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ACORN's Maryland Chapter Shuttered

Group is undone in national scandal sparked by videos showing illegal activity From today’s Baltimore Sun: A former leader of Maryland’s ACORN chapter said Monday the group will no longer operate in the state, doomed by an embarrassing national scandal

Arrogant Approach to Health Care

The Cincinnati Enquirer nails it today: America’s robust discussion of health care reform during the past year has been beneficial in many ways, giving the public greater awareness and insight into this complex issue. Unfortunately, the debate has been held

Stimulus!: Cosmetology and Massage Schools Win Big Under Obama

From Florida’s Herald Tribune: When President Barack Obama touted the passage of the $787 billion federal stimulus bill a year ago, he highlighted billions of dollars for higher education to help retrain workers for the new economy. But an examination

Tuesday Open Thread: Caligula Edition

Today, in year 37, Caligula became Emperor of Rome. Considering the Democrat majority is planning to pass a bill without actually voting on it, this seems like an important event to note. After centuries, have we really progressed that far?

Swing Districts Oppose Health Reform

Heather Higgins and Kellyanne Conway in today’s Wall Street Journal: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she plans to bring health-care reform to a vote this week. Democratic leaders cite national polls that show support for individual provisions of the bill

Sunday Open Thread: Health Care Jihad Edition

As it becomes more difficult to round up Congressman willing to end their political careers by voting for ObamaCare, House Democrat Leadership is actually considering a “rule” that will allow the health care bill to pass without being voted on.

Saturday Open Thread: Gold Edition

Today, in 2008, the price of 1 oz. of gold hit $1,000 for the first time. In future years, this may seem like the floor price.

What is the Center for Responsible Lending?

On Wednesday, we brought you the story of a little report from the Boston Fed and its role in creating the housing bubble. In that piece, we mentioned an organization you probably hadn’t heard of before, the Center for Responsible

Friday Free For All: Can You Hear Me Now Edition

On Wednesday, President Obama traveled to St. Louis to try to revive his party’s push for government health care. Around 5,000 activists opposed to ObamaCare turned out, dwarfing the few dozen paid organizers from Obama’s Organizing for America. The activists

Obama Spiked ACORN Investigation: Judicial Watch Releases FBI Documents

By Tom Fitton Documents released today by Judicial Watch reference serious allegations of corruption and voter registration fraud by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform (ACORN), as well as the Obama administration’s decision to shut down a criminal investigation

Court Dismisses ACORN Suit vs. 'Pimp', 'Hooker' and Breitbart.com

Ben Sheffner, at Copyrights and Campaigns Blog, has the breaking story: A state court in Baltimore has dismissed ACORN’s lawsuit against James O’Keefe, Hannah Giles, and Breitbart.com LLC after the plaintiffs failed to serve the complaint on the defendants within

Thursday Open Thread: Lend Lease Edition

Today, in 1941, FDR signed the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the United States to ship supplies on loan to nations fighting Nazi Germany. At the end of 2006, Great Britain made its last annual payment ($83 million) to the United States,

Milwaukee Police Ignored ACORN Voting Fraud Cases

From Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee police officers sat on their hands for months last year instead of investigating possible voter fraud cases from the 2008 general election. It’s an incredible claim, but it’s coming from a credible source:

ACORN Workers Charged with Felony Voter Fraud

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Five Wisconsin residents have been charged with criminal counts of voter fraud in the November 2008 general election, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Monday. Two of those charged – Maria Miles, 36, of

Tuesday Open Thread: Massa Edition

Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) has been pressured to resign his seat in Congress, due to allegations of sexual harassment. He have no information about the truth of the charges, but we find it interesting that the Democrat leadership moved so

Monday Open Thread: Wall Street Edition

Today, in 1817, the New York Stock Exchange was founded. In its life, it became the financial capital of the world. Senators Chris Dodd and Bob Corker are now negotiating to move that title overseas.

Sunday Open Thread: Oscar Edition

Tonight, Hollywood holds its Prom, aka The Academy Awards. We’re curious how smug they will be this year. Politically, things are…well…different. Be sure to stay tuned to our sister site, Big Hollywood, who will be live-blogging the awards.

Health Care Reform Pushed Ahead Despite Opposition

By Tom McGillvray, Cary Smith, and Gary MacLaren As state legislators, we are used to the federal government treating the states like its red-headed stepchild. Washington dictates, and we are expected to follow. Whether it’s transportation, health care, or education,

Thursday Open Thread: Corker Edition

Sen. Bob Corker is close to cutting a deal with Sen, Chris Dodd to re-regulate the 5/6ths of the economy that isn’t touched by Obama Care. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot. (Perhaps this is related to the over $3 million Corker has

U.S. Senate Candidate Giannoulias Says Family Bank Likely to Fail

From the Chicago Tribune: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias sought to blunt a potentially damaging political issue today about questions regarding his involvement in his family’s struggling bank, which he said he expects will likely fail in the coming

Wednesday Open Thread: Harry Edition

Today is generally a day of liberation. Several nations declared independence today. The United States banned the importation of slaves in 1807. In 1861, Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs in Russia. Bear with us, but we think this is

Tuesday Open Thread: Wolfe Edition

Today, in 1931. American author Tom Wolfe was born. A pioneer of “New Journalism,” he remains one of the keenest observers of the American Experience. He is also immune to the pablum of the lefty, deconstructionist rhetoric that has ruined

Monday Open Thread: Olympics Edition

The 2010 Winter Olympics are over. Although the U.S. Men’s hockey team lost the final to Canada, the US closed the games with a total of 37 medals, more than any other country.

Gore: We Can't Wish Away Climate Change

Al Gore emerged from his undisclosed location and took to the op-ed page of the New York Times: I, for one, genuinely wish that the climate crisis were an illusion. But unfortunately, the reality of the danger we are courting

Sunday Open Thread: GOP Edition

Today, in 1854, the Republican Party is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin. One of its central planks is the abolition of slavery.

Saturday Night Open Thread: Tea Party Edition

Today is the one year anniversary of the Tea Party Movement. Numerous events are scheduled today around the country to commemorate the event. What a difference a year makes. Happy Anniversary!

Saturday Open Thread: Rangel Edition

This week, the House Ethics Committee found that Rep. Charlie Rangel, Chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, violated House rules. There are more pending investigations.

Wednesday Open Thread: Castro Edition

Today, in 2008, Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba, after holding complete power for almost 50 years. Never in the history of the world has any man been so thankful for a U.S. trade embargo. Here’s hoping the U.S.

Tuesday Open Thread: von Steuben Edition

Today, in 1778, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to begin formal training of the Continental Army. The Minutemen and state Militias were important in the early days of the Revolution, but we didn’t win Independence until

Scott Brown Joins Democrats to Support 'Jobs' Bill

From the Associated Press: A bipartisan jobs bill cleared a GOP filibuster on Monday with critical momentum provided by the Senate’s newest Republican, Scott Brown of Massachusetts. The 62-30 tally to advance the measure to a final vote on Wednesday

Exclusive: Statement From Rep. King on ACORN Collapse

Congressman Steve King, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following statement in response to news reports that ACORN is dissolving its national structure. “This is not surprising news. ACORN must change its name in order to try