Voters in a bellwether suburban Philadelphia county courted heavily by the presidential candidates had their last chance Friday to apply for a mail-in ballot.
Democratic politicians and university officials think antisemitism is nothing more than a partisan political matter to which they can pay lip service while standing by and doing nothing to address it. A report from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which includes emails and texts from university leaders, exposed exactly this. The committee […]
In the weeks since Sean “Diddy” Combs was indicted on sex trafficking and other charges, much of the conversation has focused on the celebrity fallout. What other famous faces will get swept up in the scandal? Who attended the music mogul’s infamous parties? This sort of tabloid treatment is expected, but it misses the point. The crime […]
LATROBE, Pennsylvania — “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole damn thing.” Two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump announced these words to rallygoers in this Westmoreland County town at a packed event, which included several former Pittsburgh Steelers taking the stage to endorse him and steelworkers as well, who even got the former […]
AS ELECTION NEARS, A FINAL TORRENT OF BS. Vice President Kamala Harris got some terrible news going into the last weekend of the presidential campaign when the Labor Department reported that the economy added just 12,000 jobs in October. Even with hurricanes and a Boeing strike, economists had expected a job gain of 100,000 or 110,000 […]
After the political firestorm from President Joe Biden calling Trump supporters “garbage,” the White House and its allies in the media are scrambling. But no matter how they try to contextualize or downplay his words, it’s difficult to obscure the uncomfortable truth: This was no slip of the tongue. Biden’s comment reflects a broader and […]
A Jewish family was kicked out of Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, on Saturday. Their crime? Husband Jonathan Hirsch wore a hat emblazoned with the Star of David. In an infuriating video shared on X by the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Bay Area, a man who purports to be the Jerusalem Coffee House’s owner asks Hirsch […]
In 1928, the Democratic Party became the first major party to nominate a Catholic as its presidential candidate when it chose New York Gov. Al Smith. The nomination touched off a wave of anti-Catholic hysteria, which became the defining problem of the election. Prominent leaders across the mostly Protestant nation warned that if Smith were […]
For many voters, “protecting democracy” is a key issue in the 2024 elections, and, of course, rhetoric and accusations are flying regarding who the actual threat to democracy is. In light of at times misleading rhetoric, it is important to examine actual facts. There is one public official nationally who has been criticized by no fewer […]