Jeb Bush's 'Education Reform' Empire This past week, possible GOP 2016 presidential contender Jeb Bush doubled down on his support for the Common Core standards, scolding conservative critics of the controversial education reform by stating that he had “lost patience” with them and telling them they were not needed by moderate Republicans to win the White House. by Dr. Susan Berry
Newly-Elected GOP Senate Majority Must Repeal 1968 Handgun Purchase Ban With January fast approaching and the newly-Republicans in the House and Senate about to take their seats, it seems fitting to point out a frivolous and burdensome gun control law the GOP needs repeal or amend -- namely, the ban that forbids a law-abiding citizen from buying a handgun from a retailer in a state outside his or her state of residence. by AWR Hawkins 6 Dec 2014, 4:01 PM PDT
Obama Visits Hospital for Sore Throat, Acid Reflex Blamed The White House says acid reflux is causing President Barack Obama's sore throat. by Breitbart News 6 Dec 2014, 2:02 PM PDT
The Nuclear Option: Dreaming of a ‘White’ Christmas? That’s Racist. The smell of roasted chestnuts and sounds of holiday cheer around Rockefeller Center were drowned out by angry protesters throwing their hands in the air shouting, "Hands up! Don't shoot!" Never mind Michael Brown was actually in a full linebacker rush to sack Officer Darren Wilson when he was shot in the top of the head, according to witnesses and forensic evidence. by Charles Hurt 6 Dec 2014, 12:22 PM PDT
Laura Ingraham: House GOP Leadership Putting Out 'Welcome Mat' for Illegals On Friday, conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham called out top House GOP leaders for wanting to give permanent legal status to nearly all of the country's illegal immigrants even after an election in which Republicans took back Congress because Americans disapproved of President Barack Obama and Democrats on illegal immigration and amnesty. by Tony Lee 6 Dec 2014, 12:02 PM PDT
'Die-Ins,' Street Blockage, Chants of 'No Justice No Peace': Tis the Season of Protests Egged on by cable TV talk show hosts agitating for "change," protests have broken out from coast to coast disrupting sports games, travel on the roads, attacking police, and even making little kids cry at Christmas tree lighting events. by Warner Todd Huston 6 Dec 2014, 12:01 PM PDT
Jeb Bush's 'Education Reform' Empire This past week, possible GOP 2016 presidential contender Jeb Bush doubled down on his support for the Common Core standards, scolding conservative critics of the controversial education reform by stating that he had “lost patience” with them and telling them they were not needed by moderate Republicans to win the White House. by Dr. Susan Berry 6 Dec 2014, 10:54 AM PDT
Michael Brown Demonstrators Cheer as Police Officers Hit by Car On December 3, supporters who marched in Denver for Michael Brown cheered when a car struck four Denver police officers doing crowd control on bicycles. by AWR Hawkins 6 Dec 2014, 8:04 AM PDT
Conservatives Will Never Forget the Obama Amnesty The Republican leadership in the U.S. House decided to let the fight over President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty to slide until next year when there’s a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate to help the cause. That sounds reasonable in theory, but will it make a difference? Quite frankly, I’m worried about it. by David Bossie 6 Dec 2014, 7:54 AM PDT
The Dead in New Jersey Get Welfare Benefits An audit of New Jersey's food stamp program has discovered that dozens of dead people are still being awarded benefits. by Warner Todd Huston 6 Dec 2014, 7:29 AM PDT
More Churches Joining 'Sanctuary' Movement to Shield Illegal Immigrants from Deportation More churches in Arizona are joining the Sanctuary 2014 movement to protect illegal immigrants from deportation. by Tony Lee 6 Dec 2014, 7:26 AM PDT
Congressional Black Caucus to Obama: Invite Families of Michael Brown, Eric Garner to State of Union Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and lawmakers in the Congressional Black Caucus are suggesting that President Barack Obama invite the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner to his State of the Union address in January. by Tony Lee 6 Dec 2014, 7:06 AM PDT
Family of Man Shot by NYC Cop Warn Al Sharpton to Stay Away The family of New Yorker Akai Gurley has a warning for MSNBC host Al Sharpton: stay away. by Warner Todd Huston 6 Dec 2014, 6:47 AM PDT
Ohio GOP Lawmakers Using Historic Majority to Peel Back Gun Control On November 4, Ohio's GOP lawmakers secured a historic majority in the state House and maintained dominating control of the state Senate. They are now preparing to use that majority to peel back gun control, as well as expand Ohioans' exercise of Second Amendment rights. by AWR Hawkins 6 Dec 2014, 6:22 AM PDT
Obama Defends Authorizing Failed Mission to Rescue Luke Somers In an early morning statement on Saturday, President Obama acknowledged a failed attempt by U.S. forces to rescue Luke Somers, an American in Al Qaeda custody. by Charlie Spiering 6 Dec 2014, 5:51 AM PDT
Congressman Reveals GOP Leaders to Push Amnesty for All But Violent Criminals One of the top House Republican leaders, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), revealed this week that GOP leaders intend to push an amnesty bill in the next Congress that would subject only the most dangerous illegal immigrant criminals to deportation so that "not one person" who is in the country illegally and has not committed a violent crime is "thrown out." by Tony Lee 5 Dec 2014
Mark Levin Wows State Legislators: 'Take Your Power Back' Conservative talkradio host Mark Levin made news Thursday when he addressed the annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a "non-partisan membership association of state lawmakers," and it wasn't just because he reiterated his call for an Article V "Convention of the States" to propose new amendments to the Constitution. by Michael Patrick Leahy 5 Dec 2014
2016–Mitt Romney: I'm the Establishment GOP Leader, Not Jeb Former Massachusetts Governor and failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not yet ready to relinquish his title as the head of the pale-pastels establishment wing of the Republican Party to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. by Tony Lee 5 Dec 2014
George W. Bush: Jeb Would Beat 'Sister-in-Law' Hillary in 2016 Former President George W. Bush jokingly referred to Hillary Clinton as his "sister-in-law" and said his brother, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, could defeat her in a potential 2016 presidential contest. W. often calls Bill Clinton his "brother from another mother" because of Bill Clinton's close relationship with his dad, former President George H.W. Bush. by Tony Lee 5 Dec 2014
Exclusive -- Laura Ingraham, Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. Marsha Blackburn Confirmed to Speak at CPAC Nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) are confirmed to speak at the upcoming American Conservative Union (ACU) hosted Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the organization told Breitbart News exclusively on Friday. by Matthew Boyle 5 Dec 2014
CNBC: Jobs Report Reveals Just 4,000 More Working Americans Even as the Obama White House was busy touting its Friday jobs report, CNBC's Jeff Cox looked deeper inside the government's data and discovered that the actual increase of working Americans numbers a paltry 4,000. by Wynton Hall 5 Dec 2014
Sessions on Plummeting Deportation Figures: Obama Has 'Destroyed' Immigration Enforcement President Obama has “destroyed” immigration enforcement in the U.S., Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) concluded Friday in reaction to the release of new Department of Homeland Security data. by Caroline May 5 Dec 2014
Cheap Oil Arrives So Democrat Rep Wants to Boost Fuel Taxes Gasoline prices are in free fall. And after last week’s OPEC decision to keep pumping oil at the same rate despite a growing international glut, they’re only going to go lower in the weeks ahead. So, naturally, at least one Democratic member of Congress wants to jack up gas taxes. by Rich Tucker 5 Dec 2014
Sandy Hook Educators Promote Gun Control Laws That Wouldn't Have Prevented Attack On December 7, Sandy Hook educators Carol Wexler and Abbey Clements will appear on CBS News' Sunday Morning to push expanded background checks and capacity limits for ammunition magazines--two things that would have done nothing to prevent the attack on Sandy Hook from occurring. by AWR Hawkins 5 Dec 2014
Chris Christie Team Celebrates 'Not a Shred of Evidence' in State Bridgegate Report New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s lead attorney for the internal investigation into the "bridgegate" scandal is celebrating the news that the committee found no evidence connecting the governor to the incident. by Charlie Spiering 5 Dec 2014
Polls Indicate Mary Landrieu Headed to Big Defeat in Louisiana Senate Race Less than 24 hours before polls open in Louisiana's runoff election for the last remaining contested seat in the United States Senate, things are not looking good for incumbent Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). by Michael Patrick Leahy 5 Dec 2014
Pelosi Looks Forward to GOP Compromises on Spending Package House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she is looking forward to finding compromise with Republicans on next week’s must-pass spending package. “My inclination is obviously is to be hopeful that the legislation will be something that we can accept and support,” Pelosi told reporters. by Caroline May 5 Dec 2014
Obamacare Co-Author Tom Harkin: 'We Blew It' by Passing Health Care Before he's replaced by Republican Senator-elect Joni Ernst next month, Obamacare co-author Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is expressing regret over passing Obamacare. "We blew it," said Harkin. "What we did is we muddled through and we got a system that is complex, convoluted, needs probably some corrections and still rewards the insurance companies extensively." by Wynton Hall 5 Dec 2014
The Nuclear Option: Media, Leftists Choose Biggest Losers for Heroes Best case scenario for holding Michael Brown in some kind of moderate regard is that he and his buddy are walking down the middle of the street when officer Darren Wilson encounters them. Officer Wilson has no idea someone matching Brown's description roughed up a clerk at the corner store and boosted a box of Swisher Sweets. by Charles Hurt 5 Dec 2014
Google Head Will Help Democrat Party Rebuild After 2014 Wipeout Still reeling from its losses up and down the ballot in November, the Democrat National Committee has appointed a "task force" to rebuild the party. This "audit," which has become the normal reaction to staggering election losses, includes the normal roster of party strategists, elected officials and labor union allies. by Mike Flynn 5 Dec 2014
Blue State Blues: Bring Back Trial by Drowning! Once upon a time, the civil rights movement was deeply concerned about the rights of criminal defendants. Not anymore. Today, those who say they care most about civil rights are calling for grand jury reforms that would make it easier to indict those accused of certain, racial crimes. Yet after the Trayvon Martin case, there is no guarantee those trials would lead to convictions. So I say: let us revive a time-honored practice: trial by ordeal. by Joel B. Pollak 5 Dec 2014
Secretary of Defense Nominee Praises Obama Leadership; Vows to Be Candid As expected, President Obama says he's decided to make Ashton Carter his nominee for Secretary of Defense. “I accepted the president’s offer to be nominated for Secretary of Defense because of my regard of his leadership,” Carter said during Obama’s announcement encouraging Americans to “come together” to combat challenges in the world. by Charlie Spiering 5 Dec 2014
Report: Illegal Immigrant Deportations Plunged Even Before Obama's Amnesty Despite an increase in the rate of apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the border, the number of people the Obama administration deported last year plunged, according to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times. by Caroline May 5 Dec 2014
Arrested Man Criticizes Police on Their Facebook Page After he was arrested by Columbus, Ohio police, a man who saw his own mugshot on the department's Facebook page jumped to defend himself and criticize his arrest. by Warner Todd Huston 5 Dec 2014
Jobs Jump in November but Outlook Remains Guarded The economy added 321,000 jobs in November—a dramatic jump from October. Overall the economy is creating many more jobs, but the outlook remains guarded. by Peter Morici 5 Dec 2014
+321k: November Jobs Report Beats Expectations The economy added 312,000 new jobs in November, according to the monthly jobs report released Friday by the Labor Department. Economists had expected a monthly gain of 253,000 jobs. It was the largest gain in jobs since January 2012. by Mike Flynn 5 Dec 2014
8 Questions Jonathan Gruber Refuses to Answer About His Contract With The State of Vermont Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is asking Governor Peter Shumlin's administration to provide his office with further information about the billing practices of controversial MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber, as Breitbart News reported Thursday. Specifically, Hoffer wants more details about the names, employment status, and contact information of the unnamed research assistants Professor Gruber claims have worked 1,000 hours on the $280,000 contract he has with the State of Vermont. by Michael Patrick Leahy 5 Dec 2014
Chicago Raises Its Minimum Wage Before a new Republican governor can take office in the state, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called a hastily-assembled "emergency session" and passed a city ordinance raising the minimum wage. by Warner Todd Huston 5 Dec 2014
SEIU to Latinos: Urge Senators to Not Join 'Extremists' who Want to Defund Exec Amnesty The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is launching a serious of Spanish-language ads this week urging Latinos to ask Senate Republicans in six states to steer clear of "extremist" Senators who want to defund President Barack Obama's executive amnesty and who it claims keep "insulting our families." by Tony Lee 4 Dec 2014
Bill de Blasio on NYPD: 'A Whole New Generation of Officer Will Be Trained with a New Approach' NEW YORK, New York—Mayor Bill de Blasio praised his police commissioner for launching a retraining program of the NYPD's 34,000 officers and future officers in the wake of the Eric Garner grand jury no-indictment decision. by Kerry Picket 4 Dec 2014
Luis Gutierrez Warns 'Birthers' & 'Tea Partiers' Deportations Will Lead to More Taxes, Bailouts Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said "birthers" and "Tea Partiers" would be unhappy with more government bailouts and higher taxes that would result from the deportation of more illegal immigrants. by Tony Lee 4 Dec 2014
Forget 12 Days of Christmas, Moms Demand Action Launches '12 Days of Kroger' In an ongoing campaign to shame Kroger grocery stores into barring law-abiding citizens from openly carrying guns for self-defense, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in American has launched the "12 Days of Kroger." by AWR Hawkins 4 Dec 2014
Lou Barletta: Exec Amnesty Incentivizes Employers to Get Rid of American Workers for Cheaper Illegal Immigrants On Thursday, Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) said that President Barack Obama's executive amnesty will only encourage employers to replace American workers with illegal immigrants who will be exempt from Obamacare mandates. by Tony Lee 4 Dec 2014
Business Owner Shoots One Burglar, Slaps Second And Tells Him To Leave On December 2 a Birmingham, Alabama, business owner shot one alleged burglar and slapped a second, before telling him to get off the property. by AWR Hawkins 4 Dec 2014
Bloomberg 'Wins' Are Thin Reeds In Sea Of Defeat As Michael Bloomberg and his various gun control groups prepare for a new gun control push they are still getting gentle media coverage that gives the impression Bloomberg & Co. won on November 4 when in fact, they lost. by AWR Hawkins 4 Dec 2014
Clinton Supporters Delete Ford Truck Logo In Pro-Hillary Country Video The creators of the new pro-Hillary Clinton country music video that's exploding across the internet do not appear to like the Ford Motor Company. In the video, the '90s model Ford F-150 pickup is spotted missing the blue Ford oval in the grill as it drives next to a farmer's field. by Charlie Spiering 4 Dec 2014
Jeff Sessions: Obama Wants Exec Amnesty Implemented Before Americans Discover 'Grave' Consequences On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) accused President Barack Obama of trying to implement his executive amnesty that "stains our legal system and our country" before the American people figure out that the consequences are "graver than a lot of people think" right now. by Tony Lee 4 Dec 2014
Vermont State Auditor Seeks Billing Details of Gruber Contract that's Lacking in Oversight and Transparency Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer wants more details about controversial MIT professor Jonathan Gruber's billing practices. To date, the administration of Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT) has provided little evidence that it has exercised any accounting oversight of the $280,000 contract it signed with Gruber in July. Nor does it appear eager to provide the documentation Hoffer has requested that would make the contract more transparent to the public. by Michael Patrick Leahy 4 Dec 2014
What’s at Stake in the Little Sisters of the Poor Case Against Obamacare For 175 years, the Little Sisters of the Poor have been inspired by their faith to take care of the elderly poor. But now the federal government wants them to choose between their faith and their ministry and is pushing hard in federal court to force them to decide. The stakes couldn’t be much higher for people who care about and enjoy religious liberty. by Daniel Blomberg 4 Dec 2014
DREAMer Activists To Republicans: 'Bring It On' Immigration reform activists met with Obama administration officials at the White House today, as House Republicans voted to on a House bill to defund President Obama’s executive amnesty. Following the meeting, the activists challenged Republicans for trying to roll back President Obama’s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, as well as his recent decision to offer amnesty to at least 5 million illegal immigrants. by Charlie Spiering 4 Dec 2014
Dem Leaders: Executive Amnesty Will Not Cause More Illegal Immigration Democratic leaders say they do not think President Obama’s executive amnesty will inspire more illegal immigration. “No, I’m not concerned,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, when asked about the prospect of more illegal immigration in the wake of President Obama's executive actions. by Caroline May 4 Dec 2014
Obama: 'Michelle and I Are Big Believers in Nagging' During a speech in Washington D.C. today, President Obama asserted that both he and the first lady believed in the power of nagging to build up children for success. by Charlie Spiering 4 Dec 2014
House Votes to Block Obama's Executive Amnesty The House passed legislation declaring President Obama’s executive amnesty “null and void” Thursday, in a vote that many call merely symbolic as the Democrat-led Senate is unlikely to take up the bill. The measure passed 219 to 197, with three members voting present. by Caroline May 4 Dec 2014
Veteran Homeschoolers Share Tips And How-To's As More Students Exit Schools Due To Common Core With reports of more parents making the decision to remove their children from traditional school environments to homeschool them instead, many veterans of home education are willing to offer their tips, suggestions and responses to the question: How do I homeschool my children? by Dr. Susan Berry 4 Dec 2014
Protests Spread Across Country After Non-Indictment in Garner Death After a grand jury announced on Wednesday its decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner in New York City, protests mounted around the country. by William Bigelow 4 Dec 2014
Jenna Bush Hager Defends Sasha and Malia Obama: 'They're Great Girls' Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager reacted to the media fueled controversy surrounding Sasha and Malia Obama after a Republican Congressional staffer criticized their behavior on her Facebook page. by Charlie Spiering 4 Dec 2014
HealthCare.gov Average Premiums Going Up in 2015 Many HealthCare.gov customers will face higher costs next year, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday in a report that shows average premiums rising modestly. by Breitbart News 4 Dec 2014
Boehner: Current Funding Plan 'Best Chance for Success' Despite criticism from his party’s more conservative wing that House Leadership’s government funding plan does not got far enough to combat President’s executive amnesty, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) argued Thursday the current strategy has the “best chance for success.” by Caroline May 4 Dec 2014
Eric Garner's Wife Slams Officer Who Killed Her Husband The widow of Eric Garner, killed last July by police as they were trying to subdue him with a choke hold, spoke out Wednesday evening after news broke that a grand jury had decided not to indict the officer for the man's death. by Warner Todd Huston 4 Dec 2014
Protesters Shutdown Major NYC Thoroughfares Following Garner Grand Jury Verdict NEW YORK, New York--Protesters angry about the no indictment verdict of an NYPD officer who held a black man in a choke hold before he died marched around New York City Wednesday night, shutting down bridges, the Lincoln Tunnel, the West Side Highway, and Times Square. by Kerry Picket 4 Dec 2014
Pelosi to Boehner: Work With Us to Pass Gov't Funding Measure House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says she is encouraging House Speaker John Boehner to work with Democrats to pass the upcoming government funding measure. “I have reached out to the Speaker and said, ‘Extend the hand of friendship. We want to work together to pass a bill to keep government open as we had to supply the votes last year to open up government — let us supply the votes to keep government open. But we can’t do it unless we have a bill that is worthy of our support,’” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. by Caroline May 4 Dec 2014
McConnell Moves to Consolidate 'Money Majority' Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn't take the reins of the Senate until January, but he is making an early move to consolidate his power. McConnell is pushing a rule change in the year-end spending deal currently under negotiation that would allow coordination between candidates and independent party campaign committees. The change would eliminate a current fiction in campaign finance laws, but also give McConnell a much stronger grasp on outside campaign spending. by Mike Flynn 4 Dec 2014
5 Questions That Remain in the Eric Garner Case Let us stipulate that the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner was horrific and never should never have happened. Given the shocking video evidence of a confrontation with New York City police in which officer Daniel Pantaleo is seen grabbing Garner from behind around the neck, many people on all sides of the political divide feel that a grand jury's decision not to indict Pantaleo is outrageous. Yet a significant number of questions remain. by Joel B. Pollak 4 Dec 2014
Washington Post: Obama Amnesty Plan 'Indefensible' The White House has defended President Obama’s unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents. In fact, it is increasingly clear that the sweeping magnitude of Mr. Obama’s order is unprecedented. by Breitbart News 4 Dec 2014
Only Person Indicted Involved in Eric Garner's Death Was the Man Who Filmed It As New Yorkers take stock of a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer for the choking death of a suspect, news has slipped under the radar that there was one person who was indicted for his actions during last July's fatal arrest attempt. The man who took the famous video of the incident was indicted on charges of illegal possession of a pistol. by Warner Todd Huston 4 Dec 2014
Politicians Speak Out After Non-Indictment in Garner Case Politicians weighed in heavily after a grand jury decision was announced Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer who was instrumental in the death of Eric Garner in July. by William Bigelow 4 Dec 2014
Newly Designated Nevada GOP Majority Leader: We're Here to 'Get our Gun Rights Back' Newly designated Assembly Majority Leader Michele Flore (R-Las Vegas) says Republicans were elected to the majority to defeat liberalism and that includes doing what has to be done to recover gun rights in Nevada. by AWR Hawkins 4 Dec 2014
Cyberwar Represents Existential Threat to US Nineteenth century military genius Carl von Clausewitz coined the phrase: “War is a mere continuation of politics by other means." In his day, the number of wars was limited by the time and expense to organize large armies and then march across borders to inflict pain. by Chriss W. Street 4 Dec 2014