An Emanuel Cleaver supporter working outside a polling place at 31st and Prospect in Kansas City, Missouri, Tuesday morning, bullied a Jacob Turk campaign worker who was placing a Turk sign at the location. David Bernal, the Turk volunteer, said
An unforced error made by Kansas Independent Senate candidate Greg Orman, last week, was exacerbated when he when he made a point of not apologizing for it days later. The confusion stems from a comment Orman made on Friday ridiculing
Last August, when a radio host in Kansas City asked Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) if he had any comments for sick federal workers “fighting the system,” Cleaver responded “it’s not my job.” Hundreds of federal workers with cancer, breathing conditions
The cynical phrase, “vote early — and often” has been attributed to various corrupt Chicago pols, but that sentiment is not limited to Chicago, the president of a university in New Mexico recently proved. On Friday, an email was sent
A Maine judge has ruled that the temporary court order, imposed yesterday on America’s favorite Ebola nurse, Kaci Hickox, is not binding, even though the order had been made in consideration of the fact that her roommate in West Africa had
One of the most common duties of a congressman is to act as a conduit between the federal government and the residents of the areas he represents, but a Democrat congressman in Missouri doesn’t seem to realize that. When asked
The results of a two new polls suggest that Ron Klain, the president’s Ebola PR Czar, has his work cut out for him. A CBS News poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly support quarantines for citizens returning from Ebola-effected countries –
A surprising, soon-to-be-released poll leaked to the Daily Caller today, shows the gubernatorial race in deep blue Maryland tightening to within 2 points – 46 to 44, between Democratic Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Republican small businessman Larry Hogan. Although the
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Women were supposed to flock to the “political folk hero” who filibustered a bill outlawing late term abortions in June of 2013. The MSM certainly did its part to prop up the pro-abortion
Dallas nurse Nina Pham was happily declared Ebola-free and released from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., Friday. Just a few hours after she was released from the hospital, Pham, her mother, and her sister got to visit the Oval
In response to Pew Research: Liberals More Trusting of Media than Conservatives: According to that Pew Research Center study, one of the least trusted sources for news is Ed Schultz’s radio show. But the MSNBC commentator seems to have misinterpreted
Greg Orman, the Independent who is running against Republican incumbent Pat Roberts in Kansas’ U.S. Senate election, has made it clear that he is not tied to any party. He is a man of principle whose votes in Congress will
In response to ‘Ebola Czar’ still not ready for prime time: After all – he’ a “political fixer” and the negative perceptions people have about his appointment need fixing sooner rather than later. Folks on the right and the left
In response to Wendy Davis accuses Greg Abbott of wanting to ban his own marriage: Actually Wendy Davis’ fifteen minutes of fame expired some time ago, but apparently no one bothered to tell her. Her campaign is running on the
Multiple media sources are reporting that at a campaign rally in Maryland, Sunday, crowds dispersed early as President Obama made an appearance in support of Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor. Reportedly, within ten minutes of his speech, people
Thursday night on Fox News, Charles Krauthammer predicted that it would only take “a couple more cases like Mr. Duncan” flying to the United States from West Africa with Ebola for the president to back down from his no travel
In his Weekly Radio Address, Saturday, President Obama continued his longstanding practice of justifying unpopular policy decisions by claiming the “experts” agree with him. There can be no-travel ban for West African countries infected with Ebola — because “medical
Democrat Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (Mo-dist. 5) told a Kansas City radio station Wednesday that he favors expanding screening for persons traveling from West Africa, but stopped short of calling for a travel ban. Two days after his opponent Jacob Turk declared his
During the 2006 campaign season, President Bush was seen as a drag on Republican candidates. With his approval rating hovering in the low forties, it was considered politically risky to be seen with the president. Despite that, in October of
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-District 5) failed to show up for a candidates forum held Monday night in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce had invited six area candidates to answer questions important to Missouri voters and five of the
A ridiculous and over-the-top ad produced by a progressive non-profit blames Republican budget cuts for the Ebola outbreak in an attempt to deflect criticism away from the incompetent Obama administration. Via RCP: The Agenda Project is a progressive non-profit political
In what came as a bit of a surprise in political circles, the Denver Post editorial board on Friday endorsed Republican Rep. Cory Gardner over Democrat incumbent Senator Mark Udall in the Colorado Senate race. Seeing a need for “fresh
The celebrity Gossip News site TMZ makes its bread and butter covering ritzy celebrity events like the one President Obama attended at actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s house in Brentwood, Thursday. Here’s a photo from the fundraiser via Twitchy: Creepy RT @dsupervilleap:
The producer of a movie that criticizes Obamacare is being slapped with an IRS audit and he suspects that the invasive probe is politically motivated. Via the Washington Times: Logan Clements, producer of “Sick and Sicker: ObamaCare Canadian Style,” announced
Pointing out the gross hypocrisy of Democrats – especially the Fundraiser in Chief’s gut-wrenching hypocrisy – is hardly noteworthy since most people expect to see stomach-turning hypocrisy on the part of Democrats. Still. This is just too funny to pass up.
In response to First US Ebola Patient Dies: During a press conference at the State Departmemt, today, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the urgent need to contain the spread of Ebola in the wake of the first Ebola death
In response to Why Bill O’Reilly’s Interview with Leon Panetta was So Devastating to President Obama: It’s funny how the president’s loyalists in the MSM are covering Panetta’s devastating book by questioning whether a former administration official should write a
It’s bad enough that the Obama Justice Department is set to ban federal law enforcement officers from surveilling mosques without evidence of criminal activity. After a member of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma (ISGOC) beheaded a woman at his workplace,
In response to Ebola Scare in Kansas City : Via KCTV – 5: The person who was rushed to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri Saturday night is a man – not a woman as previously reported, and hospital
At about 9:30 Saturday night, a Kansas City apartment building was sealed off as a seriously ill person was taken to Research Medical Center for treatment. A source close to the situation said “all or part of the medical facility was
The House Oversight Committee is pursuing another contempt of court charge, and possibly a daily monetary fine, and jail time for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder unless he complies with a court order to release certain Fast and Furious documents. Via
According to a police detective, the fired worker, Jacob Mugambi Muriithi, admitted after his arrest that he told a co-worker at the Bellevue Nursing Home in Oklahoma City, that he was going to cut her head off. But he claims that
In response to Obama: November’s All About Me, Dammit!: President Midas Touch doesn’t really have much to boast about these days. His 2102 applause lines about ending the war in Iraq and decimating al Qaeda would sound like sick jokes,
In response to Contagion on the honor system: While the Liberian and United States governments are obviously complicit in allowing this dreadful virus to reach American soil, I can’t help feeling a tinge of responsibility myself as a member of
In response to ISIS Declared War on US Homeland in 2012, Promising an Attack Worse Than 9/11: ISIS may have declared war on us, but because the Obama administration refuses to declare war on them, we have more than 1,600
In a move that should be seen as a slap in the face to law enforcement officers, everywhere, the students of Goddard College in Vermont have selected convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to deliver the school’s Fall commencement address. Abu-Jamal, who
In response to Another One: Fired OK City Nursing Home Employee Threatened to Behead Co-Worker: If you can learn a lot about a person by looking at their social media, the Jacob Mugambi Muriithi story does not add up. Michael Bates
In what the local media is calling “a bizarre coincidence,” police arrested a fired Oklahoma City nursing home worker on Friday after he allegedly threatened to cut off a co-worker’s head. Via The Oklahoman: Jacob Mugambi Muriithi, 30, is
The hometown newspaper of Alton Nolen – who now goes by Jah’Keem Yisrael – has new information about the suspect in the brutal Oklahoma murder. Via Truth Revolt: Nolen Yisrael is a graduate of Idabel High School in nearby Idabel, Oklahoma,
In response to FBI Probing Whether ‘Islam Is Somehow Linked’ To Beheading In Oklahoma: A few more details via the NY Post about the – ahem – “workplace violence” incident in Moore, Oklahoma, Thursday. Alton Nolen, the “disgruntled, fired factory worker”