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White House Bullied Beckel For Backing Obamacare Delay

White House Bullied Beckel For Backing Obamacare Delay

On Tuesday, Fox News pundit Bob Beckel argued that it “makes logical political sense to delay (Obamacare) a year.” Wednesday night Beckel, a usually reliable advocate for all things Obama, revealed that the White House “bludgeoned him” for the remarks.  Beckel

Pakistan Taliban Issues Fatwa Against Journalists

Pakistan Taliban Issues Fatwa Against Journalists

As the President of the United States suffers the indignity of being lectured to by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over drone strikes in Pakistan, Reporters Without Borders is reporting that Pakistan has some problems of their own with regard to press

New York Times: Sebelius Throwing White House Under Bus

New York Times: Sebelius Throwing White House Under Bus

This morning’s New York Times features an article on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the administration official shouldering most of the blame for the disastrous rollout of Obamacare.  It appears Ms. Sebelius gave permission to friends and allies

HuffPo: Obama Policy Toward Press A 'Dictator's Dream'

HuffPo: Obama Policy Toward Press A 'Dictator's Dream'

Huffington Post labeled the Obama Administration’s attacks on press freedom a “Dictator’s Dream” when highlighting a wire story from the Associated Press.   The article details remarks made by AP CEO Gary Pruitt to the 69th General Assembly of the Inter

Piers Morgan: Press 'Quite Soft' On Obama

Piers Morgan: Press 'Quite Soft' On Obama

CNN’s Piers Morgan is criticizing the American press corps for being “quite soft” on President Obama: “I would say actually they’ve been probably quite soft and could have gone harder. The financial crisis was inherited by the president, but he’s

Ezra Klein 'Shocked' At Joan Walsh Criticism

Ezra Klein 'Shocked' At Joan Walsh Criticism

Washington Post and MSNBC pundit Ezra Klein is stinging from fellow liberal Joan Walsh’s criticism of his harsh analysis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout.  As John Nolte pointed out yesterday, Walsh did the White House’s heavy lifting and

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

Appeals Court: Reporter Must Reveal CIA Source

New York Times foreign affairs reporter James Risen must reveal his secret source while testifying in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA agent charged with leaking classified information, so says the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in

McCain On Gohmert: 'No Intelligence'

McCain On Gohmert: 'No Intelligence'

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) violated Reagan’s 11th Commandment Wednesday night by accusing fellow Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of having “no intelligence.” The charge was in response to something Gohmert said this past weekend about McCain. To be fair, Gohmert was

Guardian's Glenn Greenwald Gets Gig

Guardian's Glenn Greenwald Gets Gig

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who scored the scoop of the decade with the Edward Snowden/National Security Agency’s surveillance program story, is leaving the Guardian newspaper.  BuzzFeed reports that Greenwald will be leaving for a “once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity” described as “a

In Defense of Tommy Christopher

In Defense of Tommy Christopher

Tuesday, Mediaite White House correspondent Tommy Christopher made headlines for asking a highly unorthodox question of White House Spokesman Jay Carney. My friend and colleague Ben Shapiro hammered him as a “numbskull” for asking the “single worst question ever.”  I

Russert: Media Biased Against People of Faith

Russert: Media Biased Against People of Faith

NBC News’ Luke Russert says there is a strong bias toward people of faith among his colleagues in the media. Russert spoke with David Brody on The Brody File at CBN. Some excerpts from the interview include:  David Brody: “Does

Coulter: Shysters Responsible For GOP Election Losses

Coulter: Shysters Responsible For GOP Election Losses

Ann Coulter held nothing back on Hannity Monday night going after “shysters” who are taking advantage of the Republican Party.  Coulter’s broader point was that for the Republican Party to achieve anything, they need to have majorities in the House

Co Gov To Bloomberg: Butt Out

Co Gov To Bloomberg: Butt Out

Colorado Governor Democrat John Hickenlooper, still stinging from a recall vote that saw his party lose seats in the state senate last month after members of his party followed him off the cliff with radical gun control measures, is advising

New Yorker's Lizza Compares Cruz to OJ

New Yorker's Lizza Compares Cruz to OJ

New Yorker Journalist Ryan Lizza compared Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to OJ Simpson in a tweet Sunday:   Ted Cruz going to the Mall protest today and railing against gov shutdown is like O.J. Simpson searching for the real killers.

NBC News' Chuck Todd Penning Obama Tome

NBC News' Chuck Todd Penning Obama Tome

According to Chuck Todd it’s a “labor of love.” The NBC News White House correspondent is writing a book about the Obama Presidency and it’s now reached the pages of Amazon.  Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because

White House War On Fox News Continues

White House War On Fox News Continues

It appears the cease fire in the White House’s war on Fox News is now history.   White House spokesman Jay Carney has become increasingly hostile toward Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry. Early last week he attacked Henry’s

Lee: Establishment GOP Waged 'All-Out Attack' on Cruz, Me

Lee: Establishment GOP Waged 'All-Out Attack' on Cruz, Me

In an interview on Salem Radio’s Hugh Hewitt Show, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed that, in a conference meeting of Republican Senators earlier this week, a group of Republicans waged an “all-out attack” on himself and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX):  Hewitt: There

NY Daily News: GOP 'House Of Turds'

NY Daily News: GOP 'House Of Turds'

The New York Daily News is trying to “Newt Gingrich” Speaker of the House John Boehner by “blaming” him and the Republican majority in the House for the government shutdown. Their cover art and headline for this morning evokes the