Politics

 

obamaCBSCBS News reported today that President Obama personally ordered an illegal cover-up of the Benghazi scandal.

According to documents obtained by 60 Minutes journalist Lara Logan, Obama instructed White House staff to destroy transcripts of telephone calls proving that he alone decided not to send troops to help personnel under attack from terrorists. Because of that fateful decision, U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans lost their lives
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cuccinelli_mcauliffe_606A bipartisan group of Virginia voters have started a campaign to recall newly elected Gov. Terry McAuliffe as a protest against the poor choices offered by both political parties in yesterday's gubernatorial election.

McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, defeated Tea Party-backed Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the state attorney general, with 48 percent to Cuccinelli's 45.5 percent on Tuesday. Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis received 6.6 percent.... Read More →

 

img_28882_bfm-politique-jean-francois-cope-invite-a-reagir-a-un-reportage-sur-la-montee-du-fn-0809-e1383534617765Jean-François Copé said last night that school cafeterias in France should be prohibited from serving couscous.

In an interview with BFM TV, the leader of the center-right UMP party claimed that the popular North African food is a "gateway to terrorism" and not suitable for children.... Read More →

 

e22ca053342ac1814502b344a2b891e6Conservative commentator Ann Coulter stoked controversy today by calling on states to impose a special tax on grape-flavored soda.

In an interview on Fox News this morning, Coulter argued the levy could replace a proposed tax on interstate e-commerce, which Congress is currently debating.... Read More →

 

nsa_sealNational Security Agency employees routinely accessed the credit cards of private U.S. citizens and world leaders and used them to purchase Christmas gifts, iPads, pornography, alcohol and other gifts, according to newly leaked classified documents.

The top-secret memos, released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, detail how NSA employees carefully studied the credit card billing history of each U.S. citizen when making purchases for themselves so as not to arouse suspicion. Since there was no internal oversight or criticism of the practice, employees started purchasing more expensive items, often using the exclusive credit cards of the wealthy and powerful.... Read More →

 

murdochalexanderMedia mogul Rupert Murdoch has hired the outgoing head of the National Security Agency (NSA) to oversee his company's newspapers.

In a statement from News Corporation, Murdoch said Army Gen. Keith Alexander is "an experienced leader with a unique and varied background in information gathering, research and technology -- valuable skills that will help our newspapers continue to provide our readers the information they need long before our competitors do."... Read More →

 

ObamastationAs the battle over Obamacare rages in Washington, the White House is quietly using a little known provision of the law to roll out a nationwide network of free gas stations for minorities and the poor.

According to a report in The Detroit News this morning, the administration is using its authority under the Affordable Care Act to "improve transportation routes to hospitals" to dispense gasoline free of cost in disadvantaged neighborhoods.... Read More →

 

061713_atss_640-e1372211127213-257x170Sarah Palin claimed today that Jesus Christ celebrated Easter during his time on Earth.

In an interview with Fox and Friends this morning, the former Alaska governor promoted her new book about the left's "war on Christmas" and argued that all Christian holidays should return to the traditional versions practiced by Jesus.... Read More →

 

health-care-signup-1The federal health care exchange at Heathcare.gov has accidentally enrolled thousands of applicants in the government's sex offender registry, the latest of many technical failures to hit the troubled site.

According to several senior officials, since the exchange went live on Oct. 1 around 40,000 individuals looking to buy insurance have instead been listed on the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), a searchable database of rapists, molesters and others convicted of sex crimes.... Read More →

 

shuttle037b_1334689201One government agency is letting the world know it isn't happy with the way Congress has handled the government shutdown.

On its first day back to work today, NASA issued a press release claiming its scientists have found that Washington, D.C. once supported intelligent life.... Read More →

 

fnewsFox News has altered all news stories that mention the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare and replaced those words with “slavery.”

On FoxNews.com, an Associated Press story that initially read “Democrats say no to defunding Obamacare” was changed to “Democrats say no to defunding slavery.” All mentions of Obamacare in the story were also changed to “slavery.”
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statement-2President Obama has agreed to repeal the Affordable Care Act as part of a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown and extend the debt ceiling.

According to sources close to the administration, the President made the decision last night to sacrifice the law, popularly known as Obamacare, to prevent the budget crisis from further harming the economy.... Read More →