In New York City, the mecca of soda bans, an abortion is just a phone app away. Yes, that’s right. There’s a phone app for finding an abortion clinic. Thus, in a city where 40% of pregnancies end in abortion, it’s keeping its tradition as a bastion of infanticide. Penny Starr at CNS News reported on May 28 that: The New York City Health Department’s NYC teen website now | Read More »
If you haven’t checked out Volkalize, you’re seriously missing out on an ongoing discussion relating to politics and current events. The site, which is the brainchild of 23-year-old Jordan Bosstick, seeks to become the mecca of discussion concerning trending topics in the news. It offers a neutral ground for anyone to voice their opinions without catching the flak within their current media circles. The site went | Read More »
For a state that takes pride in the individualistic roots of its history, it’s puzzling that the Texas legislature would consider passing a law that infringes upon the right to free speech. The state legislature, which has Republican majorities in both houses, has passed a law mandating that ”non-profit organizations and trade associations to disclose the names of the people who support them financially. The law | Read More »
Ed Markey has a tax fetish. It’s a serious problem. He voted 271 times for tax increases as a congressman, and in a time where more small business are firing than hiring, he’s sure to continue that trend on a national level. Keeping the tradition as a New England liberal, Markey has yet to find a tax increase he doesn’t like.
What do you do when you have no heavyweight candidates in any key senate races for next year? You go on a rather cantankerous rant against candidates who may, or may not, be running. In Arkansas, where Democrats are defending the highly vulnerable Sen. Mark Pryor, the DSCC has done just that, with a rather comical attack on Republican Congressman Tom Cotton over Iran. On | Read More »
In the People’s Republic of California, ten teachers are suing over forced union dues. With Unions engaging in political activity, these teachers feel that adhering to so-called “agency shop laws” violates their constitutional rights to free speech. Even if teachers disagree with their union, or their political activities, they still have to fork over cash. The Center for Individual Rights (CIR), who has taken their | Read More »
Ryan Lizza at the New Yorker, who’s been doing some great reporting on the government’s monitoring of Fox News’ James Rosen, has a new bombshell development that nicely compliments Holder’s alleged perjury: the DOJ tried to keep the search secret. Lizza wrote today that the Obama administration argued that the warrant be kept secret since they would need to monitor Rosen’s private emails for an extended period of time. | Read More »
So, Attorney General Holder personally signed off on the warrant to search James Rosen’s emails. Rosen, a Fox News journalist, was targeted by the administration in 2009 in possible connection to a leak in the State Department over his story about North Korea. After this revelation, the DOJ seized Rosen’s phone records, personal emails, and even looked into his parents’ phone records. Holder has recused himself during | Read More »
The Obama administration’s Hans Schultz strategy is wearing thin. The “I Know Nothing” approach to these scandals has only exacerbated the problem. So, concerning the IRS, what did the president know, and when did he know it? Yes, it’s a throwback to Sen. Howard Baker’s famous question during Watergate, which Rick Moran cited in his May 17 post. We don’t know yet, but it seems White House Chief | Read More »
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 »
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