Food Stamp Use Way Down
The number of Americans on food stamps has dropped significantly, according to Bloomberg News. ...
About: R. Cort Kirkwood
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New Gilded Age Is Here — Mostly in Blue States
The United States has entered a new Gilded Age. Funny thing is, most of the “gilded few” in the top one percent live in blue states that cast their...
Ocasio-Cortez: Occupy Airports, Shut Down ICE
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone full radical on the subject of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its mission to secure the county’s borders. ...
AP: Trump Unique in Undermining America
Did Trump really “smash presidential precedent” on his European tour and in his meeting with Putin? ...
Would Demographic Shift Really Be Bad For “Democracy”?
Studies show that in 20 years, half the U.S. population will live in eight states. This, say liberals, will be “bad for democracy.” But will it? ...
Bookies: Chances of Trump Impeachment Get Better
According to an Irish betting website, the chances of a Trump impeachment are 2 to 1. ...
Bad News for Old Democrats: Rank and File Want Them Gone
If the Rasmussen polls have any credibility, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden are in trouble. That’s because 73 percent of Democrats, the polling organization reports, want a...
Time for a UBI?
Chicago is about to test an idea whose time, depending on who you talk to, might or might not have come: universal basic income. ...
Soros Believes Liberal Democracy Endangered
At 87, has longtime leftist George Soros been defeated by President Trump? ...
Chicago Protests Continue After Video of Shooting Released
Protests in Chicago continued Monday after police released body-cam video of Saturday's shooting of a 37-year-old black man. ...
Suspect in Chainsaw Attack Deported 11 Times
Police in Whittier, California, allege that Alejandro Alvarez, 32, attacked his wife in the chest with a chainsaw. ...
Clinton: Trump Wants To “Rip The Heart Out Of America”
Hillary Clinton spoke to the worthies of the American Federation of Teachers on Friday and received the leftist union’s Women’s Rights Award. ...
NYT: Add Biden, Harris, Booker to 2020 List
The list of possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination goes beyond Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. It also includes former Vice President Joe Biden and Senators...
De León Takes Party Endorsement From Feinstein
While U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein shellacked her upstart opponent Kevin de León in California’s open primary last month, de León still drew the party’s endorsement on Saturday by a...
Immigrants, One Illegal, Are Suspects in Beheading
Last month, police in Huntsville, Alabama, found a 13-year-old girl who had been beheaded after her dope-dealing grandmother was knifed. And the suspects, police say, are immigrants; one legal,...