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Michael Moore, joining in the leftist rush to judgment, tweeted two phrases this afternoon, presumably meant to cast blame on the oft-invoked “right-wing extremists” speculated about by CNN today: Moore is the same man who labeled Iraqi terrorists “freedom fighters.”

California’s fiscal future may look bleak, and its current funding source may be bond-buyers on Wall Street, but according to California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), the problem with California is that it’s too fiscally responsible. Giving the

At the MTV Movie Awards, great thinker Jamie Foxx – the same fellow who said on Saturday Night Live that he celebrated the fact he got to “kill all the white people” in his latest movie, Django Unchained – showed

The New York Post reports that Boston authorities have found a suspect in Monday’s bombings – and the Post reports that the suspect is “a Saudi national who suffered shrapnel wounds in today’s blast,” and that the suspect is being

Luke Russert of NBC News has tweeted out speculation that Waco-style anti-government types may be behind the Boston bombings on Monday: He points out that the Waco blowup in 1993 happened on Patriots’ Day, which fell on April 19 that

In the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack in Boston on Monday, which has yet to be credited to any group or individual, the left couldn’t hold back its political rage. Nicholas Kristof, columnist for the New York Times, tweeted:

Curtis Morrison, alleged bugger of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office and Progress Kentucky volunteer, has apparently started a legal defense fund. His goal is to raise $10,000 – not only for legal defense, but for food, housing, and other

On Friday, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund took a stand against serial killer and vicious abortionist Kermit Gosnell – by complaining about restrictions on abortion availability. After remaining silent on Gosnell for days, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund tweeted, “#Gosnell

Earlier this week, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tweeted out two flirty messages to singer Cyndi Lauper, then deleted them. The messages made clear the Congressman’s true feelings: he thought Lauper was “hot,” thanked her for their “special night” of Memphis

When it comes to exploiting the tragedy of the Sandy Hook massacre to push a completely unrelated gun control agenda, President Obama has no peer. The White House announced today that it would hand over the President’s weekly internet and

The American Civil Liberties Union has decided to hold off an endorsement of the Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) bill designed to target gun sales at gun shows or via communication on the internet. The ACLU’s legislative

The liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change is running a new TV spot targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – by saying that he embraces gun policies backed by Al Qaeda. The ad, titled “Bad Company,” rips McConnell for

On Thursday, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) said that the so-called Hastert Rule “was never a rule to begin with,” implying that he could proceed with legislation without a majority of his own party in support. Responding to

On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with

In 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law California Assembly Bill 109, a piece of legislation designed to relieve overcrowded prisons in accordance with a Supreme Court decision. AB 109 enshrined “realignment” into law – a plan to place supposedly

After Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) outed his illegitimate daughter after tweeting pet names at her via Twitter, you might think he’d stay away from tweeting about women for a while. Unfortunately for the Congressman, he didn’t. After watching washed-up singer

On Thursday, Facebook guru Mark Zuckerberg, along with other high-profile politicos and technology honchos, launched FWD.us – known to the non-internet savvy as Forward U.S. – a massively powerful 501(c)4 that looks designed to push a politically liberal agenda under

On Thursday, local Kentucky website WFPL reported that Jacob Conway, a member of the Jefferson County Democratic Party executive committee had ratted out Progress Kentucky founders and leaders Shawn Reilly and Curtis Morrison for allegedly illegally recording conversations of Senate

In a move that foreshadows the radical left’s plans for churches should gay marriage become the law of the land, the California legislature is moving to strip the Boy Scouts of America – a private organization – of its non-profit

Earlier this week, the principal of Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan, Dr. Matt Outlaw announced that former presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) had been disinvited from the school because of his opposition to same-sex marriage. On Wednesday,

While President Obama’s budget cuts discretionary funding for the Department of the Treasury by 2.3 percent, it dramatically increases funding for his favorite agency: the Internal Revenue Service, which will be tasked with enforcing Obamacare taxation schemes. “The Budget,” Obama’s

President Obama’s budget contains a significantly elevated level of spending dedicated to enforcement of federal gun control. According to the budget, the Department of Justice will be granted some $395 million “to combat gun violence, and ensure that those who

President Obama’s proposed budget is a monstrosity of spending, but in several targeted areas, Obama proposes cuts. One of those cuts comes in funding for detaining illegal immigrants. The new budget provides $39 billion for “discretionary funding” for the Department

In the wake of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) accusation that his offices had been illegally recorded in a tape handed out by Mother Jones, the liberal publication has now released a doctored transcript of the tape itself in

With Dennis Rodman receiving worldwide attention for his bizarre trip to North Korea, singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder apparently wants in on the act. More specifically, he wants President Obama to okay a trip for him to visit Kim Jong Un, presumably

Imagine a world in which American presidential elections since 1988 go like this: Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama, Obama, Clinton, Clinton. It could happen. On Monday, Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill

California’s Lottery Commission has spent upwards of $8.4 million to promote the state’s newest initiative aimed at siphoning money from the poor: Powerball, which begins on Monday. Running commercials across radio and television urging citizens to “BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BIGGER”

Projecting madly, the White House on Sunday pushed the notion that Republican intransigence is the reason that Democrats have been unable to pass a budget during President Obama’s tenure. “Right now,” said senior White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer on Fox

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Face the Nation today that he hoped that the Senate would come to an agreement on immigration reform this week. “All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight

On Friday, White House press secretary Jay Carney explained that President Obama’s budget, to be released next week, will be incredibly detailed. So detailed, in fact, that he said it would “blow your mind.” Undoubtedly, he is correct, considering his

The latest jobs numbers look pretty awful for most Americans – but they don’t look so bad for certain classes of Americans. Americans aged 25 and up with a college degree or more have a 3.8 percent unemployment rate. But

The definition of indecency has certainly changed, if current battles within the Federal Communications Commission continue as projected. While the FCC is now reportedly seeking public comment on the possibility of allowing “non-sexual” nudity on television, as well as cursing,

On Friday, in just the latest indication that the White House remains frustrated at the Constitutional system of checks and balances, press secretary Jay Carney explained that President Obama would produce his budget next week – but that if he

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney labeled a Senate Republican effort to filibuster gun control “shameful.” On Thursday, Brian Phillips, communications director for Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), one of the potential filibusterers,  said: It is shameful that the

After cutting 5% from his annual salary in solidarity with federal workers, President Obama spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars this week to fly out to California to fundraise for the 2014 election cycle. While in California, he suggested

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney said it was “shameful” for Republican legislators to filibuster gun control in the Senate. “It would be shameful to not allow any one of these measures to come up to a vote,”