My article from today’s FrontPage magazine: Obama’s Shadow Visa Network By Matthew Vadum President Obama is running a massive illegal operation that has issued 5.5 million work permits never authorized by Congress, according to a disturbing new report from the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies. The report comes as Congress prepares to vote today on legislation that would reverse some of Obama’s executive overreaches that reward illegal aliens with lawful status for breaking the nation’s immigration laws. The report also comes as Republicans grapple with profoundly disturbing comments made by the president’s nominee to replace Attorney General Eric Holder. Loretta Lynch, … Continue reading Obama’s Shadow Visa Network

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Obama Funding the Anti-Bibi Campaign By Matthew Vadum The Obama administration is using taxpayer dollars to fund a radical anti-Israel group that aims to drive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office in March parliamentary elections. And the U.S.-based group receiving the U.S. government money, OneVoice International, in turn is working with V15, an “independent grassroots movement” in Israel, according to Ha’aretz. V15’s unofficial motto is said to be “anyone but Bibi,” a reference that includes the prime minister’s nickname. OneVoice has reportedly hired Obama campaign aides such as Jeremy Bird of political consulting powerhouse 270 … Continue reading Obama Funding the Anti-Bibi Campaign

My article from the Jan. 20, 2015 issue of FrontPage magazine: Obama Prepares to Polarize By Matthew Vadum President Obama’s sixth State of the Union address tonight, slated to begin at 9 p.m. EDT, represents Obama’s desperate attempt to convince the American people that he remains relevant. Obama’s speech will be a buffet of misdirection calculated to make the audience forget that Obama is now, at least in theory, a lame duck president facing newly resurgent Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress. What he says shouldn’t count for much, assuming there is a vibrant opposition party in Congress willing … Continue reading Obama Prepares to Polarize

My article in today’s FrontPage: Hating Whitey’s Brunch By Matthew Vadum Taking a page from the Ku Klux Klan, Black leftists are now trying to bring about social change by terrorizing people as they get together for Sunday brunch. This past weekend, “Black Brunch” organizers and their followers stormed upscale eateries in New York City and Oakland, Calif., reading out the names of black criminals killed by the police and shrieking that whites had no right to be there. They accused whites of committing “genocide.” This is what the Left does. Left-wingers politicize everything. Now they’re getting in the faces … Continue reading Hating Whitey’s Brunch

My article from the Jan. 5, 2015 issue of FrontPage: House Conservatives Revolt By Matthew Vadum Two conservative Republican lawmakers have stepped forward to contest moderate John Boehner’s bid for reelection as Speaker of the new House of Representatives. The news that Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) and conservative champion Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) plan to challenge Boehner (R-Ohio) for the Speaker’s gavel comes after a new survey shows 60 percent of Republican voters would pick a new candidate for Speaker over Boehner. The survey was conducted by The People’s Poll and carried out by Caddell Associates. Rep. Gohmert was a featured speaker at … Continue reading House Conservatives Revolt

My Jan. 2, 2015 article in FrontPage: Josh Williams: ‘Peaceful’ Protester Posterboy & Arsonist By Matthew Vadum A media darling who became the face of so-called peaceful protesters in Ferguson has been arrested for arson, proving once again that nonviolent left-wing protest remains the rarest of unicorns in the age of Obama. The black teenager, Joshua Williams, who marched shoulder-to-shoulder with radical left-wing professor Cornel West, was dubbed a peace activist by his many admirers in the fourth estate. As a National Review Online article described the situation, “Williams has been portrayed in the media as an innocent victim fighting back against authority; he … Continue reading Josh Williams: ‘Peaceful’ Protester Posterboy & Arsonist

My article from the Dec. 25, 2014 issue of FrontPage: Backlash Against de Blasio By Matthew Vadum Cop-bashing New York mayor Bill de Blasio seems genuinely surprised at the ferocious backlash against him in light of the execution-style weekend killing of two local cops. After spending the past year in office attacking police, the mayor is now scrambling to put the pin back into the grenade he threw into the local body politic. His crusade against the police goes back at least to his election campaign last year when he caustically criticized then-mayor Michael Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk policy. De Blasio is appealing for calm … Continue reading Backlash Against de Blasio

My article from the Dec. 19, 2014 issue of FrontPage: Senators Vow to Halt Obama’s Castro Odyssey By Matthew Vadum Lawmakers opposed to President Obama’s sudden move to cozy up to Communist Cuba are vowing a full-court press to prevent official diplomatic recognition of the tropical prison republic from going forward. But it is far from clear if lawmakers will be able to do much about Obama’s Cuban escapades. Presidents typically enjoy great latitude in foreign policy, especially concerning recognition of foreign governments.  Lawmakers are probably on stronger ground in resisting repeal of the trade embargo that has been in … Continue reading Senators Vow to Halt Obama’s Castro Odyssey

My article in today’s American Thinker is called “Ted Cruz Was Right Again” is getting a lot of attention. On Facebook nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin called it an “[e]xcellent opinion piece.” Here it is: Ted Cruz Was Right, Again By Matthew Vadum The usual suspects are attacking Ted Cruz for doing his job. Republicans and a chorus of conservative commentators are dumping on the sole conservative Republican senator from Texas because – the horror! – he dared to force his Senate colleagues to publicly take sides on President Obama’s shameful extralegal unilateral immigration amnesty. Apologists for … Continue reading Ted Cruz Was Right, Again

My article from the Dec. 11, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: An Ominous Omnibus By Matthew Vadum A mammoth spending bill aimed at preventing a repeat of the last government shutdown is coming under heavy fire from conservative groups for green-lighting President Obama’s executive immigration amnesty and continuing to fund Obamacare. Republicans in Congress are inexplicably rushing through a catch-all $1 trillion-plus spending bill to prevent the government from running out of money at midnight tonight. The measure, which would keep the government funded through the end of the federal fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2015), is being called a cromnibus, which … Continue reading An Ominous Omnibus

My article from the Dec. 4, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Uncovering Obama’s Enemies List By Matthew Vadum More proof has emerged that President Obama is using the IRS as a weapon against his perceived enemies as the administration abruptly canceled the release of 2,500 damning documents reportedly showing that the IRS illegally shared taxpayer files with the White House. The existence of the documents is yet more proof that Obama maintains an extensive enemies’ list and that he treats the IRS as his personal plaything while he closely collaborates with senior IRS officials who have practically taken up residence with him … Continue reading Uncovering Obama’s Enemies List

My article from the Dec. 2, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: Ferguson Lynch Mob Leaders Convene at the White House By Matthew Vadum A week after grand jurors in Ferguson, Mo., did their civic duty and resisted pressure from President Obama on down to lynch an innocent police officer, Al Sharpton and Ferguson riot leaders gathered at the White House yesterday to make plans to further exacerbate the racial tensions they created in order to cripple the economy and attack civil society. These domestic subversives refuse to accept the official finding Nov. 24 that no probable cause existed to charge police … Continue reading Ferguson Lynch Mob Leaders Convene at the White House

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Ferguson In Flames By Matthew Vadum Grand jurors in Ferguson, Mo., refused to indict local police officer Darren Wilson yesterday, heroically resisting pressure from President Obama on down to lynch an innocent police officer who fought off a violent attacker. The decision is infuriating left-wingers across America because it rebuts the underlying assumption they embrace which is that white police racism caused the death of Michael Brown, a young black thug who tried to seize Wilson’s gun in an attempt to do the officer harm. As fresh rioting was already underway in the St. … Continue reading Ferguson In Flames

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: To Amnesty 5 Million By Matthew Vadum Ignoring the brutal, historic slap-down angry American voters gave his party this month, President Obama unveiled plans for a unilaterally imposed amnesty that will shield an estimated 5 million illegal aliens from deportation. Whether Republicans, now in possession of a thunderous mandate to fight Obama tooth and nail, will fight this despotic usurpation of the lawmaking powers of Congress remains to be seen. Obama doesn’t care. He is pressing on, hoping to fill America with millions of new Democrat voters. And he’s going to kill American jobs … Continue reading To Amnesty 5 Million

My article from the Nov. 18, 2014 issue of FrontPage magazine: FBI Warns of More Ferguson Rage By Matthew Vadum The FBI is warning that extremist protesters will probably threaten or physically attack police officers or federal agents when a grand jury investigating the death of Michael Brown decides whether to indict the policeman who shot him. Brown, an 18-year-old black male, was killed in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9 by white police officer Darren Wilson after he beat Wilson and tried to grab his handgun. Brown’s defenders characterize him as a gentle giant even though a few minutes earlier … Continue reading FBI Warns of More Ferguson Rage

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Washington Braces for Amnesty By Matthew Vadum Republicans in Congress are struggling to put together a strategy to combat President Obama’s expected unilateral immigration amnesty as the administration moves closer to pulling the amnesty trigger by year’s end. Their deliberations came as Vice President Joe Biden met Saturday with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren. One of the topics was how to facilitate even more immigration from those poor Third World countries to the United States. Biden said next month the U.S. would create what the … Continue reading Washington Braces for Amnesty

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Intifada in Ferguson By Matthew Vadum The same violent protesters in Ferguson, Missouri demonstrating against the killing of Michael Brown have also been taking it to the streets in Detroit and elsewhere to press for the release of a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Israelis. Activists are blackmailing the grand jury that is now hearing evidence against Wilson. If the grand jurors refuse to indict Wilson, radical activists are promising even more mayhem. The message is unmistakable: indict the cop, and there will be peace; don’t, and Ferguson will burn. Brown is the young, … Continue reading Intifada in Ferguson

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Obama’s Amnesty by Blackmail By Matthew Vadum Ignoring voters’ historic coast-to-coast repudiation of his disastrous policies this week, President Obama is now threatening to move forward unilaterally with a massive immigration amnesty by the end of the year. At his first post-election press conference Wednesday, instead of embracing conciliation as a responsible adult might do, Obama, the petulant Chicagoland thug, pulled a switchblade. Obama tried to blackmail newly emboldened congressional Republicans, vowing to enact amnesty through executive fiat if Congress doesn’t play ball. Republicans’ newly won control of the Senate and enhanced majority in … Continue reading Obama’s Amnesty By Blackmail