President Obama blames Rush Limbaugh, Fox News for GOP not supporting his agenda
President Obama is blaming his shaky relationship with Republicans in Congress on Rush Limbaugh, and the constant stream of bad press he receives from Fox News. In the New Yorker follow-up interview to the magazine’s More...
Sikhs, Christians join together to call for Congress to help stop India’s religious violence
According to a detailed statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News opposing oppression of religious minorities in India, Christians are uniting with Sikhs this week, asking five congressional representatives from Northern More...
Libertarian Lucas Overby discusses Florida issues headed into race with Alex Sink, David Jolly
Now that the candidates are set, The Global Dispatch set out to include the third candidate in the race for Florida’s District 13 Congressional seat. Libertarian Lucas Overby was asked to address the key issues More...
Christmas Tree tax may move ahead as Congress may role out ‘Christmas Tree Promotion Board’
The House Agriculture Committee approved an amendment to its farm bill that would lift the stay blocking implementation of President Obama’s Christmas tree tax. photo Tammy Kirk A fee would come courtesy More...
Rep Louie Gohmert says GOP brand ‘hurt by TARP’ as he is constantly interrupted by Fox host VIDEO
During a tense interview between Fox News anchor Arthel Neville and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Gohmert responds to the assertion that Republicans have done nothing to resolve the government shutdown. photo donkeyhotey More...
New survey: Hemorrhoids, jury duty, DMV, IRS and witches are more popular than Congress
Congress has been unpopular but the government shutdown may have made things worse in Washington, now with only 8% of Americans approving of Congress. The Public Policy Polling sent out a new press release indicates More...
Ron Paul encourages members of Congress to ‘vote against this reckless and immoral use of the US military’
Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who just a few days ago warned that the chemical attacks in Syria look like a “false flag” on Neil Cavuto’s show, is encouraging every member to vote against More...
Ron Paul Institute Director, Daniel McAdams, talks happenings in the Middle East and US Foreign Policy
There is so much going on in the Middle East and many of the politicians in Washington are pointing foreign policy in particular directions. Image/W123 at Wikimedia Commons Meanwhile, as Anthony Weiner dominates More...
US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to ramp up sanctions on Iran
Just days prior to the inauguration of new Iranian President Hassan Rohani, the US House of Representatives voted to approve a new round of sanctions by a vote of 400-20 Wednesday. Image/CIA The bill, Nuclear More...
Rep Dean Heller compares Hollywood stars Jennifer Hudson, Michael Cera promoting Obamacare to tobacco ads
Sen. Dean Heller said Thursday that athletes and “Hollywood celebrities” being recruited to promote the new health care law are little different from those who once used their fame to sell cigarettes to unsuspecting More...
Arizona Rep Matt Salmon proposes constitutional amendment to impose term limits
Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., proposed a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to impose term limits on members of Congress. Salmon himself is in his fourth term. There are currently no term limits in Congress. “Guys More...
The Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin: Believe or Make-Believe?
A petition started in early January on the White House official website calls for the president to mint a platinum coin worth $1 trillion. The United States Treasury technically cannot print its own debt-free currency More...
Paul Krugman: The Real Friend of Fraud
One of Paul Krugman’s constant themes is that financial regulation, if done by people who properly have been schooled as Democrats, will guard against fraud, and he is at it again in his most recent column. More...
Senator Rand Paul responds to President Obama on the debt ceiling, gun control
donkeyhotey donkeyhotey.wordpress President Obama’s statements today on the debt ceiling and the use of an executive order to plow controversial gun control without Congressional approval drew some sharp More...
113th US Congress sworn in, leadership roles stayed the same
The Senate and House have ushered in a new Congress as the 113th Congress convened at 12 noon EST, the constitutionally mandated time on both sides of the Capitol. photo Kmccoy In the Senate, Vice President Joe More...
President Obama lifts freeze on federal salaries, Congress and Joe Biden will get a raise
President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe More...
Congress moves forward on bill without protection from NDAA, indefinite detention of Americans
Congress stripped a provision Tuesday from a defense bill that aimed to shield Americans from the possibility of being imprisoned indefinitely without trial by the military. The provision was replaced with a passage More...
Petraeus testimony raises questions of ‘talking points’ over Benghazi attack
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified on Capitol Hill on Friday that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was an act of terrorism committed by al Qaeda-linked militants. That’s according More...
General Patraeus to testify on Benghazi as CIA investigation continues
FBI officials have already said their investigation into the scandal that brought down David Petraeus hasn’t turned up any threat or damage to national security. David Petraeus Sources say the CIA is looking More...
Mia Love’s Wikipedia page vandalized after RNC speech with racial slurs
The Wikipedia entry for GOP House candidateMia Love was edited to include racist, misogynistic slurs after her rousing convention speech Tuesday night, Twitchy reported. Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, More...