Keith Koffler at White House Dossier reports: In a move that is rich in irony, President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to… Continue Reading »
Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports: President Barack Obama issued an executive order to end the pay freeze on federal employees, in effect giving some federal workers a raise. One federal worker now to receive a pay increase is Vice President Joe Biden. According to disclosure forms, Biden made a cool $225,521 last year…. Continue Reading »
Meghashyam Mali at The Hill reports: President Obama on Sunday said he would make gun control a priority in his new term, pledging to put his “full weight” behind passing new restrictions on firearms in 2013. “I’m going to be putting forward a package and I’m going to be putting my full weight behind it,”… Continue Reading »
Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports: Two days after reports that hotels in Washington are not filling up ahead of Barack Obama’s second inauguration, the president emailed supporters to encourage them to come to the festivities scheduled for next month in Washington, D.C. “Because of you, I’ll be taking the oath of office again on January 21st,” Obama wrote… Continue Reading »
Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports: President Barack Obama used the funeral for Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye to talk about himself. In the short 1,600 word speech, Obama used the word “my” 21 times, “me” 12 times, and “I” 30 times. Obama’s speech discussed how Inouye had gotten him interested in politics. “Danny was… Continue Reading »
