As fiscal cliff negotiations continue, Senate Republicans are attempting to replace the sequester with a new program that would look like this: $1.2 trillion in cuts would kick in two months from now, minus $24 billion in revenue from the
While the Washington Post reports this afternoon that Congress is considering pushing off all cuts under a new deal to avert the fiscal cliff, top Republicans say that is absolutely false. The sequester cuts will either go through now, as
Today, a high ranking source in the Senate informed Breitbart News that the chances of a Congressional deal being cut to avoid the fiscal cliff were “pretty strong,” despite President Obama’s deep desire to push America off the fiscal cliff.
With America suffering from increasing poverty, and with more and more children born into mountains of debt unleashed by their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, the greatest threat of all may be this: the American father is dying. According to the
The war on Christmas has officially reached Google. The search engine giant features a graphic of what appear to be Christmas gifts, accompanied by a toy train and smiling children. But when you click on that graphic, you get this
A letter from 40 members of Congress and directed toward House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) demanded a national gun buyback program yesterday. The letter was penned by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Ted
Benjamin Géza Affleck, famed high school graduate, fan of Howard Zinn, star of Gigli and director of Argo, has decided not to run for John Kerry’s presumably open Senate seat. “I love Massachusetts and our political process,” he posted on
While liberals on Twitter pointed at the shooting of four firefighters in upstate New York as evidence that more gun control is necessary, NBC News reports that the gunman, one William Spengler, was already banned from owning guns. Spengler served
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released his Christmas greeting today. In it, he warned of the existential threat to Christians in the Middle East with the rise of radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood: Today, Christian communities throughout the Middle
Today in upstate New York, a gunman shot and killed two firefighters who were responding to a fire at a home. Two other firefighters were shot, too. While the shootings were taking place, firefighters had to allow two other homes
Today, the Journal News in upstate New York, owned by Gannett, published the names and addresses of all gun permit holders in the Westchester and Rockland county areas of New York. The Journal News said: The map indicates the addresses
With the rise of celebrity-politicians like Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Benjamin Géza Affleck, who may run for Senate from Massachusetts, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is taking seriously rumors that actress Ashley Judd may run against him. He’s doing internal
Benjamin Géza Affleck, director of films like Argo and star of films like Gigli, has been widely rumored to be interested in running for Senator John Kerry’s open seat once the Massachusetts Senator moves over to the State Department to
Today, in an attempt to peel off enough Senate Republicans to prevent a filibuster of their omnibus Hurricane Sandy reimbursement bill, which is simply packed with spending giveaways, Senate Democrats began offering wavering Republicans pork goodies for their states. HR
Piers Morgan of CNN has been off the rails for days in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook, pressing forward his full-scale gun control agenda by steamrolling guests who disagree with him, and acting as though they don’t
Today, ABC News finally reported the blindingly obvious fact that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s beloved assault weapons ban – a piece of legislation now favored by President Obama – would not have prevented the Sandy Hook shootings. Here’s what they said:
Today, President Obama took to the podium to declare his unsurprising support for new, poorly-calibrated gun laws. His logic was simple: a horrific massacre occurred in Newtown, Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary, and we must try something. Anything. Well, not
In another warning sign that wasn’t taken seriously, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher texted about shooting his girlfriend two months before murdering her, then committing suicide. According to a report from Jackson County, Missouri prosecutors, Belcher sent a text
Samuel L. Jackson, one of the stars of the new Quentin Tarantino-directed, Harvey Weinstein-produced Django Unchained, is speaking out against those who would restrict access to firearms or scale back violence in films in reaction to the massacre in Sandy
Today, President Obama met with Speaker of the House John Boehner yet again … and yet again, favored White House media outlet Politico had the inside track. According to Politico, Obama made a new offer on tax rates, proposing that
Thanks to the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, producer Harvey Weinstein has cancelled the Los Angeles premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked new Jamie Foxx vehicle, Django Unchained. A representative of The Weinstein Company announced, “Our thoughts and prayers go out to
Today, the Democratic Governors Association sent out a blast email suggesting that higher taxes on high-income earners was justified because it would target the Koch brothers. This is how low the left now stoops: they think that hurting the economy
According to a former babysitter for Newtown, Connecticut mass murderer Adam Lanza, Nancy Lanza, Adam’s mom, told him “to keep an eye on him at all times … to never turn my back, or even to go to the bathroom
Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his colleagues at Mayors Against Illegal Guns released a statement demanding that federal legislators take stringent anti-gun measures. Bloomberg said: “What happened in Newtown was an unspeakable crime – a mass murder
Betsy Fischer Martin, producer on NBC’s Meet the Press, tweeted that the show “reached out to ALL 31 pro-gun rights Sens in the new Congress to invite them to share their views on @meetthepress – NO takers.” This shouldn’t be
