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State Dept Reverses Denial of Hiring British Security Firm in Benghazi

In her daily press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland admitted that she provided false information Friday about the State Department’s hiring of private security firms for the American mission in Benghazi attacked on September 11th: QUESTION: You also

State Dept Reverses Denial of Hiring British Security Firm in Benghazi

OBAMA ADMIN SENT UNARMED BRITISH FIRM TO PROTECT U.S. MISSION IN BENGHAZI

EDITORS’ NOTE: According to a source close to Breitbart News and high up in the intelligence community, the Obama administration’s policy following Muammar Gaddafi’s death has been to keep a “low profile” during a chaotic time.   For this reason, according to the source,

OBAMA ADMIN SENT UNARMED BRITISH FIRM TO PROTECT U.S. MISSION IN BENGHAZI

Rasmussen: Kaine Leads Allen by Two in VA Senate Race

Rasmussen Reports released a new poll on Monday that shows that “Democrat Tim Kaine has moved slightly ahead of Republican George Allen in Virginia’s neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race.” The telephone survey of 500 likely Virginia voters shows support for Kaine

Rasmussen: Kaine Leads Allen by Two in VA Senate Race

The Angus King Federal Bailout

Add former Maine Governor and current Independent candidate for Senate Angus King to the long list of Obama administration cronies who have personally made money off the $800 billion Obama Stimulus program. King’s personal bailout came in the form of

The Angus King Federal Bailout

UCLA Shuts Down Controversial National Dream University

Fox News reported on Thursday that UCLA has shut down the controversial National Dream University featured in several articles by Breitbart News. Following scrutiny from a California lawmaker, the University of California is shutting down a controversial college program for

UCLA Shuts Down Controversial National Dream University

Colonel: Hillary Made Decision Not to Post Marines at Benghazi

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Fox News military analyst Colonel David Hunt laid the blame for the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans at the Benghazi, Libya American mission on Hillary Clinton and the State

Colonel: Hillary Made Decision Not to Post Marines at Benghazi

Obama Uses Murdered Consulate Staff to Motivate Campaign Workers

President Obama compared his campaign volunteers to the murdered consulate staff in Libya at a Wednesday stump speech in Las Vegas: “And obviously [our] hearts are broken for the families but I wanted to encourage those folks at the State Dept.

Obama Uses Murdered Consulate Staff to Motivate Campaign Workers

NBC's David Gregory Attacks Romney for Middle East Violence Statement

NBC News’s David Gregory took to Twitter Wednesday afternoon to denounce Mitt Romney’s statement on the violence in Egypt and Libya that killed four Americans. Romney appears to have launched a political attack even before facts of embassy violence were known.

NBC's David Gregory Attacks Romney for Middle East Violence Statement

Where Were the Marines?

Early reports of the militant attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed our Ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans offer a confusing picture of the facts surrounding these murders. CBS News is reporting that Ambassador Stevens

Where Were the Marines?

Obamacare Redefines 'Full Time' Employment as 30 Hours a Week

A year and a half after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, bureaucrats at the IRS and Health and Human Services issued an 18-page report outlining new regulations that will dramatically increase health care costs for small and

Obamacare Redefines 'Full Time' Employment as 30 Hours a Week

Poll Shows Allen Up 5 Over Kaine in Virginia Senate Race

The same Gravis Marketing Poll released today that showed Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama by 49-44 in Virginia showed Republican George Allen leading Democrat Tim Kaine 47-42 in the Senate race. For Allen, today’s 5 point margin reflects a 2

Poll Shows Allen Up 5 Over Kaine in Virginia Senate Race

On 9-11 Egyptians Chant, Destroy American Embassy Flag

When Barack Obama hailed the Arab spring last year and hastened the exit of Egyptian strongman and long time US ally Mubarak, the Administration predicted the policy would bear fruit. Today, on the eleventh anniversary of 9-11, it has. Egyptian

On 9-11 Egyptians Chant, Destroy American Embassy Flag

CNN Identifies Arrested NJ Mayor as Democrat on 18th Paragraph

Tony Mack (pictured above), the Democratic mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, was arrested Monday by the FBI on numerous charges of bribery. If you read CNN’s story on this scandal, you wouldn’t discover that Mack is a Democrat until the

CNN Identifies Arrested NJ Mayor as Democrat on 18th Paragraph

Chicago Strike: Charter Schools Open, Union-Run Schools Closed

The Chicago Tribune reported on Monday that the Chicago Teachers Union has gone on strike. The move will leave 400,000 students with nowhere to go and nothing to do. Meanwhile, the 50,000 students who attend the city’s charter schools will

Chicago Strike: Charter Schools Open, Union-Run Schools Closed

Elizabeth Warren Autographs Her Pow Wow Chow Plagiarism

In another sign her campaign is not paying attention to details, Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was caught on video in Worcester on Saturday autographing a copy of the Pow Wow Chow cookbook that contains her own plagiarized recipes.

Elizabeth Warren Autographs Her Pow Wow Chow Plagiarism

Democrats Ran Their Convention Like They Run the Country: At a Deficit

On Friday, Bloomberg News reported another embarrassing fact about the recently completed Democratic National Convention: it operated at a $15 million deficit. In a move certain to raise eyebrows at the Federal Election Commission, $10 million of that deficit was

Democrats Ran Their Convention Like They Run the Country: At a Deficit

Mass. Dem State Rep Endorses Scott Brown

On Friday, Democratic Massachusetts State Representative Chris Fallon endorsed incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown: Malden State Rep. Chris Fallon became the first sitting Democrat to endorse Republican Sen. Scott Brown Friday, calling the endorsement of his “long time” friend an “easy

Mass. Dem State Rep Endorses Scott Brown

Mass. State Senator Retracts Support of Warren's Native American Claims

Massachusetts State Senator Katherine Clark, who in May defended embattled Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry on MSNBC, told one of her constituents today that she is retracting her support of those claims. At a regularly

Mass. State Senator Retracts Support of Warren's Native American Claims

Mirror, Mirror in the Hall: You're My Hope to Win This Fall

In his acceptance speech at the DNC Thursday night, Barack Obama took out the mirror he usually looks into to see himself and held it up towards the crowd so the delegates could see their own reflections: So you see,

Mirror, Mirror in the Hall: You're My Hope to Win This Fall

How Will Mainstream Media Cover Cardinal Dolan's Benediction at the DNC?

When the DNC caved and invited Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan to deliver their convention’s closing benediction tonight, it presented the mainstream media with a problem. Would they cover his DNC benediction any differently than they covered his RNC benediction

How Will Mainstream Media Cover Cardinal Dolan's Benediction at the DNC?

Warren Speech: Hit in San Fran., Miss in Mass.

They loved Elizabeth Warren’s DNC speech in San Francisco: ELIZABETH WARREN: Sensible. She projects “sensible,” but don’t mistake that for a lack of passion, or a lack of political instinct. She also projects “relentless.” Warren took a crowd ready to

Warren Speech: Hit in San Fran., Miss in Mass.

Warren Convention Speech Falls Flat

For the self described “intellectual godmother” of Occupy Wall Street, Elizabeth Warren’s fifteen minute speech to the DNC sounded more like a well rehearsed lecture filled with standard left-wing platitudes delivered by a politically correct graduate student than the William

Warren Convention Speech Falls Flat

DNC Pins Hopes on Shredded Credibility of Elizabeth Warren

The Democratic National Convention tonight is pinning its hopes on the shredded credibility of Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, who has been caught telling so many blatant lies during the course of her campaign she has become a national

DNC Pins Hopes on Shredded Credibility of Elizabeth Warren

#EmptyChairDay: Low Attendance Forces Obama to Move Thursday Speech

Clint Eastwood scored a victory over his critics Wednesday as the Democratic National Convention announced that it has moved President Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday night from the 74,000-seat outdoor Bank of America Stadium to the 20,000-seat indoor Time Warner Cable Arena. 

#EmptyChairDay: Low Attendance Forces Obama to Move Thursday Speech

DNC Platform Supports Constitutional Amendment to Limit Free Speech

Political party platforms are usually filled with vague promises and general ideas. This year, the 2012 Democratic Party Platform offers support for a very specific constitutional amendment designed to strike down the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and limit free

DNC Platform Supports Constitutional Amendment to Limit Free Speech

Warren: 'Romney Says' He Plans to Increase Taxes on Middle Class

Even before the opening gavel, embattled Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren has told her first lie at the Democratic National Convention.  Appearing on NBC’s Today Show Tuesday morning, she made this statement to Savannah Guthrie: “When Romney says his plan

Warren: 'Romney Says' He Plans to Increase Taxes on Middle Class

Mass. Democratic Chair Apologizes for Calling Scott Brown 'Honorary Girl'

John Walsh, the Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, apologized Monday for remarks he made disparaging Senator Scott Brown at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.  Speaking at a delegate breakfast, Walsh called Republican Senator Scott Brown an “honorary girl.” According

Mass. Democratic Chair Apologizes for Calling Scott Brown 'Honorary Girl'

Nine Charlotte Hotels Report Bedbug Infestations

The Washington Times reported on Monday that nine of the hotels hosting delegates and media at the DNC in Charlotte have recently reported problems with bedbug infestations: Some convention-goers were fearful in the run-up to the convention, and state officials and

Nine Charlotte Hotels Report Bedbug Infestations

Warren Dodges DNC Meeting with Native American Delegates

Native American delegates to the DNC have invited embattled Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren to meet with their caucus before she gives her big speech to the convention on Wednesday, but so far she’s dodged the invitations. As the

Warren Dodges DNC Meeting with Native American Delegates

Even Some at the DNC Participate in 'National Empty Chair Day'

As National Empty Chair Day continued to go viral on Monday, with a main headline link at The Drudge Report, the hashtag #EmptyChairDay trending as high as number 2 nationally on Twitter, and thousands of empty chair pictures circulating on

Even Some at the DNC Participate in 'National Empty Chair Day'

AFL-CIO Has 'Hug a Union Thug' Booth at DNC

The Hill is reporting that the North Carolina AFL-CIO has a “Hug a Union Thug” booth at Monday’s Carolina Fest celebration, one of the final “pre-convention” events at the DNC. In Charlotte, people will be asked to “hug a union thug”

AFL-CIO Has 'Hug a Union Thug' Booth at DNC

'National Empty Chair Day' Clouds DNC Day One

As Day One of the DNC dawns in Charlotte, North Carolina, conservatives are making mischief, having declared Monday “National Empty Chair Day.” The event is inspired by Clint Eastwood’s dialogue with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention Thursday;

'National Empty Chair Day' Clouds DNC Day One

'Eastwooding' Inspires National Empty Chair Day on Monday

In another sign that Clint Eastwood’s RNC talk to an empty chair has tapped in to broadly held opinions that President Obama is not getting the job done, word spread rapidly over the weekend among conservative new media outlets that

'Eastwooding' Inspires National Empty Chair Day on Monday