The Mark Twain Prize, handed out each year in the Nation’s Capital, is generally a nonpartisan affair meant to toast the funniest people in pop culture, period. This year, both the honoree and a key presenter couldn’t resist the chance
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon will devote the show to three of the most important issues that Breitbart News has combated–political extortion, crony capitalism, and amnesty.
The mainstream media gloating over the Democrats’ beat-down of the GOP concerning the recent government shutdown may be premature. Without question, Obama and Harry Reid remained united and came out on top for the time being, forcing Tea Partiers and
Friday afternoon, billionaire Donald Trump fired off a tweet attacking the Writers of New York Magazine as “dishonest.” Trump added that he enjoys watching the magazine fail. Within just a few minutes, Dan Amira, whose verified twitter account identifies him
Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner is one of the most brilliant conservative commentators around, and his column today, “GOP can learn from Democrats on advancing their agenda,” is a worthy read. However, while I agree that Republicans can learn, I
As the Down Jones Industrial Average broke through 150 points up on the day–after half an hour of trading–National Public Radio’s hourly news broadcast was still stuck on yesterday’s mainstream media narrative, informing listeners that a congressional deal on the
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will return to Iowa on November 9, returning to the state that holds the country’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. These are dominated by social conservatives who Palin appeals to as strongly as she resonates with independent-minded fiscal
When the history of the debt limit fight of 2013 is written, one of the enduring questions historians will have to answer is why Republicans allowed the Democrats to negotiate with the Senate Republicans and the House Republicans separately. That
In a shockingly unfair — and unusually political — turn, celebrity gossip site TMZ posted a piece on Monday, accusing Sarah Palin of using veterans as ‘political pawns.’ The headline read: “SARAH PALIN TO GOV’T STOP USING VETS AS POLITICAL PAWNS… Cuz
In thinking about the Republican divisions that the fiscal fight has revealed, I recalled Andrew Breitbart’s speech to CPAC in 2012, shortly before he died. It was a plea for unity in the movement: “Anyone that’s willing to stand next
Conservative talk show host Larry Elder (right, above) appeared on CNN with Don Lemon today to debate Democrat strategist Hilary Rosen (yes, that Hilary Rosen, who once mocked Ann Romney for having been a stay-at-home mother). The conversation quickly became two-against-one,
PolitiFact, a left-wing fact-checking site that poses as objective, will expand its vital services to Democrats and the mainstream media by expanding its target to include political pundits and media figures, not just politicians. Though PolitiFact has frequently discredited itself
If you’ve seen a NFL game this month, you know that it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While raising awareness and money for research is admirable and important, October is prime time for the media’s continued campaign of scare tactics
The results of the NBC/WSJ poll have lifted the mainstream media’s spirits this morning. Republicans are “losing,” Mara Liasson of National Public Radio exulted, suggesting that poor poll results were the reason that House Speaker John Boehner offered President Barack
Funny or Die finally found something comical to say during its Obamacare propaganda videos, but it’s not the kind of laughter the humor destination had in mind. The site’s second video hawking the unpopular, buggy legislation features a “man on
In a recent interview on MSNBC with Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wisc), NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell made a startling statement. When directly asked by Duffy why members of the mainstream media won’t challenge top Democrats for insisting that Washington’s
With President Barack Obama’s approval rating now down to just 37% and with CNN showing that only 39% of Americans support Obamacare, the Obama Administration and its allies in the mainstream media are scrambling to rescue the president’s public opinion free
On Sunday, Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro discussed the launch of a new website that will seek to “change the nature of media” by exposing the donors and advertisers that enable the mainstream media to distort the truth and push
Besides the terrible backlash that’s building against this administration for it’s spiteful shutdown games at parks and memorials, another building backlash is the one over cancelled insurance plans and rising premiums. Remember it’s the fight over the ObamaCare train wreck
Hobby Lobby has decided to stock Hanukkah merchandise in stores where there is a heavy Jewish population. Blogger Ken Berwitz complained about the lack of merchandise on a blog and was subsequently called by Hobby Lobby president Steve Green. An
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin blasted the Republican establishment’s contempt for and destructive behavior toward the Tea Party during the current budget showdown with the Obama administration. Palin told Breitbart News that these establishment financiers cannot relate
21 year old Chad Henderson has rocketed to fame over the past few days as the only known person to have successfully signed up for Obamacare. The mainstream media has trumpeted his story at every opportunity. As it turns out,
A plurality of Americans, 44%, say Republicans deserve more blame for the government shutdown, according to a new CBS poll. But, a surprising 35% believe President Obama, who has publicly refused to negotiate with the GOP, deserves more of the
Democrats and the media are convinced that the public will “blame” Republicans for the looming government shutdown. This is predicated on memories that Republicans were “blamed” for the last government shutdown, in 1995-96. The media certainly did “blame” the GOP
On Friday, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its “fifth Assessment report.” Climatologists from around the world have spent much of the week in Stockholm debating the thirty-odd page document that will summarize the (approximately) 2000-3000
