After accusing Breitbart News of “terrible reporting” on the intrigue surrounding John Boehner’s re-election as Speaker of the House, Politico ran a detailed article repeating most of the same facts found in our reporting. When editors proofed Jake Sherman and John
We frequently enter into lulls in the world of political battle in which the news media feels it is safe to pose as though it is doing actual journalism. With today’s lead, Politico has informed us we have entered one
Activist conservatives are high-hoping that they can defeat John Boehner in his bid, later today, to be Speaker of the House in the 113th Congress. It’s possible that a libertarian-tea party alliance — inside and outside the Republican conference —
It’s no surprise to see Ezra Klein attacking the record of the 112th Congress. He’s a partisan, left-wing Democrat who spent the 111th Congress promoting Obamacare–a policy that most Americans continue to oppose and that brought Democrat one-party rule to
With President Obama set to precipitate a constitutional crisis over the upcoming debt ceiling, Republicans in Congress must now stand up to the bullying commander in chief. Yesterday, after the fiscal cliff had been passed through Congress, President Obama claimed
Bill Pullman is getting used to playing president. The versatile actor assumed the Commander in Chief title for the hit film “independence Day,” and he’s back in the Oval Office again for the upcoming NBC comedy “1600 Penn.” Maybe it’s
House Speaker John Boehner killed a $60 billion package to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy, a GOP leadership aide–likely from Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s office–told Politico late Tuesday. “Speaker Boehner made the decision not to proceed this Congress”
On Tuesday afternoon Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) publicly announced his opposition to the “fiscal cliff” deal that the Senate passed on Monday by a 89 to 8 vote. It’s unclear if Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was informed by
On Thursday, the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza proclaimed that, in 2012, the tea party had the “worst year in Washington.” According to Cillizza, the tea party had a worse year than even Mitt Romney, whose loss to President Obama is the most surprising Republican
American Majority Action, the conservative group that’s leading the charge against House Speaker John Boehner continuing in his current position, said Monday evening that Boehner doesn’t have at least 50 percent of his House GOP members’ support for the fiscal
Despite President Obama trying to come to David Gregory’s rescue by granting him a surprise interview, the Meet the Press host is still under investigation by the Washington D.C. police department for allegedly violating D.C.’s strict gun laws. On the December
The left-leaning, DC-based Politico news outlet has named–or blamed–Breitbart News as the leader of the opposition to Speaker of the House John Boehner: “The main anti-Boehner grumbling is coming from conservative media outlets like Breitbart and Hot Air, and outside
Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed reacted as any normal, non-partisan journalist would when news broke of Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization; in keeping with tradition at BuzzFeed Politics, he scoured the archives of the Internet to score political points against conservative media. Kaczynski
NBC’s David Gregory has announced a surprise visit by President Obama for this weekend’s Meet The Press. Gregory made the announcement on his Twitter account saying, “Excited to announce that President @BarackObama will be my exclusive guest this Sunday on
Normally, when a legislative leader cannot convince his party rank-and-file to support his proposals, that leader resigns with honor or is ousted in disgrace. Speaker of the House John Boehner may have crossed that threshold with the failure of his
Matt Damon is one of Hollywood’s more outspoken celebrities, and he’s not afraid of using his film projects to further his progressive agenda. Just watch – if you can – his 2010 bomb “Green Zone” which rewrites recent history to
With Ted Kennedy Jr. ruling out a run for John Kerry’s senate seat, eyes turned to Barney Frank as a potential replacement. In an interview last week, Frank demurred but added he would not necessarily say “no” should he be
After a controversial appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press where host David Gregory drew police’s attention by allegedly brandishing a banned large-capacity rifle magazine, NBC announced that Gregory will not be hosting this coming weekend’s show. NBC announced that Gregory’s
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be planning to hit the campaign trail in Massachusetts for the special election next year to fill Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) seat. Clinton will leave the State Department next month, and President Barack Obama
The $60.4 billion Hurricane Sandy disaster relief bill advanced in the Senate on Friday, clearing two procedural hurdles that will allow the bill to pass when the Senate convenes again next week after the Christmas vacation. As Breitbart News reported, Senate Democrats added
Last week, President Barack Obama left for his Christmas vacation, effectively ending negotiations towards a deal on the “fiscal cliff” before new tax hikes and spending cuts take effect on January 1. Now conservatives who derailed Speaker of the House
Poor Cory Booker. First Barack Obama tried to guide him away from the notion of running for governor against incumbent Chris Christie, as Obama’s hug with Christie had raised both of their poll numbers. Obama wants Booker to run for
The above is the lead photo and story on Politico right now. Although there were dozens of cameras at today’s press conference, in order to post their “Hitler pose,” Politico had to grab a photo that wasn’t even taken at
With the rise of celebrity-politicians like Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and Benjamin Géza Affleck, who may run for Senate from Massachusetts, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is taking seriously rumors that actress Ashley Judd may run against him. He’s doing internal
And the latest celebrity that the Democratic Party is floating as a political hotshot is … Ben Affleck? Yup. Affleck is being mentioned as a candidate to run for John Kerry’s vacant Senate Seat after Kerry “reports for duty” as Secretary
