NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI)–Comedian, radio host and Saturday Night Live alum Joe Piscopo is leaving the Democratic party to become an Independent, citing increasing disenfranchisement and frustration with lack of progress in America’s inner cities. In an op-ed penned
President Obama’s dismal approval ratings are jeopardizing Democrat control of the Senate and have destroyed any chance the party had of reclaiming the House. If Obama’s ratings remain at near-record lows, Democrat hopes of clawing back some of its 2010
Number crunching blog politicalbetting.com has revealed the extent to which Britain’s Conservative Party stands to gain in the House of Commons should Scotland vote for independence next month. Although recent polls show separation remains the less likely outcome, the poll
A leading figure in the Scottish Independence debate has raised fears that should the country remain in the UK after next month’s referendum, the rest of the country will exact “revenge” upon Scotland for daring to seek independence. In his
Downing Street has been accused of misleading the public about the CV of a major Tory donor who was given a peerage, according to the Independent. Jewellery magnate Ranbir Singh Suri, was elevated to the House of Lords on the
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said that he does not personally support the death penalty, but would be happy to see the UK debate whether to reintroduce it. His comments come after a UKIP Member of the European Parliament, Louise
Reports that David Brock, founder of Media Matters for America, is now taking over Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and incorporating it into his illiberal empire would have come as no surprise to Andrew Breitbart. Brock, whose Media
It is impossible–actually impossible for the California Legislature not to screw up a good thing. Trees could begin growing dollar bills and they would create a commission to regulate them and charge onerous taxes to the people that picked them.
Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) has received abusive responses to a press release issued today. A student ‘journalist’ working at the self-described “independent national student newspaper” the Student Times, which has a circulation of around 150,000 every fortnight encouraged the
SAN DIEGO — Two men were found dead in the trunk of an orange Dodge Challenger as the driver attempted to cross into the U.S. from Mexico through California’s San Ysidro port of entry Tuesday afternoon. Both men found dead
On Monday, George Clooney’s fiancée, Lebanese-born international lawyer Amal Alamuddin, turned down an appointment to serve on a special three-person panel for the United Nations Human Rights Council. However, she did not turn the position down before clearly enunciating her
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and
Republican Joni Ernst is up with a second TV ad for the general election, see below. It’s “a 30-second spot called “Service.” It features the candidate herself saying: “I believe in service and Iowans helping Iowans. During emergencies like floods, people
The ‘No’ campaign for Scottish Independence has asked the public to stop sending small donations as they claim to have been “inundated” since the live TV debate last Tuesday when Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond went head-to-head with former Chancellor
With just five weeks to go until Scotland votes on whether to leave the United Kingdom, and with support for the Union faltering, the British government has played one of it’s biggest trump cards and announced a ship building programme
In England’s most northerly town, local people are looking over the border to Scotland and worrying about what would happen if it votes for independence next month. Berwick-upon-Tweed changed hands between England and Scotland 13 times in medieval border wars
On Tuesday New York State GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino and fellow Republicans filed more than 62,000 signatures at the state Board of Elections, the result of a highly successful petition drive to create an independent “Stop Common Core” ballot
Josh Earnest lived up to his name, Monday, by joshing earnestly in response to a letter from a coalition of 42 journalism groups and media organizations condemning the White House’s increasing “politically driven suppression of news and information about federal agencies.” David
HOUSTON, Texas — This school year, Texas taxpayers will likely be on the hook for approximately $45 million to educate the wave of Central American children who entered the U.S. illegally during recent months. Thousands of unaccompanied minors are expected to attend Texas
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By John E. Michel, Brig Gen, USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are
Britain’s newspapers are today filled with stories about Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who resigned from David Cameron’s cabinet this week in a purported response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. According to her, Cameron’s Conservative Party will lose next
The Tea Party Express is considering backing Silicon Valley Democratic congressional candidate and former Obama trade official Ro Khanna in his race to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA17) in one of the most bizarre political races in California. If
HOUSTON, Texas — The death toll continues to climb in the ranch-lands surrounding the South Texas town of Falfurrias. This week, the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of a Mexican woman who was discovered less than three days
The article first appeared in The Independent: A hospital in Ontario, Canada, has isolated a patient with flu-like symptoms after the person was revealed to have recently travelled from Nigeria – one of the Ebola-hit areas. The measure is just
The campaign for Scottish independence suffered another blow today after the first official poll conducted since Tuesday’s debate showed that the ‘no’ side has doubled its lead. The Survation poll for the Scottish Daily Mail found that voters who watched
Scottish banks would flee to the rest of the UK is Scotland became independent, according to a report from the National Institute of Social and Economic Research. The report also warns that the new state’s economy could be thrown into
This report originally appeared in The Independent: Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night. The town had previously been
This article originally appeared in The Independent: The health care system in Liberia is collapsing as hospitals shut down and medical workers flee from the Ebola epidemic, Liberia’s foreign minister has said. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan said diseases such as malaria
At midnight last night, the Department of Health finished its final six-week consultation on whether to implement plain packaging for cigarettes. In response, Simon Clark of the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco (FOREST) personally delivered 53,196
The UK Independence Party has won a local council by-election in the southern English town of Worthing, defeating the incumbent Liberal Democrats. The Worthing Herald reports that the election was called after Lib Dem councillor David Potter was expelled for
Last week, Aderemi Ibirogba, Nigeria’s commissioner for Information and Strategy, warned would-be scammers that selling false “Ebola cures” could land them in jail. The threat apparently did not work, as a separate Nigerian government agency repeated the threats and publicly paraded
U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow urged President Barack Obama not to grant temporary amnesty and work permits to millions more illegal immigrants via executive action, asserting Obama’s timing could not be any worse for American workers, especially black Americans.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government tightened control over popular instant messaging services Thursday after telling South Korea access to some foreign services was blocked because they were used to exchange terrorism-related information. The government announced that only established media companies
British government computers were used to disseminate inaccurate information via Wikipedia following a number of high profile cases, according to an investigation by Channel4 News. Edits were made to the Jean Charles de Menezes, Lee Rigby and Damilola Taylor entries on
Major League Baseball’s owners will reportedly vote on August 14 on a new commissioner. The owners choose from MLB chief operating officer Rob Manfred, MLB executive vice president for business Tim Brosnan, and former Padres owner and current Red Sox
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, will be forced to be more open to journalists and members of the public under new rules announced today. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles signed an order making it clear that council meetings can
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Caltrans is under siege because of accusations that the agency displayed a lack of transparency and “gagged and banished” engineers who warned of construction problems on the new Bay Bridge eastern section. Another charge leveled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent watchdogs from federal agencies decried on Tuesday what they said were Obama administration efforts to delay or stall their investigations. A letter to Congress from dozens of inspectors general cites specific instances in which watchdogs for
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and former UK Chancellor Alistair Darling squared off tonight in a little-watched debate about the future of the United Kingdom. On September 18th, Scotland will go to the polls to decide whether or not to
In what may well be proved to be the first insular act of an independent country, viewers in the rest of the United Kingdom outside Scotland were unable to watch tonight’s live debate on the hot topic of Scottish Independence.