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  • Vitter: Former EPA boss posed as her own assistant in ‘Richard Windsor’ emails

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said today that former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson used her “Richard Windsor” alias email account to pose as her own assistant when dealing with outside groups, adding that she also used the account to correspond with White House...

  • Issa: Obama ‘aids those’ who are intimidating Benghazi whistle-blowers

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., accused President Obama of “aid[ing] those in his Administration who are intimidating” potential Benghazi whistle-blowers, because Obama pleaded ignorance when asked about the issue today. “Even if the...

  • California lawsuit would relieve nonunion teachers of paying dues

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    Ten teachers and the Christian Educators Association International are suing to block a California law requiring teachers to pay union dues even if they aren’t union members, a lawsuit that could potentially weaken some of the most powerful unions in the state. The Center for Individual...

  • D.C. abortion doctor: Pro-lifers with video cameras are ‘terrorists’

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    Cesare Santangelo, the D.C. abortion doctor who told a pro-life activist that he wouldn’t help a baby born alive as a result of a failed abortion, described the group that recorded the conversation as “terrorism.” “I don’t like to feed into these people,” Santangelo told The...

  • Obama: ‘We have no money’

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

    President Obama, fresh of outperforming Conan O’Brien at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, let the good times roll during his speech at the National Academy of Sciences. “Part of whats made the academy so effective is that all the scientists elected to your elite ranks are...

  • Rep. Gowdy: Get ready for ‘explosive’ Benghazi hearings

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., promised that the House will soon hold a series of “explosive” hearings on the Benghazi terrorist attack, adding the strong hint that the survivors of the attack will add “direct eyewitness” testimony about the conduct of the siege. “There are more Benghazi...

  • Solar mogul predicts end of new coal and natural gas plants

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Fri, Apr 26, 2013

    SunEdison found Jigar Shah predicts that, within ten years, there will not be any new natural gas or coal plants built in the United States, to the advantage of green industries. “In 10 years, 100 per cent of all new capacity additions to electricity globally will come from zero-emission...