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House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee will not be in McAllen, Texas for the field hearing about the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is the second time Democrats on a House committee are refusing to attend a field hearing at the southern border. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee refused to attend the hearing in Yuma, Arizona that took place in February. "It’s deeply… → Read More
Axios reporter Ben Montgomery, who is based in Tampa, gave a terse response to a press release sent out from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office after he hosted a roundtable about the dangers of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) scam in higher education. The roundtable featured people like Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr., Chancellor of the State University System of… → Read More
MSNBC host and a transgender guest both agreed Florida is on track to be like 1930's Germany because of state cracking down on "gender affirming care" for kids claiming to be transgender. The discussion was around a bill presented in the Florida legislature that could result in children being removed from parents' custody "if they are at risk of or are being subjected to the provision of… → Read More
Up to 1,000 illegal immigrants attempted to storm into El Paso, Texas from Juarez, Mexico on Sunday through the Paso del Norte International Bridge, forcing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Mexican military to shutdown public access for hours. The large group at first made it past Mexican officials on their side of the bridge but were stopped when CBP placed barricades and… → Read More
Margaret Sullivan, who is a former Washington Post columnist, penned a piece for the Guardian describing how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is "just getting started with his rightwing agenda. That should worry us all" and not only that, but "the media mostly fawns over him." That's right, according to this mainstream media writer, the rest of her colleagues are not critical of DeSantis. >… → Read More
Democrats attempted to get journalist Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger to reveal their sources on how they managed to get the Twitter Files during Thursday's hearing about the bias and malpractice of the social media site prior to billionaire Elon Musk buying it. During the hearing and on Twitter, Democrats such as Rep. Stacey Plaskett, who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Rep.… → Read More
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough mocked House Republicans' idea of visiting people who are being held in Washington, D.C. for charges relating to the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to assess the conditions of the jail. Scarborough said the GOP "clowns" were being "idiots" for the idea. "Joe, one more note as we talk about the politics of it and the wisdom or lack thereof of Republicans… → Read More
CNN's recent special about First Lady Jill Biden managed to draw fewer viewers during the crucial 9 p.m. primetime hour than what the channel normally averages as they continue to struggle in ratings. Fox News reports "Jill Biden Abroad," which featured an interview with CNN White House correspondent Arlette Saenz, dropped a staggering 43 percent of viewers of CNN’s average 2023 9 p.m.… → Read More
Some of the Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee made it their mission to invoke former President Donald Trump "I hope this hearing doesn't descent into, just a, let's pick on the other's party president because that is a revisionist view of history and serves no purpose and brings no honor to the table," Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said in his remarks. "It wasn't President Biden who… → Read More
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) held a press event in Tampa on Wednesday to "set the record straight, debunking the mainstream media, unions and leftist activists’ hoax of empty library bookshelves and political theater pretending that Florida’s schools cannot teach about topics like African American History, including topics like slavery." The primary reason for the crackdown on inappropriate… → Read More
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made it clear to reporters on Tuesday he does not regret giving Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to security footage that was taken during the riot at the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. "No, I said at the very beginning transparency. And so what I wanted to produce for everybody is exactly what I said. People could actually look at and see… → Read More
Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger sent an internal memo to the law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the Capitol building and members of Congress in response to Fox News host Tucker Carlson airing previously unseen footage from the January 6 riot on Monday. Matt wrote up what Carlson aired and can be read here. In the memo, Manger said Carlson's recent episode was "filled with offensive… → Read More
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a statement Tuesday night after it was revealed one of their employees was arrested during a riot at the construction site for a police training facility outside of Atlanta. The riot resulted in construction equipment being damaged, fires being started, and police officers came under attack by the mob. On Thomas Webb Jurgen's now-deleted LinkedIn… → Read More
A staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was arrested Sunday night at the riot outside of Atlanta where the future site of a police training center has become a battleground between law enforcement and anti-police activists. Over 20 people were arrested after construction equipment was damaged and fires were started by the rioters. Police also came under attack by the mob… → Read More
The U.S. Embassy in Mexico shared a statement on Sunday from Oliver Rich, Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirming four American citizens were shot at and then taken away by armed gunmen in the Mexican border city of Matamoros on March 3. Matamoros, which is across the from Brownsville, Texas, is the stronghold for the Gulf Cartel, which… → Read More
Gun control activist David Hogg has been on one recently with the number of unintelligent takes he has dolled out with regards to firearms, but he recently had one that made pro-gun advocates take a second look. Hogg chastised gun control proponents who believe it is possible for the U.S. government to confiscate firearms within the United States. He called for more realistic solutions to… → Read More
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) visited California over the weekend and noted how the state's governor, Gavin Newsom (D), seems to be obsessed with what is going on in Florida despite his state having many problems. "I know you've got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concerned about what we are doing in Florida... so I figured I had to come by," DeSantis joked while giving… → Read More
CNN's morning show featuring Don Lemon, Kaitlan Collins, and Poppy Harlow just can't seem to energize viewers on the struggling news network. Mediaite reported "CNN This Morning" dropped to its lowest level of viewers, both in total average and in the critical 25-54 age demographic, since it was launched last fall. But it's not only the morning show struggling to attract viewers. The entire… → Read More
Ryan Busse, an activist with gun control group Giffords, falsely accused firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson of promoting the Proud Boys in a picture that was posted to their Instagram. On Monday, Busse said, "If you don’t believe the gun industry is now full-on supporting domestic terrorists…I give you the official instagram post for Smith and Wesson…I mean the Proud Boys." The picture… → Read More
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) sent a letter to Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell asking for information relating to her office's actions against accused Pine Hills shooter Keith Moses on why he had not been prosecuted by her office prior to carrying out his recent shooting. In the shooting that took place in February, Moses, 19, allegedly killed three people, including a… → Read More