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Comrades! Obama's New Slogan: Forward!
The Obama campaign’s new re-election slogan for 2012 is “Forward.” It’s related to MSNBC’s “Lean Forward,” and, of course, to Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward,” which had the opposite result. The seven-minute video accompanying the release of the new slogan
Netanyahu's Father Dies at 102
Benzion Netanyahu, Ivy League historian, and father of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Entebbe hostage rescue hero Yonatan Netanyahu, passed away in Israel of natural causes today at the age of 102. Born in Warsaw, the elder Netanyahu became
Exclusive – Parent of Kids Who Walked Out on Savage: 'What a Pig'
The father of two students who attended the high school journalism conference where White House-endorsed “anti-bullying” advocate Dan Savage attacked the Bible and Christianity has spoken out vehemently against Savage and against the conference organizers. “My son and daughter both
California on the Edge as Tax Receipts Fall Dangerously Short in April
California’s ubiquitous utopian left may be celebrating Planet Earth with the “masses,” but for days, business journalists have been warning that California’s income tax receipts for the month of April may come in billions of dollars short of expectations, deepening
CNN's Zakaria and the Austerity Myth
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria used to have some interesting things to say about democracy and economics. But in the Barack Obama era, he has become little more than a political hack, twisting facts and spinning news in the hope of benefiting
Leading From Behind…Canada?!?
Canada is now the unofficial leader of the free world, with President Barack Obama continuing to adopt a posture of “leading from behind” that neither impresses allies nor appeases rivals. The latest evidence comes from the Summit of the Americas
Exclusive- Rabbi Blasts Savage's Anti-Christian Rant: 'Westboro of the Left'
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a popular Orthodox rabbi famous for his writings on sex and popular culture, has blasted White House-endorsed sex columnist Dan Savage for his attack on the Bible and Christianity in front of an audience of high school
Rosenbaum Rep: 'Why Does MSNBC Compensate a Racist Like Sharpton?'
Isaac Abraham, spokesperson for the family of Yankel Rosenbaum–the Jewish student murdered by a mob during the Crown Heights riot in 1991–contacted Breitbart News today to express his outrage that Al Sharpton would claim not to have incited the violence.
Its On: Palin Backs Mourdock over Lugar in Indiana Senate Race
As the Tea Party continues to challenge comfortable incumbents across the country, Gov. Sarah Palin has shaken up the race for U.S. Senate in Indiana by endorsing state Treasurer Richard Mourdock over Sen. Richard Lugar in the Republican primary. Palin
Does Obama Read Sullivan for Trig Trutherism, or Anti-Israel Rants?
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama told Rolling Stone that he gets his news from, among other sources, “Trig Truther” Andrew Sullivan. As Ed Lasky notes at American Thinker, “there is an even more checkered history involving Andrew Sullivan, and
Occupy Factions Stagger Into Spring
As Occupy Wall Street struggles to recover from the evictions of last fall, and the arrest of dozens of members of the Anonymous hacker collective, as many as four different groups are competing to define the future of the movement.
More than Mistakes: The Real Problems with '60 Minutes' Slander of Israel
The problem with the recent 60 Minutes smear of Israel’s treatment of Christians is not just that it is inaccurate, one-sided, and malicious–but that CBS effectively denies the sovereignty of Israel itself, while affirming a classic anti-Jewish libel. Jennifer Rubin
Islamophobia, Too, at Media Matters
Whether antisemitism or Islamophobia or hatred of black conservatives, Media Matters for America is not above any form of prejudice–as long as it suits the left’s agenda and President Barack Obama’s re-election. Case in point: the false claim that Dana
Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz DNC Chair–Or Isn't She?
Debbie Wasserman Schultz wants it both ways. On attack, she is the chair of the Democratic National Committee, and speaks for the party as a whole. But on defense, she is just a lowly member of the House of Representatives,
Exclusive: Kagan's Handwritten Notes to Bell on Critical Race Theory
Breitbart News has discovered previously unknown handwritten notes from Elena Kagan to radical professor Derrick Bell, sent to Bell as Kagan worked on his seminal 1985 article on Critical Race Theory in the Harvard Law Review (99 Harv. L. Rev.
Schumer Thinks Corporate Free Speech Worse than Japanese WWII Internment
Last Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) took his crusade against the Citizens United decision to a new and absurd extreme, declaring at a rally: “It is the worst decision since Plessy v. Ferguson. I really believe that.” Since Plessy, an 1896
Axelrod: GOP Controlled by Far Right 'Reign of Terror'
David Axelrod, senior Obama 2012 strategist, awaits certain rebuke by President Barack Obama today after he violated the guidelines for civil dialogue laid down by the President in the wake of the Gabby Giffords shooting in January 2011 by referring
Left-Wing Nuns Signed, Circulated Petitions for Walker Recall
As the Catholic Church takes action to counter the left-wing drift of American nuns, Breitbart.com has learned that hundreds of nuns are involved in the left’s campaign to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R)–in favor of pro-choice Democratic challengers. The
NYT's Kristof Exploiting Sex Trafficking Victims for Political Gratification
Nick Kristof continued his crusade against child sex trafficking this week–a noble cause, except that he and the newspaper that pays him may be making money, indirectly, from the same crime. As Breitbart News revealed on April 12, the New
Tina Brown: Copycat, Fraud, and Failure
Tina Brown, whose massive losses at Newsweek and the Daily Beast are a matter of public ridicule, stepped up to the microphone at National Public Radio this morning in an attack on the late Andrew Breitbart that revealed why she and her mainstream
CBS's Case For Zimmerman's Racism Cites Zimmerman Standing Up for Black Homeless Man
Still piling on the accusations in a case where the defendant looks increasingly likely to be acquitted, CBS’ Face the Nation yesterday featured activists Michael Eric Dyson and Touré, along with correspondent Marc Strassmann, accusing George Zimmerman of racial motivations in
UK Muslim Pol: £10 Million Bounty for Obama, Bush Capture
Lord Nazir Ahmed, the first Muslim life peer of the British House of Lords, has offered a bounty of £10 million (about $16 million) for the capture of President Barack Obama, as well as that of former President George W.
