An ex-FBI official reports the agency can remotely activate the microphone in your android phone and record your conversations. They can also do the same with your laptops. The claims were made in a Wall Street Journal article publihed yesterday.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) is the second Democratic Representative from New York to say that New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner should exit the Democratic primary. “Well he certainly isn’t my candidate. I’ve endorsed Christine Quinn. He certainly
The American Commitment Action Fund (AC Action Fund) has launched a new ad attacking Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker’s failure to properly utilize a $100 million gift to Newark schools by Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg that was announced on
Anthony Weiner has dropped to fourth place in a July 29 poll released by Quinnipiac University of the Democratic candidates for mayor of New York City, behind City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (27%), Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (21%), and
Stanley Kurtz at National Review Online writes about San Francisco’s new Plan Bay Area–a “regional” plan for San Francisco and the surrounding cities that is ostensibly aimed at making sure minorities can afford the local housing market, but which is
In December of 2009, Politifact, a left-wing website that poses as an objective fact checker, awarded former Alaska governor Sarah Palin its “Lie of the Year.” Politifact claimed that Palin’s use of the term “death panel” to describe the rationing
North Carolina took the first step to change their education system and make it better for the children. Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed a bill that eliminates teacher tenure and eliminates automatic pay increases for any teacher who earns a
At the Wall Street Journal Bari Weiss has some great satire based on the question what if Huma Abedin and Hillary Clinton were emailing each other during Anthony Weiner’s latest sexting scandal. The central theme in the satirical piece is
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry thinks she has the answer to the ages old question of just when life begins. Her answer: life begins whenever parents “decide” it does. Practically since the beginning of the national abortion debate the most fought over
Only 19% of blacks and 54% of Americans believe Americans are judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin, according to a national survey that was released on Wednesday. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll asked
Hispanics see race relations more favorably than whites or blacks, according to a national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Among Hispanics, 60% thought race relations were either “very good” or “fairly good.” Among whites, 53% thought race relations were “very good” or
A national survey has found that 52% of Americans believe race relations in the country are “very good” or “fairly good,” down from more than 70% from 2009-2011. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday, just 4% of
According to an NBC4 New York/Marist/WSJ poll, Christine Quinn has now overtaken Weiner in the Mayor’s race with a 9% lead. The poll shows Quinn is ahead with 25% support among Democrat primary voters compared to Weiner’s 16%. The poll
The Wall Street Journal published a lead editorial on Thursday that responded harshly to President Barack Obama’s new series of economic speeches. “The President called his speech ‘A Better Bargain for the Middle Class,’ but no President has done worse by the
The lawyers for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong argued in federal court on Tuesday that a federal False Claims Act suit against Armstrong should be dismissed because the United States Postal Service should have been aware he was using performance-enhancing drugs.
The ongoing scandal involving Internal Revenue Service targeting of Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status took a step closer to the White House last week when testimony from retiring IRS tax law specialist Carter Hull before the House Oversight and
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland has stopped North Dakota’s new abortion law, holding it is likely unconstitutional under current Supreme Court precedent. Pro-life proponents are taking a chance with this case. In MKB Management Corp. v. Burdick, Hovland issued a
A new national poll has found that an all-time high of 57% of Americans would vote to throw out every member of Congress if given the option in the 2014 elections. According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released
A new national poll has found that support for President Barack Obama among blacks has dropped considerably over the past four months, which has contributed to Obama’s sagging approval numbers. Furthermore, the lack of support among blacks for Obama may
The Wall Street Journal has joined the chorus of New York-based editorial pages calling for scandal-plagued Democrat Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race for mayor. The Journal looks past Huma Abedin’s defense of her husband at Tuesday’s press conference, and
Not long after Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in March, Vatican watchers around the world realized that, as big news as the papal conclave was, Pope Francis’s true debut on the world stage might come in July
On Wednesday, President Obama embarks on another campaign-style tour, highlighting his “renewed” focus on the economy. The White House plans for Obama to “take credit” for progress on the economy and use it to frame the upcoming fight over the
Though most states in the country adopted “Common Core” education standards in 2010, many American parents still know little about them. At the same time that teachers’ unions have joined forces with the institutional left on many issues, and more
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has lost “at least” 2,000 encrypted radios “and other communication devices valued at millions of dollars.” If the equipment falls into the wrong hands, it could pose a “security risk for federal judges, endangered witnesses
The Internal Revenue Service chief counsel William J. Wilkins was revealed by IRS witness Carter Hull at a House Oversight Committee hearing on July 18 as a senior official who would see Tea Party and other conservative organizations’ applications for tax exempt
