
A Venezuelan journalist and photographer were beaten in front of the National Assembly, the nation’s legislature, on Tuesday by a member of the nation’s Socialist Party (PSUV), as they tried to cover the swearing in ceremony for the new, opposition-run assembly.
by Frances Martel6 Jan 2016, 10:03 AM PST0

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dodged a question on the difference between a Democrat and Socialist during an interview on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” Host Chris Matthews asked Hillary, “What’s the difference between a Socialist
by Ian Hanchett5 Jan 2016, 4:46 PM PST0

Venezuelan opposition leaders have written a letter to the UN General Secretary asking the world community to prevent a “judicial coup” by the ruling socialist party.
by John Sexton30 Dec 2015, 6:16 PM PST0

If there’s one overarching theme you can stamp all over the ass of this exiting year, it’s denial. We saw experts denying political phenomena, politicians denying apocalyptic threats, activists denying facts (replaced by mob-approved figments), students denying their own adulthood, in favor of infantile regression. In sum, 2015 was a horrible year, mainly because we denied what was making it so horrible.
by Greg Gutfeld28 Dec 2015, 12:52 PM PST0

Years of socialist price controls and rock-bottom crude oil prices have left the nation of Venezuela with little money left to spend on presents, feasts, or even Christmas lights, as residents complain December feels like “any other month” after two years of President Nicolás Maduro.
by Frances Martel23 Dec 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

Argentine President Mauricio Macri has electrified a Mercosur trade bloc summit with the demand that Venezuela release its dozens of political prisoners or face sanctions from the group.
by Frances Martel22 Dec 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

The socialist Venezuelan government has announced the establishment of a new legislative institution called the “National Communal Parliament,” an unconstitutional parallel legislature intended to usurp power from the nation’s legislature before the opposition takes majority control in January.
by Frances Martel18 Dec 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

The socialist Venezuelan government has begun to purge its public agencies of workers who voted for the opposition in the December 6 election, which ended a 16-year socialist streak in the legislature. At least one agency has posted a list of the names of those fired, calling them “traitors.”
by Frances Martel15 Dec 2015, 6:47 AM PST0

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro referred to an opposition leader, shot to death in public on Wednesday, as a “gang leader” (“pran”) with a history of “homicide” and “general delinquency,” while on a television program Sunday.
by Frances Martel30 Nov 2015, 9:20 PM PST0

In a speech on Thursday, Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro claimed the assassination of an opposition legislation candidate Wednesday night was the product of rival gangs “settling scores,” claiming the American government is offering thousands of dollars to “armed men” to “attack the opposition and later show them off around the world.”
by Frances Martel27 Nov 2015, 6:59 AM PST0

Caracas (AFP) – A Venezuelan opposition election candidate was shot dead while campaigning, political leaders said Thursday, raising tensions ahead of a legislative vote that could weaken the major oil producer’s socialist government.
by AFP26 Nov 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

A Venezuelan diplomat in hiding is accusing the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro of selling visas, passports, and even falsified birth certificates out of its embassy in Baghdad to an estimated thousands of Middle Eastern citizens, including at least one confirmed Hezbollah terrorist.
by Frances Martel26 Nov 2015, 2:00 AM PST0

Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Sanders said that he was “not happy hearing that we should close our borders from men, women, and children who have been displaced.” He also discussed the fight against ISIS, arguing that the bulk of the battle should be fought by Muslim countries rather than America.
by Michelle Fields19 Nov 2015, 1:05 PM PST0

An extensive report in Miami’s El Nuevo Herald claims that the nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, arrested for attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine into New York, have claimed the drugs belonged to the nation’s second-in-command, National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello.
by Frances Martel19 Nov 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Georgetown students have been lined up since 5:30 am to hear presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders deliver his much anticipated speech on what it means to be a Democratic Socialism in America.
by Michelle Fields19 Nov 2015, 9:48 AM PST0

Diosdado Cabello, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly and nation’s second-in-command, has accused the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of “kidnapping” two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro following their arrest this month for allegedly attempting to traffic 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States.
by Frances Martel17 Nov 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

Two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have been arrested and extradited to New York on charges of attempting to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. These arrests follow more than a year of investigations and accusations that Venezuelan government officials are deeply involved in the drug trade.
by Frances Martel12 Nov 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

Actor Bryan Cranston, who is playing a Hollywood communist in his new film, tells an interviewer that “aspects of socialism are a good thing.”
by Charlie Spiering11 Nov 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

Black Lives Matter-influenced activist Jonathan Butler became radicalized at the University of Missouri, despite his family’s multi-generational success and affluence. Even though his well educated family is the epitome of the American Dream, Butler was drawn towards communist heroes like terrorist Assata Shakur and Franz Fanon in college.
by Lee Stranahan11 Nov 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

Venezuela is now number five on the list of countries sending the highest number of political asylum requests to the United States, a figure that skyrocketed between February 2014, when socialist President Nicolás Maduro began a violent repression campaign against peaceful activists, and today.
by Frances Martel10 Nov 2015, 12:00 PM PST0

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened to levy charges against the United States this week for allegedly running spy missions in Venezuelan skies.
by Frances Martel10 Nov 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

He doesn’t seem to be polling terribly well at the moment, but “transhumanist atheist” Zoltan Istvan is running for President in 2016, and hoping he might be one of the last humans to hold the job. Scott Beauchamp of the Pacific
by John Hayward8 Nov 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)2 Nov 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

“Representative democracy” has failed; the private sector is “inept”; and only bigger government – led by China and the US – has the power to save the world from climate change. So says Bill Gates in a dogmatic but somewhat confused
by James Delingpole2 Nov 2015, 9:32 AM PST0

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced last week he intends to sue the United States government in an American court over sanctions placed on his regime due to human rights violations in March.
by Frances Martel2 Nov 2015, 8:47 AM PST0