Mark Ivanyo is a conservative journalist from Austin, Texas, who has served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice.
During a roundtable event at 180 Church in Detroit, Michigan, former President Donald Trump reiterated his promise that his administration would not tax tips. Speaking to a restaurant owner during the event on Saturday, Trump assured that if re-elected, his administration would exempt tips from taxation for service industry workers like waiters, waitresses, and car
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that Hungary “belongs to the peace camp” in relation to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Hungarian State Secretary for International Relations Zoltan Kovacs quoted Orban as saying Hungary supported “an immediate cease-fire in order to avoid further deaths.” Hungary has historically had fraught relations with Russia and Ukraine,
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has warned that President Joe Biden may not be the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee during an appearance on Fox News. “I’m here to tell you, Joe Biden’s not going to run in ‘24. I do not believe he will be the Democrat nominee in ’24,” Cruz said. Cruz suggested that
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Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), a prominent non-interventionist Republican U.S. Senator, is leading an effort to achieve greater transparency into the U.S. support for Ukraine, by sending a letter to Biden administration Budget Director Shalanda Young. In a letter that was signed by prominent war-skeptical Republicans such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY),
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has announced that he will wear a debt clock to President Biden’s State of the Union address. Massie stated that he was backing an initiative by Rep. George Santos (R-NY) to wear debt clocks in order to emphasize the surging U.S. national debt. “Say what you will about him, but George
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Former Gov. Eric Greitens (R-MO), who is running for U.S. Senate, blasted the political elite during his CPAC 2022 speech, stating that the Democrat agenda would “destroy our country”. “A lot of folks in the mainstream media, some RINOs, might say, you know, this is just because Joe Biden is senile and Kamala Harris is
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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) came out forcefully against escalating the U.S. involvement in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in remarks delivered at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2022, the largest right-of-center conference in the United States. Gaetz chose to criticize not only Joe Biden, but also interventionist members of his own party
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President Donald Trump spoke at CPAC 2022 in Orlando, Florida, marking his first major speech since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Trump pointed out how Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to have outsmarted U.S. President Joe Biden in military strategy so far, something which had never happened during Trump’s own administration. “Putin is playing Biden
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has called for the expansion of the ongoing Canadian trucker protests to the United States in an interview with the conservative media outlet Daily Signal. The libertarian Senator praised the Canadian truckers for their large-scale civil disobedience against the authoritarian vaccine mandates imposed by the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin
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Leading congressional libertarians Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have showed solidarity with a Washington restaurant which had its liquor license revoked by D.C. authorities for not enforcing COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates by publicly dining there. “I’m proud of the owner for not submitting,” Paul told Reason Magazine in an interview.
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El Salvadoran President Nayyib Bukele has boldly predicted that two other countries will follow in El Salvador’s footsteps and make bitcoin legal tender. Under Bukele’s rule, El Salvador has embraced bitcoin, becoming a hub for the cryptocurrency all around the world. Besides adopting it as legal tender in September, the country’s wealth fund has also
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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a prominent advocate of marijuana legalization, has stated that the delay to it being legalized is a result of obstruction by the Congressional Black Caucus and their allies in Democrat leadership. Gaetz blasted the 1970 Controlled Substances Act during an episode of his hit ‘Firebrand’ podcast. “It made marijuana and
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Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blasted the European Union for its attempts to impose the LGBTQ agenda on the central European nation of Hungary. “The European Parliament and the European Commission want that we let LGBTQ activists and organisations into the kindergartens and schools. Hungary does not want that,” Orban declared on his formal Facebook
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Two of the Supreme Court justices appointed by President Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, sided with the liberal wing of the Supreme Court in the case of Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington, which concerned the constitutionality of state level mandates for Christian florists to provide flowers for gay weddings. Kavanaugh, Barrett, the Bush-appointed John Roberts, and
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Far-left Democrat Charles Booker has announced his bid for U.S. Senate in Kentucky against incumbent Senator Rand Paul. The announcement makes Booker, an ally of radical socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VI), the first Democrat to announce a run in this race. It remains to be seen whether another, more establishment Democrat will also run for
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has said that “in all likelihood”, the COVID-19 virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, rather than from animal sources, in a recent interview with Fox News. During an appearance on Fox News’ Unfiltered show, Sen. Paul noted that the coronavirus was not particularly infectious among animals. “When you look at
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasted a reporter after the reporter demanded to know his private vaccination status during a press conference. During a press conference hosted by Rep. Marjorie Greene (R-GA) on the Fire Fauci Act, which Massie is co-sponsoring, a reporter requested that Massie reveal his vaccination status. “Well, first of all, it’s none
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A new Campus Free Speech Caucus has been launched by Republican members of the House of Representatives, according to a press release by the Young America’s Foundation. The new caucus is to be spearheaded by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), two conservative members of the Freedom Caucus, and is being supported
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Allen West spoke out on the importance of Flag Day to Texans, especially in the modern political context, in a statement issued by the Texas Republican Party. West noted the publication of a new book titled ‘Forget the Alamo‘, by a left-wing author who attempted to desecrate the memory of the Texas patriots who stood
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President Donald Trump has backed Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) in the competitive race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. Budd is running against former Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC), who was previously interviewed by The Liberty Conservative, as well as former Gov. Patrick McRory in a race to replace outgoing Sen. Richard Burr. McRory is considered the
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has clashed with comedian Seth Rogen on Twitter, calling Rogen a “moron” in a recent tweet exchange, according to a report by The Hill. “All jokes aside, @Sethrogen is a moron,” Sen. Cruz tweeted early on Sunday. “It’s your party that believes in govt power: to shut your business, to oppress
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President-elect Joe Biden is immediately demand Congress grant legal status to an estimated 11 million illegal aliens in the United States, according to the Associated Press. Biden has announced this will be the focus of his early administration. He plans to put forward legislation for consideration by Congress, given that Democrats now control both the
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) have written a joint letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to immediately withdraw all troops from the “endless wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan. “Thank you for leadership and effort to bring our troops home and end the endless wars. We, the
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has endorsed Manny Sethi for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, according to a report by the Nashville Tennesseean. “Tennessee deserves a true conservative who supports President Trump, is pro-liberty, and will fight out-of-control federal spending,” Paul stated in his endorsement message. “I believe Dr. Manny is the right choice. Like me, he’s
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has defeated Republican primary challenger Todd McMurtry by a seismic margin of 88% to McMurtry’s 12% as of Wednesday. Although the votes have not yet all come in, this represents a landslide result in a race where many establishment analysts suspected Massie was vulnerable. Massie’s victory is likely due to his
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State Rep. Matt Gurtler won the first round of the Republican primary in Georgia’s 9th congressional district on Tuesday, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gurtler came first in the primary, receiving 21.5% of the vote. He will now face a run-off election on August 11 against second place candidate Andrew Clyde, who
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Sergio Gor, the long-time Communications Director for the Senate office of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), announced on Wednesday that he is joining the Trump presidential campaign as the new Chief of Staff to the campaign’s Finance Committee. “Thrilled to be joining Team Trump as Chief of Staff to Trump Victory Finance Committee,” he wrote on
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has endorsed Bryant “Corky” Messner for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, according to a report by WMUR. He ascribed his endorsement to Messner’s support for a limited government, libertarian-leaning agenda. “One of my favorite things about New Hampshire is the ‘Live Free or Die’ spirit of independence and liberty,” Paul said
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) challenged leftists calling for defunding the police, describing it as “wrong” in a Friday interview with Charles Payne on Fox Business. “Defunding the police is the absolute wrong thing to do,” Massie said. He then went on to rationalize his argument by suggesting defunding police departments could lead to an increased
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has suggested that subpoenaed emails will expose lobbyists exploiting Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, for access to the federal government, during an interview with The Charlie Kirk Show released on Thursday. “There is evidence that they, in all likelihood have email exchanges, saying, hey, let’s use
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) challenged National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci in a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Paul, a medical doctor by profession, encouraged Fauci to focus more on restarting the American economy, which has taken a massive blow since lockdown measures were implemented across the country. “I think we ought
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has called on Congress to immediately pass his PRIME Act in order to prevent wasted meat in a Sunday tweet. “Thousands of animals will be killed & wasted today instead of feeding families. Meanwhile Congress takes an extended vacation,” he wrote. “Pass the PRIME Act now to allow small American owned
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Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) has suggested that federal law should be reinterpreted to extend existing employment protections against discrimination on the basis of sex to discrimination against transgenders, in an interview with Forbes on Friday. “I would protect transgender Americans under the protections that exist for sex,” Amash. “I think that people can take the
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Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) has admitted that he believes his candidacy will take more votes away from Republican President Donald Trump than from Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden in a Friday interview with Reason. When asked by reporter Nick Gillespie whether he would take more votes from Trump or Biden, Amash expressed his belief
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Prospective Libertarian Party presidential candidate Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) has denounced anti-lockdown protests which took place in state capitals across the country in a Thursday interview with the New York Times. Amash said although he supported the right of the demonstrators to protest and was sympathetic to their cause, he disapproved of the way in
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Prospective Libertarian Party presidential candidate Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) has praised his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, in a Thursday interview with Politico. “As I said before, I think that from a personality standpoint, I’d take Biden,” told Politico‘s Tim Alberta. “I think Biden is a better person than the president—I mean, by all appearances at
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Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark bragged about the prospect of a potential presidential bid by Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) handing Biden a win in Michigan in November in an interview with Detroit News on Wednesday. “Based on how [Gov. Gary] Johnson did in New Mexico, if the last Michigan contest was decided by 10,000 votes,
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Judge Jim Gray announced plans for a longshot bid for President of the United States on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gray, a former Orange County Superior Court and a fixture in Libertarian Party circles, is set to run for the Libertarian Party’s nomination.
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is serving as an unofficial liaison between the Trump administration and conservative Evangelical Christian groups, according to a report by The Daily Beast. Meadows comes from a more traditional conservative background than his libertarian predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, despite the heavy ideological overlap between the two fiscal hawks. One
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U.S. Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) is mulling a presidential run, according to a report by CNN. “He has been discussing the potential campaign with his family, his friends, his team, and others, and a decision can be expected soon,” the Amash campaign stated. By emerging as a vocal opponent of the President, the renegade Congressman
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has called for President Donald Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize if the President in successful in his efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban and subsequently end the War in Afghanistan. “It’s refreshing to see peace being seriously discussed. The next step is bringing our brave
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A video of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) naming whistleblower Eric Ciaramella on the Senate floor was removed from the platform on Thursday. The video featured Paul asking Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) about Ciaramella’s ties to the Democratic Party during the impeachment hearing. “Are you aware that House Intelligence Committee staffer Sean Misko had a close relationship
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A pro-Trump organization known as The Trumpettes has announced that it raised $50,000 for the re-election campaign of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at an event at the President’s Mar-a-Lago club in West Palm Beach on Friday. Sen. Paul spoke at the fundraiser about tackling the rise of socialism in the United States, and how the
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Monday rejected a call by close ally Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Speaking to the Washington Post, Massie, a supporter of the President’s, claimed to have been blindsided by Amash’s remarks, and clarified that he was “180 degrees diametrically opposed” to them. “When you quote
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) endured a confrontation by aggressive left-wing demonstrators earlier this week, when a mob showed up to harass the Kentucky Senator at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. over his decision to support the nomination of Brett Kavanuagh to the Supreme Court of the United States. In a video released by
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has called for lie detector tests in order to identify the author of an anonymous New York Times op-ed, who claimed to be a senior administration official working to undermine President Donald Trump from within his own government. “It’s not unprecedented for people with security clearances to be asked whether or not
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Although Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) strongly disagrees with some of the Trump administration’s trade policies, he was quick to point out some areas of common ground in an interview with Reason on Wednesday, particularly with regards to the World Trade Organization. “His intuition on some of these things is right,” Massie said. “I do not like the
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a leading figure within the libertarian-leaning Freedom Caucus, will run for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, according to a letter he sent to colleagues on Thursday. “Should the American people entrust us with the majority again in the 116th Congress, I plan to run for Speaker of
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) strongly defended the Trump-Putin summit during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday, criticizing legislation that would undermine the President’s ability to negotiate with Russia.
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Neoconservative Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a nemesis of President Donald Trump, received boos at Turning Point USA’s High School Leadership Summit when his name was mentioned by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) as an individual who derailed Trump’s Obamacare repeal efforts. “The reason we didn’t repeal is because we have six or seven Republican senators who
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