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Krauthammer clearly characterizes Obama’s legal footing on IRS misdeeds: “This is a high crime.”

Krauthammer clearly characterizes Obama’s legal footing on IRS misdeeds: “This is a high crime.”

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Charles Krauthammer offered his advice regarding the ongoing scandal by the Obama Administration, DNC and the IRS, speaking in vividly clear words about the recent and sudden claim by Obama staffers that two years’ worth of emails just disappeared.

How To Get To The Truth Behind Benghazi: Waterboard Petraeus With a Civil Lawsuit

Much as I like seeing Trey Gowdy in action, and know he’ll chair the Congressional Benghazi inquiry with exceptional skill and fairness, I have another approach which could save millions of taxpayer dollars AND get to the truth behind what happened in Benghazi.

BEFORE we go through the long, drawn-out, expensive and divisive affair of yet another Congressional investigation, here’s an idea…

Dan From Squirrel Hill’s Journal of Obama’s Lies, Lawbreaking, Corruption and Cronyism

Dan from Squirrel Hill originally posted this on August 15, 2013, updating it several times along the way. As you might expect, it’s formidable – probably as long as you’d expect, then multiply that estimate by three.

Obama’s Long List of Shady Dealings

Last updated: June 6, 2014, this list should concern you, if you care about the future of our states, united:

• $6 trillion in new national debt under Obama…after he promised to decrease the deficit.

• Billions of taxpayer dollars gambled on “green” companies like Solyndra, NextEra, Ener1, Solar Trust and many others — all of which went bankrupt. 

• Intentional refusal to enforce federal immigration laws.

Irony: At His Own Railroad Safety Presser, Senator Nearly Gets Hit By a Train

Irony: At His Own Railroad Safety Presser, Senator Nearly Gets Hit By a Train

Credibility Killer: Senator Blumenthal nearly avoids fast-moving train during his own railroad safety press conference
Question: What nearly became black and white, and red all over?
Answer: Senator Richard Blumenthal’s safety statistics chart.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal staged a press conference Friday on a rail platform to decry a “laxity and lapse in safety and reliability” by the Metro-North Railroad, according to The Associated Press.

Putin’s Ukranian Power Grab

Putin’s Ukranian Power Grab

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One look at the natural gas power grid, and it’s easy to understand why Vladimir Putin has a power problem on his hands, one that even the Obama Administration could find easy to understand.  Ukraine has long been under the thumb of “mother Russia” politically. Among other reasons, over 30% of western Europe’s demand for natural gas flows from Russia through Ukraine.

Situation Room: Ukraine Crisis

Situation Room: Ukraine Crisis

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This photo was released by the White House yesterday, showing the President was part of a National Security Meeting in the situation room about the crisis unfolding in the Ukraine. This, after Saturday’s first meeting went without the President in attendance (don’t worry, it’s just world peace at risk, and he was briefed by Susan Rice).

Rubio Dismantles Iowa Senator On The Senate Floor, Reminding America Why Cuba and Venezuela Are Not Harkin’s “Paradise”

Rubio Dismantles Iowa Senator On The Senate Floor, Reminding America Why Cuba and Venezuela Are Not Harkin’s “Paradise”

 

You think Cuba is a paradise? Iowa Democrat Senator Tom Harkin just returned from an official tour in Cuba, and upon his return, characterized Cuba as a “paradise” in many ways.

A pardise? Really, Senator Harkin?

Is Democracy Dying In The United States?

Is Democracy Dying In The United States?

Let’s face it, either a majority of today’s elected leaders in Washington D.C. are Anti-Democracy, or an immoral minority is strong-arming the rest (with the US Press Corps as a party to it all) to move the United States away from the individual freedoms that our founding fathers delivered, risking everything in doing so.

Doctor Wolf Draws Blood In U.S. Senate Race For Kansas

Doctor Wolf Draws Blood In U.S. Senate Race For Kansas

47-year career politician U.S. Senator Pat Robertsseems to have found himself up against a healthy conservative opponent inDoctor Milton Wolf. We’ll see how well the new conservative “wolfpack” supports the good doctor, and how well that pack fares against the strength of incumbency.

What The Bleep Is Going On In Austin, Texas?

What The Bleep Is Going On In Austin, Texas?

The Daily Texan, the student newspaper for the University of Texas at Austin, reported that police arrested the woman for failing to provide identification.

Student Chris Quintero, who the Daily Texan reported witnessed the arrest, said he saw the woman jogging with headphones on when police ran after her. When the woman failed to stop, the officer grabbed her by the arm and handcuffed her, Quintero said.

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