Alleged McConnell eavesdropper has prior trespass arrest
One of the two Progress Kentucky co-founders involved in the alleged illegal wiretapping of Senator Mitch McConnell was charged in November of last year for illegally trespassing.
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Menendez allies now accusing FBI of kidnapping, harassment
2:59 PM 04/03/2013
In a bizarre new twist to the saga of Sen. Bob Menendez and his donor-friend Salomon Melgen, members of Melgen's circle are now hurling accusations at FBI agents investigating the pair's relationship.
Scott Prouty, ’47 percent’ videographer, dodges taxes, sues people
1:10 AM 03/19/2013
Scott Prouty, the Florida bartender-turned-"47-percent"-videographer, apparently created a fictitious business called Nightspot Consulting and has thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes.
In Feinstein’s ‘Harvey Milk’ gun control speech, no mention of .38 special she once carried
3:08 AM 03/15/2013
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein made an impassioned call for gun control during a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, recalling putting her fingers into bullet wounds on the body of slain gay activist Harvey Milk. But the gun that did the killing -- a .38 special -- doesn't appear on the list of firearms she wants the federal government to ban. And Feinstein carried the same model revolver in her purse for nearly four years after the attack.
Sandra Fluke: Military should accept transexual recruits
9:08 AM 02/22/2013
In a revealing presentation at Claremont McKenna College, birth-control activist Sandra Fluke said the U.S. military should accept transsexual recruits. The demise of the Pentagon’s “Don't Ask, Don’t Tell” program, she said, should be only a first step toward a more inclusive American fighting force.
Documents: Hagel staffers met with ‘front group’ for Iranian regime
1:03 AM 02/20/2013
Documents obtained by The Daily Caller show that staffers for then-Sen. Chuck Hagel met repeatedly with a controversial pro-Iran lobby group, and some met with the organization’s president.
Supporter of Iranian dictatorship brought Chuck Hagel to Rutgers University for 2007 speech
3:26 AM 02/18/2013
A pro-Hezbollah, pro-Hamas candidate for the Iranian presidency, a man linked to Iranian-controlled front groups, brought former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to speak at Rutgers University in 2007, according to another professor on campus.
Massachusetts’ new US Senator helped organize ‘friendly takeovers’ of restaurants for black Bostonians
12:11 AM 02/11/2013
The black attorney appointed Friday to temporarily replace Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry once helped plan "takeovers" of Boston restaurants with his wife and other black professionals, to protest the "lack of color" in downtown hangouts.
Menendez donor leveraged ‘Occupy’ movement to take aim at Bank of America
12:31 PM 02/08/2013
The wealthy Florida eye doctor linked with Sen. Bob Menendez through copious cash donations and a private jet launched an anti-capitalist “astroturf” campaign to leverage the Occupy Wall Street Movement against Bank of America.
Menendez’s alleged Dominican prostitution spree coincided with crusade against prostitution in Cuba
12:51 AM 02/01/2013
Despite allegations that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez had sex with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic on several occasions in recent years, he has been a persistent critic of the Cuban regime for economic conditions that have led to widespread prostitution among young people.
In Congress, Menendez made impassioned plea to end sex trafficking [VIDEO]
9:07 AM 01/31/2013
Rep. Bob Menendez once gave an impassioned speech on the house floor condemning human trafficking and forced prostitution in arguing for the “Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005,” an anti-sex-slavery law he co-sponsored.
Obama CIA nominee hedged on Hezbollah terrorists in 2006: ‘You can’t divide the world into good and evil’
2:05 AM 01/30/2013
Although the president's chief counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan, led an unsuccessful effort in October to persuade European leaders to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist group, the man President Barack Obama has chosen to lead the CIA hasn't always been convinced the label fits. Brennan argued from 2006 to 2010 for a more permissive view of the Iran-backed Lebanese militants best known in America for bombing a U.S. Marine barracks in 1983.
In graduate thesis, John Brennan argued for government censorship: ‘Too much freedom is possible’
12:31 AM 01/23/2013
In his 1980 graduate thesis at the University of Texas at Austin, John Brennan denied the existence of “absolute human rights” and argued in favor of censorship on the part of the Egyptian dictatorship.
In England, Piers Morgan joked about shooting rivals, said homeowners who kill burglars should not be prosecuted
3:03 AM 01/18/2013
CNN host and outspoken gun-control advocate Piers Morgan once joked about shooting professional enemies and separately wrote that he was a "rabid fascist" who wanted burglars tortured after a "decent period of cattle-prodding, testicle electrode treatment, and slow gentle skewering over hot coals."
In interview, Susan Rice explains role in WH decision-making; ‘People know not to mess with me’
12:59 PM 11/30/2012
In a book written by a lifelong friend of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, the diplomat who may soon be a Secretary of State nominee explained that she routinely confers with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before making decisions.
Susan Rice in 1986 book: Make white students learn black history
8:30 AM 11/29/2012
In a 1986 book by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, the future diplomat argued for the aggressive inclusion of a black history curriculum in American schools, claiming that its omission had "crippling effects" by "providing a child with no more than ... a white interpretation of reality."
Acting US ambassador to Pakistan met with Code Pink, discussed ‘classified’ drone casualty counts
12:12 AM 11/05/2012
Richard Hoagland, the acting U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, discussed with Code Pink and anti-Israel activists what he said was classified information, during an October 3 meeting with the groups in Islamabad.
Sandra Fluke: Free birth control will help career women, candidates shed ‘barriers’ of unwanted children [VIDEO]
11:49 PM 10/28/2012
In a candid on-camera interview two weeks ago with the campus newspaper of her alma mater, Cornell University, contraception activist Sandra Fluke explained that her agitation for free and universal access to contraception has a larger goal: removing the "barriers" of unwanted children from women's paths to career and political success.
Lawsuit: Calif. college president illegally endorsed tax-hike ballot amendment during graduation speech [VIDEO]
12:59 AM 10/26/2012
A taxpayer watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against the California State University system for what it claims is illegal electioneering in favor of Proposition 30, a $50 billion sales and income tax increase backed by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
In 1994, Obama argued for affirmative action, against ‘return to good old-fashioned racism’
1:43 AM 10/11/2012
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could decide the future of racial preferences in college admissions, The Daily Caller obtained one of the oldest known audio recordings of President Barack Obama: an October 28, 1994 NPR broadcast in which Obama described opponents of affirmative action and certain welfare programs as favoring racism.
