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Cochran Hits McDaniel On Disaster Aid

Cochran Hits McDaniel On Disaster Aid

With the backdrop of a recent tornado outbreak that caused sever damage in Mississippi and Arkansas, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) is criticizing his primary challenger, state senator Chris McDaniel, over disaster aid. Pointing to a special session of the state

The Tea Party, Revisited

The Tea Party, Revisited

Sean Trende of Real Clear Politics is one of the leading analyst in the country . This is his latest thinking on the primary season which starts today. Today, the 2014 primary season begins in earnest. As with 2010 and

Massachusetts Scraps Romneycare Exchange

Massachusetts Scraps Romneycare Exchange

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney refused to apologize for Romneycare, which he instituted when he was governor of Massachusetts. President Barack Obama modeled Obamacare off of it. Now the Bay State is going to completely scrap its state health care

The Fall of Tina Brown & Newsweek Cost $100 Million

The Fall of Tina Brown & Newsweek Cost $100 Million

Luke O’Brien, writing for the left-wing Politico, details at great length the story of how The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown blew through $100 million of other people’s money (Barry Diller’s and Sidney Harman’s) on what amounted to a Tina Brown

Democrats Exploit House GOP Infighting over Benghazi

Democrats Exploit House GOP Infighting over Benghazi

Under fire for new “smoking gun” emails released about the Benghazi terrorist attack, the White House has an unlikely ally: the GOP House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA). McKeon slammed testimony by a key witness at a

POLITICO: Common Core Becomes a Punch Line

POLITICO: Common Core Becomes a Punch Line

If you’ve lost Louis C.K. and Chuck Norris, have you lost America? Both the acerbic comedian and the action-star-turned-activist have come down hard on the Common Core academic standards, which were once widely hailed as a bipartisan success story but

Politico Carries Water for John Kerry

Politico Carries Water for John Kerry

Politico, doing its usual water-carrying for the Obama administration, has published a piece defending Secretary of State John Kerry as attacks have come fast and furious for his remarks likening Israel’s future to apartheid. Even the title of the piece,

Emails Point to Ben Rhodes as Key to Benghazi Talking Points

Emails Point to Ben Rhodes as Key to Benghazi Talking Points

A year ago, Ed Lasky of the American Thinker speculated that White House security official Ben Rhodes – a speechwriter with no prior national security experience or expertise – was at the heart of the Benghazi scandal, specifically the false talking points spouted on

Politico Plans L.A. Expansion

Politico Plans L.A. Expansion

Politico, the D.C.-based political publication, is sending senior writer Todd Purdum and media reporter Dylan Byers to Los Angeles.  Though the magazine insists it is not planning a broader expansion in L.A., and that the cross-country migration is largely a