A sweeping executive order recently issued by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis aims to remove the “vestiges” of the politically unpopular Common Core standards that remain in the state’s taxpayer-funded school system. Past polling suggests Americans nationwide are skeptical—and, in many … Continue reading Florida governor plans rollback of Common Core
A federal judge has rejected an activist group’s request to prevent the Trump administration from asking 2020 Census respondents if they are U.S. citizens. In recent decades, Democrats and Republicans have fought bitterly over how the decennial, constitutionally mandated head … Continue reading Citizenship question stays on Census, federal judge rules
Merck Urges Supreme Court to Toss Osteoporosis Drug Lawsuit BY MATTHEW VADUM January 7, 2019 Updated: January 7, 2019 Drugmaker Merck and Co. told the Supreme Court that a class-action lawsuit against it over top-selling osteoporosis drug Fosamax should be … Continue reading Matthew Vadum articles in The Epoch Times, January 2019
A far-reaching bill introduced in the Illinois General Assembly would force state residents applying for gun permits to allow police to inspect their social media accounts as part of the license-approval process. The state-level measure is part of an avalanche … Continue reading Illinois gun bill would open permit applicants’ social media accounts
Capital Research Center President Terrence M. Scanlon (photo above; credit: Gage Skidmore) showed up for work on January 28, 2016, having no idea it was his retirement day. That day Scanlon was suddenly summoned to a meeting with representatives of CRC’s … Continue reading Exclusive photos: The day Capital Research Center fired President Terry Scanlon
After a tumultuous weekend in which high-profile Democrats demanded that Virginia governor Ralph Northam step down after old photos of him in blackface surfaced, it is difficult to imagine the politician surviving the same vile race-baiting gotcha culture he and … Continue reading Racist lynch mob-leading Virginia governor getting his just deserts
President Trump is growing impatient over the lack of progress bipartisan negotiators in Congress have been making in talks over funding a desperately needed wall on the nation’s porous multi-state border with Mexico – and this continuing failure makes another … Continue reading Trump: “The wall is getting done one way or the other!”: President sends a warning to obstructionist Democrats.
Concerned parents in Santa Barbara, California, have filed a federal lawsuit against a radical activist group and their local school board over taxpayer-funded “inclusivity” instruction. They characterize these sessions as public-school indoctrination that falsely portrays America, depicting the nation as … Continue reading California parents sue to block ‘inclusivity’ instruction in school
Unsavory facts have emerged about the obnoxious Indian activist Nathan Phillips who accosted Catholic high schooler Nick Sandmann at the Lincoln Memorial for being a white male Trump supporter. To recap, Sandmann, is a student from Covington Catholic High School … Continue reading Nathan Phillips, liar: fake Vietnam vet’s backstory falls apart
A video posted online over the weekend showing a teenaged Trump supporter’s awkward reaction to having his personal space aggressively invaded by a loud left-wing agitator sparked a leftist-led social media meltdown that will not soon be forgotten. Nick Sandmann, … Continue reading The Left’s smirking MAGA kid hoax: Progressives, lies and videotape
It takes a special kind of stupid for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that bills itself as conservative to keep pumping out anti-Trump propaganda but that is exactly what Capital Research Center (CRC) in Washington, D.C., does, more or less every day. … Continue reading Why does “conservative” nonprofit Capital Research Center hate Donald Trump?
Supreme Court Considers Who Bears Responsibility for Security Fraud BY MATTHEW VADUM December 3, 2018 Updated: December 3, 2018 An investment banker who sent deceptive emails dramatically overstating the financial health of a failing clean energy company shouldn’t be held … Continue reading Matthew Vadum articles in The Epoch Times, December 2018
The huge array of legal proceedings and investigations now being undertaken against President Donald Trump, his campaign, his transition team, and associates is a carefully orchestrated effort to drive him from office, according to conservatives interviewed by The Epoch Times. … Continue reading ‘Lawfare’ used to tie down and punish President Trump, conservatives say
A federal judge’s surprise move late in the day on Dec. 14 to strike down the Affordable Care Act statute in its entirety is sending shock waves through the political world, but a jubilant lawyer on the winning legal team … Continue reading Lawyer in successful challenge to Obamacare sees victory for freedom: overturning of restrictive Affordable Care Act law opens the door to new freedom and better care for consumers, lower costs, says lawyer in an exclusive interview
The five accused Muslim terrorists arrested at a jihadist training facility in New Mexico this summer will soon be charged with “terrorism and or kidnapping” in addition to the current firearms charges already pending, according to federal prosecutors. This is the case in which five adults, including Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, were arrested after authorities found 11 hungry, filthy children living in squalid conditions in a terrorist training compound in Amalia, Taos County, a remote part of New Mexico on Aug. 3. The children were reportedly being trained to commit school shootings. The remains of a three-year-old disabled boy, since identified … Continue reading Terrorism charges: Coming soon for New Mexico jihadists? Feds say a superseding indictment is on the way
Supreme Court Urged to End Lawyers’ Abuses in Class-Action Lawsuits BY MATTHEW VADUM November 1, 2018 Updated: November 1, 2018 Lawyers in class-action lawsuits shouldn’t be allowed to short-change class-action plaintiffs and funnel their settlement money to charities they favor … Continue reading Matthew Vadum articles in The Epoch Times, November 2018
For the record, I am writer and researcher Matthew Vadum. I am the author of four published books. They are: *Subversion Inc.: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers (WND Books, 2011) *Team Jihad: How Sharia-Supremacists Collaborate with Leftists to Destroy The United States (Center for Security Policy, 2017) *Obama’s Insurrection (David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2017) *Government Unions: How They Rob the Taxpayer, Terrorize Workers, and Threaten Our Democracy (David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2012). My work is heavily cited on Google Scholar. A search for “matthew vadum” (inside quotation marks) yields 97 hits as of November … Continue reading Matthew Vadum’s work is cited in 102 books (so far), 97 times on Google Scholar, 35000 times on Google
Endangered Frog Takes Center Stage as Supreme Court Begins New Term BY MATTHEW VADUM October 1, 2018 Updated: October 2, 2018 The federal government shouldn’t be allowed to limit development on private land to help save an endangered species when … Continue reading Matthew Vadum articles in The Epoch Times, October 2018
Political terrorism is almost exclusively the province of the Left in America, so naturally, conservatives find the timing of the delivery of non-functioning, vaguely scary-looking replicas of letter bombs this week to opponents of President Trump suspicious to say the … Continue reading Non-functioning bombs and double standards: Endorsers of Antifa terror are suddenly outraged about non-exploding packages
The five accused Muslim terrorists arrested in rural New Mexico near the Colorado state line this summer after an alleged school-shooter terrorist training facility was raided Aug. 3 were indicted last week on weapons and conspiracy charges by a federal grand jury. This is the case in which five adults, including Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, were arrested after authorities found 11 hungry, filthy children living in squalid conditions in a terrorist training compound in Amalia, Taos County, a remote part of New Mexico. The children were reportedly being trained to commit school shootings. The remains of a three-year-old disabled boy, since … Continue reading Feds indict New Mexico terrorist trainers: Terrorist leader’s wife claims to be taking directions from the Angel Gabriel