Candy Crowley, Who Propped Up Obama at 2012 Debate, Out at CNN

Candy Crowley, who aided Barack Obama in a 2012 debate with Mitt Romney, will be leaving CNN, according to the network. In a memo, network President Jeff Zucker announced, "...Candy has let us know that she has made the decision to move on..." 
Scott Whitlock
December 5th, 2014 3:49 PM

Nausea Alert: Obamas' Love Story Coming to Theaters

It’s all about true love – not only for the Obamas, but also for the media.  “The White House legend that is Barack and Michelle Obama’s romance is heading to the screen,” reported Deadline’s Jen Yamato on Dec. 5. The drama, “Southside With You,” will detail the Obama couple’s “epic first date” the summer of 1989 – consisting of the Art Institute, a long walk, and Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing…
Katie Yoder
December 5th, 2014 3:20 PM

Ex-NAACP Head: Black Youth Afraid Of Cops Like Colonists With Redcoats

You say you want a revolution?  Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous just analogized the fear for their lives that black youth feel about police to the fear the colonists felt toward the "Redcoats"—British soldiers during the time of the American Revolution. Jealous, now with the leftist Center for American Progress, made his inflammatory remark to Ronan Farrow on the latter's MSNBC show…
Mark Finkelstein
December 5th, 2014 2:42 PM

Mass Resignations at The New Republic

Today it was announced that The New Republic, which celebrated it's 100th anniversary a month ago, has been hit by mass resignations. It appears that due to unwanted changes by its owner, Chris Hughes, few are willing to remain at the magazine long noted as being a mainstay of conventional liberalism.
P.J. Gladnick
December 5th, 2014 1:56 PM

Nets Obsessed Over Bridgegate Scandal, Yawn at Clearing of Christie

In January, the networks deluged Americans with coverage on Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal, offering a staggering 88 minutes in less than 48 hours. Late on Thursday night, a Democrat-led investigation failed to find evidence conclusively linking the New Jersey governor to the 2013 traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge. On Friday, CBS and NBC allowed a scant 32 seconds to this…

Scott Whitlock
December 5th, 2014 11:34 AM

Even HuffPo Admits Obamacare Calorie Regulations May Not Work

New and expensive federal regulations stemming from Obamacare that will require many restaurants publish calorie counts probably won’t have much impact on patrons’ food choices, experts told The Huffington Post. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on November 25 that “chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines with 20 or more locations” must post…
Joseph Rossell
December 5th, 2014 10:56 AM

New York Times: Assault on Unarmed Man Never Justified

There is some good debate and conversation happening in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases.  But there is also plenty of arrant nonsense. Consider this gem from the New York Times editorial of this morning about police arrests: "there can never be a justification for any lethal assault on an unarmed man."  How absurd.   In Ferguson, there is evidence that Michael Brown was…
Mark Finkelstein
December 5th, 2014 8:51 AM

Nets Skip Sebelius Stating ‘Financial Literacy' of Americans Is 'Low'

In an interview with USA Today published on its website Tuesday, former Obama administration Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tried to distance herself from the numerous comments by ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber, but still found a way to sound like Gruber when explaining why Americans oppose the health care law. Speaking with USA Today’s Susan Page, Sebelius …
Curtis Houck
December 5th, 2014 12:21 AM

Pelley to NYPD Head: ‘What Does a Black Man...Have to Fear From' NYPD?

During an appearance on Thursday’s CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton was asked by anchor Scott Pelley if African-American men had any reason to be afraid of the NYPD and what he was going to change about policing in the aftermath of the Eric Garner case.  After Batton told Pelley what was changing about the way officers in the…
Curtis Houck
December 4th, 2014 10:19 PM

British PM David Cameron Gets It Right On Immigration

There is nothing like a little heat from a third political party to get the attention of career politicians who wish to stay in office. Nigel Farage, leader of the upstart UK Independent Party (UKIP), has been turning up the heat on British Prime Minister David Cameron over the issue of migrants who come to the UK without jobs and immediately sign up for government benefits. 
Cal Thomas
December 4th, 2014 9:06 PM

Former RNC Chair: 'A Black Man's Life Is Not Worth a Ham Sandwich'

With the past weeks' lack of grand jury indictments regarding police officers who killed African-Americans in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City, it was only a matter of time before someone dredged up the old cliché that “a good prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich.” It finally happened during the Thursday edition of MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner, when Michael Steele, a black former chairman of…
Randy Hall
December 4th, 2014 8:24 PM

MSNBC's Wagner: Obama No Dictator . . . Compared to Kim Jong Un

Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations: Alex Wagner has made the case that Barack Obama is no kind of emperor or dictator . . . compared to Kim Jong Un, the brutal ruler of perhaps the world's worst regime, North Korea. Wagner was riffing off the news that Kim has banned North Korean parents from naming their children Jong Un and ordered those already bearing the name to change it.  …
Mark Finkelstein
December 4th, 2014 7:10 PM

The New Yorker Mocks Duggar Family With Satirical Sex Positions

The secular left really hates the Duggar family of TLC’s “19 Kids & Counting,” and finds their very strict dating and courtship rules incredibly bizarre. The December 8 issue of The New Yorker features gay playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick’s satire titled “The Duggar Family Kama Sutra.” The ongoing gag is the Duggars are almost asexual, and their marriages are barren. Under a list of…
Tim Graham
December 4th, 2014 5:33 PM

Ex-Obama Aide Debunks the Media's 'Who's Gruber?' Narrative

A former top aide to Barack Obama appeared on CNBC, Thursday, and demolished the narrative, promoted by the administration and some in the media, that Jonathan Gruber is minor figure. Ex-presidential adviser Steven Rattner previously exposed the ObamaCare architect, who lashed out at "stupid" Americans," as an "important" individual.
Scott Whitlock
December 4th, 2014 5:31 PM