"Bernie Sanders was praising the Chavez socialist revolution in Venezuela right up until the point where they ran out of toilet paper—at which case it finally became 'not real socialism.'"
CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s mockery of White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was snide and condescending. Anderson’s ridicule of Grisham is in the tradition of the mainstream media’s inevitable verbal attacks on conservative women.
"When I have economic freedom, I have the ability to grow my business, support myself and my children as a single mom. I have the freedom to care for my parents. I have the freedom to make decisions for myself. And to me that’s appealing."
Some activists want courts to make the law or to change laws they don't like. But that job belongs to the elected representatives of the people. If people think laws should change, they can elect representatives who promise reform. The role of the courts is to interpret and apply the law as written, not respond to political pressure.
Senator Marsha Blackburn joined "She Thinks" podcast to discuss the tough issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). She and her colleagues in the Senate have made strides to protect young girls and women from FGM in the U.S., making it clear that Americans will not tolerate the abuse. Senator Blackburn gives an update on her legislation and recommends what else can be done to fully eradicate this human rights atrocity.
Christina Hoff Sommers takes a look at new evaluations of the study in the Wall Street Journal.The study was unchallenged for almost twenty years. When they ran the numbers again, surprises emerged: "The screens seemed to help women in preliminary audition rounds but men in semifinal rounds. None of the findings were strong enough to draw broad conclusions one way or the other."
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that would expand the types of people who can request a so-called Red Flag Restraining Order, an order that temporarily takes guns away from gun owners due to reports that they pose a risk. Even the usually left-leaning ACLU opposes California’s enhanced ERPO law, since it “poses a significant threat to civil liberties.”
Senator Elizabeth Warren was asked half a dozen times whether she would raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for Medicare-for-All. She. Dodged. It. Every. Time. Warren needs to be honest and tell Americans that under her leadership, her answer to improving health care would be higher taxes and delayed care.
