Democrat hedge fund billionaire and global warming activist Tom Steyer spent $74 million on Tuesday’s midterm elections, making him this election season’s single-largest donor. Almost $67 million of Steyer’s campaign war chest was spent on his super PAC, NextGen Climate
Democrats are banking on the popularity of a dope amendment to propel Charlie Crist to victory over Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday. Crist-crony and fellow law partner John Morgan ponied up millions to put a medical marijuana amendment
A top Obama aide says if pollsters’ projections of a GOP Senate takeover hold up on Election Day Tuesday, President Barack Obama and his administration are in for a world of hurt. “We know we’re in for a s**t storm
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that over two-thirds (67%) of Americans say President Barack Obama must substantially change the direction he is leading the nation, including 47% of Democrats who say they want Obama to substantially change
Amnesty activists heckled President Barack Obama on Sunday at a rally intended to boost support for Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, who is struggling against opponent Republican Tom Foley. According to The Hill, one of the immigration hecklers wore a
Despite Obamacare being the law of the land for 1,685 days, President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement remains as unpopular as ever. According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, just 38 percent of Americans now support Obamacare. Obama signed his health
At least nine other states approve of President Barack Obama at the same or lower rate as Louisiana. An analysis of Huffington Post polling data reveals that Obama’s approval rating in Louisiana is 39%. According to the Huffington Post’s own
A Liberian woman with a 102-degree fever was hospitalized in the Portland, Oregon, area on Friday and is undergoing testing for Ebola, reports The Oregonian. “We had hoped this wouldn’t happen,” said Providence Health & Services regional Chief Executive Dave
In comments sure to cascade into regional races across the South, embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday that Southern racism is to blame for President Barack Obama’s unpopularity. “Why does President Obama have a
Stephen Opayemi, a native of Nigeria, filed a lawsuit against a Connecticut elementary school on Tuesday for allegedly discriminating against his seven-year-old by restricting her from attending school for 21 days after she attended a wedding in Nigeria. According to Reuters,
A “sustained cyberattack” has crippled the White House for at least two weeks or longer, reports the Huffington Post. The Obama White House confirmed that it “identified activity of concern on the unclassified EOP [Executive Office of the President] network.”
A Pennsylvania Department of Health spokesperson said Tuesday that the state is monitoring over 100 people who spent time in West African countries ravaged by Ebola. Spokesperson Aimee Tysarczyk said that so far, no one being monitored has tested positive for
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Director Mitch Katz says Obamacare should be used to cover housing costs for the homeless. “If I can take care of someone at a lower cost by providing them with housing, why wouldn’t
Top Democratic strategists are blasting President Barack Obama for putting the Democratic Party in a precarious position heading into the midterm elections. “It’s puzzling–and to the Kay Hagans of the world, infuriating–the number of times President Obama has stepped in
In a startling Monday debate statement, embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) defended one of the U.S. Senate’s most unpopular and liberal members, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), but curiously refused to say whether she would vote to re-elect Reid
A new ad featuring talking chickens threatens to further place embattled Iowa Senate Democratic candidate Rep. Bruce Braley on the defensive for attempting to sue his next-door neighbor over chickens she uses as therapy animals for autistic children. The viral
On Sunday, the Miami Herald reported that some of Florida’s 95,000 HIV patients may soon face higher drug costs due to Obamacare. The Herald says that when Tony Smith learned the state’s AIDS Insurance Continuation Program (AICP) was shifting him
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) continued his calls for a 21-day quarantine of all Ebola health workers returning to the United States in the wake of New York City receiving its first Ebola case. In an October 16 letter to President
A newly released Gallup poll shows “Tea Party Republicans” are fired up and ready to storm the election polls on November 4. The poll found that 73% of Tea Party Republicans say they are “extremely/very motivated” to vote in 11
President Barack Obama attended a private $32,400-a-seat Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the home of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) on Thursday as news hit that Dr. Craig Spencer had been rushed to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan and tested for Ebola–tests
The Dallas hospital at the center of the nation’s first Ebola cases says emergency room visits have plunged 53%. According to the Associated Press, the other metrics for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have nosedived, as well. This includes 21% fewer
Embattled Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) confidently declared on Thursday that Democrats are “expanding the map” heading into the Nov. 4 midterm elections. “We’re expanding the map, and the Republicans’ map is constricting,” Wasserman told CNN.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday evening that an airplane passenger traveling from Liberia to New Jersey has been hospitalized after exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms. The traveler went from Liberia to Brussels to Newark Liberty International Airport
