By Robert Romano “As we know all too well, national security is a real and present danger, and it is something that we have to take quite seriously.” Maybe it was a Freudian slip. But to be fair to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who on July 24 was speaking against a proposed amendment to the 2014 Defense Appropriations Act offered by Rep. Justin […]

If I were trying to make the case that women should hold a higher percentage of construction jobs, I probably wouldn’t use a picture of a woman pushing a 1/3 full gardening wheelbarrow to make the point.  Hey Labor bloggers – with one image you […]

By Robert Romano “I love all these esoteric debates that people are getting in… I want them [including Senator Rand Paul] to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans and have that conversation.” That was New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie’s challenge to anyone daring to question the 9/11 national security consensus among politicians in favor of the National Security […]

By Rick Manning Millionaire taxes don’t work.  State or local taxes aimed at the wealthy merely drive a jurisdiction’s tax base away. The latest example of someone who is successful who would be better off living elsewhere is professional golfer Phil Mickelson. Mickelson made a dream come […]

By Robert Romano Since the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act because there was no longer evidence of voter suppression of minorities in affected states based on U.S. Census data, the political left in the U.S. has been rumbling for another way […]

House leaders narrowly voted down an amendment by Justin Amash to defund the NSA surveillance program.  A bipartisan coalition arose to fight the unconstitutional surveillance.  ( You can watch the full debate on the amendment here. ) With only a 7 vote swing, the amendment would have passed.  Let your representative know what you think […]

By Rick Manning The Obama Administration and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the wool over the eyes of naïve Senate Republicans in agreeing to pull back two objectionable appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in exchange for the dropping of any filibuster threat against […]

By Robert Romano The National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) domestic surveillance program suffered a near-death experience on the floor of the House of Representatives July 24. Although an amendment to the 2014 Defense Appropriations Act by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) was narrowly defeated 205 to 217 in a truly bipartisan vote , the fact it even came up for a vote was a victory. The amendment […]

By Brad Tidwell Using the hashtag #4259Broadway, SEIU-backed worker center Fast Food Forward posted pictures of a strike at McDonalds. Suspicious timing, or fortunate photo op? Mere minutes after posting an update about a broken air conditioning unit, Fast Food Forward’s twitter account posted a […]

By Robert Romano The National Security Agency’s (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) domestic surveillance program will face its first up-or-down vote in the House of Representatives today. An amendment offered by Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash to the 2014 Defense Appropriations Act would defund any surveillance to collect communications data “if such things do not pertain to a person who is the subject of an investigation.” Under current law in Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the FBI and NSA […]