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AP Goes Along With The WH's Big Lie on Immigration Timing

The AP may not have trumpeted the political ramifications of Obama delaying executive action on immigration until after the mid-terms, but they were unable to completely ignore it, leading to these two incomprehensible, if not incoherent paragraphs within the AP

Scott Brown: Jeanne Shaheen Stands with Obama on Amnesty

In response to Barack Obama’s purely political decision to delay his desired executive action on amnesty for illegal immigrants until after November’s mid-term elections, NH Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown said, “President Obama’s decision to delay executive action to grant amnesty to

Scott Brown: Jeanne Shaheen Stands with Obama on Amnesty

Why is the GOP Wave Suddenly Not A Wave?

If you follow election coverage as I do, a funny thing seems to have happened as we move from Summer into the Fall and on toward the November mid-terms. Suddenly, media outlet after media outlet is talking about the lack

Christie Loses Big in Atlantic City

The Washington Post highlights Atlantic City’s now shuddered Revel casino and NJ Gov Chris Christie’s role in it’s supposed rise. Now that it’s fallen on hard times and more, it’s not wrong to suggest it’s a black mark on Christie’s

Shazam! 5 more IRS email accounts vanish!

The nefarious Homework-Eating Dog lunged from the shadows and gobbled up the email accounts of five more employees involved in the Tax Exempt Organizations voter-suppression scandal, including two of the famed “low level employees from the Cincinnati office,” according to

Do Rich Candidates Usually Win?

While wealth may have always been a target for attack in many political races, it reached a fever pitch in Obama’s populist attacks on Mitt Romney. Does wealth now play an out-sized role in the nation’s political back and forth?

Do Rich Candidates Usually Win?

Iowa Turning on Obama Could Be Key

As pointed out in a new Gallup poll revealing Obama’s disastrous approval numbers in Iowa, the state has played a unique roll in his political career. Now it seems they’ve turned on him, even more so than the rest of

Iowa Turning on Obama Could Be Key

Cruz to File Expatriate Terrorist Act of 2014

Claiming there is no clearer “renunciation of (U.S.) citizenship than choosing to join ISIS,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas plans to file the Expatriate Terrorist Act (E.T.A.) of 2014 when the Senate returns to work on Monday, September 8th. Currently, it’s

What Happened At The Camp Speicher Massacre In Iraq?

Two different survivors of a massacre committed by ISIS at Camp Speicher near Tikrit, Iraq back in June, tell two different stories. And the explanations for what happened range from mere cowardice on the part of the Iraqi commanders, to

What Happened At The Camp Speicher Massacre In Iraq?

Podesta Eyed for Key Clinton Campaign Role

Maggie Haberman at Politico reports the name of John Podesta repeatedly surfaces in discussions over who may play a key role, or possibly even head up a Team Hillary in 2016. The now senior Democrat could act as a bridge

Kansas Senate Race is a Mess

The Kansas Senate race involving Republican Pat Roberts has gone from ridiculous, to the bizarre with one candidates desire to have himself removed from the ballot in question and, quite possibly, responsible for driving a final outcome in the race.

HealthCareDotGov got hacked

The first hacker attack on the ObamaCare federal exchange website – at least, the first one the Administration is aware of, and willing to admit to – happened in July, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Reportedly

Triumph of the bedbugs

The Wall Street Journal brings us a nasty little postscript from the bloodiest chapter in the history of environmental radicalism. It seems New York City is suffering from another of its periodic bedbug outbreaks. Hang on a second, I’ve got

The ugly burlesque of death-cult 'feminism'

From the fever swamps of MSNBC comes the latest burlesque performance of death-cult “feminism,” as Melissa Harris-Perry rapturously imagines pop singer Beyonce could have performed in front of a giant illuminated sign reading “HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT” (the mantra of

DHS's Elibiary Resigns from Post

Mohamed Elibiary, a controversial member of the Obama administration’s Homeland Security Advisory Council resigned from DHS today. Below are tweets from Elibiary’s Twitter account: MT #AmericanHero @MohamedElibiary It has been my greatest honor to have publicly served the past five

DC Circuit Court Moves to Overturn Halbig Ruling

The DC Circuit court has decided to withdraw a previous decision which posed a threat to the structure of Obamacare and rehear the case. In July a conservative-leaning 3-judge panel ruled 2-1 that the plain language of the ACA meant

Udall Caught in Health Care Flip Flop

Republicans have unearthed a curious comment with which to hit Colorado Democrat Mark Udall as he struggles to defend his seat in the Senate. In a 2008 debate, Udall claimed he was against a “government-sponsored” solution in the health care

Biden's Double-Talk at NH Shipyard Could Hurt Shaheen

While Vice President Joe Biden was at a Navy shipyard in Portsmouth, N.H. praising Democrat Jeanne Shaheen for fighting base closures, Shaheen’s campaign was busy releasing a statement “to reiterate her strong opposition to the administration’s base closure recommendations and highlight the

McConnell Breaks 50 Percent Against Grimes in KY

Republican Mitch McConnell continues to hold a four point lead over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, breaking 50% for the first time and, perhaps most importantly, drawing 16% of Democrats, while Grimes is only pulling about half as many Republicans away from

McConnell Breaks 50 Percent Against Grimes in KY

Pat Roberts in Trouble in Kansas?

The Republican establishments inability to let go of tired old dogs and allow room for new, fresh thinkers to break through may yet cause them a problem in the Kansas Senate race. “Democrat Chad Taylor has dropped out of the

More 'Monsters' incoming

2010’s “Monsters,” which is available for streaming on Netflix, was the launching pad for director Gareth Edwards’ meteoric career, which brought us “Godzilla” this summer, and will soon extend into a new “Star Wars” film. That’s a heck of an

Book Review: A Flowershop In Baghdad

“If we are joined by the international community, we can continue to shrink ISIL’s sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities, to the point where it is a manageable problem…what we’ve got to do is make sure

Obama Sending Mixed Messages On ISIS In Europe

At a press conference in Estonia, Wednesday, Obama sent conflicting signals about his ultimate goal in the fight against ISIS, saying initially that the objective is to “degrade and destroy” the terror group, but moments later saying the objective is

Scott Brown Hits Biden on Judgement Before NH Visit

As Joe Biden travels to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard where he’ll appear with Jeanne Shaheen, the Scott Brown campaign is out with a new 30 second video called “No Strategy” hitting Biden on his assessment of Obama’s foreign policy, or perhaps

Slate Hits Liberal Dem Hypocrisy On "Dark Money"

As Slate point out, when Liberal Democrats aren’t busy bashing conservatives for so called “dark money,” they’re fairly busy raising it themselves. The operative word here is hypocrisy. Liberals may blame conservatives for the ongoing surge of political “dark money”

Sen Jack Handy Stiffs Students on Debate

U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., denied a debate request from the Minnesota Student Association to debate at the University of Minnesota. According to a report, the invitation was accompanied by “a heavy push on social media, prompting student leaders to question

American Doctor Contracts Ebola in Liberia

An American doctor working in West Africa has tested positive for Ebola according to an announcement from his organization, SIM USA. SIM USA said the doctor immediately quarantined himself once he began to show symptoms of Ebola and is “in