With support from teachers’ unions such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, liberals like Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) are opposing a bill that would help protect school children from the possibility of being exposed to criminals,
Liberal opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are using a flimsy and contradictory report to blast the Koch brothers as greedy and sinister forces behind the pipeline. “The Left’s hatred for conservatives has become so obsessive that it is hard
On Monday, the Associated Press’ Scott Bauer blasted Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s new book, Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge, by fibbing repeatedly about Walker’s record and criticizing Walker for not writing about matters that Bauer would prefer
The Vatican prelate in charge of defending and promoting the faith of the Catholic Church has strongly affirmed the Church’s teaching that Catholics who are divorced and remarried may not receive communion. Archbishop Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for
The Labor Department reported the economy created 148,000 jobs in September after adding 193,000 the prior month–forecasters had expected a much better showing. Unemployment fell to 7.2 percent, largely because 91,000 more adults chose not to participate in the labor
Gov. Jerry Brown is being hailed by the left media for balancing the state’s budget. Unfortunately, he did so by raising taxes, thereby continuing the state’s economic self-destruction, and by raiding the funds California had raised through its rather inept
What a month it’s been for conservatives, during which the most chilling aspect has been the circular firing squad, with conservatives blaming and pointing fingers at one another. McConnell, Cruz, Rubio, McCain, Lee, King, FreedomWorks, HeritageAction, Jeb Bush, Rand… we
Judging from the speech Obama gave following the deal to end the government shutdown, Republicans better get wise to the president’s next fiscal gambit when the three-month stop-gap budget and debt measures come due. As was the case with his
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel / Turkey relations poisoned further by spy revelation accusation Saudi Arabia shocks U.N. by rejecting Security Council seat Obamacare insurance companies trapped in a vicious financial Catch-22 Israel / Turkey relations poisoned further
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blocked President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over whether he supports the Disclose Act. According to the Wall Street Journal, Cruz “placed a hold on the nomination of former
Comedian Louis CK, a stand-up known for his FX series as well as his vulgar comments about Sarah Palin, finds himself in a legal fight against several unions. The Louie star’s production company is suing the boards of the Motion
As Senate leaders hammer out a deal to end the partial government shutdown and lift the nation’s debt ceiling, sources on Capitol Hill tell Breitbart News that labor unions are poised to win a significant delay in an ObamaCare tax.
Breitbart News reported that House Republicans have offered a new deal to the White House to end the fiscal stalemate. The GOP plan, authored primarily by House Budget Chair Rep. Paul Ryan according to Hill sources, would meet Obama’s demands in
A new report from Education Action Group Foundation, Inc. (EAG)indicates that a Common Core-aligned teacher guide encouragesthird graders to learn about “rights and responsibilities” through astory about a 1985 SEIU-led janitors’ strike in Los Angeles. Kyle Olson of EAGnews.org wrote
Gov. Jerry Brown has been signing a slew of bills designed to make Democrats happy–not just in California but nationwide. From protecting illegal aliens from deportations for minor crimes, to allowing non-physicians to perform abortions, he has checked every box
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation on Tuesday without comment that greatly curtails out-of-state professional athletes from workman’s compensation claims for injuries sustained on the field. After 18 months of lobbying by the NFL, MLB and other major sports
A new NFL security policy bars off-duty police officers from carrying their guns into football games. Although it is normal for police officers to carry a gun 24/7–in case they come face to face with a criminal whom they had
When Arizona passed SB 1070, allowing law enforcement officers to demand proof of legal U.S. residence from people detained for other legitimate reasons, the Obama administration acted quickly to challenge the constitutionality of that law in court (and won). Now
Government unions will be pushing hard for furloughed federal employees to receive back pay, according to reports from Fox News. While private sector union representation has dropped to record lows in recent years, government employees are largely represented by unions,
Yesterday we told you about how the Associated Press featured Paul Sacker as a furloughed employee for the EPA who is suffering due to the atrocity brought on by the government shutdown. What the AP didn’t tell you was Sacker
If the federal government partially shuts down on Tuesday, federal worker unions are set to protest and demand back pay for government workers. Government unions may even consider lawsuits to get back pay for furloughed federal employees. If Congress cannot
On Meet the Press, Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said it was not unreasonable for House Republicans to ask for a one-year delay of Obamacare when President Barack Obama has handed out one-year delays on a variety of provisions of the
A stunning new actuary report on Detroit’s pension implosion has revealed that Detroit trustees doled out nearly $2 billion in undisclosed holiday “bonuses” to Detroit workers and retirees negotiated by the city and its unions. Internally, officials called the bonuses
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members in Chicago have gone on strike after a janitorial company cut some union jobs and hours because of Obamacare, a law the SEIU supported. Tyler French, the organizing director of SEIU Local 1 in
“I have an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.” –Bill de Blasio The term of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ends in November 2013. Most New Yorkers are blissfully unaware of the fiscal and political train wreck that awaits
Here’s a win-win. Ted Cruz proposes a delay in Obamacare’s individual mandate until 2015–the same delay that employers received. That delay takes the form of no funding to enforce the mandate. It also mirrors a condition Republicans have tied to
I enjoy and admire Michael Medved, so it is with some reluctance that I attack his op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, which is both cringing and cringeworthy, and represents much that is wrong with the mentality of today’s GOP
When Establishment Republicans and their Democrat comrades claim there is no path to victory in the fight to defund Obamacare, they are intentionally muddying the waters. Do not confuse blundering political expedience with winning. There is a clear path to
Germany votes Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel poised to win a third term, making her Europe’s only major leader to survive its financial crisis but potentially forced into governing with her main rivals. After shepherding Europe’s top economy through the
In a recently published comprehensive interview, America’s most senior Catholic cardinal said that the failure to catechize children and young people in the teachings of the Church has crippled its response to significant moral issues of our time. Cardinal Raymond
That isn’t the explicit message of a new rule from the Labor Department, but it is its intended effect. On Tuesday, the Labor Department announced it was expanding federal minimum wage and overtime regulations to cover 2 million home health
Occupy Wall Street got off to a shaky start in New York City two years today. From a small group of disaffected communists and anarchists staging what amounted to a fancy sit-in September 17, 2011 to the media explosion that
The Sakharov Prize, Europe’s top human rights award, has listed the nominees for the 2013 prize of $65,000, and they include NSA leaker Edward Snowden; Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was the victim of an assassination attempt by the
By TOBY STERLINGAssociated PressAMSTERDAMKing Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone. In its place a “participation society” is emerging, in which
Income inequality has been growing since the 1970s, but President Obama’s economic policies are making it worse and at a faster pace than Presidents Bush or Clinton. Globalization is driving the sinking fortunes of many ordinary Americans. Prior to World
Teachers in Kenosha, Wisconsin have voted to decertify their union, putting a halt to the organization’s ability to bargain with the state on behalf of educators. Kenosha teachers took advantage of the opportunity to jettison the union after Governor Scott
A White House official said on Friday that the Obama Administration “does not see a legal way” to give Big Labor the taxpayer-funded Obamacare subsidies it vigorously argues it deserves and needs. The announcement was made in a Treasury Department
Forbes cites a new survey of federal workers that reveals over 92% of them think they should be allowed to keep their current health care plans, instead of being forced into ObamaCare. Less than 3% of them are eager to
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says that union members across America should demand that Obamacare be repealed and defunded, and some of their leaders should resign for not opposing the health care law. “Union brothers and sisters, don’t let your
A leading labor union boss delivered an impassioned rebuke of Obamacare at the AFL-CIO convention Thursday, telling attendees, “we’ll be damned if we’re going to lose our health insurance because of unintended consequences in the law!” Laborers’ International Union of
