I’m going “deep undercover” to watch the State of the Union address at a gathering hosted by members of President Barack Obama’s own campaign-turned-activist organization, Organizing for Action (OfA). I can’t disclose the location: suffice it to say it’s in
With President Obama vowing to make 2014 a “year of action” by executive fiat, top conservatives are sounding the alarm. Obama “has acted like the playground bully who when he can’t have everything he wants, he decides to take his
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the Chairman of the House Republican conference. In her Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address she will articulate a conservative message – with broad appeal for all Americans – about how we believe
Breitbart News will be live-blogging President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, which is expected to start around 9PM EST. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) will give the GOP’s response. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will publish his response to
Congressman Frank Wolf (R – VA), author of legislation to create a Select Committee on Benghazi, is raising new questions about why top congressional officials did not know the CIA was stationed in Benghazi before an attack there left four Americans
I woke up this morning to Steve Liesman on CNBC explaining the theme of tonight’s State of the Union Address. You see, since 1980 middle class wages have only gone up 50% in inflation-adjusted terms, whereas for the top 1%
As President Obama offers his assessment of the State of the Union tonight, recall that it comes from a man who vowed to “fundamentally transform” America.So when he talks about redressing “income inequality,” that’s code for transforming what is left
Ted Cruz released this video today highlighting the President’s continued “lawless and abusive” disregard of the Constitution. Obama’s apologists like to point out that as far as executive orders go, he and Bush are virtually tied: In his first five
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain says the Arizona Republican Party’s censure of him over the weekend may just motivate him to run for a sixth term. The censure vote came during a meeting of state committee members who
Obama’s policies have failed. That is why he is in trouble, and failed policies are not the only reason. Obama lied to the American people to pass the ObamaCare they hate, and we still have the unresolved scandals of the
When the president announces his executive order raising the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts to $10.10 an hour at tonight’s State of the Union address, it will be one of the biggest applause lines of the night on
Much hay is being made over a Washington Post poll that purports to show 52 percent public support for President Obama’s imperial regime of rule by executive order. But that’s not the question the poll asked. It stated the
Congress secretly approved “light arms” for the “moderate” factions among Syria’s rebels, according to a report Monday by Reuters. The weapons include rifles and anti-tank guns, though not anti-aircraft missiles, according to the report. Citing two unnamed sources, Reuters says
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama set out a detailed agenda for his second term–a highly ambitious and diverse array of goals that few thought had any chance of succeeding in a divided Congress. Indeed,
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal contracts at $10.10 an hour, the White House said Tuesday. The president will announce the increase during his State of
South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), stunned political observers Tuesday with the announcement that Mamphela Ramphele, a leading black anti-apartheid activist, will be the party’s candidate for president in national elections against the troubled African National Congress
South Africa’s leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), stunned political observers Tuesday with the announcement that Mamphela Ramphele, a leading black anti-apartheid activist, will be the party’s candidate for president in national elections against the troubled African National Congress
The hotel industry, desirous of holding back the tide that calls for raising the minimum wage, says it plans to fight state-by-state. The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), which includes hotel chains such as Best Western International, Hilton Worldwide,
On January 26, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan addressed the ruling Justice and Development Party at a meeting in Izmir…as a hologram. With the help of Turkish special effects company Polyvision, Erdogan was beamed into the meeting after being
American Conservative Union (ACU) chairman Al Cardenas wrote to President Barack Obama ahead of his State of the Union speech to point out that Obama cannot accomplish bipartisanship if he plans to overuse executive authority. “At your first news conference
In a commercial set to run just before and after President Obama’s January 28 State of the Union (SOTU) address, Gabrielle Giffords looks into the camera and says, “Congress is afraid of the gun lobby.” According to the Associated Press ,
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D – CA), Chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, told Breitbart News on Monday she did not know a CIA annex existed in Benghazi, Libya before the deadly September 2012 attack, which took the lives of
Breitbart News has learned that the Tea Party movement will celebrate its five-year anniversary with a blockbuster event on February 27 in Washington, D.C. that will bring together Tea Party conservatives in Congress with local activists and movement leaders from
On Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer dismissed President Barack Obama’s rhetoric about using the pen and the phone as a means to bypass Congress with executive power ahead of the State of
The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal worth $4.8 billion, officials said, as Baghdad battles anti-government militants. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government has asked Washington for weapons
