Biden: Read POLITICO
Friday in Florida Vice President Joe Biden told the audience at a speech to go to POLITICO’s website. “Go on POLITICO.com and read an article that’s in yesterday’s or the day before that says, ‘How Paul Ryan sold his budget
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Breitbart-Led Ban on Lawmaker Insider Trading Passes Congress
Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer and the late Andrew Breitbart spent roughly six months coordinating an effort to ban members of Congress from using nonpublic information to profit themselves. On Thursday, their combined efforts came to fruition when the STOCK (Stop
Media Matters' Un-American Assault on Limbaugh
The Associated Press reports this morning that Media Matters is launching a radio campaign against Rush Limbaugh, hypocritically refusing his apology and using his Sandra Fluke comments as a club to destroy his platform. As AP reports: The liberal Media
Report: Oil Production on Federal Lands Dropped 275,000 Barrels a Day in 2011
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama said that “American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.” But on Wednesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service released a new report that finds that the overwhelming majority–96
Obama Caves on Keystone Construction
Tomorrow, President Obama is expected to announce in Oklahoma that federal agencies have been told to expedite approval for the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. The White House said that Obama will sign a new executive order to
Obama Website Gets More Hits Than All GOP Candidates Combined
According to the Associated Press, “More adults visited President Obama’s campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined.” Politico observed that while part of that is due to Obama’s high visibility as the incumbent president, Obama also has
Breitbart News Announces New Managerial Structure
From Politico: Two of Andrew Breitbart’s closest friends and business associates are stepping in to take over the roles he held in his eponymous media company and carry out the expansion plans he made before his sudden death earlier this
Pathetic: Buzzfeed Makes Chuck Norris Column All About Them
How pathetic is this when Chuck Norris doesn’t even mention the words “buzz” or “feed” in his column. And yet, here’s the BuzzFeed headline and opener: Chuck Norris Responds To BuzzFeed’s Obama Video Chuck Norris responded today in his column
Sunshine Week Spotlights Obama Secrecy
Last week was Sunshine Week, the once-a-year celebration of transparency in government. And as The Washington Post noted, this is as good a time as any to focus on the record of the Obama administration, which promised to be the most transparent in history:
Politico Author: Obama Said 2010 Losses Result Of Fox Painting Him 'Muslim 24/7'
In David Corn’s new book he claims President Obama said that he was “losing” support from “white males” because “fed by Fox News, they hear Obama is a Muslim 24/7, and it begins to seep in.”
Santorum Goes After Romney on Bain Capital
Following in the footsteps of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum today attacked Mitt Romney for his time at Bain Capital. According to Politico, Santorum went after Romney during a Monday morning campaign event: I heard Governor Romney here called me an
Palin Backs Breitbart's 'The Vetting,' DC Media Freaks Out
The mainstream media in Washington, DC is apoplectic after Gov. Sarah Palin backed Andrew Breitbart’s project, “The Vetting.” In an exclusive article for Breitbart.com entitled “Breitbart Is Here,” Palin had endorsed Breitbart’s effort to vet Barack Obama, his Republican rivals–and
Stewart Attacks Private Citizen for Attacking Private Citizen
As always, Jon Stewart got the latest Media Matters/MSNBC/White House talking points, this time about about Sandra Fluke being inoculated from criticism because she’s some kind of “private citizen.” We heard the same defense from Bill Maher earlier today, and it was
Big Labor's 2012 Landscape: Big Money, Dirtier Politics
The largest American labor federation promised this week it would launch the most aggressive campaign effort in the labor movement’s history, tapping at least 400,000 union members to fill the voter contact and get-out-the-vote voids in the larger Democratic operation. AFL-CIO
'Game Change': Palin Breakdown Meme Crushed by Facts
It has been well established that HBO’s anti-Sarah Palin movie, “Game Change,” is full of distortions about the former vice presidential candidate. I covered some of them in a piece on Big Hollywood titled “Top 10 Lies of HBO’s ‘Game
Eric Holder, DOJ Celebrate 'Sunshine Week' Amid Fast and Furious Scandal
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Attorney General Eric Holder, who are currently embroiled in the ‘Fast and Furious’ gunwalking scandal and have been accused of ‘stonewalling’ the process and being more concerned with protecting it’s image from ‘spin control’ than cooperating with Congress, set time
Politico Covers Up Obama Anti-Palin Selective Edit
Yesterday, we explored the Obama campaign’s ad against Sarah Palin featuring heavy selective editing to take her comments about President Obama out of context. As we pointed out, the ad cut out all discussion of both Bill Maher’s nasty language
August Surprise? 'Game Change' Director Behind Politically Charged Summer Comedy
Director Jay Roach of “Game Change” fame isn’t done trying to influence the upcoming presidential election quite yet. Roach’s movie eviscerating Sarah Palin with lies and misstatements aired on HBO over the weekend. But Roach’s next project promises to be
Ben Smith on Obama Harvard Tapes: Nothing to See Here
If you want to understand what BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith is up to today, watch him in this clip as he spins newly discovered video from Obama’s Harvard days. It’s video no one would’ve seen, had Andrew Breitbart not decided it
Carolla's Pro-Breitbart Tweet Draws Liberal Hate
Adam Carolla doesn’t consider himself a rock-ribbed conservative. But the podcast king did consider Andrew Breitbart a friend. Their bond came up on social media when Carolla Tweeted his sympathies to Breitbart’s family after the Internet publisher, author and journalist
CODEPINK Founder Praises Paul
As I’ve mentioned in numerous posts on Big Peace during the past few months, Ron Paul’s foreign policy is problematic, to say the least. His stated position on Iran to “let Israel deal with it,” and this squares perfectly with
Chevy Volt Crowned European Car of the Year
It was just a few days ago that General Motors announced it was killing the Chevy Volt. The King Was Dead. Well, long live the European King: today, the Geneva Auto Show named the Volt its 2012 Car of the
HBO Defends 'Game Change'… Again; And Here's What HBO Is Afraid To Tell You
Before we get to HBO’s latest lame defense, here’s what the network (and Politico) won’t tell you… Below are the names of eight people who have gone on the record to declare the book “Game Change” a falsehood, and what they’ve seen
Wednesday Morning Crib Sheet: Progressive Tolerance, Reporter Arrested At Romney Event
– Joan Walsh and Jon Lovett’s bigoted attack on Romney’s faith. – Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm joins Politico. – Entitled reporter gets herself arrested when she tries to leave media filing center to listen to Romney’s speech, instead of
Your Obama Apologist of the Day: Jane Lynch
“Glee” star Jane Lynch rocketed to fame as the hard-charging, bull-horn clutching Sue Sylvester on “Glee.” But Lynch contends President Barack Obama is on the slow path to greatness. You just need to be patient – and assume he’ll need
