Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Maskless man: Psaki shrugs off Biden’s blunder at Georgetown restaurant
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday dismissed concerns about President Biden violating the District's mask mandate at an exclusive Georgetown restaurant, saying people should not "overly focus on moments in time." Published October 18, 2021
Climate backfire: Coal-fired power jumps as natural gas prices soar
Coal-fired electricity generation climbed this year in the U.S. for the first time since the Obama administration, spurred by spiking natural gas prices, a setback for the Biden climate agenda and a sign that the president's drilling crackdown may be backfiring. Published October 18, 2021
Bidens blasted for violating D.C. mask mandate at upscale Georgetown restaurant
President Biden is being accused of hypocrisy for failing to wear a mask Saturday at a swanky Georgetown restaurant in an apparent violation of the District's rules on facial coverings. Published October 18, 2021
Biden accused of exacerbating labor shortage with ‘far-left socialist agenda’
U.S. employers are still struggling to find workers six weeks after enhanced federal jobless benefits expired, but that doesn't mean Republicans are letting President Biden off the hook. Published October 17, 2021
Garland blasted for unleashing FBI on school board squabbles
Attorney General Merrick Garland sees a rising domestic threat to the nation's public schools, but others are struggling to identify anything more insidious than irate parents getting rowdy at their local board of education meetings. Published October 14, 2021
Not one dollar: One-third of voters unwilling to spend anything to counter climate change
Most Americans are concerned about climate change, but that doesn't mean they want to get stuck with the tab. Published October 13, 2021
Zero bites: Gov. Jared Polis brags that Colorado tied for fewest shark attacks
Gov. Jared Polis has reason to be proud of Colorado: Not only is it a great place to ski and snowboard, but no state has done a better job of keeping people safe from shark attacks. Published October 13, 2021
Watchdog group urges IG to investigate whether Tracy Stone-Manning lied to Congress
Tracy Stone-Manning now heads the Bureau of Land Management, but that doesn't mean the uproar over her involvement in a 1989 tree-spiking plot is over. Published October 12, 2021
‘Cringeworthy’ Harris video on NASA featured child actors
Vice President Kamala Harris was already being heckled for her ultra-effusive appearance in a YouTube children's video about NASA, and then word spread Monday that the kids involved were child actors. Published October 11, 2021
‘Unprecedented’: Newsom regulations target lawnmowers, ketchup, toys
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off last month's recall victory, signed a bundle of bills over the weekend that delivered a fresh layer of woke regulations to his allies on the Democratic left. Published October 11, 2021
Anti-Biden ‘Let’s go, Brandon’ catchphrase becomes all the rage on right
Little did NBC NASCAR reporter Kelli Stavast know that she had just launched an instant political sensation last weekend when she said fans were cheering driver Brandon Brown -- and not shouting a profane anti-Biden chant. Published October 10, 2021
Pfizer downplays COVID-19 vaccine’s ties to fetal tissue from abortions: Project Veritas
No pharmaceutical company is eager to broadcast the role that abortion-derived fetal cell lines played in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, and that reportedly includes Pfizer. Published October 7, 2021
GOP lieutenant governors urge Biden to stop rationing COVID-19 therapy
Fifteen Republican lieutenant governors have urged President Biden to reverse his administration's decision last month to seize distribution of monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19, calling it an "unjustified, targeted attack." Published October 6, 2021
Pfizer scientists tout natural immunity in Project Veritas sting: ‘Antibodies are probably better’
Project Veritas jumped into the debate over vaccine mandates with an undercover video that shows two Pfizer scientists agreeing that naturally acquired immunity offers more protection than vaccination from the novel coronavirus. Published October 5, 2021
Democratic vaccine crackdown gives GOP opening with mandate-wary Black voters
The Democratic embrace of vaccine mandates is running into resistance from some prominent Black athletes and activists, an unforeseen political side effect with implications for the party's grip on a crucial voting bloc ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Published October 5, 2021
Colorado educator sues after being barred from campus over COVID-19 ‘hoax’
Celeste Archer was driving to work at the University of Colorado Denver last month when she learned she had been banned from campus because she had contracted or been exposed to the coronavirus -- which wasn't true. Published October 3, 2021
Rand Paul prods Xavier Becerra to apologize to COVID-19 survivors for ‘flat-earthers’ crack
As far as Sen. Rand Paul is concerned, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra owes an apology to those who have opted against being vaccinated after recovering from COVID-19. Published October 1, 2021
Another Colorado Catholic church hit with pro-abortion graffiti, vandalism
A Catholic church in Boulder County was defaced this week by extensive vandalism, including pro-abortion graffiti such as "Jesus [loves] abortion," as houses of worship in Colorado and nationwide continue to see a surge in attacks. Published October 1, 2021
Senate confirms Bureau of Land Management pick Tracy Stone-Manning on party-line vote
The Senate confirmed Tracy Stone-Manning as Bureau of Land Management director in a party-line vote Thursday, placing a former Earth First! activist involved in a 1989 tree-spiking plot in charge of managing vast swaths of Western lands. Published September 30, 2021
Navajo Nation opposes New Mexico drilling ban tucked into Biden’s $3.5 trillion bill
The 24th Navajo Nation Council has come out against President Biden's $3.5 trillion social welfare and climate change bill because it bans new drilling outside Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. Published September 30, 2021
