CNN on Hillary Before Benghazi Hearing; She’s ‘Battle Tested’ Who ‘Makes Even a Hot Seat’ ‘Cooler’
Previewing Hillary Clinton’s testimony Thursday morning before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 did their best on Wednesday to paint the most flattering picture possible of Clinton being “battle tested” with “steady nerves” despite “withering attacks” and the ability to turn “even a hot seat, if not comfortable, at least cooler.”Host […]
The Great Civil War Fairy Tale | Total Conservative
In 1864, Confederate General Patrick Cleburne proved himself a minor prophet when he wrote: “Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written off by the enemy, that our youths will be taught by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war.”Cleburne’s crystal ball must have been […]
Benghazi Committee Spends Same As Obama Golf Outings | The Daily Caller
The cost of funding the House Select Committee on Benghazi’s 17-month investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks in Libya is just slightly more than the amount taxpayers were billed for a couple of golf outings and a political fundraiser President Obama attended in February and March.The watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained records which show […]
Joe Biden opts out of presidential race – CBS News
Vice President Joe Biden is decided to forgo a 2016 presidential bid, he announced Wednesday.”I believe we’re out of time — the time necessary to mount a winning campaign,” the vice president said from the White House Rose Garden with his wife Jill Biden and President Obama by his side.The decision ends months of speculation […]
See How Your Senators Voted on Sanctuary Cities
Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish “sanctuary cities” in a 54-45 vote Monday afternoon.The bill, called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, needed to overcome a 60-vote threshold. It would withhold certain federal funding from states or cities that refuse to comply with requests from federal immigration officials to turn over immigrants […]
Obama Officials Resurrect George W. Bush Deregulation Plan
WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has quietly resurrected a deregulation project from the George W. Bush administration, one with the potential to shift the American economic landscape in favor of big companies.The initiative was originally launched in 2008 by then-SEC Director of Corporate Finance John White, but had to be abandoned as the […]
Bombshell E-mails: Bush, Blair Talked Peace in Iraq but Planned Invasion
Among the 30,000 e-mails found on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server are some startling revelations that have now been leaked — including an e-mail that reveals how former President George W. Bush (right) and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) met at Bush’s Crawford ranch near Waco, Texas, to discuss strategy […]
Unfiltered Patriot » Clinton’s Absurd Attacks on Voter ID
The Democratic Party has apparently decided that the “war on women” trope was so successful, they might as well declare the Republican Party guilty of a “war on blacks” while they’re at it. And the presidential frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, is all too aware that she needs to get African-American voters behind her if she’s going […]
Federal Spending Increased $183.9B in FY15—But Spending on Defense, Homeland Security, Justice Declined
(CNSNews.com) – Even as overall federal spending increased by $183,890,000,000 from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, spending for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Justice declined, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement for September.Federal spending rose from $3,503,732,000,000 in fiscal 2014 to $3,687,622,000,000 in fiscal 2015 (which ended on Sept. 30), according to the […]
Durbin: ‘I Call on the Administration to Accept 100,000 Syrian Refugees’
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), just back from the Greek Isle of Lesbos where thousands of Syrian refugees arrive by raft from Turkey every day, urged the Obama administation to accept far more than the 10,000 Syrian refugees it plans to take in this fiscal year.”The United States leads the world in financial assistance […]