Governor Rick Perry has scheduled a new special session of the legislature to begin next week. He announced that he will once again be asking the legislature to pass SB5, the bill which Sen. Wendy Davis successfully filibustered last night.
SOFREP, a special forces blog, has published the contents of Ambassador Stevens’ diary. The final entry made on September 11th reads “Never ending security threats…” Stevens also recounted a list of prior attacks in Benghazi very similar to the one
A twelve hour filibuster by state legislator Wendy Davis led to the defeat of a bill which would require abortion clinics in Texas to be more strictly regulated. The bill would specifically address some issues which were raised by the
Dershowitz weighed in on Glenn Greenwald’s publication of Snowden’s material Monday night on the Piers Morgan show: Dershowitz: Well it doesn’t border on criminality it’s right in the heartland of criminality. The statute itself does punish the publication of classified
In his speech on climate change Tuesday, President Obama seemed to make a turn on whether or not to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built. President Obama has not previously declared himself on the issue of allowing Keystone
Hans von Storch is a German climate scientists who believes global warming is real but now admits, in an interview with Der Spiegel, that climate models seem to have some problems. Von Storch comes across as a moderate in the
One of the biggest battles in the Zimmerman case so far has been over the question of who yelled for help during the incident. Over the weekend, the presiding judge decided that prosecutors would not be allowed to bring two
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange placed himself at the center of the international battle over the fate of Edward Snowden this morning, posing a direct challenge to President Obama. Assange spoke on a conference call this morning. Audio of the call
Man of Steel gets a middling 57 percent rating from critics at Rotten Tomatoes but a superior 82 percent from viewers. That’s fairly big split. In this case I think the division is between those who enjoyed Man of Steel
Chelsea Clinton has repeatedly described the inspiring life of her maternal grandmother as a strong influence on her commitment to service. She told part of the story earlier this week at a Day of Action in Chicago. And Life News
Anyone who witnessed last year’s Democratic National Convention knows the issue of abortion is seen as a plus by Democrats. But the Gosnell trial has changed the dynamic. Suddenly pro-choice politicians are being asked questions and, in their fumbling responses,
Fox News reporter James Rosen continues to create problems for the Obama administration. His latest report suggests that two State Department employees may have perjured themselves during depositions conducted in February. The depositions were conducted in relation to a lawsuit
In 2008 Senator Obama spoke in Berlin to an estimated 200,000 people. It was one of the highlights of his campaign: Today the President returned to Berlin and spoke to an invited crowd of just 6,000 people:
Has the collection of phone metadata on every American helped keep the country safe? According to testimony given this morning, the answer is yes, but not in a very significant way. Julian Sanchez, a Cato Institute research fellow who has
President Obama gave an interview to Charlie Rose which is set to air later tonight. During the interview President Obama admits the program creates enormous potential for abuse. Buzzfeed published a partial transcript of the interview set to air later
Last month the DNCC host committee made a police report about items it claims were lost or stolen during last year’s Democratic National Convention. The report assigns hugely inflated values to the stolen items to reach a grand total of
Talking points designed to respond to the scandal over the NSA’s collection of metadata claim that there is appropriate judicial oversight of the requests by the FISA court. But the record indicates the FISA court is just a rubber stamp.
The FBI announced Wednesday that David Moffa had been sentenced for his role in directing illegal campaign contributions to Christopher Donovan. Donovan was Speaker of the Connecticut House and running for Congress at the time with the endorsement of the
A new Gallup poll finds that a majority of Americans disapprove of government surveillance programs. However the poll also finds that a majority of Democrats still say they approve of the programs. Overall, 53% of Americans disapprove of the programs
Chris Christie is running in 2016. This clip shows why he, unlike the two prior GOP nominees, can win. Can u dig it? In this age of low information voters, you don’t win elections without being able to do this
Wired magazine has apparently been contacted by the former FBI agent who served as a consultant on Eagle Eye. He says LaBeouf’s claims on Jay Leno were just a way to sell the film. Thomas Knowles tells Wired “I like
Military blog Blackfive has identified a falsehood in Edward Snowden’s self-reported biography. When Snowden came forward to announce that he was the person behind the NSA leaks he told the Guardian a story about his past. According to the Guardian
Edward Snowden is not the first person to blow the whistle on what the NSA is doing. Mark Klein was an AT&T technician for 22 years. He gradually learned the NSA had tapped into the fiber optic network which makes
The claim being made in public right now is that the NSA used section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect metadata on phone calls. However there is some evidence that the NSA is actually recording the content of phone
The first trailer for the Hobbit sequel is out today: I saw the first Hobbit film in the theater. I thought it ranged between enjoyable and silly (and not always in a good way). In general the quieter scenes were
