White House Won’t Disclose Cost of Obama’s Promotional Videos
The White House is being very tight-lipped about a staffer who produces videos designed to paint President Obama and his policies in a positive light…. Read More
White House Officials: DOE Concerned With ‘Optics’ in Solyndra Loan
When the Energy Department set out to restructure the federal loan for now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra, White House budget staffers insisted that allowing the company… Read More
The White House Attack Machine Backfires
If ever a political assault on the media misfired, it has to be the appalling attack last Friday by White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer… Read More
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McConnell Describes Political Left’s Efforts to Restrict Free Speech
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Friday that the Obama administration is pursuing restrictions on political speech through whatever means possible, including bypassing Congress and the… Read More
Who Is John Powers?
He graduated from Annapolis. He flew the Douglas SBD “Dauntless” dive bomber, a plane that had a reputation for being slow and outmoded even before… Read More
The Bizarre White House Reaction to John Bryson News
On Monday morning, Washington awoke to learn that Commerce Secretary John Bryson had been involved in a series of auto accidents in southern California on… Read More
Obama Administration Courts the Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has a long history of deception, promotion of Sharia law, anti-Semitism, and anti-Western values. Yet this does not seem to concern the… Read More
Derrick A. Bell Visited the White House Twice in 2010
UPDATE: In a story for ABC News, Jake Tapper asks the White House about Derrick A. Bell’s visits. “The answer from a White House official:… Read More
Constitution Hall to Host GOP Debate
Republican candidates will gather for a debate on foreign policy and national defense on Nov. 22 at DAR Constitution Hall. The debate, presented by The… Read More
Mr. Carney, Stop Misrepresenting Heritage’s Position
We understand that the White House is experiencing some difficulties of late across many fronts—the Solyndra scandal and Operation Fast and Furious are two issues… Read More
EPAA: Fact or Fiction in the Future?
The White House has recently announced more details about the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA), a ballistic missile defense plan for the protection of allies… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 12, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. It’s Now Obama’s Economy – Henry… Read More
Washington in a Flash: Packers invade White House
After a night of fun in New York, President Obama will welcome the Super Bowl XLV Champion Green Bay Packers to the White House today, despite the… Read More
White House Confirms It Will Likely Sign Any Debt Deal Congress Sends
In an accidental moment of honesty, White House Deputy Press Secretary Dan Pfeiffer today admitted on Twitter that President Obama will likely sign any debt… Read More
Scribecast: Rep. Darrell Issa Discusses Operation Fast and Furious
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) says the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is finally “beginning to break down the walls of silence and refusal” from the… Read More
White House Deceptive, Not Schizophrenic, on Nuclear Weapons
Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press, in their short piece of July 6 in Foreign Affairs, assert that the Obama Administration’s nuclear weapons policy… Read More
Washington in a Flash: Another Day of Debt Talks
Republicans and Democrats left the White House last night without a deal on the debt limit, but they’ll be back at work this morning after… Read More
Chicago-Style Politics on Twitter: How the White House Uses Social Media
President Obama takes questions later today at the first-ever Twitter town hall. This high-profile event is yet another example of the White House’s embrace of… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 1, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. It Won’t Be Pretty, as the… Read More
White House Wastes Time Attacking Heritage
We appreciate that folks at the White House are not having a good day. It started when a liberal commentator on their favorite network called… Read More
Top 10 Reads: June 27, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Transparency Win? Secret $2.4 Trillion… Read More
Morning Bell: President Obama Abuses Nation’s Oil Reserves
When it comes to making bad energy policy decisions, President Obama is a pro. Yesterday was no exception when the Obama Administration announced it would… Read More
Obama Pays Tribute to Himself During Angela Merkel’s White House Visit
The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington has attracted little attention in the US media, perhaps further proof that Berlin barely ranks as… Read More
Turmoil in the Middle East, Confusion in the White House
There was a time when the U.S. government boldly supported democratic movements and spoke out unabashedly in favor of political and human rights. It wasn’t… Read More
Obama: France, Not Britain, America’s Strongest Ally
The Obama administration is not known for its pro-British track record, but this is by far the strongest indication yet that the current White House… Read More
Robert Gibbs Wrongly Equates Twitter With Transparency
President Barack Obama and his team have been resting on the strength of their social media efforts in the 2008 election for some time now…. Read More
NEW VIDEO: Heritage Foundation Takes On White House’s Misleading Tax Video
Last week, the White House announced a new White House White Board video series in which “one of our key players on the White House… Read More
EducationNews
School Choice Missing In Obama Address
Students and teachers at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School began the school year with the ultimate back-to-school pep rally on Tuesday. President Obama… Read More
No More ‘Ethics’ in the White House?
It looks like ethics and transparency are yet again taking a back seat at the Obama White House, this time with the little-noticed news that… Read More
Morning Bell: Oil Spill Response is “Stuck on Stupid”
If you only listened to President Obama, you wouldn’t even know an oil spill is occurring in the Gulf. He hasn’t spoken publicly about the… Read More
