Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) argued Republican positions are too extreme to win elections on the merits so they must rely on distractions like Benghazi investigations and voting
As Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) prepares for re-election, a report out of the Senate finds that he visited his home state less than 100 days in the last two years, spending the rest of his time in Washington, D.C. A
Back from the brink of death, the San Diego Opera has announced a 2015 season after reversal of a decision by the opera’s board to shut down the company just two months ago. Productions announced include La Boheme, as well
The CIA ended “the use of vaccine programs in its spying operations” as concerns “for the safety health workers” took center stage. According to BBC News, “the CIA used a fake vaccine program to try to find Osama bin Laden
A prominent Holocaust organization is teaching children of Holocaust survivors to do something many Jewish people did not or could not do during World War II–namely, to fight back. Children of Holocaust Survivors teaches these people the basics–how to load
The folks at Wikileaks are irate about the decision at The Intercept to redact the name of a country whose cell phone calls are being mass-monitored by the NSA, according to documents provided by Edward Snowden. That Glenn Greenwald believed there was
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Politico editor in chief John Harris said Democrats are becoming frustrated with President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement and a coherent message they can run on in the 2014 midterm election. Harris added Obama’s minimum
Leo Hindery Jr. is a Democrat-fundraiser and donor whose private equity firm owns InterMedia Outdoors, which publishes Guns & Ammo magazine and the Sportsman Channel. His equity firm also publishes Rifle Shooter, Shooting Times, and Handguns. According to Politico, Hindery
On her Tuesday radio program, conservative host Laura Ingraham took on Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist over immigration reform. The interview began with a discussion on the difference between the Tea Party and the GOP establishment on spending
A 31-year-old father of two, Mashudur Choudhury, has been “convicted of engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts,” making him first person with connections to the conflict in Syria to be convicted on terrorism charges. Choudhury is from Portsmouth and
It is 1992 and Neil Kinnock look set to put the Conservative government out of its misery in the General Election. The Tories are still reeling from the loss of Margaret Thatcher two years earlier and Labour is on the
HOUSTON, Texas–Texas Governor Rick Perry, in a scathing letter to President Barrack Obama, called for a job creating energy policy. Perry attacked the President stating, “Mr. President, your words promise an energy renaissance while your policies are strangling the energy
The Agence France-Presse reported Russian troops moved at least six miles away from Ukraine’s border after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to return to their bases. “The commanders in the exercise areas are now clarifying the routes and movement
A report that aired on Springfield, MO CBS affiliate KOLR revealed another yet another ObamaCare contractor in which the employees are paid to do very little. The Rogers, AR Serco facility is much like the company’s Wentzville, MO facility and
Michael Paul Torres, 34, was sentenced in a Corpus Christi, Texas, Federal Court for the production of child pornography. Torres, who resides in Corpus Christi, will spend sixteen years in federal prison to be followed by another sixteen years of
The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents announced Monday that Texas State Senator Robert Duncan will become the next Chancellor of Texas Tech University. The announcement Monday that Duncan is the sole finalist comes after reports last week that
HOUSTON, Texas–A Housing and Urban Development (HUD) IG report claims Mayor Julian Castro’s San Antonio may have misused $1.1 million in federal neighborhood stabilization funds. The 2012 HUD report came to light just over twenty-four hours after it was reported
In an apparent attempt to downplay Governor Rick Perry’s role in the Lone Star State’s booming economy, Texas Ted Cruz recently said, “There isn’t a politician in this country who’s responsible for the economic growth we have.” Cruz targeted Perry
Once again, the Obama administration is claiming that it has “just learned” from television about a scandal engulfing his administration: the Veterans Administration scandal. On the same day that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that President Obama and
Controversial British Member of Parliament George Galloway has been caught on camera grabbing a constituent by the shoulders and saying, “I don’t want your f*cking vote, so don’t give me that sh*t!” Galloway was being covertly recorded by shop-worker Khasim
Monday on his radio program, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh discussed the growing VA Hospital waiting list scandal by pointing out the VA system is government-run single-payer health care system, which means government officials deciding who gets care and how fast
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” New York Times columnist Charles Blow stated that “too many” of the “high profile” cases of racism are instances of racist statements by people “on the right.” Blow’s statement involved a discussion of Wolfeboro,
Miles O’Brien, a former CNN science correspondent and anchor, and a science correspondent for PBS told StarTalk host Neil DeGrasse Tyson that while he was with CNN, he lobbied people in the newsroom in an attempt to convince them that
On Monday’s “The Colbert Report,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) made an appearance to tout her latest book, “A Fighting Chance.” In that appearance, she explained her view of why the middle class had collapsed, which she tied to the presidency
Monday night on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly in his “Talking Points Memo” segment took on the so-called climate change issue with regards to China’s contribution to it. O’Reilly said, “China is driving pollution on the
