| ||||||||
| The Elizabeth Warren wing of the GOP? 12/12/2014 10:01:01 AM Noah Rothman 21 Comments An interesting observation tweeted by Townhall and The Federalist columnist Amy Otto caught my eye last night: We just won a historic election. Let's tell those people that Elizabeth Warren has their back. #genius — Amy Otto (@AmyOtto8) More... GOP to offer amendment blocking executive amnesty in January 12/12/2014 9:21:01 AM Ed Morrissey 87 Comments Republicans will try to make up with conservatives irate over the passage of the “cromnibus” with a new measure in January, one that will take aim at Barack Obama’s unilateral action on immigration. House Rules Committee chair Pete More... Cromnibus campaign finance rider splits Republicans 12/12/2014 8:41:18 AM Jazz Shaw 33 Comments Allah and Ed gave you the blow by blow on the Cromnibus last night, which we were apparently all supposed to oppose. (Though while a 60 or 90 day CR would have left us with a better looking battle in March on the surface, I’m not all that More... Will Detroit manufacture a Republican presidential contender? 12/12/2014 8:01:40 AM Ed Morrissey 27 Comments When people discuss potential Republican presidential contenders, they either focus on those already enjoying high profiles, such as former Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Chris Christie, 2012′s nominee Mitt Romney, or a handful of well-known newcomers More... Quotes of the day 12/11/2014 10:41:10 PM Allahpundit 330 Comments “The halting, tearful and repeatedly remorseful 27-minute speech included tributes to Coburn’s family, personal aides, ushers who run the Senate and staffers at the Government Accountability Office and Congressional Research Service — More... Video: Jonathan Gruber is glib and ignorant 12/11/2014 10:01:51 PM Mary Katharine Ham 28 Comments I am never short on appreciation for a David Rutz Supercut. Here is one we can all enjoy as Jonathan Gruber, after being caught on tape confessing his contempt for the American people and bragging about his intellect, must pretend that, yes, he is indeed More... Justice Department: Students actually less likely to be sexual assault victims 12/11/2014 9:21:34 PM Noah Rothman 26 Comments Judging from the significant uptick in coverage of sexual assaults on America's campuses, it's easy to get the impression that rape is rampant. The highly publicized but dubious narrative involving the gang rape of a University of Virginia student that More... Fox News poll: Public overwhelmingly disapproves of Obama's handling of immigration, healthcare 12/11/2014 8:36:03 PM Guy Benson 43 Comments Perhaps the best news for President Obama in Fox News’ fresh national survey is that his overall job approval stands at (42/53); weak, yes, but slightly better than Quinnipiac and Bloomberg’s latest numbers, which peg his approval rating in More... Oh, by the way, Assad and ISIS are basically coordinating in Syria now 12/11/2014 7:51:58 PM Allahpundit 31 Comments Seems like an odd tandem, I know, until you remember that we’re coordinating with Iran, a country which most Americans think is destined for nuclear terrorism against the west and its allies once it has the bomb. I mean, there are strange More... Waters warns House Dems against intimidation as Obama chief of staff arrives 12/11/2014 7:06:26 PM Ed Morrissey 91 Comments The fight over the “cromnibus” began as an internecine battle within the Republican Party — which is nothing new for the GOP on Capitol Hill when it comes to budgets. Over the past few hours, though, it’s turned into a civil war More... Police clear last of Hong Kong protesters 12/11/2014 6:41:41 PM Jazz Shaw 10 Comments China had to bide its time for more than seventy days, but it appears that they have gotten their way in the issue of the democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Police moved in this week, hauled off the last couple hundred protesters and began the process of More... Dem Rep: America should apologize to suspected terrorists who underwent enhanced interrogation 12/11/2014 6:01:48 PM Noah Rothman 130 Comments And here we go: Right off the deep end. It's as predictable as the sunrise. As those who are genuinely and honestly outraged over the revelations contained within the Senate Intelligence Committee's "torture" report strain themselves in the effort to More... AP poll: Voters don't expect much for the next two years 12/11/2014 5:21:12 PM Ed Morrissey 31 Comments Nor should they. After all, voters have spent the last three elections making it very clear that they want a divided government in Washington; even while narrowly giving Barack Obama a second term, the House stayed in Republican hands. In the most recent More... Ghouls: ISIS trying to sell James Foley's beheaded body 12/11/2014 4:41:59 PM Noah Rothman 54 Comments For at least the last 48 hours, we have been engaged in a self-flagellating national conversation aimed at relitigating the debate over the morality and efficacy of the Bush-era CIA's enhanced interrogation practices. This is an important and productive More... Collapse: Pelosi says Boehner doesn't have the votes for cromnibus after GOP leaders delay final vote; Update: Dems bail out Boehner, help pass cromnibus, 219-206 12/11/2014 4:01:29 PM Allahpundit 587 Comments I could have sworn the parties had a deal two days ago. But that was before lefty heroes like Elizabeth Warren and Barney Frank weighed in against the bill because of how it would roll back parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Two days later, More... New Lois Lerner emails indicate Obama's DOJ involved in IRS targeting scandal 12/11/2014 3:21:47 PM Noah Rothman 81 Comments In the month prior to the 2010 midterm elections, Internal Revenue Service investigator Lois Lerner met with Justice Department officials to discuss the criminal prosecution of tax-exempt political groups. It had previously been revealed that Lerner More... Cuomo to order NY insurers to cover transgender surgeries 12/11/2014 2:41:44 PM Jazz Shaw 159 Comments If you’re a New Yorker who is dissatisfied with the original set of chromosomes you were dealt at birth, good news is on the way. Historically, various types of reassignment surgeries involved in switching genders have been considered to be either More... Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Nicholas Confessore 12/11/2014 2:31:04 PM Ed Morrissey 4 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of tonight's Hugh Hewitt show. New York Times reporter More... Let's put an end to lame-duck Congresses 12/11/2014 2:01:32 PM Ed Morrissey 72 Comments Voters elected a new Congress more than five weeks ago. With only a couple of exceptions — one House race and one Senate race — the members of the 114th Session had been certified within a few days. Thanks to the age of mass transit, the new More... Breaking: White House says Obama will sign "cromnibus"; Update: Pelosi "enormously disappointed" in Obama 12/11/2014 1:21:29 PM Ed Morrissey 119 Comments Allahpundit noted this in an update, but it’s worth posting in its own thread. Despite Republican refusal to fund Homeland Security for the long term and unhappiness with several riders on the “cromnibus,” the White House announced More... Breaking: Key test vote on "Cromnibus" passes — by two votes, after a last-second switch 12/11/2014 12:41:36 PM Allahpundit 194 Comments With all zeros showing on the clock, it was 213-213. A total embarrassment for Boehner, who’d spent the past two weeks twisting arms in his own caucus and begging Pelosi to twist arms in hers to get to a bare majority. In the end, he failed to get More... Inconvenient: Hollywood executives caught making racial jokes about Obama 12/11/2014 12:01:15 PM Noah Rothman 101 Comments Well, this is awkward. A string of recent embarrassments for Sony Studios culminated on Thursday with the release of a number of emails from a variety of powerful Hollywood executives who evidently indulged in some racially-tinged humor at President More... Scarborough: I can't wait for the eventual Senate report on Obama's drone program 12/11/2014 11:21:28 AM Allahpundit 51 Comments Via Mediaite, another friendly reminder to Democrats that the policies they’re back-slapping each other for setting these days are creating precedents that’ll be used against them later. Or will they? Paint me a picture where either party in More... MSNBC reporter asks Rick Perry if he's "smart enough to be president" 12/11/2014 10:41:59 AM Jazz Shaw 88 Comments I’m sure we’re all relieved to know that after the many media debacles in the last few election cycles, the cable news denizens have learned their lesson. This time around things are going to be different. Candidates will be treated fairly, More... | 
 | |||||||
No comments:
Post a Comment