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EXCLUSIVE:: PALIN: Going Rogue in the Wrong Direction
By MB Snow at May 22, 2013 | 1:33 pm
As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out daily, the White House’s involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who’ve been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama’s efforts to “fundamentally transform” our great nation are about to witness some sad vindication. Will awakened Americans finally join us in saying “enough is ... Go To Article
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GUY BENSON:: Wow: CBS News President and WH Official Tied to Benghazi Scandal Are Brothers – Townhall
By MB Snow at May 22, 2013 | 9:55 am
Guy Benson | May 11, 2013 -- One of the mainstream media journalists whose pursuit of the truth has been truly tenacious and nonpartisan is CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson. Her tough reporting has made life difficult for everyone from Hillary Clinton to the Bush administration and Congressional Republicans. She's also been relentless on the Obama administration's Fast ... Go To Article
ANDREW PUZDER:: Fire the BLS’s Unemployment Rate | NRO
By MB Snow at May 22, 2013 | 9:41 am
By Andrew Puzder , Michael Talent -- Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its latest news on the job market. The agency breaks down the jobs data six different ways and calculates six different unemployment rates. But all this data does little to answer clearly the one key question: Is it easier to get a job now than it was before? If you just looked ... Go To Article
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KIRSTEN POWERS: How Hope and Change Gave Way to Spying on the Press – The Daily Beast
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 5:22 pm
by Kirsten Powers May 21, 2013 Much of the Fourth Estate shrugged when the Obama administration attacked Fox News, writes Kirsten Powers. But now it’s coming for them, too. First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out—because they were not Fox News. Then they came for government whistleblowers, and they did not speak out—because they were not ... Go To Article
REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The Apple Tax Diversion – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 5:20 pm
REVIEW & OUTLOOK, May 21, 2013, 7:23 p.m. ET Senators beat up a U.S. success for following the tax laws they wrote. You almost have to admire Carl Levin's timing. Amid a furor over politicized IRS tax enforcement, the Michigan Democrat on Tuesday tried to change the subject to a hardy Washington perennial—corporate tax loopholes. Too bad his designated business ... Go To Article
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BOMBSHELL:: IRS Scandal: Lois Lerner to Invoke Fifth Amendment
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 3:03 pm
Tuesday afternoon a bombshell was dropped into the already explosive IRS scandal when it was reported that Lois Lerner, a top IRS official in the non-profit division that paralyzed Tea Party groups with ongoing harassment, would invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer questions during Congressional testimony schedule before the House Oversight Committee on ... Go To Article
JOEL KOTKIN:: Poverty and Growth: Retro-Urbanists Cling to the Myth of Suburban Decline – The Daily Beast
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 11:26 am
by Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox May 21, 2013 4:45 AM EDT -- In the wake of the post-2008 housing bust, suburbia has become associated with many of the same ills long associated with cities, as our urban-based press corps and cultural elite cheerfully sneer at each new sign of decline, most recently a study released Monday by the Brookings Institution—which has become ... Go To Article
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:: The President Won — Sort Of | NRO
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 10:59 am
By Victor Davis Hanson -- On September 11, 2012, Barack Obama was 1 point ahead of Mitt Romney in the ABC and Washington Post polls. He was scheduled to meet Romney in three weeks for the first debate. The president was increasingly anxious. Unemployment was still at 7.8 percent, and the Solyndra and Fast and Furious scandals had only recently disappeared from the news ... Go To Article
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SHARYL ATTKISSON’S computers compromised – POLITICO
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 10:41 am
207 By DYLAN BYERS | 5/21/13 11:18 AM EDT -- Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation. "I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months but I'm not prepared to make an allegation ... Go To Article
ECONOMY:: What’s Holding Back Hiring? – WSJ
By MB Snow at May 21, 2013 | 10:36 am
By Ben Casselman -- Stop worrying about the “jobless recovery.” Start worrying about the recovery-less recovery. Nearly four years after the recession officially ended, the unemployment rate remains elevated, at 7.5%. The share of the population that’s working or looking for work is at a 30-year low. More than 2.5 million fewer Americans are working today than ... Go To Article
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