California $5 Billion 'Windfall' Declared Accounting Anomaly
Last month, Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown proudly announced that the state’s coffers were flooded with a surprise $5 billion windfall—a revenue bump the Los Angeles Timescalled “historic.”...
View ArticleWith Election Over, Obama Announces Medicare Cuts to Fund ObamaCare
During the 2012 election campaign, Democrats denied that ObamaCare made $716 billion in cuts to Medicare in order to provide funding toward $1.9 trillion in new entitlement spending over the next ten...
View ArticleAmerica In Decline?
Niall Ferguson subtitles his most recent book The Great Degeneration, “How Institutions Decay and Economies Die.” It is a short treatise on the way in which well-intentioned political leaders can cause...
View ArticleUniv. of Wisconsin Defends Controversial 'White Privilege' Campaign
The University of Wisconsin Duluth-Superior says it is not backing down from its involvement in a controversial diversity campaign featuring white models with “Society was set up for us” and “Is white...
View ArticleAFP Releases Scorecard, Rubio Only Senator With 100% Rating
Americans for Prosperity, this afternoon, released its legislative scorecard for the 112th Congress. AFP is one of the premier grass roots organizations promoting limited government and individual...
View ArticleAs Demand For Transparency Heats Up, Polls Turn Against Hagel
Pew Research released a poll today that should give the White House cause for concern as the days tick by before Senator Chuck Hagel's senate confirmation vote to become Defense Secretary. The more the...
View ArticleFL Governor Rick Scott Reverses Position on Obamacare
Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Wednesday evening he had made a deal with the federal government and would now accept Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion, the initial implementation of President...
View ArticleNRA to Begin Running Ads Against Democrats Seeking 2014 Reelection
On Feb. 21, the NRA will launch a print campaign against Democrat Senators seeking reelection in 2014 in Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia. This will be complimented by "digital...
View Article800,000 DoD Employees Facing Furlough Over Sequester
Barack Obama, who says he cares deeply about jobs, has now caused 800,000 civilian workers for the Pentagon to face as many as 22 days off without pay as a result of sequestration cuts. The workers may...
View ArticleNewt Blasts 'Repugnant' Rove Super PAC, GOP Consulting Class
On Wednesday, Former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blistered Republican consultant Karl Rove, saying Rove's new super PAC that was created to wage war against conservatives and...
View ArticleSecret Fed Bailout Let Bank of America Off the Hook for Billions
A secret bailout deal struck between the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Bank of America may have let the big bank off the hook for billions of dollars in legal claims in exchange for a mere $43...
View ArticleObama Energy Sec. Nominee Sparks Outrage Among Environmentalists
President Barack Obama plans to nominate pro-hydraulic fracking Massacusetts Institute of Technology nuclear scientist Ernest Moniz as his next Secretary of Energy, a move that has sparked outrage...
View ArticleCruz: Rubio Criticized by Democrats Because He's Hispanic
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that the Democrats’ and media’s criticisms of Marco Rubio, including their attacks on him for drinking water during his State of the Union response, are motivated by fear of...
View ArticleReport: Maryland Government Considering Gas Tax Increase
Alex Demetrick of CBS Baltimore reported there may be a possibility that the state of Maryland will raise its gasoline tax. Governor Martin O’Malley said, “We’re not going to solve that problem by...
View ArticleOFA Email Asks for Anecdotes of Gun Violence
The former campaign apparatus of Barack Obama, Organizing for Action, sent out an email requesting recipients send back stories of gun violence which they have experienced.Sami Rahamim, the author of...
View ArticleDunkin' Donuts Pushes White House to Amend ObamaCare
Dunkin’ Brands, which owns Dunkin’ Donuts, is trying to get the White House to change the definition of a full-time worker from 30 hours per week to 40 under ObamaCare. ObamaCare demands that employers...
View ArticleIs America Ready for a New Third Party? The Passion of the Rand Paulistas...
In the first installment of this series, we noted the considerable public opposition to big government, as well as a palpable hostility to the status quo, suggesting the possibility of new political...
View ArticleNRA Raised $1.1 Million in One Month
In January of this year alone, the NRA's political action committee (PAC) raised $1.1 million, nearly double the approximately $600,000 a month they raised in 2011 and 2012.Because of this, at the end...
View ArticleGOP Senators Urge White House to Withdraw Hagel Nomination
The acrimony surrounding Chuck Hagel's confirmation to lead the Defense Department has caused a handful of Senators to formally ask the White House to withdraw his nomination. The almost unprecedented...
View ArticlePoll: Menendez Approval Collapses
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that Sen. Bob Menendez's approval ratings have plummeted 15 points in less than a month. Only 36% of New Jersey voters approve of the job Menendez is doing, while 41%...
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