The producer of a movie that criticizes Obamacare is being slapped with an IRS audit and he suspects that the invasive probe is politically motivated. Via the Washington Times: Logan Clements, producer of “Sick and Sicker: ObamaCare Canadian Style,” announced
Pointing out the gross hypocrisy of Democrats – especially the Fundraiser in Chief’s gut-wrenching hypocrisy – is hardly noteworthy since most people expect to see stomach-turning hypocrisy on the part of Democrats. Still. This is just too funny to pass up.
The House Oversight Committee is pursuing another contempt of court charge, and possibly a daily monetary fine, and jail time for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder unless he complies with a court order to release certain Fast and Furious documents. Via
Every time I hear that there is a message from the office of the Surgeon General my first thought is “We still have a Surgeon General?” Then I hear about whatever silly issue the office is pushing and I wonder
The climate consensus may be “crumbling” as John Fund recently put it at NRO, but that just causes the alarmists to ramp up their rhetoric. One such alarmist is the leader of the free world, Barack Obama, who took the opportunity
On Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that a comprehensive amnesty bill would have helped America contain the Ebola epidemic in Africa. Durbin, a member of the Senate’s Gang of Eight that wrote the immigration reform bill, said during a
Although he declined to comment on any specific commitments made by nations participating in the administration’s “broad coalition” to fight the Islamic State, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest did say today that it is “coming together very nicely.” At
Despite widespread disenchantment with increased militarization of local law enforcement agencies across the nation, the San Diego Unified School District police recently added a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, to their arsenal of emergency vehicles. The SDUSD can’t complain
Joan Rivers died on Thursday at Mt. Sinai Hospital, her daughter Melissa Rivers told media outlets. The 81-year old was rushed to the hospital after she stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest during elective surgery for her vocal
Despite Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America’s ongoing push to shame businesses into banning guns in their stores, 57,000 businesses have posted “guns welcome” or similar signs on their front doors. Moms Demand has persuaded just five businesses
Chicago’s crime rate dropped as concealed carry permits in the city have sky rocketed, The Washington Times reported. The number of robberies leading to arrests in Chicago declined 20 percent since last year’s police department statistics were released. Since July
A lawyer that works in the IRS ethics office faces charges that she lied to a court-appointed board looking into whether she embezzled several thousand dollars of her client’s money in a case she worked as a personal injury attorney
Nancy Pelosi and 62 other House Democrats with 100% ratings from the Sierra Club have for decades been using the Endangered Species Act (ESA) try to litigate small rural California communities out of existence for having the gall to use
I’ve never considered Cameron to a particularly strong leader, but at least he has some sense of decorum. Via NRO’s Jim Geraghty: “U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his summer vacation to return to London and chair urgent meetings
Catherine C. Blake, federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled on Tuesdat that Maryland’s ban on AR-15s and AK-47s “does not significantly [burden]” the Second Amendment. Blake’s decision was handed down in Kolbe
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor and current City Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) told a reporter asking him about his unpaid parking tickets “you don’t know a damn thing about Washington D.C.” The video from DC’s Fox 5 shows Barry reacting
The current Israeli/Hamas fighting is dividing Hollywood. Some, like Howard Stern and Joan Rivers, are speaking up in favor of Israeli’s right to self defense. Others, like Penelope Cruz and Brian Eno, are calling Israeli actions against Hamas “ethnic cleansing”
On July 29, the Washington DC attorney general’s office secured a 90-day stay on the ruling against the city’s ban on carrying handguns in public. On July 26 Breitbart News reported that federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., ordered the
On July 17, the Massachusetts Senate passed a “sweeping overhaul of the state’s gun laws,” but not until after senators removed the aspects of the bill worrisome to law-abiding gun owners. According to The Washington Times, a measure contained in
On this weekend’s airing of “The McLaughlin Group,” a rare moment of bipartisan agreement was reached by the show’s panel on the subject of Gov. Rick Perry’s handling of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to conservative commentator Pat
The Washington Redskins name received no formal public complaints in the months before the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Redskins trademark last month. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in a 2-1 ruling, determined that “Redskins” was disparaging
Pointing out that post-election challenges usual fail, one Tea Party leader, Judson Phillips is calling for Thad Cochran’s primary challenger, State Senator Chris McDaniel to run as a write-in candidate in the Fall. “The Republican Establishment thinks they have fought back an
Red state Democrats who are fighting to overcome their support of gun control and get re-elected are asking gun control proponents Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly to stay out of their states. This comes after Breibart News’ June 4 report
Writing at the Washington Times, Mike Paranzino chronicles the latest Big Labor crusade, this time against tipping. When I first saw the headline, I spent a few moments frowning and trying to remember what arcane business or high-finance practice might
Two new studies of the U.S. job market claim that applicants who include religious affiliations on their resumes are less likely to be called back by prospective employers. A series of experiments conducted in the south and the New England
