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Obama Sand Sculpture at DNC Damaged by Rains

A 16 foot tall sand sculpture of President Obama “officially sanctioned” by the DNC and commissioned by the Myrtle Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau was damaged by rain yesterday. Workers hurried to recreate the right elbow of the statue and fill

Obama Sand Sculpture at DNC Damaged by Rains

Jumah at the DNC Fizzles

Organizers at the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs anticipated crowds at yesterday’s “Jumah at the DNC” event in Charlotte, North Carolina would reach 20,000. Instead, only 300 Muslims showed up for the open air prayer ceremony.  The event had been

Jumah at the DNC Fizzles

DNC Invites 'Indigenous' Muslim Group to Convention

The mystery surrounding how the “Jumah at the DNC” event sponsored by the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs, an obscure Islamist organization, became part of the officially sanctioned DNC/Charlotte in 2012 pre-convention program has begun to unravel.  Ibrahim Jaaber, son of BIMA

DNC Invites 'Indigenous' Muslim Group to Convention

Report: NBC's Matthews in Confrontation with GOP Delegates

MSNBC host Chris Matthews got into an ugly confrontation with GOP delegates to the RNC early Friday morning, according to the Hill: Matthews told The Hill in a phone interview that after he left the restaurant, he heard a group

Report: NBC's Matthews in Confrontation with GOP Delegates

Liberal Talker: Romney's Stage at the RNC Like a Mormon Pulpit

Liberal talker Ellen Ratner, no fan of Mitt Romney, just put up this very odd piece at Talk Radio News,”Was Romney’s Stage a Mormon Pulpit?“: Couldn’t help but notice that the podium used by Mitt Romney Thursday night to deliver

Liberal Talker: Romney's Stage at the RNC Like a Mormon Pulpit

Media Continues Pushing Disproven Obama Campaign 'Fact Check'

The mainstream media gave a perfect example of how it disseminates Democrat talking points after the vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s speech at the Republican National Convention. Seconds after Ryan said in his speech that the Janesville, Wisconsin GM plant

Media Continues Pushing Disproven Obama Campaign 'Fact Check'

ABC Weaponizes Poll Against Romneys Minutes Before Ann's RNC Speech

Minutes before Ann Romney’s RNC speech, ABC Radio announced an ABC News/Washington Post poll purportedly showing a majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of Mitt Romney. Anchor Aaron Katersky tried to overshadow the content of Mrs. Romney’s speech by

ABC Weaponizes Poll Against Romneys Minutes Before Ann's RNC Speech

Democrats Invite Cardinal to Pray at DNC After Obama Snub

Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, announced Monday that Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been invited to pray at the Democratic National Convention.  Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has accepted an invitation to deliver the closing prayer at

Democrats Invite Cardinal to Pray at DNC After Obama Snub

Why CNN Is Failing

CNN published an article by Shannon Travis yesterday,“Has the Tea Party ‘Sold Out’ to the Mainstream GOP?,” that illustrates why that once dominant media company is now failing. I received a phone call from Mr. Travis at 11 pm Saturday night

Why CNN Is Failing

Republican Platform Supports Completion of US-Mexico Border Fence

Fox News Latino reports that a Republican platform committee has approved a strong immigration policy: The platform stance on immigration is the brainchild of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the chief architect of the country’s most controversial state immigration

Republican Platform Supports Completion of US-Mexico Border Fence

Obama Rejects Pro-Life Catholic Cardinal's Benediction at DNC

President Obama and the “social justice” Democrats have just told Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan they don’t want him at their convention next month, according to the New York Post. Earlier this week, the GOP announced that Cardinal Dolan will be giving the

Obama Rejects Pro-Life Catholic Cardinal's Benediction at DNC

Drudge Flash Report of Late Friday Akin Press Conference Heightens Speculation

Late this afternoon, Drudge flashed a “developing” headline that embattled Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin (R-Mo) would hold a hastily-called press conference. As speculation mounted in some corners that Akin might announce his withdrawal from the race, others cautioned

Drudge Flash Report of Late Friday Akin Press Conference Heightens Speculation

Will Democrats Snub Catholic Cardinal Invited to RNC?

Conservative HQ’s Richard Viguerie notes the significance of the recent announcement that Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan will give the benediction at next week’s GOP convention: The archdiocese of New York is one of more than 40 Roman Catholic groups suing

Will Democrats Snub Catholic Cardinal Invited to RNC?

Mainstream Media Cover Akin's Gaffe Non-Stop But Ignore Biden's 'Chains' Blunder

The mainstream media’s double standard is well illustrated by comparing its coverage of Democratic Vice President Joe Biden’s “chains” blunder to its coverage of Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” gaffe.  As Scott Whitlock at Newsbusters reported: A

Mainstream Media Cover Akin's Gaffe Non-Stop But Ignore Biden's 'Chains' Blunder

Warren Attack Ad Piles On Akin

Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign took an odd turn yesterday when it launched a radio ad campaign that attacked Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin for his recent gaffe.  In the ad, Warren fails to mention Scott Brown,

Warren Attack Ad Piles On Akin

Obama's Auto Bailout 'Success' a Disaster for Taxpayers

At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte next month, the Obama Administration plans to tout its auto bailout “success” as a reason to re-elect him. While such claims may rally the UAW delegates at the convention, it’s not likely to have

Obama's Auto Bailout 'Success' a Disaster for Taxpayers

Akin Says Paul Ryan Personally Asked Him to Drop Out

Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), the embattled Republican nominee for the Missouri Senate seat currently held by Democrat Claire McCaskill, said that Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan personally asked him to withdraw from the race. In a phone call Tuesday as

Akin Says Paul Ryan Personally Asked Him to Drop Out

'Repeal Obamacare' Billboard Vandalized

Vandals defaced a Sarasota County Republican Party anti-Obama billboard over the weekend in Venice, Florida, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Vandals this past weekend extensively damaged a Sarasota County Republican Party billboard with the message “Repeal Obama.” At about 8 a.m. Sunday,

'Repeal Obamacare' Billboard Vandalized

Solyndra Returns: Company's Glass Tubes Found in Art Exhibit

Over 1,000 glass tubes from the defunct solar energy business Solynda have found new life–as abstract art. PJ Media reports 1,368 of the bankrupt company’s 24 million missing and unused glass tubes have “finally turned up — in a modern

Solyndra Returns: Company's Glass Tubes Found in Art Exhibit

Publisher of UGA Student Newspaper Responds to Mass Resignation of Staff

Harry Montevideo, publisher of The Red and Black, which calls itself an “independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community,” issued this video statement on yesterday’s mass resignation of the student staff: Here’s the full transcript of his statement, which

Publisher of UGA Student Newspaper Responds to Mass Resignation of Staff

Nevada Media Calls Berkley Attack Ad 'Laughable'

Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley’s Campaign for Senate released a television ad that claimed her opponent, incumbent Republican Senator Dean Heller, was implicated in a $64 million diamond scam. By Monday, every major media outlet in Nevada declared the ad was

Nevada Media Calls Berkley Attack Ad 'Laughable'

Editors at UGA Student Newspaper Resign

The entire student staff of the University of Georgia “independent student newspaper,” The Red and Black, resigned en mass yesterday after returning to campus for the fall semester and discovering “that [in less than a month, The Red & Black

Editors at UGA Student Newspaper Resign

Berkley Attempts to Crash Paul Ryan Rally with 'Prebuttal'

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV 1), the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Nevada, attempted Tuesday to crash a Ryan rally held at a Las Vegas area high school. Berkley held a hastily-organized press conference in the school’s parking lot.

Berkley Attempts to Crash Paul Ryan Rally with 'Prebuttal'

Democrat Erskine Bowles Called Ryan Budget 'Sensible, Straightforward, Serious'

Erskine Bowles, the Democratic co-chairman of President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, called the Paul Ryan budget “sensible, straightforward, serious” at a speech  given at the University of North Carolina last September. The video of the speech, first reported

Democrat Erskine Bowles Called Ryan Budget 'Sensible, Straightforward, Serious'

Berkley Can't Shake Litany of Ethics Charges

Shelly Berkley, the Democratic Congressman who’s running against Republican Dean Heller for the Senate seat in Nevada, can’t seem to shake a growing litany of ethics charges. Her Republican opponent and conservative Super PACs are doing everything possible to remind

Berkley Can't Shake Litany of Ethics Charges

Portman as VP Won't Get in Way of Coming Romney Landslide

It’s fun to play the “Who will Romney pick as VP?” parlor game, but the identity of who Romney selects won’t have an impact on the election in November. As I’ve been saying since April, Romney is going to win

Portman as VP Won't Get in Way of Coming Romney Landslide

Sheldon Adelson Punches Back with $60 Million Libel Suit

Sheldon Adelson, the self made billionaire, CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and major Republican donor, filed a multi-million dollar libel lawsuit in New York today against David Harris and the National Jewish Democratic Council. As Bloomberg News reported:

Sheldon Adelson Punches Back with $60 Million Libel Suit

Harvard Knew Elizabeth Warren Was a Poor Scholar When It Hired Her

Third article in a four-part series: When Harvard Law School offered Elizabeth Warren a tenured faculty position in February 1993, administrators at the school knew that her scholarship had been criticized harshly. Between 1989 and 1991, three leading academic experts

Harvard Knew Elizabeth Warren Was a Poor Scholar When It Hired Her

Congress Kicks National Security Can Down Road

As Congress rushed to finish business Thursday, both houses unanimously passed a law designed to modify the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012. Rather than solve a national security problem created in the act, however, yesterday’s action merely

Congress Kicks National Security Can Down Road

Elizabeth Warren's Next Task: 'The Salvation of Capitalism'

Elizabeth Warren, who has called herself the “intellectual godmother” of Occupy Wall Street and claimed “there is nobody who got rich on his own,” made another grandiose assertion on Sunday. In an interview with the National Journal, she stated: Every

Elizabeth Warren's Next Task: 'The Salvation of Capitalism'