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The White House has made their most adamant denial yet of the charge made by the New York Times that Organizing for Action was planning to reward $500,000 donors with access to President Obama for quarterly meetings.  Over the weekend

Author and media observer Michael Wolff appeared on HuffPo Live on the Huffington Post to discuss Roger Ailes and Fox News.  The moderator of the discussion was Alicia Menendez, daughter of embattled Senator Bob Menendez who has had quite a

Iran’s state-run news agency FARS altered an image of First Lady Michelle Obama presenting the Best Picture Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards.  The photo showing Obama on a giant screen hovering over the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

An interesting thing is happening in Washington DC. The White House is trying to assign blame to Republicans in Congress for the impending “draconian cuts” to the federal budget known as the “Sequester.” Speaker of the House John Boehner, who

Earlier today on WMAL-FM in Washington DC, I interviewed former Clinton White House Counsel Lanny Davis. I asked Davis whether it was legitimate to ask Chuck Hagel to disclose his sources of income from the various speeches he’s given in

When Ted Cruz was running for US Senate in the Republican primary in Texas, he promised the people of the Lone Star State that he would not go to Washington to just be another vote for the GOP establishment.  He promised he would go

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts is a news anchor.  Just ask him.  Ask NBC News.  They describe him as a “News Anchor.”  Not a host, like Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow or Al Sharpton.  No, those MSNBC prime time types are there

One thing we can all agree on: Piers Morgan is pretty impressed with himself.   In an interview with London’s TV Magazine, the CNN host suggests that members fo the fairer sex are also quite smitten with the anti-gun advocate:

You’ll hear it all over cable news and the networks and in every lede paragraph from the Washington Post to the LA Times: Republicans are conducting an unprecedented filibuster of Chuck Hagel.   Where did the media get this buzz word that’s

“Karl Rove is bad news for the Republican Party.”   With those words Donald Trump officially joined the ongoing battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party by aligning himself as a defender of the tea party and a merciless

Yesterday on his Facebook page, professional victimologist and societal agitator Rev. Jesse Jackson posted an open letter to Christopher Dorner, the fugitive murderer whose manifesto reads like a battle cry from Jackson’s own website. *Dear Christopher Dorner, I understand your

“As of Feb 14, 2013, I am ending my tenure as CEO. Roger Simon, the novelist-screenwriter, is calling to me. After more than seven years, he is feeling extremely neglected. I am going to return to my creative writing while

When given the opportunity to rebut the sharp criticism leveled Tuesday by Brent Bozell directed at Karl Rove, Jonathan Collegio of Rove’s American Crossroads might have made things worse, if not personal.  “Bozell is a hater and he also has a long

Brent Bozell, Chairman of ForAmerica, a conservative political action committee, is not very pleased with Karl Rove and his plan to campaign against GOP candidates whom he deems “unelectable” due to their tea party connections.   Bozell joined me and

Last week Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said he would take no options off the table in preventing a nuclear Iran… including military intervention. With this one simple position, Rand sets himself up as a much more serious candidate than his

“Why shouldn’t Iran have Nuclear weapons?” Those were the disconcerting words from Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) during a 2011 GOP debate in Iowa as the perennial presidential candidate gave Americans reason number one to not take him seriously as a candidate

The congressman told me he was “fifty-fifty” on a potential senate bid in 2014, filling the seat of out-going Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA).   If King were to win that seat, can you imagine a better upgrade for our nation?

Tea party favorite and veteran Iowa congressman Steve King says he is “fifty-fifty” on whether he will run for the senate seat vacated by retiring Tom Harkin.   King appeared on Mornings on the Mall on WMAL-FM in Washington DC

The White House has released a picture purporting to show President Obama “skeet shooting” at Camp David.  An activity he claims he does “all the time.” The White House also warns all you mischievous internet types to not mess around with the

Yes.  Yes, she is.   She just said that.   Other Secretaries of State in American history: Thomas Jefferson John Jay James Monroe John Quincy Adams Daniel Webster William Jennings Bryan George Marshall John Foster Dulles Henry Kissinger Yeah, Rachel…

In response to Binge-viewing: I have high expectations for the new, updated and Americanized “House of Cards” that I will, indeed BINGE VIEW.   I first became obsessed with “House of Cards” when I watched the Masterpiece Theatre broadcast of

I do.  At the time, no one was calling for a weapons ban, the Left and their media pals were calling for a Palin ban.   Keith Olbermann went further and suggested Bill O’Reilly and conservative commentators were partly responsible.

I’m sure it was a huge moment in Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski’s career to appear on that MSNBC show that gets trounced by “The Five” every day.  (Why else would he wear that snappy vest?) But even while basking in the

In response to Zen and the Art of Two Dogs Yowling at Each Other on Skype : Ace points out how two dogs can howl at each other using Skype.   Let’s not forget, sixty years ago the Soviet Union

CBS News reporter Steve Kroft has been deemed President Obama’s “Go-to Interviewer.”  Appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight he divulged why the President likes him so much:   “(Obama) knows that we’re not going to play ‘gotcha’ with him, that

Former San Francisco and Oakland offensive lineman Kwame Harris faces felony domestic violence charges after allegedly beating up an ex-boyfriend in the parking lot of a restaurant after an argument over soy sauce.  The former 2003 first round draft pick had

Get your head in the game!  The game between the Orlando Magic and the Brooklyn Nets was already settled.The Magic were down 94-71 with only two minutes left.  It was time to head to the exits.  But nobody told Orlando’s

When Steve Kroft of CBS News finally got around to asking President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi resulting in the death of four brave Americans, President Obama decided it would be a good

Only a few days after CBS News’ intrepid investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson detailed a comprehensive list of questions the White House has refused to answer regarding the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, the network had the opportunity