Month: April 2021

Tax Hike in New Proposal Only for Couples Making More Than $509,000: White House

President Joe Biden’s proposal to increase taxes to pay for school for some would affect couples making more than $509,299 according to a White House official. “Consistent with the President’s campaign proposal, we are proposing to reverse the tax cut for the top bracket by returning that top tax bracket to what it would’ve been under pre-2017…


Groups Ask DOJ to Send Monitors to Watch Arizona Election Audit

The Brennan Center for Justice think tank and two other groups asked the Department of Justice this week to send monitors to observe the 2020 election audit taking place in Arizona. “We are very concerned that the auditors are engaged in ongoing and imminent violations of federal voting and election laws. Specifically, we believe that…


Team Biden Intends to Never Let Its Manufactured Crises Go to Waste

Commentary My major takeaway from President Biden’s joint address to Congress is that he and his handlers are continuing to employ the Democrats’ primary strategy from the Obama years: Never let a crisis go to waste. To scare the American people into accepting his reckless spending proposals, Biden is leveraging the pandemic, which means he…


One Dead, Several Injured as NYC Driver Slams Into Outdoor Dining Area

One person was killed and several others were injured in New York City late Thursday when an SUV jumped a curb and slammed into an outdoor dining structure on Ditmars Blvd in Astoria, Queens, police said. A 29-year-old man who was on a Yamaha scooter when he was struck by the driver shortly before 8…


Former Political Staffer Brittany Higgins Seeks Reform From Leaders

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins says her conversation with Scott Morrison was “difficult,” but there was a consensus on reforming the toxic workplace culture faced by political advisers. Higgins met with the prime minister and Labor leader Anthony Albanese in Sydney on April 30.  A decision by Higgins to go public about her alleged rape in…


US Officials Considering Law to Address Domestic Terrorism

The Department of Justice is reviewing the need for a new law to address domestic terrorism, a top official said Thursday. “That is something that we are thinking about as we are looking at all of our tools to see if we might have a threat environment, are we doing everything we can to counter…


Giuliani Disputes Accusation That Led to Raid: ‘I Never, Ever Represented a Foreign National’

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is challenging the basis of a federal raid on his home. Giuliani said Thursday night that the search warrant executed by FBI agents early Wednesday states that he failed to file with the Department of Justice (DOJ) for representing a Ukrainian national or office. “I never represented a…


Beijing’s New Anti-Spy Regulations Includes ‘Pre-Departure Training’ for Students and Scholars

Beijing’s top intelligence agency has rolled out a new anti-espionage regulation, subjecting institutions and companies to tighter surveillance, including on students and scholars going abroad from China. This announcement was made on the same day that the United States announced that in the national interest it will allow entry for students and scholars from certain…


The Meaningless Resolve to Achieve Equality of Results

Commentary Recently, the Australian federal government has been plagued with revelations of inappropriate sexual conduct by politicians and staffers in Parliament House. The uproar started with explosive allegations that a former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, had been raped in March 2019 in the offices of then-Minister of Defence Linda Reynolds. This terrible event resulted in…


Lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s Family Says They Will Seek $10 Million From US Capitol Police in Lawsuit

The family of Ashli Babbitt, the only person shot during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, plans to sue the police department and the officer who fired the gun for at least $10 million, their attorney said. Terry Robert, the family’s attorney told Zenger News’ David Martosko in a report first by published Newsweek, that they plan to sue both…