The blockbuster story that the facts in the Matthew Shepard murder case have been distorted in order to promote a political agenda is another example of the power of the left’s narrative mythmaking. Gay journalist Stephen Jimenez presents a new
For the people that loved and admired Andrew Breitbart, it will be impossible not to watch this never-been-seen footage of him without having a profound sense of what we have lost. You’re about to see a nine minute clip that’s
Here’s one way to understand the Syrian Rebels: think of them as the gangsters in Quentin Tarantino’s film Reservoir Dogs. Secretary of State John Kerry famously called the Free Syria Army “moderate” in Senate testimony about Syrian rebels last week.
Rebel forces have retaken the Christian village of Maalula. The village is located about an hour northeast of Damascus, Syria and is a symbol of Christian presence in Syria. It is one of the last places on Earth that the
An Indian woman who wrote a bestselling memoir about the brutality of Sharia law and her escape from the Taliban was killed by unknown militants in Afghanistan. Police in Paktika province have told the BBC that the militants arrived at
Prominent comprehensive immigration reform advocate Prerna Lal, who is originally from Fiji, tweeted in July that people should not “mess with Fijians” since she claimed that Fijians had killed, roasted, and eaten “white invaders” in the past. Her tweet, which
If you’re an illegal immigrant worried about being caught, help is only a mouse click away. An article from the radical website DreamActivist.org will give you a quick lesson on how to lie about your status. It’s all part of
Reuters has taken U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to the woodshed with an article stating that Kerry’s public assurances about the expanding influence of moderate Syrian opposition groups contradicts what U.S. and European intelligence sources, as well as other
Half a world away in Australia, asylum and immigration are major election issues, and there appear to be some parallels between the complaints being made down under and the emerging asylum battle here in the United States. Elections in Australia
A report from the Mexican newspaper El Universal states that the number of asylum claims by Mexican nationals in fiscal year 2013 so far has jumped 260% over the entire year of 2012. This provides another confirmation of the story
Concerned that immigration reform could fall off Obama’s agenda with international crises and economic woes looming, the influential liberal magazine The Atlantic is now floating what they refer to as ‘the nuclear option’; the idea that President Obama could unilaterally
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that reveals the Obama administration policy of asylum overwhelms the ability to enforce laws. This comes in the wake of a Breitbart News story about
The group Heritage Action held a packed event in Dallas, Texas Tuesday night that was disrupted by a handful of protesters. In this exclusive video, Breitbart News interviews one of the protesters and learns they are organizers with the Texas
A legendary labor leader who once called illegal immigrants “wetbacks” has now taken the default position of many in the comprehensive immigration reform movement: namely, that enforcement of existing immigration laws through deportation should be halted. At the union-sponsored rally
National Public Radio’s Kirk Siegler, reporting for Morning Edition, filed a fair story on Wednesday’s immigration reform rally in Bakersfield, California, in contrast to much of the rest of the mainstream media. The rally brought together far fewer people than
Eliseo Medina, the International Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), freely and unashamedly admitted that his union has members who are illegal immigrant workers. Medina made the comments in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News at a rally
According to a report from Eric Holder’s Department of Justice, nearly 1/3 of the immigrants making asylum claims last year who were released on bond or their own recognizance never even bothered to appear in immigration court. The Executive Office for
The process for people attempting to enter the country illegally through the Mexican border has often been characterized as grueling, dangerous and even potentially deadly; a trek across smoldering hot deserts led by ruthless ‘coyotes’ who profit from human suffering.
Aside from the radical illegal immigrant activist movement appropriating the gay culture act of ‘coming out’ as a tactic, there are, of course, some people who are both illegal immigrants and gay. Identity politics being what they are on the
The activists who are promoting the comprehensive immigration reform goals of de facto amnesty and open borders admit to taking a page from the gay rights handbook: using the tactic of “coming out” as a means of attempting to normalize
At the Otay crossing near the San Diego border last Monday, about 200 people coming from Mexico gained entry to the United States all using the same key phrase; they claimed they had a ‘credible fear’ of drug cartels. According
One of the pro-amnesty “Dream 9” activists recently released from custody in Arizona appears to have worked illegally for a institutional left activist group that has used bullying activism tactics against restaurants for over a decade. An illegal alien named
This past Sunday’s episode of the Aaron Sorkin/HBO series The Newsroom was entitled “Unintended Consequences,” and one of the major subplots involved Occupy Wall Street. The Newsroom continues to exist in an alternative universe; in Sorkin’s mind, not only was
In an exclusive to the New York Post, the paper reported Sunday that after 25 years, former New York prosecutor Steven Pagones is finally getting justice from Tawana Brawley. The Post reports that Pagones recently received his first payments from
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) hosted a packed forum about immigration reform in her home district of Houston, Texas last week. For anyone concerned about the specter of “comprehensive” immigration reform becoming legal reality, the event provided two cold, hard
The Dream Defenders have entered their sixteenth day of occupying the Florida Capitol building with support from Rev. Jesse Jackson. Gov. Rick Scott asked for an apology after Jackson made incendiary remarks. The group also began conducting their own mock
The editors at Breitbart News love giving me onerous assignments. While on staff, I’ve visited eight different Occupy Wall Street encampments, was in Lansing, MI two feet from union thugs as they ripped down the Americans for Prosperity tent and
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has stopped the group Dream Defenders who are occupying the Capitol from receiving food deliveries this weekend. Dream Defenders has been holed up in the Capitol building for thirteen days demanding reforms that they call
Entertainer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte blamed the Tea Party for increasing “racial animus” in the United States in an appearance with the Dream Defenders at the Florida State Capitol. In a response to a question from Breitbart News
As the Dream Defenders sit-in against Gov. Rick Scott moves into the tenth day, the State of Florida has begun to push back against the liberal activist group, issuing a report on the costs of the occupation and citing incidents
The Dream Defenders are the group–mostly young and black–who have taken over the Florida state Capitol in the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal in an act of non-violent civil disobedience. As you’d expect from the demographic description, they are
In Jacksonville, Florida this past Saturday, hundreds marched in the streets shouting, “No justice, no peace!”as part of Al Sharpton’s call for 100 cities to demonstrate for Trayvon Martin. Speakers in downtown’s Hemming Plaza also railed against Florida’s “Stand Your
Although the Dream Defenders takeover of the Florida State Capitol uses the same tactic of occupation as the Occupy Wall Street movement, in many other ways the movements are polar opposites. As shown in the Steven K. Bannon film Occupy
Conservatives who have argued that the Dream Defenders’ activism in Tallahassee, Florida wasn’t going to achieve anything may have underestimated to ability of mainstream Republicans to erode under pressure. Last week, the group Dream Defenders announced “Takeover Tuesday” in response
While in Tallahassee covering the occupation of the Florida State Capitol by the Dream Defenders, I ran into a young white man who is from the Sanford area and actually knew and had worked with George Zimmerman. Like many people
At noon on the forth day of the Dream Defenders’ sit-in at the Florida State Capitol, the NAACP held a rally on the steps of the old Florida capitol building with the theme “We shall not be moved.” It was
For the second time since the jury cast its verdict in the George Zimmerman case, MoveOn.org has sent out a fundraising letter riding on the coattails of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Within a few hours of the verdict
Florida Governor Rick Scott was still nowhere to be seen Thursday as protesters angered by George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin occupied his office in Tallahassee for the third day in a row. The doors of
