MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended the Tea Party and praised Virginia’s 7th Republican primary victor Dave Brat in an appearance on “Ronan Farrow Daily” on Wednesday. He said Brat is “very sophisticated for a politician. He’s certainly up to the
Wednesday at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) confronted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about the increase of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by calling it a “direct consequence” of President Barack Obama’s
Show business is a business … except when there’s a message the industry wants to send. Or, in some cases, not send at all. Then, capitalism takes a back seat. Who cares about the bottom line? Consider the fact that
When Dave Brat was on the verge of becoming the first candidate in history to defeat a sitting House Majority Leader in a primary on Tuesday evening, shocked mainstream media reporters and pundits scurried away from their leisurely dinners to
Wednesday on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton took an alarmist tone while discussing the Republican primary loss for House Majority leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to Tea Party upstart economics professor David Brat. Follow Pam Key
Wednesday on his radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh argued that the Republican leadership will not be scared off pushing forward immigration reform because of House Majority Leader Eric Cantors (R-VA) loss last night in his Virginia GOP primary to
National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is calling for a boycott of Hallmark cards this Father’s Day because Hallmark refuses to publicly support universal background checks. According to NGVAC, when Hallmark chairman Donald R. Hall, Jr., was asked to publicly
Wednesday Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacted to last nights defeat of the second-most powerful Republican, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in the Virginia primary by claiming the death of immigration reform has been greatly “exaggerated”… Follow
Former Politico reporter Reid Epstein just jumped to the Wall Street Journal but seems to have taken the worst of Politico’s instincts with him. In an uncharacteristically bizarre WSJ piece, Epstein attempts to manufacture from thin air a political controversy
The Fall of ‘Entertainment Weekly’ Ann Helen Petersen has written a lengthy history of the rise and fall of Entertainment Weekly, the 24 year-old publication that is now nothing more than a pamphlet. Online, EW is even worse – everyday
Wednesday at the House Armed Service Committee hearing, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) grilled Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over why no one has talked to U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. When Hagel said the delay was due to his medical condition
Suzy Amis-Cameron, the actress/wife of avowed environmentalist James Cameron, has some bad news for meat eaters who love Mother Earth. You can’t enjoy a steak and say you’re an environmentalist. Period. Amis runs a special school dedicated, in part, to
HOUSTON, Texas — President Barack Obama is proposing to send some of the illegal immigrant children currently being warehoused in South Texas to Baltimore, Maryland. The Obama Administration is getting pushback from Maryland officials on this proposal. A federal proposal
Wednesday at the the House Armed Service Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) had a candid moment as he admitted the White House has not been good about consulting Congress on major policy decisions adding “a little bit” of trust would
Tennessee State Rep. Joe Carr, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), predicted that Alexander will go the way of House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor in an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Wednesday. Carr stated,
After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor shockingly lost his primary on Tuesday to Dave Brat, National Journal writer Josh Kraushaar said former Florida Governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush was the “big loser.” Bush has embraced Common Core
Tuesday testifying before the House Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offered a full-throated defense of the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
The government is considering granting itself new powers to order newspapers to remove articles from their archives. Attorney General Dominic Grieve wants the powers to stop jurors looking up past convictions of suspects in court cases, but an influential parliamentary
Michael Ingmire, the uncle of Sean Smith, a Navy SEAL who died in the Benghazi attack, criticized Hillary Clinton as an “arrogant,” “serial liar” in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday. Ingmire expressed his strong dissatisfaction
In 1976, the Wall Street Journal criticized the Supreme Court for creating a “half-dead monster” out of the campaign finance laws in a seminal case called Buckley v. Valeo. The Court recognized that limiting the amount of money someone can spend to get
HOUSTON, Texas–The House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-VA), fell from a 34 point lead to defeat after reports of illegal immigrant children flooding into South Texas and being kenneled like dogs in federal facilities. Cantor’s internal polling showed him up
Thousands of illegal immigrants flooding the U.S.-Mexico border are overwhelming federal resources and facilities. Word-of-mouth and news reports that U.S. Border Patrol agents are giving perceived amnesty to children migrants has apparently spread in Central America and may be prompting more hopefuls
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe,” long-time political analyst Al Hunt, host of “Political Capital” on Bloomberg Television TV, sounded off on House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) loss to Tea Party upstart Dave Brat on Tuesday. Hunt called it the
As thousands of child migrants entering the country illegally have completely overwhelmed federal facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama Administration refuses to say how many of the minors will be deported. White House officials did, however, state that many of the children will
In her interview with NBC’s Cynthia McFadden, Hillary Clinton said the Benghazi Select Committee “can read it in the book” if they want her notes from her tenure as Secretary of State. Clinton was asked whether she kept a diary
