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Hagel Nomination Blocked

Senate Republicans delayed a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination as defense secretary on Thursday by mounting a filibuster causing the cloture to fall one vote shy of being successful. The cloture vote needed 60 votes to move on to Hagel’s

Benghazi: Graham Threatens Hold on Hagel, Brennan

Senator Lindsey Graham (R – SC) is not giving up on his efforts to have the White House answer questions about what President Barack Obama was doing on the night the U.S. Mission in Benghazi was attacked. Four Americans were

Benghazi: Graham Threatens Hold on Hagel, Brennan

Dorner's Ex-Girlfriend Called Him 'Paranoid' And 'Twisted'

Ariana Williams Christopher Dorner, the former Navy reservist who was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2008, is on the run from law enforcement authorities for allegedly shooting and killing three people and injuring two others. A $1 million

What Happened to That 'M' in MTV?

In response to The Decline and Fall of MTV: One of the first questions young MTV staffers ask seasoned producers, when they are first hired, is why MTV stopped being a 24 hour music channel. After all, a ton of

The Making of another Martyr or Mumia

In response to The Black Community’s Dichotomy on Gun Violence: What’s particularly concerning is guys like Ab-Soul start to gin up this following for Dorner, so if Dorner is killed by police in a shootout situation, every black activist will

Lawmakers Differ on Middle East Weapons Trafficking

During questioning at Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, members learned from outgoing defense secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US military’s joint chiefs of staff, that the Obama administration supported a plan to arm

Lawmakers Differ on Middle East Weapons Trafficking

Hero Builders Creates Obama Skeet Shooting Action Figure

After the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama skeet shooting at Camp David, HeroBuilders.com went to work on a new action figure.  This was pretty quick turnaround. Hero Builders also has Obama dressed up as the Joker

Emails Expose Southern Poverty Law Center Collaboration with DOJ

Judicial Watch (JW), a Washington D.C. based non-partisan educational foundation, released some two dozen pages of emails it obtained on Tuesday revealing connections between the Department of Justice Civil Rights and Tax divisions and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).  According

Emails Expose Southern Poverty Law Center Collaboration with DOJ

Menendez Controversy Casts Shadow over DC Event

The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce hosted their 76th annual gathering at Washington, DC’s Wardman Marriott on Thursday night. Known as the “Walk To Washington,” the evening focused around the state’s disaster recovery efforts post-Super Storm Sandy. Media listened intently

Menendez Controversy Casts Shadow over DC Event

Dominican Republic Rife with Underage Sex Trafficking

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has denied he engaged in any sexual activity with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic, despite reports of e-mails showing that an FBI inquiry examined the possibility that Menendez may have allegedly had sex with two underage

Dominican Republic Rife with Underage Sex Trafficking

Graham Threatens Hagel Confirmation Unless Panetta Testifies on Benghazi

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters on Tuesday he wants  “to hear Leon Panetta on Benghazi before we confirm the new defense secretary.” Graham did not say if he would vote against former Senator Chuck Hagel’s confirmation for defense secretary, but

Graham Threatens Hagel Confirmation Unless Panetta Testifies on Benghazi

Nightly Police Tweets Show DC Is Target Rich For Criminals

The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department’s Twitter feed has become known as a relatively scary place on the web to watch on a nightlly basis. During day-light hours, MPD tweets about car accidents or disabled automobiles often.  However, as nighttime

House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls Benghazi Report 'Incomplete'

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is not satisfied with the State Department’s report on the deadly terrorist attack against the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya last Septemeber, calling the Dept. of State’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) report “incomplete.” According to a

House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls Benghazi Report 'Incomplete'

DC Power Plant Continues To Burn Coal, Environmentalists Fume

Washington, DC local residents and environmentalists gathered at a meeting room in a Methodist Church on Capitol Hill last Thursday to discuss their dissatisfaction with the Capitol Hill cogeneration plant. The plant, which was completely coal fired for almost one hundred

DC Power Plant Continues To Burn Coal, Environmentalists Fume

Senator Menendez 'Not Going to Dignify' Prostitution Allegations

Senator Bob Menendez  (D – NJ) did not want to talk about allegations on Monday regarding an FBI inquiry that apparently show Sen. Menendez was sleeping with underage prostitutes.  Sen. Menendez told Breitbart News, “I have no comment and I’m

Senator Menendez 'Not Going to Dignify' Prostitution Allegations

Boeing Presents Ways to Send Man to Mars

Boeing is outlining new ways for manned missions to Mars to happen, reports nasaspaceflight.com: With a focus on building the archetypal missions for NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket, the U.S.-based Boeing Corporation has outlined their view of what technologies

Boeing Presents Ways to Send Man to Mars

Feinstein: You Don't Need More than 10 Rounds for Self-Defense

Senator Dianne Feinstein was joined by lawmakers, law enforcement, clergy, and Americans adversely affected by gun violence as she put forth her full updated version of the 2013 Assault Weapons ban legislation. Pointing to a display of high capacity weapons,

Feinstein: You Don't Need More than 10 Rounds for Self-Defense

John McCain: Bring Benghazi Survivors to Capitol Hill

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) wants to hear directly from the survivors of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack after receiving what he felt were insufficient answers in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday

John McCain: Bring Benghazi Survivors to Capitol Hill

Hillary on Benghazi Misinformation: 'I Was Not Focused on Talking Points'

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about the security failures at the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. During

Hillary on Benghazi Misinformation: 'I Was Not Focused on Talking Points'

John McCain: Senate Will Ask Hillary About Benghazi Survivors

Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Breitbart News Tuesday that when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Wednesday about the failures to adequately protect the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, she

John McCain: Senate Will Ask Hillary About Benghazi Survivors

Obama Supporters: Inauguration 'Boring'

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews compared President Barack Obama’s second inaugural speech to Lincoln’s Gettysburg address saying that, it reminded him “of another second inaugural, Lincoln’s, so much of Lincoln in that speech, from the Gettysburg Address to the second inaugural itself.”

Obama Supporters: Inauguration 'Boring'

Norquist: Fiscal Cliff Deal Was Tax Hike Nobody Voted For

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) President Grover Norquist appeared on David Webb’s Sirius XM radio show on Friday and said that the fiscal cliff deal that Democrats and many Republicans voted for was a tax hike that nobody actually voted

Norquist: Fiscal Cliff Deal Was Tax Hike Nobody Voted For

DHS IG Agent Admits Guilt in Falsifying Records

Wayne Ball, a former special agent of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) pleaded guilty on Thursday in a Southern District of Texas federal court to participating in a scheme to falsify records and to obstruct an

DHS IG Agent Admits Guilt in Falsifying Records

Missouri Politician Proposes Measure Reaffirming Right to Bear Arms

Missouri State Senator Kurt Schaefer, a Republican, filed a joint resolution on Thursday that would add new language to the state constitution reaffirming state residents’ rights to bear arms. Missouri voters would need to approve the language in Missouri’s next

Missouri Politician Proposes Measure Reaffirming Right to Bear Arms

Rep. Nadler: Two to Four Self-Defense Shots is Enough

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D – NY) applauded his state’s expansion of the current gun control laws on Tuesday telling Breitbart News, “I’m glad New York passed strong legislation. Would I have preferred stronger?–always–without knowing the details of what they did.”

Rep. Nadler: Two to Four Self-Defense Shots is Enough

Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Hearing Date Set

Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) announced Monday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would testify before the committee on January 23 to answer questions about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities

Hillary Clinton's Benghazi Hearing Date Set

Biden 2008: 'Obama Ain't Takin' My Shotguns'

On September 20, 2008, then Senator Joe Biden told a crowd in Castlewood, Virgnia, “I guarantee you Barack Obama ain’t taking my shotguns, so don’t buy that malarkey.”  He added, “Don’t buy that malarkey. They’re going to start peddling that

Biden 2008: 'Obama Ain't Takin' My Shotguns'

Obama's CIA Pick John Brennan's Horrific Record

President Obama’s CIA Director pick, White House chief counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan, has a number of issues to answer for before Senators on Capitol Hill confirm him. PJ Media’s Patrick Poole compiled an extensive list of stories concerning Brennan dating

Obama's CIA Pick John Brennan's Horrific Record

Obama CIA Pick John Brennan in 2010: Jihad a 'Legitimate Tenet of Islam'

Monday, President Barack Obama picked top counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to become the next head of the CIA. Brennan’s views on radical Islam may concern hawkish Senators who will scrutinize Obama’s choice for CIA chief. In May of 2010, Fox News reported

Obama CIA Pick John Brennan in 2010: Jihad a 'Legitimate Tenet of Islam'

Woman Hit by DC Metro After Placing Herself in Front of Train

A woman appears to have intentionally placed herself in front of an oncoming train at Arlington Virginia’s Ballston Station Monday morning, The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said in a statement. According to a press release from the WMAT:  Orange

Woman Hit by DC Metro After Placing Herself in Front of Train