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CA Ad Campaign Photoshops Little Girl Chubby to Fight Obesity

CA Ad Campaign Photoshops Little Girl Chubby to Fight Obesity

A public service ad created and distributed by First 5 California, a government campaign dedicated to “educate parents and caregivers about the important role they play in their children’s first years,” features a photoshopped African-American child. The child is photoshopped

Federal Workforce Drops to Lowest in Five Years

Federal Workforce Drops to Lowest in Five Years

Thanks in part to the much-criticized sequestration cuts effected by Congress and President Obama this year, the federal workforce dropped to its lowest point in five years in May. With the month’s cut of 14,000 federal jobs, the federal payroll

Audit: Feds Threw Contracts to Crony Companies

Audit: Feds Threw Contracts to Crony Companies

According to the Inspector General for the General Services Administration, managers at the GSA helped their friends in the private sector get lucrative contracts. The stunning report shows that GSA managers routinely overruled contracting officers on certain accounts, including Carahsoft

Obama on Privacy Concerns: My Emails Could Be Targeted Too

Obama on Privacy Concerns: My Emails Could Be Targeted Too

On Friday, President Obama took one question at a speech in northern California. Naturally, the question was about breaking information that the Obama administration has been monitoring Americans’ communications, including email exchanges. President Obama first said that all the stories

NYT: Obama Admin 'Has Now Lost All Credibility'

NYT: Obama Admin 'Has Now Lost All Credibility'

On Thursday, The New York Times officially fell off the Obama bandwagon. That doesn’t mean the Obama worship will stop. But the newest revelation that the Obama administration has been seizing millions of phone records leaves the Times with little

Hollywood Celebs: 'I Am Bradley Manning'

Hollywood Celebs: 'I Am Bradley Manning'

On Tuesday, Hollywood celebrities released a teaser video defending alleged traitorous soldier Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking classified documents to Julian Assange of Wikileaks. “I am Bradley Manning,” the celebrities proclaim. The video stars Oliver Stone, Russell

Villaraigosa Sends Himself Off With Lavish Parties

Villaraigosa Sends Himself Off With Lavish Parties

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa may be leaving office dead broke, but that won’t stop the city from dropping $75,000 as a goodbye present. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, “It will be a month of celebrations for Mayor

CA Bill Would Encourage Parolees to Register to Vote

CA Bill Would Encourage Parolees to Register to Vote

A recently-introduced California bill from Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) would force county probation officers to give paroled criminals information on how to register to vote. AB149 notes that current California law requires that to register to vote, you must

CA Legislators Introduce 15+ Bills Per Day in 2013

CA Legislators Introduce 15+ Bills Per Day in 2013

If you’ve ever wondered what would happen in a state completely dominated by Democrats, California is finding out in a heavy way. Over the first half of the year’s legislative session, the legislators have introduced a whopping 2,255 bills, ranging

CA Sues Trader Joe's, Whole Foods over Lead in Candy

CA Sues Trader Joe's, Whole Foods over Lead in Candy

The California state attorney general is suing massive organic food chains Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods for allegedly carrying ginger and plum candies with lead in them. The state has been pushing an ever-more-restrictive set of food labeling regulations over

Study: Premiums Could Jump 40% Under Obamacare

Study: Premiums Could Jump 40% Under Obamacare

While President Obama and his minions in the Democratic Party claim that health care premiums will drop under Obamacare, the opposite is true, according to a new study from the Milliman consulting firm. The study showed that health insurance premiums

Feds Spend $1.3M to Study Internet Sex Solicitation

Feds Spend $1.3M to Study Internet Sex Solicitation

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have given $1.3 million to Columbia University researchers to study how straight people use the internet to pursue sex. “Researchers have raised significant concerns about the Internet’s potential to facilitate sexual encounters that result