The rhetoric of the gun debate comes into clear focus when we step outside of conference calls and 30 second gun control commercials and look at the reality of what is really happening in America right now. For example, in
A libertarian friend, when asked about term limits, replied that if he had to make a choice he would opt against them, regardless of how many years one candidate had been in office. People should have the right, it was
If the White House is planning to launch a second front in the gun control wars, would Vice President Joe Biden’s anti-gun op-ed have been dumped into the Houston Chronicle? When I woke to this twitter-announcement from ABC’s Rick Klein,
On Monday, Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint said those in Washington who stand to benefit from awarding amnesty to illegal immigrants ignore the $6.3 trillion dollars over the next 50 years it would cost taxpayers. Discussing the Heritage Foundation’s report
On Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) came out strongly against the Senate’s proposal to force companies to collect state sales tax for sales over the internet. He called it “incomprehensible” that the Senate was considering such a measure. The internet,
Thousands marched in the streets of Dallas, Texas on Sunday, shouting, “Obama escucha, estamos en lucha!” or “Listen, Obama! We’re at war!” to rally for the Senate’s immigration reform bill. The Cinco de Mayo march followed on the heels of similar
President Obama, supposedly at his wit’s end to find common ground with Congressional Republicans, has now opened a new front in his thus-far-unsuccessful “charm offensive”: golf diplomacy. Today, President Obama plans to golf with three senators: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA),
An internal Department of Homeland Security memo has instructed border agents to automatically verify the visa status of every international student “effective immediately.” The enhanced student visa security comes after authorities discovered that a student from Kazakhstan in the United States
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) claimed on Breitbart News Sunday that the “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senators did not in fact write the 844-page immigration bill, but special interest groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), in a wide-ranging conversation on Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM, said the House must be prepared to reject the Senate’s “dangerous” immigration bill if it passes the Senate. “It’s very important that the House not
(AP) Could immigration bill set off another backlash?By ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONAs a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce
Speaking to a group of law enforcement personnel, Vice President Joe Biden said he will revive the Manchin-Toomey background check ‘compromise’ and will “prevail” in pushing it through the Senate. Referencing the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary, Biden said,
Speaking to NRA convention attendees Friday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called attention to Vice President Joe Biden’s promise to bring gun control back for a Senate vote and challenged him to an hour-long debate on the legislation and the real
BREITBART NEWS: Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), who is running for the Senate seat abandoned by Secretary of State John Kerry, has released a new ad attacking his Republican opponent, businessman Gabriel Gomez, who trails by just four percentage points in
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is clearly the biggest obstacle to the passage of so-called “comprehensive” immigration reform. And that’s a good thing. “Comprehensive” reforms should be limited to laws that make things simpler–as in the tax reforms proposed by
Allies of Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) now say that his plan to solve the state prison overcrowding issue will be “ugly.” After years of building no new prisons, Brown says that he will release certain prisoners earlier and shift responsibility
Highlights of the week ahead. The top 3 on my mind. What’s on yours? Benghazi Whistleblower testimony – They knew it was a terrorist attack from the beginning and Democrats run away from Susan Rice and for cover. What happened to the
Former GOP Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) says he believes the “concept” of an Internet tax is correct but that “it’s got to be done the right way.” In an email to The Hill, Ryan said, “I think
By TAMMY WEBBERAssociated PressVIENNA, Ill.This is the Illinois that many people never see _ the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight
Gun control advocates are in hysterics, using frenzied, emotional attacks against Senators who opposed gun control last month in hopes of changing the momentum. This explains why Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) has been targeted in New Hampshire, and it’s why
The Hill reports that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback just signed into law a statute that “bars the federal government from regulating guns and ammunition manufactured and stored within Kansas state lines.” Moreover, the new law makes it a felony for
PPP, the left leaning polling organization, released a poll on Friday that showed Democratic nominee Ed Markey clinging to a 44% to 40% lead over Republican nominee Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts special election to select a new Senator to
Late on Friday evening, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) announced on Twitter that he will not run for Senate in 2014. “I will not run for Senate in 2014. A Senate race takes me out of urgent battles in Congress that
As the old saying goes, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In 1986, acting on the recommendation of a bipartisan task force, President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. With good intentions,
To say that Dave Perry, the editor of the Aurora Sentinel doesn’t like the NRA would be a colossal understatement. He wrote in a recent oped that they are the real terrorists in America, and the “guilty monsters” should be
