Activist whose speech precipitated Hong Kong showdown arrested before CPAC event in Japan

Activist whose speech precipitated Hong Kong showdown arrested before CPAC event in Japan

by WorldTribune Staff, August 31, 2019 Hong Kong police arrested 28-year-old Hong Kong independence leader Andy Chan Ho-tin at the airport Friday on his way to go speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Japan. During his controversial speech in August 2018 at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents club, Chan referred to Beijing as […]

Google employee goes public on company’s extreme culture: ‘Outrage mobs and witch hunts’

Google employee goes public on company’s extreme culture: ‘Outrage mobs and witch hunts’

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2019 A Google software engineer, who is also a Republican, says the company’s culture has become dominated by “outrage mobs” and “witch hunts” which have became an “existential threat not only to Google’s culture internally, but to Google’s trust and credibility externally.” Writing for Medium.com on May 21, Mike Wacker […]

CPAC: ‘Pawn Stars’ host Rick Harrison rocks house with ‘stupidity of socialism’ speech

CPAC: ‘Pawn Stars’ host Rick Harrison rocks house with ‘stupidity of socialism’ speech

by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2019 “Once you give someone something it’s hard to take it away … then you get Venezuela,” Rick Harrison, star of the History Channel hit show “Pawn Stars”, told the CPAC conference on Feb. 28 in a speech on the “stupidity of socialism.” “The majority [of] people in this room […]

Michael Flynn breaks his silence with endorsement of GOP candidate

Michael Flynn breaks his silence with endorsement of GOP candidate

by WorldTribune Staff, March 19, 2018 In his first public appearance since striking a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, former national security adviser Michael Flynn on March 16 endorsed a long-shot Republican candidate running against 14-term California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters. At a campaign event in La Quinta, California, Flynn endorsed GOP candidate […]

‘Marriage equality’: Good PR but is anyone thinking this through?

‘Marriage equality’: Good PR but is anyone thinking this through?

Special to WorldTribune.com By J. Richard Pearcey Author and MSNBC host S.E. Cupp made news in the run-up to CPAC 2013 by withdrawing as a speaker from the annual conservative confab. Her complaint against CPAC is that it would not allow pro-homosexual “marriage” organizations to sponsor the event. Cupp identifies herself as a “proponent of […]