It turns out Americans do not like watching a disloyal and backstabbing Sarah Palin hater who is mousy and boring, a 9/11 truther, and a raging liberal who blamed Rudy Giuliani’s “incompetence” for the death of New York firefighters after
The travel lobby praised the Obama administration this week for not instituting a full Ebola travel ban. After the Obama administration announced a limited travel ban on those from West Africa, limiting those travelers to five airports where they could
More than three-quarters of Americans want an Ebola travel ban. An NPR/Truven Health poll found that 77% of Americans “believe the U.S. should take measures, such as suspending travel to affected areas, to prevent the spread of Ebola to the
A plurality of likely voters in the midterms want Republicans to control Congress. A recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that 49% to 44% of registered voters “said they’d prefer the election to produce a Republican-led Congress, a first since the
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said President Barack Obama will take “aggressive executive action” on immigration, which Perez said will bring about more “shared prosperity.” Addressing the National Press Club this week, Perez, who is reportedly on the short list to
Democrats in Georgia are trying to motivate black voters by exploiting Michael Brown’s death, urging them to vote “if you want to prevent another Ferguson…” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained flyers that use images from the Ferguson protests and of two black children
More than one in four Americans are afraid to fly because of recent Ebola scares. A GfK poll conducted for The Street asked respondents, “Has recent news about Ebola made you afraid to fly?” Twenty-seven percent said yes. The poll
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s past remarks about his openness to potential tax increases may haunt him if he chooses to run for president in 2016. Because of his support for Common Core and amnesty legislation and his father’s broken
Texas’ two Republican Senators disagree on what Republicans should prioritize if the party regains control of Congress. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who is considering a 2016 presidential run and is seen as the conservative voice in Congress, wants Republicans to
If Republicans gain control of Congress, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) wants more guest-worker visas for high-tech and low-skilled workers in addition to a piecemeal immigration reform. Hensarling, the House Financial Services Committee Chair whom the pro-amnesty Wall Street Journal touted
Despite the incessant lectures from the mainstream press, establishment Republican politicians, and consultants about the need to pass amnesty legislation to appeal to Hispanic voters, two recent studies of the Latino electorate suggest that Republicans can oppose amnesty and still
On Friday, the White House did not take an Ebola travel ban off the table, but insisted that the best way to protect the American people from Ebola is not to institute a travel ban or temporarily suspend visas from
On Friday, the White House said its new Ebola Response Coordinator Ronald Klain was “not an Ebola expert” because the Obama administration wasn’t looking for one. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked, “What does Ronald Klain know about
CNN pulled its support for the 2015 National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) Convention & Career Fair after the NABJ criticized the network this week for its lack of diversity on air and in its executive ranks after a string
Glenn Beck is combating Ebola with animations and songs about not drinking a glass of diarrhea and demonstrations with spaghetti and chocolate sauce to show how easily nurses taking care of Ebola patients without proper equipment can contract the virus.
While the Obama administration refuses to institute an Ebola travel ban, African nations have been combating and containing Ebola by closing their borders. The Associated Press noted that “border closings may also be helping halt the spread of Ebola” in a region
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said instituting an Ebola travel ban would not help the United States more effectively contain the virus. He also indicated he may be open to appointing an Ebola “czar.” “I don’t have a philosophical objection
Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter was booted from the Navy Reserve for doing cocaine. According to a Wall Street Journal report, “Hunter Biden, a lawyer by training who is now a managing partner at an investment company, had been commissioned
The director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) refused to definitively answer whether someone who does not have a fever can still transmit Ebola. On Thursday, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
On Thursday, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, admitted that Africa’s porous land borders made the Ebola crisis worse. In a statement to the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, Frieden said the “current epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and
The director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) claimed on Thursday that the federal government can track everyone who enters the country from West Africa. “Right now we are able to track everyone who comes in,” CDC director Tom
House Homeland Security Committee Chairs are urging the Obama administration to temporarily suspend visas from West Africa until the Ebola virus is contained. House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX), along with Subcommittee Chairs Reps. Peter King (R-NY), Candice Miller
Seven people in the Washington, D.C. area this week reportedly have become the first to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine. According to WTOP, the experimental vaccine, which was “created by Canada’s Public Health Agency,” protected primates against Ebola infection and
