Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Union official claims eavesdropping lawsuit intended to ‘stop Project Veritas’
Project Veritas went on the offensive Friday in its ongoing legal battle with the American Federation of Teachers with a video showing a top official saying that the union's lawsuit was intended "to stop Project Veritas from doing the kind of work that it does." Published January 24, 2020
Trump administration threatens to cut off funds to California over abortion-coverage mandate
The Trump administration threatened Friday to cut off certain federal funds to California over its requirement that medical insurers cover elective abortions, hours before President Trump made history by speaking at the March for Life. Published January 24, 2020
Al Gore compares ‘climate crisis’ to 9/11 terrorist attack at Davos
Former Vice President Al Gore raised a few temperatures with his recent comment comparing the "climate crisis" to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Published January 23, 2020
Trump administration replaces Obama-era Waters of U.S. rule by limiting federal role
The Trump administration finalized Thursday its replacement for the Waters of the United States rule, eliminating the federal government's role in regulating the stock ponds, irrigation ditches and seasonal streams encompassed under the broad Obama-era regulations. Published January 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders’ campaign calls cops on Project Veritas in South Carolina
A Bernie Sanders field office in South Carolina called police on Project Veritas investigators seeking comment from campaign officials on a staffer caught on hidden-camera video expressing radical left-wing views. Published January 23, 2020
‘Guillotine the rich’: Project Veritas exposes another radical, pro-gulag Sanders staffer
Project Veritas has apparently snared another pro-Soviet, pro-gulag Bernie Sanders campaign staffer, this one saying in a hidden-camera video released Tuesday that he was ready to "get armed" for the "revolution" and musing about sending Republicans to "reeducation camps." Published January 21, 2020
White antifa activists accused of harassing black conservatives at Denver MLK Day parade
For the ninth year in a row, the Rocky Mountain Black Conservatives marched in the Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Denver, only this time, they were followed. Published January 20, 2020
Australia bush fires blamed on green forestry policies
Australia's catastrophic bush fires have been widely blamed on human-caused climate change, but evidence is mounting that the devastation has more to do with environmentalist policies than fossil fuel emissions. Published January 20, 2020
Jerry Nadler: Republicans seek to ‘smear’ Hunter Biden by calling him as impeachment witness
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerold Nadler wants to see a slew of additional witnesses called during the Senate impeachment trial, just not Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Published January 20, 2020
Alan Dershowitz lays out Trump impeachment defense
The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump could be exceedingly brief if legal scholar Alan Dershowitz has his way. Published January 19, 2020
Hunter Biden testimony questions loom over Senate impeachment trial
With the Senate impeachment trial slated to start Tuesday, the question on everyone's mind is: Will Democrats succeed in calling new witnesses, and if so, will Republicans then call Hunter Biden? Published January 19, 2020
Lindsey Graham: Nancy Pelosi ‘orchestrated the church of holy hell’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted that she prays regularly for President Trump, but Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham says her actions speak louder than words. Published January 19, 2020
Lindsey Graham: Republicans lack votes to dismiss Senate impeachment trial
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham conceded Sunday that the idea of Senate Republicans voting to dismiss immediately the House impeachment articles was "dead for practical purposes," saying that the GOP majority lacked the votes. Published January 19, 2020
Hugh Hewitt to vote for Bernie Sanders in Virginia Democratic primary
Conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt surprised viewers Sunday by announcing that he was voting this week in the Democratic presidential primary -- for Bernie Sanders. Published January 19, 2020
David Perdue dismisses Lev Parnas as impeachment ‘distraction’
Sen. David Perdue, Georgia Republican, dismissed efforts by Democrats to inject Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas into the impeachment proceedings as a "distraction" based on "second-hand information." Published January 19, 2020
Adam Schiff decries Alan Dershowitz’s ‘absurdist’ Trump legal defense
In a preview of the Senate impeachment trial, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff tangled Sunday with constitutional law expert Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Trump's legal team, calling his anti-impeachment argument "absurdist." Published January 19, 2020
Kellyanne Conway: ‘History will not look kindly’ on impeachment ‘instigators’
When the history books are written about early 2020, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway predicted the focus would be on the historic trade deals and economic boom, not impeachment. Published January 19, 2020
Women’s March struggles to regain footing with 2020 anti-Trump march
The Women's March hobbled along Saturday at its fourth annual march, drawing feisty but smaller crowds and fewer big names after a tumultuous year that saw the top leadership step down amid anti-Semitism allegations. Published January 19, 2020
Fired Denver Post columnist says he was canned for insisting ‘there are only two sexes’
A right-leaning columnist for the Denver Post has been fired for what he said were his politically incorrect statements on transgender rights, including his insistence that "there are only two sexes." Published January 18, 2020
Ninth Circuit throws out ‘children’s climate lawsuit’ in defeat for global warming movement
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out Friday the "children's climate lawsuit," ruling that the effort to force the federal government to take action on climate policy falls under the purview of the legislative and executive branches, not the judiciary. Published January 17, 2020
