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AP CEO calls records seizure UNCONSTITUTIONAL – AP News
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 5:28 pm
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional AP News | May 19, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department. Gary ... Go To Article
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IRS SCANDAL:: Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 3:45 am
By JOHN D. MCKINNON, SIOBHAN HUGHES and DAMIAN PALETTA The Internal Revenue Service's watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the explosive matter in the midst of the president's re-election ... Go To Article
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MARK STEYN:: The Autocrat Accountants | National Review Online
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 3:37 am
Speaking at Ohio State University earlier this month, Barack Obama urged students to pay no attention to those paranoid types who “incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity.” Oddly enough, in recent days the most compelling testimony for this view of government has come from the president himself, who insists with a straight ... Go To Article
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LARRY KUDLOW:: Special Counsel Only Way to Clean Up IRS Rat’s Nest | RealClearPolitics
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 3:30 am
When you get right down to it, the political targeting and stalling of tax-exempt applications by the IRS was an effort to defund the tea party. Rick Santelli, one of the tea party founders and my CNBC colleague, was the first to make this point. I've taken it a step further: The IRS was taking the tea party out of play for the 2012 election, as it looked to avoid a ... Go To Article
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JONATHAN TOBIN:: Gosnell Not as Unique as We Thought « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 3:21 am
Throughout the discussion about the crimes of Kermit Gosnell we were repeatedly assured that the atrocities that took place in his clinic were exceptional and should in no way be imputed to other providers of abortion services. This is a tenet of faith for those seeking to defend abortion rights since they seem to fear that any attention focused on late-term abortions ... Go To Article
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WSJ SATURDAY ESSAY:: Swearing In The Enemy – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 2:40 am
By AYAAN HIRSI ALI -- Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who recently became a U.S. citizen, argues that immigration reform needs to include measures to detect the radically anti-American beliefs of some newcomers who seek to become Americans. On April 25, 2013, I took the oath to become a citizen of the United States. Perhaps only those who have taken this oath can fully ... Go To Article
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WAPO EDITORIAL:: IRS shake up had better be thorough – WaPo
By MB Snow at May 19, 2013 | 12:49 am
By Editorial Board, Published: May 17 -- DANIEL WERFEL, whom President Obama tapped on Thursday to lead the Internal Revenue Service, has a record of shaking up stolid federal bureaucracies. When he gets to his new agency, he shouldn’t hold back. If a new Treasury Department inspector general report and a Friday House hearing are any indication, the IRS doesn’t ... Go To Article
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MICHAEL BARONE: Obama’s IRS and AP scandals cast Big Chill on free speech | WashEx
By MB Snow at May 18, 2013 | 5:12 pm
Michael Barone, May 18, 2013 | 9:00 pm Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech. There have been plenty of examples in the past 10 days. The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a sweeping demand for two months of office, cellular ... Go To Article
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IRS DEFENDERS Are Still Relying on Debunked Claims « Commentary Magazine
By MB Snow at May 18, 2013 | 5:10 pm
Seth Mandel | @SethAMandel, 05.17.2013 One of the strangest and weakest defenses of the IRS’s campaign targeting conservative and pro-Israel nonprofit applicants was that the blatant violation of the constitutional rights of Americans who disagreed with President Obama was the natural reaction of the poor, overworked bureaucrat. We were told that conservatives ... Go To Article
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ANDREW C. MCCARTHY: The 10 P.M. Phone Call | National Review Online
By MB Snow at May 18, 2013 | 5:05 pm
‘What would you be focusing on in the Benghazi investigation?” I spent many years in the investigation biz, so it’s only natural that I’ve been asked that question a lot lately. I had the good fortune to be trained in Rudy Giuliani’s U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan. Rudy famously made his mark by making law enforcement reflect what common sense knew: ... Go To Article
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