August 16 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where the Justice Department pursues cases of election fraud despite President Biden’s argument that it hardly exists. Fred Lucas reports. Tea party activist Jenny Beth Martin tells our Doug Blair that an expanded IRS plays like a bad rerun. On the podcast,  journalist- lawyer Greta Van Susteren weighs in on the FBI’s raid of Donald Trump’s home. Plus:  why D.C. schools won’t allow 4 out of 10 black teens to return and Dennis Prager on the secularizing America’s youth. Forty-five years ago today, rock ‘n’ roll great Elvis Presley dies at 42 in his Graceland mansion of a heart attack likely aggravated by addiction to prescription barbiturates. 

 
 
 
NEWS
Biden Dismisses Voter Fraud, but His Justice Department Keeps Prosecuting It
By Fred Lucas

The Biden administration’s Justice Department successfully prosecuted election fraud cases last month in Pennsylvania and Louisiana, even as the president asserts that voter fraud is a myth.
NEWS
As DC Plans to Ban 40% of Black Teens From School, Mayor Rejects DC COVID-19 Vaccine Numbers
By Douglas Blair

Washington, D.C. students aged 12 and up will have to be vaccinated or they will be unable to attend school in person.
ANALYSIS
The Mar-a-Lago Raid: What Happened and What’s Next
By John G. Malcolm

One complicating factor for the Justice Department is Trump’s claim that the documents that were seized did not contain classified information because he had declassified them while he was president.
COMMENTARY
Why Are So Many Young Americans Irreligious? The Secular Brainwash Is the First Reason
By Dennis Prager

Virtually every student is taught the secular mantra that "more people have been killed by religion—or 'in the name of God'—than by anything else."
ANALYSIS
Greta Van Susteren Talks FBI Raid, Threat of China
By Samantha Renck

Greta Van Susteren discusses the FBI raid on Trump's Florida home, China's growing aggression, and her new Newsmax TV show.
NEWS
'Chilling Effect': After Being Targeted by IRS in 2013, Conservative Leader Worried About 87,000 New IRS Agents
By Douglas Blair

"The people at the IRS who broke laws were never held accountable,” says Jenny Beth Martin, a founder of Tea Party Patriots.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Europe's Descending Into Climate Lockdowns. Will America Be Next?
By Michael Bastasch

In Germany, traffic lights are being shut off, and they're turning off city fountains. The Netherlands is urging citizens to shower less, and Spain is literally regulating people’s thermostats.
 
     
 
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