Peter Schweizer, the president of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI), said that on the fifth anniversary of the nation’s financial crisis, the government and political elite still have not learned anything. In an appearance on Breitbart News Sunday on
President Barack Obama went golfing Wednesday with Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts, the Democrat donor whose company owns NBC–the network presently producing a four-hour miniseries on Hillary Clinton. Comcast’s executive vice president David Cohen also raised over $1.4 million for
An explosive new report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) slams the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill as an amnesty bill–for corporations. GAI, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization, has found a so-called corporate “Get Out of Jail Free” card in
On Monday, the Huffington Post scrambled to tamp down growing opposition to America’s food stamp industrial complex–a system fueled by corporate interests who profit from the poverty programs that have exploded under President Barack Obama. In a thinly-researched lead article titled
On Wednesday, Breitbart News will be airing the only live broadcast in the nation from Gettysburg from noon to 6 p.m. EDT from “The Angle” on Cemetery Ridge, commemorating Pickett’s Charge. Breitbart News will partner with Next News Network (N3),
The six-person bipartisan Federal Election Commission (FEC) is set to receive two new commissioners at a time when the FEC has fallen under criticism for lax enforcement of campaign fundraising laws and possible foreign donations to U.S. campaigns. On Friday,
Federal welfare programs now account for one-sixth of the federal budget ($588 billion), a figure that does not even include unemployment benefits, Social Security, and Medicare, reports Bill Frezza of Forbes. The bleak Obama economy, however, is only factor driving
On Fox News’ Hannity on Friday, Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon exposed how politicians and corporations have used the country’s food stamps program, which is meant to temporarily supplement the
Appearing on the “Boomtown 2: The Business of Food Stamps” special on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Friday, Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer and Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon exposed how companies that administer EBT cards like J.P. Morgan
On Fox News’ one-hour “Boomtown 2: The Business of Food Stamps” special Friday, Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer asked viewers on “Hannity” to type in the hashtag #EBT on Twitter to see how easy it was to engage
Since President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared “war on poverty,” U.S. taxpayers have spent $15 trillion on so-called anti-poverty programs–a figure slightly less than the national debt. Sean Hannity, Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer, and Breitbart News Executive Chairman
U.S. taxpayers now fund 126 separate federal anti-poverty programs each year. The startling statistic was just one of many presented in an eye-opening one-hour Sean Hannity special titled “Boomtown 2: The Business of Food Stamps.” The program, which featured Government
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
A new Forbes article by Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Co-founder Peter Schweizer reveals that former Obama Administration officials and fundraisers are now leveraging their access and influence to bag big billings from Wall Street investment firms as part
Government Accountability Institute (GAI) president Peter Schweizer called for a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of Congress and their family members during Breitbart News Network’s “The Uninvited” panel at CPAC on Saturday. If conservatives are to be serious about
Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful,” which was filmed in California and Michigan, had an estimated budget of $200 million, $39.7 million of which was subsidized by the state’s taxpayers in the form of Michigan film credits. The movie was filmed
A new report by the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) says Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning film, Django Unchained, has applied for an estimated $8.4 million in tax credits, pending audit and review by the state of Louisiana. News of the taxpayer-funded subsidies comes
For the second year in a row, an online dating website for married people eager to cheat on their spouses has named Washington, D.C. “America’s least faithful city.” AshleyMadison.com, which claims to have over 17 million anonymous members, says it
An analysis by the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) figures has found that audits of tax-exempt charities have increased 79% under President Barack Obama. GAI President Peter Schweizer reports that from 2001 to 2008, the IRS
Fox News will re-air “Boomtown” on Sunday at 9 p.m. EST and 9 p.m. PST. “Boomtown” is a one-hour investigative special that assails Washington, D.C.’s permanent political class for “extracting” taxpayer dollars from Americans and growing the size of government
Peter Schweizer, the president of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI), referred to Washington, D.C. as a “new Versailles” that is being built with “borrowed money.” In “Boomtown,” an explosive one-hour investigative special that aired on Fox News’ Hannity on Friday, Schweizer said
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon said the rampant crony capitalism in Washington, D.C. that enriches the permanent political class is why no party of truly limited government stands on the side of taxpaying Americans. Bannon, along with Peter
Washington, D.C. consumes more gallons of wine per capita than any state in the nation. Per capita consumption in gallons • District of Columbia (6.6)• New Hampshire (4.8)• Massachusetts (4.1)• Vermont (4.1)• Nevada (3.8)• Connecticut (3.6)• Delaware (3.6)• New Jersey
In a disturbing indicator of how wealthy the D.C. political class is becoming by extracting taxpayer money from the rest of the country, Lamborghini moved its North American headquarters to the D.C. region because it saw the city as having the
Peter Schweizer, the president of the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI), said the mainstream media are a part of the permanent political class “ecosystem,” and that is why they ignore the rampant crony capitalism in Washington, D.C. Schweizer appeared on Boomtown,” a one-hour investigative
