SAN ANTONIO, TX-The most recent James O’Keefe expose released on Breitbart Texas showed a Battleground Texas field organizer engaging in a seemingly illegal data mining operation where confidential information from voter registration forms was being collected in an effort to
National Democrats and liberal activists are taking enormous legal and political risks with the lawless activities in Texas caught on the Project Veritas tapes. But they see Texas as such a strategic prize that they believe it’s worth that risk,
In his latest video release, investigative journalist James O’Keefe of Project Veritas calls Battleground Texas “the new ACORN.” O’Keefe and his team recorded Jennifer Longoria, a field organizer for Battleground Texas, apparently instructing volunteers to copy, unlawfully, the telephone numbers
According to Democrat folklore, a national campaign to boost the minimum wage in 2006 swept them into power in Congress. Six states, which all had a number of competitive races, had initiatives on the ballot to hike the state minimum
President Barack Obama has hired Bill Clinton’s former White House Chief of Staff, John Podesta, to help him salvage his second term. According to the Washington Post, Podesta will return to the White House to advise Obama on “climate-change issues
Mayor-elect Bill De Blasio garnered honors at a fundraiser for New York Communities for Change (NYCC) where calls for “revolution” and declarations of a “progressive moment” abounded. De Blasio appeared at the fundraiser as a headliner to support the group, formerly a branch of
A Catholic pastor of a parish in Binghampton, New York has informed his bishop that his parish will not participate in this weekend’s special collection for the United States Archdiocese for the Military Services. Rev. Timothy Taugher of St. Francis
In its recently assigned role as ObamaCare “Navigator,” i.e., an organization that has been given federal funds to help Americans sign up for ObamaCare, Planned Parenthood is encouraging customers to sign up for health insurance plans that include its own
Consider these four levels of political power: 1. Power under the law. This is the least satisfying level for the power- and money-hungry politician. A Constitutional government exercises power under the law, enforcing codes that apply equally to everyone. True
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he finds it unseemly that President Barack Obama’s administration is using Obamacare as a tool for left-wing groups to register voters while Americans’ are being hurt by his signature law.
Judicial Watch has uncovered documents showing that Bruce Dorpalen, a key former Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) operative, is still advising President Barack Obama’s administration years after the organization was shuttered by scandal. Judicial Watch obtained the
United Labor Union Council, Local 100, often described as ACORN’s “fraternal twin,” has been awarded an ObamaCare “Navigator” grant to enroll people in health care exchanges. Local 100, based in New Orleans, will be conducting mass enrollments in Louisiana, Arkansas
Almost exactly four years ago, ACORN, the notorious, leftist community organizers, imploded on itself after being caught in a series of lies related to the video-sting of journalists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. Cut off from federal funding and largely
In an exclusive interview at the Breitbart News Washington, D.C. offices, local Idaho conservative attorney Bryan Smith walked through why he is challenging his Congressman Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) in the state’s primary. “Simpson was one of only three Republicans
The group Heritage Action held a packed event in Dallas, Texas Tuesday night that was disrupted by a handful of protesters. In this exclusive video, Breitbart News interviews one of the protesters and learns they are organizers with the Texas
ACORN is back in the news. That’s right, the supposedly defunct, defunded and bankrupt organization that fixed elections for liberal candidates is STILL alive and well. Judicial Watch recently released documents from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Seven protesters against the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) 40th Anniversary conference held in Chicago, IL, were taken into custody on Thursday after the demonstrations took a violent turn. The protest was organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor in
Though it regurgitates one of the media’s persistent false memes about Andrew Breitbart, Slate‘s tribute to Breitbart, in the form of a vignette by New Yorker stalwart George Packer, is an otherwise fitting celebration of the life and work of a new media pioneer and
Friday night the documentary Hating Breitbart opened in limited theatrical release and via Video On Demand services. It also became available for download at Rotten Tomatoes and iTunes. Written and directed by Andrew Marcus, Hating Breitbart follows the late, great
Anne Hendershott, an eloquent opponent of the Obama administration, states that she has reason to believe she was targeted by the IRS for an audit following publications that were critical of President Obama and Catholics who supported him. Aleteia, a
Hating Breitbart Director Andrew Marcus appears on the radio program of none other than Wade Rathke, founder of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). ACORN was the subject of undercover sting videos produced by James O’Keefe and Hannah
An Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 Tea Party activist groups show “small budgets” and that groups “rarely displayed overt partisan activities.” The AP reviewed 990 tax returns through Guidestar and Foundation Center websites and some groups voluntarily made
Those packed early screenings of the documentary Hating Breitbart in L.A., Atlanta and San Jose clearly had an impact on the film’s theatrical rollout. The documentary, an award-winning account of late media pioneer Andrew Breitbart’s war with the mainstream media, will
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) accused U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of knowing that women and minority farmers fraudulently claimed discrimination to receive taxpayer-funded settlements, and they knowingly initiated more programs to facilitate more of these payments.
The next election season is already almost upon us, believe it or not, with the mid-terms next year. Much remains to be learned from dissecting the left’s attempts to lie, cheat, and steal votes during the last go-around. Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch has been the leading force in uncovering the suspicious and dangerous connections between Obama administration officials and radical leftist special interest groups on a host of issues, from stealth amnesty to voter fraud to reverse discrimination. (See our
The Obama administration is proudly shattering welfare records with an astonishing number of people collecting public benefits long term, especially food stamps. In fact, as I discussed in a special to be aired on Hannity tonight, Obama and his friends
ObamaCare provides millions of dollars in grants to hire community activists and others as “navigators” to assist individuals enroll in health insurance provided by state or federal exchanges and, according to recent reports, register people to vote. In a new
Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany, M.D. made waves this week after publicly criticizing voter registration functions in Obamacare application drafts – leading to an emerging debate as to whether such options should be available in the 60-plus-page form. Unfortunately, the debate has largely
CPAC attendees simply couldn’t get enough of late Internet mogul Andrew Breitbart’s inspiration and legacy. Shortly after conservatives packed into Breitbart News’ Uninvited panel, which featured voices too often not heard around CPAC, they squeezed into a screening hall to watch
When Brandon Darby, Anita MonCrief and Lee Stranahan learned the truth about the left, Andrew Breitbart was there to lend a hand. The key players behind Occupy Unmasked, the 2012 documentary exploring the roots of that violent, far-left movement, testified
The first time I met Andrew in person I wasn’t quite sure what to think. It was 2010; he was slated to speak at a fundraiser at the Blackstone Hotel in downtown Chicago for Cedra Crenshaw, a candidate for a
Who is running the Justice Department? It certainly appears evident, as President Obama enters his second term, that leftist radicals have a seat at the table inside Justice and are making both policy and personnel decisions. As Judicial Watch has
Who’s afraid of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann? The entire range of far-left activists, apparently. Bachmann (R-MN) is currently the target of an aggressive campaign sponsored by a leftist organization, People for the American Way. Its immediate objective is to get House
Fox News’ John Stossel held a segment called “Journalism 2.0” in which he outlined out the power of information has been transferred from a select few big networks to average people with a computer or a cell phone. Stossel pointed
At a Chicago Teachers Union protest in November, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski refused to cover Chicago Teachers Union members’ connection to the International Socialist Organization and told me Breitbart News was “full of s**t,” after I asked him if he
Judicial Watch achieved a significant legal victory last week – and it may lead to cleaner elections. On December 10, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, denied Indiana’s motion to dismiss our
