Michael Patrick Leahy

Michael Patrick Leahy

Michael Patrick Leahy is a Breitbart News contributor, Editor of Broadside Books’ Voices of the Tea Party e-book series, and author of Covenant of Liberty: The Ideological Origins of the Tea Party Movement.

Christian Demonstrators Kidnapped, Tortured at Egyptian Mosque

President Obama's policy of support for the Arab Spring demonstrations that brought down the governments of Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Libya in 2011 was supposed to usher in a new era of democratic reform in the Middle East. Instead, it has created an ever-escalating culture of violent oppression of Christians by Islamists throughout the region. 27 Mar 2013

Obama Pursues Royal Prerogative as MSM Remains Silent

On Monday, Breitbart's Matthew Boyle broke the story that First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama are spending their spring break at a resort in the Bahamas. Breitbart's Mike Flynn followed up with an analysis showing how this reflected President Obama's budget priorities. There is enough money in President Obama's post sequester FY 2013 federal budget to provide Secret Service protection for his daughters vacationing outside the country, Flynn noted, but not enough to keep the White House open for tours for the children of average American taxpayers. 25 Mar 2013

Kerry 'Deeply Concerned' by Christian Pastor Tortured in Iran

[T]he Center for Religious Freedom's Shea stated that, "[t]he State Department’s press release still falls short. It fails to mention that Abedini is a Christian pastor and that he is imprisoned for his Christian faith. Religious freedom is a basic human right, set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and one that is of special importance to the United States both in the Constitution where it is enshrined as the first clause of the First Amendment, and as a pillar of foreign policy in the International Religious Freedom Act." 23 Mar 2013

The Uninvited -- Global Persecution of Christians Ignored by Obama Admin

Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom and a Hudson Institute Fellow, told Breitbart's "Uninvited" panel at CPAC on Saturday that "religious persecution is the gravest human rights crisis of our day." She added that "Christians are as a group the most persecuted, out of sheer numbers, across the world. This means they are being killed, tortured, imprisoned and eradicated ...sent into exile for their beliefs." 21 Mar 2013

Background: Melgen-Menendez Dominican Port Security Deal

The timeline of the Melgen-Menendez Dominican port security deal reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. This comprehensive chronology traces the deal back to family connections established during the Trujillo dictatorship: 18 Mar 2013

RNC 'Autopsy' Ground Game: The Walking Dead

The Republican National Committee's Growth and Opportunity Project report is entirely lacking in specifics on how to improve the party's ground game. In fact, the term "get-out-the-vote" (GOTV) features only four times in the 100-page Growth and Opportunity Project report and is mentioned only in passing. 18 Mar 2013

Politichicks TV Posts the Only Known Video of Pat Caddell's CPAC Speech

Californian Michelle Moons, a contributor to Politichicks TV, was in the audience at CPAC on Thursday when Pat Caddell unloaded on "racketeering" GOP consultants. On Saturday, Moon's video recording of Cadell's speech was published on YouTube. It appears to be the only existing video recording of Caddell's speech. 18 Mar 2013

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