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Republican lawmakers, conservatives use arrest of Obama’s uncle to attack deportation reform

By | 08.30.11 | 5:35 pm

Onyango Obama, half-brother to President Barack Obama’s father, was arrested last week in Massachusetts on suspicion of drunken driving. He is now being held without bail by federal immigration officials because, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he had a prior deportation order at the time of his More…

Breitbart, RightOnline headed to Minneapolis

By | 04.13.11 | 6:32 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Billed as a “counter to the leftwing Netroots Nation Convention” being hosted by Minneapolis in June, RightOnline has announced it’ll also be coming to Minnesota’s largest city this summer. The conference will feature Andrew Breitbart, a blogger whose selective editing of video has generated heated criticism, along with More…

‘Get in the back of the line,’ Malkin tells UT sophomore and DREAM Act hopeful

By | 12.01.10 | 12:16 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinConservative blogger and author Michelle Malkin rebuked the proposed federal DREAM Act during a talk at the University of Texas Tuesday evening.

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which suffered a major setback Tuesday, would grant citizenship to young illegal immigrants brought to the country as More…

Angle Attacks Reid on DREAM Act

By | 10.05.10 | 6:04 pm

Sharron Angle, the Republican opponent to Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada, released an ad today bashing Reid’s support for “preferred college tuition rates” for illegal immigrants, a reference to his support for the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented students and military service members to More…

As Senate Votes, Conservative Voices Rise Against DISCLOSE Act

By | 09.23.10 | 2:36 pm

As senators vote now on the DISCLOSE Act, it’s worth noting that the blogosphere has been alive with activity today — almost all of which is urging members to vote ‘no’ on the bill. Despite Democrats’ choice to rally the base by fighting for an issue dear to many liberals’ More…

‘Global Climate Disruption’ vs. ‘Global Warming’

By | 09.17.10 | 2:30 pm

The right-leaning blogosphere is having some fun today with White House science adviser John Holdren. He said last week that the term “global warming” oversimplifies the complexities at play when greenhouse gas emissions are released into the atmosphere. “Global climate disruption,” he said, is a better term.

Glenn Beck on Massa: ‘I Almost Threw Him Out of the Studio’

By | 03.10.10 | 1:20 pm

On his radio show today, Glenn Beck lit into former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) for his disastrous, rambling appearance on the Tuesday episode of Beck’s Fox News Show.

“America, have you ever heard of a 50-year old man having a tickle-fight — five men tickling each other so hard that More…

Massa: The Morning After

By | 03.10.10 | 9:46 am

Before Eric Massa appeared on Glenn Beck’s show, there was a short war of words between the Fox News host and blogger/columnist Michelle Malkin. Beck likened Massa to a captured enemy soldier who could be pumped for information; Malkin argued that Massa was a lying opportunist. In the wake More…

Right Ties Pentagon Metro Shooter to Democrats

By | 03.05.10 | 2:49 pm

I’ve noted before that conservatives work hard to distance themselves from any threats of fringe, anti-government violence. The case of John Patrick Bedell, the man captured after shooting two police officers in the Pentagon Metro station, is giving us another example. The argument goes like this: Bedell was a More…

Salem Communications Buys HotAir.com

By | 02.17.10 | 9:49 am

Colby Hall has the scoop:

Mediaite has learned that leading center-right web site Hot Air has been acquired by Salem Communications for an undisclosed sum. Sources close to the deal claim that Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit and sole owner of Hot Air, has been in talks with

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