Robert Laurie

Sorry, but you shouldn't buy into the 'Kid rock is running for Senate' story

It was tough to miss yesterday's revelation that Kid Rock was setting up a run for the Michigan Senate. Political sites, entertainment sites, and even local news sites were overrun with "Kid Rock sets sights on politics" stories. You'll notice the tale it did not appear here, despite the fact that two of the three regular writers reside in the Wolverine State.

MSNBC feminism expert: Ivanka can't be a feminist because her 'girlie dresses' are 'patriarchal' & send message that women are 'property'

Over the years, we've seen a lot of crazy things on MSNBC. We've seen tampon earrings, claims that your children belong to the collective, Joe Scarborough pretending to be a Republican, Keith Olbermann's career implosion, and calls for people to replace their private in-home elevators with staircases. If there's something crazy to be said, there's someone on MSNBC crazy enough to say it.

DNC Chair Tom Perez can't seem to say who the 'voice' or 'face' of the Democratic Party is

If wandering down the street in a vagina hat while shouting "hey hey ho ho" won elections, the Democrats would have nothing to worry about. Everyone acknowledges that leftists - who seem to have an awful lot of free time during what are normally work hours - are great at putting on a show. Marching, protesting, and rioting have become staples of the Dems' base. Unfortunately, outrage hasn't equated to votes.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 'confirmed information' that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed

According to a new Reuters report, there's some good news in the battle against ISIS. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is claiming that it has "confirmed information" indicating that a Russian attack killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Report: 'More than half' of James Comey's infamous 'personal memos' contained classified material

As you'll no doubt recall, during former FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony he claimed that he “understood" his memos to be nothing more than his "recollection recorded of my conversation with the president." Comey said that, "As a private citizen," he thought it was "important to get it out.” So, he decided to leak at least one of his memos to the press.

Pat Toomey says New Senate GOP healthcare bill is coming tonight. Can this one get to 50 votes?

When we last saw Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), he was telling us that the GOP didn't ready a bill to replace ObamaCare because they didn't think Trump would win. When he did, they were caught with their pants down. Now, with the most recent attempt seemingly dead in the water, he's promising yet another bill will make its debut tonight. If you're keeping count, this will be the third post-election stab at repealing, or "repealing and replacing," the Affordable Care Act.

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell praises Putin for answering questions

"Putin is evil. Putin is the boogeyman. We should be at war with Putin or, at the very least, we should be hammering him with sanctions so severe they'd trigger a newer, better, more intense cold war. Putin. Putin, Putin, Putin. Russia all the things."

Ted Cruz reiterates Trump's call to 'repeal THEN replace' if no one can agree on immediate replacement

Back in March, I argued that we shouldn't be looking at "repeal and replace." We should be looking at "repeal," full stop. Then we can try to pass some fixes that lower costs, stimulate competition, and address insurance availability for low-income individuals. That was just before the GOP tried - and embarrassingly failed - to pass a "repeal and replace" bill that vitually no one liked.

While seated next to President Nieto, Trump says he 'absolutely' wants Mexico to pay for the wall

As you probably know, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has been asked about paying for President Trump's border wall. His answer was "there's no way." People have debated whether he meant "there's no way" Mexico could pay for such a massive project, or if he was saying "there's no way" they would, but the gist is the same.

Pat Toomey says GOP wasn't ready with healthcare ...because they didn't think Trump would win

For some time, I've been arguing that the GOP should have had a plan to repeal ObamaCare ready - and on the President's desk - the week that Donald Trump took office. The ACA's elimination should have been a day one priority, then you could rest of the year working on healthcare fixes and tax reform. I've heard a whole pile of excuses about why that didn't happen and I've never really bought any of them.

CNN producer who said 'American voters are stupid as sh*t' doubles down - believes he said 'nothing wrong'

If there's one thing people despise more than the media constantly pushing left-wing agendas and narratives, it's the utter contempt with which they view the American people. It's clear that - like most coastal lefties - they view 'flyover country' as a massive swamp filled with inbred hillbillies and slobbering morons who are mentally incapable of recognizing the media's genius. In short "real people" are the problem and their media betters are the solution.

Even CNN is shocked when Paul Ryan's Dem challenger calls for $32 trillion in new taxes to pay for single-payer healthcare

Meet Randy Bryce. He's a Wisconsin iron worker, a union organizer, a Democrat, and a newly announced candidate seeking to de-throne Paul Ryan in 2018. He's also a big proponent of single-payer healthcare - a socialist dream where the same government that can't successfully run a post office is put in charge of every American's physical well-being.

CNNBlackmail trends on Twitter after 'news' network threatens to expose identity of Trump wrestling gif creator

All CNN had to do was let it go. If they'd just roasted President Trump for posting goofy memes on Twitter, when he should probably be dealing with bigger issues, they would have been fine. They would have scored a nice little point, made the President look juvenile, and they could have moved on having briefly claimed some moral high ground.

New photographic evidence that Amelia Earhart survived her flight, only to die in Japanese custody?

There's no politics here, just an interesting story that could re-write a slice of American history. Investigators from the National Archives have revealed a formerly top-secret photograph that appears to show Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands - sometime after their historic, ill-fated, flight.

Three states refuse to give voter roll data to President's commission on election integrity

Yesterday, we learned that President Trump’s commission on election integrity fired off a letter to all 50 state governments. In it was a request for voter roll data including "including their names, birthdays, the last four digits of their Social Security numbers and their voting history dating back to 2006." So far, three states - California, Virginia, and Kentucky - have signaled that they will not honor the request.

SCOTUS ruling causes Feds to abandon Washington Redskins trademark fight

Last week, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the Matal v. Tam case. Other decisions garnered bigger headlines, so you may not have heard about it. Here's the story, in a nutshell: Simon Tam is the front man of an all-Asian-American rock band called "The Slants."

Good News! Poll shows Democrats haven't learned their lesson - want to keep Pelosi in leadership position

If you enjoy watching Democrats lose, congratulations are in order. You've just gotten some very good news in the form of a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

Bernie Sanders ignores actual Hillary conspiracy to pin his wife's FBI investigation on Trump conspiracy

Yesterday, we talked about how Bernie ran away from questions regarding a certain FBI bank fraud investigation and the fact that he and his wife have "lawyered up." Today, we have a new clip.

Sarah Palin sues New York Times over editorial linking her to Gabrielle Giffords shooting

Well, well, well. It looks like Sarah Palin has finally had enough of the Gray Lady's lies. News broke last night that she is going to sue the New York Times for defamation - a claim stemming from the Times Editorial Board's decision to once again portray her as the inspiration for the Gabrielle Giffords shooting. I previously discussed the story here, but in case you missed it, here's the short version.

Watch as newly 'lawyered-up' Bernie Sanders dodges question about FBI bank fraud investigation

Over the weekend, you may have seen Chuck Todd worm his way through an utterly worthless 7-minute interview with Bernie Sanders. Bernie's wife is at the center of an FBI investigation into alleged bank fraud, and Senator Sanders may also be implicated because there's some indication that he used his position to pressure the bank into approving a bad loan.