Today’s nationwide May Day activities wreaked havoc for residents and travelers in the Los Angeles area after a labor-led protest snarled traffic and shut down all but two entrances to the LAX international airport. Video of the day’s protests can
The above is a screen grab taken from President Obama’s Official Web Site. I have many questions. What are they talking about? Why are those papers on the table? What do they say? Who brought them? Why are they drinking
Tonight President Obama gave his “mission accomplished” speech from Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan and remarked how he would support inclusion of the Taliban, so long as they left Al Qaeda. Because the Taliban has never brutally oppressed women
As May Day marches and protests have kicked off around the country today, they also had a large turnout in Chicago. Because of the overwhelming presence of revolutionary communist, socialist, and anarchist groups, we asked union leaders marching in the
Last Friday night, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held their 54th Annual Eugene V. Debs–Norman Thomas–Michael Harrington Award Dinner at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza in Chicago. You of course might not expect anything too fancy from a group
SoakTheRich.us started as a series of pie charts, and turned into something much bigger. Here’s why! Promising the moon and hoping no one will ask, “Hey, what’s a moon cost these days, anyway?” turns out to be the one business model
Ed. Note: Over the course of the next four days, Big Government will publish exclusive excerpts from Jonah Goldberg’s new book, “THE TYRANNY OF CLICHÉS: HOW LIBERALS CHEAT IN THE WAR OF IDEAS,” with introductions from the author. In recent
Local Los Angeles talk radio station KFI reported that the SEIU May Day protest snarling traffic around Los Angeles International airport was Astroturfed. The vast majority of protesters at LAX were not the grassroots employees protesting working conditions but were,
New video of a May Day march in New York shows black bloc anarchists in a shoving match with the NYPD. Aas officers try to separate some individuals from the crowd, other anarchists pull them back in. Protesters then begin
When you set the ethics bar as low as they do in Washington, DC, it’s easy for just about anyone to clear it. In our nation’s capital, the permanent political class gets to play by a different set of rules
President Obama’s administration has embraced Dan Savage over and over and over again. He’s their chosen anti-bullying expert, invited to the White House, feted with links on the White House page, directed traffic by the highest and the mightiest in
Writing over at Hot Air, Morgen Richmond notes that an anarchist group has written a long anti-capitalist, May Day screed and added the image above without explanation. That’s a photo of teen singer Rebecca Black. The person with the gas
True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht’s non-profit and nonpartisan effort dedicated to ensuring our nation’s elections are free and fair, held its second annual national summit over the past weekend. Tickets sold out quickly as participants traveled from over 30 states
A picture is worth a thousand words. A picture of three words is worth all the mainstream media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement–and Obama’s love for it. The source is impeccable–Allison Kilkenny, contributor to The Nation, reporting live
It appears that Democrat U. S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren had some trouble determining her minority status during her early days as a law school professor. In the late 80s and early 90s, Warren described herself as Native American and
Last night, President Obama’s campaign Twitter feed posted the following tweet: In other words, there are no red or blue states … just the Obama States. You have to love the narcissism of a president who posts a picture of
Six Occupy Wall Street members were finally arrested five months after seizing a home in Brooklyn from a single father, moving in, and wrecking the place. Asserting that the home was foreclosed on, they claimed they were going to renovate
“Our Founding Fathers enshrined the Second Amendment for one purpose: survival.Survival of each citizen. Survival of a nation.” With those words as his theme, thelongest-serving head of the National Rifle Association (NRA)–CEO Wayne LaPierre–trumpeted unity for all conservatives going into
Someone in the Obama campaign should find a new line of work. They’ve adopted as a slogan the single word: Forward! You’ve heard those complaints from conservatives that Obama is a socialist? Well, Forward! is one sure way to validate
Imagine if your confidential tax return was stolen from the IRS and turned over to a political adversary. It would seem ripe for an investigation. And yet that’s exactly what happened to the National Organization for Marriage, which had its private
(AP) Wisconsin governor raises $13 million in recallBy TODD RICHMONDAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has raised more than $13 million in three months for a recall election, a jaw-dropping feat that easily shattered the fundraising record he set last
NO WORK – NO SCHOOL – NO SHOPPING – NO BANKING – NO TRADING! THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANET WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS! That’s the rallying cry for today’s Occupy May Day General Strike, in which the Occupy movement has called
When we think of the consequences of electing Barack Obama to four more years in office, we often think about how he would use that lame duck presidency to step up attempts to “fundamentally change” America. Without having to answer
(AP) Highway bill enters legislative homestretchBy JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONDefying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical if the nation is to avoid steep cutbacks in highway and transit aid. The
(AP) Study shows fewer loans to small business in MarchNEW YORKLending to small business is slowing, possibly a sign of deteriorating confidence in the economy from entrepreneurs. A study released Tuesday by PayNet, a research firm that tracks loans to
NEW YORK, May 1 (UPI) —Occupy movement marches, strikes and other acts of civil disobedience would “disrupt the status quo” of about 135 U.S. cities Tuesday, movement organizers said. Key cities targeted for the “general strike,” or “a day without