Van Jones’ radicalism is a thing of the past. That’s what he claimed yesterday on Soledad O’Brien’s show. Jones was there to promote his book, Rebuild the Dream, but things became a bit testy on set when Jones was confronted
The left seems to have a really hard time leaving the kids of Republicanpoliticians out of their fits of rage. Yesterday, Governor Scott Walker gavean interview to David Brody of CBNNews in which he talked about the anger directed at
Comedian Louis C.K. was originally scheduled to host the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner. He dropped out last month when conservatives, led by Fox News’ Greta van Susteren, called him out for comments made about former Gov. Sarah Palin.
Last November, President Obama made a visit to Canberra, Australia todiscuss an expansion of US troop presence in the region. Obama and PrimeMinister Gillard reached an agreement which would allow up to 2,500 Marinesto spend six-month stints in the port
Last Thursday, Chris Matthews spent a portion of his show discussing the Trayvon Martin story. Early in the show he introduced a security tape which ABC had obtained from the polic, saying: Chris Matthews: George Zimmerman says he shot Trayvon
Solyndra is no longer the administration’s biggest energy blunder. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared a think tank event held in Washington yesterday. During an interview Harper explained that President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone pipeline had forced Canada to
Yesterday, Joe Klein wrote a piece titled “Bill Kristol’s Blues: The Republican Party is Still LookingBackward” at Time. It’s ostensibly an attack on Bill Kristol’s recent assessment of the 2012 race, but in fact that’s just a jumpingoff point for
Saturday, Occupiers held a rally for “artists, musicians, writers andactivists” midway between downtown LA and Beverly Hills. The website announcing the event promised akeynote speech by Van Jones and hinted at appearances by Hollywoodcelebrities. Yesterday, Variety reported that Hollywood did
Saturday, Occupiers held a rally for “artists, musicians, writers andactivists” midway between downtown LA and Beverly Hills. The website announcing the event promised akeynote speech by Van Jones and hinted at appearances by Hollywoodcelebrities. Yesterday, Variety reported that Hollywood did
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There is now a weekly march in Oakland to protest police brutality (known as the “FTP” march). This Saturday the march got out of hand once again according to Oakland police: Officers reported that four broken windows and spray paint
The Washington Post reported Saturday that a major Obama bundler has been accused of fraud. New Yorker Abake Assongba has pledged to help PresidentObama win reelection, and as one of his 400 volunteer fundraisers, she has delivered $50,000 tothe cause.But
Today, ABC has made an astounding about-face on a story related to theTrayvon Martin shooting. Less than a week after proclaiming that new videoshowed no signs of injury to Zimmerman the night of the shooting, ABC hasnow released an enhanced
Remember Chaka Khan, the artist whose song “I Feel For You” was a big hit in 1984. Khan has now cut a song about Trayvon Martin featuring backup vocals by celebrities including Angela Bassett: A press release announcing the video
What is it about New York politicians that makes them desperate to show ustheir underwear? Sunday, New York State Senator Greg Ball tweeted a pants-less picof himself. Here’s the tweet and the photo: Greg Ball has a long history of
Clive Crook has an interesting post at the Atlantic today arguingthat Obamacare is a “milder dispensation” of government power thansingle-payer. And if single-payer is Constitutional, then stopping theObamacare mandate is really no victory worth having. In other words, thegovernment can
Did you know ESPN had a policy against religious overtones? Apparently theydo. Nascar driver Blake Koch was sponsored by RiseUpandRegister.com, a group seeking to register one million new people to vote. Their planwas to reach potential voters who love Nascar via
Weeks of one-sided stories pushed by professional agitators like Al Sharpton have had an effect on public opinion. Last weekend, (3/25-3/26) CNN conducted apoll which showed 73% of adults believed Trayvon Martin’s shooter GeorgeZimmerman should be arrested. Now a new poll
This is a tale of groping gone wrong. A TSA manager who oversaw morningoperations at Dulles airport has been fired for allegedly running aprostitution operation at a nearby hotel: Bryant Jermaine Livingston, 39, was arrested while on the job asa
Yesterday the Obama administration announced a delaying tactic which willput off the possibility of new offshore oil drilling on the Atlantic coastfor at least five years: The announcement by the Interior Department sets into motionwhat will be at least a
Brave New Media is a far-left group that produces short attack videos aimed at various conservatives. Recently someone from BNM left a message for Kochindustries asking for a chance to screen their latest attack piece and get reaction to it.
Just a few days ago, Karen Finney went on MSNBC and claimed that statements by three of the four GOP nominees and Rush Limbaugh yielded “lethal consequences” in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. There was no mistaking her attempt at
Unable to get cap and trade through Congress, President Obama has settledfor just the cap via regulation by the EPA. Today, his EPA will issue newlimits on the amount of CO2 which can be produced by newpower plants — and they
Warmer weather has brought back the occupiers and with them fresh criminalbehavior. There have been two stabbings at the Occupy SF camp in two nights.The most recent happened Monday night: A 27-year-old man was hospitalized after an argument led to
Some in the media have tried to connect George Zimmerman to the GOP, but itappears he’s actually connected to theDemocrats: The individual at the center of the controversial Trayvon Martinshooting is a registered Democrat.George Michael Zimmerman, born Oct. 5, 1983,
The decision to cast Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan in a film scheduled for a 2013 release made headlines yesterday. “The Butler” tells the story of Eugene Allen, who served as the White House butler for eight different administrations. It
OWS will be furious with CNN over this: Global Public Square (GPS) host Fareed Zakaria did a segment on tax reform Sunday in which he argued for a simpler, less progressive tax system. Yes, you heard that right: a CNN
Former DNC spokesperson Karen Finneyhas been leading the effort at MSNBC to turn the Trayvon Martin shootinginto a political story implicating conservatives. It began with her smear ofRush Limbaugh and GOP presidential candidates while filling in as host ofthe MartinBashir
Bad marketing travels fast. That’s the lesson Reebok learned the hard waythis week after ads placed in a handful of locker rooms in Germany madetheir way stateside via social mediasites: The motivational ad campaign’s full tagline is “cheat on yourgirlfriend,
Daria Novak, a Tea Party candidate for the 2nd congressional district inConnecticut, had her blogging privileges at Patch rescinded Wednesday: The AOL-owned local news site, Patch, announced late Wednesdaythat it had suspended Novak from blogging in its “Local Voices” sectionafter
We all remember how the media attacked GOP front-runner Mitt Romney’s credibility for days due to what they described as a “misquote” in one of his campaign ads; but up until now, other than obligatory reporting, this same media has refused to
An analysis published Wednesday by FactCheck.org identifies four more factual problems with Obama’s campaign film “The Road We’ve Traveled”: The film says “17 million kids could no longer be denied for preexisting conditions,” implying all of them were being denied
Matt Lewis wrote a thought provoking post about, as he put it, “political journalism and conservatism.” It’s well written and definitely worth a look (can you tell there’s a “but” coming?), but ultimately I found myself disagreeing with the thrust
We all remember how the media attacked GOP front runner Mitt Romney’s credibility for days due to what they described as a “misquote” in one of his campaign ads. Up until now, other than obligatory reporting, this same media has
Their plan was to make the villain infamous in a way that would resonate with average people,especially young people. The filmmakers seem to have succeeded to the extent that the filmis a hit, but the reviews haven’t been kind. Many
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler has identified another serious problem with the accuracy of President Barack Obama’s recently released campaign film, “The Road We’ve Traveled.” This is the second “gross inaccuracy” found in the 17-minute film. The first was brought to
