When news broke that the American Federation of Teachers is targeting Michelle Rhee’s education reform group, StudentsFirst, through an online website, it was less than surprising. It wasn’t that long ago that Education Action Group found its own cyber stalker
The U.S. has fallen to fifth in global competitiveness. Heck of a job, Barry, heck of a job. Too bad you still have one at this point. Your job creation numbers have all but disappeared. Now, the White House wants
Earlier today, a few of us Tea Party “sons of bitches” decided to call on the “debunked” progressive propagandists at Media Matters for America (MMFA) to ask them to produce their latest IRS 990 form–the tax document that non-profit organizations
You’ll want to read up on Media Matters for America (MMfA) editor, Erick Boehlert’s blunder this morning. Everyone knew he’d be big – and they were Right. Now, Boehlert has been left looking like the biggest dummy on the Internet
A small business owner and self-described “recovering politico,” Philip Guthrie couldn’t resist the urge to poke fun at the Obama Administration. That’s why the 37-year-old developed SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND, a board game that “exists to train you bitter clingers
Politico’s report on President Obama’s Labor Day speech in Detroit today not only ignored the thuggish language of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa, but blamed Republicans for the aggressively partisan nature of Obama’s remarks: Obama’s speech was political before he delivered
– Media sure does love them some fake Republicans. CBS hosts Jon Huntsman. Wishful thinking? It’s hard to overstate how poorly Huntsman is doing. Among Republican voters nationwide, the latest Fox News poll shows him running last with 1% support.
Recovery Bummer: The economy added ZERO jobs in August. “Economists” had been expecting a significant increase. In a continuing pattern, job growth estimates for both June and July were revised downward. We expect today’s report to be revised downward next
“What is it about this President that has stripped away the veneer of respect that normally accompanies the office of the president. Why do republicans think that this president is unpresidential and shouldn’t dare to request this kind of thing
Obama, the current “problem” all Americans are forced to “live with,” felt it was as good a time as any to hang in a hallway outside the Oval Office Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With” – a canvas
Eli Lake has a terrific report in the Washington Times concerning new captured documents from Libya. The documents reveal exactly who in the west was communicating with Col. Gaddafi’s regime what they were saying. Among the findings? Congressman Dennis Kucinich
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets090111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Paul Bonicelli to discuss Dick Cheney’s new book, In My Time, how it portrays other members
Yesterday was Speech-apalooza ’11 with the GOP vs. Obama and Palin vs. Iowa Tea Party as the top bouts. Palin and the Tea Party seem to have gotten things straightened out, while the GOP vs. Obama remains contested for the
In an entertaining and wide-ranging interview with Salem Radio’s Hugh Hewitt, Andrew Breitbart talks Dodgers Baseball, presidential politics, future plans for “The Big” sites and the new “Weiner Chapter” for the paperback release of his book, “Righteous Indignation”.
A recent AP-GfK poll shows some rather shocking news for President Obama: women are not too enthralled with him. This polling data may come as a surprise for many (and, indeed, possibly Obama himself), but not to conservative women. These
– Did CPI coordinate with Greenpeace for a Koch hit? – Joe Scarborough: “Dick Cheney wins foreign policy.” – Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch answers whether Paul and Bachmann are ready for the presidency and the Paul/FEMA remarks – RedState schools
There are no currently elected officials speaking at Saturday’s Iowa Tea Party event, Christine O’Donnell is slated to speak at some point before Sarah Palin. That’s drawing surprised reactions on Twitter. It’s not a Palin event and it’s unlikely she
One day, in the heat of the 2008 presidential election, the mainstream media’s anointed candidate was strolling through a swing-state neighborhood looking for a quick photo-op so he could be seen touching the flesh of a few “bitter-clingers” — and
That is the question at the center of a new Judicial Watch investigation. On August 19, we filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain records related to the agency’s
We broke it here, first. If you’ll remember, I wrote an early piece on the unique challenges Governor Perry must overcome in order to be President in this country. Over the following days just about everything mentioned came to pass.
– Catherine Herridge’s bizarre discrimination claim thrown out of court: U.S. District Judge Richard Leon sided with network and cleared FNC of the allegations. Leon also noted that the reporter engaged in “puzzling” contract negotiations, which aligned with her claims
These latest numbers are a good snapshot and measurement of people’s disgust with our federal government and everyone in it. I posted recently on several polls that show Americans are at their lowest in terms of how they view their
The left’s boogieman is releasing a new book. The contents, of which, Cheney says, promises to have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C. I just read Cheney’s book… Part of the tell-all is that he encouraged President Bush to bomb Syria’s suspected
There is a lot of talk, during these pre-presidential election days, of whether Republicans should stick to fiscal policy issues or include social issues as well in their platforms. Liberals are attacking fiscal/social conservatives, and some “establishment” Republicans are also
–Score one for the Paulers! If Paul’s comments on a nuclear Iran didn’t earn enough headlines, criticizing his amount of media coverage for an extended period of time definitely will. That being said, I continue to see Paul mentioned all
