Author: John Hawkins

Al Sharpton’s Chicago town hall erupts: People want jobs, not gun control

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The: Rev. Al Sharpton: held a town hall meeting in: Chicago’s Hyde ParkThursday to address: gun violence, but the discussion quickly turned to: linking the problem to the city’s unemployment. “I have heard that some black folks think I am here to take over,” Sharpton said, according to: DNAinfo. “But I say to them, ‘How can I take over when black […]

 

Phil Robertson Doubles Down: No Apologies. He Meant What He Said.

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It’s incredibly refreshing to have someone under attack by the Left’s political correctness police who’s willing to stand firm instead of whimpering and hiding in a corner because he wants to make it all go away. Phil Robertson has spoken out for the first time since his homophobic comments in a magazine interview went public […]

 

Cracker Barrel Caves In And Brings Back Duck Dynasty Products!

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Although most of the Duck Dynasty sponsors hung in there after the A&E suspension, Cracker Barrel yanked SOME of their Duck Dynasty merchandise. What they were trying to accomplish was ambiguous to begin with because they noted from the beginning that they were keeping the Duck Commander brand merchandise which is owned by the Robertson […]

 

Claim: Robertson Family Says A&E Is Discriminating Against Us For Being Christian

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Aren’t they? While A&E certainly has a right to dump the most successful cable show in America for being Christian, Christians have a right to respond by refusing to watch A&E. Sources within the close-knit Louisiana clan say they are convinced A&E are manipulating the controversial situation to bring them — and particularly Robertson — […]

 

Sources: Duck Dynasty Is About To Be Cancelled

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The Robertsons are close, Christian, popular and rich. That means A&E can’t push them around — and they’re telling the network, “No Phil, no show.” Well, it looks like that’s going to : mean “No show.” On Friday, sources close to the Duck Dynasty Robertson family told E! Online that the family was “very serious” about […]

 

Phil Robertson Spent The Night After He Was Suspended Praying For A Woman With Cancer

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Phil Robertson is 67 years old, he’s well known, he has a pile of money, his family is behind him and he’s a devoted Christian. If A&E execs think they’re going to yank this guy around like a puppet and silence him, they have another think coming. In fact, he wasn’t sweating it after his […]

 

Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal All Stand Up For Phil Robertson

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Republican politicians are not a particularly courageous lot. As often as not, they give in the first time they’re challenged. Of course, there are a few exceptions and they’re standing up for Phil Robertson’s right to express his Christian beliefs. It’s no surprise that one of them is former vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Free speech […]

 

THE END OF DUCK DYNASTY? The Robertson Family: If Phil Goes, We All Go.

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A&E has really stepped in it by suspending Phil Robertson. Not only are the A&E power players being hit with massive blowback, but it may cost them the #1 show on cable television. Here’s what the family had to say in a statement on their website. We want to thank all of you for your […]

 

The 30 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2013 (10th Annual)

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30) Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a Belieber.’ — Justin Bieber after a visit to Anne Frank’s house. 29) Don’t condemn the gangbangers, they’ve got guns that are trafficked – that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into […]

 

The Right Wing News Survey On Phil Robertson’s Suspension From Duck Dynasty

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As you may know, Phil Robertson was indefinitely suspended from Duck Dynasty for taking a pretty standard Christian position on homosexuality and we here at Right Wing News want to know how you feel about it. So, you can vote in the poll here. Once again, you can vote in the poll here. Also see,

 

VOTER FRAUD ALERT IN OHIO: Illegal Aliens Voted In The 2012 Election

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Liberals keep claiming we don’t need to take any serious steps to try to prevent voter fraud, which seems a bit suspicious in light of the fact that people you’d expect to vote for Democrats keep getting caught committing voter fraud. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Wednesday that his office found 17 non-citizens […]

 

Democrats Cut Money For Military Vets In Order To Spend It On Welfare For Illegals

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Whatever happened to putting Americans first? Senate Republicans were unable to stop military pension cuts when Senate Democrats blocked a vote on an amendment to prevent the cuts by closing a welfare loophole for illegal immigrants Tuesday evening. The two-year budget deal brokered by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray and House Budget Committee Chairman […]

 

Phil Robertson Suspended From Duck Dynasty After Stating Christian Views On Homosexuality

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Phil Robertson didn’t say anything hateful. He didn’t slam gay Americans. He just took the standard Christian position of homosexuality and he was suspended from Duck Dynasty by A&E for it. A&E has placed Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson on indefinite hiatus following anti-gay remarks he made in a recent profile in GQ. “We are […]

 

The Top 15 Referrers To Right Wing News For 2013

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Here are RWN’s top referrers for 2013 in visits (no search engines, social media or traffic trade services included). Feel free to go check a few of these blogs out. After all, it’s only fair to send them a little traffic back for helping out RWN so much. Also, as a point of comparison — […]

 

Rand Paul prepares to file class-action lawsuit against the NSA

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Rand Paul IS NOT OKAY with the NSA’s Orwellian snooping on law abiding American citizens. After months of consideration, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is moving closer to filing a lawsuit in federal court against National Security Agency surveillance programs. A senior Paul staffer says U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s Monday decision that NSA opponents […]

 

Chief justice at the Vatican’s highest court: “It Makes Perfect Sense” To Deny Communion To Pro-Abortion Politicians

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This actually does MAKE PERFECT SENSE. To deny Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians who are Catholic, such as Secretary of State John Kerry, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, “makes perfect sense” because it is a discipline that goes back to St. Paul, “the very first years […]

 

Congressman Tom Rice Pushes House Vote That Would Allow Republicans To Take Obama To Court

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This is the best idea a Republican has had since Rand Paul’s drone filibuster. Rep. Tom Rice – the South Carolina lawmaker who’s drafted a resolution to take President Barack Obama to court for tweaking the Affordable Care Act without congressional approval – says he wants to serve the commander-in-chief notice that he can’t selectively […]

 

5 Things Obamacare Teaches You About Liberals

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1) It’s inherently dishonest: In many ways, Obamacare is a typical liberal program. Unfortunately for Barack Obama, there are two key differences. The first is that the Affordable Care Act was implemented on a short enough timetable for people to remember the promises that were made about it. Furthermore, because it is such an enormous […]

 

My Appearance On Fox Business To Discuss The Minimum Wage

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So last week, I drove to Alexandria for a business meeting. I had 2 1/2 hours sleep, drove 7 hours through both rain and snow and was completely exhausted when I arrived. However, when I checked my email, I found that Fox Business was inviting me to go on Money with Melissa Francis. Of course, […]

 

BLOCKBUSTER CLAIM: Members Of The Saudi Arabian Government Were Involved In 9/11

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Saudi Arabia has always been complicated. The country is ruled by a royal family that is afraid of radical Islam because they fear they’ll be overthrown by terrorists like Al-Qaeda, but they also use their oil money to encourage the spread of radical Islam across the world. In other words, they have an internal struggle […]

 

THE NRA WAS RIGHT: Good Guy With Gun Stopped Shooter At Arapahoe High

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When liberals were demanding new gun control laws after Sandy Hook, the NRA not only opposed them, it offered up a workable solution: armed guards in schools. You may like that idea or you may not, but unlike new gun control laws, there’s a chance that idea could actually stop school shootings. In fact, an […]

 

Republican Congressman Trey Gowdy: Obama’s Disregard of the Law ‘Has Reached an Unprecedented Level’

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Trey Gowdy may not be able to stop Obama from fiddling while America burns, but at least he’s calling him on it, which is more than can be said for a lot of Republicans. South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that the Obama administration’s deliberate flouting of congressional law “has reached an unprecedented […]

 

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Introduces Plan to Bypass Obamacare Exchanges

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I haven’t picked the candidate I’ll be backing for President in 2016, but at this early date, I have to say that Scott Walker is looking pretty good. He’s a governor from a purple state, he could probably flip Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes our way, he showed he has the courage to stand up for […]

 

My Favorite 75 Personal Tweets from 2013

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In no particular order, from my Twitter account,: @johnhawkinsrwn. Liberalism is for people who prioritize security over prosperity, dependence over independence and collectivism over individualism. #tcot – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 13, 2013 There’s nobody dumber than someone who can be replaced by a 17 year old with two weeks of training going on strike. #fastfoodworkers […]

 

10 Quotes That Help Explain Why So Many Conservatives Don’t Trust The Republican Party

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If things are going badly, we’re told the GOP should compromise on what it believes in to start winning elections again. If things are going well, we’re told we must turn a blind eye to the GOP abandoning its beliefs so as not to ruin the great year we’re going to have. The establishment Republicans […]

 

30 Republican Congressman Want to Take Obama to Court For Not Faithfully Executing Laws

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Wow, is this long overdue. Congressman Tom Rice of South Carolina, a Republican, is sponsoring a resolution in the House of Representatives that would, if adopted, direct the legislative body “to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch.” In other words, Rep. […]

 

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) Charges Sebelius With “Criminal Obstruction”

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The Repubican Party in D.C. isn’t exactly loaded up with street fighters who’re willing to go toe-to-toe with the Obama Administration in order to protect the country, but Darrell Issa is cut out of a different mold than most of these wimps. The lead congressman investigating HealthCare.gov’s dismal performance during its first two months online […]

 

Republican House Leader John Boehner Turns on Conservatives Who Are Angry About Deficit Sell-Out

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The problem with Republicans like Paul Ryan and John Boehner is that they talk a great game and they even vote the right way when it doesn’t matter, but when it’s time to actually take action, they always work with Democrats to undermine conservatives. If you want to know why so many conservatives are deeply […]