WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration opened the door slightly Tuesday to international military assistance for Syria’s rebels, with officials saying new tactics may have to be explored if President Bashar Assad continues to defy pressure to halt a brutal
Mitt Romney’s next line of attack against insurgent frontrunner Rick Santorum will likely be that Santorum is, like Newt Gingrich, a former quasi-lobbyist. While Santorum was not legally registered as a lobbyist, he pulled down hundreds of thousands of dollars
While at a discussion panel, Hardball host Chris Matthews told The Daily Caller that he would still consider John F. Kennedy a hero and still would have written his new book “Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero” if his daughter had been
The previous article, “Part 1, Quid Pro Quo,” introduces the selfish Fire Fighter Union (IAFF) Local President Ron Saathoff’s successful scheme to have taxpayers fund his union officer retirement program in exchange for his votes to weaken the pension plans for
Reporting on Good Morning America Tuesday, ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper mocked the idea of new Republican candidates getting into the Presidential race. “Jon Karl got news from Republican Senators saying that if Mitt Romney loses in
The Daily Caller reported last week that Media Matters, the progressive-fascist group funded by wealthy leftists to silence anyone who dare fail to meet their political purity test, received a $50,000 grant to “fact-check” religious broadcasters. Coincidentally, last November, religious broadcasters found
This is a story that can be told far too often. It’s about a Union Boss who rips off taxpayers and his own union members in order to have a fatter retirement. But, this story has so many twists that
Remember this? [youtube Wdqbi66oNuI nolink] Famous moment. I was in seventh grade when it happened and remember it well. Our dutiful teacher made sure to use it in the lessons for the next few days. Dan Quayle is actually an exceptionally bright
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy MSNBC’s David Gregory reflected on the popular meme that Sen. Rick Santorum is unelectable and that a Santorum nomination would be embraced by The White House. Gregory pointed
[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets022012.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the White House’s rosy predictions for job growth, the Burr-Coburn Medicare reform plan, and what it will
On Tuesday, Washington Post’s Dana Milbank’s latest editorial, “Does the GOP Care About Latino Voters?” asked: “What else but a death wish could explain the party’s treatment of the fastest growing voting bloc in the nation?” Following a long-winded argument, Milbank
Moreso than, say, a nuclear attack by Iran on Israel or the United States? From Bloomberg: An Israeli attack on Iran would be “destabilizing,” Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. “It’s not
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on “Meet the Press”: “What we’re getting from the White House on this conscience issue, it’s not an issue about contraception, it’s an issue that reveals a political philosophy the President is showing that he basically
Throughout time politicians and their handlers have been prone to omitting unpleasant facts or manipulating them so as to mold issues to their advantage. This is the concept behind “spin”; a form of propagandizing that crafts an “alternative” interpretation of
Mimi Alford certainly has cause to regret her handling by President Kennedy. But while fornicating with the U.S. President in the White House and while publicly fellating the U.S. President’s friends in the White House swimming pool, this teen-ager was
35 House Armed Services Committee republicans have written a letter to the President claiming that the White House plan to reduce our nuclear stock pile by 80% is dangerous. They cite the aggressive nuclear buildup of China, Russia, and Pakistan
With last year’s domestic box office returns in the dumps, this is great news for an industry that has no desire to change its ways, and most certainly no desire to make the kinds of films that will appeal to a broader
From The Guardian: Officials in key parts of the Obama administration are increasingly convinced that sanctions will not deter Tehran from pursuing its nuclear programme, and believe that the US will be left with no option but to launch an
Here at Consumer Energy Alliance, we are glad to see energy policy emerge as a cornerstone of the policy debate leading into the presidential elections this fall. From President Obama’s recent embrace of an “all-of-the-above” energy policy during his State of the
When John Bolton expressed his concern over Obama’s budgeting priorities, it wasn’t merely partisan rhetoric. There are very real examples of how Obama’s mindset undermines national security while bloating the welfare state, similar to what Europe has been doing for
Yesterday, White House Domestic Policy Council member Cecilia Munoz appeared on “The Bill Press Show.” There, she explained that Congress was filled with “roadblocks,” and that the budget wasn’t going anywhere fast. But she added that “this President has shown
The Congressional Budget Office released a report Thursday that showed real unemployment in America at 15 percent for the month of January, a figure considerably higher than the White House’s oft-cited 8.3 percent figure that does not include part-time workers
Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was elevated to the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Saturday. Cardinal Dolan, a 62 year-old Missouri native, was one of 22 new cardinals who will participate
Making its way through cyberspace is a bold, brash and largely accurate depiction of the state of American government and politics. Delivered on his last nightly broadcast, Judge Andrew Napolitano takes on the system in a five-minute rant about just
Cecilia Munoz of the White House Domestic Policy Council has been making the media rounds disucing President Obama’s propsed budget. Munoz seems to be laying the ground work for Obama to bypass the Congress with executive actions.
