If you always expect the NY Times to bend over backwards to help Democrats in trouble, you’ll rarely be disappointed. Such is the case today with the NY Times coverage of the Jonathan Gruber affair. Not surprisingly, the Times’ Neil
President Obama has done great things for the party. Not his party, the Republican party. According to a new survey published by Pew Research, American’s views of which party should take the lead in solving problems have shifted dramatically over
Five years ago it was already obvious that the Obama administration and congressional Democrats were engaged in an elaborate deception, a series of them really. But back then most of the media and much of the public didn’t seem to
In less than a year Jonathan Gruber has gone from being cited as an outstanding expert on health reform modeling to being downplayed as “a private citizen” who misspoke. The tone in Halbig/King filings has certainly changed over the past
In a recently uncovered video taken at an event in October 2013, Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber says that lack of transparency was a key advantage in helping get the law passed. “This bill was written in a tortured way to
With the decision last week by the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of the King v. Burwell case, there is renewed interest in the arguments surrounding the case. Today, Brian Beutler at the New Republic poses a legal solution
The number of unaccompanied minors at the southwest border was up 77% in FY 2014 while family apprehensions were up 361% overall compared to the previous year. The full data set for the 2014 fiscal year is not yet available
The Supreme Court will decide the fate of Obamacare subsides and with them the fate of the law itself. Today the Court agreed to hear a case which will determine whether states without their own state-based insurance exchanges can grant
This week Sharyl Attkisson released Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington. The book offers an insiders perspective on some of the major stories she has been involved in over the last
Since at least 2009, Democrats have branded the GOP as the “party of no.” This claim has some basis in fact but it was also used as lazy shorthand nearly every time Republicans opposed the actions of a progressive President,
Last night several high-profile champions of the Democrats’ “war on women” meme lost their races, suggesting this particular appeal to voters may have peaked in 2012 and will see diminishing returns in the future. Wendy Davis was selected by Democrats
RGA Chairman Chris Christie appeared on the Today show Wednesday morning to praise the Republican candidates who defended and won governorships across the country despite a tough electoral map. Christie’s voice was rough from overuse during the final hectic week
Zale Thompson, the man who attacked a group of New York City policemen with an ax last month, was a self-radicalized jihadist who spent days before the attack looking at extremist websites. Two sources with knowledge of the investigation tell
I missed this when the House Oversight Committee released it last week. This 3 minute clip hits some of the highlights of the investigation into improper targeting of conservative groups by the IRS. The first 30 seconds or so of
Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson asked the Inspector General investigating the Phoenix VA scandal to adjust findings in his final report. This resulted in the addition of a highly quoted claim that there was no conclusive evidence wait times had
Will the Supreme Court choose to hear King v Burwell, the case regarding the delivery of subsidies in states without a state-based exchange? Today the court chose to delay its answer for at least a week. Last Friday the Supreme
Since a spat in 2010 over the release of an interview, C-Span has not been granted another interview with the President, Vice President, First Lady or lower level White House officials. The incident is reminiscent of what happened with another
Since the shooting in Ottawa last week by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a very familiar political debate has broken out in Canada: Was Zehaf-Bibeau a terrorist or just a disturbed man committing a crime? In his first statement after the attack Canadian
A Pulitzer prize winning reporter, formerly with the Washington Post, says the major media has mostly given the Obama administration a pass. In a story published yesterday at the Daily Beast, 2006 Pulitzer winning reporter Susan Schmidt agrees that this administration
Is this the worst ad of the 2014 election cycle? It’s certainly a contender. The National Abortion Rights Action League had created a new war-on-womeny ad about a near future in which Cory Gardner has banned birth control leading, somehow,
Marvel is holding a press/fan event at Disney’s flagship theater on Hollywood Blvd today. Here’s the theater which is directly across the street from the locations where the Oscars are held each year. Here at the @ElCapitanThtre for the mysterious
Yesterday I noted that an expert who examined Sharyl Attkisson’s computer found evidence it had been hacked using proprietary government software. That expert source, described as working for a government security agency, is never named in the book. Attkisson simply
Reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s computer was hacked using software that is proprietary to U.S. government agencies. The computer analyst who discovered evidence of the hacking described it as, “Worse than anything Nixon ever did.” Today the New York Post reports details
The Department of Justice has condemned recent leaks to the media suggesting evidence being heard by the grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting case is favorable to police officer Darren Wilson. A spokesman for the DOJ told the LA
It didn’t take long for the left to begin carping about coverage of the shooting in Canada this morning. In fact, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes got the ball rolling before word even broke that alleged shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was a convert
