Last week, when Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) sought to examine whether U.S. funds flowing to Palestinian refugees gave Palestinians an advantage over Israelis, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) was quick to complain that Republicans were putting the interests of Israel above
Masslive.com is reporting the latest bizarre twist in the saga of Elizabeth Warren’s likely false claims of Native American heritage. In a statement that would make Richard Nixon blush with shame, Warren has, effectively, told the new Cherokees Demand Truth
Elizabeth Warren can no longer count the Harvard University administrator who listed her as “Native American” among her advocates in the unfolding scandal of her professed minority heritage. In the reaction to the Boston Globe‘s controversial article on Harvard’s EEOC
Breitbart News’ Michael Patrick Leahy appeared on WRKO’s Howie Carr Show in Boston to discuss the latest revelations regarding Elizabeth Warren and Harvard Law School’s inclusion of her as a minority staff member.
(AP) Justice Dept.: Misconduct by 2 in Stevens caseBy PETE YOSTAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Justice Department’s internal ethics watchdog said Thursday that two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against then-Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose
Michael Patrick Leahy detailed yet another twist to Elizabeth “Faux-Cahontis” Warren’s tale of fake American Indian claims. Apparently, in 1984 Warren supplied several “old family recipes” to the “Pow Wow Chow cookbook” edited by her cousin. Turns out these “family
The credibility of Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren took another hit today as Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr released evidence that appears to confirm Ms. Warren may have plagiarized at least three of the five recipes she submitted to
Buried in the “For the Record” section, the Boston Globe today admitted that it made a major error in one of its initial reports on Elizabeth Warren’s claim of Native American ancestry: Correction: Because of a reporting error, a story in
Lynda Smith, the amateur genealogist who unknowingly found herself at the root of the false “Elizabeth Warren is 1/32 Cherokee” meme introduced to the media by “noted” genealogist Chris Child of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, acknowledged in an
You can’t make this stuff up. On May 1, according to a Boston Herald article, the Warren Campaign offered two pieces of evidence they said supported Ms. Warren’s claim of Native American ancestry. The first, a statement by genealogist Chris
For over a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Warren has described herself as a Native American. When recently asked to provide evidence of her ancestry, she pointed to an unsubstantiated claim on an 1894 Oklahoma Territory marriage license application by her
In March 2011, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) introduced the Finding Fugitive Sex Offenders Act in the Senate. The Act was designed to grant the U.S. Marshals administrative subpoena power so that they could better investigate sex offenders who had not
While some in the news media say Eric Holder’s involvement in the controversial ATF gun-running program known as Operation Fast and Furious is “only the tip of the iceberg,” Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue says he “was way ahead
I just received an email with a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder attached to it. The hard copy of the letter was sent to the House Oversight Committee in what appears to be a rather strained attempt to quell
Pending revisions to an FBI operations guide could help agents more quickly and aptly perform investigations, including counterterrorism-related inquires, according to former FBI officials familiar with older and current guidelines. The FBI is currently in the process of editing its
Once the light bulb represented ideas; today, its shoddy, government-mandated replacement, the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), has come to represent everything that is wrong with the GOP leadership in Congress. It’s time to get rid of the dim bulbs, figuratively
The announcement of election results favoring the party of president Rene Preval has given the appearance of a stolen election in Haiti and triggered several days of violence, according to the Montreal Gazette. From 2004 – Poor neighborhood in Haiti
From the Associated Press: Supporters and opponents of Elena Kagan painted vastly different portraits of the Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, as they got their final say on the Senate floor before a near-certain vote to confirm her later this
As an American citizen who has spent seven years fighting against and promoting awareness of the threat of libel tourism to American free speech rights, I am writing in support of the S 3518, the “Securing the Protection of our
Update: the Judiciary Committee has passed the SPEECH Act; it now goes to the full senate As an American citizen who has spent seven years fighting against and promoting awareness of the threat of libel tourism to American free speech
Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent, who writes under the by-line The Plum Line, criticizes pollster Whit Ayres for suggesting that the failed Times Square bomb incident gives Republicans a political opportunity. Sargent closes his blog with: Ayres is the GOP
Radio Equalizer: Levin may be on to something, especially when Leahy seems to drop the “A” in “Alito.”
As the Tea Party movement approaches its first “birthday”, the leadership is taking it to new levels. The metamorphosis, which has been deliciously organic, has seen it go from street protests, to active demonstrations to serious political action. All along
AP: Sen. Al Franken said he is “truly humbled” to be on the Judiciary Committee. He also praised Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking Republican Jeff Sessions. Then, he was interrupted by the third protester of the hearing, speaking partly in
I just saw Sen. Joe Lieberman on Fox News. He wanted to explore the possibility of closing off the Southern Border with Mexico as a safety precaution while the US got a handle on the Swine Flu situation. The World