Law and Government
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Kudos to Dem Senator Claire McCaskill for calling out arrogant IRS commissioner
It takes a special brand of partisan self-delusion to watch IRS Commissioner John Koskinen make a circus out of his…
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Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim re-arrested
On Monday it was reported that Sudanese mom Meriam Ibrahim, a physician, was released from prison in the wake of “unprecedented” international…
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IRS will likely step up attacks on free speech after 2014 election
Earlier, we wrote about how proposed IRS regulations would gag 501(c)(4) groups—and potentially 501(c)(3) groups like think tanks as well—by…
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Trey Gowdy goes for the throat in Capitol Hill showdown with IRS honcho
Trey Gowdy’s nickname, the “Carolina Cougar,” symbolizes his go-for-the-jugular-style of politics and his practice of law. The Congressman flashed his proverbial…
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Income inequality and ‘millionaire denialism’
Today, Jerome Hudson of the Daily Surge coined a phrase – “millionaire denialism” – that aptly describes many of the…
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Alleged robocall from Thad Cochran: Tea Party is racist
The Right Scoop posted a bizarre recording Monday that is alleged to be a last-ditch robocall from the embattled campaign of incumbent Republican…
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At last: Some superlatives for Joseph R. Biden, ‘poorest man in Congress’
On Monday, notes the Washington Times, the vice president tried a little one-upsmanship on so-far-undeclared presidential candidate Hillary Clinton by calling…
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‘Vote for Hillary because she’s not that rich and she pays income taxes’
Hillary Clinton has still not officially made her much-anticipated announcement that she is seeking the nomination as Democratic candidate for…
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Lerner’s computer mysteriously ‘crashed’ 10 days after House investigation began
Talk about your rotten luck! Ten days after the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to the IRS…
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Taliban cut off fingers of 11 elderly men who dared to vote
The iconic photos of voters holding up their ink-stained fingers have become a symbol for many Middle Eastern countries in…
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Whatever happened to leaked CIA station chief and to his leaker?
Being caught in a web of scandals has its benefits. If the latest cover-up or unforced error generates enough outrage,…
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Tweet of the Day: ‘Uncle Charlie’ Rangel looks desperate
Charlie Rangel, 84, is having a rough time of it this primary season. For Rangel, who has served an absurd…
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Flashback: Debbie Schlussel warned about ‘reverse escorting’ in 2013
In 2013, Congressman Kerry Bentivolio asked ICE Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Thomas Homan about the practice of “reverse…
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Who pulled U.S. troops out of Iraq? Suddenly Obama doesn’t know
In 2011, President Obama was crowing to anybody that would listen about an arrangement he had facilitated to completely withdraw troops…
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DHS advises ‘alien children’ escorts: ‘As a rule, do not handcuff family units…’
In a contract request posted this week at the FedBizOpps.gov website, under the misleading heading “Transportation Services,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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GOP Rep. Steve Stockman proposes ‘Dog Ate My Tax Receipts Act’
Despite the White House’s doubling down yesterday on its claim that the IRS scandal is just another Republican conspiracy to smear an…
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President Obama, John Kerry, and Agenda 21
As anticipated, President Obama has decided to use his pen and phone to create “the world’s largest marine protected area…
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Rand Paul’s imaginary libertarian immigrants
Sen. Rand Paul has suddenly become aware of facts that do not exist. “Immigrants are drawn to the magnet of…
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Agenda 21 architect wins Asian ‘Nobel Prize’
The New World Order types are tickled pink with the woman who popularized the vague phrase “sustainable development,” and will be giving…
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Video: Mom of Marine in Mexico hasn’t heard from WH or State Dept
Let’s assume that the lack of an overt display of empathy from the first lady, who famously had herself photographed…
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Michelle Obama claims nation’s founders weren’t born in America
This must be the sort of brain-teaser employed by the faculty of Princeton University to get students to think critically.…
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Former White House climate czar hired by natural gas export company
Former White House energy and climate czar Heather Zichal has been added to the board of directors of Cheniere Energy, a major…
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GOP Congressman: Probably enough votes to impeach Obama for ignoring the Constitution
A U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania, Rep. Lou Barletta (R), said there may be enough votes to impeach Barack Obama. As reported…
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Eric Holder’s ‘terrorism committee’ has identified the enemy, and it is us
Think the National Security Agency is doing enough snooping in “The Homeland?” A federal spying coalition aims to drill deeper…
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Is America ‘over’? The decline of a once-great nation
Recently, my 91-year-old father-in-law and I were talking about the dire state of our nation, and he said, “I am…
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Video: ‘It would be really cool to have a woman president’
Say, here’s a novel idea. Instead of electing a person to run the country based on qualifications for the job,…
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Congressman jokes, makes silly faces during ceremony honoring fallen soldier
U.S. Congressmen earn a base salary of $174,000 a year. With perks, the income from that much-coveted job skyrockets. For…
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Obama government wages war on Washington Redskins
The federal government has an unlimited arsenal to punish you if you dare to cross its left-wing sensibilities. Even a…
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Obama NLRB rules that workers can’t be fired for calling boss ‘a**hole’
Who hasn’t dreamed of calling his boss a four-letter word … other than boss? Who hasn’t fantasized about telling his…
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IRS manual explicitly governs email backup and retention
After the revelation that Lois Lerner’s emails went missing when she spilled coffee on her laptop (I made that part…
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