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  • Full text: Sen. Rand Paul’s remarks at the Reagan Library

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/03/13 03:25 PM

    Last Friday night, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library about the future of the Republican Party. We’ve posted the full text from his speech below. The other night, Jay Leno was describing the president’s new acting IRS commissioner. “The reason...

  • Tim Carney on Fox: IRS employee a member of anti-Tea Party Facebook group

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/03/13 03:05 PM

    In a recent column, The Washington Examiner‘s Timothy P. Carney reported that he received an email from an IRS employee who was a member of an anti-Tea Party Facebook group. One of my IRS correspondents had an interesting detail on his social media profile. He belongs to a Facebook group...

  • Ted Cruz downplays 2016 speculation: ‘I’ve only been in the Senate five months’

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/03/13 10:45 AM

    On Fox Business this weekend, Sen. Ted Cruz downplayed speculation that he would run for president in 2016. “Let me be clear, Eric, I’ve been in the Senate five months,” the Texas Republican said frankly to Fox host Eric Bolling, who asked Cruz about his plans for 2016. Cruz reminded the...

  • Cincinnati IRS employee: Washington ‘basically throwing us underneath the bus’

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/03/13 10:15 AM

    The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has released partial transcripts of interviews conducted with Internal Revenue Service employees in a Cincinnati branch. During the investigation, one employee was asked to react to Washington officials who blamed the Cincinnati office for...

  • NYT: Valerie Jarrett and Michelle Obama are Eric Holder’s ‘saving grace’

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/02/13 04:35 PM

    The New York Times this weekend examines Eric Holder’s tenure as Attorney General, noting that his “saving grace” in the White House is First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. His saving grace through years of controversies has been the...

  • VIDEO – Sen. Rand Paul’s full speech at the Reagan Foundation

    By Charlie Spiering | 06/01/13 07:50 PM

    At the Reagan Foundation forum last night in California, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. explained that the GOP needed to become “bigger and more inclusive.” “When the Republican Party looks like the rest of America, we will win again,” explained during a Reagan forum speech in California....

  • Fox News host Megyn Kelly challenges Erick Erickson for comments about working mothers

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/31/13 03:35 PM

    “Thanks for being here,” Fox News host Megyn Kelly grinned before launching into a full debate with Erick Erickson and Lou Dobbs about women being breadwinners in the household. “So, I will start with you, Erick,” she began, referring to his controversial comments on the Lou Dobbs...

  • Joe Biden in Brazil: ‘I don’t want to go home’

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/31/13 02:00 PM

    During a press conference with the vice president of Brazil Friday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden explained that he was enjoying his trip to Brazil so much that he didn’t want to go home. “Let me begin by saying I don’t want to go home,” Biden stated during his remarks. “I wish...

  • Justice Department: Even though we seized his emails, we’re not going to prosecute Fox News reporter

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/31/13 09:35 AM

    The Justice Department in recent days has come under fire for defining Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible criminal “co-conspirator” who broke the law for publishing information leaked by one of his sources. After citing his alleged criminal behavior in an affidavit, the Justice...

  • Ted Cruz: Obama administration does not respect First, Second, Fourth or Fifth Amendments

    By Charlie Spiering | 05/30/13 05:55 PM

    On Fox News Thursday afternoon, Sen. Ted Cruz  indicated that President Obama should ask for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation. “Yes. Absolutely,” the Texas Republican said flatly, after he was asked by Fox News host Megyn Kelly if Obama should ask for Holder’s...


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