I hear some people talking past each other on Obama’s self-declared right to assemble a Kill List of Americans and order their deaths, sans any kind of external check or procedural safeguards. Charles Krauthammer says that anyone who has taken
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Jesse Jackson Jr. has a plea deal on the table for his ongoing federal investigation that will include “significant jail time” in federal prison. Author Michael Sneed’s source also informs that Jackson’s wife Sandi “feels
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is leaving his post, is confessing that the roads of America are crumbling because there simply isn’t enough money in the government’s coffers to fix them. LaHood said, “America is one big pothole right now.
The House of Representatives will consider legislation that would create a “National Nurse for Public Health.” On Wednesday, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), along with more than two dozen Democrats, and Pete King (R-NY), introduced The National Nurse Act, H.R. 485, which
An informal poll conducted at MediaBistro yesterday carried disappointing results for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the embattled politician at the center of a firestorm over an alleged prostitution scandal in the Dominican Republic. MediaBistro’s readers – who are largely liberal
On January 19, thousands of Americans from every state rallied attheir state capitols to show support for the 2nd Amendment andsend a message to Congress. Following the pattern we saw during the birth of the tea party (circa Feb/March 2009),
On Tuesday, Chris Crane, president of one of the local chapters within the union that represents 7,600 ICE border agents (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) told a House Judiciary Committee that the political influence of “illegal alien” interest groups prohibits agents
Congressman Jim McDermott (D-Washington), one of the farthest-left member of the House of Representatives, threatened on Tuesday that the U.S. could become a mob scene if there is no “equity” in society. Now, we’re in a very difficult period right
The Charlottesville, VA City Council is calling on Congress to pass legislation barring the introduction of information gathered by drones into a Federal or State court. Charlottesville is therefore the first city to pass an anti-drone resolution. Councilmember Dede Smith
The hard-nosed architect of the US drone war against Al-Qaeda, John Brennan, will face tough questions about secret assassinations Thursday from senators weighing his nomination to lead the CIA. The confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee promises to focus
The Pentagon will propose a more modest pay raise for US troops next year than originally planned due to uncertainty surrounding the defense budget, officials said. The move was part of a series of announcements Wednesday from the Defense Department
The US military will maintain only one aircraft carrier in the Gulf instead of two due to potential deep budget cuts that could kick in next month, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. For several years, the United States has kept two
By KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year’s election.
On July 31, 2012, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) pressured a State Department official testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics, which he chairs, to “send a message” to the government of
Rand Paul gave a big foreign policy speech to the Heritage Foundation today, in which he presented a greatly tidied-up version of the elder Paul’s anti-interventionism as the true expression of Reaganite foreign policy. It was an interesting speech, filled
The Republican leadership in the Congress has just tapped Senator Marco Rubio to deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address next Monday, February 12. The GOP establishment has finally smartened up in continuing the
In response to Same Guy Assassinating Americans Without Due Process…: But he says it’s “safe, legal and rare.” Whoops! I mean…..”legal, ethical, and wise.” This WaPo piece was written by Bush’s former speech writer, Marc Thiessen, last May, eight months
On Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said it was doubtful that Congress could solve the NFL’s concussion problem, and it would not be a wise use of time to attempt to do so with hearings. “The idea that Congress,
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama urged Congress to delay the looming sequester by passing legislation to “replace at least some of the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to hit the government on March 1.” “If they can’t get
(AP) Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costsBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion
President Barack Obama’s controversial and embattled Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew is coming under increasing scrutiny for having possibly broken federal law by failing to warn Congress about a Medicare funding problem during his tenure as the former director of
In a major policy speech on Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) called to grant citizenship to children of illegal immigrants while outlining policies concerning education, taxes, and flexibility in the workplace that he believed
On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said children of illegal immigrants who were brought to America by their parents should get opportunities to get legal residence and citizenship. “It is time to provide an opportunity for legal residence
President Barack Obama has just signed the ‘No Budget, No Pay’ debt ceiling suspension bill into law. Democrats are all upset because they feel that Republicans in Congress pulled a fast one on them, forcing them to agree to the
After failing multiple times during President Barack Obama’s first term to get credit for successfully “rebranding” the Republican Party, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will again attempt to do so on Tuesday when he gives an address at the
