Democratic Members / Activists Demand Reparations

Democratic Members / Activists Demand ReparationsJonathan Turley – “It’s time to pay.” Those four words from Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) are being heard a lot by Democratic politicians across the country this month. For Bush, the debt amounts to $14 trillion for reparations for every black American.

In California, activists are demanding as much as $5 million per black resident and asking Gov. Gavin Newsom “where’s the money.” One member of Newsom’s Reparations Task Force demanded that the state pay its “sin bill.” Continue reading

The Counterattack of Reason

The Counterattack of ReasonClarice Feldman – For some time, optimists like me have had to work hard to keep believing that reason will prevail. I now think, as reality sets in, my faith in reason, though too long delayed, is not unwarranted. This week is, I think, the beginning of the end for some nutty thinking and policies.

Climate Change

I’ve always believed that destroying the world’s economies and impoverishing poor people around the globe in a narcissistic belief that man can control the climate was lunacy. Continue reading

Oakland Police Chief May Get Fired for Following Federal Immigration Law

Conservative Zone – Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick is the subject of an internal affairs investigation and a formal complaint filed by a city commissioner. She’s also being questioned by furious City Council members for allegedly helping federal authorities arrest an illegal immigrant in a sanctuary city.

On the job for less than a year, Kirkpatrick has quickly fallen out of favor with the left-leaning leadership of the city she’s vowed to protect. Sworn in as Oakland’s first female police chief in February, Kirkpatrick was widely touted as an experienced progressive reformer. Oakland’s top cop has admitted that she dispatched police officers to help federal agents during a human trafficking investigation at an Oakland home on August 16, 2017. Continue reading