MADD Okay with Illegals with DUIs Staying on America's Roads Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is refusing to fight to prevent the Senate “Gang of Eight” from allowing illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving from being granted legalized status, or amnesty. by Matthew Boyle
Heritage: CBO Report on Immigration Bill Confirms Amnesty Concerns The Heritage Foundation issued a preliminary response to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report on the costs of the Senate Immigration bill late Tuesday, noting that the CBO and JCT report confirms several financial concerns about an amnesty plan. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 10:34 PM PDT
CBO: Immigration Bill Would Drive Down American Workers' Wages The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report on the Senate's immigration bill predicts that the legislation would drive down the wages of American workers and make it difficult for Americans to find jobs in an already-damaged economy. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 9:45 PM PDT
Protecting New York's Criminal Class Suppose those concerned with controlling crime came up with a plan to take guns away from criminals—the people who actually murder other people with guns. And suppose the system actually worked, and in places where the plan had actually become policy and was implemented, thousands of illegal guns were confiscated from criminals and the murder rate fell by over 80 percent over twenty years. And suppose most of the murder victims, meaning most of the people who as a result of this plan were not murdered, were minorities. You would think that the liberal establishment would be thrilled. by Alfred S. Regnery 18 Jun 2013, 9:09 PM PDT
ObamaCare Rule: HHS, IRS Can Share Private Health Information Though millions of Americans sign forms in their doctors’ offices which claim their personal health information is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a new ObamaCare rule requires federal and local agencies and health insurers to trade the personal health data of any person interested in signing up for the new state exchanges. by Dr. Susan Berry 18 Jun 2013, 7:42 PM PDT
Rep. Labrador Supports Border Security Bill Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) joined Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), Chairman of the House Public Lands and Environment Regulation Subcommittee, and others to support the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. by Mary Chastain 18 Jun 2013, 5:01 PM PDT
Fuzzy Math: CBO Says Immigration Bill Reduces Federal Deficit The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its long-awaited report on Tuesday detailing what it estimates the costs of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill would if it were to become law. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 4:36 PM PDT
Sessions: Immigration Bill 'Biggest Setback for Poor ... in Decades' On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said that the immigration reform bill currently making its way through Congress is “the biggest setback for poor and middle-class Americans of any legislation Congress has considered in decades.” by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013, 4:00 PM PDT
Rubio Flips Again, Helps Sink Biometric Visa Tracking Amendment The Senate voted down an amendment to the upper chamber's immigration bill proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) that would require a full biometric visa tracking system placed at every land, sea, and air port of entry in the United States before legalized immigrants could receive green cards. by Kerry Picket 18 Jun 2013, 3:54 PM PDT
Gang of Eight Republicans Join Senate Dems to Kill Border Security Fence Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the four “Gang of Eight” GOP senators, joined Senate Democrats on Tuesday to kill an amendment to their immigration bill that would have required a double-layered fence to be built along the U.S. border with Mexico. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 3:12 PM PDT
Rubio Helps Kill Amendment Requiring Border Fence He Claims to Support Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said late Tuesday that he supports securing the United States border with Mexico with a double-tiered fence but voted against an amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill that would have required exactly that. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 2:42 PM PDT
Testimony: IRS Heads Behind Decision to Plant Question About Targeting Testimony from IRS officials revealed that the IRS's upper management actually decided in advance to plant the question about the targeting of conservatives at a May American Bar Association conference. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013, 2:28 PM PDT
Sen. Vitter Fights to Protect Domestic Abuse Victims in Immigration Bill Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced an amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill that would prevent illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes against women and children from being given legalized status to stay in the United States. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 2:15 PM PDT
Government Accountability Office: IRS Could Tax 'Virtual Currencies' A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Internal Revenue Service should do more to warn taxpayers that they could have some tax liability over their holdings in Internet-based "virtual currencies" like Linden Dollars or Bitcoins. by Warner Todd Huston 18 Jun 2013, 2:07 PM PDT
Bernie Sanders Rips Immigration Bill: 'Let Us Put Our Young People into Jobs Not into Jail' Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a liberal independent, ripped the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill on Tuesday on the Senate floor, arguing it would give American jobs to foreigners in a time when Americans need those jobs more than ever. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 12:37 PM PDT
As Federal Reserve Meets, Ordinary Folks Should Trim Spending On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to indicate when and how quickly it will pull back from its easy money policies. Americans can expect mortgage rates to climb, selling homes to get tougher, and interest rates to increase on credit cards, auto purchases, and home equity loans. by Peter Morici 18 Jun 2013, 12:14 PM PDT
MADD Okay with Illegals with DUIs Staying on America's Roads Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is refusing to fight to prevent the Senate “Gang of Eight” from allowing illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving from being granted legalized status, or amnesty. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 11:51 AM PDT
Christie: Late in the 'Dating Game' for Obama's Charm Offensive Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) launched into President Obama’s latest “charm offensive,” stating that it is now Obama’s fifth year as president. “It’s a little bit late in the dating game to start to get to know somebody,” said the governor, recently spotted playing games on the Atlantic City boardwalk with Obama. by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013, 11:22 AM PDT
Michelle and Girls Lunch with Bono in Ireland Clearly skimping on cost during a taxpayer-funded trip to Ireland, Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia lunched with Bono after visiting the ruins of an Irish monastery. The lunch menu included dish choices ranging from Dalkey Lobster and Crab Salad to Road Rack of Wicklow Spring Lamb, topped off with either warm chocolate fudge cake, strawberries and cream, or deep warm apple crumble. by Breitbart News 18 Jun 2013, 11:07 AM PDT
Gomez Would Help GOP More Than Amnesty The DC GOP establishment has convinced itself that pandering to certain Hispanic voters by supporting immigration legislation drafted by Sen. Chuck Schumer is the path to electoral victory. Sen. Lindsey Graham has warned that the GOP is in a "demographic death spiral" unless it supports the comprehensive amnesty legislation. Meanwhile, an impressive Hispanic candidate with a real shot at winning a special Senate election next week gets almost no support from the national GOP. If the national party can't understand this paradox, passing 300 amnesty bills won't save it. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013, 10:54 AM PDT
Poll: Dems Like Christie More than Republicans Do A Gallup poll released Tuesday revealed that Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is actually more popular among Democrats than Republicans. He scores a favorable/unfavorable rating of 53 percent to 25 percent among Republicans; he scores a 57 percent to 17 percent split among Democrats. by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013, 10:50 AM PDT
NSA Director Claims Surveillance Programs Foiled 50 Plots General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, claimed before the House Intelligence Committee that the government’s much-criticized surveillance of Americans have stopped almost 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one which targeted the New York Stock Exchange. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013, 10:09 AM PDT
Study: U.S. Teacher Training 'Dismal' A report released on Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that U.S. teacher training is “an industry of mediocrity” that produces teachers without a clue. by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013, 9:53 AM PDT
McCaskill Endorses Hillary for 2016 Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri (D), whose support for Barack Obama in the 2008 Missouri primary helped him barely win a bitter fight with Hillary Clinton, has suddenly thrown her support behind the super PAC Ready for Hillary. She is the first active member of Congress to publicly endorse Clinton. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013, 9:50 AM PDT
Obama: Bernanke Has 'Stayed A Lot Longer Than He Wanted' In a Monday interview with Charlie Rose, President Barack Obama said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has “already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to.” by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013, 9:43 AM PDT
Health Insurer Aetna to End Individual Coverage to Californians in 2014 Roughly 50,000 Californians insured by Aetna, Inc. will have to find new coverage by next January, because the insurance corporation says it will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California in July. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013, 9:40 AM PDT
Sessions Chides Rubio: 'Marco, There's Somebody on the Television Pretending To Be You' Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) poked fun at the notion that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) could be publicly saying the Senate immigration bill needs stronger security provisions, while saying in TV ads that the bill has the best border security provisions in history. Sessions has previously called on Rubio and his ally Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw the advertisements because of their inaccuracies. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 9:18 AM PDT
Obama: False Choice Between Privacy and Security Speaking about NSA surveillance programs he called "transparent," President Barack Obama said it was a “false choice” to think that privacy must be sacrificed in order to achieve security. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013, 8:46 AM PDT
Obama Ducks Question on Warrant Requests Denied by FISA Court In an interview with Charlie Rose Monday night, President Obama refused to answer a direct question about how many warrants the FISA court has turned down. This is why the president has a growing credibility problem. by John Nolte 18 Jun 2013, 8:30 AM PDT
Glenn Beck Returns to DC for Tea Party Rallies Conservatives are getting the band back together. On Wednesday, Glenn Beck reprises a familiar role, taking the stage at a rally in DC to galvanize grass roots conservatives against an encroaching government. Only this time, he will headline two rallies that will thrust the Tea Party back to center-stage on two critical issues. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013, 8:27 AM PDT
Amnesty Mob Bused to Kansas Sec. of State's Home for Immigration Protest Proponents of the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill and other pro-illegal immigrant measures reportedly protested on the front porch of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s private residence on Monday. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 7:45 AM PDT
Sessions Calls on Zuckerberg, Rubio to Pull 'False' Immigration Ad On Monday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called on his colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw an advertisement they collaborated on pushing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill because it contains false statements. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013, 7:07 AM PDT
Wednesday Marks the Return of the Tea Party On Wednesday, at two rallies bracketing the Capitol, Tea Party and conservative activists will again take center-stage on two issues dominating the national political dialogue. Reps. Steve King, Michele Bachmann and other members of the Tea Party Caucus will host a nearly day-long dialogue and discussion on immigration reform. On the other side of the Capitol, Tea Party grass roots organizations will hold a rally to "Audit the IRS," in response to the agency's efforts to intimidate conservative organizations. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013, 6:56 AM PDT
IRS Scandals Jeopardize Funding for Obamacare Implementation The IRS's spending scandals, in which officials spent millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish conferences from 2010-2012 and forgot to properly record the expenses, may jeopardize funding for the implementation of Obamacare. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013, 6:38 AM PDT
CNN: Almost Half Believe White House Ordered IRS to Target Tea Party Monday, CNN released a poll showing that a full 50% of Americans no longer trust President Obama. Tuesday, CNN released another poll that helps to explain why. Last month only 37% believed the White House ordered the IRS to target conservative groups. Today, however, almost half the country -- 47% believe the same. Only 49% disagree. by John Nolte 18 Jun 2013, 6:37 AM PDT
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft: Govt Has Made Thousands of Customer Inquiries Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft now say the government has requested data on tens of thousands of its customers. by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013, 6:35 AM PDT
Jeb Bush Labels Critics 'Chirpers' Jeb Bush dismissed conservative critics who are not fond of a Bush 2016 presidential run as “chirpers.” Bush, interviewed by the Christian Broadcasting Network, said, “If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013, 4:57 AM PDT
Bankrupt USPS Looking at Direct Cuba Delivery The United States Postal Service, along with the U. S. Government and the communist government of Cuba resumed talks this week to negotiate USPS supplying direct mail service between the countries. The State Department hinted the move might help the failing government agency with its money problems. by Meredith Dake 18 Jun 2013, 4:12 AM PDT
Fact Check: Durbin Assures 'Serious' Criminal Records Prevent Legalization Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) claimed Monday that if the pending Senate immigration bill becomes law, illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes would not qualify for legalization, a statement that is partly true at best. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Father's Day Weekend Shootings Latest Chicago Gun Violence After a Father’s Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced crime across the city. by Rebel Pundit 17 Jun 2013
Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks As the House prepares to vote Tuesday on a bill that would ban abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy, President Obama has issued a threat to veto the legislation. by Dr. Susan Berry 17 Jun 2013
Second Rubio Aide Argued Some Americans Not Cut Out for Workforce A second staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) disparaged American workers during an interview with Ryan Lizza, a partial transcript of the interview the New Yorker reporter released Monday afternoon shows. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Glenn Beck to Speak at Tea Party Patriots Rally on Wednesday Jenny Beth Martin, National coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, told Breitbart News on Monday, "Glenn Beck will speak at the Tea Party Patriots 'Audit the IRS Rally' this Wednesday on Capitol Hill." by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
Bloomberg Urges Stanford Graduates to Push for Immigration Reform New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his commencement address at Stanford University on Sunday to call on graduates to push for immigration reform. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
SCOTUS: States Can't Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote Using Federal Form The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote. by Ken Klukowski 17 Jun 2013
IRS: 'Tea Party' Was Shorthand for Political Internal Revenue Service director of rulings and agreements Holly Paz explained that the IRS simply used “tea party” as shorthand for politically-involved groups in profiling non-profit applicants. She said that when tax agents in Cincinnati referred to tea party groups as requiring special scrutiny, they simply meant all groups with a political activity level. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Poll: Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties A new CNN poll released Monday generated a lot of attention on the dramatic drop in President Obama's approval ratings. The top-line approval numbers were not the most troubling news for the White House, however. Obama now polls much worse than President Bush did on handling government surveillance and protecting civil liberties. by Mike Flynn 17 Jun 2013
Bloomberg Calls Same-Sex Marriage the 'Civil Rights Issue of Our Time' Speaking at Stanford University's commencement on Sunday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg not only compared push to legalize same-sex marriage to Martin Luther King's civil rights movement but said he believed all 50 states will eventually legalize gay marriage. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
70% Oppose Obama Arming Syrian Rebels A Pew poll released Monday shows that our politically divided country is fairly unified on one big issue. A huge majority of 70% oppose President Obama's announced plan to arm the rebels in Syria currently waging a war to unseat that country's sitting president, Bashar Assad. Only 20% favor the plan. by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Fellow Patriots: Rally for Freedom--and Against the IRS The time has come for men and women of integrity, with an unwavering commitment to freedom and the Constitution in their hearts, to come together once again, en masse, to show the ruling class in DC that their long train of abuses has come to an end. by Jenny Beth Martin 17 Jun 2013
Source: Boehner Says No to Immigration Bill Without House GOP Support House Speaker John Boehner appears to have put to rest rumors that he may break what is informally called the “Hastert Rule,” an unwritten guideline that a majority of the majority party should be needed to bring a bill to the House floor, in order to pass a version of amnesty like the “Gang of Eight” bill currently moving through the Senate. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Glenn Beck to Speak at Steve King's Immigration Event at Capitol Wednesday On Friday Congressman Steve King (R-IA) announced he will be hosting a day long press conference/Lincoln-Douglas style debate on the "Gang of 8" immigration bill this Wednesday on the East Lawn of the Capitol grounds. King's event will begin at 9 am, break at noon so participants can walk to the West Lawn to join the two hour "Audit the IRS" rally hosted by the Tea Party Patriots at noon that day, then will resume at 2 pm and continue until 5 pm. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
Sessions: Immigration Bill 'Surrender to Illegality' and Amnesty Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said the Senate's "dangerous" immigration bill will devastate America's working class and "guarantee" the country will again have to grant "another amnesty" in the future. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Cruz: Obama Admin Scandals Make It Difficult to Trust NSA Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said though he did not want to "rush to judgment" on the NSA's phone and Internet surveillance programs, there was still "cause for concern." He emphasized the Obama administration's actions have made it difficult to trust the National Security Agency when it says, "trust us." by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Cruz to Palin: You Made Conservatives Discover 'Backbone' While being interviewed by Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday on Fox and Friends, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) credited and thanked her for helping conservatives find their backbones and conservative principles. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Tea Party Group Announces Alternative Reform Plan to Senate Immigration Bill Yet another Tea Party group has come out publicly against the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, as TheTeaParty.net has announced its opposition to the legislation and published online an alternative plan for immigration reform. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Palin: 'Nanny' Bloomberg Thinks New Yorkers 'Bunch of Little Babies' Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed "nanny" New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday for suggesting that he ultimately wanted to make food composting programs mandatory in New York. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Shocking DHS Illegal Immigration Secret: Background Checks Suspended Last week the “Gang of Eight’s” immigration reform bill, which provides instant legal status and a path to citizenship for tens of millions of illegal aliens, passed a procedural hurdle in the United States Senate. by Tom Fitton 17 Jun 2013
Massive San Antonio NSA Data Center Raises Eyebrows Even as reports break about the size and scope of the National Security Agency’s vast data storage center in Utah, new details are emerging about a second massive NSA center in San Antonio, Texas. According to the Houston Chronicle, “Satellite and aerial imagery show that massive air conditioning units and backup generators have been added to the facility, which is now ringed by barbed-wire fencing. City permits and property tax records show that the complex has been dramatically expanded.” According to sources, the plant will supposedly translate intercepted communications from the NSA; the communications are then forwarded to Maryland for processing. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Feds Have Made Fair Trial Impossible NSA leaker told The Guardian (UK) on Monday that the federal government had destroyed any possibility of a fair trial for him in the country. Edward Snowden stated that he had not revealed “any US operations against legitimate military targets.” He said he had merely handed over information of NSA hacking of “civilian infrastructure such as universities, hospitals, and private businesses because it is dangerous. These nakedly, aggressively criminal acts are wrong no matter the target.” by Breitbart News 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Analysts Receive Your Emails On Monday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden suggested in an online interview with The Guardian (UK) that someone at the National Security Agency does indeed receive the content of your emails. “If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time – and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.” by Breitbart News 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Being Called Traitor by Cheney 'Highest Honor You Can Give an American' On Monday, National Security Agency surveillance leaker Edward Snowden blasted former Vice President Dick Cheney while claiming that the government’s blanket surveillance has achieved little in terms of stopping terrorism. “It's important to bear in mind I'm being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney,” Snowden wrote. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Pressure on Rubio to Reveal Staffer Who Disparaged U.S. Workers Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is facing pressure to identify and hold accountable an aide of his who disparaged American workers in comments to The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza over the weekend. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Rubio Hasn't Appeared Publicly with Gang of Eight in Two Months While Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is leading the Republican fight for immigration reform, he is gradually pulling away from the so-called Gang of Eight, the bipartisan group behind the current draft of the immigration bill. Critics of the bill have pointed out that it is soft on border security and immediately legalizes millions of illegal aliens, including some with criminal backgrounds. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Feds Subverting Democracy NSA leaker Edward Snowden blasted Congress’ willingness to sign off on massive federal surveillance of American citizens in an online interview with The Guardian (UK) on Monday. He said “there was no single moment” that made him want to leak news of the surveillance to the press. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: I Am Not a Chinese Spy On Monday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden told The Guardian (UK) that he was not a spy for the Chinese government. “Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn’t I have flown directly into Beijing?” Snowden wrote on The Guardian’s website. “I could now be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now.” The Chinese government has also denied that Snowden works for them, saying that such speculation is “completely groundless.” by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Snowden Defends Bradley Manning, Wikileaks "Wikileaks is a legitimate journalistic outlet and they carefully redacted all of their releases in accordance with a judgment of public interest." by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Democrats Tell Newtown Families They Will 'Never' Give Up on Gun Control During a June 13 press conference with Newtown, Connecticut families, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he and gun control advocates were never going to give up on passing more gun control. by AWR Hawkins 17 Jun 2013
Snowden Rips Obama for Not Closing Gitmo "Unfortunately, shortly after assuming power, [Obama] closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo, where men still sit without charge." by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
SCOTUS: Ariz. Citizenship Proof Law Illegal The Supreme Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. from AP 17 Jun 2013
CNN: Majority No Longer Trust Obama Over the course of just one month, President Obama's approval rating in the CNN/ORC poll has dropped a full eight points to 45%–his lowest rating in eighteen months. His disapproval rating climbed to 54%. On the all-important issue of trust, the president took a nine point hit. Only 49% of those surveyed believe Obama is honest. This is the first time he has been rated under 50% on this question and the lowest level of his presidency. by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Poll: Obama Approval Collapses A new poll from CNN finds President Obama's approval dropping eight points since May. Today, just 45% of voters approve of his handling of the Presidency. Last month, 53% of voters approved of his performance. The dramatic drop is a clear sign that the scandals engulfing the Administration are taking a serious toll, just as his second term begins. by Mike Flynn 17 Jun 2013
Washington & Wall Street: Volcker Challenges Bernanke on Inflation Americans forget that for much of the first half of the 20th Century we lived under wage and price controls made necessary by two world wars. Today, however, in peace time the Fed is bailing out Wall Street speculators, zombie banks and most of all, the profligate national Congress with zero interest rates. Do Ben Bernanke and his colleagues on the FOMC have the courage to do the right thing and end the Fed’s extraordinary policy efforts before inflation becomes a serious national problem? by Christopher Whalen 17 Jun 2013
Attack on Gomez's Business Career by Democrats Backfires Last Thursday, the Boston Globe published a critical article about Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez's business career that was immediately picked up and repeated by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. But the central claim of the charge--that Advent International, the company that Gomez worked for, had shipped jobs from one Massachusetts company to China--backfired. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
AFP Blasts Boehner over Farm Bill On Thursday, Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity, blasted Boehner's support for the farm bill. "It is disappointing to see Speaker Boehner express support for the 2013 Farm Bill, which has become little more than a bloated spending bill stuffed with $940 billion in welfare and corporate cronyism," Phillips said in a released statement. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
IRS Supervisor Admits Personally Handling Dozens of Tea Party Cases An IRS supervisor in Washington, D.C. who oversaw over 200 agents in the Cincinnati office admitted that she personally reviewed applications from conservative and Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. Her statements contradict assertions by other IRS officials that "rogue" agents in Cincinnati were solely responsible for the targeting. by Tony Lee 16 Jun 2013
Leaked Docs: US Grabbed Medvedev's Phone Calls at G20 in 2009 According to new details leaked to The Guardian (UK) by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, American and British intelligence directed snooping efforts against internet and phone data from foreign officials at the G20 in 2009. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Rush Limbaugh: Abortion at The Root of U.S. Cultural Decay During his radio show on Friday, Rush Limbaugh told his listeners, “I think abortion is at the root of so much that has and is going wrong in this country.” by Dr. Susan Berry 16 Jun 2013
8th Grader Suspended Over NRA T-Shirt Could Get Jail Time In April Breitbart News reported that West Virginia 8th grader Jared Marcum was suspended for refusing to take off an NRA t-shirt he wore to school. And details now indicate the 8th grader could face a $500 fine and up to a year in jail for obstruction charges. by AWR Hawkins 16 Jun 2013
Nadler Backtracks: NSA Does Need Court Order It turns out that the surveillance of Americans may be even more dangerous and unsupervised than had been heretofore acknowledged- but the powers that be aren’t willing to admit it. The National Security Agency (NSA) admitted in a secret briefing that its analysts can decide to listen to Americans’ phone calls without legal authorization. by William Bigelow 16 Jun 2013
Bill Clinton Props Up Lackluster Markey; Gomez within Striking Distance On Saturday Bill Clinton appeared at a campaign rally in Worcester, Massachusetts to prop up the lackluster campaign of Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), the Democratic nominee in next Tuesday's special election to replace John Kerry in the Senate. Recent polls show that Markey's Republican opponent, former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez, is within striking distance. Democratic party officials, concerned that Gomez could pull off a Scott Brown style upset victory, have called in all the big names of the party and revved up their attack ads on Gomez in recent weeks. by Michael Patrick Leahy 16 Jun 2013
Fed Chair Bernanke to Princeton Grads: Meritocracy Doesn't 'Pass Ethical Muster' Speaking at the Princeton University graduation in June, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spelled out his political philosophy: from each according to his luck, to each according to his need. He explained that meritocracies were inherently unfair, and that those who were the luckiest needed to give back to society to make the concept of meritocracy work ethically. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Graham: Amnesty Only Way to Prevent GOP 'Demographic Death Spiral' Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says that immigration reform will pass the Senate with flying colors – more than 70 votes. He said that without passing the bill, the Republican Party would enter a “demographic death spiral.” “I’m going to leave you on a positive note,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think we’re going to have a political breakthrough that Congress is going to pass immigration reform. I think we’re going to get plus-70 votes. I’ve never been more optimistic about it.” by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Rubio: Senate Bill Needs More Border Security Appearing on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio conceded that the border security provisions in the Gang of 8 Senate bill aren't sufficient to win passage for the bill. He sidestepped a question on whether he would support the current bill without tightened border security, arguing he was optimistic a deal could be reached. by Mike Flynn 16 Jun 2013
Sen. Menendez (D-NJ): 'There Will Never Be a Road to the WH for GOP' Without Amnesty On Sunday, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) gave a little unsolicited advice to the Republican Party: pass immigration reform, or face an era of Democratic dominance. “What I cannot support, and what I believe the community cannot support at the end of the day is that we’re going to have triggers that can never be achieved in terms of border security as an impediment to the pathway to legalization and citizenship,” Menendez said, trying to downplay any notion of border security as an integral part of immigration reform. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
WH: We Don't Know Where Snowden Is Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said that the White House had no clue where National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was. “I don’t know where he is,” McDonough said. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Cheney: Snowden a 'Traitor' Former Vice President Dick Cheney, appearing on Fox News Sunday, said that he believed National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was a “traitor” and perhaps a spy for the Chinese government. “I think he has committed crimes in effect by violating agreements given the position he had. He was a contractor employee, but he obviously was granted top secret clearance,” Cheney said. “I think it’s one of the worst occasions in my memory of somebody with access to classified information doing enormous damage to the national security interests of the United States.” by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Rubio on Whether Schumer's 'Playing Him': 'I Don't Even Know What That Means' On ABC’s This Week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said he didn’t understand why so many conservatives were worried he was “being played” by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Democratic leader of the more liberal half of the immigration bill Gang of Eight. “I quite frankly, I don’t even know what that means,” Rubio said. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Rubio: '96 Percent' of Immigration Bill 'in Perfect Shape' On ABC’s This Week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), said of the Senate's immigration bill, “I think 95, 96 percent of the bill is in perfect shape and ready to go.” by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Obama's Father's Day Message: It's Hard Being a Single Mom or Gay Dad On Father’s Day weekend, President Obama issued his usual radio and internet address, in which he talked about his own father’s absence, talked about the heroism of single parents, and lamented the plight of put-upon gay dads. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Sen. Sessions: Credibility of Immigration Bill Sponsors Is in Question Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Sunday morning that the credibility of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill sponsors is in question as the truth about the bill continues to come out. by Matthew Boyle 16 Jun 2013
Grassley Asks Weiner's Wife About Clinton Consulting Gigs One of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most trusted advisers and former deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin--the wife of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner--is under fire from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) for possible influence peddling as part of a six-figure crony consulting contract she secured while serving as a top official at the State Department. by Wynton Hall 16 Jun 2013
Survey: Perceptions of Role of Fathers in Families Has Changed A new telephone survey published by the Pew Research Center finds that Americans expect fathers to be more of a “moral teacher and emotional comforter” rather than a “breadwinner or disciplinarian.” by Dr. Susan Berry 16 Jun 2013
California High School Hosts Laser Tag Event for Seniors While the atmosphere in some California schools is against anything even remotely associated with guns, Rio Vista High just hosted a 3 hour laser tag event for its senior class. by AWR Hawkins 16 Jun 2013
Mark Kirk Kept Campaign Promise by Voting Against Cloture on Immigration Arguably one of the most liberal Republican senators in Washington, D.C., Mark Kirk of Illinois, voted against bringing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill to debate last week. Kirk is now facing a backlash from the Chicago media for his failure to comply with the left's agenda. However, Kirk’s position on this issue has remained consistent since he was a candidate for office in 2010. by Rebel Pundit 16 Jun 2013
Obama Funder Raising Money for al-Qaeda Families in Yemen? Jodie Evans, 2008 Obama bundler and co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink, is in Yemen this week campaigning against the United States’ efforts in fighting the war on terror. by Kristinn Taylor 16 Jun 2013
Sessions Knocks Rubio: It’s Not About Just Passing 'Something’ On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) criticized Sen. Marco Rubio for implying that Republicans merely needed to pass an immigration bill with amendments suggesting "serious steps" are being taken to secure the country's borders. by Tony Lee 15 Jun 2013
2016: Jeb Bush Takes Swipe at Ted Cruz On Friday, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush took a backhanded slap at Sen. Ted Cruz, implying that Cruz's brand of fierce conservatism makes him unable to find solutions to the country's problems. He also implied Cruz is not focused on finding solutions. by Breitbart News 15 Jun 2013
MoveOn Petition Decries Whole Foods Non-Existent 'English Only' Policy Liberal activist group MoveOn.org has started a boycott against organic foods grocery Whole Foods Market, claiming that the company has an "English Only" language policy that was used to suspend two New Mexico employees. by Lee Stranahan 15 Jun 2013
IRS to Hire 'Diversity and Inclusion Specialist' with $123,758 Salary In the midst of devastating scandals, the IRS is looking to hire a new "Diversity and Inclusion Specialist" and is offering a generous $123,758 annual salary plus benefits for the position. by Warner Todd Huston 15 Jun 2013
Palin to Congress: Go on 'Cruz Control' On Saturday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said Congress could get more done if it went on "Cruz control." by Tony Lee 15 Jun 2013
Public Policy Polling Claims NRA Brand Flagging, Gun Control Support Growing Public Policy Polling (PPP) says their recent polls shows support still exists for gun control while the NRA's "brand just isn't that strong with average voters." by AWR Hawkins 15 Jun 2013
Secret to Prism Program: Even Bigger Data Seizure Years after decrying Bush for it, Obama said Americans did have to make tough choices in the name of safety. "You can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience," the president said. from AP 15 Jun 2013
Palin: 'Special Interest' Amnesty Bill Rewards 'Rule Breakers' Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said the Senate's "special interest" immigration bill rewards "rule breakers" and was not the way to rebuild a conservative majority in America of people who want to restore the country's founding principles. by Tony Lee 15 Jun 2013
OFA Sends Email from Daughter of Slain Newtown Principal to Push Gun Control On the six-month anniversary of the horrific Newtown shootings, President Barack Obama's policy advocacy group sent an email from the daughter of the principal who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary to use the tragedy to push for gun control. by Tony Lee 15 Jun 2013
Mexican Cartel Assassin Confirmed Killed 11 on U.S. Soil, Confessed to More As left-of-center voices call for even less border security, a chilling report from U.S. law enforcement reveals an alleged Mexican cartel member claims he killed 30 individuals on U.S. soil. by Brandon Darby 15 Jun 2013
Obama to Fundraise in Miami Beach, Taxpayers to Pay for Trip President Barack Obama will make a fundraising trip to Miami on Wednesday at the expense of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. by Tony Lee 15 Jun 2013
Senate Dems' Answer on ObamaCare: Go on offense Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are reaffirming up their support for the overhaul even as Republicans intensify their criticism. from AP 15 Jun 2013
Meese: Rove 'Way Off the Mark' on 1986 Amnesty Last week, GOP pundit Karl Rove wrote in The Wall Street Journal in support of the current Senate immigration bill, arguing it was much tougher on illegal immigrants than the 1986 law that granted amnesty to then 3 million illegals. Rove wrote that the 86 law "essentially told those here illegally that if they had arrived in the U.S. prior to 1982 and wanted to become citizens, simply raise your right hand." Ed Meese responded Friday that Rove's description of the law was "way off the mark." by Mike Flynn 15 Jun 2013
Heritage Accepts Ryan Debate Challenge on Immigration On Wednesday, in a speech to the National Association of Manufacturers, Rep. Paul Ryan argued that the Senate immigration bill "is not amnesty." Ryan offered to debate anyone who considered the legalization process in the bill to be "amnesty." At the end of the week, Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham accepted Ryan's debate challenge. by Mike Flynn 15 Jun 2013
House Begins Markup of Immigration Bills Next week the House Judiciary Committee will begin markup of two pieces of immigration legislation. On Tuesday, the Committee considers the SAFE Act, which would strengthen internal enforcement of existing immigration laws. Following that, the Committee will take up the Ag Act, which reforms the temporary agricultural guestworker program. The two are the first of several bills the Committee will consider to reform immigration. by Mike Flynn 15 Jun 2013
IRS Scandals Threaten Funding for Obamacare Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama's health care law. from AP 15 Jun 2013
Obama Rewards Top Donors With Ambassadorships On Friday, President Barack Obama rewarded some of his top 2012 campaign fundraisers with appointments to coveted European ambassadorships. by Wynton Hall 15 Jun 2013
Final Chance to Stop the Gang of 8 This week an overwhelming number of United States Senators decided to move forward with debate on the flawed immigration reform package supported by the Gang of Eight, known on Capitol Hill as S. 744. History very well might be repeating itself. Like with the disastrous immigration reform laws passed in 1986, the Gang of Eight’s 900-page piece of legislation does not cure the epidemic of illegal immigration. By the way, has anyone actually read the entire bill? by David Bossie 15 Jun 2013
Study: Childhood Stress Alters Men's Sperm, Affects Their Children (UPI) -- Stress as a pre-adolescent or adult leaves a lasting impression on a dad's sperm that gives his kids a blunted reaction to stress, U.S. researchers say. from UPI 15 Jun 2013