
Dan Savage (right, above), head of a White House-backed anti-bullying campaign named “It Gets Better,” has a long track record of bullying conservatives. Until now, the low point was his attack on Christian high school kids. As Newsbusters noted today,
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 5:27 PM PST0
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is clearly the biggest obstacle to the passage of so-called “comprehensive” immigration reform. And that’s a good thing. “Comprehensive” reforms should be limited to laws that make things simpler–as in the tax reforms proposed by
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 3:44 PM PST0
Prior to the 2012 election, the mainstream media–and Sunday show hosts in particular–did their best to cover up what was already obvious about the Benghazi attacks on Sep. 11–that the Obama administration had done nothing to stop them, and that
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 9:56 AM PST0
Update: A friend on Twitter suggested Power was already “back in Cambridge.” A piece at Foreign Policy’s blog in February announced that she was leaving the administration–but only temporarily, and with a strong suggestion that she would return shortly. It is
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 9:07 AM PST0

The New York Times attempted to help President Barack Obama out of a national security mess of his own making Sunday, with an article claiming that his “red line” warning to Syria on chemical weapons last August was an “off-the-cuff” remark
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 7:52 AM PST0

Reports in Syrian and international media indicate that early Sunday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck a military research facility on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, shaking the city. The airstrike was the second in three days, after
by Joel B. Pollak5 May 2013, 5:09 AM PST0

The Weekly Standard has obtained “a timeline briefed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence detailing the heavy substantive revisions made to the CIA’s talking points”–evidence that the talking points used by UN Ambassador Susan Rice were heavily
by Joel B. Pollak3 May 2013, 6:42 AM PST0

Organizing for Action (OfA), the new activist organization into which Obama’s campaign was folded, is holding local demonstrations in favor of immigration reform at congressional offices across the country. One such rally was held in West Los Angeles during lunch
by Joel B. Pollak2 May 2013, 2:43 PM PST0
Andrew Breitbart used Twitter to break through the mainstream media firewall on many issues, Pigford among them. Below is a collection of his best and most topical tweets on the Pigford scandal. Note that most of the links are outdated,
by Joel B. Pollak2 May 2013, 1:10 PM PST0

The conclusion of Dr. Shakil Afridi’s appeal has been postponed until June 13 due to security concerns following a suicide bombing that appeared to target the presiding officer, Sahibzada Anees, earlier this week. Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reports that Anees could not be present for
by Joel B. Pollak2 May 2013, 4:44 AM PST0

The following articles on the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi have appeared on Breitbart News in recent months: May 23, 2012 – Pakistan Gives Bin Laden Hero 33 Year, Obama Does Nothing Apr. 22, 2013 – Exclusive: Pakistani Doctor Who
by Joel B. Pollak2 May 2013, 4:43 AM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak1 May 2013, 3:20 PM PST0

Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie engaged me on Twitter for much of the day, defending his attack on Congress for delaying relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy, and claiming, wrongly and bizarrely, that “All the pork was stripped out
by Joel B. Pollak1 May 2013, 6:15 AM PST0

On the eve of the decision in Dr. Shakil Afridi’s appeal in Pakistan, the U.S. State Department has reiterated its position that he should never have been convicted for his role in helping the U.S. find Osama bin Laden. “We
by Joel B. Pollak1 May 2013, 4:25 AM PST0

A deadly suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan today that killed 10 and injured 70 was reportedly aimed at Police Commissioner Sahibzada Anees, the presiding officer in the appeal of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the man who helped the U.S. search for Osama
by Joel B. Pollak30 Apr 2013, 2:19 PM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak30 Apr 2013, 5:15 AM PST0

On April 27, Attorney General Eric Holder defended a federal judge’s decision to read confessed terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights after only 16 hours of interrogation, saying: “Everything was done appropriately, and we got good leads.” Holder’s statement confirmed earlier reports that he
by Joel B. Pollak29 Apr 2013, 3:00 PM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak29 Apr 2013, 5:27 AM PST0

If you have ever wondered how the entire civilized world could stand by and watch totalitarianism swallow Europe–twice–last week’s pathetic performance by President Barack Obama on the subject of Syria was a grim reminder. Last year, he promised that “any
by Joel B. Pollak28 Apr 2013, 1:41 PM PST0

The late, great Christopher Hitchens famously jibed at Wanda Sykes, host of President Barack Obama’s first White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) in 2009: “The president should be squirming in his seat. Not smiling,” he said. “The black dyke got it
by Joel B. Pollak28 Apr 2013, 7:12 AM PST0

by Joel B. Pollak26 Apr 2013, 5:41 AM PST0

On Tuesday, USA Today and Breitbart News both reported that the Cambridge, MA mosque attended by the late Boston Marathon terror suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has ties to Islamist radicals. It was founded in part by Abdulrahman Alamoudi, who is now serving a
by Joel B. Pollak24 Apr 2013, 12:49 PM PST0

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has vowed to put the Obama administration and fellow legislators under pressure to take action to free Dr. Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who assisted the U.S. in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and who
by Joel B. Pollak24 Apr 2013, 10:46 AM PST0

Earlier today I posted my interview with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who spoke with us after a bit of controversy around his joint appearance with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) in Chicago on Monday to promote immigration reform. Rep. Ryan gave
by Joel B. Pollak23 Apr 2013, 2:07 PM PST0

On Monday, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared jointly with Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) at the City Club of Chicago as part of a bipartisan effort to promote immigration reform. The event sparked controversy when Ryan, pressed
by Joel B. Pollak23 Apr 2013, 12:30 PM PST0