As President Obama stalls for time on making a decision about Syria, he has time to meet with National Basketball Association Hall of Famer and part-Los Angeles Dodgers owner Magic Johnson about Obamacare. On Thursday evening, Johnson posted on Twitter
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the White House had “no smoking gun” linking the Assad regime directly to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus last week. The Times stated that the administration was already trying to
Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, where he invoked King’s memory to push for President Obama’s economic redistributionism. He linked King with Medicare and Medicaid, as well
Former President Jimmy Carter took the podium at the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to state that America continues to be rife with racism. “I think we all know how Dr. King would
Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) blasted what he termed continuing American racism while paying tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. He said “invisible signs…form a gulf between us. Too many of
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that a US official briefed on the Obama administration’s prospective response to Syria would be “just muscular enough not to get mocked” but not strong enough to provoke action from Iran or Russia.
On Wednesday, The New York Times ran an op-ed that surely would have brought scorn and rage from the left had it been written during the Bush years. Its title: “Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal.” Written by Professor
Responding to accusations on Tuesday by Kentucky Tea Partiers that a campaign spokeswoman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) labeled tea partiers in general “fringe,” campaign manager Jesse Benton told Breitbart News, “In a statement yesterday, our spokeswoman called
On Tuesday, internet guru Matt Drudge tweeted a controversial question about America’s vague foreign policy in the Middle East: The al-Qaeda-backed opposition in Syria may receive open Obama administration support in the form of military strikes this week. Meanwhile, the
Last week, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice, fresh off its controversial decision to sue the state of Texas of its voter identification law, sued the state of Louisiana to block its school voucher program largely designed to help minority children.
On Monday, fading New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner tried to reinvigorate his polling by issuing a proclamation celebrating Women’s Equality Day. “When women have equal rights, our society is better off,” Weiner wrote while not texting pictures of
On Sunday night, as Miley Cyrus twerked with Robin Thicke at the Video Music Awards, Barack Obama’s twitter account, run by Organizing for Action, tweeted at singer Katy Perry, thanking her for pushing Obamacare: True presidential leadership in action. Ben
The assault on America’s churches has begun, with commentators like Dylan Matthews of the Washington Post and Matthew Yglesias of Slate calling on the government to tax churches. “Whichever faith you think is the one true faith, it’s undeniable that
Former Secretary of State and ardent supporter of President Obama Colin Powell has now suggested that voter identification laws in North Carolina are racist. Doubling down on his suggestions that Republicans “still look down on minorities” and carry a “dark
In Spokane, Washington, on Wednesday night, according to local reports, World War II veteran and Battle of Okinawa survivor Delbert Belton was beaten by two African American teenagers described as between the ages of 16 and 19. Belton passed away
On Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that religious wedding photographers could be forced to photograph same-sex weddings. “When Elane Photography refused to photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony, it violated the [New Mexico Human Rights Act, or NMHRA] in
Brian Lewis, the public relations vice president at Fox News who was recently fired and tossed from the building, told TVNewser on Wednesday that the media had gotten the details of his separation from the company completely wrong. In particular, Lewis singled out Roger Ailes’
On Thursday, Eric Holder’s Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against Texas over the state’s voter identification law, claiming that the law violated the Voting Rights Act, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
The media have heavily covered the departure of Fox News public relations vice president Brian Lewis – far more than the exit of similarly placed executives throughout the news and entertainment industry. The news that he had been fired on
The Obama Department of Health and Human Services has begun a $30,000 prize pool for videos promoting Obamacare. The taxpayer cash comes from the money slotted for the Obamacare “education and outreach budget.” The contest website, YoungInvincibles.org, recommends a few
President Obama’s campaign-turned-nonprofit, Organizing For Action, has stepped beyond party lines in its attempt to back the president’s preferred immigration reform plan. On Monday, OFA began sending members to districts held by Congressional Republicans wavering on the Senate’s amnesty-first immigration
While the United States considers cutting aid to the Egyptian military in an attempt to stop violence between the military regime and the deposed Muslim Brotherhood, Brotherhood members and allies are reportedly parading nuns through the streets, looting churches, and tearing down
In a puff piece on the launch of Al Jazeera America, The New York Times quotes Bob Meyers, president of the National Press Foundation, lauding the premiere of the channel. “I am reminded of three other news organization launches in
The attack on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has begun. Fearful of Cruz as a prospective Republican presidential nominee in 2016, the media is now digging into his past, all the way back to birth. The Daily Beast ran a profile
Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which is slated to finish number one at the box office, grossing some $25 million over the weekend, is expected to finish behind other recent films about America’s racial past, including 42 and The Help. The
