“Outraged” Obama has “transferred people around in the State Department… nobody lost their job” Senator Rand Paul says that appropriate punishments need to be handed out to officials involved in the IRS’ unfair treatment of Tea Party groups and conservative “patriot” groups applying for tax exemption. “Someone needs to be fired,” Paul said on Fox […]Continue Reading
It was wrong-headed to allow Lois Lerner to appear before Government Oversight Committee, made a self-serving statement, invoke the Fifth Amendment once and then withdraw in wounded, arrogant triumph. But the idea that she can now be forced to answer questions — on the theory that her statement constituted a waiver of her Fifth Amendment […]Continue Reading
As the Obama scandals surround the White House, some conservatives are suggesting that — finally — the media are “getting tough” on Obama. Don’t count on it. All our modern experience suggests tough reporting on a Democratic president is more of a temporary sensation than an ongoing trend. The news media honestly believe they were […]Continue Reading
You may not have heard of Raymond Maxwell, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs. For reasons that are still unknown, he was fired along with 3 other diplomats in the aftermath of the Benghazi attack. Maxwell has never been given an explantion and says he had absolutely nothing to do with […]Continue Reading
CBS Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who has been at the forefront of the Benghazi and Fast and Furious scandals, has revealed to POLITICO that her personal and work computers have been compromised. “I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months but I’m not […]Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered who controls the mainstream media? In America today, we are more “connected” than ever. The average American watches 153 hours of television a month, and we also spend countless hours watching movies, playing video games, listening to music, reading books and surfing the Internet. If someone could control the production of […]Continue Reading
Over the weekend the New York Times carried a story on the front page about the IRS scandal. The subhead of the story proclaims: “Scrutiny went beyond conservative groups.” Want proof? “Overseen by a revolving cast of midlevel managers,” writes the Times, “stalled by miscommunication with I.R.S. lawyers and executives in Washington and confused about […]Continue Reading
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn’t get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the […]Continue Reading
Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a “maritime counterterrorism exercise,” an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed when they fell into the water Friday. Both were members of the bureau’s elite […]Continue Reading
Today, Rush Limbaugh inadvertently crashed the Tea Party Patriots web site by inviting the nation to join our nationwide IRS protests tomorrow: Rush Limbaugh: “I’ll bet this is gonna be huge. It’s entirely possible that people are going to see once again just how big and how deep the Tea Party is.” Show our big, […]Continue Reading
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. There were no confirmed deaths, but at least 60 people were reported hurt, including […]Continue Reading
Guy Benson More information seeps out, and the “official” story changes again. Knock me over with a feather: Even MSNBC can’t fully turn a blind eye to how things seem to keep “evolving” in the briefing room these days. So we’re clear, Carney’s new version of events is that top-level White House officials knew about […]Continue Reading