|
Latest Articles: politics and politicians
Sen. Rand Paul Ends Quasi-Filibuster of PATRIOT ACT Renewal
Post Date: 2015-05-21 09:07:09 by Gatlin
7 Comments
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has ended a more than 10 ½-hour filibuster-like speech on the Senate floor to protest the renewal of the Patriot Act, highlighting his opposition to the National Security Agency's controversial bulk collection of telephone data. "All this gathering up of bulk data records isn't what we needed," Paul said on Wednesday of his perspective on how the terrorists behind 9-11 could have been better tracked. Paul officially relinquished the Senate floor at 11:48 after 10 hours and 30 minutes. Click here to read the rest of the story >
Report: Elizabeth Warren Did Not Disclose $1.3 Million Credit Line From Bank Of America
Post Date: 2015-05-20 21:15:28 by out damned spot
1 Comments
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the populist Democrat and foe of big banks, has not listed a $1.3 million credit line against her home with Bank of America on annual financial disclosure documents because of a loophole in federal law, according to a new report. The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that Warren, who is required to disclose financial assets and liabilities, avoided listing it in 2014 because it’s a line of credit — not a mortgage — and the Democrat doesn’t actually owe enough money yet. Here’s how the Democrat’s office explained the situation to the Boston Herald: “An aide for Warren said the amount represents a home equity line of ...
Bevin accepts victory, despite recanvass--Kentucky!
Post Date: 2015-05-19 23:58:11 by out damned spot
6 Comments
Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin’s speech sure sounded like an acceptance speech, in spite of the slim margin of victory and the recanvass that will follow. He thanked his supporters, staff, wife and nine children as well as his running mate. He was proud to point out that he and Jenean Hampton grew up poor and said their rise to this election is what Kentucky is all about. Hear his full speech here:
Poster Comment:KSOS, Allison Lundergan Grimes extended the deadline for absentee ballots to --- Rats are trying to steal this election!
EXCLUSIVE – 52 HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO IRS: INVESTIGATE HILLARY CLINTON FOUNDATION TAX STATUS
Post Date: 2015-05-19 21:11:23 by out damned spot
5 Comments
A whopping 52 House Republicans are publicly pressuring IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Clinton Foundation tax status, with 51 members signing a letter organized by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)72% that pushes for such an investigation. A plethora of representatives signed Blackburn’s letter to the IRS. They are: Reps. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)82% , Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ)90% , James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)95% , Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL)80% , Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)83% , Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)60% , Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL)72% , Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)66% , Rep. Randy Hultgren ...
EXCLUSIVE – BARNEY FRANK CONFIRMS: NO CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CLINTON CASH URANIUM DEAL
Post Date: 2015-05-19 20:44:27 by out damned spot
1 Comments
Retired Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) tells Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that while he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congress exercised no oversight over the activities of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In 2010, during his tenure as chairman, CFIUS approved the controversial ARMZ- Uranium One transaction that gave the Russian government control of 20 percent of American uranium deposits. The failure of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to disclose the ties between executives at Uranium One, who benefited financially from the approval of the transaction, is at the center of the conflict of interest ...
Lindsey Graham Is An Unhinged Kook Who Shouldn’t Be Taken Seriously
Post Date: 2015-05-19 17:23:37 by Tooconservative
10 Comments
Yesterday Lindsey Graham expressed his interest in yes, for real, becoming a presidential candidate for 2016. Spend any amount of time around the good senator and you’ll hear more extreme sentiments expressed publicly than from any other candidate for the Republican nomination. He holds an expansive view of the unrestricted powers of the executive branch; a steadfast belief in protecting the administrative state; and he has expressed doubts about much of the Bill of Rights. He does not believe bloggers deserve first amendment protections. He does not believe Americans suspected of terrorist acts deserve to be read their rights. And he, like Hillary Clinton, believes the Citizens ...
Graham: I’ll Drone You for Your Thoughts. Christie: Beware ‘civil liberties extremists’
Post Date: 2015-05-19 05:57:20 by Deckard
5 Comments
Another day, another round of embarrassing authoritarian nonsense from would-be Republican presidential candidates. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the honey-throated apocalyptic who Ed Krayewski writes about below, made the following "joke" on Saturday: If I'm president of the United States and you're thinking about joining al-Qaeda or ISIL — anybody thinking about that? — I'm not going to call a judge, I'm going to call a drone and we will kill you. Previously in Graham joke-ology, John McCain's mini-me said that the "first thing" he would do as president is refuse to "let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally ...
Ted Cruz Is the World’s Most Condescending Elitist
Post Date: 2015-05-18 02:00:53 by GeorgiaConservative
24 Comments
What Cruz doesn't mention is the next step in his father's American Dream: raising a son who would attend the very best schools in America and look down upon everyone else with a nauseating, unthinkable smugness. GQ reports: The elite academic circles that Cruz was now traveling in began to rub off. As a law student at Harvard, he refused to study with anyone who hadn't been an undergrad at Harvard, Princeton, or Yale. Says Damon Watson, one of Cruz's law-school roommates: "He said he didn't want anybody from 'minor Ivies' like Penn or Brown." Click for Full Text!
Hawkish Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to provide ‘very important update’ on 2016 plans Monday (Jihad?)
Post Date: 2015-05-17 22:42:59 by Hondo68
9 Comments
On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham sent out an email (twice) asking his supporters to tune into CBS This Morning at 8am where he plans to give an update on his 2016 plans. Instead of “Peace Through Strength,” Graham’s campaign slogan is, “Security Through Strength” that focuses on foreign policy and national security. “As an announcement draws near, I need to know you stand with me,” Graham said, and linked to a page where people can donate money to his exploratory committee. So could Graham go from 91 percent sure he’s running, to 99.9 percent, to officially jumping into the presidential race tomorrow? Though Graham was never a Desert Shield veteran, ...
Rubio defends Bush, Iraq and tougher stance on foreign policy
Post Date: 2015-05-17 14:24:51 by rlk
0 Comments
Politics Rubio defends Bush, Iraq and tougher stance on foreign policy Published May 17, 2015 FoxNews.com Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks to members and guest of the Council on Foreign Relations, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in New York. WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio, the freshman senator from Florida and White House hopeful, defended his tougher rhetoric on foreign policy and said Americans “have to recognize the balance of power in the world is shifting.” Rubio said on “Fox News Sunday” that the “rise of rogue states like North Korea and Iran,” as well as non-state groups like the Islamic State, have shifted the ...
This is How a Sellout Politician Votes (Rand Paul)
Post Date: 2015-05-16 21:53:19 by Deckard
13 Comments
This is How a Sellout Politician Votes Ok so I tried to give Rand a break.The other day, he said something informative about the evil Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans Pacific Partnership.I featured Breitbart's Rand comments at EPJ. Rand noted that the details of the agreement were kept in secret in a locked room and were about 800 pages long.Breitbart wrote in its report (my bold):Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—an opponent of the secretive Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Pacific Rim trade deal Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)—went inside the secret room inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning to read the TPP text and ...
20 TRAITORS: REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO GUT AMERICA’S MILITARY USING AMNESTIED ILLEGAL ALIENS
Post Date: 2015-05-15 00:09:18 by out damned spot
24 Comments
Despite 20 Republicans defecting to join Democrats, Republicans and conservatives won big on Thursday evening: An amendment from Rep. Mo Brooks (R- AL)80% passed onto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) stripping amnesty for illegal aliens from the defense bill. Brooks’ amendment, which stripped from the NDAA language that was inserted during the Armed Services Committee markup by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)0% —a freshman liberal Democrat who wants to amnesty all the illegal aliens in America—passed the House of Representatives 221-202 on Thursday evening. “Today is a great victory for Americans and lawful immigrants who wish to serve America in our Armed ...
How Marco Rubio charged thousands in personal expenses on his Republican Party credit card including $4,000 flooring for his Miami home – and hired his ex-Dolphins cheerleader wife
Post Date: 2015-05-14 20:50:17 by out damned spot
3 Comments
Senator Marco Rubio is a front-runner for the Republican nod for 2016 *But as a member of the Florida House, he used his home as a base for a political committee *He spent nearly $85,000 on 'office/operating costs' and $65,000 on administrative costs. *His wife, Jeanette, was treasurer for one, receiving $5,700 in expenses, for 'gas and meals' *He charged car repairs, Apple products, fancy dinners and even a $134 haircut on Republican Party American Express card *Rubio only repaid the state party once he was caught out, claims a former su pporter *In his last financial statement to Congress he said he had at least $450,000 in liabilities Republican presidential ...
Sen. Cruz: Congress Must Prohibit Obama From Abusing TPA to Change Immigration Law-full text-bill
Post Date: 2015-05-13 21:00:38 by out damned spot
3 Comments
CRUZ FILES AMENDMENT TO TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY LEGISLATION WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today filed an amendment to the Trade Act of 2015 to lock in assurances that this legislation cannot be used to change federal immigration law. "The Obama Administration has repeatedly assured Members of Congress that there is nothing in the Trade Act of 2015 that would allow the President to unilaterally make changes to federal immigration laws. I agree, and we should put it in writing and make it binding law," said Sen. Cruz. "I am a strong supporter of free trade, but I cannot support legislation that would allow the President to once again circumvent Congress to ...
5 ‘CLINTON CASH’ REVELATIONS THAT HAVE LEFTISTS STEAMING
Post Date: 2015-05-11 21:37:56 by out damned spot
2 Comments
Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash has the Hillary Clinton campaign so riled up that they have now posted an entire webpage attempting to debunk claims in the book via obfuscation and misdirection. Thus far, the so-called Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has apparently hijacked The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other leftist outlets, all of whom are tracking the claims Schweizer makes. But it’s not just the nouveau VRWC concerned about corruption in the Clinton camp. The entire left should be furious with the Clintons – not merely over their corruption, which the left routinely excuses, but over their capitulation to some of the worst ...
Huckabee gets testy after asked to defend hawking snake oil cure for diabetes
Post Date: 2015-05-11 09:51:48 by Tooconservative
19 Comments
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee might be on to something. Nothing says “populism” quite like hawking suspect cure-alls from the modern equivalent of traveling medicine show. After running unsuccessfully for the presidency in 2008, Huckabee embraced his role an entertainer and sacrificed much of his credibility in the process. In his new role as book salesman and television host, the former governor apparently saw no problem in using his email list to generate a bit of added revenue by selling products of dubious repute to his devoted fans. Among the most suspicious products Huckabee promoted during this period were a set of dietary supplements called the “Diabetes ...
Major changes coming to Iowa Straw Poll
Post Date: 2015-05-09 18:46:07 by Hondo68
2 Comments
"Go Pat Go!" Pat Buchanan took time to sign autographs as he campaigned in Ames on Aug. 19, 1995, the afternoon before the Iowa Straw Poll. (Photo: Register file photo) Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, second from left, plays with his band, Capitol Offense, as an Elvis impersonator from another campaign helps out with a rendition of “Johnny B. Goode” at the Iowa Straw Poll in Ames on Aug. 11, 2007.(Photo: Associated Press) The Republican Party of Iowa, in an effort to lure presidential candidates to its August straw poll, will provide free tent space and utilities for the campaigns at the Boone venue, party leaders said Thursday.That's a savings of ...
‘The Wire’ Creator Demolishes Baltimore Crime Myths Pushed by Martin O’Malley
Post Date: 2015-05-09 12:35:15 by cranky
1 Comments
Just as Martin O’Malley, Baltimore’s Democrat ex-mayor, prepares to announce a run for the White house, he faces devastating and detailed criticism for his role in creating the mess in Baltimore from a noted expert on the city: David Simon, reporter, author, and creator of the seminal HBO crime drama The Wire. Former Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley isn’t a household name, but it appears he’s about to take on Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination. The New York Times just announced O’Malley’s hiring of a political director who previously worked with Barack Obama and called O’Malley’s presidential announcement ...
NEW POLL: 60% OF REPUBLICANS WILL NOT VOTE IN 2016 IF BUSH IS THE NOMINEE [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-05-09 11:13:52 by Hondo68
65 Comments
In a poll by Game Changer PAC, surveying 2,226 likely Republican voters, 59.66% of respondents said that if Jeb Bush ends up as the 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee… they won’t vote at all in the 2016 General Election.The poll shows that Republican voters are tired of holding their noses and will no longer vote in lock-step with the party.Bush is seen as a fundraising powerhouse and is on track to raise over 100 million dollars by the end of May. This fact is causing the establishment wing of the Republican party to salivate more than Pavlov’s Dogs in a fire drill. The sad fact is that throughout recent history BOTH major parties have decided which perspective nominees ...
Rick Perry will decide on a White House run in 30 days, telling South Carolinians that 'it's not that difficult' to secure the US-Mexico border and the White House battle is really about the Supreme Court
Post Date: 2015-05-09 10:19:53 by cranky
33 Comments
Insisted Barack Obama has failed because he had to learn executive leadership 'on the job' Said the next president could dictate the course of religious-freedom laws by choosing ideologically driven Supreme Court justicesSpoke to a standing-room crowd of 150 at a BBQ joint near Greenville, SCSuggested he would devolve more control to state governments as president Former Texas Governor Rick Perry isn't ready to launch his second presidential campaign, but a final decision will come within a month, he told a standing-room-only crowd crammed into Dickey’s Barbecue Pit near Greenville, S.C.'I am a prospective candidate,' he said. 'I'm not going to announce that ...
Bill Maher: What the Hell Happened to Rand Paul?
Post Date: 2015-05-09 07:57:54 by Gatlin
7 Comments
Bill Maher has long held Rand Paul in high regard, but certain position shifts on the campaign trail have left Maher increasingly disappointed with the libertarian 2016 candidate. He said Paul didn’t even wait a week into his campaign before “setting fire to everything he used to believe.” Maher complained that Paul used to be the kind of Republican who, like his father, would “tell a crowd what they didn’t want to hear,” but now he’s “jumped the shark o gay marriage” and dipped his toes into more of the Republican “crazy.” And the reason Paul’s likely doing it, Maher thought, is because “in the Republican Party, crazy is a ...
RAND PAUL APPARENTLY PAID $100,000 FOR RANDPAUL.COM
Post Date: 2015-05-06 14:45:01 by Gatlin
3 Comments
Days before Paul launched his bid for president, his campaign shelled out more than $100,000 to a domain-buying firm to purchase a "domain name." Soon after, RandPaul.com, which had previously been a pro-Paul site run by his fans, emerged as the official portal for the campaign. Federal campaign records show Paul used his Senate reelection committee to pay $100,980 to Escrow.com, a domain service, on March 27 for what is described as a "domain name." Previously, Paul's political homepage was RandPaul2016.com, an address that now automatically redirects to his RandPaul.com page. The payment is an enormous sum even in the murky world of political cybersquatting. ...
Obama’s Trade Bill Gets Boost as Mitch McConnell Vows Vote ‘Soon’
Post Date: 2015-05-06 08:30:14 by cranky
5 Comments
The Senate majority leader says he has been working with the White House on passing the deal. The U.S. Senate will take up legislation to give President Barack Obama the trade negotiating authority he wants “very soon,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “It’s been almost an out of body experience but we’ve been working closely with the White House,” McConnell told reporters Tuesday as he said the trade bill would follow action on two other measures. “We’re working together to try to get it across the finish line.” Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, a foe of “fast-track” trade authority, called on Republicans to first ...
Four Reasons Rand Paul Won't Win
Post Date: 2015-05-06 02:40:45 by Gatlin
4 Comments
If you went only by the media, you'd think that Rand Paul was a legitimate contender to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Time magazine put him on its cover, calling him "The Most Interesting Man in Politics." Politico magazine said --literally--the same thing. Top Obama aides agree. In fact, huge swaths of the media concur that Sen. Paul is "interesting." But it's not clear why, as an electoral proposition, there's anything interesting about him at all. Here are four reasons Paul is likely to underperform in 2016 and almost certainly won't win the GOP nomination. (1) Rand Paul is a conventional political dynasty candidate. People seem ...
Iowa Caucus Kingmaker Assesses 2016 GOP Field
Post Date: 2015-05-03 08:15:18 by out damned spot
0 Comments
Arguably the most important Republican presidential endorsement to precede the 2016 Iowa Caucuses will come from Bob Vander Plaats, who failed on three occasions to become governor of Iowa. And over here in the ‘nobody cares’ pile is Terry Branstad, Iowa’s current Republican head of state and the soon-to-be longest-serving governor in the history of this nation. How a man with that kind of stature can have zero impact on presidential politics is a solid lesson in pyrrhic victories. The reason for such a counter-intuitive reality is simple. It’s a matter of having convictions versus pursuing positions. Vander Plaats is a man of principle, who has repeatedly demonstrated ...
Latest [Newer] 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 [Older]
|
