Author: Ashley Herzog

Probably fearing a Waco-style public relations disaster, the federal Bureau of Land Management ended their standoff with the Bundy family in Nevada last weekend. Now comes the fallout: Republican Congressman Steve Stockman wrote an open letter accusing the government of conducting an illegal “paramilitary raid” against the Bundy family.   Stockman argues that–surprise, surprise–the government […]

South Carolina’s Superintendent of Education announced on Monday that the state is pulling out of Common Core standardized testing. This Common Core deal is turning out to be a real dud, isn’t it? Superintendent of Education Mick Zais sent a letter to state Board of Education members informing them of the move — after he […]

Florida resident Toni Phelps will spend a year behind bars for allowing her pets, three dogs and three cats, to starve inside her foreclosed home. While Phelps claimed she left them in her boyfriend’s care, the court determined Phelps was the only person with access to the house and knew the animals were suffering. Authorities […]

Can Michigan judge John McBain get his own show, a la Judge Judy? This guy is awesome! After convicted killer Camia Gamet snickered in court, McBain tore into her, saying “I hope you die” and threatening to duct-tape her mouth shut. It was more than deserved, inasmuch as the killer interrupted emotional testimony from the […]

This is the face of a remorseless killer.:  On April 1, 16-year-old Simeon Adams shot a young father-to-be during a senseless robbery. (The victim, Nathan Trapuzzano, had only a $23 MP3 player and a wedding band on him.) When Adams appeared in court, this is what he looked like. Who does he think he is, […]

Feminists are always accusing Republicans of not caring about rape, or worse, tacitly supporting it. Someone should alert them that Harry Reid blocked Republicans’ request to vote on a bill that would process rape kits faster. Republican Mitch McConnell took Reid to task for blocking the vote. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., scheduled a […]

How’s this for outrageous? The IRS is collecting decades-old debts from the children and grandchildren of people who owe money to the government. In 2011, Congress lifted a 10-year statute of limitations on debts owed to the government, allowing them to pursue relatives who had nothing to do with the debt. The measure also allows […]

Here’s another dispatch from the religion of peace! A Muslim politician in India says if rapists are going to be punished, their victims should be, too–preferably with death. Mulayam Singh Yadav lamented that “nothing happens to women” who are raped. His comments were clarified by the state Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Abu Azmi. He further […]

I’ve always believed that “climate change” fanatics have ulterior motives besides saving the planet. They use it as justification to control how we live, eat, reproduce, travel, et cetera. And few quotes capture their authoritarian nature better than this one: “I’d like nothing better than if thousands of middle-class white people died in an extreme […]

The Voter Integrity Project of North Carolina found that in 2012, tens of thousands of people committed voter fraud in the state, and the national number may have reached one million. A shocking 35,750 people were found to have likely voted in North Carolina and one other state. The duplicate vote finding is based on […]

A few weeks ago, I reported on a judge who ruled that the border fence has a “disparate impact” on “minority communities.” The next logical step, of course, is for liberals to create affirmative action programs for border-jumpers. Denver public schools are recruiting illegals as teachers. The superintendent called illegals “role models” for students. “We […]

Behold, the decline of American culture! A San Diego woman was arrested on charges of soliciting forcible rape on a woman who purchased the home she wanted. Prosecutors say Kathy Rowe posted graphic online sex ads in the victim’s name, inviting men to have sex with her “while I say no.” Rowe’s ad for the […]

How is it that Democrats can get away with belching out racially offensive comments and stay in office? Last month, Alabama state representative Alvin Holmes said he’d give $100,000 to anyone who could prove “a bunch of whites” had adopted black children in the state. Now, he might have to pay up. On Wednesday, a […]

Cash-strapped states are using an obscure provision in Obamacare to enroll prison inmates in Medicaid, thereby shifting the financial burden to the feds. The prisoners are being enrolled under the Medicaid expansion–and will still have it when they go free. Ohio, Illinois and Iowa are among the states trying to offload the rising costs of […]

This story has been called “the biggest Common Core outrage yet”–and that’s in a crowded field with strong contenders. Katherine Duran, a Common Core critic, has been suspended from her 12-year-old son’s school for two weeks–and threatened with arrest if she disobeys. It started when Duran signed an opt-out form for her son and gave […]

Well, this is enraging. Rep. Mike Rogers, the House Intel Committee Chair, says Obama knows where the Benghazi terrorists are hiding, but refuses to go after them because of his “kinder, gentler approach” to terrorism. He revealed this information to Time Magazine this week. We have numerous people that we know participated in the Benghazi […]

Jeremy Brent Cramer, the man who murdered his 3-year-old in a Montana field after his wife threatened to leave him, will spend the rest of his life in prison. The killer’s ex-wife, Nataliya, called Cramer an “animal,” but I think even that gives him too much credit. I’d go with “the scum of the Earth.” […]

A Virginia apartment complex is threatening to evict a Marine for displaying the American flag. The vet, Manuel E. Vega, served three combat tours in Iraq. Apparently, the complex allows flowers and holiday decorations, but not tacky stuff like the flag. The Salem Run Apartment Homes in Fredericksburg, Va., initially warned Vega about the flags, […]

A trainee lawyer in England accused her boyfriend of rape 11 times to get out of taking the bar exam. When the police caught on to the deception, they arrested her, and she’s now on trial. The police say Rhiannon Brooker’s “active social life” was one reason she kept putting off exams with false accusations. […]

Mississippi governor Phil Bryant says he will sign The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which protects residents from state laws or local ordinances that violate their religious freedoms. It passed 79-43 in the state House of Representatives and 37-14 in the Senate on Tuesday. Predictably, the ACLU is trying to butt in, claiming the bill “legalizes […]

24-year-old Coloradan Megan McKeon is facing felony child abuse charges for leaving her 3-year-old at home alone for 20 hours while she worked and spent the night with her boyfriend. When she finally returned, the boy, Austin Davis, was face-up on the floor with his eyes open, dead after fending for himself overnight. (The reaction […]

All I could think while watching this video was, “Nailed it.” This immigrant’s passionate defense of gun rights is a must-see. The immigrant, Henson Ong, schooled the native-born on facts they should know about gun control but don’t. The video has already racked up over 100,000 views on YouTube. During a public hearing on gun […]

Fifty-five of Colorado’s sixty-two sheriffs are ignoring new gun control laws they consider unenforceable, such as restrictions on magazine capacity. Weld County Sheriff John Cooke says it’s “not his job” to arrest law-abiding gun owners on unconstitutional grounds. “They’ve turned law-abiding citizens into criminals,” Cooke said. “They banned magazines that hold more than 15 rounds […]

A Washington man will serve 16 years in prison for beating his newborn daughter and then leaving her in a freezer for an hour while he napped. The baby’s mother came home just in time to rescue her from the freezer–and thank God for that. It’s hard to imagine the pain and fear this helpless […]

A Minnesota couple who collected $165,000 in government assistance had a $3 million fortune and lived on a yacht in Florida, it was revealed last week. Lady Andrea and Colin Chisholm, who are described as “Scottish aristocrats,” are now on the run from authorities. The couple bilked taxpayers in two different states for seven years […]

What could possibly go wrong here? The U.S. government is giving free high-tech military equipment to Russia. Members of Congress discovered this last week while reviewing the 2014 budget. Behind closed doors the U.S. government is giving Russia free military equipment–also used to train American troops–even after President Obama announced punitive sanctions against Moscow and, […]

I’ll grant Democrats one thing: they sure have a lot of nerve. An Obamacare agency in California sent out voter registration cards already marked for Democrats. This ploy was apparently the work of Covered California, the state-run agency responsible for implementing Obamacare. Even after ACORN and Al Franken’s Senate race, I’m still shocked by the […]

Here’s proof that combating “climate change” will bring about a tsunami of intrusive–yet laughably futile–government regulations. The Obama administration wants to crack down on cows who create “methane emissions” by passing gas. The idea of a bunch of bureaucrats passing regulations on cow “emissions” is mind-bogglingly ridiculous. What are they going to do, fine the […]

You know what they say about karma. A Florida woman named Tracy Lynn Sloan filmed an aggressive driver tailgating and giving the finger minutes before he crashed. The police used the video to track down the driver, Jeffrey Travis White, and arrest him. Luckily, he did not hit any other vehicles, but he careened into […]

Anyone who took high school economics could see this coming. Waterford, Michigan-based Yankee One Dollar Store is closing all its remaining locations, blaming Obamacare and a hike in the minimum wage. Duh. Raising the minimum wage doesn’t help if it means there will be even fewer jobs to go around, which is definitely the case […]