Monday, February 6, 2017

The ACLU stands up for liberal rights

The American Civil Liberties Union is little more than a fundraising arm and mouthpiece for the DNC. The national nonprofit organization is supposed to champion civil liberties for all -- but a series of high-profile events that have played out over the past week have highlighted how that's hardly the case.

Trump's 'so-called judge' is a Bush appointed political activist highly regarded in liberal Seattle

The federal judge who ordered a halt to the Trump administration's controversial travel ban -- derided as a "so-called judge" by a bitter President Trump -- is a Republican appointee whose vast legal credentials and volunteer work for poor children and refugees prompted unanimous Senate confirmation more than a decade ago.

Super Bowl ads 2017: What works, what doesn't and what gets political

Weeks ago, many advertisers started posting online teasers, previews and actual commercials airing in Sunday's game.

News, Commentary, Discussions

Texas sheriff releases 37 illegal aliens
More than three dozen people suspected of being unauthorized immigrants posted bail and were released from Travis County Jail.

Shakespeare to Anti-Trumpsters: 'Thou Dost Protest Too Much'
President Donald J. Trump has a strategy so brilliant that it's tied his many naysayers up in knots.

Minnesota: Gateway to Canada for rejected African migrants
The men pay hundreds of dollars for middle-of-the-night cab rides north to the Canadian border.

FCC stops 9 companies from providing federally subsidized Internet to low income people
The FCC removed nine recently added companies from a federally subsidized program called Lifeline, established to provide Internet service to the poor.

Education at a Crossroads
In just a matter of days -- perhaps next Monday -- a decision will be made in Washington affecting the futures of millions of children in low-income communities, and in the very troubled area of race relations in America.

Obama poured $9.2B into U.N. in final yea
Former President Barack Obama poured at least $9.2 billion of American taxpayers' money into the United Nations and its agencies during his last year in office.