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The 10 Most Underreported Stories for 2010

I’ve said before that the media is so invested in this administration because their very survival depends upon its success. The only people who consume mainstream media anymore are the people who are part of the ideology that the MSM

A Conversation with Steve King: Taking America Back

For years we have heard the common refrain that “the people don’t get it,” or we’re “stupid,” or we “really don’t care.” Ignoring the Americans who serially vote Democrat because they have been bought off with welfare payments or some

Inspector General Report Details ACORN Fraud

Big Government has obtained an advance copy of Homeland Security’s Inspector General report detailing ACORN’s misuse of a federal grant from FEMA. The report will be released to the public on December 8th. We’ve included it below. EMBARGOED 12-8-10 DHS

Auditor: ACORN Owes Government $3.2 Million

From the Associated Press: A government audit says the advocacy group ACORN should reimburse the government $3.2 million for failing to adequately show that lead removal work was performed at a reasonable cost. The auditors also say some grant money

The Left Lost More Ways Than One on Election Night

While liberalism looks to regain its composure after suffering a historic defeat at the polls yesterday, they and their cohorts in mainstream media will be holding up any little victory, no matter how small, to prove their ideological relevancy in

ACORN Filing for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Incredible timing with this news. Bad news dump of the year? The Los Angeles Times reports: ACORN, a national organization whose mission included registering and turning out low-income and minority voters, announced on this election day that it was filing

Matt Damon: Working Families Party Mouthpiece

It looks like Matt Damon’s been overdosing on Kool-Aid again. He’s apparently doing the bidding now for the ACORN spawn, Working Families Party. Watch as he asks you for his birthday present. [youtube 24m1PZ9iZoY] I’m about to celebrate a very

Texas Patriots Facing The Left's Smear Machine

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am here all week in Texas in Houston’s 18th Congressional District observing the energetic and determined work of the King Street Patriots as they implement their poll-watching initiative, True The Vote. True

Redistricting Is Driving Attempts at Voter Fraud

In the final days leading up to Tuesday’s critical vote, reports are making the rounds on the Internet that Democrats have acknowledged that they will lose the House of Representatives.. “[John] Kerry was touring Boston Medical Center and decided to

Introducing the Voter Fraud App

Across the country, states like Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Missouri and Arizona have begun to report issues regarding possible voter fraud in their state. With claims of voter fraud continuing to come in, American Majority Action announced today it will launch

Local News Goes Wild for O'Keefe's 'Teachers Gone Wild'

Local news stations in Philadelphia and the Metro New York/New Jersey markets were buzzing with stories about James O’Keefe’s latest video featuring members of the New Jersey Education Association. Each newscast provided ample time for a spokesperson from the teachers’

TPM Frets Over ACORN and Other Democrat Nuts

For Big Journalism readers keeping score at home, every time vote or voter fraud is raised as an issue by the Right, Democrats and the Left, often led by TPM, get so crazy they fall out of their collective tree.

Blowing Apart the Atlantic's Attempt to Doctor Truth

I adore it when a publication commits a heinous irony while attempting to condescend to its ideological opposition in a long and tortuously drawn out essay. Behold, The Atlantic presents you with this comedic headline, comedic, considering the subhead that

Statement Regarding CNN

Now that I’ve had a chance to watch CNN’s “Right on the Edge” documentary, I’m happy to comment. I apologize for not saying anything sooner, but don’t want to comment until I have all the facts at my disposal. As

Statement Regarding CNN

Now that I’ve had a chance to watch CNN’s “Right on the Edge” documentary, I’m happy to comment. I apologize for not saying anything sooner, but don’t want to comment until I have all the facts at my disposal. As

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Terror Targets Tied to Obama's New Party

Two of the targets of last Friday’s raid against “anti-war” revolutionaries were early prominent leaders of Barack Obama’s New Party in Illinois. From the Illinois New Party website on May 5th 1998: Building the People’s Machine in the 35th Ward

Big Government: What a Difference a Year Makes

One year ago today, we launched BigGovernment.com. As you probably know, our first posts dealt with the video sting of ACORN, orchestrated by the new citizen journalists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. It had an impact. It also marked a

Barack and Hillary: Ideologically Identical

The security of our nation is in danger as a direct result of the policies, ideology, and affiliations of our president. Those who clamor for socialism despite its miserable track record invariably defend it by saying it simply wasn’t implemented

Must-Read of the Day: Andy McCarthy on Saul Alinsky

Writing in the New Criterion this month, Andrew McCarthy reviews Radical by Nicholas von Hoffman, a new book about the great devil of modern times, the Capone gang member, Marxist community organizer, agitator and social destabilizer — and Obama’s spiritual

The Pro-Network Neutrality 'Coalition' is Collapsing

It’s last call at Club Network Neutrality. The crowd supporting this government Internet land grab is rapidly thinning. The latest two to head for the exits each deal a huge blow to the media “reform” cause – for different reasons.