Follow Along: The Full Text of Obama’s Final State of the Union
For the second straight year, the White House released the complete text of the State of the Union to Medium.com:
Paul Ryan To Team Up with Obama On Criminal Justice Reform
Sens. Sessions, Shelby Slam Proposal to House Illegal Minors at Military Base
Joe Biden: Donald Trump Could Win the Presidency
MoveOn Endorses Bernie Sanders
Carly Fiorina Blasts Fox Business for Demotion: Its Own Polling Says I’m Qualified
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Dismantles State Health Exchange, Switches To Healthcare.gov
Scarborough Warns Hillary: ‘You Can’t Get Embarrassed’ in Iowa, NH By a Socialist from Burlington, VT
Biden: ‘The Second Amendment Says You Can Limit Who Can Own a Gun’
CNN’s Keilar: Clinton Has Had To ‘Constantly’ ‘Migrate’ Her Answer On Emails As More Come Out
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Dr. Ben Carson Releases Foreign Policy Plan: ‘U.S. Must Lead From The Front’
No One Wants To Buy Electric Cars. Good.
Big Government
Open Season: Trial Lawyers Ready To Jump Into The Oil Spill
President Obama has once again shown his lack of judgment, by sending Attorney General Eric Holder down to the Gulf of Mexico to investigate possible litigation. Clearly, the White House has misplaced priorities, instead of sending more engineers and experts,
Bob Casey's (Union) Bailout
The Free Enterprise Alliance’s Halt The Assault campaign has been raising red flags about Sen. Bob Casey’s dangerous bill granting the full faith and credit of the United States Treasury to bail out multi-employer pensions (a favorite of unions). Thankfully,
Clinton Redux: The Joe Sestak Affair
It might be 2010 but because the Obama White House has taken another page out of the Clinton White House play book, it feels a lot like it is 1998. This latest episode features the Congressman Joe Sestak Affair and
ABC: Conservative Filmmaker James O'Keefe Goes Undercover to Target Census Bureau
From ABC News: The conservative filmmaker arrested this year for an undercover attempt to tape staffers at a U.S. senator’s office said his next target — the Census Bureau — is another example of government waste. James O’Keefe, fresh off
ABC's George Stephanopoulos: A Profile in Media Courage
Today James O’Keefe and I had the privilege to go on ABC News’ Good Morning America to launch O’Keefe’s new set of undercover videos – the Census. While most of the feedback email of the contentious segment is running negative
Census Workers Blow Whistle on Hiring Fraud
From the New York Post: You know the old saying: “Everyone loves a charade.” Well, it seems that the Census Bureau may be playing games. Last week, one of the millions of workers hired by Census 2010 to parade around
Flashback: Census Bureau Dumped Unreliable ACORN After Videos Exposed Corruption
The Census Bureau dumped ACORN as a “national partner” in the 2010 head count last fall after James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles’s undercover videos spotlighting ACORN’s rampant corruption debuted here on Big Government. In a letter dated Sept. 11 that
Bureaucrats vs. Taxpayers
The political process often resembles an unseemly racket as politicians take money from people who earn it and give it to another group in exchange for campaign cash and political support. The modern bureaucracy is a good example. Government workers
Undercover Census Fraud Investigation – New Jersey
On April 27, 2010, I got a job with the United States Census Bureau in New Jersey. With a hidden camera, I caught four Census supervisors encouraging enumerators to falsify information on their time sheets. Over the course of two
Tuesday Open Thread: GM Edition
Today, last year, General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection. It was the beginning of a new chapter in crony capitalism. (Happy Birthday Alana!)
