Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) sent out dueling press releases on Tuesday: one celebrating the House passage of legislation that included debt relief for her native Somalia—and a second explaining her decision to vote against that legislation.
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2019 Man of the Year: Quentin Tarantino
For producing one of the best films of the year—one in which dirty hippies get the beatings they deserve; one that the Chinese authoritarians can’t stomach—the Washington Free Beacon is honored to name Quentin Tarantino a man of the year.
How Trump Won 2019
President Trump ends 2019 in a better position than when he started…He heads to Mar-a-Lago impeached but defiant, with a new NAFTA and a “Phase One” China deal, Space Force, 185 federal judges, the lowest unemployment in half a century, a stock market that has increased by 50 percent since Election Day 2016, a unified party, and an opposition barreling toward a confusing and bruising primary.
Trump Makes History Again
Donald J. Trump made history again on Wednesday, joining Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton as the third president since America’s founding to be “impeached” by his enemies in Congress.
Dem Senate Candidate Uses Disaster Porn to Scare Voters
Colorado Democratic Senate candidate and former state house speaker Andrew Romanoff on Monday released a new ad showing the “hellscape” he says will come about if the government doesn’t stop climate change.
AOC Tells Brits to Vote for Corbyn’s Labour Party
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Thursday tweeted her support for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a socialist running to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Iowa Warren Backer Praised “Immortal Leader” Arafat
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D., Mass.) presidential campaign promoted the endorsement of an Iowan who has called pro-Israel politicians “puppets” and heads an extreme anti-Israel organization that has lavished praise on Palestinian terrorist Yasser Arafat.
Biden Paid Women Less Than Men Each of His 35 Years as Senator
Women working for Biden made as little as 44 cents for each dollar earned by men, a Free Beacon analysis finds.
Bloomberg Fumbles Facts, Laws in Gun-Control Policy Rollout
Bloomberg appeared to misunderstand what the FBI’s firearms background check system does, seemed to make up a new “loophole” in federal gun laws, and made questionable claims about gun use among young people during a campaign speech in Aurora, Colo. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars boosting the gun-control movement, Bloomberg’s comments suggest he lacks a basic familiarity with the details of firearms laws, sales, and operation.
Rashida Tlaib Headlines Anti-Semitic Hate Fest
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) was the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by a Muslim organization that traffics in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and that counts among its supporters those who seek Israel’s destruction.
AOC Falsely Claims She Fast-Tracked HIV Drugs to Market
Responding to President Trump’s criticism of House Democrats, the progressive congresswoman fabricated a personal achievement by claiming that she “took on Big Pharma” with “colleagues in hearings that brought PrEP generic a year early” in a tweet last week.
Review of Mark Halperin’s New Book “How to Beat Trump”
In his introduction, Halperin teases the reader by promising the “unvarnished, fuss-free, straight-talking, no-nonsense, God’s-honest, real-news truth” from the experts he interviewed. It is a preview of things to come, but only in the sense that it betrays the author’s pathological obsession with adjectives. One is never enough.
Washington Post Whitewashes British Labour Party’s Anti-Semitism
The Washington Post is under fire for saying Britain’s Labour Party is unfairly criticized as anti-Semitic, despite numerous examples of the party and its leaders demonizing Jews and denying the Holocaust.
Dark Money Network Funneled $620 Million to Liberal Initiatives Last Year
Democratic donors used an intricate dark money network to obscure the source of more than $600 million funneled to liberal groups and initiatives last year, tax forms show.
Warren, Who Flipped Foreclosed Homes for Profit, Laments Lack of Affordable Housing
Warren made no acknowledgment of her history of house-flipping. In the 1990s, Warren, then a law professor at Harvard, made hundreds of thousands of dollars rehabbing homes she bought at rock-bottom prices.
NY Times Columnist Speaks at Secretive Liberal Donor Club Gathering
New York Times columnist and CBS News political analyst Jamelle Bouie addressed a closed-door gathering of the Democratic Party’s top donors last week in potential violation of the paper’s ethical guidelines, which prohibit paid speeches to political groups and urge staff members to be “especially sensitive to the appearance of partiality when they address groups that might figure in coverage they provide.”
Serial Groper Al Franken Mingles with Wealthy Dem Donors
Disgraced Democratic senator Al Franken was spotted on Wednesday mingling with top Democratic Party donors in Washington, D.C.—just two months after a ninth woman emerged to accuse the comedian turned lawmaker of sexual harassment and two years after Democratic donors took steps to prevent sexual harassment in their own ranks.
Texas Dem Caught Carrying Envelope of Cocaine
Texas Democratic state representative Alfonso “Poncho” Nevárez was caught on video surveillance dropping an envelope containing cocaine at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Impeachment Hearings Produce Shocking Evidence of Moral Corruption
Bombshell document suggests Washington, D.C., is a cesspool of bitter libs.
Obama-Holder Group Drops $300K into Louisiana
A group backed by President Barack Obama and led by former attorney general Eric Holder sent $300,000 to Louisiana Democrats in the closing days of the governor’s race, filings show.
24,000 Voter Records in Florida Country Contain Errors
The findings raise concerns in the swing state one year out from the 2020 elections. It was Florida’s election results that sent the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore to the Supreme Court.
Mark Halperin’s Book “How to Beat Trump” Sells Just 502 Copies in First Week
Just six reviews of the book have been posted to Amazon, one of which is titled “Write what you know, Mark.” In it, user Ball Student wrote, “He’d be better off avoiding speculation and sticking to areas he has extensive experience in: groping female employees.”
Dance Legend Sean Spicer Causes Bitter Libs to Lose Faith in Democracy
Sean Spicer must be getting tired of winning. The beloved former White House press secretary advanced to the next round on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars on Monday thanks to the overwhelming support of the voting public.
Free College Plans Leave Vast Majority Worse Off
The “free” college plans touted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and other Democratic presidential hopefuls will require radical tax hikes and leave 86 percent of American households worse off, a recent study found.