By Conn Carroll Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has arguably the worst job in Washington. When the House of Representatives returns from August recess on Sept. 9, Boehner will have just 21 days (only nine of them working days) to find a way to pass a fiscal year 2014 government funding resolution. Shortly after that, Boehner […]
By Michael Barone New York City seems on the verge of making the same mistake that Detroit made 40 years ago. The mistake is to abolish the NYPD practice referred to as stop and frisk. It’s more accurately called stop, question and frisk. People were stopped and questioned 4.4 million times between 2004 and 2012. But […]
By Jonah Goldberg “Why do they seem so determined to also make it racial?” So asks Joy-Ann Reid, the managing editor of The Grio, a web magazine owned by NBC News whose mission is to “focus on news and events that have a unique interest and/or pronounced impact within the national African Americans audience.” The “they” […]
By Michelle Malkin Busted. Stone-cold busted. Just as I suspected, “progressive” pranksters at Oberlin College have been definitively unmasked as the perpetrators of phony campus “hate crimes” that scored international headlines in March. The blabbermouth academic administrators who helped fuel the hysteria are now running for cover. The Associated Press, The New York Times, MSNBC, […]
“I’ve worked my bu## off on this thing … but I’m not going to continue to do it if I keep seeing a President, and an Attorney General, who refuse to enforce the law.” Texas Insider Report: SALADO, Texas – “Thank all of you, every single one of you, who’ve come out. Texans have lived […]
President’s run 2 Strategic Plans concurrently. By Lynn Woolley Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Callers to radio talk shows and Tea Party types like to say that Barrack Obama is the worst president since Jimmy Carter. And, maybe they’re right. But while Carter was a well-intentioned incompetent, President Obama knows exactly what’s he’s doing. […]
And it can’t cure cancer either. By Stuart Rothenberg Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The folks over at the Washington Post must have needed copy desperately for Monday’s opinion page if they were willing to publish a piece titled, “How Twitter can help predict an election.” In the column, Indiana University Sociologist Fabio Rojas […]
Receipts minus disbursements leave Cash on Hand … or debt. Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republican National Committee (RNC) out-raised the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by $2 million during July, and sits on $12 million in cash. The DNC, meanwhile, is a net balance of $14 million in the red. Ironic, or transitory?
By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn ‘We have a sacred obligation to take care of those among us who are willing to put themselves in harm’s way so that the rest of us can live free and peaceful lives’ As the trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan draws the eyes of the nation, let us direct that […]
By Conn Carroll Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had been in office all of one month before The New York Times gave former-restaurant critic Frank Bruni 1,000 words to attack him as “The G.O.P.’s Nasty Newcomer” in the Sunday Review. Cruz’s crime? He had the audacity to do his job by questioning President Obama’s Defense Secretary nominee Chuck […]
Rep. Barton Town Halls – Let Your Voice be Heard Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Each day I have the privilege of representing you in the U.S. Congress and it is a responsibility I take seriously. I am honored to be your Congressman. I work for you and believe the best way to serve the […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (BELTON, Texas) — Today Congressman John Carter (R-TX31), Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, met with faith and business leaders from his district and heard their support for broad immigration reform.
By Brian Hughes The White House on Monday reiterated President Obama’s claims that Americans are not being spied on by the federal government, even though a new report showed the National Security Agency was violating privacy laws thousands of times each year.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry will travel to Missouri on August 29 to tout the low taxes that allow hardworking families and employers to keep more of what they earn, and help make Texas’ economy a national example for job creation. Ahead of the governor’s trip, a 30-second TV spot begins […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has launched a new and redesigned website in his race for Lieutenant Governor in the 2014 Republican Primary. “If you’re weak in your convictions or don’t like facts,” Patterson continued, “then don’t go to this website.”
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –Verona, PA – Former Republican Presidential Candidate and Patriot Voices Chairman Rick Santorum announced today the endorsement of State Senator Ken Paxton for Texas Attorney General. Rick Santorum offered the following statement about the endorsement.
Free vaccines and entertainment for children at 3 local schools Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Houston – Just in time for the new school year, Congressman Gene Green invites media and members of the community to his upcoming 18th Annual Immunization Day where free vaccines will be provided to school-age children. The event will […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Glenn Hegar Campaign announced today that it has received the endorsement of several pro-life leaders and organizations. “Over the last several months, I have stood shoulder to shoulder with these conservative leaders to increase protections in women’s healthcare in Texas and to make Texas the leading pro-life state […]
