By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 20th at 03:25 PM  | 

In the wake of the IRS scandal, it was discovered that the Leadership Institute was targeted with what is being described as a “yearlong harassing audit.”  The Leadership Institute trains conservative activists across the country.  The Washington Free Beacon’s CJ Ciaramella cited Morton Blackwell, LI’s founder and president, yesterday  saying, “the IRS’ indefensible behavior is worse than we first thought, as it targeted both new and existing conservative groups in | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 17th at 07:54 PM  | 

So, this past week Rep. Ed Markey held a fundraiser, which was co-hosted by lobbyist – and ex-Gore Chief of Staff – Ron Klain.  Klain is a former lobbyist of Fannie Mae, and Markey voted in favor of the Fannie and Freddie bailouts.  Hence, Ron’s invite was a top priority.  In all, it was a lobbyist-heavy, DC insider-packed event, which isn’t the crowd a man | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 15th at 08:13 PM  | 

With the conclusion of the trial involving Philly abortionist Kermit Gosnell, another may be in the works.  This time we’re in Texas.  Sordid details have been documented about  an abortionist, who twisted the heads off of babies.  Additionally, he allegedly ripped living babies apart during the procedure.  As Live Action’s investigation into the late-term abortion industry have exposed, Gosnell is not alone. Steven Ertelt at Life News reported | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 15th at 06:04 PM  | 

Today, the White House released their set of emails relating to the drafting of the Benghazi talking points, and all the revisions it went through. In all, it was about 100 pages. Also, Politico is reporting that the CIA “requested” that references to al-Qaeda be “scrubbed” from the talking points. The White House on Wednesday released what it calls a complete set of emails and documents totaling | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 13th at 09:05 PM  | 

Talk about pulling a Seymour Hersh, Hayes Brown at Think Progress is trying to discredit Gregory Hicks, a Benghazi whistleblower, by attacking his managerial style and professionalism. By the way, all the sources cited in the piece are unnamed. Hicks gave testimony to Congress last week about Benghazi, and highlighted how he knew from the beginning that this was a terrorist attack.  He said his “jaw dropped” when the Obama administration | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 13th at 05:41 AM  | 

The Massachusetts special election to fill John Kerry’s vacancy is a statistical dead heat.  Markey’s rather unimpressive record after nearly four decades in Congress seems to be keeping from jumping ahead in the polls, despite the Bay State being a Democratic stronghold.  Republicans have been hammering Markey on his 1992 ethics investigation, and the ninety-two bounced checks that contributed to the closure of the House | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 12th at 06:28 PM  | 

AWR Hawkins at Breitbart posted today that Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary, told reporters at the May 10 press briefing that they didn’t know al-Qaeda was involved prior to September 16, 2012.  Well, given what Stephen Hayes wrote this past week in the Weekly Standard , which was also mentioned by ABC News’ Jon Karl, it’s almost becoming shameless how the Obama administration continues to spin an event that is | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 12th at 01:51 PM  | 

On May 10, it was discovered that the IRS had improperly targeted seventy-five conservative tax-exempt groups that had the words “patriot” or “tea party” on their forms. In a statement, the IRS said, “mistakes were made initially, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan rationale.”  It also didn’t help when Lois Lerner, the IRS division head for tax-emept groups, said that she | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 11th at 05:59 PM  | 

Where’s Jodi Arias?  She’s an evil woman, who brutally murdered her boyfriend nearly five years ago.  It has gained national attention with its lurid details, but we “shouldn’t care,” according to Slate’s Josh Voorhees.  It’s a high-profile case, it has juicy details, it bled, and the media led.  Yet, it’s a woman,and women aren’t capable of vicious acts of violence.  It’s not possible.  It’s the | Read More »

By: Matt Vespa (Diary)  |  May 10th at 12:43 PM  | 

Today, Jillian Rayfield at Salon noted that Massachusetts Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez has a tax problem, but omits that Democrat Ed Markey has one too – and it’s probably more severe given he’s been in Congress for almost forty years.