FPI / March 7, 2019 Pop star Taylor Swift was widely mocked by Republicans after her first foray into politics did not end well. Swift, 29, endorsed Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. Republican Marsha Blackburn won with 61.5 percent of the vote, while Bredesen was a distant second at 37.2 percent. […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher In his Feb. 26, testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), in the section of his testimony subtitled “Assuring Allies and Partners,” stated: “During 2018, our Command conducted over 50 bilateral engagements with senior leaders […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — “Sometimes you have to walk,” was President Donald Trump’s stunning conclusion to the U.S./North Korea Summit in Hanoi, where political great expectations seemed to get ahead of the hard reality that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program created an impasse to an expected diplomatic agreement […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 Later this month, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is expected to decide on what it plans to do with the Silent Sam Confederate monument that was toppled by protesters in August of last year. In the run-up to the decision, UNC officials had pledged a “very public […]
Read MoreFPI / March 6, 2019 Many employees at Whole Foods, which was purchased by Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon in 2017, say reduction in their hours have effectively negated wage gains made since Amazon acquired the company. When the $15 minimum wage went into effect on Nov. 1, employees at Whole Foods told The Guardian in a […]
Read MoreFPI / March 6, 2019 A lawyer who is a big fan of the anti-Trump dossier and revels in Trump conspiracy theories on Twitter has been hired by House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff as the committee’s new director of investigations. Daniel Goldman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and mob prosecutor in Manhattan, will […]
Read MoreFPI / March 6, 2019 by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Satellite imagery acquired on March 2 shows that North Korea is rebuilding the long-range rocket site at Sohae (Tongchang-ri) which in the past was used to launch satellites which use ICBM technology that is banned under UN Security Council resolutions. “Activity is evident at […]
Read MoreFPI / March 6, 2019 Eight wildlife conservationists who were conducting research into Iran’s endangered animals were arrested and charged with being spies and now face 10 or more years in prison, and possibly the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. “Protecting endangered wildlife is not a crime. These conservationists are scientists who were carrying […]
Read MoreFPI / March 6, 2019 An overwhelming increase in the number of illegals rushing the U.S.-Mexico border has brought the U.S. immigration system to “the breaking point,” according to U.S. Border and Customs Protection (CBP). The United States has detained more immigrants traveling in family groups at the southern border in the last five months […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Florence Griffith-Joyner set the women’s world record in the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.49 seconds. The record still stands. According to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), there were 15 men in the United States whose best time […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would not be in Congress without the Justice Democrats political action committee, an organization which aims to elect progressives. The Justice Democrats PAC was founded by Saikat Chakrabarti, who recruited Ocasio-Cortez to run against longtime establishment Rep. Joseph Crowley in the Democratic Party primary. Chakrabarti is now […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 Smugglers not only charge thousands of dollars to traffic illegals into the United States, but quite often sexually abuse women and children along the way, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials say. “Many times, you’ll see parents [who] want their children to have a better life … send their child […]
Read MoreFPI / March 5, 2019 Two former participants in Girl Scouts say they spent a decade documenting the organization’s relationship with the abortion industry. Ann Saladin, creator of MyGirlScoutCouncil.com, and co-editor Christy Volanski said Girl Scouts USA have relationships with Planned Parenthood and political leaders who support abortion and a left-wing agenda in general. “At […]
Read MoreAnalysis by FPI / March 5, 2019 With special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation winding down, and no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion in sight, the Democrat chairs of two House committees are set to investigate anything and everything connected to President Donald Trump in search of a crime, conservative analysts charged. And they are doing it […]
Read MoreFPI / March 4, 2019 Jeffrey T. Kuhner Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading the Democratic Party off a cliff. AOC, as she’s commonly known, is a radical socialist whose ideas are pushing the Democrats to the hard left — and to possible defeat and political oblivion. Her Green New Deal has nearly 50 Democrat co-sponsors […]
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