A piece in the Wall Street Journal is getting attention for the claim that the Obama administration has made the individual mandate optional. There is some truth to this though the changes being discussed happened months ago. In fact, the
President Obama’s former White House adviser David Axelrod admitted that Tuesday’s Democratic loss in Florida’s 13th Congressional District is indicative of an Obamacare problem. Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Obama’s former political strategist said that the unpopular healthcare law “motivated
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod reacted to Tuesday’s outcome in Florida’s 13th congressional district in which Rep.-Elect David Jolly (R-FL) defeated Democratic hopeful Alex Sink by a very narrow margin and what he thinks Democrats should
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Politico editor and co-founder Jim VandeHei reflect on Republican Rep.-Elect David Jolly’s victory over Democratic candidate Alex Sink in the special election for Florida’s 13th congressional district on Tuesday. VandeHei and the others on
Joseph Williams was a White House correspondent for Politico until racial comments about Mitt Romney and a retweet of a lewd joke about Ann Romney got him the boot. He might have had a shot at a new media job
From Politico: 1. Air France Flight 447 (2009) If the Malaysian jet has crashed, this incident could be most similar to a deadly 2009 accident involving an Air France Airbus A330 that disappeared over the Atlantic en route from Rio
Joseph Williams was on top of the media world: a White House reporter for Politico who appeared regularly on MSNBC. Then, as he puts it, “My plunge into poverty happened in an instant.” A racially-charged attack against Mitt Romney, a
On Tuesday, voters in Florida’s 13th District will select a replacement for the late GOP Rep. Bill Young, who represented the St. Petersburg-based district for decades. Democrats secured their top recruit, Alex Sink, former financial officer for the state, who
The top five states with the highest income inequality rates all voted to reelect President Barack Obama, though no state boasted a higher rate of inequality than Washington, D.C. This ia according to a study released this week by MoneyRates.com.
Earlier today Sharyl Attkisson announced on Twitter that she was leaving CBS News. Early reports suggest the split was “amicable” though Attkisson is said to have wanted to leave because she had grown frustrated with the network’s “liberal bias.” Specifically,
Big-business and establishment groups vowed they would wage war on conservatives and Tea Party candidates, particularly incumbents, in 2014, but they are backing off after realizing they may not want to throw money at losers. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Via her verified Twitter account, CBS investigative news reporter Sharyl Attkisson announced Monday that she has resigned from CBS. — I have resigned from CBS. — Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) March 10, 2014 — Although Politico received no comment from Attkisson
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wowed the beltway elite and even Democrats during Saturday’s annual Gridiron event, showing why the Ivy Leaguer has confounded and been vilified by many with whom he shares the same intellectual pedigree. The annual D.C. roast
We have an epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease–epidemic, that’s the only word for it. And there’s a humanitarian and political opportunity here, but only if someone seizes it. Here at Breitbart News, we might ask: Can conservatives and libertarians come up
For some time Philly radio host Michael Smerconish has been a fill-in host for Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball, but he never quite fit in at the far left-wing cable network. But this month he debuted on CNN where he
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said that mainstream media members who inject their anti-conservative biases while feigning objectivity should just declare their allegiances outright instead of claiming to be unbiased voices. In an appearance on Fox News’ On the Record on Friday, Palin,
Highlighting the significant differences between the GOP’s core activist conservative wing and many of its D.C> politicians, former Sen. and potential 2016 presidential candidate Rick Santorum spent much of his twenty-minute CPAC speech blasting those he accused of wanting to
On March 6th NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre ascended the podium to talk of how eulogies for the NRA had been prematurely penned by deceptive “media elites” and the media’s “intentional corruption of the truth is an abomination.” According
A Public Policy Polling (PPP) poll has confirmed what may have seemed obvious to many conservatives; Sen. John McCain is the least popular senator in the country. In Arizona, only 30% of voters like his performance while 54% disapprove; even
After being one of the most important forces behind the passage of the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill last year, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had nothing to say about the issue during his CPAC speech Thursday ahead of what may be
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD–Chris Christie returned to the Conservative Political Action Conference this year with something to prove after being on the receiving end of an embarrassing scandal and watching his conservative support slowly dwindle. He had a message for the audience:
AUSTIN, TEXAS–During a live interview with the Texas Tribune on Thursday, State Senator and Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis dodged whether she would accept a hypothetical offer of personal campaign assistance from President Obama. The Tribune directly asked Davis, “If
The Congressional investigation into whether the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups for persecution ended today on a controversial note after former official Lois Lerner refused to answer questions. The rough day for the investigation followed the release of emails
It was a performance for the ages. “You cannot have a one-sided investigation,” shouted Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “There is something absolutely wrong with that. And it’s absolutely un-American.” His
Steve LaTourette, John Feehery and Brian Walsh toiled in the halls of Congress for years before cashing in for lucrative jobs in Washington’s burgeoning public affairs and lobbying industry. Today, the three Republicans are at the forefront of the GOP
Lois Lerner appeared briefly before Rep. Darrell Issa’s Oversight Committee Wednesday morning and once again asserted her 5th amendment right not to answer questions. But back in October 2010 Lerner did speak to a group of at Duke’s Sanford School
Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president and founder of J Street, has an op-ed in Politico today calling upon AIPAC to “get with the peace program.” It’s not clear exactly what he wants AIPAC to do, though. AIPAC has supported the peace
On this weekend’s “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced former IRS official Lois Lerner will testify at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday… UPDATE: Lerner’s attorney, William W. Taylor, told Politico after the Fox
As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIAPC) gathers in Washington, DC for its annual Policy Conference, Republicans are hoping to use the group’s traditional lobbying push to force Democrats to hold a Senate vote on Iran sanctions. The bipartisan
Politico reported on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s Facebook post on Friday in which she mentioned that she had been “derided” by the “high-brow Foreign Policy magazine” for suggesting in 2008 that Russia’s Vladimir Putin may invade Ukraine if then-Senator
Remember the Peanuts cartoon where Lucy promises to hold the football for Charlie Brown then pulls it away at the last moment? Something similar happened between the U.S. and Russia this week. From the Russian soldiers now stationed in Crimea
The late Trayvon Martin’s parents joined President Obama at the White House Thursday to help usher in the President’s initiative to help men of color choose a road to productivity and success. Tracy and Sybrina’s son was killed two years
Now that Barack Obama is safely ensconced in his second term, and the Democratic party has tacitly, but almost unilaterally, endorsed Hillary Clinton for 2016, Politico found it safe to lampoon Vice-President Joe Biden by listing some of his most
In an interview with Politico, Vice-President Joe Biden claimed that Barack Obama froze him out after he came out for gay marriage in early 2012 before Obama could make his own announcement supporting it. Biden said that after that incident,
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE), which received more than $2.75 million in government funding in 2012, produced a video that promotes sado-masochism and bondage (BDSM) and proposes “rules” to follow to make BDSM “fun” and “safe” for teens.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is the Republican front-runner for President in 2016, according to Scott Jennings, a former George W. Bush deputy political director now running a super PAC in Kentucky. The veteran Republican strategist asserts, “The political instinct of
Pro-abortion groups operating outside of Texas are largely responsible for the increase in funds coming into the Wendy Davis gubernatorial campaign according to an analysis of records by the Dallas Morning News. Planned Parenthood alone spent $20,000 to help Davis conduct a
Politico’s Mike Allen on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” On Wednesday discussed the Clintons withholding thousands of documents from the Clinton library with help from President Barack Obama…
The Clinton White House has yet to release records, which remain sealed at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, even though the expiration date is long past due for legally releasing the documents. According to Politico: The papers contain confidential
House Democrats are divided on when to put immigration legislation on the floor for a vote, which they can force by using a discharge petition. The discharge petition would need a majority of lawmakers’ signatures. Because of the difficulty in coming
