Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Black Lives Matter calls COVID-19 vaccine mandates ‘racist’ after brawl at NYC restaurant
Black Lives Matter activists demonstrated Monday against "racist" COVID-19 vaccine mandates, staging a rally outside a restaurant they said used the city's mandate to deny service to Black patrons. Published September 21, 2021
Defense attorneys, judge in Sussmann case have high-level Democratic connections
The list of inside-the-Beltway legal players connected to Democrats in the case against Michael Sussmann, a lawyer indicted by special counsel John Durham, includes not just Mr. Sussmann's attorneys but the judge as well. Published September 20, 2021
GOP anger builds over Biden team rationing of COVID-19 treatment in red states
Republican lawmakers are demanding the Biden administration to cease rationing COVID-19 antibody treatments, saying the restrictions are disproportionately harming red states. Published September 17, 2021
DCCC chair wants Dems to stop mentioning $3.5 trillion cost of Biden’s social welfare bill
The chairman of the House Democrats' campaign arm on Friday said the party's lawmakers need to learn to be more discreet about the $3.5 trillion price tag of President Biden's social welfare bill. Published September 17, 2021
Pelosi in the U.K. compares Capitol riot to the Civil War
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday told a British audience that the political environment in the U.S. that led to the Jan. 6 riot was similar to the Civil War era. Published September 17, 2021
Senate bill would black-flag EPA raids, fines on auto racing shops
A bipartisan group of senators has revived an effort to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency from raiding auto racing shops and imposing heavy fines on enthusiasts who modify amateur race cars. Published September 16, 2021
Furor builds over top general Milley’s role in Trump’s final days
If the Pentagon gave out medals for dodging incoming artillery from Congress, Gen. Mark Milley, the embattled Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would have several more to add to his uniform. Published September 15, 2021
Senators demand Milley face Congress over revelations he usurped Trump’s authority
Sens. John Cornyn and Rand Paul on Wednesday called for Gen. Mark Milley to answer questions on Capitol Hill and face possible consequences over a report he secretly communicated with China's top general. Published September 15, 2021
PICKET: Obsessing over Romney’s childhood
The government's anti-bullying campaign is getting kicked up a notch. Just before President Obama endorsed homosexual marriage, he endorsed legislation vastly expanding the federal role in fighting bullies, also at the behest of homosexual activists. While that may sound like a big deal, the reality is that government's anti-bullying efforts are a joke. Instead of worrying about Mitt Romney's alleged bullying 50 years ago, journalists should be asking why these programs are so ridiculous. Published May 16, 2012
PICKET: Take your global citizenship and shove it, Superman
Look - up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman renouncing his American citizenship. In a move that can only be described as a punch in the face to fans of a more-than-70-year-old American cultural icon, DC Comics will have the famous Kryptonian renounce his U.S. citizenship before the United Nations in Action Comics No. 900. Published April 29, 2011
PICKET: Reid’s unrepentant immigration hypocrisy
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, has been arguing that no Hispanic in his right mind would vote for Republicans fed up with illegal immigration. Stirring the pot in the illegal-immigration debate isn't working out so well for him. All week he's been buried in the backlash of conservative Latinos. Published August 13, 2010
