Los Angeles, CA – Today, in an interview with Robin Roberts of ABC News, President Barack Obama announced his support for marriage equality. "Today is a proud day for all Americans,” said AFER lead co-counsel Theodore B. Olson. “The bedrock American principles of freedom and human dignity
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Dick Lugar Goes Down
"Barack Obama's favorite Republican" got beat in Indiana this week, proving that rumors of the Tea Party's demise are greatly exaggerated. Eighty-year-old Dick Lugar, a fiscal liberal who's been in the U.S. Senate since 1977, was defeated by conservative Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock in
Read story »The Problem Is U.S.
According to a new Washington Post poll from the swing state of Virginia, 49 percent of registered voters say that "Barack Obama’s views on most issues are just about right" compared to 39 percent who say the same about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. As we've noted on numerous previous occasions,
Read story »Entitlement Trouble
The most recent report of the Social Security and Medicare trustees indicates that these two entitlement behemoths are carrying an unfunded liability of $63 trillion - which is equivalent to roughly 4.5 times America's gross domestic product. Yikes, right? Of course that's better than a liability
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Welcome to "the wire," our pseudo-daily effort to engage reader tips, comments and questions in our own inimitable way. While we continue perfecting this new format, please keep your tips, comments and questions coming! Also be sure and check back during the day as we occasionally add new items to
Read story »“Forward”
In 2008 it was "hope and change" (thirteen letters). Last year, it was "win the future" (twelve letters). This year? U.S. President Barack Obama is condensing things even further on the sloganeering front ... Since we're clearly living in an era during which people's comprehension of issues is nonexistent
Read story »“Of Course” Mitt Romney Would’ve Whacked Bin Laden
... BUT THAT'S NOT THE TAKEAWAY FROM THE FIRST SKIRMISH OF THE GENERAL ELECTION As expected, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's main 2012 reelection thrusts continues to be his authorization of a May 2011 raid that resulted in the death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. And while "proof
Read story »Boeing’s Pander-palooza
"IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR CRONY CAPITALISM, TAX SHIFTS AND CORPORATE THUGGERY" Boeing will roll out its first South Carolina-manufactured airplane this week, an occasion which is sure to be marked by all sorts of corporate ass-kissing and regurgitated rhetoric about how the company stood up to Barack
Read story »Recovery Hiccup?
Americans are increasingly optimistic about the status of the U.S. economy - although it remains to be seen whether the recent uptick we've been experiencing signals the onset of a real (i.e. non-jobless) recovery. One troubling indicator? Last month's employment report - which showed a dramatic slowdown
Read story »South Carolina Is Officially A Swing State
... OR SO SAYS "GOP" STRATEGIST KARL ROVE Last spring we had some fun mocking a Barack Obama operative who claimed that South Carolina would be a "swing state" in the 2012 presidential election. Well guess what ... a year later veteran "Republican" political strategist Karl Rove has concurred with
Read story »Immigration Confusion
In the Obamacare arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal government clearly intended to have its cake and eat it, too ... arguing that its controversial individual mandate for health insurance wasn't a tax (and yet was constitutional because it fell under the government's authority to tax). Hmmmmm
Read story »Lazenby: Nugent And The War On Speech
By Amy Lazenby || Today I find myself in the unlikely position of defending self-proclaimed "Motor City Madman," conservative activist, and constant defender of the Second Amendment, Ted Nugent. I'm not defending the man himself, but rather the comments he made at an NRA convention last weekend while
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