Obama Staff: #TheBearIsLoose” Or Something

Even The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin can’t avoid writing in a snarky tone over this Bears, beer and horse heads: What exactly is going on with the leader of the free world? On a single day this week in Denver, President Obama scarfed down pizza and drinks with strangers, shot pool with Colorado’s governor and […]

 



Obama Looks To Shift Border Surge Blame To GOP

Everyone should have seen this coming, as Obama is Blaming Republicans for the results of Obama’s foolish, to put it mildly, border/immigration policies (WRAL) Faced with a potentially awkward scene at the Texas-Mexico border, President Barack Obama sought to recast the political debate over a flood of young migrants as a question of Republican willingness […]

 




Lack Of Deportations A Big Factor In Illegal Alien Border Surge

Obama will probably find out about the failures of his border policies once he reads the news (Breitbart) A leaked internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicates that recent public assertions made by the Administration were at best half-truths regarding the deportations and motivations of the waves […]

 



Obama Looking For Way To Get Women Free Abortifacients

This is something that has them Highly Concerned (NY Times) The Obama administration, reeling from back-to-back blows from the Supreme Court this week, is weighing options that would provide contraceptive coverage to thousands of women who are about to lose it or never had it because of their employers’ religious objections. The administration must move […]

 

Is America Really That Polarized?

Yes, and no, as The Washington Post’s Dan Balz points out Forget what you’ve heard about an America divided into warring camps, living in red and blue states or congressional districts. We actually agree on lots of things. That, at least, is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC), […]

 






Today Is Decision Day For Hobby Lobby And Obamacare Contraception Mandate

How will the Supreme Court rule? (Fox News) Supporters of the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby — the business at the center of one of this session’s most closely watched Supreme Court cases — are sounding a confident tone ahead of Monday’s expected decision in their case challenging ObamaCare’s so-called contraception mandate. The court meets for […]

 


Harry Reid Doesn’t Want Dems To Take Tough Votes

It appears that he has serious concerns over losing his cushy spot as Majority Leaders (AP) A fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing the chamber’s modest productivity this election season to a near halt. With control of the Senate at risk in November, leaders are going to remarkable lengths to […]

 


Lois Lerner Was Super Concerned Over Lost Private Documents

Her official emails? Not so much (Fox News) Computer experts and Republican lawmakers are poking holes in IRS claims that the agency did all it could to retrieve embattled ex-official Lois Lerner’s allegedly “lost” emails, which the agency blames on a 2011 hard-drive crash. (snip) But Lerner’s communications with the agency’s IT team referred to […]

 

Good News: Obama Kicks Of Summer Road Show

Because he cares about average Americans and is totally in touch with what you care about, or something (Politico) President Barack Obama headed out of Washington on Thursday to offer assurance to Americans that he hasn’t lost touch with the issues that guide their daily lives – or their complaints about the political system. “Are […]

 

Surprise: EPA Also “Lost” Emails

I mentioned a Mark Stein article in the previous post. Something else he wrote It’s worse when the supposedly impartial civil service uses those powers in the service of the ruling party: The merger of party and state is the very definition of “banana republic”. And it’s worst of all when they get away with […]

 


Biden: Gay Rights Trump Pretty Much Everything

Someone let Joe Biden off his chains again (Yahoo News) Vice President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that protecting gay rights is a defining mark of a civilized nation and must trump national cultures and social traditions as the Obama administration sought to mobilize a global front against anti-gay violence and discrimination. Biden told a gathering […]

 


New Report Breathlessly Prognosticates Economic Doom From Global Warming

Here’s Justin Gillis, one of the journalistic world’s biggest Warmists and climahysterics Bipartisan Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global Warming More than a million homes and businesses along the nation’s coasts could flood repeatedly before ultimately being destroyed. Entire states in the Southeast and the Corn Belt may lose much of their agriculture […]