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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to a rant from left-wing late night host Stephen Colbert — who suggested that the U.S. should change gun laws in the aftermath of Kyle Rittenhouse’s not guilty verdict. During Monday’s monologue, Colbert addressed the trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who was found not guilty of all charges lodged against him. “The big news on Friday was that after being accused of crossing state lines, killing two people and wounding another last year during a Black Lives Matter protest, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts,” Colbert began. “Ok. Cards on the table, I am...

What’s NFL Sunday? You mean rich Democrats who hate and slander their fans playing football. Count me out! — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 13, 2020

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: You know what this is? There is gonna be a big bash, a $40,000 a plate fundraiser at Clooney's house tonight in Hollywood. You know what's gonna happen? Obama's gonna get there, and all these people are gonna see him speak, and they're gonna applaud him, "Mr. President, guts, courage." Nothing's changed. In fact, Obama hasn't even signed the nondiscrimination executive order. He hasn't even signed it. And this is something that gay rights groups have been pushing, and he's refused to sign it. He continues to refuse to sign it. When it comes time to put...

(CNSNews.com) – A March 7 White House meeting with President Barack Obama hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for several dozen Wall Street executives also included several big-money Obama fundraisers. The meeting, which White House Spokesman Jay Carney said “was not a fundraiser” included many big-money donors known as bundlers, a moniker derived from the fact that they solicit large contributions on behalf of a campaign. The attendees were, according to Politico, all prominent 2008 Obama donors. However, half of them were bundlers for his 2012 reelection effort as well. The 2012 bundlers are listed below according to the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign team has signed up an early wave of elite fundraisers who have collected at least $34.95 million combined since April, helping bankroll the president's re-election bid. The Obama campaign on Friday voluntarily disclosed its list of 244 individuals and couples who serve as "bundlers," often wealthy, well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates. The campaign has emphasized its more than 550,000 donors and note that Obama does not take money from political action committees or Washington lobbyists. But the list underscores the role of high-dollar bundlers who helped Obama...

One day after the government is set to default on its debts, Barack Obama could be the guest of honor at a 50th birthday celebration where the cost of attendance tops out at $35,800 per couple. Okay, it's not likely if the government defaults that the president will be partying it up. But the timing of Obama's Aug. 3 birthday bash is raising some eyebrows. The White House said earlier this week the president's Aug. 3 party could be canceled if a deal is not reached by Aug. 2. As of now, however, the event is "not on hold," ...

September 3, 2009 Five Californians Among The Wealthiest In Congress California has two of the three wealthiest members of Congress, but neither of them top Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry, with a personal fortune of at least $167.8 million. That's according to The Hill, a Washington newspaper that today released its annual list of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress. The second wealthiest member is California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, with holdings worth at least $164.7 million. The third wealthiest member is California Democratic Rep. Jane Harman, with at least $112.2 million to her name. Three other Californians cracked the...

Al Gore's eldest daughter Karenna Gore Schiff and her husband sold an Upper East Side co-op apartment for $6.35 million to a top executive at the beauty company Estee Lauder. Gore Schiff, a writer and attorney, and her husband Andrew Schiff, a biotech venture capitalist with Aisling Capital, sold the unit at 137 East 66th Street to Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder's chief operating officer, according to property records published today. The four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot apartment in Lennox Hill was listed on StreetEasy.com for $6.99 million. The apartment also includes two separate maids rooms, which were being used as a gym and...

Despite having a hardscrabble farmer and an avowed socialist in their ranks, the incoming class of senators does little to shake the Senate's image as a millionaires' club. Bob Corker, senator-elect from Tennessee, boasts an estimated $64 million to $236 million fortune, according to the financial disclosure he filed to the Senate. Claire McCaskill, the senator-to-be from Missouri, has a portfolio worth roughly $13 million to $29 million. And Sheldon Whitehouse, who ousted the fifth-richest member of the Senate, Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island, is hardly hurting for cash himself: He has $4 million to $14 million parked in various...

Actor-director Rob Reiner on Thursday wrote a $1.65 million check to boost the closing campaign for Proposition 82, his initiative to tax wealthy residents to pay for free preschool. Reiner's donation pushes his total contributions to the campaign to $2.8 million. His wife, photographer Michelle Singer Reiner, has donated $1.3 million to the initiative, and his father, writer-comedian Carl Reiner, has contributed $500,000. Meanwhile, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Steve Westly and Phil Angelides are both opening their wallets to give their campaigns new infusions of cash, according to announcements by the campaigns and reports filed with the secretary of state's office....

Claire Cozens Tuesday November 11, 2003 Two of the world's richest men have pledged up to $5m for an anti-George Bush advertising campaign in an effort to oust the US president in next year's presidential election. The international financier George Soros and Peter Lewis, chairman of the US motor insurance firm Progressive Corp, are prepared to spend £3m between them on television ads criticising the president. They have pledged to donate 50 cents for every $1 raised for a planned $10m campaign being put together by the online activists Moveon.org. The organisation, which has already begun broadcasting ads in West...

Why does the dockworker leadership think blaming the Bush Administration for their thoughtless action involving the West Coast Port Authority will help DemocRATS in the upcoming election? They honestly believe their 'veil of deception' will not be pierced. California, since the .com 'crash', has been hurting, so the dockworkers pick now to 'stop the flow' of goods into the state and country. How does ruining Christmas help the 'working man'? It will only make Governor Davis budget woes(mostly of his own, and the Sacramento leftist Legislature, making) even worse. The rank-and-file dockworker buys the talking point that, technically, they were...