EXCLUSIVE: McConnell on Sequestration: No Last-Minute Deal

On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke with Breitbart News exclusively regarding the upcoming sequestration, slated to hit this Friday. He spoke about the controversial new proposal from Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to give President Obama almost full discretion on how to cut $85 billion from the budget this year, theoretically forcing him to own the distribution of the cuts; he spoke also about President Obama’s obvious photo-op last-minute invitation to the White House. He also talked at length about President Obama’s plan to stonewall the agenda of the American people in order to cast Republicans as obstructionists for purposes of the 2014 elections. 27 Feb 2013

Kerry: Iranian Government 'Elected'

On Wednesday, newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry continued his tour of blunders with a whopper about the government of Iran. “Iran is a country with a government that was elected and that sits in the United Nations,” said Kerry. “And it is important for us to deal with nation-states in a way that acts in the best interests of all of us in the world.” 27 Feb 2013

Fearmonger: Obama Says Sequestration Leaves Military 'Dangerously' Vulnerable

With the White House fully engaged in scaring the bejeezus out of Americans over sequestration, it comes as no surprise today to see the White House tweeting pictures of American soldiers, with this caption: “THIS IS ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS – KNOWN AS THE SEQUESTER – WOULD REDUCE FUNDING FOR ARMY BASIC TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE, LEAVING TWO-THIRDS OF ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS OUTSIDE AFGHANISTAN WITH DANGEROUSLY REDUCED LEVELS OF READINESS.” 27 Feb 2013

Bloomberg's America: Nanny Mayor Funnels Millions to Local Races Across Country

Welcome to Michael Bloomberg’s America. With the New York mayor successfully entrenched, Mayor Daley-style, in his third term, his ambitions have led him beyond the city he so carefully controls. Bloomberg is the 10th-wealthiest person in the country, with a net worth of some $25 billion, and he’s using that cash to select like-minded local candidates across the country. 27 Feb 2013

Kanye West: 'I Don't Give a F&*% What The President's Got to Say'

Kanye West is gonna let President Obama finish, but not before he tells him something about corporations. While performing at the Hammersmith Apollo over the weekend in London, West said, “I don’t give a f--- what the president’s got to say.” He added that his diatribe against Taylor Swift winning best music video at the 2009 Video Music Awards was perfectly justified: “everybody thought I was so crazy. Am I the only one who is not crazy?” 26 Feb 2013

Obama's ICE Uses Sequestration as Excuse to Release Illegal Immigrants

On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced they’d be using the sequester as an excuse to release illegal immigrant detainees. 26 Feb 2013

Kerry in Germany: America About 'Right To Be Stupid'

On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry continued his bumpy first out-of-the-country tour with an homage to the ugly Americans he represents. Speaking in Germany, he told students, “In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be, and you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. And we tolerate that – we somehow make it through that.” 26 Feb 2013

Report: Weinstein Retained Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager to Push 'Silver Linings Playbook'

A report from Vulture.com today states that Harvey Weinstein “retained” former deputy campaign manager to Barack Obama Stephanie Cutter to promote his Best Picture nominee, Silver Linings Playbook. 25 Feb 2013

Obama Admin Asks Supreme Court to Trash Defense of Marriage Act

For years, the left has claimed that they want marriage to be a state issue. But now the rubber has met the road on gay marriage, with the Obama administration issuing a request to the Supreme Court to strike down President Clinton’s Defense of Marriage Act, which allowed states not to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli now says that DOMA must be struck down under “the fundamental guarantee of equal protection.” 24 Feb 2013

Hillary to Pocket $200K Per Speech

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is widely rumored to be the next Democratic presidential nominee come 2016. But in the meantime, she won’t be skimping on her earnings. Clinton will reportedly be pocketing $200,000 per speech, a tidy sum that should keep her pantsuits properly stocked for the next several millennia. 24 Feb 2013