House Majority Whip-elect Steve Scalise (R-La.) showed no interest in talkingabout impeaching Obama, one way or the other. That left the door open for HuffPo, just like the White House, to raise the issue as they think it cuts in
While refusing to formally acknowledge if he or any of his editorial staff currently use marijuana, New York Times Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal made it clear he has in the past, while hitting the talking head circuit to double down
Nevada veteran Dennis Kocher is being told by his homeowner’s association to cease and desist building furniture for needy veterans in his home despite the fact that he does so as a non-profit and even enjoys the support of his
The media, here in the form of The New York Times, appears to be feeding into the notion that the North Carolina GOP has to cave on the very principles that won it a long sought state legislative majority in order
The phrase ‘stop digging’ comes to mind. Just two days after indicating he may have plagiarized his master’s thesis due to post-traumatic stress disorder, now Montana Democrat U.S. Senator John Walsh said, “I am in no way, no way, tying what
The Obama administration is considering a move that, according to Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, “would increase, not stem, the flood of migrants from Central America trying to get into the United States”. “It’s clearly
The U.S. Army War College will convene an Academic Review Board to investigate charges of plagiarism against Democrat U.S. Senator John Walsh. Here is the complete statement. Walsh could have his graduation status revoked if it’s determined he intentionally plagiarized his
Spokeswoman for Montana Senator John Wlash, Lauren Passalacqua, replied “Absolutely not” when asked if Walsh would withdraw given the significant instance of plagiarism exposed by a New York Times rerport. Also, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who appointed Walsh to the U.S.
The news that Sen. John Walsh, D-Montana plagiarized significant portions of his final paper for his 2007 master’s degree at the U.S. Army War College is making headlines back in Montana – from Billings, to Bozeman and in Missoula to Great
California Gov Jerry Brown sees the current border crisis more as a “humanitarian” crisis, than a political one and he also pointed out that currently “half of California’s school-age children are of Latin descent.” His remarks came during a meeting with Mexico’s
Well, that didn’t take long. Although, to be fair, the Huffington Post turning so quickly on a military man isn’t exactly a shock. At this point, one has to wonder when the calls will begin for Walsh to withdraw. Via
An earlier New York Times item detailing a significant case of plagiarism by Senator John Walsh of Montana specifically claimed Walsh had not sought treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after his service in Iraq. The aide said Mr. Walsh,
The New York Times reports that Montana U.S. senator, Democrat John Walsh, “plagiarized large portions of his final paper submitted for his 2007 master’s degree at the U.S. Army War College…..” Walsh’s military credentials were heralded as a large part of his
As American veterans were languishing on wait lists unable to get critical health care they deserved and needed, Iowa Democrat and Senate candidate Rep. Bruce Braley appears to have spent two years mostly ducking his responsibilities on the Veterans Affairs Committee
If South Dakota Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland has any answers when it comes to illegal immigration, including the current crisis at the border, you wouldn’t know it based upon his recent town hall performance. In regards to
Democrats may talk about change but that seems dubious given that the names at the top of their Georgia ticket harken back to the politics of decades ago. State legislator and grandson of the notoriously failed President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter, is
While Republicans are reluctant to speculate about the possibility of a Mitch McConnell loss to Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky this November, when asked if his number two, Texas Republican John Cornyn, was a lock for Leader if he does lose,
Senator Al Franken has declined a Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) invite to debate both his Republican and Independence Party opponents at the Minnesota State Fair. The debates had enjoyed a 20 year MRP tradition. Franken’s campaign gave no explanation. Perhaps this
A new Ronald Kessler book, “The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of Presidents,” due out Aug. 5 from Crown Forum depicts a Hillary Clinton who is less than warm to her Secret Service detail, as
Estela Martinez, 54, of Dallas has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison “for making false statements during her multiple bankruptcy filings,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Martinez is one of several people to be charged
Brooks County is too far from the border to receive federal funds for illegal immigrants, but from the discovery of mass graves, illegals, including children, who roam aimlessly sometimes until dead from the heat and exhaustion, the current immigration crisis
With the administration’s lax immigration policy encouraging more and more illegal child immigrants to enter the US, criminals have seized upon the opportunity to exploit money, “from $300 to several thousand dollars”in some cases, from their families. The families are being
As The Hill points out, Democratic Sen. Mark Udall (Colo.) has been forced to take a side in Colorado’s fight over fracking, putting him at odds with his own state party. Between Obama’s numbers being underwater, Democrats being viewed as anti-Fracking
Reading this Politico item on Obama’s botched handling of immigration policy, one would think Democrats are all for embracing scores of illegal immigrant children now in the U.S. for an indeterminate period of time. Obama’s foes on border crisis: Democrats
On Friday, the United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to make retroactive an April decision to reduce the penalties for most drug crimes, meaning it will now “apply to nearly 50,000 federal inmates who are serving time under the old rules.”
As Steve Barnes writing in The Baxter Bulletin points out as regards Senator Mark Pryor’s previous efforts, “In all their son’s campaigns heretofore the Pryors maintained a fairly low public profile even as they burned the phone lines in Mark’s
The Cook Political Report has moved the Iowa Senate race pitting Republican Joni Ernst against liberal Democrat Bruce Braley to the Toss Up category. With Tom Harkin retiring, Republicans appear to be united behind a surging Ernst, while Braley has
Along with citing a list of moderate GOP governors with last names like Bush and Christie as potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates, “Arizona Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he believes Republicans can defeat former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
When asked his opinion of the ongoing crisis involving illegal immigrant children, NJ Governor and potential 2016 GOP presidential contender Chris Christie said, “I have great empathy for that situation. We’ll take every request that comes based on its merits and
“Any way you slice the numbers, you end up with a close race. This is one that bears watching as the campaign unfolds,” said Lee Miringoff of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, referring to a Marist poll in Iowa’s
Despite what’s being acknowledged as a humanitarian crisis, Democrats in Congress are vowing to derail any potential fix, even though it was the Democrat-in-chief in the White House who opened the door to that very thing. Democrats in the House
The International Raelian Movement, a group that “tries annually to remind people that before Adolf Hitler’s rise, the swastika was an ancient symbol of well-being to Hindus and Buddhists” The group also believes that “human beings were created by extraterrestrials.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) appeared on CNN on Sunday and labeled his fellow Republican Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) an “isolationist. He is “part of a wing of the party that has been there prior to World War I, that is a
The conventional wisdom headed into the November mid-terms was set, illegal immigration was going to divide the GOP and lift the sagging image of Obama and his fellow Democrats, possibly even giving them a chance in what most concede will
Kent Terry, the brother of slain border patrol agent Brian Terry, isn’t shy about letting his feelings be known regarding political matters. Today he reportedly took to Facebook to point out three Greyhound buses presumably carrying illegal immigrants headed North on
While Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans have bragged about their desire to destroy the so called Tea Party, or their own conservative GOP base, even their own polls are demonstrating how they may have over-reached and
In 1996, Hillary Clinton penned, It Take A Village. Currently under fire for her six figure speaking fees, it seems It takes a foundation is Hillary’s current mantra. Unfortunately, Hillary’s defense doesn’t do anything to relieve the frustration of students
Per the White House press pol report, Barack Obama is golfing, again. It’s the president’s 23rd time playing this year and the 180th of his presidency. Today he’s golfing at Andrews Air Force Base with “longtime Obama friends Marty Nesbitt
At the eleven minute mark of this 15 minute interview, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is reduced to a stumbling, bumbling pile of a 47 years in Washington incumbent who can’t manage to coherently explain why he doesn’t actually live in
In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, the Obama administration received an important letter on Tuesday signed by “14 different religious leaders, including Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church in California, Gabe Lyons of Q Ideas, and Michael