The Other New Chicago Crony Chief of Staff

Fun fact: Bill Daley isn't the only new chief of staff in the White House with longtime ties to the Chicago Way. Yep, it's No Windy City Corporate Lawyer Left Behind Week in the nation's capital. On the other side of the White House, deep-pocketed campaign finance mega-bundler Tina Tchen was named first lady Michelle Obama's new right-hand woman. Or rather, left-hand woman. The self-described…
Michelle Malkin
January 8th, 2011 11:10 PM

Paul Krugman Blames Giffords Shooting on Palin, Limbaugh and Beck

While Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) fights for her life in a Tucson, Arizona, hospital, liberal media members continue to point fingers of blame for Saturday's tragic shooting spree at prominent conservatives such as Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck. Jumping on this pathetic bandwagon Saturday was New York Times columnist Paul Krugman:
Noel Sheppard
January 8th, 2011 10:06 PM

One-Sided CBS Report Paints Palin as Responsible for Giffords Shooting

Capitalizing on the shooting in Tucson this afternoon, CBS furthered the lunatic left rhetoric that Sarah Palin was somehow responsible for this heinous crime.  The theory being that the shooter was inspired by Palin’s midterm election map, which featured Gabrielle Giffords as a potential target.  “…critics of Sarah Palin have already drawn a link between the shooting and the fact that the…
Rusty Weiss
January 8th, 2011 8:55 PM

AP Determined to Pin Giffords Shooting, Multiple Murders on Right, Ign

The irresponsible propagandists posing as journalists at the Associated Press are going to a frequently visited well tonight -- the one where any violence committed against a Democrat or liberal must somehow and in some way be due to a climate of hostility created solely by conservatives, Republicans, and more recently, Tea Party activists. Never mind that the person who allegedly shot…
Tom Blumer
January 8th, 2011 8:49 PM

Jane Fonda Blames Giffords Shooting on Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the

Jane Fonda has blamed Saturday's tragic shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, on former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, and the Tea Party movement. Obviously possessing no facts about the alleged shooter, the liberal actress and activist tweeted the following moments ago:
Noel Sheppard
January 8th, 2011 6:07 PM

BREAKING: Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) has been shot in the head at a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona (ABC News video follows):
NB Staff
January 8th, 2011 2:59 PM

Cokie Roberts Wonders: Do Republicans 'Really Want to See Jobs Increas

You don’t find many “gems” on a Saturday morning. It’s a lazy day, getting ready for football and a late breakfast---then Cokie Roberts, speaking on ABC’s Good Morning America, dropped the bomb. Roberts has apparently bought into the far-left's conspiracy theory that Republicans simply do not want to see Americans get jobs. Yep. Republicans are more interested in defeating old media’s Dear…
Ron Futrell
January 8th, 2011 1:15 PM

Video: Media Bash Repealing ObamaCare As A Waste Of Time

With Republicans taking control of Congress, those in the media suddenly feel that proposing legislation, such as repealing ObamaCare, is a waste of time. From CBS's Harry Smith referring to it as "a fool's errand" to MSNBC's Chuck Todd fretting over the GOP "relitigating health care," here is a video compilation of the slanted coverage this proposal has received. View video below   
Kyle Drennen
January 8th, 2011 12:00 PM

Saturday Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, and whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
January 8th, 2011 11:09 AM

Time Reporter Betrays Constitutional Ignorance in Bemoaning GOP 'Cult

As the House of Representatives read the Constitution aloud on the chamber floor Wednesday, the uproar from the left came as a bit of a surprise. Less surprising, perhaps, was that a number of the whiners don't actually understand the document they claim the GOP sullied with political stunts. No, I'm not talking about Ezra "the text is confusing" Klein. The latest lefty to demonstrate his…
Lachlan Markay
January 8th, 2011 11:08 AM

Ed Schultz Parrots Democrat Talking Points: Friday's Jobs Report Prove

Despite virtually all economists and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve finding Friday's unemployment report disappointing, MSNBC's Ed Schultz parroted President Obama's take that the numbers released by the Labor Department were good news. The "Ed Show" host crowed so gleefully about the much-maligned data that he even said it was evidence the 2009 stimulus package worked (video follows…
Noel Sheppard
January 8th, 2011 11:01 AM

WaPo: NPR Insiders Furious NPR's 'Capitulating' to Fox News and Others

On Saturday, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi found that NPR insiders are furious at the forced resignation of Ellen Weiss, the senior vice president for news who so controversially canned Juan Williams. The liberal arrogance of NPR was on full display, that they were the future of "democracy," and Fox News was clearly the enemy of democracy and an independent press: "We have allowed…
Tim Graham
January 8th, 2011 10:32 AM

'Don't Sweat' High Gas Prices -- They're a 'Good Sign

You've probably noticed that those prices at the pump have risen considerably over the last month or so. But don't worry! It's not that big a deal! Well, according to Yahoo! Finance's Daniel Gross, that is. Why? Well, Americans are consuming less gas per capita than a few years ago, cars are more fuel efficient, and people are just plain getting weary of more and more traffic (and, hence, are…
D. S. Hube
January 8th, 2011 10:11 AM

Bozell Column: Doritos and Pepsi Mock God

The Super Bowl is more than just a huge day for professional football fans. Part of the game’s massive audience is there for the chance to see how mega-corporations creatively spend millions of dollars for one Super Bowl commercial.  Some Super Bowl ads are brilliant and successful. Budweiser knows it has hit one out of the park when its ad is Monday’s water-cooler talk. But never…
Brent Bozell
January 8th, 2011 7:41 AM