Today, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) will formally introduce a new, bipartisan plan for Medicare reform. People 55 years of age or older would not be affected; everyone else, starting in 2022, will receive premium support
Yesterday marked the 12-year anniversary of the thwarting of what could have been a devastating terrorist attack on the United States. Twelve years ago yesterday, Algerian national Ahmed Ressam was caught attempting to smuggle a detonator and 130 pounds of
Last night I was on the NRA’s Cam & Company with Cam Edwards, and talked about the way Attorney General Eric Holder and his associates have thus far been able to spin and twist their way out of the prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats are abandoning their demand for a surtax on millionaires to help finance payroll tax cuts in a sign that lawmakers are trying to broker a compromise on Congress’ highest-profile year-end dispute. Even so, there is no
Would Henry Fonda have volunteered his name and faultless reputation to “The Deranged Mr. Lincoln”? Nicholas Wasphott in Reuters: Streep plays Thatcher in her lonely dotage, suffering from crippling dementia, patronized by her carers and her daughter Carol, slipping in
Media Matters for America’s Senior Fellow MJ Rosenberg has become infamous for accusing any American Jews who support Israel of dual loyalty (he calls them Israel-firsters). He also has claimed the evil Israel lobby” controls both the media and the
Sometimes union thugs wear pinstriped business suits. Investment banker Ron Bloom is one of those thugs. He decided in the 1970s to devote his life to helping labor unions stick it to America’s corporations. As an organizer, negotiator, and researcher
From Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: Glenn Beck suggests that Newt Gingrich is so “progressive” that only racism could explain why the tea party would support him over President Obama. He is alluding to Gingrich’s praise of Theodore Roosevelt. But
$787 billion. Plus interest. At downgrade – and thusly increased – rates. Behold the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – the “Stimulus.” Brought to you by President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Yesterday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin outlined a four-part solution to end congressional insider trading and vowed not to “give up until we get the sudden and relentless reform we deserve.” Citing the numerous deficiencies in the versions of the
If you worry about the growing influence of Iran in neighboring Iraq, look no further than the delegation that visited the White House to proclaim the end of the Iraq War. Standing with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during the
WASHINGTON (AP) – Weary after a year of partisan bickering, lawmakers tried Monday to wrap up a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending but denies conservatives many of the policy changes they wanted
The U.S. Armed Services are preparing to absorb billions of dollars in budget cuts over the next decade, over and above sweeping cuts that have already taken effect, and a large number of defense reforms currently under way. They are
As you may know, the merger process at the FCC and DoJ is a mess. In fact, some believe the entire process is not much different than extortion. Not only do we have some newly reported shenanigans going on around
The Daily Caller reported Sunday that “for the low, low price of $2,500, you can have dinner cooked for you by Weather Underground agitators and terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine [sic] Dohrn.” This is the low state of the world
JOE BIDEN: [handing President phone] Axelrod calling from Chicago, Boss. He sounds pissed. OBAMA: Hey Axe! Whassup? No, I don’t know who leaked our decision to abandon blue collar whites. Soon’s we find the S.O.B., we’ll dress him up like
Remember when AttackWatch launched? The President’s new site aimed at fighting that with which they disagree collects anything negative written of the President — what it terms “smears.” Now it’s completely silent and has been so for the past several
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC hedge fund just acknowledged its highly political founder Phillip Falcone and other key executives have received “Wells Notices”. Such communications are normally sent by the Securities & Exchange Commission to a target for fraud just before
Spurred on by the need to court a waning youth vote, the Obama Administration addressed a concern that has been on many students’ and recent graduates’ minds: The cost of education in America. Calling college presidents from across the country
Illegal alien amnesty is no longer the theoretical consideration of federal immigration officials inside the Obama administration. No more musings by Obama administration bureaucrats on how best to bypass Congress and implement illegal alien amnesty in stealth. The secret is
President Obama lit the Menorah at the White House last night and confided to the attendees that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “one of (his) favorites.”
The joke was on the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) this week. On Tuesday, a fake press release claimed SEIU had voted to revoke their endorsement of President Obama. The Washington Post reported the fake release quoted SEIU President Mary
Solyndra was once known as the poster child for the Obama administration’s “green energy” initiative. However, it has become the poster child for the corruption that ensues when the government treats tax money as a play thing and meddles in
Recently, I woke in Texas, I mean Kansas to an article about how Bloomberg Markets exposed that the Administration that campaigned on open and honest government had secretly loaned eight trillion dollars to banks during the credit crisis in order
When it comes to the complicated world of teen bullying, there’s really only one expert of consequence – Lady Gaga. After all, she’s been vocal on the subject for months now, and she’s clearly done enough field research to put
