The Egyptian military made good on its promise to clear pro-Mohamed Morsi encampments out of two Cairo squares by sweeping through Wednesday, allegedly killing “at least 149” people. According to the Associated Press, pro-Morsi supporters have listed the number of
The new political drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler isn’t kind to President Ronald Reagan. That’s not shocking, given the track record of screenwriter Danny (Game Change) Strong and the film’s hard-left cast. The film is based on an article in
In March, conservative writer Michelle Malkin brought to light that at the heart of the controversy about the Common Core curriculum standards is an issue that has little to do with “college and career readiness.” In fact, as Malkin wrote
Lee Daniels’ The Butler captures the fact-based story of Eugene West, a black butler who served eight presidential administrations with honor. The film, penned by Game Change scribe Danny Strong, depicts several Democratic presidents as heroes in the fight for
On Monday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the American Bar Association annual meeting in San Francisco that she would be launching a series of speeches about American foreign policy in the “next few months.” According to Philip Rucker,
In response to The Internet and the Decline of the Post’s News Monopoly: I hope the Washington Post pulls through. More content is always better, from every part of the spectrum. In terms of the great online debate, healthy competition
Robert J. Samuelson is an excellent business writer and, by his own admission, a “dinosaur.” He doesn’t think much of the internet in general and finds Twitter to be “frivolous.” In the wake of the sale of the Washington Post
On Saturday, The Washington Post ran a lengthy article on Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s controversial ties with the failed green car company GreenTech. For the story, the Post interviewed a bevy of individuals associated with GreenTech, including four interviewed in Citizens
Beginning next month, Breitbart News Editor-At-Large Ben Shapiro will be leading the launch of a new project of the David Horowitz Freedom Center: TruthRevolt.org, an activism program designed to “unmask leftists in the media for who they are, destroy their
Four months after Terry McAuliffe became chairman of GreenTech Automotive in March 2010, a decision by the California regional director of the Department of Homeland Security’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) found that the manner the firm was raising
On Friday, the National Security Agency (NSA) released a memo claiming that it “touches” 1.6% of all Internet traffic and that just 0.025% of data is selected for review. “The net effect is that NSA analysts look at 0.00004% of
The media world was taken by surprise when Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million last week. What the billionaire entrepreneur behind Amazon.com has planned for the 135-year-old newspaper is anyone’s guess, but one Silicon Valley financier says radical changes are imminent. Michael Moritz,
Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Terry McAuliffe would not explain his stance on a highway project at a Chamber of Commerce forum. Instead he chose to argue with WUSA’s Derek McGinty why he will not make a decision on the
Last week, the Washington Post reported that the SEC was investigating Terry McAuliffe’s GreenTech automotive company over the manner in which it solicited foreign investors. The paper reported that the SEC investigation centers “on alleged claims that the company ‘guarantees returns’
China’s official news agency Xinhua has reported as true a satirical story that Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post newspaper by accident. The publication on Xinhua’s website came days after it posted a photo gallery of images supposedly
Having sat with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the same week, there is an immediate symmetry one sees between both men. They have the weight of the world upon them. These are not
In a desperate bid for attention, Slate.com, the property recently passed up by Jeff Bezos in his new purchase of the Washington Post, has announced that it will “no longer refer to Washington’s NFL team as the Redskins.” Which, presumably,
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton is headed back to the White House–just for a day–and Oprah is coming, too. Clinton and Oprah Winfrey will be among 16 people that President Barack Obama will venerate later this year
With Obamacare safely in place, Washington Post columnist Harold Pollack of the Century Foundation is now calling for Obamateeth. That’s right – it’s time for you to chip in to provide dental coverage to 85 million Americans. Pollack writes: Regular
Previously, Rep. Gutierrez spoke with Breitbart News directly about his vision for immigration reform and support from his Republican colleagues: Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D) made a dramatic declaration while talking to the Washington Post about the votes needed to
On Thursday, Washington Post columnist Max Fisher attempted to find the photo that could “perfectly sum[] up Obama’s relationship with Putin.” He settled on a picture of President Obama walking with British Prime Minister David Cameron, with Putin peeking over
Predictions that the United States is in danger of becoming a religious theocracy took an interesting turn on Monday when a supporter of the George Soros backed Evangelical Immigration Table invoked the Gospel in a Washington Post op-ed denouncing opponents of
The former owner of the Los Angeles Times and said Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, who purchased the Washington Post on Monday, will soon realize he actually does not own his paper’s ink by the barrel. In an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network on Tuesday,
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the Washington Post comes on the heels of his spending $1.7 million on lobbying from January through June of this year, the ninth biggest Silicon Valley lobbying expenditure. Bezos has ramped up lobbying as
The Huffington Post reports that the Washington Post might have been forced into its fire sale this week after the threat of federal action in 2010 resulted in the drying up of a Washington Post Co. cash-cow division called Kaplan
**NOTE FROM SENIOR MANAGEMENT** On 9 August, 1945 the United States broke the will of the military junta running Japan by dropping a second, more devastating nuclear bomb. Even more than the decision to drop the first bomb on Hiroshima
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) work of Judicial Watch has one purpose: to lay bare for the American people the inner-workings of government. Transparency is the antidote to corruption and FOIA law requires government officials to err on the
The Associated Press reports on the biggest movers on the New York Stock Exchange in Tuesday’s trading. One of the top stocks was the Washington Post Company after news that it was being sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: Stocks
The Egyptian Cabinet took offense to comments Senator John McCain (R – AZ) made to the Washington Post about his advice to the new government of Egypt about releasing Muslim Brotherhood prisoners. The cabinet tweeted on Tuesday: McCain remarks from
On Monday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said so-called Dreamers and immigrants would be the future job creators in America while pushing for “full comprehensive immigration reform” in his first public remarks on the issue. Speaking at a movie screening of
The whole of the media industry is in shock as the Washington Post was suddenly sold to Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, as no one was even aware that the paper was up for sale. But Bezos may be in for a
On Monday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg used the story of an illegal immigrant high school student he taught for a semester to advance the cause of “full comprehensive immigration reform” and more high-skilled visas that he and his political action
Once again, when it comes to President Obama and his administration, our media was struck dumb this week after being scooped on another major story. As we now know, it is almost never the American mainstream media breaking the big
On Tuesday morning, twelve of the fourteen top stories at Politico were related to the purchase of the Washington Post by Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. “Bezos re-Kindles hope at WaPo,” “What is Jeff Bezos Thinking?” and “Twitter primed after
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected leave office at the end of his term on February 1st, 2014. Do Republicans in the Senate have any thoughts on successors for the next Fed Chairman? Not so far, at least measured by
The announcement that the Washington Post Co. sold its flagship paper to billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million, surprised everyone. And in an era when the Washington Post sells Newsweek for $1 and the New York Times sells
Top operatives for Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign may actually be auditioning for roles in a potential Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign. According to a Washington Post report, there has been chatter that McAuliffe’s staff is composed of a “farm team”
While conservatives and liberals consider the political leanings of Washington Post buyer and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in an attempt to divine how his politics will affect those of the historic institution, the truth appears to be far simpler: the
In its surprise announcement Monday, the Washington Post Co. agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com. The release, written by Paul Farhi, disclosed that the paper’s recent financial troubles “prompted” the board to look for
International envoys extended their visit to Cairo on Monday as efforts intensified to find a peaceful way out of the crisis sparked by the Egyptian military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met
