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At a fundraiser on Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama pushed back against Republicans who are challenging the national mandates for school lunches. Michelle Obama reminded donors that Republicans in Congress were dedicated to obstructing not only her husband’s political ambitions

Here is a red flag on yet another scheme by the Left to silence conservatives: This time by amending the U.S. Constitution.  First, some good news: As a component of its all-out assault on “tea-party-like” organizations, the IRS proposed new

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is at it again. After sending a deceptive anti-amnesty mailer last week to voters, Cantor’s campaign sent out another this week just days before his June 10 primary against Dave Brat, who has been

With Democrats and the media gearing up to elect Hillary Clinton president, the obvious gameplan is to prep the battlefield by creating a cult of personality around women. If you are in any way paying attention, our cultural and media

Over two dozen Democrat Representatives led by California Rep. Mike Thompson (D) are pushing a bill to ban individuals convicted of stalking or domestic abuse from buying guns. The bill follows Elliot Rodger’s Santa Barbara stabbing spree in which he

Hillary Clinton may not be much at administering the State Department, but she’s certainly a pro when it comes to expressing outrage at her own persecution. For the woman who is supposedly the world’s most powerful feminist, her sense of

Speaker John Boehner’s friends are trying to design new, more effective punishments for the conservative members that might vote against him on the House floor come January, but the message from the right is, “don’t even try it.” “Look, intimidation

The founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) says he was “shocked” at some of the ideas presented in Politico‘s recent magazine piece by Randall Balmer entitled “The Real Origins of the Religious Right.” Rev. William

Seven vulnerable Democrats are now calling for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki’s resignation after a preliminary Inspector General’s report confirmed allegations of a scandal in the agency. Here are the seven Senate Democrats – who coincidently are all running for

Founders of the pro-family movement are reacting skeptically to an article published this week at Politico that claims their movement was founded on racism. University professor Randall Balmer insists the social conservative movement failed to coalesce over abortion, prayer in

Sen. Thad Cochran has been hard to access in the last stretch of his campaign against state Senator Chris McDaniel. For example, he played an elaborate game of “bait and switch” with a respected CNN reporter to avoid an interview.

Jorge Ramos does not hide where he stands on issues, and that has rankled “This Town” journalists who believe it is better to masquerade their liberal agendas, while simultaneously–and relentlessly–pushing them. Ramos has confronted Democrats and Republicans on amnesty, most recently

Anthony Scaramucci is described as a “fast-talking hedge fund manager who stands about 5 feet 8 inches on a good day.” Though he has only given “a little more than $16,000 to candidates since 2012” and just over “$130,000 to

Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a victim of gun violence, has stepped up calls for Congress to take “immediate action” on gun control. This comes in the wake of this past weekend’s mass shootings targeting women and leaving six University of California,

Republican strategist and Bush family ally Karl Rove said that Hillary Clinton may be too “old and stale” to inspire voters in 2016 if she runs for president.  “In American politics, there’s a sense you want to be new. You

President Obama is struggling to get members of his party who are running for election in 2014 to come to his side in support of Obamacare, his signature achievement. In fact, a growing list of Democrats are trying to distance

Hillary Clinton’s road to the White House in 2016 has come to a fork, with some Democrats urging her to take the path in a more progressive destination, while others advise her to continue down the centrist trail. According to

An on air conversation between CNN’s John King and Politico’s Maggie Haberman relied primarily on feedback from his fellow Democrats to portray an image of an “incompetent” Obama, seemingly not all that involved with the mechanisms of big government central

President Barack Obama’s Obamacare law has Democratic candidates in a political quandary, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. The latest Associated Press poll finds that only 28% of Americans support Obamacare, despite the fact that the law has been in

In a craven bit of election years politics, “Senate Democrats are closing ranks behind Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and President Obama’s decision to keep him in the Cabinet despite Republican calls for his ouster.” Meanwhile, if you’re a

At an event honoring former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Jay Leno mocked President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry over their lack of commitment to the Jewish State and bumbling of the Mideast peace process. “Obama has

After accusing Republicans of opposing President Obama’s agenda because he’s the “wrong color,” retiring Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) found no support among his fellow Democrats. Politico reports that “On Thursday, no Democrats publicly rushed to back Rockefeller’s assertion[.]” Even Harry

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gave House Republicans six weeks to pass amnesty legislation before President Barack Obama starts to use executive actions to ease deportations and change immigration laws. “We’ve waited

As the Colombian presidential election scheduled Sunday inches nearer, the candidates continue to flesh out their opinions on fighting the FARC, a terror group that nearly turned the nation into a failed state in the 1990s. Óscar Iván Zuluaga, the

From Ana Marie Cox at The Guardian: Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell’s primary victory on Tuesday night in Kentucky will undoubtedly tempt many a pundit to write the Tea Party’s eulogy. But the Tea Party will achieve in electoral death what it

Chamber of Commerce political strategist Scott Reed insisted that the Tea Party was part of their coalition – and warned that political consultants for “goofball” Senate candidates were hijacking them for their own needs. “If you look at the Tea

Chelsea Clinton, who now fancies herself a motivational coach, told an audience at a conference on women and technology in Newport Beach, California, that the best way for young people to motivate themselves to change the world is to tap

On Wednesday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said President Barack Obama does not hold officials in his administration accountable for their scandals because he is lazy.  “When you hold someone accountable, it takes energy and resource, and Barack Obama is

Despite an eleventh-hour political attack engineered by the Democratic Party of Oregon, Dr. Monica Wehby easily won the Oregon U.S. Senate Republican primary on Tuesday, defeating second place “Homeless to Harvard” attorney Jason Conger. With 51 percent of the precincts

At a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee event in Maryland, President Obama accused Republicans of putting politics above the good of the nation and hinted that because of that they aren’t patriotic. Obama attacked Republicans for pushing to investigate his failures

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Politico editor in chief John Harris said Democrats are becoming frustrated with President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement and a coherent message they can run on in the 2014 midterm election. Harris added Obama’s minimum

Leo Hindery Jr. is a Democrat-fundraiser and donor whose private equity firm owns InterMedia Outdoors, which publishes Guns & Ammo magazine and the Sportsman Channel. His equity firm also publishes Rifle Shooter, Shooting Times, and Handguns. According to Politico, Hindery

HOUSTON, Texas–A Housing and Urban Development (HUD) IG report claims Mayor Julian Castro’s San Antonio may have misused $1.1 million in federal neighborhood stabilization funds. The 2012 HUD report came to light just over twenty-four hours after it was reported

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whom liberals and the mainstream press have maligned with glee while intrusively trying uncover the most sensitive personal information and who has been accused of faking a pregnancy, mocked liberals who complained about Hillary Clinton’s

After assailing Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital for much of the 2012 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama golfed last Saturday with a Bain lobbyist.  According to Politico, Obama golfed with Joe O’Neill, described as “a veteran Democratic lobbyist” who