Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
Trump hits Biden on debunked Delaware State tale
President Trump took a swipe during Tuesday's debate at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's penchant for telling tall tales, blasting Mr. Biden's debunked stories about his law-school record and attending a historically Black college. Published September 29, 2020
Ibram X. Kendi antiracist movement embraced by colleges
Racist: The word to describe Americans who believe in the colorblind society and that all people should be treated equally regardless of their skin color Published September 29, 2020
Minneapolis police reviewing Project Veritas allegations of voter fraud benefiting Rep. Ilhan Omar
The Minneapolis Police Department said that voter-fraud allegations were being "evaluated" as Project Veritas dropped Tuesday a second bombshell video in its investigation into ballot harvesting on behalf of Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats. Published September 29, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett, Rhodes College graduate, has Supreme Court nomination opposed by alumni
More than 1,500 graduates of U.S. District Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett's alma mater posted a letter Monday opposing her Supreme Court nomination, citing her "anti-choice" and "hate group" associations. Published September 28, 2020
Prosecutor has ‘no information’ on Minneapolis ballot-harvesting after Project Veritas sting
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's office said Monday that it has received "no information" on possible illegal ballot-harvesting after Project Veritas released video on an alleged cash-for-ballots scheme to benefit Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats. Published September 28, 2020
Trump calls for investigating Ilhan Omar over voter-fraud claims made in Project Veritas sting
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's office said Monday that it has received "no information" on possible illegal ballot-harvesting after Project Veritas released video on an alleged cash-for-ballots scheme to benefit Rep. Ilhan Omar and other Democrats. Published September 28, 2020
Professor floats idea of ‘climate lockdown’ with bans on red meat, ‘extreme’ energy limits
The novel coronavirus shutdowns and restrictions are slowly being lifted in most areas, but already warnings of a "climate shutdown" have begun reverberating on the environmental left. Published September 28, 2020
Ibram X. Kendi says Amy Coney Barrett could be racist despite adoptions from Haiti
Amy Coney Barrett adopted two of her seven children from Haiti, but she could still be racist, according to a leading "antiracism" expert. Published September 27, 2020
Say it ain’t Joe: Biden has failed to curb penchant for tall tales stretching decades
Joseph R. Biden blew up his 1988 presidential bid with a plagiarized fictitious account of his hardscrabble roots, but the experience failed to cure him of his tendency to exaggerate, conflate and even invent stories about his upbringing and political history. Published September 27, 2020
Republicans erupt over digs from left at Amy Coney Barrett’s adoption of Haitian children
First there was "The Handmaid's Tale" flap, and now Democratic activists are raising alarm about U.S. District Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett's adoption of two children from Haiti. Published September 26, 2020
Ron Paul hospitalized for ‘precautionary reasons’
Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul was hospitalized Friday after appearing to suffer a medical emergency during a livestream interview on his Liberty Report. Published September 25, 2020
Biden never said he attended Delaware State
Joseph R. Biden declared last year on the campaign trail that he "started out of" Delaware State University, a historically Black college, but the school says he was not referring to his academic career. Published September 25, 2020
George Soros draws right’s wrath, but ‘the left has multiple Soroses’
When billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced he would sink $100 million into helping Democrats capture Florida, he briefly did what had been viewed as impossible: He took the focus of the right's wrath off George Soros. Published September 24, 2020
Gavin Newsom phasing out gas-powered cars to fight wildfires
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sought Wednesday to fight the state's disastrous wildfires by phasing out gas-powered cars, signing an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold by 2035 to be emissions-free. Published September 23, 2020
Joe Biden 1988 election disaster doesn’t stop tall tales
Joseph R. Biden has been caught on numerous occasions spinning false and even ludicrous yarns, a tendency that has prompted head-scratching from his supporters and exasperation from conservatives stunned that his tall tales have yet to torpedo his salt-of-the-earth image. Published September 23, 2020
Ex-husband says Jill Biden ‘betrayed’ him by cheating on him with Joe Biden; Biden camp denies it
The ex-husband of Jill Biden has accused her of breaking up their marriage by cheating on him with then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden, a bombshell claim that the Biden campaign adamantly denies. Published September 23, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ link seen on abortion views
Media outlets have already taken aim at U.S. District Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a possible Supreme Court nominee, whipping up alarm about her abortion views and linking her Catholic beliefs to "The Handmaid's Tale." Published September 22, 2020
Joe Biden claims 200 million U.S. coronavirus deaths
About 200,000 Americans have died of the novel coronavirus, but Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden says it's closer to 200 million. Published September 21, 2020
Cory Gardner says he will vote for ‘qualified nominee’ to fill Supreme Court vacancy
Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican, said Monday he would vote to confirm a "qualified nominee" for the Supreme Court who upholds the Constitution, giving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell another vote in favor of filling the vacancy. Published September 21, 2020
Gavin Newsom, California governor, plays both sides in forest management fight as wildfires rage
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pointed out that the state's wildfires are located primarily on federal land -- and he's right -- but now he and other Democratic governors are trying to block the Trump administration's effort to speed up the clearing of overgrown, tinder-dry forests. Published September 21, 2020
