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Researchers Find Gender Pay Gap at Uber, But No Discrimination

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 08, 2018 12 Comments

A gender wage gap exists, that much is hardly disputed. Whether or not the wage gap is a product of sexism is the point of contention.

Eric ‘Nation of Cowards’ Holder May Run in 2020

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2018 39 Comments

Former attorney general Eric Holder is reportedly thinking of throwing his hat into the ring for the 2020 election. The roster of candidates who will run as Democrats will likely be very far left, so he'll fit right in.

Branco Cartoon – What Goes Up

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 08, 2018 4 Comments

Is due to Obama, what comes down is on Trump...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCAPjIVOdJw

House passes bill to ease Obama’s excessive menu labeling rules

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 07, 2018 24 Comments

President Trump is not the only one taking a giant eraser to Barack Obama's legacy. The House of Representatives has just passed a bill rescinding many of the former President's restrictive menu labeling rules, and potentially providing enough flexibility so that restaurants won’t have to label the calories for every variation of items on their menus.

Senate Reaches Trillion Dollar Budget Deal

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 07, 2018 26 Comments

Wednesday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Schumer announced the Senate had come to a budget agreement. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the deal “a significant bipartisan step forward.” The agreement keeps the government open for six weeks and provides two years of massive spending hikes.

Gender Studies Institute at Stanford Hosting Far-Left Journalist to Discuss Conservative ‘Bigotry’

Study Claims SAT Reading Section is ‘Less Demanding’ Than in Past Decades

Connecticut Teacher Escorted Out of School for Refusing to Remove Crucifix From Classroom

TPUSA Members: UT Tyler Attack Reflects Growing Campus Hostility Toward Conservatives

UT Austin Funds Graduate Student Research on ‘Reproductive Justice’

Texas Tech Regents Eliminate Several Race, Gender Studies Courses

Liberal self-parody: “I detest Trump, but a ‘redneck’ fixed my Prius with zip ties”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 07, 2018 79 Comments

In the annals of unintentional liberal self-parody, there is a special place reserved for a column by Ruth Mayor, "I detest Trump, but a ‘redneck’ fixed my Prius with zip ties." What makes it so classic is that Mayor doesn't intend it as self-parody. She clearly intends it to reflect a liberal's awakening to the goodness in some people she otherwise wouldn't associate with. So it's basically virtue-signaling in the age of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXspKPq87is

White House Aide Rob Porter Resigns After Ex-Wives Accuse Him of Domestic Abuse

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 07, 2018 48 Comments

White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned Tuesday after allegations made by his two ex-wives. Porter is reportedly dating White House Communications Director, Hope Hicks. In interviews with The Daily Mail, both of Porter's ex-wives detailed allegations of physical, verbal, and emotional abuse.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/05/clinton-associates-fed-information-to-trump-dossier-author-steele-memo-says.html

Grassley Document Appears to Support Claims the FBI Used Dossier to Receive Surveillance Warrant

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 07, 2018 29 Comments

On Monday, I blogged about how Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asked the FBI to declassify the criminal referral he and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent to the DOJ over dossier author Christopher Steele. The FBI approved a less-redacted version and Grassley released it on Tuesday, including some parts of the documents that detail why the two senators believe Steele misled the FBI. However, the portion about Steele's second dossier that had information from an associate of the Clintons and member of the State Department remains the same. In other parts, it supports claims that the FBI used Steele's dossier to receive a surveillance warrant on carter Page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9UbxYRCcU8

US, Argentina Team Up To Drain Hezbollah’s Terror Funding

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 07, 2018 8 Comments

The United States and Argentina are to work together to cut off Lebanese terrorist outfit Hezbollah’s funding networks in Latin America. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie declared their intention to cooperate in this regard during a press conference in Buenos Aires on Sunday. Argentina is home to a large Lebanese expatriate population and U.S. authorities believe that the Iranian-backed terrorist group has been raising funds for it activities through organised crime in the region, including drug trade.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4926263,29.4843046,1204757m/data=!3m1!1e3

NYT Report: Egypt allowed Israeli airstrikes on terror targets in Sinai

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 07, 2018 12 Comments

The relationship between Israel and Egypt has often been referred to as a "cold peace", marked by various levels of mistrust and antagonism from Cairo toward its treaty partner.

Chris Matthews: Republicans Attack Pelosi Because She’s an ‘Ethnic’ Person

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2018 54 Comments

Is there something about Nancy Pelosi's background which is only known to Chris Matthews? During a recent broadcast of his MSNBC program Hardball, Matthews claimed that Republicans attack Nancy Pelosi because she is an 'ethnic' person.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5727613834001/

Trey Gowdy suggests Clinton operative Sidney Blumenthal fed info to Steele weeks before election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2018 26 Comments

Sidney Blumenthal is the consummate Clinton hatchet man, dating back to the 1990s. I summarized some of this background in a May 2015 post relating to Sidney and his insanely-anti-Israel son Max, Hillary has a Blumenthal Problem.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/960650853060247553

REPORT: Adam Schiff Fell For Prank, Had Staffers Work to Obtain Dirt on Trump from Foreign Government

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 06, 2018 31 Comments

Just when you thought it wasn't possible, the Trump/Russia collusion story reached an entirely new level of ridiculous. The Democrats leading Trump/Russia/Collusion attack dog, Rep. Adam Schiff, was exposed as having taken well-known Russian pranksters, Vocan and Lexus, seriously. Vocan and Lexus, "offered to give him 'compromising' dirt on Donald Trump – including nude photos of the president and a Russian reality show star," reports the Daily Mail.

After #MeToo hysteria, men just saying No to mentoring women

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 06, 2018 48 Comments

LeanIn is pushing an initiative called #MentorHer after their survey found men, particularly men in managerial or executive positions, are uncomfortable or hesitant to mentor or spend time alone with female colleagues or employees.

Will Obama’s HUD Secretary Julian Castro Run in 2020?

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 06, 2018 20 Comments

Oh, boy. How far left will the left go? I ask this because former President Barack Obama's HUD Secretary Julian Castro will visit New Hampshire to speak to the state's Young Democrats Granite Slate Awards dinner this month. Failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton even considered him as her running mate. But is it wise for the left to prop up Castro? I'd say he's too far left for the Democrats, but Donald Trump is president so anything can happen.

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=779822

Israelis kill Ahmad Nasser Jarrar, terrorist behind murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevah

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 06, 2018 14 Comments

On January 9, 2018, Rabbi Raziel Shevach, a father of six from the West Bank settlement outpost Havat Gilad, was killed when terrorists opened fire on his car. Haaretz reported at the time:

California Judge Rules Against Gay Couple, Says ‘Cake in Question is Not Yet Baked’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 06, 2018 47 Comments

Get ready for the backlash. Judge David Lampe in Kern County, located in California, ruled against a same-sex couple after they sued Tastries Bakery owner Cathy Miller because she did not want to bake them a wedding cake. Key distinction? Miller has not yet baked the cake.