White House Won't Condemn Violent #OccupyOakland Riots

"Well, with regards to Oakland that’s obviously a local law enforcement matter. Here in Washington I would refer you for specifics to the U.S. National Park Services and U.S. Park Police and our position has been and continues to be that we need to balance first Amendment concerns, the right to demonstrate, the right to speak freely with public safety concerns and public health concerns and we understand that local law enforcement as well as National Park Service and U.S. Park Police are weighing these considerations when making these decisions and that’s appropriate." 30 Jan 2012

Pointing Fingers: Fox News Panelist Asks Media To Cover Racism In #Occupy Movement

Jehmu Greene, former president of the Women’s Media Center, and radio host / Tea Party 365 co-founder David Webb had a heated exchange on Megyn Kelly's panel this afternoon discussing if there was any racism in the gesture by AZ Governor Jan Brewer in her exchange with President Obama. Greene started off the discussion with the premise that the Governor is not racist, but that the gesture had deep-seated racial undertones. Webb discarded Greene's points and instead asked the media to cover the racism within the Occupy movement that is being reported today at Big Government. 30 Jan 2012

Newt Ad: Romney Rewrites History

From Newt Gingrich: In 1999, after a 3 year investigation, the Internal Revenue Service (under President Bill Clinton, nonetheless) concluded that Gingrich did not violate any tax laws...84 politically motivated ethics charges were filed against Newt when he was Speaker of the House regarding the use of tax exempt funds for a college course he taught titled 'Renewing American Civilization.' 83 of the 84 were found to be without merit." 30 Jan 2012

Wag The Finger: Williams Condemns Brewer, Confronted Bush With Same Gesture

Brian Williams, shocked at the picture of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pointing her finger in the President's face, asked last week, "who have you ever seen talk to the President like this?"

Turns out it was Brian Williams in 2006. 30 Jan 2012

UC Davis Paid Media Consultant $100K For #Occupy Pepper Spray Incident

University administrators shelled out $100,000 for a media expert to help them manage the fallout from a videotaped confrontation with protestors that sparked outrage around the globe.

In the weeks following the November raid on Occupy UC Davis demonstrators that ended with police pepper-spraying students at close range, the University of California paid for the crisis consultant to handle public communications for Chancellor Linda Katehi and the administration as pictures and video spread. 30 Jan 2012

Obama Admin Offers $75K Grants To Sign Up More Food Stamp Recipients

"Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food stamps has skyrocketed by two-thirds and stands at a record-high 46 million citizens, or one out of every seven people in the United States. Despite the historic rise in food stamp use, however, the Obama Administration believes not enough people are receiving food stamps who should be and is offering $75,000 grants to groups who devise “effective strategies” to “increase program participation” among those who have yet to sign up.

Read more at Big Government. 30 Jan 2012

#OccupyNewark Leader: Movement ‘Clearly’ Has Race Problems

People inside the Occupy movement — including one of the leaders of the Occupy Newark encampment — claim that "Occupy Wall Street" is racist against people of color. These new accusations of racism are based on people’s personal experiences with the increasingly secretive and “fascist” Occupy Wall Street leadership and the actions of OWS participants....

This man’s complaints about his own personal experience of anti-black racism at Occupy Wall Street were echoed by every black person spoken to this past week in New York. Some people did not want to go on record, possibly fearing reprisals from people at Occupy Wall Street, but others freely admitted in video interviews that BigGovernment.com and Breitbart.TV will be releasing this week that they think the Occupy Wall Street movement is “clearly” and “absolutely” racist against people of color based on their own personal experience.

Read more at Big Government. 30 Jan 2012

Vintage Christie: 'Spend Less, That's It'

Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) released a new internet video of a recent town hall appearance where he discusses a solution for New jersey's property taxes. 30 Jan 2012

NY Mag Editor Admits Never Reporting Kerry's Tax Rate In 2004

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough challenged NY Magazine editor John Heileman on the media's coverage of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wealth. Scarborough asked Heileman how many times he covered John Kerry's wealth in 2004 and pointed out that Kerry paid a lower tax rate than Governor Romney and is more wealthy. 30 Jan 2012

Woman 'Marries' Building To Save From Demolition

A very unique wedding in Seattle on Sunday afternoon as people came to witness the union of a woman - and a building. In order to save a building from demolition, Babylonia Aivaz “married” it.

Aivaz said "I do" to the warehouse on 10th and Union on Capitol Hill. She said she fell in love with the 107-year-old building during an Occupy Seattle protest and doesn't want to see it torn down to make room for a brand-new apartment building. 30 Jan 2012