Commentary by FPI / January 28, 2019 On Jan. 12, Julian Castro, former Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary and San Antonio mayor, announced his candidacy for president in 2020. In a bit of foreshadowing last year, Castro had tweeted: “The Hispanic vote in Texas will continue to increase. By 2024 Democrats can […]
Read MoreFPI / January 27, 2019 Given that then-President Barack Obama was in 2016 able to ship a planeload of cash to the Iranian regime, it shouldn’t be difficult for President Donald Trump to “legally” find the funds for a border wall, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said. “Listen, if President Obama can send $1.8 […]
Read MoreFPI / January 27, 2019 A construction worker in New York City called in to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show on Jan. 22 to vent on lawmakers and the major media trotting out daily shows of sympathy for government workers who they portrayed as struggling mightily to get by due to the partial shutdown. “I’m a […]
Read MoreFPI / January 27, 2019 It is evident from the indictment of Roger Stone that special counsel Robert Mueller likely knew from the start of his Russia investigation that there was no “collusion” and that President Donald Trump was not a Russian agent, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy said. “I read that indictment and […]
Read MoreFPI / January 27, 2019 Columnist and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein is not on board the AOC train. Stein told Fox Business last week that newly-minted lawmaker and leftist media celebrity Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rhetoric is not only misguided, but dangerous. “We have a society in which there are an awful lot of people […]
Read MoreFPI / January 27, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling on all nations to follow the United States’ lead in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela. “Now it is time for every other nation to pick a side. No more delays, no more games. Either you stand with […]
Read MoreFPI / January 25, 2019 President Donald Trump could cite his authority under the National Emergencies Act to declare a state of emergency at the U.S.’s southern border and free up $7 billion in federal funds for a border wall, a report said. Under the emergency declaration, Trump would order the Pentagon to immediately begin […]
Read MoreFPI / January 25, 2019 As he prepares for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, U.S. President Donald Trump is hitting back at critics who claim there has been little progress made from the first summit’s stated goal of the North’s denuclearization. “The Fake News Media loves saying ‘so little happened at […]
Read MoreFPI / January 25, 2019 By John J. Metzler BUENOS AIRES — Two of Latin America’s political heavyweights have put the squeeze on Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian regime. In a meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro, the leaders of the region’s two largest economies have stepped up pressures on […]
Read MoreFPI / January 25, 2019 About 1,500 private jets will have flown a lot a very wealthy and influential people to Davos, Switzerland this week to engage in discussions at the World Economic Forum such as “Safeguarding Our Planet”. “We have had bookings from as far as our operations in Hong Kong, India and the […]
Read MoreFPI / January 24, 2019 By Donald Kirk The revelation of another “undeclared” North Korean missile base should send shock waves through all those concerned about the safety and security of the region, notably South Korea. Actually, however, it’s hard to find ordinary people too worried about the latest report by esteemed experts at the […]
Read MoreFPI / January 24, 2019 Gannett, which includes USA TODAY and large regional newspapers such as the Arizona Republic and Des Moines Register, began laying off employees at its media outlets across the country on Jan. 23. Poynter.com reported that the layoffs were a cost-cutting measure that was planned before the recent news that Digital […]
Read MoreFPI / January 24, 2019 Operatives for the Hillary Clinton campaign approached the Department of Justice and pushed an unsubstantiated theory that a secret server at Trump Tower was directly tied to a Moscow bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to congressional testimony. Testimony from James Baker, the former FBI general counsel and […]
Read MoreFPI / January 24, 2019 President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 nominated enough judges to fill one-third of all federal court vacancies. Acting to bolster the conservative credentials of the federal courts, Trump renominated 51 judges who were not confirmed by the last Congress. Of the nominees, 37 were to district courts, nine to circuit […]
Read MoreFPI / January 24, 2019 North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song criticized what he called Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine and, in an apparent shot of the U.S., blasted some permanent members of the UN Security Council for what he called a “double standard” attitude the Israel-Palestinian issue. Song delivered the comments […]
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