FLASHBACK: Politicians and bureaucrats are America’s ruling class and they should start paying a price for failure. Accountability isn’t just for little guys.

via usatoday: Our Constitution forbids the creation of “titles of nobility.”  The Framers thought it was important enough that the prohibition appears twice, once forbidding the federal government from doing it, and elsewhere extending the ban to the states. And Americans, to the extent that they give the question any thought at all, probably think that … Read more

Why The Mainstream Media Is Beating The Iran War Drums: Plunging Ratings!

via Zerohedge: Following President Trump’s upset election in 2016 followed by more than two years of constant ‘Russiagate’ coverage, there now appears to be a “Trump slump” across all forms of media as we wait for what promises to be popcorn-worthy debates between Trump and his Democratic challenger in 2020. Top news executives have told Axios‘s … Read more

ANDREW MALCOLM: With 20 candidates vying for airtime, will this week’s Democratic debates matter?

via mcclatchydc: If lucky, each candidate might get a total of maybe 10 minutes on camera, not much to describe their biography, positions on select hot-button topics, offer rebuttals and, since this is TV, likely offer a memorable zinger to stand out from the crowd. Each will have an individual strategy. Frontrunner Joe Biden, for instance, … Read more

Maxine Waters’ Hate for Trump Runs So Deep She Is Willing to Take Iran’s Side

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is in hot water after “repeating the lies of the Iranian regime” and claiming that Trump provoked Iran in a tweet posted Sunday evening. On Sunday, Waters tweeted that President Trump gets “no credit” for “so-called stopping the strike against Iran.” “Why was the unmanned drone in Iran’s airspace?” she asked. … Read more

To Hell With The Naysayers— Josh Hawley Is Right About Big Tech

via amgreatness: David French and his fellow peacetime conservatives are at it again, wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth as U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) takes a run at curtailing the immense power of Big Tech. As French channels Neville Chamberlain, the fact is that unless the tech companies are forcefully confronted, now, in the immediate, our self-governing republic … Read more

Apple again led the S&P 500 in stock buybacks, spending $23.8 billion in Q1 — more than twice as much as the No. 2 company.

via axios: Data: S&P Global; Chart: Harry Stevens/Axios Apple again led S&P 500 companies in buybacks, spending a new record $23.8 billion in Q1, more than doubling its spend from the previous quarter, data from S&P Global shows. Context: Apple has long been a buyback behemoth. The company holds 8 of the 10 all-time records for quarterly … Read more

ALERT: Nancy Pelosi BUTCHERS Speech At Fundraising Dinner And Even Forgets WHERE SHE IS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f6tiJjbC4U Caitlin Burchill from NBC Connecticut reports, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats to defend democracy at the Connecticut party’s annual fundraising dinner in Hartford Friday night. Local democratic leaders were thrilled to welcome her, touting her tough stance against President Trump and Republican policies. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/l…