You know all that Democratic talk about getting big, dirty money out of politics? Never mind. Via Reuters: National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return campaign donations totaling $1.8 million from Houston financier R. Allen Stanford, now on trial for allegedly masterminding...
Read MoreMr. and Mrs. Cranky Pants by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 So, it turns out that the cool cat billed as "No Drama Obama" by his sycophants is actually quite the drama queen. While the White House publicly pretends to ignore conservative detractors of his administration, Chief Touchy-Touchy seems to be personally consumed by...
Read MorePhotoshop source: Ed Driscoll The Year in Obama Scandals -- and Scandal Deniers by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 With 2011 drawing to a close, it is time to account. As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See...
Read MoreYou knew it was coming. The Kamp Alinsky Kids are taking a sight-seeing tour today. After a month of trashing Zuccotti Park at a public cost of $2 million per day, the riff-raff is marching uptown to occupy...wealthy people's private homes. According to the NY Daily News: "A 'Millionaires March' will visit the homes -...
Read MoreAmerica's Uncle Omar problem by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2011 "Always remember. Never forget." The phrase is now emblazoned in red across the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website. But as the Obama administration disseminates its talking points to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 jihadist attacks, the White House remains stone-silent about...
Read MoreOh, Uncle Omar. We'll get to more of him in a moment. Over the past decade, I've reported on America's bottomless deportation abyss. After the 9/11 attacks, it finally dawned on federal homeland security officials that maybe it wasn't such a smart policy to allow 400,000 illegal aliens who had been ordered deported to remain...
Read MoreThere's one employee of the White House -- other than the Teleprompter of the United States, that is -- who never gets a break. His name is Pete Souza. He's the official presidential photographer. Last week, Souza was hard at work making President Obama look hard at work while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard. Souza's Twitter...
Read MoreNews out of the Windy City tonight: Chicago's Cardinal Francis George has at long last suspended prog nutball Rev. Michael Pfleger. Pardon my language, but it's about damned time. The Chicago Tribune reports: I've tracked Pfleger's shenanigans over the past three years (see archive here) and provided a handy summary of his appalling record more...
Read MorePresident Obama just completed a news conference this morning. In sum, he "continues to believe he is right" about job-killing tax hikes; insists, like a Disney automaton, that he is the Captain of the Industries of the Future and will punish "energy sources of the past" (the oil and gas you are presently putting in...
Read More1/5 update As anticipated, a WH announcement on Daley's chief-of-staff appointment is imminent, according to wire reports breaking this morning. On Fox & Friends, I discussed my column on Daley -- and reacted to Karl Rove's assertion that Daley is a "centrist" here. Update II: White House just announced that they'll formally unveil Daley Machine...
Read MoreI've noted Islamic attacks on Coptic Christians at home and abroad dating back to 2005 and Good Friday 2006. The latest wave of violence came over the New Year's Day holiday in Egypt and follows increased Muslim persecution of Christians in Nigeria, the Philippines, Baghdad, and across the Middle East: For Christians in the Middle...
Read More"...the September 11th of world diplomacy."
No American should take joy, pleasure, or satisfaction from the untold, devastating ways in which the coordinated Wikileaks document dump of hundreds of thousands of State Department cables -- nearly half of which are "secret" or "classified"-- has undermined U.S. diplomacy. Here's the left-wing Guardian of London crowing that its publication of the cables has...
Read MoreWashington swamp creature Newt Gingrich gets the dumb D.C. advice of the day award. In an interview with CBN's David Brody, he says that permanent vacationer Barack Obama needs to spend more time away from the Beltway to "reflect." Really: The last two years have taught us an unmistakable fact about Obama: He doesn't give...
Read MoreThis is exactly why I said to take his olive branch and shove it. Three days after the shellacking that shook America, President Obama's idea of "taking responsibility" is to blame voters for not understanding his message. See, it's not that he didn't get it. It's that we didn't get it. And off to Asia...
Read MoreHere's my post-election column. I'll continue to update the results post here as we wait on key AK, WA, CO, AZ, and Florida returns. The grass-roots conservative midterm message: No surrender, no compromise, no capitulation. Share you thoughts! *** Take Your Olive Branch and Shove It, Democrats by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2010 On...
Read MoreThe trillion-dollar stimulus, the trillion-dollar TARP bailout, the trillion-dollar Obamacare mandate, the $50 billion auto bailout, weeks of taxpayer-subsidized jobless benefits, and all the vaunted promises of hope and change weren't enough to keep this man off the streets of Chicago, kneeling before the fallen Obamessiah, praying for salvation: The photo of the man begging...
Read MorePhoning it in.
So, Obama showed up to a $30k +/person fundraiser last night and told his wealthy Democrat friends that he needs his batteries recharged. Again! The Examiner: Guess he wants to add some Italian scenery to his "Recove
How privileged Democrats pay for their houses by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2010 Like millions of Americans, Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell has had trouble covering her mortgage and other bills over the years. Her opponents consider this a scandal of disqualifying proportions. But there's a bigger disgrace: It's all the sanctimonious Democrats...
Read MoreHow would the Founding Fathers react to the fall of the constitutional republic and the rise of Barack Obama? Artist Jon McNaughton puts it on canvas. Watch the video (I especially appreciate the criticism of Obama's predecessor implicit in the clip and painting. As I've observed many times, the Big Government Republican paved and pre-socialized...
Read MoreChicago BFFs.
University of Chicago Medical Center top executive Dr. Eric Whitaker is a busy, busy man. Here's a rundown of his schedule since his Chicago pal Barack Obama moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: *Golfed with Obama on his December 2008 Hawaii vacation; *Played hoops with Obama during a three-day getaway to Chicago in February 2009; *Attended...
Read MoreMy column today puts the DISCLOSE debacle in the broader context of the Democrats' reign of darkness. Underscoring the theme of theme of the column: The story from Fox Business on how the "financial reform" bill championed by Obama exempts the SEC from FOIA requests. The transparency farce continues. Always look under the Astroturf mat....
Read MoreThe Obama White House policy experts are all for health care cost-controls. They just don't want to have to defend themselves in any public forum under oath -- especially when the people in charge of allocating scarce resources have openly championed government-run health care as a wealth redistribution Trojan Horse overseas. In his usual mode...
Read MoreMichelleMalkin.com readers have answered the call of duty! Last night, inspired by reader Duke, I put out a call for NASA logo redesign Photoshops to mock Team Obama's Muslim-pandering makeover of the space program. Entries are pouring in to my mailbox. Had to share some of the best and most pointed images with you right...
Read MoreThe Obama vampires strike again. My latest column focuses on the White House evasion of public disclosure rules through off-site lobbyist meetings at D.C. coffee houses. But first, here are some handy Team Obama transparency-sabotaging reminders for you drawing on Culture of Corruption and the mountain of previous blog posts here that have documented Team...
Read MoreLet's blow this pop stand! White House budget director Peter Orszag is reportedly on his way out in July. He'll depart from the Beltway with a beautiful ABC News reporter on his arm -- and an ever-swelling ocean of debt at his feet. Mission accomplished! Orszag is headed to an