutz, Politico, ProPublica, Raphael Warnock, U.S. Supreme Court, Walden Group
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch, Media Watch | David E. Smith |
April 29, 2023 5:00 AM |
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Written by Trevor Thomas
With U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s release of thousands of hours of Capitol surveillance video footage to Tucker Carlson, and Carlson’s subsequent airing of the footage on his popular FOX News show, it’s more clear now than ever: What the American left did to Trump, on COVID, on crime (especially the ANTIFA/BLM riots), at the border, and the like, was FAR worse than anything that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.… Continue Reading
Tags: Adam Schiff, Antifa, Biden Administration, BLM, Chuck Schumer, COVID–19, Daniel Greenfield, Democrat Party, Donald J. Trump, FBI, Fox News Channel, Insurrection, James Comey, January 6th, January 6th Riots, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Penn, Nancy Pelosi, Obama Administration, QAnon Shaman, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Roger Kimball, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Wuhan virus
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
March 18, 2023 4:00 AM |
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Written by Tim Graham
The so-called fact-checkers are energetic defenders of President Joe Biden — almost like they’re his siblings or his nephews. No cockeyed critique of Biden is silly enough for them to forgo the urgent need to “check.” They’re perpetually poised to pounce!
PolitiFact gave us two examples on Feb. 10. Both were “Pants On Fire” warnings, but only one was about pants. The headline was “Joe Biden put his pants on backwards,” and their headline continued: “We know all about pants.… Continue Reading
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Ciara O'Rourke, Donald Trump, Facebook, Instagram, Jeff Cercone, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mindy Robinson, PolitiFact, QAnon, Snopes
Media Watch | David E. Smith |
February 18, 2023 5:00 AM |
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