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.

Ted Cruz Reads #StandWithRand Tweets on Senate Floor

Wednesday evening, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave filibustering Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) a brief break during a planned question period by reading #StandWithRand tweets that have dominated the Twittersphere today. 6 Mar 2013

LAX, O'Hare Airports: No Slowdowns After Sequester

Two of the largest airports in the United States have contradicted claims from the federal government that the minor spending cuts of the Budget Control Act's sequester have caused delays for passengers. 6 Mar 2013

Donald Trump to Speak at CPAC

On Tuesday, the American Conservative Union announced that Donald Trump will speak at its 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center from Thursday, March 14th to Saturday, March 16th. 5 Mar 2013

Fred DeLuca: 'If I Started Subway Today, Subway Would Not Exist'

Fred DeLuca, who founded the wildly successful Subway sandwich chain in 1965, told CNBC on Wednesday what every small businessman in America knows. Government regulations have become so great they have throttled the ability of entrepreneurs to create new businesses 1 Mar 2013

Claim: Menendez Pressured U.S. to Revoke Dominican Pol's Visa

Last Tuesday, Dr. Guido Gomez Mazara, a former legal adviser to Dominican Republic President Hipolito Mejia (in office from 2000 to 2004), told the Dominican publication Acento that Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) pressured the State Department and the American Ambassador to the Dominican Republic to revoke his passport. 27 Feb 2013

OFA Email: Attack Congressional Republicans on Sequester

Organizing for Action, the purported "issues advocacy" social welfare organization established in January, sent out a campaign-style email on Wednesday to an extensive email list of Obama supporters developed by its predecessor organization, the Obama for America presidential campaign committee, attacking congressional Republicans. 27 Feb 2013

Liberal Common Cause Calls for Shutdown of Obama's OFA

On Tuesday Common Cause, the usually liberal public interest group, called for the shutdown of Organizing for Action. In its statement, the group called on President Obama to "direct his associates to shut down the “independent” organization they established to raise money and lobby on behalf of his domestic and foreign policies." 27 Feb 2013

Club for Growth Targets 9 House GOP Members for Primary Challenges

On Wednesday afternoon, Club for Growth, the conservative group that has challenged moderate Republicans in past primaries, launched a new website that targets nine current Republican members of the House of Representatives who represent conservative districts but have moderate to liberal voting records for primary challenges in 2014. 27 Feb 2013

Reince Priebus Names Mike Shields as New RNC Chief of Staff

Shields is not well known outside the tight world of Republican political operatives, but Reagan biographer Craig Shirley told Breitbart News "if Shields learned his trade from Gingrich, who learned his trade from Reagan, then this is a good hire by the RNC." 26 Feb 2013

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