Rand Paul: We're not the party that wants to give you another cellphone
Rush Limbaugh listeners crash Defund Obamacare website dontfundit.com
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 02:50 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, went on the Rush Limbaugh show Wednesday to promote the fight to defund Obamacare through a continuing resolution. As part of the fight, Cruz advised listeners of the show to sign the petition in...
Read More...Full Audio: Sen. Ted Cruz talks to Rush Limbaugh about the fight to defund Obamacare
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 02:40 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, went on Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show today to discuss the effort to defund Obamacare. Cruz explained that he was frustrated by the effort led by some Republicans to discredit the idea,...
Read More...Israelis brace for possible attack by Syria
By PHILIP KLEIN | 08/28/13 02:20 PM
TEL AVIV – Omri Azarzar, 27, stood outside a post office in the southern part of the city here on Tuesday afternoon where the Israeli government was distributing gas masks to residents amid increasing fears Israel could...
Read More...Rand Paul: 'Syria has no clear national security connection' to the US
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/28/13 02:05 PM
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., responded to reports that the Obama administration is considering military action in Syria by saying "the war in Syria has no clear national security connection to the United States."
Read More...Jamie Foxx: Join me and Jay-Z, Will Smith, and Kanye to fight for civil rights
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 01:50 PM
Actor Jamie Foxx called for young entertainers to join him to promote Martin Luther King's dream for equality and justice in America during a speech at an event promoting the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington....
Read More...Market soars, employment & wages stagnant: Dems hope for trickle-down Obamanomics
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/28/13 01:45 PM
"Trickle down from the stock market and artificially low interest rates are the only drivers of the economy," writes Ed Rogers at the Washington Post.
Read More...John McCain on Syria strikes: If it's not regime change, what is it?
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/28/13 01:25 PM
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., suggested that President Obama has no choice but order strikes that would take down Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad's regime, given his 2011 statement that "Assad must step aside."...
Read More...Al Sharpton: Obama is 'the new Kennedy because of Dr. King'
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/28/13 01:00 PM
Rev. Al Sharpton's love for President Obama was on full display Wednesday, when he said on MSNBC that he told Obama that he "is the new [President] Kennedy because of Dr. [Martin Luther] King."
Read More...Chris Matthews: Ted Cruz and Tom Coburn hate Obama because he's black
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 12:15 PM
Chris Matthews marked the 50th anniversary of the speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington today by suggesting that Republicans were racist for blocking President Obama's agenda. "You've...
Read More...Ted Cruz: Dr. King believed in the American Dream, and he believed in America
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 11:45 AM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released an essay on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington. "Dr. King believed in the American Dream, and he...
Read More...Snoop Lion dreams of 'no guns allowed' on the streets
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 10:40 AM
NBC featured YouTube clips from celebrities, politicians and entrepreneurs, sharing their "dream" for America as part of recognizing the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday.
Read More...Only 58 percent of uninsured plan to use Obamacare
By CONN CARROLL | 08/28/13 09:35 AM
Obamacare will spend almost $1.8 trillion over the next 10 years providing health insurance to more Americans, but, according to a new Kaiser Health Tracking poll, only 58 percent of those currently uninsured plan to...
Read More...Rand Paul: We're not the party that wants to give you another cellphone
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/28/13 08:45 AM
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. explained on the Mark Levin show that the Republican party was about maintaining freedom and opportunity in the country, not just giving poor people tangible goods.
Read More...Morning Examiner: Ted Cruz walks fine line on Syria
By CONN CARROLL | 08/28/13 08:10 AM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appeared to reject President Obama's impending missile strike on Syria Monday, but also left open the door for possibly supporting some type of United States intervention in the conflict.
Read More...Are cable news ratings a harbinger of voter turnout?
By MICHAEL BARONE | 08/28/13 12:50 AM
Evidently MSNBC's ratings have been plummeting this year, and not just because it's August; the comparisons are with similar months last year. August 2013 ratings were 28% below those for August 2012.
Read More...California: Straight-A high school student not ready for college
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/27/13 04:45 PM
Hard work, a good attitude, and a desire to learn won't help a student succeed academically if the local high school regards minimal performance as excellent, as one California student discovered upon arriving at the...
Read More...Obamacare unlikely to operate during a government shutdown
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/27/13 04:05 PM
Despite the Congressional Research Service's insistence that Obamacare would continue to be implemented even if Republicans succeeded in their defunding effort, the claim seems unlikely.
Read More...Scott Walker: Don't shut down government over Obamacare
By BYRON YORK | 08/27/13 03:05 PM
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a possible 2016 GOP presidential contender, warned that "Republicans like me want less government, want limited government, but we want government that works, and I don't think...
Read More...They're 'public servants,' not 'public masters'
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/27/13 02:00 PM
Public officials are afforded many privileges over ordinary citizens, which essentially puts them in a different class than those they are meant to serve, said Glenn Harlan Reynolds, law professor at the University of...
Read More...Rasmussen poll: 42 percent of GOP voters think defunding Obamacare will help the party
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/27/13 02:00 PM
A new Rasmussen poll shows that 42% of likely Republican voters think that threatening to vote against a government funding bill unless it cuts off funds for the health care law will help the GOP.
Read More...Court: First Amendment protections don't allow unions to engage in nuisance lawsuits
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/27/13 01:30 PM
Here's a case worth keeping an eye on: the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a union's First Amendment rights do not allow it to engage in a pattern of legal harassment against a non-union business....
Read More...Unions plan national fast-food walkout Thursday
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/27/13 01:10 PM
You might want to stock up on McNuggets now: The Service Employees International Union and the United Food and Commercial Workers are targeting the McDonald's, Wendy's and KFC chains, among others, in a planned...
Read More...Obama's creeping amnesty plan
By CONN CARROLL | 08/27/13 11:05 AM
As President Obama's top second term legislative priority, citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States, slowly dies from lack of momentum in Congress, Obama is expanding his...
Read More...Obama admits he 'teared up' while watching Oprah in 'The Butler'
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/27/13 10:15 AM
President Obama admitted that he "teared up" during his private screening of The Butler – a film starring Oprah Winfrey, Forrest Whitakerand Cuba Gooding Jr. Obama made his comments during an interview with with...
Read More...Obama: Martin Luther King Jr. would have liked Obamacare
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/27/13 09:55 AM
President Obama signaled in an exclusive interview with radio hosts Tom Joyner and Sybil Wilkes that Martin Luther King Jr. would have liked his health care plan for Americans. Obama spoke to the pair in the Oval Office...
Read More...Keith Olbermann praises Chris Christie during ESPN2 debut
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/27/13 09:35 AM
Jamie Weinstein caught this clip of Keith Olbermann praising Gov. Chris Christie during his ESPN 2 debut of his new sports themed talk show. Olberman noted with approval that Christie called a reporter...
Read More...Ted Cruz on Syria: US military doesn't exist to be a policeman for the world
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/27/13 08:25 AM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized President Obama's foreign policy on Fox News Monday night, asserting that the United States, under President Obama, has grown weaker.
Read More...Answering Chris Christie jab, Bobby Jindal stands by GOP 'stupid party' critique, takes shots of his own
By BYRON YORK | 08/27/13 08:05 AM
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says he was right to call Republicans the "stupid party," no matter what fellow GOP governor and possible 2016 presidential rival Chris Christie says about it.
Read More...Morning Examiner: The debt limit and government shutdown fights are now the same
By CONN CARROLL | 08/27/13 08:05 AM
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Monday informing him that the Treasury Department has exhausted available "extraordinary measures" to fund federal government spending...
Read More...Obama meets with MSNBC's Al Sharpton, black pastors about Obamacare enrollment
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/26/13 05:25 PM
President Obama met with MSNBC host Al Sharpton and an array of African American pastors today, urging them to convince black Americans to enroll in Obamacare exchanges when they come online. "[H]e also discussed the...
Read More...Wife of pastor jailed in Iran faults Obama: MLK would have spoken up
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/26/13 04:45 PM
An Iranian court rejected an American pastor's request for an early release from prison, prompting his wife to fault President Obama for failing to intervene personally on his behalf.
Read More...Women's Equality Day
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/26/13 03:30 PM
President Obama signed a proclamation Monday declaring August 26 to be "Women's Equality Day." A nice gesture, but Obama, in addition to patting himself on the back for signing meaningless or detrimental laws...
Read More...12 questions CNN's Candy Crowley asked Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 02:55 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday with host Candy Crowley. Here are the twelve questions Crowley asked the freshman senator from Texas. I have to get this birth certificate off the...
Read More...Justice Department: Bobby Jindal's student vouchers are racist
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/26/13 01:05 PM
President Obama's Justice Department asked a federal judge to halt a program that gives vouchers to poor students, arguing that the use of vouchers "impeded the desegregation process" of failing Louisiana schools.
Read More...The Great Healthcare Cashout: At least 30 Obamacare authors on K Street
By TIMOTHY P. CARNEY | 08/26/13 12:50 PM
If you want to understand the perverse incentives that exist on Capitol Hill, check out the Great Healthcare Cashout — the dozens of congressional staffers, lawmakers, and executive-branch officials who shaped President...
Read More...Monday meme: Elected representatives
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/26/13 12:15 PM
Read More...Obama rodeo clown speaks: 'This clown bit has been around for generations'
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 12:05 PM
"Obama rodeo clown" Tuffy Gessling has finally broken his silence about his controversial skit wearing an Obama mask. Gessling said that since his skit sparked nation-wide controversy, he has receieved five death...
Read More...Chris Christie dreaming of a white Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 11:40 AM
Chris Christie is already excited about a snowy northern Super Bowl next February as the event is being hosted in the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Speaking on sports talk radio show "Boomer and...
Read More...Hickenlooper still tied with Tancredo in Colorado
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 11:00 AM
Former-Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., continues to maintain his statistical tie with Gov. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., in the Colorado governor's race. A new Quinnipiac poll released Monday shows Hickenlooper at 46...
Read More...Ted Cruz is 'delusional!' Ted Cruz is 'Joe McCarthy reborn!!'
By MARK TAPSCOTT | 08/26/13 09:55 AM
Think what you will of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, but one thing is absolutely certain: He gives folks on the left a serious, maybe terminal, case of the Willies.
Read More...Crossroads enters HHS contest to promote Obamacare
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 09:50 AM
Crossroads GPS, the 501(c)(4) co-founded by Karl Rove, has entered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services video contest aimed at promoting Obamacare among young people. Watch the "Propaganda" ad above.
Read More...Morning Examiner: Whatever Obama does in Syria, don't expect him to run it by Congress
By CONN CARROLL | 08/26/13 08:40 AM
President Obama will have to decide how to respond to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's apparent use of chemical weapons soon, but whatever Obama does do, do not expect him to run it by Congress. Calling Obama's...
Read More...George Will: Iran is watching Obama's 'red line' dance on Syria
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/26/13 07:55 AM
Conservative columnist George Will thinks that Iran is watching President Obama's commitment to his "red line" promise on chemical weapons used in Syria. "Iran is watching this little dance of deadlines and red...
Read More...Bipartisanship: House Dem, GOP senator agree US should bomb Syria
By JOEL GEHRKE | 08/25/13 07:35 PM
A Democratic House member and Republican senator found common ground on a foreign policy question, agreeing that the United States needs to bomb Syria in response to the latest reported chemical weapons attack by dictator...
Read More...Ted Cruz's father: 'I don't see him running for president'
By ASHE SCHOW | 08/25/13 02:05 PM
Rafael Cruz, father of popular Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, may have dashed the hopes of many conservatives when he told CNN's Candy Crowley that he doesn't believe his son will run for president. "I don't see him...
Read More...Ted Cruz on CNN: We're about to see a 'grassroots tsunami' hit Washington
By CHARLIE SPIERING | 08/25/13 12:35 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, faced CNN's Candy Crowley on Sunday, defending his plan to defund Obamacare and what he would do to fix health care in America. Cruz praised the power of grassroots activists, suggesting that a...
Read More...Lawsuit challenges Teamsters for charging ex-members fees to file grievances
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/25/13 11:30 AM
Four former members of Teamsters Local 214 in Dearborn, Michigan, have filed suit against the union, alleging it has no right to charge them $150 plus expenses if they want to file a grievance with their employer.
Read More...Report: Keystone pipeline decision likely to be delayed until 2014
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/25/13 10:55 AM
Claims that a contractor hired by the State Department to do a draft environmental impact report of the US-Canada Keystone XL pipeline project has a conflict of interest will likely delay a decision on project until at...
Read More...Republicans want a 2016 candidate who's fearless; that's what Ted Cruz is selling
By BYRON YORK | 08/24/13 10:20 PM
"I'm sick of Republicans letting Obama walk all over them," says Denise Roberts, a Dublin, New Hampshire Republican who has come to a grand old home in the shadow of Mount Monadnock to get a first-hand look at Sen....
Read More...The socialist history of the 1963 March On Washington
By SEAN HIGGINS | 08/24/13 07:55 PM
In the 50 years since the 1963 March on Washington,it's connection to the socialist movement has been largely airbrushed from history. For example, a Washington Post piece "Five myths about the March on Washington"...
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Rand Paul: We're not the party that wants to give you another cellphone
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