Colorado Violates Federal Law With Passage Of In-State Tuition Rate For Illegal Immigrants

By: Dana Loesch (Diary)  |  April 29th at 11:25 PM  | 

Colorado’s orchestrated shift from 46 years of Republican rule to a progressive “utopia” where Democrats can use the state as a testing ground for policy gained more ground today: Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Monday to grant in-state tuition for students in the country illegally who graduate from Colorado high schools. The in-state rate is one-third the amount out-of-state students pay. It’s called the | Read More »

Taking Dead Aim at Joe Manchin’s Pathetic Voting Record

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 29th at 03:13 PM  | 

Do you want to know the definition of pathetic?  It’s someone who aggressively brandishes his pro-gun credentials in a campaign commercial, and then proceeds to invest his time into expanding gun control laws.  In other words, Joe Manchin is pathetic. Just how unpopular is Obama with the voters of West Virginia?  He lost all 55 counties last year in the general election, and 41% of | Read More »

Breaking Bad and 3 Lessons in Morality

By: turnerdown (Diary)  |  April 28th at 08:15 PM  | 

((Mostly) Spoiler Free) Let’s get the review out of the way first: Breaking Bad is the best show on television right now. When it wraps, I may conclude that it is one of the best shows of all time, but I’ll resist waxing hyperbolic now for the sake of some credibility. Suffice it to say, this is a show that warrants your attention both for | Read More »

The Permanent Cessation of Deportations

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 27th at 11:41 PM  | 

One question that proponents of endless amnesty can never answer is how they ever plan to stop future waves of illegal immigration if they continue to telegraph the message that deportations are taboo.  That as long as they can reach our shores and “become part of the fabric of society,” they are here to stay. Indeed, Marco Rubio presciently warned about this lax attitude towards | Read More »

You Mean Fought Like Hell to Pass?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 26th at 10:25 AM  | 

Note the stunning tip-toeing around the facts here: Democratic senators, at a caucus meeting with White House officials, expressed concerns on Thursday about how the Obama administration was carrying out the health care law they adopted three years ago. Yes, it is factually true. But like so much of the bias in the media, it is the word choice that matters. The Democrats did not | Read More »

From Melting Pot to Pressure Cooker

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 26th at 04:31 AM  | 

There is a battle of funny headlines playing out across America. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Suspects Roused by Jihadist Thought.” Surprisingly, the New York Times headline was “Boston Suspect Cites Islamic Extremist Beliefs as Motive”. Unsurprisingly, they changed it to “Boston Suspects Are Seen as Self-Taught and Fueled by Web”. Note that now, instead of fueled by religious zeal, it’s the series of | Read More »

Ted Cruz Will Be at the RedState Gathering. Will You?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 26th at 04:30 AM  | 

We can now announce that Texas Senator Ted Cruz will be joining us as a speaker at the 2013 RedState Gathering, being held August 2-3 in New Orleans, LA. Ted Cruz’s election to the Senate in 2012 was truly a victory for the conservative grassroots. Since then, Senator Cruz has continued to garner a national following as he’s played an important role in protecting 2nd | Read More »

Pentagon Says They Will Unblock Southern Baptist Website

By: toddstarnes (Diary)  |  April 25th at 06:37 PM  | 

The Pentagon blocked access to the Southern Baptist Convention’s website recently because it contained “hostile content” that was later determined to be malware, a military spokesman said Thursday. “We determined that our web filters recently detected malware at the SBC website, which resulted in the block for some service members,” Lt. Col. Damien Pickart said in a prepared statement. “The department has verified that the | Read More »

Colorado State Senator’s Sponsorship Of Trial Lawyers Legislation Reveals Conflict of Interest

By: Kyle Forti (Diary)  |  April 25th at 06:30 PM  | 

Colorado State Senator Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora), who was hired as a trial lawyer in January and has a history as a practicing attorney, has sponsored and provided vocal support for legislation that could directly benefit trial lawyers in Colorado. In what is possibly a rather large conflict of interest, Carroll has signed on as a primary sponsor to House Bill 1336, which is currently being debated on the Senate floor and is backed by lobbyists from top law firms in the state.

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Ohio Senate Not Expected to Restore Medicaid Expansion to Budget Bill

By: Jason Hart (Diary)  |  April 25th at 12:00 PM  | 

Ohio Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) confirmed during an April 24 press conference that he doesn’t expect the Senate to put the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Medicaid expansion back in the state’s biennial budget. Instead, Sen. Faber explained that the Senate will develop separate Medicaid reform legislation in coordination with the Ohio House. “Now, it goes without saying, on Medicaid you need two | Read More »

Military Blocks Southern Baptist Convention Website

By: toddstarnes (Diary)  |  April 25th at 07:33 AM  | 

The U.S. Military has blocked access to the Southern Baptist Convention’s website on an unknown number of military bases because it contains “hostile content” — just weeks after an Army briefing labeled Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics as examples of religious extremism, Fox News has learned. The Southern Baptist Convention is the nation’s largest Protestant denomination known for its support of the pro-life movement and | Read More »

Republicans and Democrats in Washington Conspire to Exempt Themselves from Obamacare

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 25th at 04:30 AM  | 

If this happens, the nation needs to collectively march on Washington, DC, burn it to the ground, and spread salt over the ground. According to the Politico, in super secret “high-level, confidential talks”, Harry Reid, John Boehner, the Obama administration, and other lawmakers are working to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare. They want to rush it through, probably sneaking it through on some | Read More »

MSNBC: Those Dang Right Wingers Want Obama To Revive The Bush Doctrine

By: Dana Loesch (Diary)  |  April 25th at 01:19 AM  | 

I’ve just flown halfway across the country and am currently in Florida, where it’s officially  sweaty °F degrees. I saw this from the network that no one watches: Is it 2001? The 7 right-wingers who want Obama to revive Bush’s war on terror [...] a number of right-wingers are calling on President Obama to essentially resurrect George W. Bush’s much-maligned “war on terror.” The president, meanwhile, | Read More »

An Open Letter to Senator Marco Rubio

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  April 24th at 12:43 PM  | 

Dear Senator Rubio, As the public finally gets an opportunity to read and analyze the bipartisan gang of 8 immigration bill, it is clear that there will be some irreconcilable differences between your vision of immigration reform and that of many conservatives across the country.  However, we should all agree that this is an extremely consequential bill and must go through a long process – | Read More »

To be Clear About Mark Zuckerberg’s Americans for a Conservative Direction

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 24th at 11:35 AM  | 

I just want to be clear about about the new front group for the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal on the right, Americans for a Conservative Direction. The group, funded by Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, is perfectly entitled to set up this group. A good bit of the center-right coalition supports the issue. That’s not my problem My problem is that this is just another | Read More »