Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
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
Nick Sandmann CNN settlement ignored by ABC, CBS, NBC
The three major networks -- ABC, NBC and CBS -- ignored CNN's settlement with Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann, and CNN gave the story less than 30 seconds of airtime, according to a media analysis. Published January 15, 2020
Sanders camp mum on pro-gulag staffer, says Iowans ‘don’t care about political gossip’
A Bernie Sanders campaign aide dismissed "political gossip" Wednesday after a Project Veritas sting that caught on undercover video a radical field organizer singing the praises of gulags, revolution and reeducation. Published January 15, 2020
Susan Holmes eyes red-flag law to disarm officer in shooting for son
A Colorado mother whose son was shot and killed by a police officer has filed to confiscate the officer's firearm under Colorado's newly enacted red-flag law. Published January 14, 2020
Florida State University under fire in Eric A. Stewart academic fraud case
Florida State University declined to conduct a full misconduct investigation of a prominent professor accused of faking data linking racism to criminal sentencing. Published January 14, 2020
EPA accuses New York Times of ‘extreme bias’ in ‘hit piece’ on Trump officials
The Environmental Protection Agency unloaded Tuesday on the New York Times, accusing the newspaper of "extreme bias" for running "an interactive hit list" spotlighting Trump administration officials with past ties to the fossil-fuel and agriculture industries. Published January 14, 2020
Project Veritas: Sanders staffer says ‘cities burn’ if Trump reelected, predicts violence at DNC
A Project Veritas video released Tuesday showed a man identified as a campaign organizer for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard Sanders saying "cities burn" if President Trump wins reelection and predicting violence against police at the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. Published January 14, 2020
Reza Aslan ‘likely’ to be sued over now-deleted ‘punchable face’ tweet: Sandmann attorney
After nearly a year, former CNN host Reza Aslan finally removed a tweet referring to Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann's "punchable face," but that doesn't mean the teen is willing to let bygones be bygones. Published January 13, 2020
