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Hill Staffers Are Wearing Sneakers Now

December 1, 2021 Hill, staffers, wearing, Sneakers0 comment

Congress has never been a place known for cutting-edge fashion. Instead, a stuffy formality has long been its trademark. As Allbirds and preppy quarter-zips swept into boardrooms and C-suites across the rest of the country, Capitol Hill remained one of the last bastions of traditional American business attire—the global headquarters of wing tips and ill-fitting suits, Tory Burch flats and bland Banana Republic pencil skirts. During sweltering D.C. summers, you could find communications directors and legislative aides wearing jackets and ties to work, wiping their sweaty brows on their uncuffed…

Fact-Blockers

December 1, 2021 FactBlockers0 comment

I’ve reported how Facebook censors me. Now I’ve learned that it also censors environmentalist Michael Shellenberger, statistician Bjorn Lomborg, and former New York Times columnist John Tierney. Facebook’s “fact-checkers” claim we spread “misinformation.” In my new video, Tierney argues that the “people guilty of spreading misinformation are Facebook and its fact-checkers.” He’s right. Facebook doesn’t do its censoring alone. It partners with groups approved by something called the Poynter Institute, a group that claims “a commitment to nonpartisanship.” But Poynter isn’t nonpartisan. It promotes progressive jargon like “decolonize the media,”…

CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely After Details On Involvement In Brother’s Defense Emerge

December 1, 2021 Cuomo, after, Defense, details, Brothers, Involvement, Chris, Suspends, Emerge, Indefinitely0 comment

<p>CNN on Tuesday announced that anchor Chris Cuomo has been suspended indefinitely from the network after the New York Attorney General’s office released documents that raised “serious questions” about his involvement in the defense of his brother, disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).</p> Talking Points Memo

Biden: Omicron cause for ‘concern’ but not ‘panic’

November 30, 2021 Omicron, Biden, concern, cause, panic0 comment

President Biden said Monday the omicron variant first detected in South Africa is “cause for concern” but “not a cause for panic.” The new coronavirus strain has now popped up in Canada and other countries as scientists raced to figure out if alarming mutations can puncture through vaccines and other … The Washington Times stories: White House

Mike Pence Still Has Presidential Ambitions

November 30, 2021 Presidential, still, Mike, Ambitions, Pence0 comment

Mike Pence spent much of his vice presidency quietly catering to the whims of President Donald Trump. But on January 6, he broke with Trump by refusing to overturn the 2020 election results. And now, Pence is eyeing a presidential run of his own, even though his old boss hasn’t ruled out a 2024 campaign. Pence wouldn’t necessarily stay out of the race even if Trump jumps in. “If you know the Pences, you know they’ll always try to discern where they’re being called to serve,” Marc Short, Pence’s former…

Heritage Foundation Sues Biden Administration to Stop Vaccine Mandate

November 30, 2021 Biden, stop, administration, sues, mandate, Foundation, Heritage, Vaccine0 comment

The Heritage Foundation is suing the Biden administration to stop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers, calling the requirement a “gross abuse of power.” “The mandate clearly encroaches on the police power of states expressly reserved by the 10th Amendment [to the Constitution],” argues the complaint filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The lawsuit adds: “It also exceeds the federal government’s authority under the Commerce Clause.” Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James and the think tank’s incoming president, Kevin Roberts, who takes office…