By Rebecca DiFede — In an attempt to smear Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich made Anti-Romney ads that portrayed him as the money-grubbing CEO of Bain Capital , concerned only with himself while Americans starved. These ads featured dramatic music, touching interviews of those who had felt the brunt of the economic […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — President Obama announced his fourth chief of staff in his less than three full years in office. Who is the lucky person who is next on the chopping block? Jack Lew, the just-getting-his-feet-wet Office […]

Six GOP Senators have stood up to defend free speech by opposing the Protect IP Act. The six, Senators Grassley, Hatch, Cornyn, Sessions, Coburn, and Lee, called on Senator Harry Reid to drop his efforts to push the bill through the Senate. Check out the […]

By Adam Bitely — Rep. Ron Paul and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney are the front-runners of the GOP nomination contest for the presidential nomination. No other candidates in the field thus far enjoy the number of votes or support that these two candidates have […]

By Rebekah Rast — You need a proper form of government ID to drive a vehicle, buy alcohol or tobacco products, and even to apply for welfare assistance, so why not require an ID to vote? That’s the line of thinking of South Carolina Gov. […]

By Rebecca DiFede — In the 236 years since its birth, our great nation has been involved in a great many battles that have forever changed the course of history, both for us and for our allies and foes. Needless to say, America wouldn’t be […]

This is just bizarre. Promoting car sharing at CES in Las Vegas, a car company that caters to luxury made some strange comments and used some strange imagery… : “Some colleagues still think that car-sharing borders on communism,” Mercedes-Benz Chairman of the Board of Management Dieter Zetsche said onstage at CES today, speaking about Mercedes’ new CarTogether initiative . “But if that’s the case, viva la revolucion!” If Che had his way, he probably would […]

Well, well, well. Looks like we have a case of hypocrisy with the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) used a background image for his website that was not properly attributed to the artist, nor did he seek the proper permission : I contacted DJ [the artist], to find out if Lamar had asked permission to use the image and he told me that he […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : After NH, is Ron Paul headed for bigger things? NH launches Paul as leading ‘anti-Romney’ candidate Is Rand Paul next in line? DeMint advisers to endorse Romney The Republicans’ cow pie bingo Cartoon: “A Tale of Two Primaries” SOPA bill author Lamar Smith is a copyright violator… We don’t owe it to ourselves The FCC’s incomprehensible ban on broadcast indecency Guess what? You can’t suspend the basic laws of economics! Does the U.S. economy need more Boeings or more Facebooks? What will kill the Chevy Volt first: GM, voters or consumers?

By Rebecca DiFede — As recently reported by NetRightDaily , the Senate passed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act , a $662 billion Defense bill. It gives the military the power to lock up any and all suspected terrorists, whether captured here or abroad, and hold them indefinitely. Despite empty veto threats from our illustrious president, the bill passed 93-7 . Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein […]