Pat Dollard

Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch, the public interest organization that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released “President Obama’s Czars,” a special report on the President’s appointing of “policy advisors,” many of whom enjoy positions of power and authority in the administration and yet have not been subjected to vetting and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. [...]

National Review: Robby Mook, the executive director of the DCCC just sent out a fund-raising email titled “@Stake: Occupy Wall Street.” It contains the following: PETITION: I Stand with #OccupyWallStreet Protestors are assembling in New York and around the country to let billionaires, big oiland big bankers know that we’re not going to let the [...]

The Briefing Room: Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research Council, downplayed GOP presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) win in the organization’s Values Voter Summit straw poll, saying the vote did not reflect social conservative support for his candidacy. “I don’t think Ron Paul is truly reflective of where values voters stand,” said [...]

(IBD) — A majority of Americans now oppose giving President Obama a second term, reflecting the country’s continued weak economic performance, according to the latest IBD/TIPP survey released Monday. By 51%–41%, respondents in October picked “someone new deserves a chance” over Obama “deserves to be re-elected.” Among independents, it was 54%–36%. Back in September, the [...]

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player ABC: Occupation can lead to ownership, whether or not you want it. The spread of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement was met with initial hesitation in both the Democratic and Republican parties. That might be an appropriate response to any protests aimed squarely at the establishment, particularly those with goals [...]

Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) — North Korea warned on Saturday it could take physical action against South Korea in response to the South’s “ceaseless provocative war moves.” The (North) Korean Central News Agency, Pyongyang’s state-run media, said the Korean Peninsula was at “the crossroads of dialogue or confrontation and peace or war.” [...]

New York Times: WASHINGTON — In a grim sign of the enduring nature of the economic slump, household income declined more in the two years after the recession ended than it did during the recession itself, new research has found. Between June 2009, when the recession officially ended, and June 2011, inflation-adjusted median household income [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Candy shaped like marijuana that’s showing up on store shelves around the country won’t get kids high, but aghast city leaders and anti-drug activists say the product and grocers carrying it represent a new low. “We’re already dealing with a high amount of drug abuse and drug activity and trying to [...]

Los Angeles Times: California Gov. Jerry Brown stepped into the middle of a debate over parental rights Sunday by signing legislation giving children 12 or older the power to consent to medical care involving the prevention of sexually transmitted disease. Asssemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) sponsored AB 499 with the aim of providing young people [...]

Generational Dynamics: One of the saddest things that I’ve had to report on my web site is China’s rush towards total war with the United States. I’ve been describing this for years, but it was always in the distance. A new report by the Pentagon makes it clear that this war is no longer distant, [...]

Politico: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says his House panel is investigating whether there was “political interference” by the Obama administration to prop up Solyndra when it was clear the company was on the verge of bankruptcy. The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee told “Fox News Sunday” that his investigation is targeting the [...]

Los Angeles Times: A woman was killed by a Metrolink train in Riverside on Saturday evening, but managed to push her 2-year-old daughter to safety. The mother, whose name has not been released, was pushing her daughter in a stroller on Mary Street approaching the tracks at about 6:58 p.m. Saturday, when the railroad safety [...]

The Hill: President Obama’s shifting sales pitch for transportation spending will be put to the test when the GOP-led House takes up his proposal for a national infrastructure bank next week. Advocates for reshaping the nation’s roads and bridges have criticized Obama for focusing his message on infrastructure. The president’s argument loses some effectiveness when [...]