On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Former press secretary Robert Gibbs stated that Congressman “Darrell Issa should call Jay Carney and apologize this morning.” Gibbs went on to say that Issa as Chairman of the House Oversight Committee was the “biggest joke
Bradley Cooper and Glenn Close will be visiting the White House on Monday for a conference on mental health. The effort was organized as part of President Obama’s response to last year’s Sandy Hook shooting. Although the one-day conference was
According to a new survey by insurancequotes.com, 61% think healthcare costs will go up as a result of reform. The deadline to purchase health insurance under the new Affordable Health Care Act is Jan 1, 2014, but 64% say they
The Evanston City Council voted 5-4 for a two year ban on the use of airborne drones. The vote brought together an odd coalition of people: the anti-war groups were joined by the libertarians and the privacy advocates to pass
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder pledged to protect the first amendment rights of the media at a closed door, off-the-record meeting. The meeting took place with the media after it was revealed that the DOJ subpoenaed thousands of pages of AP
Former Governor Jeb Bush said he would need another year at least to decide if he were to run for the presidency in 2016. Bush, the son of former President George H.W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush,
As late as last year, the FBI ran a child pornography operation in an attempt to nab its customers. The service ran for two weeks “while attempting to identify more than 5,000 customers, according to a Seattle FBI agent’s statements
A beaver in Belarus attacked a 60 year old fisherman when the man attempted to take a picture with the creature. The angry beaver sliced open an artery, causing the man to bleed to death. The rodents have become increasingly
China’s Shuanghui International has agreed to purchase Virginia-based Smithfield Food in the largest takeover of a US company by a Chinese rival. Shuanghui’s takeover will be “closely monitored” by the US on account of numerous Chinese food scandals. “In
House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the committee will hold a hearing featuring the victims of the IRS’s ideological profiling. The hearing will take place on June 4th at 10am. Camp said “While we now know that
In a recent interview on the “To the Point” television show in Nevada, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said that getting 60 votes on the immigration bill would be “pretty easy.” “I think we have 60 votes. Remember, we start out
According to video on her website and on her Facebook page, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will not run for a fifth term in Congress. A video was posted on her website Wednesday morning announcing her decision. Bachmann began serving in Congress
According to an interview with the Daily Beast, Attorney General Eric Holder felt a sense of “remorse” when the Washington Post ran a story about “how agents had tracked Rosen’s movements in and out of the State Department, perused his
Democrat State lawmakers in Colorado are facing recall bids as fall out from their support in the legislature of gun control legislation. So far, Senate President John Morse and three other Democrats are in the crosshairs, so to speak. The recall
The President of the Roanoke Valley Republican Women’s club took matters into her own hands when she learned that a MASH unit had nothing but worn and torn blood-stained sheets to use to take care of our wounded warriors stationed
A French Soldier (in uniform) was attacked in Paris while conducting his “anti-terrorist” duties. The soldier’s throat was stabbed by knife-wielding man described by police as “bearded, of North African origin and wearing a light coloured jihab’ under a jacket.”
Lois Lerner, the IRS Director of Exempt Organizations, signed letters that were sent to targeted groups asking them to turn over an extensive amount of information to the IRS. Earlier this week Lerner refused to testify before the House Oversight
The White House announced yesterday that Victoria Nuland will be nominated by President Obama to assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs. Nuland has served as State Department spokesperson since 2011 until earlier this year. The nomination requires Senate
A law enforcement official has told NBC News that Attorney General Eric Holder is the one who signed the search warrant for the private emails of Fox News reporter James Rosen. The warrant was signed under the guise that Rosen
(Connecticut) An ecstasy drug raid resulting in two arrests also rescued a baby, who was found at the scene sleeping in a crib with a 14 inch butcher’s knife under it’s pillow. The child is four months old and was
On Wednesday, the Chicago School Board voted to close 49 elementary schools, “in what is believed to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history” Fifty-three schools were originally scheduled to be shut down. The closures come
The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter yesterday to Deputy Attorney General James Cole seeking answers regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to secretly subpoena two months of call records of AP reporters and editors. Attorney General Eric Holder told the Committee
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the deceased Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect, participated in a 2011 triple homicide, according to sources. Ibragim Todashev, who was killed in a shoot out with authorities yesterday, confessed to his role in the burtal murders and identified Tsarnaev
Today, the United States formally acknowledged killing four American citizens with drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed in a letter the administration had killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric in a September 2011 drone strike
IRS employee Lois Lerner appeared very briefly at the House Oversight Committee hearing, where she firmly stated (under oath) that she “did not do anything wrong.” She went on to refuse to answer all questions and was dismissed (along with
