It’s not everyday you see Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) opposing the same policy. But President Obama’s budget has done just that.

Both Norquist and Sanders have issues with the proposed change to a chained CPI. This change would reduce federal payments to beneficiaries including veterans and those who collect Social Security. It would also cause the rare phenomenon of an “tax bracket creep”.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported last night that the daughter of controversial Obama surrogate and pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s daughter, Jeri Wright, 47, has been indicted on charges of money laundering and lying to federal investigators in a 2009 state grant fraud case.

New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie has graciously accepted a Huffington Post invite to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year. The big question is, who will he sit with?

Last year, the Governor sat next to the “well endowed” and bombshell ‘Modern Family’ actress, Sofia Vegara.

In a released statement this morning, Congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch rejected President Obama’s proposed budget.
I respectfully disagree with the budget that President Obama is expected to present today because it simply doesn’t take the right steps to putting our fiscal house back in order – especially from my perspective as a businesswoman. The fact is, we have to balance our budget, cut our spending and lower taxes for small businesses to create jobs. Unfortunately, this budget takes the opposite approach; it raises taxes, doesn’t balance and doesn’t cut enough – when we should be laser-focused on slashing wasteful and duplicative spending.
Most notably, Colbert-Busch, took aim at the President’s proposed change to a chained CPI. The change would slow the growth rate in federal payments, including Social Security disbursements. Chained CPI would also slow tax credits/deductions that generally increase with inflation. This could mean higher taxes for many filers and affect income brackets, 401K contributions, standard deductions, and other tax credits.

In what appears to be a growing scandal, GOP sources now say the FBI has been called into the Kentucky leak of a private meeting with Sen. Mitch McConnell and campaign aides.

Via The Lid:

Having decided against running for U.S. Senate against Sen. Mitch McConnell, celebrity actress Ashley Judd can now reflect on why her decision not to run was most likely a good one.

Prosecutors have announced their intention to seek the death penalty for James Holmes, the alleged shooter that killed 12 and injured 70 in an Aurora, Colorado midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”.

Once touted as a model program for inner city public education, Georgia school district officials are now facing charges of racketeering and corruption. After concluding a full investigation into the standardized test scores of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system, officials determined that cheating was taking place in a majority of APS’s 83 elementary and middle schools.

Whether you are against it or for it, there is little doubt as to which side of the same-sex marriage debate is winning the new media battle.

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts all over the nation are lighting up in support of same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court listens to arguments over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Deadline is reporting that a pilot show has been filmed with CNN host Anderson Cooper and comedian Kathy Griffin. The duo made quite a splash at this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square.