Jill Abramson, axed editor of the New York Times, made a sensational plea to her supporters in the media last night to button it about alleged pay inequality and her brusque sacking. “They are doing so much more harm than
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov lashed out at Maxim Ksenzov, the deputy head of the government’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor, after he said Russia should ban the popular social media network Twitter. Medvedev
Attorney General Eric Holder, who has suggested that critics of the Obama administration are motivated by race and referred to America as a “nation of cowards” on race issues while blasting Americans who resist more gun control laws, suggested that those opposed to President
Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis is running to be the Governor of Texas–but she has been spending an increasingly substantial amount of time fundraising out of the state. On May 22, Hollywood A-listers will join Davis for a glitzy event in Santa Monica,
On the last day of Missouri’s legislative session, lawmakers passed SB656, which allows teachers to carry guns on campus. The bill also lowers the age to legally concealed carry from 21 to 19 and allows for “limited open carry” in
A local landscaper allegedly witnessed the start of the Carlsbad fire and saw someone in a golf cart fleeing the scene, stopping to watch the flames for a brief time. Three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of arson in
There are two important things to note via Gallup this week. 1) “One in four (25%) say they are satisfied with current direction of the country, while 74% express dissatisfaction.” As Gallup notes, that has been pretty consistent for the
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki,” Salon’s Joan Walsh took a shot at former Gov. Sarah Palin by saying, “I think we sometimes cover dumb stuff like Sarah Palin. I think that this story, if he becomes a carnival
On Thursday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki told a Senate committee that he was “mad at hell” after hearing of allegations that the VA had been falsifying waiting lists for patients and that some 40 veterans had died as
On ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Friday, Adam Carolla, author of the new book “President Me: The America That’s In My Head,” touted two of the things that “President Adam Carolla” would undertake as commander-in-chief, which dealt with health care
President Barack Obama may have offered San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro a cabinet position in his administration, potentially grooming him to become Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee should she run and win the 2016 nomination. According to the San Antonio
Corrupt federal police from Argentina worked with a Mexican chemist to provide the Sinaloa cartel with liquid cocaine, according to a new report by the Associated Press (AP). A portion of the drugs were to subsequently be sent to the United States.
The Texas-Mexico border is being overrun by a surge of young illegal immigrants who are traveling alone. So much so, that Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, earlier this week, declared a “level-four condition of readiness” along the Rio-Grande Valley area
In Topeka Kansas Friday night, the first lady Michelle Obama spoke to graduating high school seniors on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Obama argued that segregation is alive and
Remington Arms is moving production of its Bushmaster AR-15 rifles from New York to Alabama. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) SAFE Act made the rifles illegal “to sell in New York without modification,” and it appears Remington has chosen not to
On PBS’s “NewsHour” on Friday, New York Times columnist David Brooks noted a trend indicating change in the Tea Party. He pointed to the academic credentials of U.S. Senate hopefuls Ben Sasse and Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and the shift
What’s an Iowa mom calling “Satan’s Handiwork?” What’s making moms in California break down in tears? Or causing parents in Pennsylvania to feel their “blood boil?” Why, it’s nothing less than Common Core math. Norman Rockwell-type scenes of parents patiently
For all of its flaws, and there are too many to count, at least Ben Affleck’s “Sum of All Fears” (2002) felt like a Jack Ryan movie and even managed to become something of its own with the explosion of
It has forever been perfectly fair game in prudent political discourse to demand that politicians seeking higher office reveal information about their physical fitness. Everyone remembers when Democrats and the press tried making an issue out of Ronald Reagan’s advanced
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the official resignation of its undersecretary for health in what the administration hopes is seen as a sacrifice due to the growing VA hospital scandal. But the man nominated to fill that officer’s position
As millions more vehicles are being recalled by General Motors due to safety concerns, news is emerging that the auto maker demanded employees investigating the problems to stop using words such as “safety,” “chaotic,” and “problem” in their reports to bosses.
On his Friday “Real Time” HBO show, host Bill Maher used his closing monologue to double down on a dare to the Republican Party in which he suggested they attempt impeachment of President Barack Obama to bolster his approval ratings
A May 15 poll by “the centrist think tank Third Way” shows that 58 percent of moderates “say existing gun laws are sufficient to keep their communities safe.” This is a “poll of moderates… inherently skewed toward Democrats.” Poll results
WFSU’s Sascha Cordner reported on DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) speaking out against abortion related legislation that is waiting for Gov. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) signature. One bill prohibits abortion past the 20th week of pregnancy if it’s found
On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist George Will reacted to the Veterans Affairs scandal by explaining how this serves as a model of things to come as it pertains the future of government’s involvement
