How much would a weekend trip skiing trip to Aspen, Colorado, cost you? If you’re Michelle Obama and her two daughters, would you believe over $83,000? Believe it. Over President’s Day weekend in February of this year, Michelle took her
Apparently in complete and utter denial of reality, Barack Obama’s campaign deputies seem to think that most Americans are simply dying to meet their candidate. Check out their latest missive to the masses, headlined in true internet troll style, “SO
The head of British Secret Service spoke publicly about covert action in Iran for the first time this week. Sir John Sawer, head of MI6, the British equivalent of the CIA,said joint operations by the British, Americans and Israelis had
A protest calling for the firing of Attorney General Eric Holder in front of the White House was called off early by the Secret Service. Matthew Boyle at The Daily Caller said agents found an abandoned backpack calling it a
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is nothing more than a vulture capitalist who, as CEO of Johnson Publishing, is laying off hundreds of workers so that she and a clutch of greedy investors can walk away with the
Having now finished with the second Bond era (Roger Moore + Sean Connery’s return), it’s time to for the “best of” list. As with my last outing, I’ve created The Bond Oscars, in which I acknowledge the standouts in various
HBO’s supposed faux pas in placing a model of George W. Bush’s head atop a spike in its hit series Game of Thrones may in fact have run afoul of the law. Back in 2006, ABC News reported on a faux documentary made about
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Last night, Jim Messina, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, sent out a mass email to the millions-strong support list. The header: “We got beat.” Here’s the text: Benjamin — For the first time in this campaign, we got beat in fundraising.
You can’t sue Secret Service agents if they arrest you for lying to them about antagonistically touching a public official, the Supreme Court held this week in a unanimous decision. Vice President Dick Cheney was at a shopping mall in
Public interest group Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit on May 31, 2012, requesting records from the US Air Force and Secret Service on Michelle Obama’s hoity-toity February ski vacation to Aspen, Colorado with Sasha and Malia.
Judicial Watch has been joined by major media outlets and organizations to have the White House visitor logs released. Some of the groups joining Judicial Watch are Bloomberg, L.P.; CBS Broadcast Inc.; Dow Jones & Company Inc.; Gannett, Co. Inc.; The McClatchy Company;
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has apologized for the conduct of employees caught up on a Colombia prostitution scandal. Sullivan is testifying to Congress for the first time since the scandal erupted in Cartagena, Colombia.
(AP) Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60By ADEL OMRAN and LEE KEATHAssociated PressTRIPOLI, Libya Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli
I know, I know. I haven’t kept up with the James Bond series I started last year for Big Hollywood. I had to take a hiatus because I just couldn’t face the Horrendous Trifecta listed below and lose six hours
Congressman Barney Frank said he doesn’t want “to put my guests through the metal detector. The Secret Service does a wonderful job of protecting the President while thoroughly disrupting the lives of everyone around them. I want my wedding to
Maybe Dr. Drew Pinsky should cut back on his work load. The good doctor currently hosts radio’s “Loveline” along with a nightly show on CNN as well as a separate syndicated program, “Lifechangers.” Plus, he’s a working physician who treats
The press had a proverbial field day back in 2008 when a few folks attending McCain/Palin rallies shouted ugly comments from the crowd. The most famous “kill him” incident was eventually disproven by the Secret Service even though the meme
Quite honestly, the only people I ever hear from who are dopier than liberals are those who identify themselves as conservatives and insist that Republicans and Democrats are identical. Anyone who would suggest that there is no difference between Nancy
(AP) Romney, Secret Service, GOP: Obama mocks them allBy MICHELE SALCEDOAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama scattered the barbs during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as he poked fun at White House races past and present, the Secret Service and
I love watching and hearing people make fun of themselves, even if it’s forced. President Obama joked about the GSA spending spree, the Secret Service prostitution scandal, and even the news story of him eating a dog when he was
(AP) New Secret Service rules on alcohol, unsavory barsBy LAURIE KELLMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONSeeking to shake off the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from
(AP) Nugent says he’s insulted by concert cancellation By RYAN PEARSON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES Ted Nugent said he was insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over his comments about President Obama. Commanders
(AP) Secret Service investigating another overseas tripALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONExpanding the prostitution investigation, the Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is checking whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama’s visit last year to El Salvador.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told CBS News Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes on Thursday that the Secret Service agents behavior in Colombia was “disgusting” and that the agency has a responsibility to investigate what happened.
A report from CBS Seattle affiliate KIRO-TV says that, last year in El Salvador, before a visit by President Obama, an advance team of agents picked up women at a strip club and brought them back to their hotel. Chris
Last night, President Obama appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s unwatchable late-night show – a show most notable for Fallon’s almost-incredible inability to keep a straight face while telling the world’s least funny jokes – to discuss the Secret Service prostitution scandal.
(AP) Napolitano faces questions on Secret ServiceBy LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is facing questions Wednesday from a Senate panel on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president’s visit to a
By RACHEL D’OROAssociated PressANCHORAGE, AlaskaRocker and gun rights advocate Ted Nugent pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in Alaska, saying he was sorry for unwittingly violating the law. With his plea, the singer and avid
Two more Secret Service agents have resigned over the Colombia sex scandal and one more will have his security clearance permanently revoked, the elite presidential protection outfit said Tuesday. Six Secret Service agents had already lost their jobs over the
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 24 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama said he doesn’t know what the Secret Service agents connected to the misconduct in Colombia were thinking. During the taping of the “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show at
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) —The number of U.S. military members suspected of official misconduct in a Colombian prostitution scandal has risen to 12, a Defense Department official said. The official told CNN another military member has admitted to leadership he
Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Florida Everglades on Monday joked about his Secret Service detail threatening to shoot the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Ronald Bergeron
WASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama’s lawyers have concluded that no member of his White House staff engaged in improper conduct in Cartagena, Colombia. Obama spokesman Jay Carney says the White House counsel’s office undertook a review as due
It has often been said that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lives rent-freein the heads of President Barack Obama and those of his top brass in the WhiteHouse. On Friday, this was evident when the Obama Administration,which has even attempted
MSNBC and Martin Bashir yet again waged an hour-long war on former AlaskaGov. Sarah Palin by accusing Palinof “bragging” about being “checked out” by a fired secret service agent. Bashir said the terminated federal employee made Palin “relevant for a
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta begins his first Latin America tour Monday, traveling to Colombia, Brazil and Chile to bolster bilateral military cooperation and regional security ties. Panetta is “looking to expand the defense and security cooperation with three important
(AP) Hill panels expanding probes of Secret ServiceBy TOM RAUM and ALICIA CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONCongressional committees are widening their investigations into an alleged U.S. Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia ahead of a recent trip there by President Barack Obama.
CNN’s Don Lemon gave some harsh criticism of President Obama in his “no talking points” segment. He said that Palin was correct that it was time for the Administration to take some responsibility for the actions of the GSA and
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas talk about their committee’s investigations into Cartagena and what they think should happen to the agents involved.
