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Republicans release more complex Obamacare chart
If you thought the original Democrat health plan chart Republicans used to criticize the health care reform bill during the debates this year resembled a dystopian bureaucratic mess, check out the new chart the Joint Economic Committee minority just released on Wednesday.
Off the beaten path online: Bush ‘Miss me yet?’ billboard vandalized...
Today's Water Cooler lineup of off the beaten path online stories are: Bush ‘Miss me yet?’ billboard vandalized, 10 races to watch in 2010, Sharpest drop in manufacturing in past year.
DISCLOSE Act fails to go forward in Senate
Senate Republicans showed strength in their numbers on Tuesday night, when the minority party blocked Democratic efforts to limit debate on legislation known as the DISCLOSE Act. The DISCLOSE, a bill that would place strict disclosure requirements on political campaign donations for ads given by corporations, unions and other organizations.
Rangel says he's not resigning
As Congressman Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, finds himself up against pending ethics allegations, lawmakers on the Hill from both parties are not taking sides on the issue just yet
Media mum on Falun Gong - as persecution escalates
Media coverage of Falun Gong persecution in China has decreased in recent years - but the meditation movement needs the West now more than ever.
First Democratic Congressman calls for charges against Black Panthers
California's U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, embarrassed at a recent town hall meeting, now is calling for "criminal" prosecution of New Black Panthers for voter intimidation. But with a twist.... an ill-informed twist at that.
Putting Panther Myths to Rest
U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Peter Kirsanow makes mincemeat of the left's arguments against the substance of the commission's inquiry into the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case.
Boxer jobs tour looks more like trail of fundraisers
Senator Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, facing a tougher re-election year than in previous campaign cycles, engaged in a recent trip around her state in early July calling it the "Jobs for California Tour." The Contra Costa Times reported that Ms. Boxer traveled for two-days on a “campaign blitz” across the state touting job-creation successes while lobbing an attack on Republican challenger and former Hewlett Packert CEO Carly Fiorina. However, was the California Senator more concerned about attending political fundraisers during this “jobs tour” as opposed to talking to private sector business owners struggling under a difficult economy and likely panicking over massive legislation she voted in favor of?
Democrats look to change Senate filibuster rules
Democrats on the hill, frustrated after their party lost their 60- seat majority in the Senate following the election of Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown in January, could be looking at changing the filibuster rules soon.
Right Online headliners fire up what's right
Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, excited Right Online attendees in Las Vegas on Friday discussing issues ranging from from the economy to health care. The Conservative conference, held at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, hosted other headliners like Republican Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle, Congressman Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, and conservative activist and talk radio host Herman Cain.
Franken warns liberal activists: Conservatives are miserable but motivated
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat and Senator Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, addressed Netroots Nation activists on Saturday highlighting Congressional Democratic accomplishments while reminding audience members the Democrats no longer have a 60 vote filibuster proof majority in the Senate. They also stressed the enthusiasm of grassroots conservatives who want to roll back recently passed left wing legislation like health care reform.
Republicans question trial lawyer tax cut
Treasury department change could cost $1.53 billion.
Progressives fearful and angry at Fox News, White House
A Net Roots Nation conference panel that convened at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas on Thursday titled “Responding to Attacks on Community Organizers and Progressive Groups” held a heavy emphasis on the liberal response to the recent story involving former USDA official Shirley Sherrod who was ousted from her position following the release of a video clip of her making questionable remarks. More video of the original clip was released to reveal further context of Ms. Sherrod’s remarks.
Without preconditions, Palestinian Authority gets to fly flag in Washington
The State Department has announced the status upgrade of the Palestinian Authority, the group whose parent organization perpetrated the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
Government report: race and gender a factor in killing GM dealerships
Were race and gender some of the reasons why certain GM dealerships were closed down and others not? According to a newly released government report from the Office of Special Inspector General For the Trouble Asset Relief Program it appears it may have been used as a criteria.
Fighting an unnamed enemy waging an unrecognized war
Since arriving in office, the Obama administration has delved deeply into its thesaurus to find ways of speaking about Islamism without mentioning it. In his June 2009 Cairo speech, a not atypical example, President Obama referred repeatedly to ‘extremists,’ ‘violent extremists’ and ‘violent extremism.’ He even referred at one point to anti-Israel terrorism by its Palestinian euphemism – ‘resistance.’
ACLU 'rethinking' the Second Amendment?
The Florida ACLU helping a retiree get his seized guns back is just the latest in a small series of moves by ACLU state affiliates in support of gun rights. The traditionally anti-second amendment national ACLU may be changing course, too.
Bush Attorneys Deserve Reputations Back
Three years ago, it already was obvious that no laws were actually broken by ham-handed members of Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department. Now, those lawyers have been officially cleared. They deserve bigger stories from the establishment media.
Georgetown professor misses the mark on NYC Islamic center
Georgetown University professor relies on the tired 'intolerance' canard to distract from the real issue at the heart of the Cordoba Initiative furor: terrorism.
Steny Hoyer maintains individual mandate is not a tax
“I don’t see this as a tax. I think it is personal responsibility for all of us to make sure that we take care of ourselves to the extent we can. To the extent we can’t, we need to get some assistance from people,” said House Majority leader Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, when I asked him on Tuesday about the Obama administration’s recent admission that the individual mandate is indeed a tax.
