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By Alex Henderson When the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Sr. named his activist group the Moral Majority back in 1979, it reflected a belief that the majority of Americans agreed with his far-right Christian fundamentalist views. But with the U.S. Supreme C…

By Alex Henderson For more than half a century, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Environmental Protection Agency — created under President Richard Nixon in 1970 — to regulate as it saw fit. But that changed on June 30, 2022 with the Court’s 6-3 rulin…

By Meaghan Ellis Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) recently launched an attack against his Democratic opponent Val Demings, who appears to be using TikTok as a driving force for campaign fundraising. On Wednesday, July 20, Rubio released a new online ad for hi…

By Meaghan Ellis An election official in Wisconsin has shed light on the recent phone call he received from former President Donald Trump. According to Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Trump is still attempting to pressure him into “purportedly re…

By Brandon Gage President Joe Biden has not been shy about his intentions to seek reelection in 2024. Former President Donald Trump has also not refrained from teasing the public about his desire to return to the White House. Recent reporting indicates…

By Meaghan Ellis The owner of a New York-based venue that was scheduled to host the Trump-inspired “ReAwaken America” tour next month has announced his plan to cancel the upcoming event. On Monday, July 18, Scott Donaldson — the owner of Main Street Ar…

By Alex Henderson United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg dismantled Congressman Scott Perry’s (R-Pennsylvania) complaints about the price of electric cars during a House of Representatives hearing on transportation infrastructure on T…

By Alex Henderson In economics, be it liberal Keynesian economics or right-wing Milton Friedman shareholder economics, “growth” is considered sacred. But one veteran economist who believes that growth is overrated is Herman Daly. As Daly sees it, way t…

By Brandon Gage Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo had United States Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-Florida) as a guest on her show on Sunday and their discussion quickly unraveled into a rapid-fire validation of conspiracy theories that Bartiromo made up…

By Brandon Gage President Joe Biden’s goals to tackle climate change were shattered this week when United States Senator Joe Manchin, the conservative Democratic West Virginia coal baron, announced that he would not support Biden’s proposed initiatives…