Bannon to Tea Party: 'We Have Your Back' Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon fired up the "Audit the IRS" rally on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. with short yet powerful remarks. by Tony Lee
Citizens Seek Security Alternatives as Police Forces Downsize As cities across the U.S. face police shortages and violent crime rebounds, some communities have begun to police themselves through other means. by Kerry Picket 20 Jun 2013, 12:32 AM PDT
Authorities: Houston Man Threatened to Take Out Ted Cruz--and the Sun A Texas man has been accused of threatening to kidnap, murder, and burn Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his father. by William Bigelow 19 Jun 2013
Cat Nurses Orphaned Pit Bull Puppy in Ohio A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. from AP 19 Jun 2013
King for a Day In the past few weeks, conservative anxiety over the Schumer-Rubio immigration deal has grown as details of the legislation emerge. Despite assurances from Sen. Marco Rubio and other GOP negotiators that the deal would "fix" illegal immigration by finally providing real border security, the actual impact of the legislation is far less than that. On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King provided an important forum for conservative activists to voice their dissatisfaction with the Schumer-Rubio bill. By his initiative, King helped shape the national dialogue. by Mike Flynn 19 Jun 2013
House Votes to Cut Food Stamps by $2 Billion The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. from AP 19 Jun 2013
Washington & Wall Street -- Steve Forbes: Bernanke Has 'Failed' Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is having a bad week. The fun started on Monday on PBS with Charlie Rose, when President Barack Obama said Chairman Bernanke has stayed in his post “longer than he wanted,” effectively firing the central bank chief on national television. by Christopher Whalen 19 Jun 2013
Fox News: State Department Officials May Have Lied Under Oath A Fox News report indicates that top officials in the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DS) "gave sworn testimony that appears to be evasive at best, and untrue at worst." by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013
Senators Announce Pending Border Security Deal On Wednesday, senators and aides reported that the so-called Gang of Eight behind the immigration reform bill had cut a deal with Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) to add some border security measures to the bill in an attempt to woo Republicans. The measures would not be nearly as strict as anything proposed by Senators John Cornyn (R-AZ) or Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Rand Paul (R-KY). Instead, it would add some border patrol agents, and create a “guarantee” on finishing the border fence at some unspecified point in the future. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013
Obama Administration Wants New Regulations on Truckers' Hours Beginning July 1, the Obama administration's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) wants truckers limited to driving 70 hours a week with mandatory "restart" periods--which would "include the predawn hours of two consecutive days" for rest. by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013
Fed Announces Possible End to Quantitative Easing, Stocks Crash In a dramatic sign that the American economy is being largely propelled by Federal Reserve pumping of the dollar, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sold off 206 points on indications by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke that by the end of 2013, the Fed could begin reining in quantitative easing. While Bernanke maintained that interest rate hikes were “far in the future,” he did indicate that the Fed’s continuous and massive bond-buying spree could taper off if the economy improves. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013
FBI: We Use Drones to Monitor Targets in the US On Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the agency was already using drones to monitor specific targets inside the United States. “Our footprint is very small,” Mueller said. “We have very few and have limited use.” by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013
Study: 70 Percent of Americans Taking Prescription Drugs A shocking new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that seven in ten Americans are taking at least one prescription drug, and more than one in two takes multiple drugs. Those most common prescription drugs are antibiotics, antidepressents, and painkillers. One in four patients is taking at least five drugs. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013
Obama: Catholic Schools 'Encourage Division' President Obama wasn't kidding in March of 2012 when he told then-Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that he would have "more flexibility after the election. We got a chilling look at what Obama meant during a speech in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit when he declared religious schools divisive. by John Nolte 19 Jun 2013
Tea Party Rally May Have Drawn Bigger Crowd than Obama Speech in Berlin When Barack Obama gave a speech in Berlin in 2008, he drew a crowd of 200,000. Wednesday's speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate was a little less popular. White House pool reporter Elmar Jakobs estimated the crowd at only 4,500. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013
Cruz Jokes: Abolish IRS, Send Agents to Southern Border Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the IRS should be abolished and joked IRS agents should be sent to the Southern border to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the border. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013
Bannon to Tea Party: 'We Have Your Back' Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon fired up the "Audit the IRS" rally on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. with short yet powerful remarks. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013
Senate Immigration Bill Weakens Enforcement, National Security The Senate Gang of Eight’s amnesty bill, S. 744, is an invitation to terrorists (and criminals) from around the world to come on in. The first thing that happens under the bill is that immigration enforcement is stopped dead in its tracks. by Rosemary Jenks 19 Jun 2013
King Rails Against Big Money, Special Interests at Immigration Presser Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) railed against the special interests, big money, and crony capitalism behind the “Gang of Eight” Senate immigration bill in response to a question from Breitbart News at a press conference turned-anti-amnesty rally. by Matthew Boyle 19 Jun 2013
LA Mayor Villaraigosa Wants to Run for Governor Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who will be leaving office at the end of this month after eight long years of not working for the city, said on Tuesday that he wants to take his talents to Sacramento. “I want to run for governor,” said the mayor, who leaves office without a car or any assets. “In fact, I fully expect that I will.” by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013
Schumer's Promise to End Illegal Immigration Already Broken The CBO predicts that the immigration reform bill will only decrease illegal immigration by 25%, because many new arrivals are expected to break the law by overstaying the work visas that the immigration bill creates. And yet Schumer, who is also one of the principal authors of the legislation, declared in the Senate last week that "Illegal immigration will be a thing of the past" as a result of the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill. by Joel B. Pollak 19 Jun 2013
Chicago Teachers Union Head: 'Rich White People' to Blame for Failing Minority Schools On Wednesday, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis placed the blame for Chicago’s failing schools right where it belongs: on “rich white people.” Speaking to a luncheon on education reform, Lewis said that Chicago is the most segregated city in America, and that the educational failures in certain areas of Chicago are attributable to the “fact that rich white people think they know what’s in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos, no matter what the parents’ income or education level.” by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013
Los Angeles Unified School District Drops $30M on iPads for Kids On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved plans to spend $30 million to buy iPads for students. The teachers union is unhappy with the decision because they think the money would be best spent on rehiring furloughed union members. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013
CT Governor Tries to Crash Rick Perry's Meeting with State Gun Manufacturers While Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) was meeting with gun manufacturers in Connecticut on June 17, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) dropped in to show some "Yankee hospitality." by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013
Los Angeles Bans Plastic Bags On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 to fight the scourge of plastic bags at grocery stores. The new plastic bag ban will prohibit stores that sell perishable foods from handing out plastic grocery bags. Paper bags will bear a surcharge of ten cents, and customers are encouraged to use recyclable bags. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013
Bachmann: 'Harry Reid Will Not Succeed' on Immigration Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) electrified the Tea Party crowd in attendance at the press conference denouncing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, and assured the American people that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will not win his push to enact amnesty. by Matthew Boyle 19 Jun 2013
Massachusetts Senate: Debate Disaster for Democrat Markey In Tuesday night's final debate for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat versus Republican Gabriel Gomez, Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) made a number of significant gaffes. by John Nolte 19 Jun 2013
Capitol Police Voice Message to Tea Party: 'You Can Not Join Other Groups in Other Areas' Significantly, the language of the Officer's message suggests that the Capitol Police own the Capitol Grounds ("our grounds.) We thought the Capitol Grounds belonged to the American people. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013
GAO Report Questions if Obamacare Will Be Implemented in Time With Obamacare’s grand opening less than six months away, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on Wednesday that the government has already blown numerous deadlines for setting up the health exchanges that are to provide insurance for nine million people. by Wynton Hall 19 Jun 2013
Bloomberg's Gun Control Rally Names Boston Bomber as Victim of Gun Violence At a June 18 gun control rally in New Hampshire sponsored by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, the name of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was read aloud as a recent victim of gun violence. by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013
Reid: There Will Be 'Significant' Pressure on House on Immigration Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters Tuesday that he encouraged his Democratic cohorts in the Gang of Eight to push ahead with comprehensive immigration reform so that Speaker of the House John Boehner will be forced to play along. by William Bigelow 19 Jun 2013
Boehner: No 'Comprehensive' Immigration Solution Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters on Tuesday that he is against a “comprehensive” solution for immigration reform. He also stated that he would follow the so-called “Hastert Rule,” which is the unwritten procedural rule asserting that the Speaker of the House will not bring up a bill unless the majority of his party supports it. by William Bigelow 19 Jun 2013
Cummings Transcripts: IRS Merely 'Admonished' Donor Leaker The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent responsible for giving confidential conservative and Tea Party tax documents to the left-leaning journalism group ProPublica was never put on leave. Instead, she merely received “formal admonishment” for actions that Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George said could be illegal, according to interview transcripts released by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). by Wynton Hall 19 Jun 2013
Pro-Life Women Lawmakers, Activists to Challenge Pelosi and Supporters A group of pro-life female lawmakers and activists are hastening efforts toward a political showdown with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her larger group of pro-abortion women politicians. by Dr. Susan Berry 19 Jun 2013
Capitol Hill Police Block Tea Party Activists from Immigration Rally Capitol Hill police are trying to block activists attending Wednesday's "Audit the IRS" rally from also attending a nearly day-long press conference on immigration, hosted by Reps. Steve King and Louie Gohmert. The IRS rally is on the west side of the Capitol, while the immigration event is on the east side. Organizers for the IRS event were told by Hill police that "your people" can only assemble on the west side. Organizers were told to remove the activists from the immigration event. by Mike Flynn 19 Jun 2013
Senator Manchin Avoids Breitbart Debate, Goes After NRA Since the defeat of Senator Joe Manchin's gun control bill in the Senate on April 17, the Senator has avoided a debate with Breitbart News' AWR Hawkins and is now going after the NRA. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013
Live Blog: Tea Party's IRS, Immigration Rallies Rep. Steve King is holding a six-hour press conference on immigration on the east lawn of the Capitol. Thousands of Americans will also arrive in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for a mass "Audit the IRS" rally to protest the IRS's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups. Breitbart News will live-blog all of the events. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013
Anti-Gun Colorado Sen. Close to Recall In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun bills were successfully passed into law, Morse faces a recall election that could turn him out of office. by Warner Todd Huston 19 Jun 2013
New Group, Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration, Opposes Gang of 8 Bill On Friday, Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration, an informal group of well-respected evangelical Christians announced its opposition to the Gang of Eight immigration bill. The group, recently organized by Kelly Monroe Kullberg, founder of the Veritas Forum and co-author and editor of Finding God at Harvard, featured a letter written to members of Congress by Kullberg outlining the Biblical principles on which opposition to the bill is based on its website and Facebook page. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013
TN IRS Victim: DC GOP Plays 'Tee Ball' While Dems Play 'Hardball' The president of the Chattanooga Tea Party, who was targeted by the IRS, said establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C. are playing "Tee Ball" while Democrats are playing "hardball." by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013
Ohio IRS Victim: 'No Way' Agents Went Rogue A day before the mass "Audit the IRS" rally in Washington, D.C., George Brunemann said the IRS specifically audited him in 2012 because he was associated with the Cincinnati Tea Party, and it was clear supervisors were ordering IRS agents to target Tea Partiers. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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