Conservative political action conference

close Video Liz Cheney pens Washington Post op-ed amid GOP leadership battle FOX News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram joins 'Special Report' with the details It’s all but certain that as early as next week House Republicans will strip Rep. Liz Cheney of her number-three GOP leadership position – but Cheney faces another major headache back home in Wyoming , as Republicans are plotting to oust her as the state’s lone representative in Congress when she’s up for re-election next year. Cheney, the most high profile of the 10 House Republicans to vote in January to impeach then- President Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists, is facing primary challenges from an increasing number of GOP candidates. That, however, might be Cheney’s saving grace: A crowded field likely divides the anti-Cheney and pro-Trump vote. It wasn’t that long ago that the conservative Cheney, the daughter of … [Read more...] about Liz Cheney, likely to lose House GOP leadership job, also facing serious challenge back in Wyoming

Twitter launched its Birdwatch feature earlier this year with media noting the similarities between the crowd-sourced fact-checking process and the open editing model of Wikipedia, a comparison Twitter touted in early demos. However, much like Wikipedia, the Birdwatch platform often serves as a way for users to push their political agenda. Both right and left have taken advantage, though Twitter promises tighter restrictions, which the platform’s history of bias suggests will tilt it towards the left. With Birdwatch, Twitter is the latest of the Big Tech platforms to look to Wikipedia for a way to battle “fake news” online, something the online encyclopedia’s owners have promoted and now seek to use for generating revenue through a recently-announced commercial service. In a January blog post unveiling Birdwatch, Twitter explained the service as allowing regular Twitter users to “fact-check” tweets they find misleading. Although the service is currently limited to a section … [Read more...] about Twitter’s ‘Birdwatch’ Feature Mimics Wikipedia, Including Its Failures

(CNN) — A resolution to censure GOP Sen. Mitt Romney for his two votes to convict former President Donald Trump failed Saturday at the Utah Republican Party organizing convention, where the senator had been booed earlier in the day — a reflection of the anger that persists among the party’s core activists about Trump’s impeachment and Romney’s frequent criticisms of him throughout his presidency. The vote failed 711-798, according to Utah Republican Party spokeswoman Lynda Cox. READ MORE: MassDOT Begins Renumbering Exit Signs On Interstate 93 The resolution to censure Romney, which was submitted by Don Guymon, a party delegate from Davis County, was rife with unproven conspiracy theories, including about President Joe Biden and his family. The language of the resolution also alleged that Romney “consistently publicly criticized President Trump” and that his “comments not only hurt President Trump’s reelection but hurt other Republicans on the ballot.” Although the censure … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney Booed At Utah GOP Convention, Censure Vote Fails

Joy Behar opened Monday’s broadcast of “The View” by mocking the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and saying that Republicans were “eating each other.” Behar compared Republicans to pet turtles that literally ate each other when their owners went on vacation, saying, “The people who are getting canceled are Republicans by other Republicans.” (RELATED: Joy Behar Backpedals After Calling For Tucker Carlson To Be ‘Tied Up And Put In A Corner’) WATCH: Cohost Whoopi Goldberg began the show with a conversation about former President Donald Trump’s hints at a 2024 presidential run . “I can see you’re just thrilled with that news. What was your response?” she asked. “Well, first of all, I didn’t watch CPAC, so I have some questions,” Behar replied. “Was there a laugh track this year? Because it’s really the funniest show on television, and I thought, CPAC is perfect because ‘C’ stands for cult. You know, I’ve never seen people working so hard to … [Read more...] about ‘C Stands For Cult’: Joy Behar Mocks CPAC, Says Republicans Are ‘Eating Each Other’

close Video Teachers unions lobbying CDC is all about 'politics and power': Reason Foundation director Reason Foundation director of school choice Corey DeAngelis weighs in on the teachers unions trying to lobby the CDC to delay schools from reopening amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Federation of Teachers, one of the nation's most powerful teachers' unions, are under fire after a report that the union influenced CDC guidelines on school reopenings . "This really confirms what we knew all along, that the whole school reopening debate has been more to do with political partisanship and power dynamics than safety and the needs of families," Reason Foundation's Corey DeAngelis told " Cavuto: Coast to Coast " on Monday. TOP TEACHERS UNION LOBBIED CDC ON SCHOOL REOPENING DeAngelis cited studies including one he co-authored finding a correlation between strong teachers' … [Read more...] about Critics slam CDC after teachers union influences guidelines: ‘Based in politics and not science’