June 24, 2015 – 8:14 am
Never let a good crisis go to waste (The Hill) Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Tuesday for Congress to expand background checks for gun purchases in the wake of a shooting in Charleston, S.C., last week that left nine dead. “The United States is the only advanced country where this type of mass […]
June 18, 2015 – 9:07 am
As Carly Fiorina noted about Hillary, traveling is an activity “Like Mrs. Clinton I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles but flying and traveling is an activity, it’s not an accomplishment and unfortunately she didn’t accomplish anything as Secretary of State,” Fiorina said Now Team Hillary is recalibrating, and has decided that Being […]
June 13, 2015 – 7:02 am
Huh. I didn’t expect to see this from the WP Editorial Board A trade fail, courtesy of House Democrats HERE IS the state of affairs on free trade after Friday’s dramatic votes in the House: President Obama wants trade-promotion authority, known as fast-track, from Congress to strengthen the hand of his negotiators working on the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. […]
June 12, 2015 – 10:15 am
As Allahpundit notes “It’s three minutes long, which is about six times longer than an effective ad should be, but the length works here to underscore the point. Those long seconds of silence when someone’s asked to name a Clinton accomplishment feel even longer when you watch a string of people struggling with the question. […]
June 6, 2015 – 7:16 am
For legal U.S. citizens? Not so much (The Hill) President Obama vowed Saturday to keep fighting for undocumented immigrants despite actions by Republicans and some judges to derail his executive orders. “I’m going to keep doing everything I can to make our immigration system more just and more fair,†Obama said in his weekly address […]
June 5, 2015 – 6:55 am
This is the price of simply abandoning Iraq, after Obama blew up the Status of Forces agreement, along with refusing to do more than the utter minimum to stop the growth of ISIS from the get go (The Fiscal Times) One of the earliest major setbacks in the war against ISIS came last June when […]
June 4, 2015 – 7:58 am
Huh. Democrats suddenly understand what Republicans have been dealing with for over six years, when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) legislation (The Hill) President Obama’s argument that Democrats should trust his vision on trade is falling flat on Capitol Hill. Democrats — even some of Obama’s closest allies — say it’s not enough […]
June 2, 2015 – 6:47 am
Fortunately, NY Times writers David E Sanger and William J. Broad do what they can to cover for Team Obama, and the story is buried on page A6 Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile Grows, Complicating Negotiations With only one month left before a deadline to complete a nuclear deal with Iran, international inspectors have reported that Tehran’s […]
June 1, 2015 – 10:28 am
Criminalizing thought, by a guy who uses vast amounts of fossil fuels and energy within his own life (Washington Post) Fossil fuel companies and their allies are funding a massive and sophisticated campaign to mislead the American people about the environmental harm caused by carbon pollution. Their activities are often compared to those of Big […]
June 1, 2015 – 7:34 am
Congratulations, Democrats who control Baltimore lock, stock, and barrel. Congratulations, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who wanted to give thugs space to destroy. Congratulations, prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, who took the side of the thugs (Baltimore Sun) With three men killed in eastside shootings on Sunday, Baltimore recorded its deadliest month in more than 40 years. The […]