When Ebony Magazines’s senior digital editor Jamilah Lemieux reduced RNC deputy press secretary Raffi Williams to his race (she called him white) and compared conservatives to a “house full of roaches,” she was demonstrating a toxic brand of reflexive scorn that too
(AFP) Social media erupted in outrage and counter-attacks Friday after US comedian Stephen Colbert used language that mocked Asian Americans in what was intended as an anti-racist jibe. Colbert, who is liberal but parodies a blustery conservative on his late
Poor Jesse Lee. Before last week, he was just an earnest, “progressive” blogger. (That’s their latest handle of choice having totally ruined previous ones such as “liberal,” “Democrat,” “socialist,” and “control freak.”) Jesse was a fairly anonymous fellow blogging from
HOUSTON, TEXAS–On Friday, two men entered the Comerica Bank branch located at 800 Lockwood Drive in Houston allegedly robbed the bank at gunpoint. The FBI sent out a request for the public’s assistance in identifying the two robbers while Houston
CNN apologized on Friday for falling for a Twitter hoax and declaring that soccer legend Pele had died. “#BREAKING Brazilian former soccer player Pele dies at 74,” CNN’s @NewDay Twitter account tweeted to its 54K+ followers. Pele, to use a
Speaking at the Heritage Foundation “Resource Bank 2014” on Friday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) used a line from the 1987 romantic comedy “The Princess Bride” when calling for a special counsel to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservatives.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus sent a letter to Jamilah Lemieux, the digital editor of Ebony Magazine, Friday, seeking an apology for her hateful and outlandish comments aimed at conservatives, yesterday. Lemieux spent much of her day Thursday attacking conservatives on Twitter
The Ted Cruz for Senate YouTube account broke with its usual offerings of fast-edit news clips and suspenseful soundtracks this week with an upload that–despite the junior Senator’s 2018 re-election date–may lead casual viewers to believe he could be on
In remarks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) vowed to fight for amnesty as long as he is a breathing United States Senator. “I will never ever, while I’m alive and breathing as U.S.
Driving into Istanbul from Ataturk International Airport, the image looms, enormous and omnipresent: the stubbornly stern face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I’ve spent a lot of time in Libya and Iraq,” one Turkish businessman told me of
In a sweeping 370 plus page report, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo Ellen Carcy submitted a proposed rule change for how water is regulated in the United States–effectively expanding
Television actor Alec Baldwin is currently producing a documentary about Democrat Barney Frank, America’s first openly gay Congressman, and recently commented: Barney Frank is a personal hero of mine,” he said in a statement. “His legacy in Congress–and his historic
UK hate preacher Anjem Choudary has claimed via his Twitter page, that the tragic Washington, Oso mudslide that occurred on March 22nd was the work of Allah (God). Choudary – who is known for his incendiary and extremist rhetoric, as
Much of the hubbub surrounding Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has been, to this point, speculation. Because the movie will only be released in theaters today, Noah‘s defenders have been able to point to ignorance as the rationale for attacks on the
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) on the Mike Gallagher Radio Show on Friday discussed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) downplaying of ObamaCare as a campaign issue in 2014. Gowdy joked, “I didn’t think Mormon’s used drugs,” while discussing Reid’s new
1. Holy Moly! Amazon Considers Free Streaming Service Amazon is denying they will do this, but that’s what big companies do in these situations. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is looking at a FREE streaming service of licensed
CBS News reporter Scott Pelley interviewed President Barack Obama from Rome: Follow Pam on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
On “The O’Reilly Factor” on Thursday, Democratic strategist and former adviser to Bill Clinton James Carville reacted to the most recent data in the string poor poll numbers for President Barack Obama. Carville blamed ObamaCare and the economy, but he
Nearly one month after Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke before a group of oilfield executives and employees to announce his idea of an American Energy Renaissance Act to increase jobs and energy independence–his office recently announced the filing of similarly-named
Maverick County Deputy Constable Jose Blanco of Eagle Pass, Texas, died on March 17 after being attacked during an off-duty trip to Corpus Christi, according to recent local reports. According to the Corpus Christi Police Department, the killer remains unknown. Deputy
Amid increasing criticism emanating from left-leaning media outlets, The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) claimed if the media assault continues, America will become weaker and less secure. The group said in an official statement submitted to Breitbart
On March 26th Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) signed legislation into law allowing “teachers, parents, and school visitors to have guns concealed and locked in their cars in school parking lots.” According to IndyStar.com, “current law can make it felony
Joining a long line of Democrats distancing themselves from Obamacare, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hinted that he didn’t support the President’s original plans for the healthcare take over and advised the President to take a different approach, though he shied
On March 27th Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) said they are “not surrendering” on gun control. They were speaking “at a panel discussion on firearm background checks in East Hartford, Connecticut.” According to the New Haven Register,
On March 27, Facebook announced that it was working on plans to use drones, satellites, and solar-powered planes to deliver wireless Internet service to under served areas of the world. “We’ve been working on ways to beam Internet to people
