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Joseph Curl at the Washington Times shares our conclusion about the real aim of President Barack Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court: So why on Earth would he say it? Why would he lecture the top jurists in the land —
The Obama administration, in a move designed to bolster its backers by blackmailing its opponents, announced on Friday that it would withdraw funding for a Texas program that offers birth control and other health services to low-income women who do
It’s your 18th birthday – a milestone event in your life. You’re getting ready to go to college. You can vote. And you can give money to Planned Parenthood. At least, that’s what Planned Parenthood’s fundraising arm seems to think.
One bill would alter the state constitution to specifically include gun rights. Another would rewrite the law on “reasonable force” so that a person may use force — including deadly force — against someone who they believe threatens to kill
Most Wisconsin voters approve of the job embattled Governor Scott Walker is doing and oppose the effort to recall him from office before the next election. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 52% of Likely Wisconsin Voters at
Yesterday, Mitt Romney won primaries in Michigan and Arizona.
If Romney wins, it’ll be trumpeted by the establishment Republicans as yet another indication that he is inevitable. But if he were so inevitable, why are Romney and Santorum so close in Romney’s home state? The closeness of these races ought
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – In a surprise announcement, moderate GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday she would abandon her campaign for a fourth term–a contest she was expected to win easily–because she is frustrated by a polarized atmosphere in Washington. The move dealt
Today, voters in Michigan and Arizona have their turn in voting on the GOP nominee. Check BG throughout the day and evening for results and analysis.
Today, in 1919, Oregon imposed the first gas tax in the country. It was 1 cent per gallon.
Today, in 1732, George Washington was born. Probably should be its own holiday.
The Final Four GOP candidates meet up tonight in Arizona. This will be the last debate before Super Tuesday on March 6th. Check BigGovernment throughout the night for reactions and analysis. Debate starts at 8pm EST on CNN.
Today, in 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto.”
Today is Presidents’ Day. It’s traditionally a celebration of the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but the current culture tells us not to focus on individuals but, rather, to have a more vague, general and non-specific celebration of
Today, in 1942, FDR signed an executive order authorizing the internment of Japanese-American citizens.
Republican US Senator Scott Brown now has a 9-point lead over Elizabeth Warren, his likely Democratic opponent in the November election, a new poll has found. The Suffolk University/7News poll, which was released late Thursday night, asked 600 likely voters
A new poll shows President Barack Obama trailing three of the four GOP presidential candidates in the key swing state of Iowa. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads Obama by 46 percent support to 44 percent among likely Hawkeye state
Today, in 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman burned Columbia, the capitol of South Carolina.
Today, in 1904, Madame Butterfly had its debut at La Scala in Milan.
From the Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON–Federal agents on Friday arrested a man who they allege planned carry out a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol, part of a sting operation in which undercover agents posing as al Qaeda operatives provided fake
Today, in 1985, the terrorist and anti-semititic group Hezbollah is founded. Rumors of Media Matters’ or David Brock’s involvement are unconfirmed at this time.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum continues to ride his polling momentum into Ohio where he leads Mitt Romney by nearly two-to-one in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of Republicans in the state. The new statewide telephone survey of Likely Republican
Today, in 1989, the Soviet Union completed its retreat from Afghanistan.
Today, in 1945, the RAF and US Army Air Force fire-bombed Dresden, Germany, destroying most of the city center.
Today, in 1999, President Bill Clinton was acquitted in his impeachment trial.
The 2013 budget being released Monday will propose public works spending while seeking tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to claim progress on the federal deficit in his upcoming budget. The spending plan projects a deficit for this year
Washington (CNN) – Sarah Palin issued a warning to Mitt Romney Saturday, calling on the former Massachusetts governor to do a better job explaining his record to conservatives or risk dampening voter turnout in November if he wins the Republican presidential
Today, in 1979, Iran was finally gripped in an Islamic revolution. Jimmy Carter truly did screw up the modern world.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster says Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses by a slim margin, giving him a much needed boost following losses in three other contests in the past week. The former
A new documentary to be released later this year will illustrate the ongoing tooth-and-nail battle of one Andrew Breitbart against the mainstream media’s decades-long monopoly on disseminating information and shaping public opinion. Watch the trailer (language warning) below: From the
From the Washington Times: Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine’s caucuses. Romney, the one-time front-runner,
Rep. Spencer Bachus is now under investigation for insider trading. Too bad the GOP didn’t get ahead of this scandal.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rushing to end a political uproar, President BarackObama on Friday will announce that religious employers will not have to coverbirth control for their employees after all, The Associated Press has learned. The administration instead will demand that insurance companies will be the
Yet another domino is about to fall…
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), whose financial transactions while ranking member of the House financial services committee were exposed by Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer, is now the target of an insider trading inquiry by the Office of Congressional Ethics, according to theWashington
(Reuters) – The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed on Thursday a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials, despite objections from both Democrats and Republicans that it was weaker than a version passed by the Senate
Newark, New Jersey–home of superstar Democrat mayor and future presidential contender Cory Booker–has just told Occupy protestors to take a hike. In a letter sent to Eric Richardson, the Occupy activist who recently told Lee Stranahan about racism within the movement, Kenneth