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Breitbart London’s James Delingpole debates Yasmin Alibhai-Brown after she cried racism and sexism when a Member of the British Parliament said he might want to punch her in the throat. James says it is simply because she is wilfully the

The citizen chauffeurs of UberX and Lyft are battling insurance companies, taxicabs and limousines over whether UberX and Lyft drivers should be required to obtain permits from the airports they serve as well as carry $1 million in insurance even when they

No Common Core in Texas is essentially what Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in an opinion he rendered on the use of the Common Core State Standards in the Lone Star State on June 17, 2014. Abbott’s opinion was prompted

This article originally appeared in City Journal Silicon Valley innovators love to talk about “disruptive innovation,” the iconic phrase coined by Harvard’s Clayton Christensen. But today, the innovators’ dilemma–to borrow from Christensen again–is how best to confront disruptive regulation from Washington, D.C.

Bill and Melinda Gates gave an emotional joint commencement speech at Stanford on Sunday, telling graduates to use their “genius” to help the poor and change the world. “Take your genius and your optimism and your empathy and go change

LONDON, England – Thousands of London’s iconic black cab drivers today descended upon the centre of government in Britain, Whitehall and Trafalgar Square, in order to protest against the introduction of the minicab smartphone application Uber. Breitbart London was on

Hailing Dave Brat’s shocking victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) as an “amazing moment for the people,” conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham said Cantor’s defeat is a wake-up call for Republicans on amnesty. Appearing on Fox News,

To anyone born at the tail end of the Baby Boom generation, the death of comic Rik Mayall is going to come as an almighty blow. When Not The Nine O’Clock News’s Mel Smith keeled over last year at 60

On Thursday, the Virginia DMV sent cease-and-desist letters to ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft, asserting that their services are illegal in the Commonwealth, according to the Hampton Virginia-Pilot. DMV Commissioner Richard Holcombe also “strongly” suggested the companies “focus their resources

An Uber driver, a ridesharing service that connects drivers and riders through a mobile app, has been arrested in California and could face kidnapping charges after allegedly taking a drunk female client to a motel room and lying next to

Last night my Uber driver said to me, “These black cabs don’t know what they’re doing. The only person to win in this high court battle will be Uber!” “How’s that?” I asked, genuinely interested in the latest London-based incident

Uber not only benefits those who need a ride somewhere at a competitive price, it also benefits drivers who can earn several times more than drivers for traditional cab services. Uber has not released average wages for their drivers in

Education Secretary Michael Gove has supposedly “banned” classic works of American literature, including Of Mice And Men and The Catcher In The Rye from the new schools English curriculum. It’s in all the papers so it must be true. But it’s

Uber’s latest marketing ploy to attract Lyft drivers has reached Facebook.  The competition between both San Francisco-based transportation companies has Uber offering Lyft drivers $500 for taking just one trip on UberX, plus a guaranteed $35/hour through June 30. (see

NBC 4 Southern California: The NBC4 I-Team has learned that LAX police are cracking down on drivers of ride sharing services such as UberX, who by law cannot pick up passengers at the airport because they do not have the

BERLIN, April 24 (UPI) —A new app called Peppr was launched in Germany this month to connect potential clients with nearby prostitutes using GPS. It is like a cross between the car-ordering service app Uber and the dating app Tinder.

Tesla Motors mined middle class taxpayers for a $495 million loan to build a subsidized car in California for uber-wealthy elitists to thumb their noses from the car-pool lane at the peasants in the low class lanes. Now they want

Photographers can nip and tuck plenty when it’s time to capture a celebrity subject. Just ask Lena Dunham, the uber-feminist who didn’t seem to mind when Vogue did just that to her in a highly publicized photo spread. Now, we’re

A court in Brussels has barred Uber, an international taxi network which allows passengers to summon a private driver by smartphone app, from operating in the EU capital. PCWorld.com reports that the court has threatened a €10,000 for every pick-up Uber

Just days before the beginning of Passover, that great celebration of freedom, a prominent American Jewish university has sided with the enslavers.  Under pressure from the Hamas-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other Islamic supremacist groups, Brandeis University rescinded

Michael Sam prefers football; his defenders, mental gymnastics. In February, the gay player’s proponents cried “bigot” when observers merely wondered aloud how he might impact the chemistry of an NFL locker room. Two months later, now that the cleat is

Neel Kashkari has his sights set on defeating Tim Donnelly in the upcoming June primary for the California Republican nomination for Governor, and subsequently to depose Gov. Jerry Brown from Sacramento.   In a special Breitbart News Sunday show dedicated

Was that LeBron or the Lone Ranger? Didn’t Julio Cesar Chavez retire? Nick Saban doesn’t support the “Saban” Rule? Really? The Sports Hangover makes sense of the wild weekend in sports. Would ‘Fisting’ Be a Technical Foul or Merely a

This year’s Academy Awards telecast ended roughly around the stroke of midnight East Coast time. Host Ellen DeGeneres didn’t insult conservatives with her humor, nor did she even dip a toe in ideological waters. And no member of the Obama

“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone – and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.” “That’s the good thing about being President. I

Both Girls star Lena Dunham and producer Judd Apatow have been lecturing the press in recent days about the need to see Dunham naked early and often on their low-rated show. The casual nudity reflects reality, they insist. Having a

There’s a fine line between gamesmanship and flat-out dirty play. Perhaps it depends on what lens you are looking through. Sometimes, trickery and chicanery pulled off in another era gets a free pass because today’s players, fans, and writers weren’t there

Bloomberg reports that Texas Armoring, a San Antonio-based company specializing in armoring vehicles for the super-rich (the biggest in the world), is enjoying an unprecedented sales boom.  Currently, they armor about 200 vehicles per year. In the next five years,

Note from Senior Management: One of the leading voices in the emerging grass roots and Tea Party movement posted a powerful and timely article this week on RedState. With the author’s permission, we present it for consideration for the Breitbart community.

British street art superstar Banksy said police on Wednesday prevented him from creating a new piece of art in New York as promised on each day of the month. The same message was carried on his instagram account, which has

Uber-producer Harvey Weinstein know how to snare Oscar buzz better than almost anyone in Hollywood. He’s also expert at wresting editorial control from some of film’s biggest directors en route to making himself the center of attention, according to a