**Written by Doug Powers Wednesday night was the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. President Obama’s people either forgot to check the City’s schedule or didn’t care, because they booked three fundraisers there for the same night. Fortunately, it’s the holiday season, and the good cheer that was resonating around the […]

**Written by Doug Powers According to President Obama’s friend in the Senate, it sounds like the White House strategy for the upcoming campaign will be a refreshing “accept responsibility” approach where the President will run on his record, not make excuses and maybe even admit that his “fixes” worsened the problems. Did I have you […]

Will the New York Times ombudsman respond to this serious charge from a fellow mainstream journalist — or will it be whitewashed away? David Newhouse, editor of the Patriot-News, has blown the whistle on the Fishwrap of Record’s reckless disclosure of identifying details about one of Penn State accused child predator/rapist Jerry Sandusky’s victims: The […]

The Eric Holder Resignation Bandwagon is growing, and apparently, Eric Holder is upset about it. Matthew Boyle at the Daily Caller has done nice work chronicling the EHRB movement on Capitol Hill. Holder chewed out the publication yesterday. No dice. Boyle reports today that GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia is the first in the […]

Fire up the Mother of All Credit Cards! Fresh off the news that the Federal Reserve doled out $1.2 trillion in previously undisclosed loans to banks (story here) in 2008 comes today’s news of the Fed’s latest Bailout of the World — euphemistically known as a global “coordinated action:” Central banks from developed nations Wednesday […]

Obama’s Cloud-Based Transparency by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.” Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land. For three years, White House officials have rolled out […]

The art of lowering expectations

**Written by Doug Powers Add two states to the Obamacare waiver denial list that already includes Delaware and N. Dakota. Hey, not everybody can with the Lucky Lottery. From The Hill: The decision could rekindle the controversy over the waiver process, as the two states that were turned down, Indiana and Louisiana, have Republican governors. […]

Just listen to the hate. It’s insane. Screaming at Target moms with kids and Wal-mart shoppers and workers with ear-splitting contempt? This is what Occupiers want to be remembered for? Be sure to watch at around the 4:00 minute mark when the cameraman is so outraged he can’t hold his camera straight. Un. Hinged: H/T […]

Too late?

Happier times

Just like clockwork, the Obama administration never misses an opportunity to unload thousands of records it hopes no one will ever bother sifting through during the holidays. On Black Friday, the White House released more visitor log info — trumpeting disclosures it has fought tooth and nail. I’ve started looking through the data. And you […]

Longtime readers are familiar with the great work of one of our tech team leaders, Ed Burns. He is the man behind the awesome MichelleMalkin.com iPhone/iPad and Android Apps, which have earned rave reviews from users. Ed is now working full time at BlogRescue.com and is welcoming all inquiries for blog-related projects. Services here. Ed’s […]

Buh-bye. The news just broke over Twitter via WBZ Radio. All together now: DLTDHYOTWO! The original Tweet: Here. Press conference at 1pm Eastern: Congressman Barney Frank will hold a press conference in Newton Monday to formally announce and answer questions about his decision not to run for re-election in 2012. Frank of Massachusetts 4th Congressional […]

Recall on the way?

Significant?

Coattail inoculation

Last best hope?

“Competitive shopping”

Stump the band

The GOP ate it all

I’ve been taking time off this week and visiting with loved ones on the East Coast. Though it’s been a hellish year, we still have so much to be grateful for — and my column this week is dedicated to many of the wonderful people who have helped in the ongoing search for my missing […]

National security

**Written by Doug Powers Strange… you don’t usually see stories about political corruption coming out of Chicago: A Chicago-area businessman whose association with President Obama came under scrutiny during the 2008 presidential campaign has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for corruption charges related to kickback schemes. Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who raised […]

The digging hasn’t stopped