Tag Archives: Rand Paul

Overnight Shutdown, What Did They Know?

Friday, February 9, 2018

Short Shutdown: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul kept Congress up all night, blocking a budget vote and causing a six-hour government shutdown. Paul delivered a long and impassioned speech condemning the hypocrisy of his own party for deepening the national deficit …

26 Dead in Texas Church, The Russia Ring

Monday, November 6, 2017

The American Cancer: Twenty-six people are dead after a shooting in a Baptist church in tiny Sutherland Springs southeast of San Antonio, Texas. The dead range in age from 5 to 72, including the pastor’s 14-year-old daughter. One woman said …

Meaning of Progressive, Trump Tantrum

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Will Work for Change: In a New Hampshire town hall meeting last night Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton staked out their ground on which is the true “progressive” candidate. “I do not know any progressive who has a super pac …

Obama’s State of Union, Alabama Again

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

State of the Union: President Obama in his final State of the Union address tonight is expected to depart from the usual political agenda and make a direct appeal to the voting public to determine the direction of the country …

Making America Grate, LA School Shutdown

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Debatable: The Republican presidential candidates beat up each other last night over terrorism, immigration, and Donald Trump’s call to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the country. Rand Paul: “I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the …

Bin Laden’s Books, Biker Weapons

Thursday, May 21, 2015

—From Harrisburg, PA.   Bin Readin: Osama bin Laden read books on everything from American politics to grand conspiracy theories, according to documents and a list of books taken in the 2011 raid in which bin Laden was killed. The …

Target Hillary, Obama Frustration, Fast Billion

Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Long Campaign: Republican presidential hopefuls gathered in New Hampshire this weekend opened fire on their prime target; Hillary Clinton. Rand Paul got a standing ovation when he said about Clinton’s performance in the attack on the Benghazi consulate, “I …

Cop Charged With Murder, London Caper

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Cop Charged: A white South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder after the release of a video showing him shooting an unarmed black man in the back as he ran away. Patrolman Michael Slager fired his pistol eight …

Bomber Goes to Jury, Paul Declares for President

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Boston Bomber: The case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has gone to the jury after a day of impassioned closing arguments by prosecutors and his lawyer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty told the jurors yesterday, “This was a cold, …

Rolling Stone Retracts, Kenya Bombs Shabab

Monday, April 6, 2015

The Virginia Report: After the release of a report last night slamming its journalistic practices, Rolling Stone Magazine completely retracted its story published last November about a purported gang rape in a University of Virginia fraternity house. The story gained …