October 28, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A "hate crimes" bill opponents claim will be used to crack down on Christian speech, even the reading of the Bible, was signed into law Wednesday by President Obama. The Senate approved the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a vote of 68-29 on Oct. 22 after Democrats strategically attached it to a "must-pass" $680 billion defense appropriations plan... (more)

October 28, 2009

MICHELLE MALKIN — The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige... (more)

October 28, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic donors with VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings... (more)

October 28, 2009

NEWSMAX — Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., threatened to work with Republicans to reject healthcare reform, unless House leaders allow a floor vote on a measure to remove abortion rules from the bill... (more)

October 28, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that questioning the results of Iran's June presidential election is a crime, his strongest warning yet to opposition leaders who continue to insist the vote was rigged... (more)

October 28, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — ...The political newcomer, an accountant who was all but anonymous three months ago, is running in the special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by nine-term Republican Rep. John M. McHugh, in a race that has become the first national test of the electoral clout of the anti-tax "tea party" movement... (more)

October 28, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Obama administration is looking for a fight over the definition of marriage. That means asking more than 100 Democratic members of the House and Senate to repudiate their votes for the Defense of Marriage Act within 12 months of next year's midterm election... (more)

October 28, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Many Americans may be accustomed to hearing the term "same-sex marriage" in news reports about homosexual unions, but now the New York Times is also referring to traditional matrimony as "opposite-sex marriage"... (more)

October 28, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Can you imagine the outrage that would have ensued had former President George W. Bush declared off-limits those media outlets he thought (correctly) treated him unfairly?... (more)

October 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A majority of Americans are alarmed over attempts by the White House to stifle dissent or suppress free speech, according to a new poll that asked about a series of issues ranging from President Obama's attempt to cut Fox News out of an interview opportunity to his advocacy for "hate crimes" legislation that could hinder Christian pastors' sermons... (more)

October 27, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Maine voters will make history next month when they cast their ballots on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the state -- one way or another. If they approve Question 1, the gay-marriage veto, it will mark the first time voters in a state have rejected a gay-marriage law that was approved by the legislature and signed by the governor... (more)

October 27, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL — Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent?... (more)

October 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Oil remains so abundant that it is unlikely the world will ever run out, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports... (more)

October 27, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Environmental alarmism is being exploited to chip away at national sovereignty. The latest threat to American liberties may be found in the innocuous sounding Copenhagen Climate Treaty, which will be discussed at the United Nations climate-change conference in mid-December... (more)

October 27, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Top Obama administration officials are looking to make their case before the Senate for aggressive action to combat climate change, even as Republicans show no sign of softening their dislike of a Democratic bill that would dramatically cut heat-trapping pollution... (more)

October 27, 2009

DENNIS PRAGER — Given the huge economic failures that the left itself attributes to Medicare and Medicaid and given the economic collapse or near collapse of these systems in other countries, the left's prescriptions can only be explained in one way: The left has made its views a form of religion... (more)

October 26, 2009

NEWSMAX — A Tea Party Patriots leader tells Newsmax the group will greet President Barack Obama with protest rallies each time he makes a public appearance. The first protest will be Monday evening at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., where Obama is headlining a Democratic fundraiser... (more)

October 26, 2009

JED BABBIN — Just who are the Tea Partyers? And how far will the Republican establishment go to prevent the resurgence of Reagan conservatism? Those are the two questions which will decide whether the Republican Party can make a decisive comeback in the next year... (more)

October 26, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced. With Nevada's economy poisoned by recession and the nation's highest foreclosure and bankruptcy rates, business at Johnson's boat-repair shop has nose-dived 40 percent since last year... (more)

October 26, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — In 1993, in the first year of Bill Clinton's presidency, the Republicans scored big, with victories in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City, and Los Angeles. That was the triumph that provided the momentum that would enable the GOP to sweep to a big victory in 1994, winning control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years... (more)