The New York Times led Sunday morning with a feature on how the government shutdown over Obamacare was “waged by a galaxy of conservative groups with more money, organized tactics and interconnections than is commonly known.” It recycles some typical left-wing
During his October 3rd radio broadcast, conservative host and author Mark Levin warned his listeners that President Obama is moving beyond the current partial government shutdown and on to the debt ceiling. As he campaigns against Republicans, Obama is creating
The Wall Street Journal editorial page recently highlighted a largely unknown piece of legislation passed by the House of Representatives in May: the Full Faith and Credit Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA). The bill would prevent the federal government from
On October 3, President Obama’s Acting Director of Digital Strategy, Nathaniel Lubin, posted the following question on the White House blog: “How has the government shutdown affected you?” Below this, the White House blog fleshes the question out: Congress has
Illegal immigrant “Dreamers” attempting to seek asylum may be becoming a new “social class” according to a New Yorker report. Recently, a group of thirty-six people called the “Dream 30” went to Mexico and tried to re-enter the United States
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning. Earlier this week, the Republican House of Representatives chose to shut down a government they don’t like over a health care law they don’t like. And I’ve talked a lot about the real-world consequences of this
Even though only 11 percent of Americans think the Washington Redskins should change their nickname, President Barack Obama decided it was important to discuss the matter on Friday just three days after the federal government shutdown and as the country
(AP) WWII vet, oldest Medal of Honor recipient, diesCRESSKILL, N.J.A World War II veteran and the nation’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient has died in New Jersey. Nicholas Oresko, an Army master sergeant who was badly wounded as he
(AP) Pentagon: Most furloughed civilians ordered backBy ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterWASHINGTONThe Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work.The decision by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of
(AP) Government doors closed, but workers may get paidBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONTheir government has failed to keep the doors open and has told federal workers to stay off the job as the political parties fight over spending and health care
Reasonable and thoughtful people can argue and disagree about the pros and cons of the current federal government shut down. This is not the first, nor will this will not be the first or last shutdown we will see in
One of the big Democrat talking points about ObamaCare is to bleat that it’s “constitutional,” blessed by the Supreme Court, and is the “settled law of the land.” They never explain how this is supposed to intimidate the nominally free
Standing before a blue screen dotted with #LetsTalk hashtags, Speaker John Boehner blasted President Barack Obama and Democrats on Friday for playing a game of brinksmanship over the government shutdown and the hitting of the looming debt ceiling. “This isn’t
The government shutdown is proving less draconian than presidential warnings, but failing to raise the debt ceiling and default would be another matter. So many government activities have been deemed essential by legislation or presidential order that only 15 percent
The reporters and editors at the New York Times, which is rapidly losing its influence and market value, have decided it is time to tell all the flyover states in the country how they should be run. This comes as
On Friday, Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) told Breitbart News that President Obama was illegally furloughing approximately two thousand federal civilian defense contractors at Offutt Air Force Base, in direct contravention of the Pay Our Military Act, passed last week through
On Tuesday, the usually unguarded World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. was “barrycaded” with seven National Parks Service employees standing guard. But since then, WWII veterans have easily breached the barriers with assistance from members of Congress. The Weekly
The Obama administration asked Congress on Thursday to delay a new round of sanctions against Iran, citing new negotiations and the progress made in recent overtures between President Barack Obama and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. Until now, the administration has
CBS News conducted the first poll in the days after the partial government shutdown that began on October 1 and the headlines scream the same message: “GOP To Blame For Unpopular Shutdown“ However, the buried lede in these stories is,
On October 15th, our military personnel will receive their paychecks as usual, thanks to a last-minute act of Congress passed in spite of the government shutdown affecting much of the rest of the government. But our servicemen and women are
Fear not the shutdown, Republicans in Congress! You are the supposedly conservative alternative in politics, and we are currently $16 trillion in the hole. The least you can do is stop spending so much money everyday to keep the vile
Breitbart News has obtained emails in which an immigration campaign organizer for the Center for Community Change (CCC), a liberal grassroots organizing group working with a Hispanic advocacy group and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), sent an email this
Since the government shutdown on Tuesday, House Republicans have pushed legislation to reopen selected parts of the federal government. They have proposed legislation to reopen National Parks, the Veterans Administration and fully fund the National Guard, among other measures. To
An hour after the shooting at Capitol Hill, Slate was already attempting to score political points against a GOP congressman over what they described as the “worst timed” tweet of the shooting. Slate is apparently unaware of the fact that
In response to The President Learned the Wrong Lesson from 2011: These crises always seem to go through an initial stage of general annoyance – the man on the street growls, “Why can’t these guys just get together and make
