WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked attempts by Democratic lawmakers to start debate on a measure to combat domestic terrorism as the two parties spar over how best to control gun violence. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved the measure last week following a mass shooting earlier this month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in which […]
Former President Donald Trump has again criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for announcing a temporary solution to delay a default on the national debt. “Looks like Mitch McConnell is folding to the Democrats, again,” Trump reportedly said in a statement through his leadership PAC, Save America. “He’s got all of the cards with the debt ceiling, it’s time to […]
Photo: source Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) takes exception to President Trump referring to her as “AOC” during the presidential debate, saying it is an advertisement for his “disrespect of women.” “If someone told me 3 years ago, while I was waitressing to help my family stay afloat, that in a few short years an unhinged President of the United States […]
On this side of the pond, over the years, Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has taken a bad rap. This, of course, is partly due to political propaganda, ignorance, and a failure to think differently. The fact of the matter is Democratic Socialism is just one of the many philosophies through which governments seek to allocate resources for the […]
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” Warren Buffett General John Francis Kelly, the current White House Chief of Staff for U.S. President Donald Trump, and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the same administration may do well to heed businessman and entrepreneur […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders boasted, a nearly 7.5 million individual campaign contributions, and declared that to ”run a winning national campaign” one does not need Wall Street. “It has shown you can run a winning national campaign without being dependent on Wall Street and the big money interests,” he told a rally in Fargo, North Dakota. “I’m proud […]
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has taken a dim view of the healthcare plan of her rival Bernie Saunders, viewing it as dead on arrival. While speaking at a rally at Iowa’s Simpson College, Clinton said in reference to Sanders’ plan “you’ll get gridlock and an endless wait for advances that will never come.” She noted that today more than 90% […]
John Forbes Kerry is the 68th and current United States Secretary of State. Kerry ran as the candidate for the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, losing to former President George W. Bush by a mere 35 electoral vote. He has served in the United States Senate and was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Moreover, his service […]
