Rand Paul may be getting attacked by establishment politicians like John McCain, but the Kentucky Senator seems to have made an impact across normal political lines. Judging by the reaction of some on the left, Rand Paul’s 13 hour filibuster
In an informal poll in 2004, the populist progressive site Democratic Underground took a reader poll asking who they respected more: Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez or then-Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Chavez won, 70% to 30%. John Kerry is the
Michigan Republicans passed right-to-work legislation that banned mandatory union dues in December 2012, amid pushback from big labor. Now there’s a different kind of pushback as the state’s teachers unions are attempting to skirt the new law and keep the
The morning after Hugo Chavez’s death was announced, an article titled “Hugo Chávez: An Appreciation” was one of the most recommended diaries on Democratic grassroots blog site DailyKos. The exceedingly popular DailyKos is a good metric to check the pulse
The late Hugo Chavez was an early and ardent supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an affinity that will surprise few who have even a passing familiarity with either Chavez or leftist movements in the United States. Chavez publicly
The world is one year into its post-Andrew Breitbart phase and I’m sitting here torn about two paths I could take in trying to connect with you about him. My first instinct is to play the pundit and pontificate on
If a violent street gang was stopping traffic, threatening women, yelling racist and anti-gay taunts at strangers, and destroying property on a daily basis, one would expect that law enforcement would move quickly to stop the flagrant thuggery. However, if
Just when you think the mainstream media will not be able to plumb deeper depths in their attempts to attack America and its values, they prove you wrong again. Boston Globe columnist James Carroll wrote a piece that the the
There’s been a rash of activity recently by the “hackivist” group Anonymous against US government websites as part of what’s been called #OpLastResort. The attacks started when group attacked Department of Justice computers on January 25th. The attack was significant
The Twitter account @YourAnonNews, one of the few official info sources for the hackivist group, has been actively tweeting about the Chris Dorner shooting rampage in Los Angeles earlier today. It has announced that the official LAPD website that the
With protests in Egypt reaching a fever pitch, a new element has appeared for the first time: Black Bloc protesters using the same violent anarchist attacks against the Muslim Brotherhood that their counterparts in the United States and Europe use
High-profile Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown was found mentally competent to stand trial Wednesday at a federal hearing in Dallas. Judge Sam A. Lindsay made the ruling after hearing testimony from Brown’s public defender Doug Morris and Brown himself, who is
The touted security at the Presidential Inaugural didn’t keep 80-100 masked Black Bloc anarchists from marching on the streets of nation’s capital and smashing windows without a single arrest Sunday night. Police showed up at the “Black Bloc Inaugural” and
Group of “teachers, parents, substitute teachers, after school instructors, youth workers and community activists” have formed an organization, Classroom Struggle, in Oakland to promote their anticapitalist agenda. It’s another example of the long term danger of the Occupy Wall Street,
When the Westchester County newspaper the Journal News decided to publish the names and addresses of gun owners, they didn’t just create a firestorm of national controversy and attention; they also set a dangerous journalistic precedent by using a newspaper
An online group calling itself KnightSec has become central to the controversy over an alleged rape in the small Ohio town of Steubenville. KnightSec is affiliated with the Anonymous hacker collective, which was involved in organizing and carrying out the Occupy
Obama’s ‘free stuff’ electoral victory in 2012 masked what is perhaps his biggest and shadiest giveaway of all; the multi-billion dollar reparations and vote-buying schemes masked as USDA “farmers’ settlements.” Breitbart News has been fighting to expose the fraud for
Measured by any number of metrics, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been a dismal failure. After blowing through hundreds of thousands of dollars and losing their encampments nationwide, they have been living in exile for most of 2012, and
Circle March 25, 2013 on your calendar. That’s the last day you can submit your claim form from this official U.S. government website to collect fifty thousand tax-free American dollars, courtesy of the Obama administration in its current multi-billion giveaway scheme. No, you
The official Occupy website has published an article titled “Hurricane Sandy, From Prison,” bylined by Jeremy Hammond. Mr. Hammond (aka Anarchaos) is a radical, highly political member of Anonymous who was arrested this year in connection with the hacking of Stratfor. The
In authoritarian China, all media is controlled and routinely censored. So consider the surprise of viewers across China last week when the 2005 anti-authoritarian film “V For Vendetta” played on state TV. The film has gained a cult following since its
It’s not often that one gets to a watch a true professional playing at the top of their game, but this video shows anarchist Lisa Fithian — the woman Breitbart News exposed in the film Occupy Unmasked — at work with
A new poll released today by Gallup shows that Americans favor increased security and proactive mental health treatment over gun control. The national poll of a little over 1,000 adults was conducted in the wake of the tragic murders at a
The Los Angeles Police Department has announced they have made an arrest in the SWATings of Ashton Kutcher and Justin Beiber after serving “numerous” search warrants and working with both the FBI and the Long Beach Police Department. The Kutcher
A new documentary about the Occupy Wall Street movement called “99%: The Occupy Wall St. Collaborative Film” will be screening at next month’s Sundance Film Festival; not a shock since the film was produced under the auspices of the Sundance
