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Gallup: Only 3% Call Environment 'Most Important Problem'

Gallup: Only 3% Call Environment 'Most Important Problem'

A new Gallup poll released on Monday shows that Americans consider unemployment/jobs, government corruption, and the economy as the three “most important” problems facing the country. Just 3% of those surveyed listed the environment/pollution as America’s most important problem.  President

Politico Poll: Election Disaster Looms Over Democrats

Politico Poll: Election Disaster Looms Over Democrats

A devastating new Politico poll released on Monday shows likely voters in key 2014 midterm election races favor a Republican candidate over a Democrat by seven points. Driving Democrats’ electoral descent is the unpopularity of President Barack Obama and his

RIP: Former President Bush's Dog Miss Beazley Dies of Cancer

RIP: Former President Bush's Dog Miss Beazley Dies of Cancer

Miss Beazley never got the worldwide attention that George W. Bush’s other Scottish terrier, Barney, received. Yet, according to the former President, “Beazley never held a grudge against him.” According to Politico, Laura Bush received Miss Beazley as a birthday

Michelle Obama: America Still Racist

Michelle Obama: America Still Racist

On Friday, First Lady Michelle Obama used the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling to lecture graduating high school seniors in Topeka, Kansas, that America is still a racist country. Despite the fact that

CNN Panel: VA Scandal Is 'Huge Headache,' 'Devastating'

CNN Panel: VA Scandal Is 'Huge Headache,' 'Devastating'

CNN’s John King, Bloomberg’s Margaret Talev, and Politico’s Manu Raju described the scandal involving the Department of Veterans Affairs as a major political pitfall for the Obama administration.  Talev described the scandal as “devastating,” a point with which King strongly

9 Things You Didn't Know About The NYT's New Editor

9 Things You Didn't Know About The NYT's New Editor

The ouster of Jill Abramson as executive editor of The New York Times sent shock waves through the media landscape. Reports that she was fired thanks in part to a soured relationship based on the Times‘ alleged sexist pay discrepancy

The Conservative Movement Strikes Back

The Conservative Movement Strikes Back

With decisive primary victories by U.S. Senate candidate Ben Sasse in Nebraska and U.S. House candidate Alex Mooney in West Virginia, the establishment’s dream of electing more status quo-supporting candidates has been stopped after just one week. Sasse and Mooney,

Obama: Only 'Two to Three Months' Left to Pass Amnesty

Obama: Only 'Two to Three Months' Left to Pass Amnesty

President Barack Obama believes there may only be three months left to get sweeping amnesty legislation done. At a Tuesday meeting at the Eisenhower Office Building with law enforcement leaders, White House officials, and Jeh Johnson, the Department of Homeland

Halperin: Republicans Will Take the Senate

Halperin: Republicans Will Take the Senate

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Time magazine’s senior political analyst Mark Halperin asserted that Republicans would take back the Senate. Halperin was asked by MSNBC’s Willie Geist whether Republicans would take the Senate in the 2014 elections. The political panel examined

Enviros Attack Markets to Kill Energy Industry

Enviros Attack Markets to Kill Energy Industry

The strategy has been obvious for a number of years, but rarely has it been so blatantly espoused as in an article by Bill McKibben in Politico Magazine where he attacks the development of a Liquified Natural Gas export terminal

Politico: $474,000,000 Spent on 4 Busted Obamacare Exchanges

Politico: $474,000,000 Spent on 4 Busted Obamacare Exchanges

On Sunday, Politico reported that Oregon, Nevada, Maryland, and Massachusetts have thus far spent $474,000,000 in taxpayer dollars on busted Obamacare exchanges. “Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are

The Hill Insists GOP Abandoning IRS Investigation

The Hill Insists GOP Abandoning IRS Investigation

The Hill has a piece desperately trying to perform damage control for the Obama Administration by somehow insisting that the GOP is abandoning its investigation into the IRS scandal in favor of its investigation into the Benghazi scandal. It seems

Obama Administration to Schools: 'Equal Access' for Illegal Immigrants

Obama Administration to Schools: 'Equal Access' for Illegal Immigrants

On Thursday, President Barack Obama’s administration issued new guidance to schools, emphasizing that they cannot discourage illegal immigrant students from enrolling by requiring proof of legal status.  As Politico reported, the Obama administration noted that schools “can violate federal law