Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (left) and former New York Sen. James Buckley pictured on Jan. 15, 198src. | Carlos Rene Perez/AP Photo Former New York Sen. James Buckley, an early agitator for then-President Richard Nixon’s resignation and winner of a landmark lawsuit challenging campaign spending limits, died Friday at age 1srcsrc. Buckley died at
James Buckley, conservative senator and brother of late writer William F. Buckley, dies at 100
The conservative Supreme Court might have paved the way for Dems to take the House
Democrats are poised to net a congressional seat in Alabama next November after Chief Justice John Roberts’ surprising opinion affirming a lower court’s findings that Republican mapmakers had likely illegally diluted the power of Black voters in the state. | Leah Millis/Getty Images The Supreme Court just handed Democrats a huge favor: a ruling that
‘Trying to figure it out’: McCarthy’s conservative rebels struggle with next steps
Rep. Scott Perry, chair of the House Freedom Caucus, described this fall’s government funding debate as “front and center” for conservatives, as it “should be.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO Conservative hardliners are already agitating for their next fight with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts. Beyond that, though, they don’t
Watch Live: 14th Annual Western Conservative Summit, Day Two
The Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University will host the second day of its 14th annual Western Conservative Summit this weekend in Denver, Colorado. Featuring top conservative leaders since 2010, the summit is one of the largest annual gatherings of conservatives outside Washington, DC, and serves to educate and activate the grassroots. The purpose of this summit “is
McCarthy summons GOP factions to counter threat of a new conservative rebellion
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2src23. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working furiously to prevent another House floor takeover by his hardest-right conservatives as the GOP prepares to tackle some of the year’s biggest bills. With the House back for a final stretch before
Republicans have a plan to oust Manchin. This conservative won’t get out of the way.
“I don’t need to repeat private conversations I have with other people. I kick around ideas with all sorts of folks, but I just make it clear: I’m running,” Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) said. | Francis Chung/POLITICO The Republican establishment wants nothing to do with Alex Mooney. Frankly, he’s a bit miffed about it. Since
Ivy League university moves to prioritize ‘free expression’ months after students heckled conservative pundit
Cornell University will announce plans to feature “free expression and academic freedom” as its theme for the 2023-2024 academic year on Monday, dealing another blow to censorship on college campuses. The preliminary announcement came Friday, months after students heckled conservative speaker Ann Coulter, a Cornell alumna, at a November 2022 event by blasting music, blowing […]
Conservative Megadonor Bernie Marcus Endorses Harmeet Dhillon for RNC Chair
Conservative megadonor Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot, has endorsed Harmeet Dhillon for Republican National Committee chair. Marcus’s endorsement comes as the race between current chair Ronna McDaniel and Republican National Committeewoman for California Dhillon has been tightening. “America’s path forward is at stake,” Marcus, whose endorsement comes as a blow to McDaniel, said in
Dream Team: Oversight Committee Stacked with Conservative Firebrands
The House Republican Steering Committee on Tuesday selected several conservative firebrands to serve on the Oversight Committee during the 118th Congress, including multiple members who previously had their committee assignments stripped by House Democrats during the previous Congress. The GOP-led House Oversight Committee will be composed of Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN)
Alyssa Farah Griffin: DeSantis Dictating What Can Be Taught Is ‘Not Conservative’
Alyssa Farah Griffin told her co-hosts Friday on ABC’s “The View” that it was not conservative for state government to “dictate” what schools can teach. Co-host Joy Behar said, “Governor Ron DeSantis just put the kibosh on an advanced placement African-American studies course in Florida public high schools. The course syllabus isn’t publicly available yet
Mike Pompeo Hits Ex-Boss Trump as Not a True Conservative
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried hard to make his case against former President Donald Trump—by saying his former boss isn’t a true conservative at all.Speaking with host Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, Pompeo was asked if he would do a better job at managing the federal deficit and the onslaught of federal
Conservative guest clashes with CNN over claim DeSantis banning Black history, calls out CRT: ‘It’s a joke’
Many on the left have continued to push the narrative that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., wanted to ban an Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course outright, as he continues to fight back against critical race theory in the classroom. But critics are pushing back on that portrayal, arguing the governor was specifically objecting […]
Senate trudges toward vote on $1.7T spending bill amid conservative pushback
A Wednesday vote in the Senate would align with the House’s plan to return that evening to start pushing the so-called omnibus across the finish line. And some senior aides think that whenever the spending package does make it to the House, the chamber could pull a late-night session, sending members home as quickly as
McCarthy struggles to appease conservative demands as speakership battle nears
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy walks from the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 23, 2src22. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images In a private meeting last week, Kevin McCarthy posed a question to some of the conservatives threatening his speakership bid: Would they all support him if he made it easier for members
McCarthy relents on key conservative demand — but uncertainty remains over speaker bid
Kevin McCarthy walks to the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on Dec. 23, 2src22. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Kevin McCarthy has made perhaps his biggest concession so far to the band of conservatives standing in the way of his path to speaker. Yet it’s not clear if it will be enough to clinch
Conservative Giorgia Meloni Set to Become Italy’s First Female Prime Minister
The coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party won Italy’s election on Sunday, meaning the country’s first national-conservative government is set to take power. Additionally, the victory is set to make Meloni the first female prime minister in Italian history. The coalition, known as Centro Destra, is an alliance between Meloni’s Brothers of
Top Canadian ‘Conservative’ Asks ‘Forgiveness’ for ‘Cis/Straight/White’ Privilege
In a bizarre woke social media post, a top Canadian Conservative Party MP asked for “forgiveness” because of her “cis/straight/white” privilege. Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MP Michelle Rempel Garner, currently the shadow minister for health, wrote: “I humble myself and ask forgiveness, and seek to make things right. I have privilege; I am cis/straight/white. But…
Conservative Groups Launch $2 Million Campaign Against Biden’s ‘Dark Money’ Ties, Health And DOJ Nominees
A coalition of conservative groups launched a $2 million media campaign targeting progressive “dark money” groups that funded President Joe Biden’s campaign. “Dark money groups led by Arabella Advisors, among others, now want payback for helping Joe Biden get elected,” Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, said in a statement. Americans for…
Jorge Masvidal May Attend Conservative Protests to ‘Keep the Peace’ After Watching Leftist Attacks
Those who attend future conservative rallies and protests may have some added muscle in their ranks. Some champion, UFC-caliber muscle that is. After viewing the frequent and grotesque attacks on pro-Trump demonstrators in Washington, D.C., this past weekend, UFC welterweight sensation and Trump supporter Jorge Masvidal captioned a video of one of the assaults and…
Conservative Life in the Liberal Professoriate: A Cautionary Tale
The author wrote a piece for a university publication pointing out the coronavirus came from Wuhan. Then the furies descended.Tillman Hall at Winthrop University. Credit: Graysick/Wikimedia“American life has been ruthlessly corrupted by a liberal ethos. It is an ethos that aims simultaneously at political and social collectivism on the one hand, and moral anarchy on…
Facebook Cleans House – Purges Several Top Conservative Pages FOUR WEEKS BEFORE ELECTION
On Thursday Facbeook announced the company took action on 559 Pages and 251 accounts that violated their “spam” and coordinated “inauthentic behavior” policies. Facebook said most of those affected were political pages. This year, we’ve enforced this policy against many Pages, Groups and accounts created to stir up political debate, including in the US, the […]
Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed, Possibly Most Conservative Supreme Court Since 1934.
WASHINGTON, DC – Brett Kavanaugh became the 114th justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, when the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 50-48, handing President Trump and Republicans a historic victory that shifts the balance of power on the Court. The vote came in the middle of the afternoon on […]
Conservative Revolt at–Facebook?
Conservative Facebook employees fed up at the social media behemoth’s oppressive, intolerant corporate culture have created an internal group to fight back. It’s no secret that social media platforms have been suppressing and marginalizing ideas they don’t like—and the ideas they don’t like are overwhelmingly of the conservative and patriotic variety. But this new revolt […]
John McCain (1936-2018): Conservative Frenemy, American Hero.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) passed away Saturday, 4:28 p.m., at the age of 81 after a months-long battle with brain cancer. McCain was born on a U.S. Navy base in Panama in 1936, the son and grandson of career Navy officers. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Navy pilot in the […]
These Screenshots Show How Google Shadowbans Conservative And Pro-Trump Content
New membership on my Facebook page has stopped dead. My best YouTube videos cannot be found. All because I posted videos of myself going on Fox News. Now that others are venturing timidly from their foxholes, I can take to print without becoming the sole target of a vengeful, monopolistic technocracy. It appears that Google, […]
Suppressed Conservative News Sites’ Prayer: “Oh God thy sea is so great and my boat is so small”
We’re all in the same boat now. “All” being conservatives, Christians, deplorables—anyone who dares disagree with—let alone stand up to—the propagandists cleared by MSM and social media to wander freely all over the Internet. Capital ‘D’ Ditto for not dozens and hundreds, but THOUSANDS of conservative news sites who remain faithful to “telling it like […]