Texas Governor Rick Perry recently penned a letter to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus citing a report from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality–asserting that the state should establish a location for storing high-level radioactive waste (HLW) produced by Texas’
Malaysia’s Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein is under fire for agreeing with a tweet sent to him by a journalist that claimed the disappearance of flight MH370 was a ‘blessing in disguise’. Hussein’s “inappropriate comments” were prompted by
Numerous citizens in Rhome, a quiet town outside of Dallas, Texas, were reportedly surprised to find recruitment materials from the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white supremacist group, scattered about their community. Reports state that residents found plastic bags containing KKK fliers and small
For the last couple of years, in the immediate wake of numerous mass-shootings, Americans have had to suffer through Piers Morgan’s thoughtless exploitation of the shooting victims in furtherance of his own personal anti-gun crusade. Although his ratings were embarrassing,
The Boone and Crockett Club–“North America’s oldest hunting and conservation organization”–says that “no game scouted or taken with the help of drones” will be eligible for “its record program.” According to The Spokane Spokesman-Review, the club prides itself in recognizing
Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown appears to be severing more ties to his old home in Boston. A spokesman for the Boston-based law firm Nixon Peabody has confirmed that Brown no longer works there. Brown’s departure was confirmed both by the
Even though President Barack Obama’s White House budgeted nearly $700 million to market Obamacare, Obama falsely claimed on Tuesday that his administration never tried to sell the law feverishly. “We didn’t make a hard sell,” Obama farcically claimed on Tuesday as he
The same Politico writer who gave Obamacare an A minus grade is now scolding Republicans saying they’ve lost the debate over Obamacare. With its supposed 7 million enrollees, Politico says, Republicans “lost the best evidence they had” that Obamacare is
On April 2, former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell told the House Intelligence Committee that he listened to analysts in Washington instead of personnel on the ground in Benghazi when explaining the attack on the U.S. consulate there. Morell said
On Wednesday, former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) made surprise appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon. In the appearance, Fallon played the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palin played herself. Both Palin and Fallon featured their
Ivan Lopez, identified by authorities as the soldier who opened fire at Ft. Hood on April 2nd, purchased his handgun off base and brought it into the gun-free zone to commit his crime, according to a military officer. During a
On April 2nd House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members questioned ATF Chief B. Todd Jones about the agency’s alleged use in operations and arrest of mentally disabled persons. The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported, “The ATF used mentally disabled people and
In a wide-ranging interview that aired on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) insisted that he will make a decision early in 2015 on whether to seek the presidency. But he also said he would not
On Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate and addressed the Democratic Party’s reluctance to include certain provision to a pending unemployment insurance bill. Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
On Wednesday, during a visit to the University of Michigan, President Obama dumbed down his rhetoric to BuzzFeed-style name calling by saying that Republicans are offering “stinkburger” ideas that are a real “meanwich.” Obama spoke at the University of Michigan
Triona Priestley passed away this week after a long struggle with cystic fibrosis, but in her last moments she was serenaded by her favorite pop star. A Twitter campaign to convince British singer Ed Sheeran to sing for the gravely
The left-wing site Raw Story used a headline to falsely claim that Red Eye guest host Tom Shillue said during Tuesday night’s show that “poor people smell bad.” After Shillue complained they changed the headline to the just as misleading
Wednesday the United States Supreme Court struck down a federal law limiting how much money a citizen may give to political recipients during elections in a major First Amendment decision. The Court’s five-to-four decision in McCutcheon v. FEC removes a
Part of what makes our country so exceptional is the unique people that live here. Now, some of those very Americans will be featured in the much anticipated Sportsman Channel program, Amazing America with Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor creates
President Barack Obama’s selfie on Tuesday with Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was part of a Samsung promotion just like Ellen’s “selfie” at the Oscars that became the most re-tweeted photo in history. Soon after Ortiz snapped the selfie
On her Wednesday radio show, conservative talker Laura Ingraham compared President Barack Obama’s press conference announcing 7.1 million Americans had signed up for health insurance using the Afrotable Care Act exchanges as a major victory to President George W. Bush’s
On Wednesday, former CIA Director Mike Morell at a House Select Intelligence committee hearing testified that he believes it was possible a spontaneous protest of an anti-Islam YouTube video and a pre-planned al-Qaeda-linked terrorist attack happening at the same time
My opposition to artistic censorship doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate how censorship in the form of the old Hollywood Production Code resulted in an art form vastly superior to what we see from the motion picture industry today. Once you
On Wednesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) grilled former CIA Director Mike Morell at a House Select Intelligence committee hearing over allegations that he changed the Benghazi talking points to the White House narrative that the attacks were caused by a
As the 2014 elections draw near, panic is setting in for President Obama and Democrats across the country. As John Harwood of The New York Times observed on Tuesday, “The very structure of the 21st-century national Democratic coalition makes its
