By Rebecca DiFede — A mere four years ago, a young senator from Illinois rose from relative obscurity into the forefront of the young American imagination. He pledged to the youthful voters hope, change, and a world that would be full of wonder and promise. […]

By Howard Rich — Lacking any clear statutory authority, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) nonetheless voted last week to force American consumers to subsidize a massive expansion of rural broadband infrastructure. “Broadband has gone from being a luxury to a necessity for full participation in […]

DEVELOPING… The unemployment rate improved slightly in October to 9.0% . Only 80,000 jobs were added, far below the 100,000 that Department of Labor officials had hoped for.

By Frank McCaffrey — The President says he is not interested in playing the blame game. We found some footage that may make you think otherwise.

By Robert Romano — “The fact is, we are already bailing out Europe.” That was Americans for Limited Government (ALG) President Bill Wilson ’s take on a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published in September that showed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already dispensed €78.5 billion to the creditors of Greece, Portugal, and Ireland, or about $112 […]

By Rick Manning — The Occupy Movement which claims to represent the 99 percenters is apparently very bad at math, which might explain all the free time they have to hang out in public parks. Perhaps they are unaware that right now in America, 49 percent of […]

By Rebekah Rast — Desperate times call for desperate measures. And in these desperate times in America — plagued by high unemployment and a never-ending housing crisis — President Obama is seeking desperate measures. His latest:  Calling the naming of a national monument a jobs creation act . This new monument […]

Interesting revelation from Obama. Apparently the state of the economy has “always” been his “responsibility.” Could have sworn he blamed the economic problems in the U.S. on someone else for years…

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox,  click here ! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the  Must Reads according to  Adam Bitely : Did Congress authorize the Obama refi’s? You want more equality? Support more capitalism Why does the most open and transparent administration in history lie about government records? Cartoon: Dirty Energy Weaponized Keynesians Why we can’t escape the Eurocrisis Pelosi vs. Boeing–and jobs Truth: Pelosi admits she would rather have union jobs than jobs at all… Democracy vs. mob rule What if Obama took over the holidays? New Gang of 6? Gang forms inside of Super Committee GOP wastes Obamacare opportunity MF Global missing a little bit of money

By Adam Bitely — Here is a term that you may not have ever heard of: Weaponized Keynesians. This term was coined by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) a while back and was brought to my attention in a recent Paul Krugman column. According to Krugman , Frank defined […]