As the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush (R) was known for improving his state’s public schools. Now, however, his ardent support for the Common Core standards has stoked the wrath of grassroots groups of constitutional conservatives and led to a
You would think that after numerous embarrassments over the years, members of the Republican Party could grab hold of the reality that unauthorized use of anything involving popular culture will result in an embarrassing cease and desist request. This is
A month before former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin called for President Barack Obama to be impeached on the pages of Breitbart News over his lawlessness on illegal immigration, Obama was already concerned that his unilateral actions on immigration could warrant impeachment.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Border Patrol released Jose Antonio Vargas, who has described himself as the country’s “most privileged” illegal immigrant, after detaining him earlier in the day at McAllen Airport for not having U.S. identification. Vargas said he came
Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez slammed Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-TX) bipartisan effort to more quickly deal with unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors from Central America. “Senator Cornyn has led the opposition to every single immigration reform
An internecine battle has broken out between the Obama administration and the School Nutrition Association (SNA) over the federal government’s requirements for school meal programs. The fight has gotten so nasty that Michelle Obama’s food policy czar, celebrity chef Sam Kass,
Jose Antonio Vargas, who has described himself as the country’s “most privileged” illegal immigrant, was detained in McAllen, Texas on Tuesday as he tried to go through security at McAllen Airport without U.S. identification. Vargas Tweeted that he did not
Another day, another front page at the left-wing Politico where 5 of the 6 top stories attack Republicans. Look at the lead… Politico’s targeting former-Vice President Dick Cheney like it’s 2005. That is Politico’s way of making Cheney pay a
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that President Obama has exceeded his executive authorities granted to him by the Constitution of the United States. In a conversation with Politico‘s Mike Allen, Cheney responded to questions about Obama’s use of executive authority.
Mike Huckabee has always presented himself as the regular Joe candidate, the underdog without a huge bankroll supporting him. Huckabee is very publicly considering a run for the 2016 GOP nomination for president. However, since becoming a Fox News commentator,
Monday at Politico’s “Playbook Lunch,” Lynne Cheney mocked former first lady Hillary Clinton for her now-infamous “dead broke” comment. The wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney was referring to last month’s interview during Clinton’s “Hard Choices” book tour when
Napster co-founder and Former Facebook president Sean Parker donated $350,000 to help Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) allies court black Democrats and liberal union voters to get more votes than conservative challenger Chris McDaniel in the June runoff, and Parker is
The Chamber of Commerce has not been discouraged by the lack of legislative action on immigration reform. Instead, the business organization is digging in, pushing for an immigration overhaul as soon as possible. “We’re going to use every tool and
In an op-ed for Politico, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dinged Gov. Rick Perry’s new glasses in a response to a Washington Post op-ed written by the governor of Texas to criticize the Kentucky Senator’s views on foreign policy. Paul insisted
Jose Antonio Vargas, who made national headlines by coming out as an illegal immigrant three years ago in the New York Times, may be stuck in a border town in Texas. In a piece for Politico, Vargas, the former journalist
Though the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) received millions of dollars in funding from the private Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the development of the Common Core standards, the union will begin its annual convention in Los Angeles
There are probably at least three factors that are contributing to the current influx of unaccompanied minors at the border. Let’s consider them using some charts on the basic data. Before we get started on the factors, let’s note that
The DCCC, the campaign arm for Rep. Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, has raised $22 million more than the House GOP for the fall elections. That result is surprising enough, as Democrats’ minority status gives them little political leverage in
On Thursday, House Republican leaders reportedly denied Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s (R-FL) final request to act on his amnesty bill, which he had planned to push after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) June primary. After Cantor was stunningly ousted because of the
Any time President Obama decries political theater you can be sure his motive is political. During a Q & A following his statement on the border crisis yesterday, President Obama tried to frame it in terms of the need to
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) told Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) that he may be the next victim of the anti-incumbent Tea Party mood sweeping America with the defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor earlier this year, Politico’s Manu Raju reports.
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s connections and millions could not defeat the Tea Party to pass comprehensive amnesty legislation this year. Politico concluded that “Zuckerberg’s immigration reform push had all the capital, connections and star power to merit success,” but “not
What is Hillary running for? What is the “big idea” around which she intends to form her campaign for president? This is a good question, but for one Politico columnist, Hillary is offering no answers, at least not yet. But
The Obama/Democrat messaging machine is bracing for some bad ObamaCare news that should hit voters by early Fall – right before the midterm elections. That’s when most state insurance rates are scheduled to be approved, and they’re expected to sky-rocket. The
With just 121 days until Democratic candidates face angry voters at the polls, President Barack Obama is touting a recent jobs report as evidence that his jobs agenda is finally working. “We’re making progress,” Obama declared proudly. Yet as even
The unpopular, job-killing Obamacare provision that forces businesses with 50 or more employees to pick up the tab for workers’ health insurance or face a hefty tax has now lost support from even liberals, Politico Magazine reported Sunday. Liberals ranging
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Politico’s Maggie Haberman said Democrats are privately complaining former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is using her book tour to help herself instead of the party which is facing a challenging midterm election in the
Religious schools and nonprofits that are outside the scope of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case are preparing for what Politico calls a “Hobby Lobby repeat,” by readying requests for the high court to hear their
At the eleven minute mark of this 15 minute interview, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is reduced to a stumbling, bumbling pile of a 47 years in Washington incumbent who can’t manage to coherently explain why he doesn’t actually live in
Earlier this year, the conventional wisdom was that the moderate establishment had taken control of the GOP back from the Tea Party and other “extremists.” With Dave Brat defeating House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Chris McDaniel receiving the plurality
A new conventional wisdom is forming which says Democrat’s gaffes don’t matter because they aren’t connected to (bad) Republican policies. There’s a grain of truth to this argument and yet it misses the big picture. Hillary’s policy positions won’t be
Why Buy Big Bulky Bigscreen TVs Instead of a Projector? The AP reports that lower prices have resulted in a big boost in sales for televisions that exceed 55 inches. Overall sales of televisions are still crashing 10% per year
Former Weather Underground radical and colleague of President Barack Obama Bill Ayers told Fox News’s Megyn Kelly in an interview Monday that “I think throughout history we should build monuments to the unknown deserters.” Reacting to a line of questions
America: Imagine the World Without Her, conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s follow up to his smash 2012 documentary, 2016: Obama’s America, doesn’t really live up to its title–not after the first few minutes anyway. The Lionsgate docudrama begins with a musing on what
The Tea Party “spooked” House Speaker John Boehner “into cowering in a corner” to avoid taking on immigration reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid charges. “Our broken immigration system is one of the biggest challenges we face as a nation
Breitbart Texas’s reporting on the illegal immigrant children who were being warehoused along the U.S.-Mexico border and Dave Brat’s primary victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) made Congress and President Barack Obama give up on amnesty legislation this
Nothing in life is free. And now that Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) was able to narrowly beat his Tea Party rival, due to thousands of black Democrats who crossed party lines to vote in the GOP primary runoff, his new
Although former IRS official Lois Lerner refuses to speak, pleading the fifth amendment, her attorney spoke on her behalf regarding the controversy over two years of missing IRS emails. William Taylor III said that accusations by Republicans that she is
A heated battle between Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and the state’s defiant superintendent John White demonstrates the bitterness of Common Core supporters as more states exit both the standards and the multi-state test consortia. The intense debate between Jindal
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) reportedly promised a prominent Latino group last summer that Republicans would try to pass an amnesty bill last fall, just months after the Senate passed its comprehensive immigration bill that would give a pathway to
