Today in Politico: Members of Congress have been fooled time after time after time by Stephen Colbert, and after last week’s mockery, they have a message for the satirist who makes a living lampooning them: Colbert, you’re dead to us.
Politico: It’s not the Star Wars trilogy, but writer and director Stephen Bannon’s trying for something epic: his latest film, “Battle for America,” which chronicles the tea party movement, is the third in a trilogy that Bannon believes weaves a
I’m not sure which number is worse, the fact that a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll reports that MSNBC is not a very popular source for political news, or that same poll reporting that many of MSNBC’s key talking
There is common agreement between education reformers and the status quo protectors that the most important element to a good education is a good teacher. Teachers unions suggest that the way to retain “good” teachers is to pay them all
Obama administration policies have caused “irreperable harm” to the Gulf Coast economy, stifling the energy sector and culling employment within it to a degree previously underestimated by the administration itself. That is the conclusion drawn by Louisiana State University economics
In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson, Francis Cianfrocca and Ben Domenech talk about the latest housing numbers, controversy in Alaska’s Senate race, the decline of the Clinton political coalition, and who’s going to have Obama’s ear on
The Obama-Pelosi Regime took control of one-sixth of the nation’s economy when they passed their nationalized health care bill and signed it into law in late March. The bill was never popular but Democrats persisted and rammed the bill through
In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’re talking about the Tea Party Movement, the Republicans’ latest pledge to America, and the upheaval in the White House’s staff. Plus we’re talking to Weekly Standard senior writer Jonathan Last about his
When Nancy Reagan launched her “Just Say No to Drugs” campaign in the early 1980s, Bill Clinton may (or may not) have still been inhaling, while Barack Obama almost certainly was. Nevertheless, politicians in the 1980s might not have known
Things aren’t looking good for Nancy Pelosi. For almost the last four years, she has been pounding the gavel, shoving her grand, big-government schemes through Congress. Even in the midst of a worsening economy, she was able to cut enough
The mainstream media is doomed. I understood that as soon as I understood the power the Internet gave to everyone to gather, disseminate and analyze information. While there are a few remaining honest and talented MSMers doing the excellent work
Reform of public schools in the District of Columbia is the biggest victim of the recent city election. Mayor Adrian Fenty fell victim to Vincent Gray – and $1 million in spending by the American Federation of Teachers. The biggest
Mary Curtis at PoliticsDaily: Though it may be a mix-up or a misunderstanding, it doesn’t look good. On the tape, Norton notes that colleagues on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have already received donations. “I’m handling the largest economic development
Yes, we’re talking to you, Mainstream Media. Last night, our sister site Big Government published the audio of a voicemail from a woman who identifies herself as Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s lone Congressional representative, asking an unidentified
A couple weeks ago, House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton made a fundraising call to a lobbyist. The lobbyist wasn’t available, so Holmes Norton left a voicemail. We have been given a copy of that message. The audio is below. By
In case anyone was wondering, or cares: I am not a Republican nor a Democrat. I don’t like either party. Never have. I am an independent. I don’t like the Democrats because they are statists. They are for big government
It’s no secret that Democrats and organized labor have long shared a love affair that’s lasted for decades and burns even stronger under the Obama administration. As more and more legislation has been enacted over the years in the interest
Pay just a bit of attention to what has been going on in Australian politics the past few months and you will quickly get the sense you are reading a U.S. 2010 midterm preview. President Obama and congressional Democrats will
Even Politico is sensing the coming wave. From the tireless Mike Allen: With just two months to go before the November elections, pollsters and political scientists are predicting a blow-out loss for Democrats that could rival the Republican Revolution of
Like a terrible remake of Groundhog Day, the White House has unveiled yet another so-called stimulus scheme. Actually, they have two new proposals to buy votes with our money. One plan is focused on more infrastructure spending, as reported by
Newspapers and television stations reaped a financial windfall from the BP oil spill — and continue to benefit as the company spends millions on advertising to repair its battered image following the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. BP spent
The mighty Sarah Palin, not in any political office but who somehow nonetheless rules the world from her Facebook page, clearly terrifies this pathetic little man, Michael Joseph Gross, who was all over the media today to promote his largely
“We have a lot of Re-education to do,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said this week. And no wonder — once you’ve started with Rationing and Redistribution, it’s the third R of out-of-control government! Sebelius claims senior citizens
What a difference a year makes in the character of Democrats. In 2009, the Democrats in Congress were believing press accounts about the demise of the Republicans Party and the conservative movement. Amidst those false tailwinds, the Congressional Democrats took
News broke just before the weekend that California Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina opposes the absurd notion known as Internet Network Neutrality (NN). “The principle sounds fantastic, but the principle is not the problem,” Fiorina said in an interview at
