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Resurrected Che Guevara Announces 2020 Run, Democrats Quickly Criticize As 'Too Moderate' March 19th, 2019 SANTA CLARA, CUBA—Is Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara too moderate for a 2020 run as a Democrat? That's the question the left is asking after Guevara was resurrected by a leftist political action committee, Marxists for Equality, Socialism, and Stalinism. MESS activists arrived in Santa Clara earlier this week and summoned Guevara's spirit back from the dead using dark, demonic rituals, which are well-known to many Democrats. MESS then hastily photoshopped a birth certificate for Zombie Guevara so he would be eligible to run for president...

Ocasio-Cortez Blames Low Favorability on Racism, Sexism, Fox News Alex Griswold BY: Follow @HashtagGriswold March 18, 2019 7:44 pm New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday shared a tweet blaming her low favorability numbers in a newly released poll on bigotry and Fox News. A Siena College poll of New York State voters found that Ocasio-Cortez's favorability is underwater, with 31 percent viewing her favorably and 44 percent viewing her unfavorably. Those results mirror national polling from Gallup and Fox News, which found that Ocasio-Cortez has a net approval rating of -10 and -13 points, respectively. Ocasio-Cortez notably struggles...

A Raised Middle Finger Is Protected Free Speech, Appeals Court Rules By Jacey Fortin March 18, 2019 A raised middle finger is a form of free speech, a court has ruled, allowing a lawsuit by a driver who made the vulgar gesture at a police officer. The decision came from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit last week, but it started with a spirited exchange in June 2017, when a woman gave the middle-finger salute to a police officer who had just written her a ticket. The woman, Debra L. Cruise-Gulyas, had been driving over the...

Beto O'Rourke acknowledges 'privileges' afforded to him because of race and gender On an Iowa presidential campaign swing, O'Rourke praised the diversity of the large Democratic field. March 17, 2019, 9:41 AM EDT By Ben Kamisar WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke said that he’s been afforded “privileges” in his life because of his race and gender but insisted that his presidential bid can be used as a way to level the playing field for all Americans. “As a white man who has had privileges that others could not depend on, or take for granted, I've clearly had advantages over...

Army to name new attack helicopter after Elizabeth Warren Published 12 hours ago on March 13, 2019 By Jim Bowie FORT RUCKER, Ala. — The U.S. Army will honor Elizabeth Warren and her Native American ancestry with the latest addition to its helicopter fleet, the AH-68 Warren, sources confirmed today. The Warren will join the Black Hawk, Kiowa, Apache, and Lakota in the Army’s impressive legacy of combat aircraft named after Native American tribes. The Warren conquered its two chief competitors, the AH-67 Redskin and V-23 Columbus, to win the Army contract. “The Redskin just offended too many white people,...

Cuomo order against defunct NC bathroom bill means swim team must stay in another state By Perry Chiaramonte | Fox News Student-athletes from a group of colleges in upstate New York may be at a disadvantage at this month’s NCAA Division III Swimming Championship in North Carolina because they'll have to stay in another state, thanks to an executive order by Governor Andrew Cuomo enacted in 2016. The irony is that the order initially was in response to North Carolina's transgender "bathroom ban," which was repealed in 2017. However, Cuomo's order remains in place and the athletes still have to...

AOC accuses Wells Fargo CEO of financing the 'caging' of children at the border and questions why the bank invests in projects like the Dakota Access Pipeline Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan during a House Financial Services Committee hearing about the bank's practices on Tuesday She asked the executive why the bank invested in private prisons linked to immigration detention on the border Sloan replied that Wells Fargo was severing ties with two private prison firms Ocasio-Cortez then addressed the bank's financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline, asking if it should pay for environmental clean-up if...

Which restaurants are safe for Trump supporters? There’s an app for that by Allison Steele, Updated: March 11, 2019 A new app promises to act as “Yelp for conservatives,” guiding supporters of President Donald Trump to eating establishments where they will be safe from being discriminated against or harassed for their political beliefs. Creator Scott Wallace told Fox & Friends that the 63red Safe app was created in response to reports of Trump administration officials being confronted in public, such as a June incident in which press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant. It is...

Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence's House Office Space March 12, 20191:40 PM ET Susan Davis The speaker giveth, and the speaker taketh away. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has reclaimed office space her predecessor, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., awarded to Vice President Pence. Republicans gave Pence, a former House member, a first-floor bonus office in the U.S. Capitol shortly after President Trump was inaugurated in 2017. The vice president rarely used the space, but it was a symbolic gesture of the warm relationship Pence enjoyed with Ryan and the House GOP. The vice president serves as the president of...

Meatless Mondays matter: In praise of New York City schools overhauling their menus once a week By Jessica Scott-Reid Mar 12, 2019 | 10:25 AM Building on a major expansion this past fall, Mayor de Blasio just announced that Meatless Mondays will be in public schools across the nation’s largest city starting next academic year. Not surprisingly, immediate online reactions ignited increasingly common debates over the consumption of animal products, from concerns about forcing vegetarianism on children, to calls to remove dairy as well. Ultimately though, eliminating meat from school meals one day a week is a positive and necessary...

'I'm not running': Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid for first time on camera in exclusive interview with News 12 Posted: Mar 04, 2019 8:00 PM EST Updated: Mar 04, 2019 8:12 PM EST "I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," she told News 12's Tara Rosenblum. In her first local TV interview since the midterm elections, the former first lady and secretary of state opened up about 2016, 2020 and beyond. She expressed deep concerns about the state of American politics today -- and vowed to be...

Using 'eco-friendly' products to 'kiss and make up to the planet' for going off on long-haul flights will NOT make up mankind's environmentally damaging habits Labels such as 'eco-friendly' cause individuals to chase misguided quick fixes Study found best intentions are counter-productive when it comes to nature Says stricter legislation would be a better way to guide consumer behaviour By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 10:44 EST, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 11:24 EST, 4 March 2019 Environmentally conscious individuals who purchase eco-friendly items in a bid to cancel out their negative impact on the planet are damaging the natural...

After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job By Philip Bump February 26 at 4:45 PM The text of the National Emergencies Act is clear. “Not later than six months after a national emergency is declared,” it reads, “and not later than the end of each six-month period thereafter that such emergency continues, each House of Congress shall meet to consider a vote on a concurrent resolution to determine whether that emergency shall be terminated.” In other words, once then-President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12170 in November 1979, invoking provisions of the law, both...

John Kerry: Disband your climate denial panel, Mr. President By John F. Kerry February 25 at 3:48 PM Many have become immune or anesthetized to the daily assault on truth that is the Trump presidency, an alternative reality where North Korea has denuclearized and Russia might not have attacked our elections in 2016. It would be laughable were it not dangerous. Presidents are supposed to hold consensus together, not invent fictions to fray it. But the administration’s most dangerous collision with facts has been its effort to paralyze U.S. efforts to join the nations of the world in confronting climate...

Elizabeth Warren opens door to reparations for Native Americans By Annie Linskey February 22 at 10:43 PM MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Friday evening that Native Americans should be “part of the conversation” on reparations, showing a willingness to expand the debate over whether minority groups that have faced discrimination should be financially compensated by the federal government. Warren is one of four Democratic presidential hopefuls who have said in recent days that they’re open to providing some type of reparations to African Americans who are descendants of people who were enslaved in the United States, although they’ve...

Pelosi’s Chief of Staff: Speaker Will Release Tax Returns ‘If and When She Runs for President’ By Emily Ward | February 22, 2019 | 11:55 AM EST (CNSNews.com) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) “will gladly release her tax returns if and when she runs for president,” said her Chief of Staff Drew Hammill, apparently indicating that, in Pelosi’s current position as speaker, she will not release her tax returns. When CNSNews.com repeatedly followed-up and asked Hammill to directly confirm that Pelosi, as speaker, would not release her tax returns, Hammill did not respond. Pelosi, who was born on March...

School helps students ‘nurture feminist masculinities’ during ‘Masculinities Month’ Aryssa Damron - Yale University •February 20, 2019 In contrast with ‘patriarchal masculinities’ The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at the University of Kansas has devoted the month of February to developing “feminist masculinities” and questioning “the collective socialization of men” through a slate of activities they’ve dubbed “Masculinities Month.” Eight events are scheduled for the month, ranging from DIY craft nights to a keynote address by a prominent anti-patriarchy writer. “Through these [events], the Emily Taylor Center encourages you to learn about and question the ‘collective socialization...

Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million Keith Coffman 3 Min Read (Reuters) - A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist in a January videotaped incident at the Lincoln Memorial. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kentucky by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann, 16, seeks $250 million in damages, the amount that Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com and the world’s richest person, paid for the Post...

Nation's Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn't Actually Happen February 18th, 2019 U.S.—The nation’s liberals were struck by a devastating blow this week after finding out a hate crime, reported by Empire actor Jussie Smollet, didn’t actually happen. “I needed this to be true,” said liberal columnist Hanna Spalding. “When I first heard the news of this attack, I was filled with so much hope. I felt so validated. Then that was taken away. Now I just want to cry into my pillow.” The attack had been called “a modern-day lynching” by democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker but after...

'Donald Trump is evil': Malia Obama's secret Facebook account reveals just how much former First Daughter hates her father's successor with post-it note picture liked by Biden's granddaughter Finnegan The Facebook page appears to have been used by Malia in her last year at high school and in her gap year It includes photos of the former first daughter traveling with friends and just before she started college Among the friends who feature regularly on it is 20-year-old Finnegan Biden, Joe Biden's granddaughter The girls became friends while attending school together during the Obama administration By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com...