On August 21 Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly posted a video in which Kelly did the ALS ice bucket challenge and nominated his brother, a family friend, and the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre to do the same. Once challenged,
— Politico: “I came back from vacation because I am furious, furious, about how the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown is being reported and how various people are reacting to it,” [Bill] O’Reilly said on his show “The O’Reilly
We all remember the media endlessly hectoring George W. Bush about his golfing, fundraising, and vacations at his ranch in Texas. We also remember this very same objective, unbiased, not-at-all-liberal media excusing and even defending (with false reporting) President Obama’s
With their proposals defeated in Congress for now, pro-amnesty activists have dropped off the radar while President Obama considers a major executive action that Republicans have warned could precipitate a constitutional crisis. August recess town halls have also been relatively
Last week, a grand jury in Austin, Texas indicted Governor Rick Perry on two counts of abusing his official office. The charges stem from a public threat Perry made to veto appropriations to a department of the Travis County District
Breitbart News reporter Kerry Picket was arrested late Monday afternoon by a Missouri State Trooper and released several hours later with an apology from the arresting officer and his lieutenant. The State Trooper initially said that Breitbart News, a credentialed
After White House officials reportedly met with big-business groups, President Barack Obama is considering executive actions that will give them more guest-worker visas in the high-tech and low-skilled sectors. This may come on top of Obama’s potential grants of amnesty
Her name is Amanda Curtis and she’s evidently an avid youtuber. She’s been chosen to be the Democrats’ replacement candidate for Sen. John Walsh, who threw in the towel earlier this month over plagiarism allegations. What can we glean from
For at least four years now, Common Core champions have been insisting that the new standards are “just standards, not curriculum.” States and local school districts, they say, can choose whatever curriculum they like. A new non-profit organization, however, has
Top Senate Democrats realize that they may lose the Senate if President Barack Obama enacts massive illegal amnesty, but pro-amnesty advocates do not care; they want amnesty now. On Friday, the Fair Immigration Reform Coalition urged Senate Democrats to turn
Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a grand jury Friday for using his budget powers to force the removal of a District Attorney arrested last year in a humiliating and very public drunk driving incident. Saturday morning, however,
When urban riots and campus unrest erupted across the nation in the mid-1960s, the GOP made a powerful case for “law and order.” That no-nonsense message catapulted Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and dozens of other Republicans into high public office.
September and October could see an even greater crisis of unaccompanied minors illegally entering the United States from Central America, according to a Washington Examiner report. A representative of a group assisting with the ongoing influx of unaccompanied minors, contended
For years, Republicans caught in the cross-hairs of Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) have complained about its alleged liberal bias and tendency to investigate GOP officials with far greater frequency than Democrats. Now one of the most
Top Senate Democrats who once egged on President Barack Obama to go big on executive amnesty are now punting on the issue after numerous polls have shown that illegal immigration could cost Democrats control of the Senate. Politico asked the
On August 14, Representative Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) informed House colleagues he will be introducing the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act to reduce police weaponry in the wake of the shooting death of an “unarmed black man”–Michael Brown–in the St. Louis
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
Despite what the D.C. consultants and establishment have been whispering to them, Republican candidates are finding out that voters are against illegal immigration the more they learn about the issue. And more Republicans–even those from states far from the border–are
Several GOP senators are rallying behind a call from Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to pressure Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid into allowing a Senate vote on the House-passed bill that would block President Obama’s executive
The New York Times yesterday featured a story about how the Tea Party has influenced the GOP on immigration: “On Capitol Hill, the Tea Party wing continues to drive the party’s agenda. Last winter, as House Republican leaders drafted their ‘principles’ for
With his numbers in the tank and his policies from the Middle East to America’s southern border under assault from all fronts – so much so that even his previous Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking pot shots, this
On Tuesday Common Core opponents demonstrated the strength of their fervor so much that they were able to take over a social media campaign that the standards’ supporters hoped would help them gain ground. As Breitbart News reported August 1,
Back in 2010, James Clyburn was warning anyone who would listen that the GOP would be investigating where Barack Obama was born if they took over the House. Needless to say, that never happened. Dem Whip: GOP majority will issue
It didn’t take long for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to embrace amnesty again. As soon as he won his Senate primary election against conservative Joe Carr, Alexander said it was “embarrassing” that Republicans have not yet passed a bill. Never mind
The two DREAMers who confronted Rep. Steve King (R-IA) in Iowa last week claim they do not have a “left-wing” agenda. In a Politico Magazine op-ed, DREAMers Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas claim that they did not plan to catch
On his second day of vacation, President Barack Obama decided to golf again on Sunday at Martha’s Vineyard. According to pool reports, Obama golfed at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs with Cyrus Walker, Ahmad Rashad and Robert Wolf. This was the
Hours after giving a speech at the White House on Saturday about America’s long-term strategy to combat Islamic extremists in Iraq, President Barack Obama vacationed in Martha’s Vineyard and hit the golf course. Obama golfed with Ahmad Rashad, Cyrus Walker, and
Contrary to denials by many in the media, the Obama administration had repeatedly connected the current crisis of unaccompanied children on the border to the President’s executive actions on immigration, in particular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Two weeks
Politico’s Mike Allen is famous for never taking a day off. His Politico Playbook even publishes on Christmas Day. Friday’s Playbook makes one wonder if Allen didn’t write this one up in advance so he could sleep in. Today’s Playbook
On Thursday, Montana Sen. John Walsh announced he was dropping out of the race to succeed former Democrat Sen. Max Baucus. Walsh, the state’s former Lieutenant Governor, was appointed to complete Baucus’ term and was viewed as the Democrat’s best
When Barack Obama vaulted onto the national stage a decade ago, part of his appeal was that he seemed to be from so many places at once. All corners of the country could lay claim to him: He was Hawaiian
House Speaker John Boehner warned President Barack Obama against taking the polarizing, political approach to immigration Friday. “Immigration is a tough issue, and the situation at the border has made it even more fraught and complex,” he wrote in an
With the Senate poised to pass a bi-partisan bill imposing sanctions on Venezuelan officials involved in a violent crackdown against peaceful pro-democracy protesters, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu teamed up with Citgo to block the pro-democracy legislation. As Politico
This graph showing the boost in the number of American citizens who gave up their American citizenship or long-term residency (expatriated) since Barack Obama became president is pretty shocking. There might not be a correlation between Obama’s policies and the
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been seeking help from a federal lobbyist while putting together his new staff, according to a Politico report. The report shows that John Feehery, aligned with the lobbyist shop Quinn Gillespie & Associates, “sat
On August 4 the family of Reagan White House Press Secretary James S. Brady announced Brady had died at age 73. According to Politico, Brady’s family said: We are heartbroken to share the news that our beloved Jim “Bear” Brady
Monday at Politico’s “Playbook Lunch,” former White House senior adviser David Plouffe told host Mike Allen that Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-NJ) biggest obstacle to winning the Republican nomination for president in 2016 was not the scandal surrounding the lane closures
Mitt Romney loyalists are trying to gin up the narrative that Republicans just can’t get enough of Romney. “Democrats don’t want to be associated with Barack Obama right now, but Republicans are dying to be associated with Mitt Romney,” Spencer
Sunday on CNN’s CNN “Inside Politics,” Politico’s Mike Allen said Democrats are facing a “bleak” reality in the upcoming midterm elections. Allen said, “Here is an amazing sign of how bleak the environment is for Democrats. A Democratic strategist who
While Pat Buchanan’s new book The Greatest Comeback summarily dismisses the idea that Nixon sabotaged the surprise bombing halt and peace talks launched by Lyndon Johnson days before the 1968 election, historian Ken Hughes’ new contribution, Chasing Shadows, due out
