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Philip Klein
Obamacare poll is even worse than it looks
Published : 9:50 AM, Fri, May 24, 2013
Guy Benson points to a new Fox poll with findings that he describes as “brutal” for President Obama’s health care law. Specifically, Benson highlights this question: 22. Do you think it would be better to leave...
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Conn Carroll
Morning Examiner: Liberals turn on Holder
Published : 8:05 AM, Fri, May 24, 2013
Just one week ago, The Washington Post‘s Ezra Klein confidently assured his readers that, “The scandals are falling apart.” Now, after another week of tough Congressional hearings and media reporting, it’s...
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Charlie Spiering
Huffington Post: Time for Eric Holder to go
Updated : 8:05 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
“We have a message for Attorney General Holder over at http://huffingtonpost.com,” read a message from the Huffington Post political Twitter account earlier this evening. The home page is one big splash calling for...
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David M. Drucker
Congressman: House on verge of immigration deal
Published : 6:55 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Rep. Raul Labrador said Thursday that he believes the House immigration working group has reached a tentative bipartisan agreement on a comprehensive reform package. The Idaho Republican suggested in a conversion with...
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David M. Drucker
House committee wants to hear from anyone targeted by the IRS
Published : 6:25 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Claims of political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service are flooding into the House Ways and Means Committee, bolstered by evidence that includes secretly recorded conversations with IRS officials. Ways and Means...
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Joel Gehrke
IRS official’s underlings have history of investigating prayers
Published : 5:20 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
IRS employees working under Lois Lerner allegedly asked a pro-life group about the “content of the members of your organization’s prayers” while considering their application for tax-exempt status — a charge that...
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Joel Gehrke
Rand Paul proposes ban on drone surveillance of Americans
Published : 4:55 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., unveiled two bills designed to limit government surveillance of Americans, including one that would effectively ban the use of drone technology in the United States. “The use of drone...
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Brian Hughes
Obama pushes new rules for drones, transfers for Gitmo prisoners
Updated : 4:25 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama on Thursday said he is imposing new limitations on the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists and took fresh steps to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, declaring America at a...
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Philip Klein
Don’t be fooled by California’s premium claims
Updated : 3:45 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
As I wrote earlier, California is going to be a major test case for the implementation of President Obama’s health care law. Though major insurers have decided to opt out of the state’s subsidized insurance exchange,...
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Charlie Spiering
Obama: Increase in domestic terrorism fueled by Internet
Published : 3:05 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
During his foreign policy speech this afternoon, President Obama warned that domestic terrorism would increase in the modern age of the Internet. “[T]his threat is not new,” Obama said. “But technology and the...
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Charlie Spiering
Obama lectures protester for interrupting foreign policy speech
Published : 3:00 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
During his speech this afternoon, President Obama lectured a protestor for interrupting his foreign policy speech.
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Charlie Spiering
Obama promises to convene media group to address Justice Department spying
Updated : 2:50 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama indicated in his speech Thursday that he will review the Justice Department guidelines for spying on reporters and promised to “convene a group of media organizations” to hear their concerns. Obama...
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Charlie Spiering
Sen. Mike Lee: ‘The way Washington works stinks!’
Updated : 2:50 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday objected to the Senate Democrats’ attempt to move the budget bill to conference without assurance that the debt limit increase will not be included in the final report. Lee took the...
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Sean Higgins
Report: Texas leads nation in growth and job creation, Michigan dead last
Updated : 2:45 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
John Merline of Investor’s Business Daily highlights the latest news from the American Legislative Exchange Council on which of the 50 states are thriving and which ones are sinking. With Texas far and away leading the...
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Timothy P. Carney
If we let in too much sugar, we’ll run out of sugar, industry says
Published : 2:40 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Congressional Quarterly reports: the American Sugar Alliance, a trade group for the sugar industry, is taking no chances. In a statement, the group said it delivered replicas of 1940s, World War II-era sugar...
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Joel Gehrke
Cruz to McCain: ‘There may be more wacko birds in the Senate’ than you think
Updated : 2:40 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggested to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that he no longer represents the majority of Senate Republicans on the issue of increasing the debt ceiling — and he offered a bet to prove...
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Sean Higgins
IRS employees union slammed Tea Party as “extreme elements” in 2011
Published : 2:35 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Over on his own site, Conservative Intel, Washington Examiner columnist David Freddoso points out a telling 2011 press release from the National Treasury Employees Union regarding the Tea Party. That would be the union...
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Timothy P. Carney
Realtors push for lower credit standards on taxpayer-backed loans
Published : 2:25 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
I’m not one for telling banks whom they can and cannot lend to — except for when those loans are guaranteed by U.S. taxpayers. So, when the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors suggests it is time...
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Joel Gehrke
Obama: We’re facing pre-Sept. 11 style terror threats
Published : 2:25 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
President Obama explained today that the terrorist threats currently faced by the United States bear a closer resemblance to the attacks sustained at the end of the twentieth century than the September 11, 2001, attacks....
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Conn Carroll
More than 100 conservative economists sign letter not endorsing Schumer-Rubio
Updated : 1:55 PM, Thu, May 23, 2013
Pro-amnesty Republicans are pushing a letter Thursday signed by “more than 100 influential conservative economists” that endorses “broad-based immigration reform.” It has been tweeted out by Sen. Jeff Flake,...
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