It’s no secret that Democrats and organized labor have long shared a love affair that’s lasted for decades and burns even stronger under the Obama administration. As more and more legislation has been enacted over the years in the interest
A stinging report was issued yesterday by Darrell Issa, ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The report, titled “Analysis of the First Year of the Obama Administration: Public Relations and Propaganda Initiatives,” outlines a host
Congratulations, Tea Partiers! You know you’ve become a genuine threat to the Progressive movement when they start making t-shirts about you. The Agenda Project has launched “F*ck Tea”, an anti-Tea Party campaign that aims to “dismiss the tea party and
The Democracy Alliance is alive and well, and its Vice-Chair is about to be born again. Today, the “Queen of Labor”, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of the Change to Win labor federation, Anna Burger, announced her retirement. [vimeo 14063077] Anna
Perhaps one of the most established venues for the medium of documentary filmmaking is the renowned Sundance Film Festival. For decades, Robert Redford had already been calling Americans apathetic to political propaganda and to issues such as global warming. Once
Thursday morning at 12:01 a.m. local time, Arizona’s well publicized anti-illegal-immigration law will finally go into effect. Or at least parts of it will. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled today to block several provisions of the law that some
George Soros, celebrity hedge fund billionaire and darling of the left, has been a busy man the last fifteen years. While his capitalistic business ventures that began in the 1970s may have brought him his fortune and international financial fame,
Andy Stern has just gained yet another job. Earlier this month, Stern also accepted a position on the Board of Directors for SIGA, a producer of anti-viral and biological warfare defense products. But this job seems to have some policy
In November of 2007, with support from George Soros’ Open Society Institute, Live from the New York Public Library presented the conference, “There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America.” The conference brought together noted journalists, linguists, political consultants and
It’s always disheartening to see someone from your own camp take a bad hit as Dave Weigel has. The Washington Post blogger, who was hired to provide coverage “inside the conservative movement and the Republican Party,”resigned over recently leaked emails
And so we begin to hear some feedback from the liberal side, including direct comments from one prominent member of the “Cry Wolf” project. On the Inside Higher Ed website Friday, founder and editor Scott Jaschik addresses Big Journalism’s Academia-Gate
A fixed fight: The Influence of Labor Unions in Academe. Part One is here. In the academic world, employees are very often public employees. This means that they are also very often union employees. At all levels. This includes everyone
Yesterday’s story on the “Cry Wolf” project has exposed a dangerous pretense that has been prevalent, yet well disguised, for some time in our institutions of higher learning. It’s an important post. A small committee of professors and academic professionals,
A new hard-hitting documentary entitled, “The Lottery,” from director Madeleine Sackler premieres tomorrow, for one night only, in theaters across the country. The focus of the film is the battle for the future of our nation’s children over education. —–
If you haven’t read by now all the headlines on this story, you’ll want to start at the beginning and read the first post, SEIU Storms Private Residence, Terrorizes Teenage Son of Bank of America Exec. Because as each day
If you haven’t read by now all the headlines on this story, you’ll want to start at the beginning and read the first post, SEIU Storms Private Residence, Terrorizes Teenage Son of Bank of America Exec. Because as each day
Alinsky Rule #12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Nina Easton just became the left’s latest target. Why? So that SEIU can hide from the truth about its financial liabilities to Bank of America (more on
Alinsky Rule #12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Nina Easton just became the left’s latest target. Why? So that SEIU can hide from the truth about its financial liabilities to Bank of America (more on
UPDATE: Video has since been removed from YouTube By now, you’ve probably seen the mob-scene that developed on the front lawn of the private residence of Greg Baer, deputy general counsel for corporate law at Bank of America. This was
People on the left are constantly asking Andrew Breitbart who funds his “operation.” It’s grown to become rather amusing, actually. For those of us who are bloggers on The Bigs, we know the truth, we see how things operate. We
People on the left are constantly asking Andrew Breitbart who funds his “operation.” It’s grown to become rather amusing, actually. For those of us who are bloggers on The Bigs, we know the truth, we see how things operate. We
The financial reform bill is finally in its home stretch in the Senate, but Americans have yet to fully engage on the issue. In fact, in recent weeks as I’ve worked with various grassroots leaders across the country to discuss
Yesterday we brought you “As Tea Party Activists Protest Dodd’s Big Brother Bill, Bank of America Deploys Security Forces,” the story of a group of Tea Party and 912 Project protesters in Charlotte, North Carolina who showed up at the
In Charlotte, North Carolina, there’s apparently a growing deadly threat to worry about. It seems that protesters there are getting unruly these days – so unruly that local businesses have brought on extra security detail to help out the local
I’m thinking SEIU may need to hire itself a new communications consulting firm. Am I the only one confused by this messaging conflict? To protest Illinois state budget cuts, thousands (which in lefty stats must mean 10, as in ten
