Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Lisa Jackson, who resigned last year as she was being investigated on transparency issues, may have used her private email account and an alias to conduct official EPA business during her tenure. Doing so
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signed a letter urging California Governor Jerry Brown (D) to sign into law a bill that would make the state a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants who have not committed felonies or “serious” crimes.
On the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s executive action that granted temporary visas to some illegal immigrants, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the deferred action program was essentially a dry run for broader comprehensive immigration reform. The White House
Republican lawmakers are running away from town halls in August. In a New York Times piece about the frustrations of one citizen activist in Texas, some prominent Republicans who have not held an August town hall are listed. They include: Rep.
The NAACP in Lee County, Florida wants to picket the county over a portrait of General Robert E. Lee that hangs in the commission chambers because they deem displaying Lee’s image to be racist. “It’s a symbol of racism and
Google Translate, the free online translator the company offers, now translates the Spanish word “indocumentado” to “undocumented immigrant” instead of “illegal immigrant” or “illegal migrant” after pressure from Hispanic activists and journalists. According to a writer at ABC/Univision, “a free
A former deputy press secretary for President Barack Obama who later founded a super PAC to support Obama’s 2012 reelection efforts said he believes Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. In an appearance on
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who was the face of the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration bill passed by the Senate, suggested on Tuesday that if Congress does not pass an immigration bill, President Barack Obama would temporarily grant all of
On Tuesday, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said he would support Hillary Clinton for president were she to run in 2016. The civil rights icon who was beaten on “Bloody Sunday” while marching for voting rights on the Edmund Pettus said
A prominent citizen activist who is against the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill because he fears it will lower wages for working class Americans will make an appearance this Sunday on Univision’s Al Punto, the Spanish-language Sunday show hosted by Jorge
CNN host Piers Morgan said he did not want to see all the women in America armed with guns in a spirited debate on Piers Morgan Tonight with Breitbart News author A.W.R. Hawkins on Tuesday. Hawkins told Morgan that there were
On Tuesday, Organizing for Action (OFA) organized an event in Washington, D.C. to promote President Barack Obama’s climate change agenda. Reportedly, no one showed up. OFA is Obama’s policy advocacy group that was formerly his 2012 reelection campaign. The event
On Monday, Hillary Clinton botched the name of civil and voting rights icon Medgar Evers while addressing a group of lawyers in San Francisco in a speech about voting rights. In a speech that denounced Voter ID efforts, Clinton referred
Republican establishment adviser Ana Navarro has worked for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), No Labels co-chair and failed GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, and is close to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeb Bush. Like other advisers to these candidates, Navarro
On Monday, embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said he knew what role Huma Abedin–his wife and Hillary Clinton confidante–would have in Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, but he would not reveal what exactly her role would be. Clinton
Last week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) demanded Republicans take down a “Slap Hillary” game the GOP had no part in creating. The website was put up by an independent group called The Hillary Project. “‘Slap Hillary’ site isn’t
On Monday, the DREAM Action Coalition (DRM), which vowed to “target” Republicans during the August recess to pressure lawmakers to support comprehensive immigration reform, went after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for his vote against the Senate’s immigration bill. Paul will be
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been silent on the issues of immigration reform ever since the bill he championed in the Senate passed in June, reportedly broke that silence–for about a minute–while speaking to around 300 people on Monday at
An editor of a prominent conservative blog in Virginia, Bearing Drift, is calling on Republicans to support Virginia Republican attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli’s call for a special legislative session to deal with ethics reform. They feel such
Nancy Mace, who is challenging South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, said her experience at The Citadel would ensure that Washington will not compromise her should she defeat Graham and be elected South Carolina’s next senator in 2014. Mace is
A primary challenger to South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the incumbent Senator may be vulnerable in 2014 because his embrace of the Senate’s immigration bill has angered South Carolinians who are against amnesty for illegal immigrants. Nancy Mace,
Donald Trump said the United States does not have a border at the moment, and that is why people are “flowing in like candy” to the country. “Despite what they’re saying, we don’t have a border right now,” Trump said in
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Donald Trump blasted Republican consultant Karl Rove for wasting over $400 million on ads during the 2012 election that he said were terrible and ineffective. Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit on Saturday in Iowa, Trump asserted that Rove–and his
On Sunday’s edition of Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he was “very concerned about increased violence in Egypt” in the coming weeks. He said since President Barack Obama refused to call the removal of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Congress would have to look at getting rid of the nearly $1.3 billion in aid America sends to Egypt if more violence breaks out in the tumultuous nation. Fearing more “horrendous”
