The Department of Justice shut down the website MegaUpload after being charged with committing copyright violations . This comes just a day after many websites, such as Wikipedia and Reddit, “blacked out” in protest of legislation in front of Congress that would give the government more power to preemptively shutdown websites that are suspected of being involved in Internet piracy and […]

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By Robert Romano — It is telling that on the same day the Wall Street Journal published a lead editorial in favor of legislation that would censor the Internet in the name of protecting copyright that the bill lost no less than 14 previous backers, who dropped their support of the legislation. Eight were in the Senate alone, […]

Sources say Rick Perry will end his campaign for the GOP nomination and will endorse Newt Gingrich.

Drudge is blowing the Internet up right now with claims that ABC news is sitting on an “explosive” interview with Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife Marianne. As Drudge Report reports : **Exclusive** Wed Jan 18 2012 18:47:14 ET Marianne Gingrich has said she could end her ex-husband’s career with a single […]

By Rebekah Rast — President Obama has made his decision in regards to the Keystone XL pipeline.  He said no. No to extending America’s efforts for energy independence and no to creating jobs, all while pointing the finger at Republicans saying his decision is their […]

The Obama administration is widely expected to reject the Keystone XL project this afternoon … Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson had this to say on the rejection, “Obama’s decision to say no to the Keystone pipeline is simply devastating to the nation’s economic recovery.  The White House is more concerned with giving taxpayer-guaranteed loans to bankrupt ‘green’ energy firms […]

By Kevin Mooney — While the Obama Administration continues to press hard on behalf of its benefactors within organized labor, there is a potential electoral earthquake brewing in California that may prove disruptive toward presidential political paybacks. On the ballot for voter consideration this fall, […]

By Bill Wilson — In the Jan. 16 Republican presidential debate in South Carolina , former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was asked another question on whether he would support the use of taxpayer dollars to finance a bailout of banks in Europe that bet poorly on the sovereign debt of socialist governments like Greece. Call it a […]