The union representing rank and file Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has unanimously approved a “Vote of No Confidence” in the agency’s leadership. The statement released on June 25, 2010 accuse ICE Director John Morton, and Phyllis Coven, assistant director for the agency’s office of detention policy and planning of abandoning its core mission of […]
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Nile Gardiner: The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime: extravagant and out of touch with the American people
I came across this column by Nile Gardiner the other day and I’ve been debating on whether to post it or not… I don’t begrudge the President or First Lady a vacation, I do think the optics of Michelle Obama’s extravagant vacation in Spain and the expense to taxpayers look horrible when most Americans are […]
Pete Stark: The Federal Government can do most anything in this country
This video of Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) has been making the rounds… it’s extraordinary, the woman questioning Rep. Stark lays out one the clearest examples of the Constitutional issues surrounding health care reform I’ve seen and Rep. Stark simply has no answer for them saying: I think that there are very few constitutional limits that […]
House Ethics Committee Outlines Charges Against. Rep. Rangel
The House Committee on Standards of Official Contact today released a detailed Statement Alleged Violation which charges Congressmen Charles Rangel (D- NY) 13 violations of House rules: A public trial into ethics charges against New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel began today. Lawmakers cast the proceedings as a necessary exercise to regain the public’s trust […]
House Ethics Commitee Charges Charlie Rangel With Violating House Rules
It’s taken two years of investigations, but the House Committee on Standards of Official Contact has finally charged Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) with multiple ethics violations: House ethics investigators have accused the once-powerful Rep. Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) of breaking a series of congressional rules. Mr. Rangel will have the opportunity to defend himself at […]
Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Rise… Unexpectedly… Yet Again…
This is getting silly, it seems like every time new jobless claims rise the media uses words like “unexpected’ or “surprising” to describe the news… There’s nothing surprising or unexpected about this week’s jobless report, not after reports on plunging new home sales in May, and the sharp drop in consumer confidence. Suffices to say […]
Robert Byrd, Longest-Serving U.S. Senator, Dies at 92
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd passed away early this morning at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. He was 92. Robert Byrd, the 92-year-old West Virginia Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate for 51 years, died Monday. A family spokesman said Mr. Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va. […]
Stuck on Stupid: Dem County Supervisor Says Arizona’s Not a Border State
I’m almost at a loss for words here. I’ve heard all sorts of dumb things come out of the mouths of politicians, but Peggy West, a Democrat member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is in a league of her own… During a debate on a measure that would call for the county to […]
McChrystal Relieved; Petraeus to Replace
President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he will be replaced by General David Petraeus: President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander and strategist of the Afghan war, following comments by the general […]
Thoughts on the McChrystal Controversy
The whole world is buzzing about the controversial Rolling Stone profile of International Security Assistance Force commander General Stanley McChrystal. To be honest I’m kind of torn here, the whole Rolling Stone piece is a bit of a hatchet job… Adrian Michaels does a good job of summarizing things in the Telegraph: There isn’t very […]
Breaking: Judge Rules Against Obama Administration on Gulf Drilling Moratorium
A federal judge in New Orleans has lifted the Obama Administration’s six month moratorium on offshore oil drilling. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium: A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack […]
Rahm Emanuel On The Way Out?
I’m a little skeptical about this report from the London Telegraph claiming President Obama’s powerful Chief or staff Rahm Emanuel is planning to resign later this year, but it’s making the round so here’s my two cents. Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is expected to leave his job later this year after […]
Jon Kyl: President Obama Told Me Government Won’t Secure Border Until Congress Agrees to Amnesty
I wish I could say I’m shocked or even surprised by the revelation made by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) at a town hall meeting in Arizona last Friday, but I’m not… The Federal Government has been turning a blind eye to the problems along our southern border for years. George W. Bush may not have […]
The Stupidest Law Ever Proposed
I’ve seen a lot of dumb ideas put forth by politicians on both sides of the isle, but a bill introduced in the New York State legislature by Assemblymen Annette Robinson (D-Bedford Stuyvesant) and Darryl Towns (D-East New York) is probably the single stupidest law ever proposed… anywhere! From the New York Post: City cops […]
Poll: Blumenthal Loses Ground, Leads McMahon By Just Three Points
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters in Connecticut shows Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s lead over potential Republican challengers has shrunk significantly following yesterdays revelations he exaggerated his military record: Following a New York Times report that he exaggerated his military record, Democratic Senate hopeful Richard Blumenthal has lost ground in match-ups against all […]