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Gross dishonesty in the media

This is a RUSH transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 24, 2015. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! O’REILLY: In the “Impact…

Boeing, Boeing, Gone? Wash. pols want payback after company transferred jobs, despite tax break

Boeing has been making airplanes in the Seattle area for 99 years. The marriage seemed set for life in 2013, when the state of Washington gave the company the biggest tax break in U.S. history, $8.7 billion through 2040. But…

Illinois’ new GOP governor throws down gauntlet in union, spending fight

While Bruce Rauner campaigned for governor of Illinois, he repeatedly promised change. Opponents, supporters and undecided voters alike complained he never defined what that change meant. Now they know. In his first budget address to the Illinois General Assembly, the…

Michael Brown case: Media hype trumps appeal for calm in Ferguson

Ferguson, Mo., is sadly back in the news. The city and an eager media anticipate a grand jury decision in the possible indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of an African-American teenager. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a…

Hey ISIS, I’m an American with a Remington

Dear Fox Fans and world at large, When I do master classes in songwriting, I open the class by saying, “It was either Plato, or Socrates, or…(pregnant pause) Johnny Cash, who said, “Take me not to those who write your…

Changing ‘normal’ for foster care’s used and abused children

They normalize the experience of being used for financial gain? Isn’t that slavery? Who would say such a thing? Is that an actual quote? These are the words of Ms. Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew as she testified before Congress…

Why The Election Remains A Tossup

The Quinnipiac poll of swing states– Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania raises profound challenges for President Obama, underscoring why the election is effectively a tossup, notwithstanding his narrow lead in the Real Clear Politics averages. There are a number of reasons…

Romney’s great escape

Say this for Mitt Romney: He won. Although no one thought a few weeks ago that would be anything to brag about in Michigan. Romney came back to edge Rick Santorum in his home state that he won handily in…

Santorum’s sweep says 2012 GOP presidential race is wide open…again

The Republican race has changed, and changed in a profound way. With Rick Santorum’s three victories Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, the whole nature of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign has changed. First, the air of inevitability that Romney…

How much does the Santorum sweep really change things for Romney?

Mitt Romney’s inevitability as the eventual Republican nominee for president took yet another detour Tuesday night, as Rick Santorum swept caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and won the in Missouri. In the latter contest, Santorum faced Romney without the presence…