With House conservatives wanting to keep the pressure on Barack Obama given his end run of the political process when it comes to illegal immigration, reports indicate Republican House Speaker John Boehner may be considering doing the un-thinkable — abandoning
Officials in St. Louis are throwing cold water on speculation that the bludgeoning death of a Bosnian immigrant was racially motivated and/or related to Ferguson. The St. Louis Dispatch reported: “There is no evidence that this was a crime occasioned
In an increasingly desperate looking attempt to hold onto her Senate seat, Democrat Mary Landrieu can’t seem to decide if she’s for Barack Obama as president, or against him. Well, actually, depending on the audience, she appears to be both.
In response to Landrieu Down Significantly in Early Voting: It is hopeful to say that Sen. Mary Landrieu is all but finished in her re-election race down in Louisiana, but do not dismiss the Democrat Party’s grassroots machine of turning
A video provided to St. Louis blogger Bob McCarty of the crime scene at the South St. Louis Bevo Mill neighborhood where a group of black teenagers bludgeoned Bosnian immigrant Zemir Begic to death with hammers, strongly suggests the motive for the attack –
While Republican Bill Cassidy has seen an uptick over the November primary in GOP early voting, Democrat Mary Landrieu is experiencing the opposite. Democrat early voting totals are down by almost 18 percent and turn-out among blacks is down significantly,
In response to Eyewitness: Before St. Louis Hammer Attack, ‘Black People’ Ran Up And Down Street Yelling, ‘Kill The White People’: Is this what the race-baiting Al Sharpton meant when he said,”It’s not over,” after a grand jury decided not
Recently Charlie Cook of Cook’s Political Report assessed the chances that Hillary Clinton will run for the White House in 2016 a 60 – 70% probability, while saying that it’s likely she’ll run. The Five-Thirty-Eight website has come behind that
With Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and other Democrats wanting to up the minimum wage from $8.25 to at least $10 statewide in Illinois, it seems Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to be first in Chicago and in a big way.
By his own estimation, economist Jonathan Gruber had it backwards when he claimed in 2012 that the failure of Obamacare would lead to single-payer. Now he says only the success of Obamacare can lead to single-payer. Speaking at a health
In the second incident of its kind, demonstrators ostensibly angry about the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict former police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown have targeted black police officers for abuse. It
In response to The Media is Backing Away from the Left’s Narrative About the Brown Case: How splendid of the media to back away from that Ferguson narrative, now that they’ve caused untold property damage, and possibly contributed to a
The latest high-profile hacking story is a raid on Sony Pictures that put a major film still in theaters, plus some movies that haven’t even been released yet, online for illicit downloads. Variety surveys the damage: Copies of DVD screeners
Protests continue around the country but some elements in the media are starting to back away from the Brown case as a racial outrage. Case in point, the lead story at the New Republic this morning is headlined “The Ferguson
Rule #1 from Democrat Master playbook: If possible, vote twice.
Multi-Millionaire Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) is once again backing President Obama’s “spread the wealth around” message. During a recent interview with the liberal website, Salon, Grayson targeted Walmart, again, as being the “machine” that solely exists “for the purpose of
In response to ObamaCare Poised to Become More Unpopular: I will be at this hearing next week, and to say that I am a bit anxious to sit in the peanut gallery, is a huge understatement. After Gruber spilled the
There’s good reason to believe that while the White House seeks to minimize fall-out from now the infamous remarks of ObamaCare architect, Jonathan Gruber and tamp down opposition to the Affordable Care Act, things are moving in the exact opposite
A 32 year-old unarmed Bosnian man was beaten to death with hammers by at least three black teenagers in South St. Louis early Sunday morning. Two teens, 15 and 16, were arrested. The victim was identified as Zemir Begic, 32, of
More that a few European officials are beginning to point a finger at Russia for alleged covert operations designed to stop fracking procedures from going forward as it presents a threat to their domination of certain energy markets. Gazprom, a
For all its demagoguery about Wall Street, the Obama administration hasn’t been shy about tapping Wall Street talent to fill the ranks of his administration. Now, some Democrats are claiming to have had enough over “Obama’s nomination of Antonio Weiss to
Watchdog group Cause of Action has been trying to use a Freedom of Information Act request to get some information about a Treasury Department probe into the IRS improperly giving taxpayer information to the White House, as part of the
While the primary politics of 2016 may not afford movement conservatives a great many opportunities to take on establishment Republicans in primaries, there si one notable exception. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be 80 years old, if or when he
An unidentified 32-year-old Phoenix resident who returned from Sierra Leone this week has been hospitalized and will be screened for Ebola after complaining of feeling ill and experiencing dry heaves, along with diarrhea. Maricopa Integrated Health System’s chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Fromm said
The media framing for stories about fiscal responsibility now involves portraying Republicans as “anti-science” when they object to handing out fat research grants for stupid projects. For example, Politico’s big article on the subject is entitled, “Next Battle In the
The modern movie marketing machine is a marvel to behold. We don’t just have trailers now. We have teasers, which are very short trailers for the actual trailer. The teasers get scrutinized and reviewed as if they were one-minute movies.
Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) seems especially grateful for Barack Onama’s executive amnesty this Thanksgiving. He’s featured at the end of this short clip as some House members tell the Hill what they’re most thankful for this Thanksgiving. Gutierrez says this Thanksgiving is “bountiful
Sources close to Texas Gov. Rick Perry claim he will “meet in person with more than 500 major donors and bundlers from around the country in December,” at a major gathering in Texas designed to set the stage for a
The left is very good at starting racial firestorms but, likeirresponsible campers leaving behind an unquenched campfire, they arenot so good at putting them out. What we saw in their handling of the Brown case is a rerun of the
In response to Democrats Have No Lock On Latino Vote : I have been saying this for some time now. Democrats want Republicans to believe they have a “lock” on the Hispanic voting bl0c, but they don’t. The problem Republicans
I like to read books, but I really love to give books. They’re easy to wrap. They’re usually under $20. They can be shared with others. Most importantly, buying them supports people I like. Finding Mr. Righteous by Lisa De
Oh, Thanksgiving. The memories. Never a dull moment. My top 5 over the years… 5) The year my friend and her boyfriend got into a giant fight and I ate my turkey in her bedroom closet with her Chihuahua, sitting
Allies of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson insist that given that the grand jury didn’t indict Wilson and believed his version of events over Michael Brown friend Dorian Johnson, the state should consider charging Johnson with perjury. It was Dorian
Say what you want about her, for some reason, “Hillary Clinton is hosting a New York City fundraiser for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., on Monday,” meaning she’s standing by Landrieu despite expectations that she’s headed for a landslide loss again
One doesn’t have to like NY Senator Chuck Schumer to admit he’s a smart and ambitious man. His being the first prominent Democrat to come out strong against Obamacare – without doing anything to derail it – could prove to
One of Charlie Crist’s paid operatives, liberal Democrat Kevin Cate of Cate Communication, has just put out a laughable blog post on his website called “How Charlie Crist Won.” Apparently, Cate, who worked on Obama’s 2008 presidential election, has taken
In response to Chuck Schumer’s Shrewd Break With ObamaCare: I posted on this yesterday as well. Schumer is a liberal, and is in lock step with the Obama agenda, but his newly-found rhetoric against Obamacare is a little refreshing, even
Wednesday the Obama administration is expected to announce a “sweeping regulation, which would aim at smog from power plants and factories across the country, particularly in the Midwest…”, a controversial regulation the opposition insists is the “most expensive regulation ever’.”
In response to Wanted: a government that sides with the law-abiding: Inquiring minds want to know why the Missouri National Guard wasn’t deployed in Ferguson Monday night. Governor Jay Nixon called a state of emergency in the St. Louis area
The parents of Michael Brown put out a public statement last night that is directly at odds with what one member of the family said on the ground in Ferguson, as the grand jury decision was being announced. The public