
On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Al Qaeda, contrary to the Obama administration’s previous assertions, was still an “incredible threat” in the Middle East and to Americans. When asked about the U.S. embassies and consulates the United
by Tony Lee11 Aug 2013, 12:35 PM PST0

Keeping the door open on a 2016 run, former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was enthusiastically received by Iowans this weekend. Santorum actually won the Iowa caucuses in 2012, but that did not become official until three weeks after Santorum
by Tony Lee11 Aug 2013, 11:18 AM PST0

On Saturday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Obamacare was an “evil” law and a “train wreck” that more Americans will want to abandon once they become familiar with the over 20,000 pages of rules and regulations that infringe upon
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 4:43 PM PST0

ABC/Univision specifically mentioned three Republican Congressmen who may be on the fence and vulnerable to pressure to support a comprehensive form of immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship for the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants. One candidate to watch
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 1:38 PM PST0

New York Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, mired in a fresh sexting scandal, canvassed door-to-door at a Harlem housing complex Thursday and lashed out at staff and reporters when he realized voters were not particularly thrilled to see him. RealClearPolitics reporter
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 1:14 PM PST0

The activist organization National Council of La Raza (NCLR) kicked off its “Month of Action” campaign to pressure lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reform and thank allies on the left for their support during Congress’s August recess. Last week, a NCLR
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 12:57 PM PST0

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she is taking Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) side instead of Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s in their recent argument because she claims Paul “gets the whole notion” of “‘don’t tread on me’ government”
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 12:43 PM PST0

Sean Spicer, the communications director for the Republican National Committee, said that conservative outlets like Breitbart News actually are tougher on Republicans–and the Republican National Committee (RNC)–than the mainstream media. He acknowledged that the media landscape is being altered because
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 10:59 AM PST0

UPDATE: After this Breitbart News story, a report in the Washington Examiner indicated the idea to have Levin (along with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity) moderate debates “took on life when RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer was asked about debate hosting during
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 10:37 AM PST0

Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon said his top choice as a debate moderator in the 2016 Republican presidential primary debate would be conservative entrepreneur and writer Michelle Malkin. The Heritage Foundation and the Franklin Center honored Malkin with the
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 10:14 AM PST0

San Diego Mayor Bob “Filthy” Filner, who has been accused of sexually harassing at least 14 women, returned a week early from therapy to find that the locks to his office were changed. San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith confirmed
by Tony Lee10 Aug 2013, 5:31 AM PST0

A mural of a man who looks like George Zimmerman shooting a likeness of Trayvon Martin was unveiled Friday at the state Capitol of Florida. A mirror sits in the spot under a hoodie where Trayvon Martin’s face would be,
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 7:20 PM PST0

Sean Spicer, the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) communications director, said the RNC was not bluffing by threatening not to partner with CNN and NBC on Republican presidential primary debates leading up to the 2016 elections if both networks air planned
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 6:06 PM PST0

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus will go on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday with host Candy Crowley to discuss the letters he wrote to CNN and NBC this week. In the letters, he threatened both networks that the RNC would
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 5:28 PM PST0

A citizen activist in Georgia, who has spent more than a decade opposing comprehensive immigration reform efforts because he says it will lower the wages of working class Americans, plans to put up billboards in South Carolina this week aimed
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 3:54 PM PST0

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, both of whom immediately polarized the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, are being criticized for their silence about a vicious school bus beating in which three black teens mercilessly brutalized a white classmate last month.
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 8:05 AM PST0

A majority of Americans not only think the implementation of Obamcare is a “joke,” but believe Obamacare will lead to socialized medicine and lower the quality of their healthcare while increasing costs, taxes, and adding to the federal deficit. According
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 7:54 AM PST0

Immigration reform activists are getting ready to pressure President Barack Obama to use an executive action to give temporary amnesty to all of the country’s illegal immigrants if Congress does not pass a comprehensive immigration bill after the August recess.
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 7:18 AM PST0

During the August recess, a DREAM Act advocacy group intends to target Republican Representatives at town hall events to pressure them into supporting immigration reform legislation that will most likely be pending before them when they return to Washington in
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 7:16 AM PST0

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jay Carney asserted that the National Security Agency only examines “a very small percentage” of data on the Internet a day after an NSA official revealed that the agency casts a “far wider net”
by Tony Lee9 Aug 2013, 6:31 AM PST0

Alex Morgan, who has become the face of the United States women’s national soccer team with her clutch goals and talent, suffered a knee injury and was carried off the field in a stretcher Wednesday night while playing for the
by Tony Lee8 Aug 2013, 12:36 PM PST0

On Wednesday, immediately after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a proposed ruling that allowed the federal government to subsidize the health insurance premiums of Congressional staffers–even though that may not be allowed under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)–Sen.
by Tony Lee8 Aug 2013, 6:22 AM PST0

The former owner of the Los Angeles Times and said Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, who purchased the Washington Post on Monday, will soon realize he actually does not own his paper’s ink by the barrel. In an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network on Tuesday,
by Tony Lee8 Aug 2013, 6:16 AM PST0

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who was beaten while marching for voting rights on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965, compared National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden to Gandhi and Martin Luther King. In an interview with the UK Guardian that
by Tony Lee8 Aug 2013, 6:05 AM PST0

Nancy Mace, a conservative primary challenger to incumbent South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, retweeted an insult to her Twitter followers Tuesday which called her opponent a “Nancy boy.” She has since deleted the tweet, but the Sunlight Foundation’s “Politwoops,” which preserves
by Tony Lee7 Aug 2013, 7:48 PM PST0