In response to The media doth protest too much: That Politico story on White House media manipulation is incredibly galling. There is nothing in it which bloggers (myself included) were not saying almost 4 years ago. Here’s one of Politico’s
In response to Sequester Will Force Obama’s Hand on Entitlements Says…The White House: Sequester was always intended to apply pressure to both parties. Thatwas the whole point. The goal–according to the same White House FactSheet–was to force a deal that
Less than a week after the publication of my latest book, Crime & Incompetence: Guide to America’s Immigration Crisis, a predication was proven correct: President Obama was lying to the American people when he claimed illegal immigrants would go to the
Reports have emerged that the growing number of Chinese hacking incidents against the U.S. seem to be the work of Chinese Army Unit 61398. Mandiant, an American computer security firm that tracks sources for attacks like those against the White
WOLF BLITZER, CNN HOST: Gloria, explain why if this is such a horrible idea, these forced spending cuts, why did the White House come up with this plan in 2011 to begin with? GLORIA BORGER: If you noticed, Wolf, the
President Obama has been giving the sequester plenty of negative attention recently. Two weeks ago he made a statement about the sequester in which he called it a “self-inflicted wound” to the economy. Ten days ago he focused on it
The media really is freaking out over Golf-gate… at least, to the extent they’re willing to get truly upset with Barack Obama about anything. Yesterday brought a really remarkable Politico article about “Obama the Puppet Master.” I picked it apart
Yesterday, White House national security adviser Tom Donilon published an op-ed in the New York Times urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to its list of terrorist organizations. In doing so, Donilon took the opposite position to that of Secretary
We interrupt this bout of media navel-gazing–why does Obama abuse us when we love him so?–to offer some constructive advice to the White House press corps: start showing some common-sense skepticism. Today, for example, President Obama is surrounding himself with
Politico’s Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen (VandeAllen) must have recently woke up feeling a little dirty about themselves and their chosen profession. Maybe it was due to Obama not leaving any money on the dresser this weekend. Whatever the motivation,
In the previous installment, we examined the current DC buzz about third parties, on the middle and on the right. In US history, third parties have arisen when a disaffected sector of the population felt that it had no
(AP) Obama to press GOP on averting sequesterBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONFacing yet another fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama is urging congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take
Politico has a new piece insinuating that there are four GOP senators who are frustrated that they haven’t had a phone call from the White House so they can work together. Rob Portman of Ohio said this: I view this
In 2010, the Department of Labor (DOL) put forth new regulations to specify how a private sector business could determine if it was mandated to pay an intern a salary. Under the Fair Labor Standards Acts (FLSA), the term “employ”
In response to Tiger Beat: Our Corps of Celebrity Journalists Calls Out “Did You Beat Tiger [Woods]?” to Bieberish Heartthrob POTUS: The Obama paparazzi aka MSM also sulked about not having access to POTUS: The White House has prohibited media
Affirming their complete transformation from watchdogs into lapdogs, the White House Press Corps greeted President Barack Obama’s return to Washington, D.C. on Monday with the following question–which they shouted in unison: “Did you beat Tiger?!?” The press pool report, cited
Steve Clemons of the Atlantic reports that a White House source has declared that President Obama will push Hagel through: WH Source: No more dealmaking needed on #Hagel. “We have the votes for cloture. Happy for others to joinbut Hagel
In response to Thousands Expected To March Against The Keystone Pipeline in DC Sunday.: As promised, thousands of environmental activists showed up in DC, Sunday, to march to the White House inopposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. Here, courtesy of
Following the Februrary 15th deadline for states to notify the federal government of their decision regarding who will run the new ObamaCare insurance exchanges, more than half of the states have decided to leave the exchanges to the federal government.
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts is a news anchor. Just ask him. Ask NBC News. They describe him as a “News Anchor.” Not a host, like Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow or Al Sharpton. No, those MSNBC prime time types are there
Is American ready for a strong third party? If so, what kind–what ideology? Right? Left? Center? One thing is for sure: Across the board, people are mad. According to a January survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People
The American Conservative Union (ACU), which runs the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), announced on Monday that Sarah Palin will speak at the 40th annual gathering of conservatives in March. “We are pleased to again welcome Governor Sarah Palin
WPTV: PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – President Barack Obama was joined by quite the golfing partner on Sunday when the world’s former top golfer, Tiger Woods, hit the links with the Commander-in-Chief at the Floridian Golf Club. White House officials
Pro tip: If you act like lap dogs, your lover will treat you like lap dogs. Sorry, ladies and gents, but you won’t win the president’s respect being his personal pool of of sycophant stenographers who can always be counted
(Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered on the Washington’s National Mall on Sunday calling on President Barack Obama to reject the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline proposal and honor his inaugural pledge to act on climate change. Organizers of the
