Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Lia Thomas crowned high-point swimmer of Ivy League women’s championships
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas was recognized as the top swimmer of the Ivy League championships on Saturday. Published February 20, 2022
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas breaks more records with second win at Ivy League championship
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas notched her second individual win Friday at the Ivy League championships, setting new pool and meet records in the process as she continues to inflame the debate over fairness and inclusion in women's sports. Published February 18, 2022
Louisville fund that bailed out accused shooter backed by Democratic fundraising network
Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg is a Democrat, but the bail fund that sprung his alleged would-be assassin did so despite significant ties to the Democratic money machine, including party megadonor George Soros. Published February 18, 2022
Lia Thomas cruises to first win at Ivy League championships, breaks female pool record
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her first individual title Thursday at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championship, setting a pool record as she touched more than seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Published February 17, 2022
BLM Louisville defends bailing out activist in assassination attempt of mayoral candidate
A Black Lives Matter chapter took responsibility Thursday for the decision to post bond for an activist accused in the attempted assassination of a candidate for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, saying that the alleged shooter "needed support." Published February 17, 2022
Hillary Clinton blasts uproar over Durham allegations as ‘fake scandal’
Hillary Clinton broke her silence Wednesday on last week's explosive court filing by Special Counsel John Durham that alleges Democrats spied on Donald Trump in 2016, calling it a "fake scandal." Published February 16, 2022
Move to house transgender inmates in women’s prisons spurs backlash over safety
More transgender convicts than ever are making their way to women's prisons, a victory for the gender-identity movement but not necessarily for female inmates forced to share their living spaces with the new arrivals. Published February 16, 2022
Lia Thomas enters Ivy League women’s swimming championships as No. 1 seed in 3 events
Transgender athlete Lia Thomas heads into the Ivy League women's swimming championship as the favorite in three events -- and the second seed in a fourth race -- as the meet begins Wednesday in Boston amid a national debate over fairness and inclusion in women's sports. Published February 16, 2022
Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s Missouri Senate ad takes on Lia Thomas, ‘men pretending to be women’
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is beating the female competition in the pool, but she may also be boosting the GOP's chances of winning in November at the ballot box. Published February 15, 2022
Move along: Media goes from ignoring to rebutting Durham revelation Dems spied on Trump
Mainstream media outlets have slowly begun to acknowledge the explosive Durham court filing, but as far as many are concerned, there's nothing to see here. Published February 15, 2022
Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre reach undisclosed financial settlement, lawyers say
Published February 15, 2022
National School Boards Association chief knew about DOJ memo in advance, email alleges
A top executive at the National School Boards Association was aware of Attorney General Merrick Garland's notorious schools memo before it was published, according to an email released Monday. Published February 14, 2022
Durham’s bombshell court filing ignored by mainstream media
Network and some print media outlets were slammed Monday for ignoring special counsel John Durham's bombshell court filing that alleges the Clinton campaign paid technology experts to infiltrate servers at Trump Tower and the White House. Published February 14, 2022
‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ ad airs during Super Bowl in Pennsylvania
The anti-Biden slogan "Let's Go, Brandon" made its way to the Super Bowl, at least in Pennsylvania. Published February 14, 2022
Republicans vow to ‘get to the truth’ after Durham reports Democrat-linked spying on Trump
Stunned Republicans demanded answers Sunday after an explosive court filing linked the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign to a purported surveillance operation aimed at digging up dirt on Donald Trump both before and after he won the presidential election. Published February 13, 2022
Pelosi insists defunding the police is not Democratic Party’s position
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to distance Democrats from calls to "defund the police," insisting Sunday it is not the party's position even though rising progressive star Rep. Cori Bush refuses to drop it. Published February 13, 2022
GOP Rep. Turner vows to ‘get to the truth’ after Durham reports Democrat-linked spying on Trump
Rep. Michael Turner, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that congressional Republicans would take action following the release of an explosive court filing on alleged Democrat-linked spying on the Trump Tower and the White House. Published February 13, 2022
Most Democrats want candidate other than Biden as 2024 nominee, poll shows
Most Democratic voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Biden to head the ticket in the 2024 election, according to a poll released Sunday. Published February 13, 2022
Jim Jordan: Durham filing shows ‘spying’ on Trump was ‘worse than we thought’
Rep. Jim Jordan said Sunday that special counsel John Durham's court filing proves that "President Trump was right" when he accused the Clinton campaign of spying on him. Published February 13, 2022
New York Times faces pushback for calling Asian-Americans ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating
The New York Times triggered a social media backlash for a report stating that Asian-Americans are "vividly overrepresented" in figure skating. Published February 12, 2022
