(AP) Palestinians strike to protest rising pricesBy DIAA HADID and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHAssociated PressRAMALLAH, West BankRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) _ Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout
CBS: White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe talks about news on the campaign trail, says the president has a small lead in some key states.
They say politics make strange bedfellows, and perhaps no movie proves that more right now than a documentary called “Death by China.” Written and directed by Peter Navarro, a University of California-Irvine professor who based the film on his book
In an iconic scene from Austin Powers, a newly-defrosted Dr. Evil demands that the world pay him a ransom of “One… Million… Dollars“–briefly forgetting that that the U.S. dollar doesn’t quite go as far in the 1990s as it did
On Sept. 4, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made a startling assertion saying that Obama circumvented the law when he summarily waived the work requirements in the welfare law. Perhaps not as shocking, few news outlets seem interested in the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China backs down on forcing Hong Kong schools to teach ‘patriotism’ The ‘Arab Spring’ begins in West Bank as unemployment and prices soar Palestinian president Abbas to return to the U.N. on September 27
It’s good to see Bill Clinton looking so healthy. He has given up meat after his heart operation, but his performance Wednesday night proves he can still handle a whopper. It was vintage Bill Clinton–wonky, funny, overlong and drawn out,
By CARLA K. JOHNSONAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson’s chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday. Congress goes back into session Monday following its
Appearing on Politico’s Playbook Breakfast with Mike Allen Nancy Pelosi who has recently been complaining that the Republicans refuse to work with Democrats showed her true attitude towards them possibly reveling part of the reason for partisan gridlock.
Democrats and their progressive cohorts are now trying to claim that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is lying about the number of times he’s hiked Colorado’s mountainsides. Naturally, they are garbling the truth. This faux outrage is, indeed, a
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi insinuated this week that Republicans want to restrict access to contraception just as they want to restrict the practice of abortion. “It’s really important to point out the extremism of Republicans,” Pelosi said. “They may have
Early every spring, the White House administration is required by law to submit its regulatory plans for the year. Obama, however, has refused to submit this report as he faces reelection. The spring 2012 Regulatory Agenda is supposed to be
The Democratic platform, released this week in time for the party’s national convention, advocates further amnesty for illegal immigrants. “Democrats know there is broad consensus to repair that system and strengthen our economy, and that the country urgently needs comprehensive
On the eve of Bill Clinton’s address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday confirmed that President Barack Obama did in fact change the rules in Bill Clinton’s landmark Welfare Reform Act despite
Political party platforms are usually filled with vague promises and general ideas. This year, the 2012 Democratic Party Platform offers support for a very specific constitutional amendment designed to strike down the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and limit free
Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, who will be giving the keynote address tonight, is, according to some, the next Obama. But while Obama’s radicalism may have escaped the notice of the DNC in 2004, Castro’s views are bit more
Nothing pumps up Democrats like screeching about abortion, and in that spirit, Nancy Keenan or National Abortion Rights Action League Pro-Choice America took the stage tonight to wild applause. “We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by House Women at the DNC on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Good evening. I’m Nancy Pelosi, but my grandchildren call me Mimi. For me, politics is an extension of my role as a mother and
Tonight, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is slated to kick of a rousing round of “blame the Republicans” at the Democratic National Convention. He’ll be speaking at approximately 8:30 PM EDT, ushering Americans into primetime coverage. First, he’ll blame Republicans for
Leftist Senator Sherrod Brown, running neck and neck for reelection in Ohio against Marine Josh Mandel, has discovered a new kind of veteran – the “strategic veteran” who has fought in the trenches of Congress and been under fire in
Update: Republican nominee Mitt Romney has released the following statement in response: It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Four years of President Obama’s repeated attempts to
Fox News: “California delegate has been ejected from the Democratic National Convention after he allegedly tried to impersonate a member of Congress and hassled the hotel staff trying to assist a drunken, passed-out delegate.The incident unfolded early Sunday morning when
Jake Schmidt, a director at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), does not want you to look behind the curtain of the environmental lobby. In a recent article in the Huffington Post, the fringe group leader attempts to hide legitimate
Let’s say a member of Congress violates the law by forcing her taxpayer-funded staff to work on her campaign. Let’s say she also improperly uses official resources for her personal use. And then, when Congress decides to look into the
President Barack Obama is partly blaming his family and children for his inability to lessen Washington’s partisanship and gridlock during his first term. On CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday show, Jessica Yellin said she interviewed Obama for a forthcoming
