GOP candidates for President took another night out of their schedules to get smeared by smug liberal journalists. The low-point of the night was when Charlie Rose and JournOlister Karen Tumulty used a 30 second clip of Ronald Reagan to
by Publius12 Oct 2011, 9:31 AM PST0
From Fox News: Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as “Fast and Furious.” “Top
by Publius12 Oct 2011, 8:39 AM PST0
From CBSNews: Colchicine has been used to treat gout and other inflammatory conditions for thousands of years. How could one company gain a monopoly? There are about 1,000 medications on the market that predate the existence of the Food and
by Publius12 Oct 2011, 6:57 AM PST0
Today, in 196o, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a desk at the United Nations. Look for Iran to do something similar soon.
by Publius12 Oct 2011, 12:01 AM PST0
From the Associated Press: United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 5:13 PM PST0
Bloomberg and The Washington Post are scheduled to start trying to smear the candidates at 8pm EDT. Whomever “wins,” the GOP has already lost by allowing their enemies in the press to vet their candidates. Will the other candidates (and
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 4:01 PM PST0
From AgWeek: WASHINGTON — Despite his earlier statements that the Obama administration would let Congress write the next farm bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack commented Oct. 3 and 4 on several sections of the bill… …Vilsack said in the interview
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 12:36 PM PST0
From NationalJournal: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to give Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney his endorsement in the race for GOP nomination, a major coup for Romney that could help him solidify his front-runner status and build an
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 10:31 AM PST0
The Obama administration has cost so many Americans jobs, it’s a wonder more of those in it still have theirs. David Axelrod’s current job seems to be selling Obama’s jobs bill. But then, you can’t spell “jobs bill,” let alone
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 9:51 AM PST0
From HumanEvents: How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic electricity ranch project–three weeks after it announced it was building new manufacturing plant in
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 8:27 AM PST0
From Reuters: New York City’s securities industry could lose nearly 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012, according to a report by New York state’s comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the Wall Street Journal said. In a report due for release on
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 8:09 AM PST0
From MSNBC: Newly obtained White House records provide fresh details on how senior Obama administration officials used Mitt Romney’s landmark health-care law in Massachusetts as a model for the new federal law, including recruiting some of Romney’s own health care
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 7:43 AM PST0
Lisa Fithian, the anarchist who is organizing #OccupyWallSt “direct actions” with unions and Democrats across the country, addressed several hundred evidently brainwashed activists at their “General Assembly” in Chicago on October 10, 2011. She described the coordination between “community-based organizations”
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 7:11 AM PST0
From AFP: US agents have foiled what has been called a “significant terrorist act” linked to Iran which called for the assassination of the Saudi US ambassador and other attacks, ABC News reported Tuesday. The Justice Department scheduled an announcement
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 6:55 AM PST0
From The Hill: Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama’s jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday. A lack of Democratic unity on the president’s bill would be embarrassing for the White
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 5:43 AM PST0
Tonight, GOP candidates meet in New Hampshire for a debate sponsored by Bloomberg and The Washington Post. Still boggles our mind that the GOP is willing to let its enemies in the press orchestrate their vetting process.
by Publius11 Oct 2011, 12:01 AM PST0
Last week, Hank Williams Jr. was blindsided by ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts with a political question. (He was booked to talk about a new CD of his father’s music.) In his response, he made a similar analogy to one we’d
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 9:09 PM PST0
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Joe the Plumber is plunging into politics. The Ohio man who became a household name after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 campaign has filed paperwork to run for Congress. Samuel “Joe”
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 2:15 PM PST0
From the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) home page: Protestors [sic] are assembling in New York and around the country to let billionaires, big oil and big bankers know that we’re not going to let the richest 1% force draconian
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 1:40 PM PST0
Can we afford to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on ObamaCare? Perhaps not. If the Left is anything, it is relentless. The Right needs to push back every bit as hard and consistently, or we will lose this
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 9:15 AM PST0
Ben&Jerry’s Ice Cream, which is of course owned by giant multi-national corporation Unilever, has jumped on the #OccupyWallSt bandwagon: We, the Ben & Jerry’s Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company’s mission and values, wish to
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 8:45 AM PST0
From Reuters: China warned the United States that it would damage relations, and American jobs, if it forces Beijing to let its currency rise under a law to be voted on in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Vice Foreign Minister
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 7:34 AM PST0
A protest against corporations, brought to you by corporations…
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 12:01 AM PST0
From a loyal BigGovernment reader: Yesterday I went to see the Blue Angels in San Francisco and to celebrate Fleet Week. I get off the Embarcadero BART station and walk down Market Street to get to the bay. On the
by Publius9 Oct 2011, 6:46 PM PST0
From The Los Angeles Times: Torres Marrufo, also known as “the Jaguar,” has been identified by U.S. authorities as the enforcer for Sinaloa cartel chieftain Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman. The Fast and Furious weapons were found at one of Torres Marrufo’s
by Publius9 Oct 2011, 10:52 AM PST0